Recaps

The Holy Church expanded its power across the seas, defeated the Marines’ resistance, and drew pirates and adventurers into its new order. Robin joined the Church, and the First Holy Grail Battle began with the contestants transported away.

• The Holy Church defeated Shiki’s attack on Cocoyasi Village, protected its residents, and publicized the victory as the Five Elders formed a pirate alliance.
• Zephyr and Sengoku rejected the World Government’s alliance with pirates, and Sengoku led the departing Marines toward the East Blue before joining the Holy Church’s Adventurers’ Guild.
• The Church announced the Ladder Tournament, drawing fighters from across the world as Ace set out to become the strongest Adventurer and Luffy decided to sail early to compete.
• The Holy Church fleets confronted Akainu’s navy near Sabaody, and Hexia defeated Akainu before he ordered the Marines to surrender.
• Kizaru and Kuzan returned with their ships to surrender, while pirates began looking for ways to legitimize themselves and Shanks mourned the end of the Great Pirate Era.
• Hexia visited Ohara, where Robin asked about the being she believed had changed her past, and Hexia invited Robin to join the Holy Church with Olvia’s encouragement.
• Ace reunited with Luffy, Zoro, and Nami before Sengoku opened the First Holy Grail Battle, and the Holy Grail transported the contestants away.

The Adventurers conquered the Celestial Ladder, and Senior won the Holy Grail to restore his family. The Holy Church then helped topple the World Government, formed a new federation, and sent clerics to protect Cursed Children in a hostile world.

• Hawk-Eye and the Adventurers fought their way up the Celestial Ladder, defeating its shinobi and guardians at great cost before reaching the final trials.
• Kaguya trapped Ace, Jozu, Kaido, and Senior in the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Senior broke free and used the Holy Grail to restore Lucian and their son.
• After Kaido attacked Kaguya, Sengoku ended the tournament, while Axel gathered the Holy Church, the Adventurers' Guild, and Dragon's forces to launch a counteroffensive against the World Government.
• Axel's forces defeated the God's Army, and Imu revealed the danger of losing control of the world's magnetic poles before agreeing to Axel's demand that the adult Celestial Dragons die.
• The Holy Church and its allies subdued major enemies, then Dragon and Axel established the Radiant Federation and promised equal rights and protection for its peoples.
• Holy Light Clerics rescued Irene and her sisters from abuse and neglect, sheltered them, and befriended Enju despite Rentaro's concerns about the group.
• Aiki planned to establish the Holy Light Civil Security Agency, while Ria sent more clerics and Medical Fruits to aid the Cursed Children.
• A hostile crowd gathered outside the Holy Light Civilian Police Office, but the clerics stood firm as stones struck an invisible barrier.

Aiki and the Holy Light Office fought for the Cursed Children, defeated Scorpio, and faced growing hostility after a deadly riot. Ordered to leave Tokyo, they began escorting the girls out as the crowd turned against them.

• Aiki defended the Manor and the Cursed Children from hostile residents, then took abused children into the Holy Light Office’s care during a confrontation at the Tokyo Defense Department.
• Seitenshi entrusted the Holy Light Office with the mission to recover the Seven-Star Relic, and Aiki refused to let the agencies send the children into battle.
• Enju chose to live at the Manor, and Rentaro reunited with her before joining Aiki’s squad to search for the relic.
• The Holy Light Clerics destroyed attacking Gastrea and found the bodies of civil security members at a ruined factory, where they confronted Kagetane Hiruko.
• Kagetane Hiruko died after revealing he had created Hibana and opened the Seven-Star Relic, which triggered the Tower of the Ladder’s explosion and Scorpio’s attack on Tokyo.
• The Holy Light Clerics destroyed Scorpio with the Super Holy Light Cannon, but the relic held only a toy bicycle, and protests prompted Seitenshi to postpone the Gastrea Protection Act.
• Aiki’s group used a fear-inducing formation against hostile demonstrators, causing a deadly stampede, and Seitenshi ordered the Holy Light Office to leave Tokyo within three days.
• Reinforcements arrived with supplies and a golden book from Pope Ria, and Aiki began escorting the girls out as the crowd attacked and the Holy Knights cut down those who crossed the boundary.

Elsa and Aiki’s Holy Light Clerics rescued and empowered the Cursed Children, then used Tokyo’s collapse to force the city to accept the Church’s terms. After expanding Academy City and extending the Church’s reach across nations, Ria led an expedition into a new world and encountered the Windrunner sisters in Quel'Thalas.

• Elsa welcomed Tina into the Holy Light Clerics, and Tina joined the children as they left Tokyo and settled in a protected coastal city.
• Seitenshi sent Rentaro to negotiate with Aiki, but Naruto rejected Tokyo’s offer until its citizens apologized and accepted the Church’s demands.
• Tokyo’s monolith collapsed, the Gastrea overran the city, and its surviving citizens knelt to beg the Cursed Children for help.
• The empowered girls returned to fight the Gastrea, and Naruto killed Aldebaran before ordering the creation of a Holy Light Academy.
• Aiki’s forces executed Kikunojo Tendo and other officials, then imposed the Child Protection Act across the Land of Sakura.
• Two years later, Irene won Academy City’s student council election as reports of the Holy Church’s expanding influence spread.
• Naruto stopped nuclear warheads with a summoned golden hand, prompting world leaders to accept the Church’s conditions.
• Ria dispatched forces across four worlds and arrived in Quel'Thalas, where Hexia met Sylvanas, Vereesa, and Alleria.