Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye convinced the Revolutionary Army and Marines to form an alliance against the coming Dimensional Fusion, revealing that Void Energy had subtly influenced senior Marines. The map of destiny pointed to a fragment beneath Marineford, and Akainu agreed to arrange a covert operation there.

• Sabo led Dragon, Akainu, Fujitora Issho, Staff Officer Tsuru, Luffy, Ace, and Lin Ye to the Revolutionary Army's underground base for a crisis meeting.
• Lin Ye explained that the Five Elders were accelerating the Purple Moon Cycle and that seven Anchor Stone fragments were needed to build the Dimension Lock; he and his allies had found two.
• Lin Ye extracted a trace of Void Energy from Akainu and explained how it subtly guided the thinking of high-ranking Marines who had been close to the Five Elders.
• Lin Ye proposed a three-way Alliance in which the Revolutionary Army would gather intelligence, the Marines would limit World Government interference and protect civilians, and the guardians would seek the fragments and confront the Five Elders.
• Lin Ye revealed a map that sensed six fragment locations and identified the first as lying in ruins beneath Marine Headquarters Marineford.
• Akainu agreed to arrange a covert operation beneath Marineford but asked for precise location information.

Lin Ye taught Luffy and Ace to use Rune Energy aboard the Shadow Dance as they sailed toward Aurora Island. When they reached the island’s dimensional barrier, Luffy opened a passage through the mist, and the crew prepared to enter.

• Lin Ye taught Luffy and Ace about Rune Energy, and Ace infused his flames with it to create purple Dimensional Fire.
• Lin Ye explained that Luffy’s Rune Energy could connect distant places, but Luffy struggled to control it during training.
• Lin Ye’s Anchor Stone responded to the third fragment on Aurora Island as the Shadow Dance approached.
• At Aurora Island’s purple mist barrier, Lin Ye guided Luffy to reach toward the island with his Rune Energy.
• Luffy sensed something calling from the island and opened a clear passage through the mist.

Lin Ye, Luffy, and Ace reached Aurora Island and underwent the Star Guidance Ritual to confirm their identities as the three Guardians. Lin Ye and Luffy awakened their foretold powers, while the ritual revealed that Ace carried both Aurora Tribe and Flame Clan bloodlines.

• The Shadow Dance crossed the mist barrier, and Lin Ye identified the islanders as the Aurora Tribe, descendants of the Star Gate Watchers.
• Chieftain Claire recognized Lin Ye, Luffy, and Ace as the three Guardians and led them to the observatory, where she explained the tribe had guarded the third Anchor Stone.
• Claire began the Star Guidance Ritual, and Lin Ye's runes showed his ability to exist between reality and the Void.
• Luffy's runes formed purple bridges that connected across dimensional gaps, confirming his power as the Bridge of Connection.
• Ace's runes flickered as two forces clashed within him, and Claire discovered that his mixed Aurora Tribe and Flame Clan bloodline was awakening his dormant Star Bloodline.

After the Star Guidance Ritual confirmed Lin Ye, Luffy, and Ace as Guardians, the three Anchor Stones revealed the complete Star Gate and its seven anchor points. When Five Elders’ Void Hunters attacked Aurora Island, Lin Ye organized three defensive lines, and Ace took position at the outer perimeter.

• Ace accepted his Aurora Tribe bloodline, and the Star Guidance Ritual confirmed the three men as Guardians.
• Claire led Lin Ye, Luffy, and Ace to the Starheart Chamber, where Lin Ye claimed the third Anchor Stone and the three stones revealed the Star Gate framework and seven anchor points.
• An Aurora Tribe warrior reported that a black warship had breached the Purple Mist, and Lin Ye identified its forces as Void Hunters sent by the Five Elders.
• Claire activated the Star Energy Barrier Formation and ordered the tribespeople to evacuate as the Void Hunters approached.
• Lin Ye divided the Anchor Stones’ power among the three defensive lines, assigning Ace to the outer line, Luffy to the middle, and himself to the Starheart Chamber.
• Ace reached the island’s outer perimeter and took position on high ground overlooking the coastline.

Ace and Luffy struggled to defend the observatory from the Void Hunter while Lin Ye discovered the Starheart Stone's Stellar Reflection ability. Its light shattered the hunter's mask, first revealing a controlled Sabo, but a second revelation showed the hunter's true face was Marine Admiral Kizaru.

• Ace used Starfire: Fusion to create a barrier that burned the advancing Void Soldiers, but the Void Hunter broke through it and forced Ace to retreat.
• Luffy placed Dimensional Traps around the observatory, and he and Ace combined their powers to attack the hunter, who disabled Luffy's dimensional ability with a suppression net.
• Lin Ye deciphered the Starheart Stone's Stellar Reflection ability and went to help Ace and Luffy after sensing they were in danger.
• Lin Ye used Stellar Reflection on the Void Hunter, whose mask broke to reveal a purple-eyed young man with a Void Core; Luffy recognized him as Sabo, who begged to be killed.
• Lin Ye vowed to save Sabo and called for a final battle, but the chapter then revealed the hunter's face as Marine Admiral Kizaru.

Lin Ye learned from Kizaru that the Five Elders were accelerating the Purple Moon Project and targeting the Anchor Stones, while Aurora Island hid Void Pilgrims among its people. He located the fourth Anchor Stone beneath Marineford and learned that at least seven Pilgrims were plotting on the island.

• Lin Ye used the Anchor Stone to help Kizaru resist the Void Core, and Kizaru revealed that he had been secretly investigating the Five Elders for Akainu.
• Kizaru warned Lin Ye that small Void Rifts were appearing worldwide, the fourth Anchor Stone lay beneath Marineford, and the Five Elders knew Lin Ye depended on the stones.
• Lin Ye sent Kizaru to stage a retreat and monitor the traitors, while Claire explained that the Aurora Tribe had split between the Watchers and the Void Pilgrims.
• Lin Ye used the three Anchor Stones to locate the fourth beneath Marineford's Hall of Time, but found that a Dimensional Lock there prevented him from crossing over.
• Ace and Luffy returned with a captured Aurora Tribe member, and Ace reported that at least seven Void Pilgrims were hiding on the island.

Lin Ye and Kizaru infiltrated Marineford to find the fourth Anchor Stone, and Lin Ye recovered memories revealing that he had once helped hide the seven Anchor Stone pieces. They reached the Hall of Time and discovered CP0 researchers studying the ancient runes and experimenting with Anchor Stone fragments.

• Lin Ye sent Luffy and Ace to protect Aurora Island while he and Kizaru went to Marineford, with Ace planning to ask Sabo and the Revolutionary Army for support.
• Lin Ye and Kizaru infiltrated Marineford and used the three Anchor Stones to hide Lin Ye's dimensional fluctuations from the Five Elders.
• Lin Ye recognized the underground complex as a Star Gate Watchers outpost and remembered that his past incarnation had helped split and hide the seven Anchor Stone pieces.
• Lin Ye and Kizaru headed toward the Hall of Time, avoiding patrols as Lin Ye recalled the outpost's layout.
• Lin Ye and Kizaru overheard a CP0 agent question researchers about their temporal anchoring experiment, which involved Anchor Stone fragments.

Lin Ye found and took the fourth Anchor Stone, the Time Sundial Stone, from a statue in the Hall of Time, triggering an alarm and a temporal trap. As CP0 closed in, time distorted around him, leaving his escape uncertain.

• Kizaru distracted the CP0 agents while Lin Ye slipped into the Hall of Time with an Anchor Stone.
• Lin Ye used three Anchor Stones to reveal and retrieve the fourth Anchor Stone hidden in a statue’s eye.
• The four Anchor Stones resonated, and Lin Ye received a warning about Aurora Island, the Five Elders, Luffy, and Ace as the temple alarm sounded.
• Lin Ye opened a concealed escape passage and reached Kizaru, who learned that a Five Elder was targeting Luffy and Ace on Aurora Island.
• Lin Ye prepared a temporary Dimension Channel for a one-person escape, but taking the Time Sundial Stone triggered a trap that warped the temple’s flow of time as CP0 initiated a lockdown.

Lin Ye escaped the temple with Kizaru’s covert help and learned that the Anchor Stones could restore void-eroded areas through a purification ritual. As Lin Ye headed for Aurora Island, Luffy reported that Kordo had activated the Star-Attractor Device, and the chapter ended with their Revolutionary Army submarine surfacing to fight off a pursuing fleet.

• Lin Ye used the Anchor Stone to navigate the temple’s shifting eras, while Kizaru secretly destroyed time stabilizers and directed him toward a library exit.
• Lin Ye found the Star Gate Chronicles: Anchor Scroll and learned about the seven-stone Purification Ritual and the Purple Moon Cycle.
• Lin Ye escaped through a hidden passage and boarded a submarine sent by Akainu, where Sword Ghost Mizo identified himself and took him toward Aurora Island.
• Lin Ye contacted Luffy, who reported that Kordo had activated the Star-Attractor Device and that void creatures were attacking Aurora Island; Lin Ye told Luffy to use the Bridge of Connection to stabilize it.
• A World Government fleet detected the submarine, and Lin Ye ordered it to surface as the vessel transformed into a Revolutionary Army warship.

Lin Ye balanced the four Anchor Stones and gained Dimensional Anchoring, helping Luffy and Ace stop Kordo from pulling Aurora Island into the Void. Kordo then ordered the Abyssal Prison opened and began adjusting the Star-Attractor Device for a stronger attack.

• The four Anchor Stones resonated into balance, granting Lin Ye the ability to stabilize space and block dimensional manipulation.
• Lin Ye saw Kordo using the Star-Attractor Device to pull Aurora Island toward a purple Void vortex while Luffy held the island down and Ace fought Void Creatures.
• Lin Ye used Dimensional Anchoring to halt the vortex and shield himself from the attacking Void Creatures.
• Kordo ordered the release of something from the Abyssal Prison, and Lin Ye joined forces with Luffy and Ace to settle Aurora Island back onto the sea.
• Kordo began adjusting the Star-Attractor Device to unleash a stronger attack after his plan to drag the island into the Void failed.

Kordo revealed that he had merged with the Void Origin and unleashed a vast Void Legion against the island. Lin Ye combined the four Anchor Stones into the Star Sword and joined Ace and Luffy in a powerful attack, but the vortex recovered, and Kordo began transforming with the Void Origin Shard.

• Kordo removed his glasses, revealed his Void-touched eyes, and used the Void Origin Shard to expand the sky vortex and summon thousands of Void Creatures.
• Claire ordered the Aurora Tribe to activate its defenses, while Mizuo directed the Revolutionary Army warships to fire on the invading creatures.
• Lin Ye merged the Stone of Time, Stone of Space, Stone of Mind, and Time Sundial Stone into the Star Sword.
• Ace, Luffy, and Lin Ye combined their powers to purify Void Creatures and damage the vortex, forcing creatures back into it.
• After the attack faded and the vortex recovered, Kordo covered himself in purple light and began transforming into a Void-like being.

Lin Ye recovered his memories as Astra Nova, the Stellar Master who created the seven Anchor Stones, and used his ancient knowledge to turn the battle against Kordo’s Void Legion. The island’s defenders gained purified star power and began driving back the Void creatures, while Kordo’s invasion faltered.

• As Kordo’s Void wave threatened to pull the Aurora Tribe’s island into the Void, Lin Ye realized the scepter was sustaining Kordo’s power.
• The Star Sword revealed ancient runes, triggering Lin Ye’s memories of creating the seven Anchor Stones as Astra Nova a thousand years earlier.
• Astra Nova awakened his Watcher powers, understood the Void creatures’ language, and used Stellar Resonance Technique to empower everyone bearing runes.
• Luffy, Ace, and the Aurora Tribe warriors attacked with purified starlight, destroying or restoring Void creatures as the Void vortex began to contract.
• Kordo grew furious as his Void Legion dwindled and his once-in-a-millennium opportunity began to slip away.

Kordo activated the Star-Attractor Device and opened a portal to the Void, but Sabo emerged instead of the Lord of Nothingness. Sabo revealed the Void Creatures’ origins and warned that the ancient being sealed by Astra was still alive and waiting to return.

• Kordo used the Void Origin Shard to stabilize a portal to the Void Origin, strengthening himself as the rift opened.
• Luffy, Ace, and Astra prepared to destroy the Star-Attractor Device and stop Kordo before the portal fully opened.
• Sabo emerged from the portal partly transformed by the Void and explained that three months had passed for him while only a little over a week passed outside.
• Sabo told Luffy, Ace, and Astra that the Void Creatures were remnants of an ancient civilization that had collapsed after draining other dimensions of life energy.
• Sabo warned Astra that the Lord of Nothingness had survived its sealing and was gathering strength in the depths of the Void.

Sabo revealed that the Lord of Nothingness had manipulated the Five Elders and would break through its seal within seven days. As Luffy and Ace embraced Sabo, their brotherly bond and the four Anchor Stones began purifying his Void corruption, leaving Sabo screaming through the painful process.

• Sabo explained that the Lord of Nothingness had used the Five Elders to gather its fragments and would breach the seal before the Purple Moon Cycle ended in less than seven days.
• Astra recalled that the Lord of Nothingness had originally been sealed with seven Anchor Stones, while the group had only four.
• The Lord of Nothingness projected its consciousness through the portal and spoke through Kordo as cracks formed in reality.
• Luffy embraced the Void-corrupted Sabo despite being injured by Void Energy, and his golden light began to restore Sabo's body.
• Ace joined Luffy and Sabo, and their Stellar Markings resonated to produce Purification Light.
• Lin Ye summoned the four Anchor Stones to strengthen the purification, causing Sabo's Void Energy to peel away as he screamed in agony.

Kizaru broke free of the Void Core’s control and helped Lin Ye, Luffy, and Ace purify Sabo, who revealed that the Lord of Nothingness could break its seal within seven days. The group split up to find the remaining three Anchor Stones and rebuild the seal.

• Kizaru arrived, revealed he had destroyed the Void Core, and held off Kordo while Lin Ye continued purifying Sabo.
• Luffy, Ace, and Lin Ye helped Sabo fully shed the Void Energy, and Sabo warned that the Lord of Nothingness’s seal could break within seven days.
• Sabo revealed that the Lord of Nothingness would devour Void Creatures and corrupted life when it returned, and that the group needed the remaining three Anchor Stones to rebuild the seal.
• Sabo identified the Storm Stone on Sky Island, the Abyss Stone on Fish-Man Island, and the Light Stone in Mary Geoise.
• Lin Ye assigned Luffy and Sabo to Sky Island, Ace and the Aurora Tribe’s water-element warriors to Fish-Man Island, and himself and Kizaru to Mary Geoise.

Lin Ye forged star weapons from the Anchor Stones and organized teams to retrieve the remaining stones while Claire searched for a way to grant others temporary Watcher powers. Luffy and Sabo reached a Sky Island overrun by Void Creatures, while Sabo warned that permanently defeating the Lord of Nothingness might require someone to enter the Void Dimension’s core.

• Lin Ye used the Starforging Technique to create the Connection Bow for Luffy, the Starfire Shield for Ace, and an enhanced Star Sword for himself.
• Lin Ye explained that sealing the Lord of Nothingness required seven Watcher-level warriors, and he planned for Claire to study Inheritance Resonance while the teams retrieved the Anchor Stones.
• Sabo warned Lin Ye that the Lord of Nothingness might only be defeated permanently by destroying its true body inside the Void Dimension’s core.
• Lin Ye sent Luffy and Sabo toward Sky Island, Ace and the Aurora Tribe’s water-element warriors toward Fish-Man Island, and himself and Kizaru toward Mary Geoise; Claire stayed behind to study the inheritance ritual.
• Luffy and Sabo arrived at Sky Island and found its clouds corrupted, its land enclosed by a purple barrier, and the skies filled with Void Creatures.

Luffy and Sabo reached the Golden Bell, helped Gan Fall and the defenders hold off the Void Creatures, and learned that the corrupted guardian Firmament protected the temple where the Storm Stone was kept. Luffy fired a heart-connecting arrow at Firmament, and the dragon froze as recognition began to surface.

• Luffy and Sabo arrived at Sky Island and found Gan Fall and the Shandia warriors defending the Golden Bell from Void Creatures.
• Luffy cleared a section of the swarm with a Dimensional Arrow, while Sabo used Void Energy to strengthen the defenders' barrier.
• Gan Fall told Luffy that Firmament had been corrupted and was guarding the temple and the Storm Stone.
• Luffy and Sabo set out for the temple, where Luffy planned to reach Firmament's true soul instead of killing it.
• Firmament attacked them with lightning, but Luffy struck its clear blue eye with a heart-connecting arrow, causing the dragon to freeze and show signs of recognition.

Luffy and Sabo helped Firmament overcome the Void Consciousness that had corrupted its memories and turned it against humanity. Firmament regained its true memories, returned to its silver-white form, and the storm over Sky Island ended.

• Firmament struggled between its Guardian consciousness and the Void Consciousness, causing violent storms and chaotic weather across Sky Island.
• Sabo entered Firmament’s consciousness and confronted the Void manifestation, explaining that the visions of humanity’s betrayal and destruction were illusions.
• Luffy gathered Sky Island’s memories of Firmament’s kindness into a golden arrow and shot it into the dragon, sending the people’s sincere feelings into its consciousness.
• Firmament remembered why it had protected Sky Island, rejected the Void’s influence, and thanked Sabo for helping it find itself again.
• Firmament regained its silver-white scales and clear blue eyes, and the storms ceased as the sky cleared.

Firmament regained his true self, purified Sky Island, and joined Luffy and Sabo in planning an assault on the Void Fortress to reclaim the Storm Stone. As the warriors prepared to attack, a Void Lord appeared above the fortress and threatened them.

• Firmament apologized to Luffy and rejoined Gan Fall, the Sky Island residents, and the Shandia warriors as their guardian.
• Firmament used Purifying Wind to clear Void Energy from Sky Island and agreed to help Luffy and Sabo reach the Storm Stone.
• Gan Fall's scouts reported that the fortress's Void Creatures had doubled and that a powerful Void Lord was inside.
• Gan Fall outlined the fortress's defenses, while Firmament and Sabo offered ways to weaken them before the hourly Void pulse.
• A Void Lord appeared atop the energy tower and warned the gathered warriors that they would pay for challenging the Lord of Nothingness.

Luffy led the Sky Island warriors toward the Storm Stone as Ace's team reached the corrupted waters of Fish-Man Island. Ace and the Aurora Tribe fought their way through Void Sea Beasts and found Neptune and Jinbe defending an ancient passage.

• Luffy, Sabo, Gan Fall, Firmament, and the Shandia warriors prepared to attack the fortress and claim the Storm Stone.
• Ace and Chief Claire's team arrived at Fish-Man Island and found its waters darkened by Void Contamination and filled with dead marine life.
• Ace discovered that the Starfire Shield purified the contaminated seawater and used it to destroy a Void Sea Beast while Aquila and the Aurora Tribe supported him.
• Ace and the Aurora Tribe cleared a wave of Void Sea Beasts, then entered Fish-Man Island and found its streets and coral buildings devastated.
• Ace's team reached the island's central region, where Neptune and Jinbe were defending an ancient passage against Void Sea Beasts.