Recaps

Hane united the Akatsuki and the Empire’s forces to defeat the Main World, then fused with the Ninja World and learned that Frieza’s civilization threatened it. He began preparing to move the planet beyond the starry sky, while a Saiyan ship set out on a mission for Frieza.

• Naruto convinced Jiraiya, Tsunade, Nagato, and Akatsuki to join him in facing the future, as the Main and Branch Worlds began to collide and their duplicate inhabitants faded away.
• Hane and his allies defeated the Main World’s forces, destroyed its moon and Otsutsuki clan, and brought the war to an end.
• Hane reached full Dao Integration, repaired Adult Sasuke and Naruto’s world, and confronted Isshiki, Urashiki, Momoshiki, and Kinshiki to learn that Frieza ruled the Otsutsuki’s region.
• Hane discovered that merging with the Ninja World had made him a Heavenly Immortal, while the system departed and told him his master was waiting at the universe’s center.
• Otsutsuki Shinshi reported to Frieza that a golden hand had seized a planet, and Frieza sent Tagoma to give the Saiyans one last chance to conquer a new planet.
• Hane warned the Empire’s ministers that Frieza’s civilization threatened the Ninja World and ordered them to prepare to move the planet away from the starry sky.
• The Empire gathered Chakra Metal and raised nine pillars as a Saiyan spaceship carrying Bardock and a female Saiyan departed on Frieza’s mission.
• Hane drew a fireball from the dimmed Sun Star, and the Nine-Dragon Canopy transformed it into nine golden dragons around the pillars as people across the world knelt before him.

Hane brought the Ninja World into the Grand Line, where his forces protected Nico Robin, seized control of an island, and defeated the Marines sent against them. As the God Tree opened a passage between worlds, Nagato’s team reached Mary Geoise and prepared to confront its people.

• Hane captured Bardock and the Saiyans, then transported the Ninja World into a new star system and encountered Nico Robin in the Grand Line.
• Hane offered Robin protection and a place in the Empire, while Uchiha forces took over the Iron Hand Gang and restored order across the island.
• Aokiji came to retrieve Robin but was driven off by Izumi, Konan, and Nagato, prompting the Marines to investigate the group.
• Tsunade treated civilians after an Imperial arsenal disaster, and Hane ordered an investigation that uncovered a corruption network and led to mass arrests and executions.
• The Marines attacked the island, but Uchiha Retsuyō and the Twelve Golden Guards defeated their forces, captured Sengoku and Akainu, and Hane declared the Empire would prepare for the coming storm.
• Hane planted the God Tree, which strengthened his forces and made the island a supply station, then opened a portal between worlds and promised Kaguya the next God Tree Fruit.
• Nagato’s team sailed with Morgans to Mary Geoise, where a Celestial Dragon ordered his guards to seize them and Nagato resolved to make the people experience pain.

Nagato destroyed Mary Geoise and freed its slaves, while the Empire brought the Navy under its rule and began expanding its reach. The arc ended with Tsunade’s diplomatic mission to Amazon Lily meeting Gloriosa’s refusal to join the Empire.

• Nagato and Akatsuki freed Hancock, Marigold, and Sanda, then devastated Mary Geoise with Six Paths Super Shinra Tensei as the Five Elders and other officials escaped.
• After Mary Geoise’s destruction shook the world, Nagato returned to the Empire, and Hancock and her sisters joined a diplomatic journey to Amazon Lily.
• Hane led the Empire’s fleet against Marine Headquarters, defeated Garp, Steel Bone Kong, and Kizaru, then secured the Marines’ submission and demonstrated the Empire’s advanced naval weapons.
• The Empire annexed surrounding lands and prohibited piracy, while Sengoku and Garp investigated a Navy officer who had sent a slave ship toward Sabaody.
• Nagato confronted Doflamingo over slave trafficking, accepted the Donquixote Family into the Empire as a subordinate department, and brought Doflamingo into Akatsuki.
• Nagato and Akatsuki raided an auction in the Prodence Kingdom, killed the attendees, and took a yellow Devil Fruit.
• Tsunade’s warship crossed the Calm Belt toward Amazon Lily as Hancock explained the island’s customs and the Kuja Pirates spotted the approaching Imperial vessel.
• Gloriosa reunited with Hancock and her sisters, but refused Tsunade’s proposal to incorporate Amazon Lily into the Empire and warned Hancock against siding with Nagato.

The Empire expanded its reach by defeating pirates, gaining the Whitebeard Pirates and the Merfolk as allies, and announcing a campaign to conquer the Four Blues. The arc ended with Dragon returning to the Marines and Ace, Luffy, and Sabo considering becoming adventurers.

• Hancock persuaded Gloriosa to establish diplomatic relations after the Imperial Fleet swiftly defeated a Super Giant Sea King, and Hane created a River Spirit to solve Amazon Lily’s reproduction problem.
• Momousagi’s forces purged Sabaody Archipelago’s criminal networks and rescued slaves, while Uchiha Retsuyō brought Rayleigh to meet Hane.
• Rayleigh told Hane and Robin that Joy Boy had become Imu, and Hane destroyed Golden Lion Shiki’s attacking fleet and killed him.
• Naruto’s adventurer group defeated Captain John’s pirates near Sakura Island, then Hane defeated Whitebeard and secured the Whitebeard Pirates’ pledge to join the Empire’s Adventurers Guild.
• Blackbeard fled after attacking a division commander, while Whitebeard and Shanks traveled toward the Empire and the King of Fish-Man Island agreed to join it.
• Hane welcomed Whitebeard’s group and promised the Merfolk equal protection, while Dragon decided to seek a place in the Empire after the Revolutionary Army’s cause faltered.
• Sengoku ordered Garp to lead the Four Blues Total Conquest Plan, Dragon asked to return to the Marines, and Sabo proposed that he, Ace, and Luffy become adventurers.