Recaps

As the World Government sent more God's Knights into battle, Luffy's allies lost their advantage and began to face defeat. Ivankov learned Kuma could not use the move that killed Saturn again, while the fighters guarding the Thousand Sunny considered joining the main battle.

• Dragon, Kaido, Kid, Law, Akainu, and Sengoku reacted to the shifting battle and the arrival of more enemy reinforcements.
• Dragon and Luffy were pinned down by groups of God's Knights, while apprentice God's Knights erased the advantages held by Sabo, Zoro, Kaido, Nami, Ace, and Kuzan.
• Ivankov asked Kuma whether he could use again the move that had killed Saturn, and Kuma said he could not.
• A fighter guarding the Thousand Sunny told Hawk-Eye and Marco that they should abandon the ship and help Ace and the others.

Crocodile, Hawk-Eye, Marco, and their allies held back the pirates while Luffy and the others struggled against the World Government’s forces. Robin lost focus after a God's Knights Trainee taunted her, and his Conqueror's Haki-coated palm closed in on her chest with no time to dodge.

• Crocodile decided to leave the ship’s defense to fight, but Marco and Hawk-Eye insisted that holding back the pirates would give Ace and the others more time.
• Katakuri said Big Mom’s decision to fight alongside the Straw Hat Pirates showed she had changed, while King refused Jack’s suggestion to help Kaido because guarding the battlefield mattered more.
• Sengoku urged Garp to intervene as Luffy and the others faltered against the World Government’s immortal fighters, but Garp insisted that help would come and the crew could still endure.
• A Donquixote Family God's Knights Trainee taunted Robin about leading the Straw Hat Pirates to Laugh Tale and blamed her for their peril.
• Chopper warned Robin not to listen and called out as the trainee prepared a fatal strike, but Robin’s distraction left her unable to evade his Conqueror's Haki-coated palm.

Vic appeared beside Robin and killed the blond apprentice God's Knight who had nearly struck her, then urged her to continue her mission. His arrival alarmed the Five Elders and God's Knights as Luffy welcomed him, believing he had come after receiving his call.

• Vic appeared beside Robin as Nami's lightning struck the blond apprentice God's Knight, killing him before he could attack her.
• Vic told Robin that her mission mattered and that she should not abandon it out of fear, and Robin affirmed her resolve as Chopper wept with relief.
• Nami recognized that Vic had redirected her lightning, while Sengoku questioned Garp about how Vic had appeared and Garp concealed Vic's spatial ability.
• Saint Mars and the other World Government fighters discussed Vic's sudden arrival, and Garling compared the danger he sensed to Rocks.
• Luffy knocked Jiringomu away, greeted Vic, and thought Vic had come after hearing his Den Den Mushi call about Joy Boy's message.

Vic arrived at the battle between the Straw Hat Pirates and the World Government, giving his allies hope as they faced the Five Elders and the Holy Knights. The Marines remained poised to act, while Mars counted on Imu to defeat Vic and the rebels.

• Zoro searched for Kuina while fighting and refused to forgive Vic for taking her from their master, Koshiro.
• Kuzan reflected that the Celestial Dragons had to be overthrown, while his opponent argued that neither Vic nor Luffy could change the world.
• Mars trusted that Imu would defeat Vic and feared the God Domain becoming known, while Dragon, Ace, Crocodile, and Hawk-Eye welcomed Vic's arrival or praised his crew's strength.
• Marco and Jozu felt reassured when Vic appeared, and a Marine urged Sakazuki to order an attack on the Straw Hat Pirates before the World Government could purge the Marines.

Ryokugyu tried to make Akainu, Fujitora, and Kizaru join him in confronting Vic, hoping to protect the Celestial Dragons and advance his own Fleet Admiral ambitions. Fujitora refused, Kizaru agreed, and Vic told Robin that her mother and their other allies should be on their way.

• Ryokugyu hoped Akainu’s refusal to obey the Five Elders would cost him his position, but Vic’s arrival left Ryokugyu uneasy.
• Akainu refused Ryokugyu’s demand to mobilize the Marines against Vic and criticized Ryokugyu’s unquestioning loyalty to the Celestial Dragons.
• Ryokugyu invoked the Admirals’ duty to defend Celestial Dragons and urged Fujitora and Kizaru to help stop Vic.
• Fujitora refused to fight, claiming he could not see Vic and saying nothing about a Celestial Dragon’s death had been confirmed.
• Kizaru agreed to go with Ryokugyu, while privately planning to avoid a direct fight and leave Ryokugyu exposed.
• Robin asked Vic where her mother was, and Vic said he had come alone and expected her and the others to arrive soon.

Vic intervened to save Robin and prepared to bring Olvia and the others to Lodestar Island, but a mysterious shower of newspapers revealed the truth about the Celestial Dragons and the Void Century. Robin wept as she read the recovered history, while fighters and onlookers reacted to the papers amid the ongoing battle.

• Vic told Robin he could bring Olvia and the others to Lodestar Island and used Olvia's Vivre Card to locate them.
• Newspapers suddenly fell from the sky after Vic sensed a brief, familiar fluctuation.
• Vic read a World Economy News paper detailing the Celestial Dragons' origins and the truth of the Void Century, including information about Joy Boy and Laugh Tale.
• Robin read the newspaper beside Vic and wept as she saw the lost history recovered in the name of the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Pirates, Marines, and other onlookers waited for the newspapers while the fighting around the Thousand Sunny continued.

Newspapers revealing the Celestial Dragons’ alien origins and the World Government’s secrets appeared across the world, and people on Lodestar Island began reading them. After reading the report, Ryokugyu tried to stop it from spreading by deciding to destroy the newspapers.

• Nami caught a newspaper and realized it contained the information the Five Elders had tried to suppress.
• Newspapers began raining down in populated places around the world, while Mary Geoise received none.
• Gion, Tokikake, and their adjutants read the report and considered its claims about the Celestial Dragons’ origins and crimes credible.
• Gion connected the revelations to what Vic had told her years earlier and watched the Marines, anticipating their reaction.
• Ryokugyu read a newspaper, rejected its threat to the Celestial Dragons, and decided to destroy the papers before others could read them.

Ryokugyu tried to destroy the falling newspapers, but Vic trapped him in a spatial barrier, allowing them to spread across the battlefield. Pirates and Navy personnel read the revelations about the Void Century and the Celestial Dragons, and the chapter ended with the crowd divided between outrage, suspicion, and indifference.

• Ryokugyu attempted to shred the newspapers with vines, but an invisible barrier stopped them from reaching beyond five meters.
• Vic used a spatial technique to trap Ryokugyu in a small square space after noticing him trying to retrieve and destroy a newspaper.
• The newspapers fell across the valley, and the pirates and Navy personnel began reading them.
• The pirates argued over whether the revelations were true, whether the Straw Hat Pirates and Morgans had fabricated them, and whether they should resist the World Government.
• World Government agents stirred suspicion among the crowd, while some pirates dismissed the revelations as irrelevant to their lives.

The pirates and Marines read a newspaper revealing the World Government’s history and crimes, bringing the assault on the Thousand Sunny to a halt. Sengoku struggled with guilt over the orders he had followed, while Garp, Tsuru, and Zephyr urged him to help turn the Marines against the World Government.

• Pirates approaching the Thousand Sunny and their opponents stopped fighting to read the newspapers scattered across the ground.
• Ivankov recognized Joy Boy’s message and stayed alert, wary that some pirates might still refuse to believe the truth.
• Sengoku broke down over his past service to the Five Elders, especially his role in the Ohara Incident.
• Garp comforted Sengoku and called on him to help lead the Marines back to justice.
• Tsuru and Zephyr urged Sengoku to atone by joining them in fighting the World Government.

After the newspapers exposed the Celestial Dragons as invaders and revealed their crimes, Akainu declared the Navy independent from the World Government and gave its members three choices. The fighting in the valley paused as the Five Elders, the pirates, and Luffy’s group reacted to the news, while Luffy assumed Vic had helped publish it.

• Fujitora asked Bastille to confirm Vice Admiral Yamakaji’s account of the newspaper, and Kizaru confirmed its contents and called the Celestial Dragons demons.
• Akainu announced that the Navy was severing its ties with the World Government and offered marines the choice to join the independent Navy, leave, or serve the World Government.
• The Five Elders and Holy Knights heard Akainu’s declaration, retreated from the fighting, and communicated among themselves about the newspapers.
• The fighting in the valley stopped, and Vic used Secret Sound Transmission to give Luffy and the others the newspaper’s contents so they could act as though they already knew them.
• Luffy excitedly asked Vic if he had helped spread Joy Boy’s message, and Vic shook his head without admitting that he had not done it.

Vic realized that a hidden Law God expert had likely orchestrated the newspapers and the gathering on Lodestar Island to expose the World Government’s crimes. As Vic reunited with the Straw Hat Pirates, the Five Elders and God's Knights panicked and raged over the revelations, yet continued to justify their oppression.

• Vic connected the newspapers and the factions’ arrival on Lodestar Island to a mysterious Law God expert who may have lived for 800 years.
• Aokiji praised Sakazuki for standing by the Marines, while Nami complained to Vic about nearly being hurt and Vic scolded her for not training.
• The Straw Hat Pirates gathered around Vic to greet and thank him, while Zoro kept his distance and treated Vic as his future opponent.
• The Five Elders and God's Knights read the newspapers and feared Imu would punish them for allowing the World Government's crimes to be exposed.
• The Five Elders and God's Knights blamed the Straw Hat Pirates and Morgans, suspected Vic's involvement, and defended their enslavement, killings, and rule over ordinary people.

Vic and Aokiji blocked the Five Elders and God's Knights from reaching the Marines while Akainu urged the Marines to choose sides. After Ryokugyu denounced civilians and defended the Celestial Dragons, Vic killed him to avenge Nami's distress.

• Vic and Aokiji, with Ace, Dragon, Luffy, and their allies, blocked the Five Elders and God's Knights and gave Marines a chance to leave the World Government's side.
• Ryokugyu and Sengoku challenged Vic's authority, but Akainu backed the ultimatum and asked the Marines to choose before the coming battle.
• Ryokugyu defended the Celestial Dragons and argued that ordinary people were worthless, prompting Nami to interrupt him in tears and fury.
• Vic produced Ryokugyu's heart, and the Marine officers discovered that Ryokugyu had died without any visible wounds.

Vic killed Ryokugyu and destroyed his heart, then urged the Marines to choose sides as the Five Elders faced growing isolation. The story left off with Imu arriving on Lodestar Island, his Conqueror’s Haki overwhelming most of the Marines and pirates.

• Vic killed Ryokugyu by taking his heart from a distance and kept the Woods-Woods Fruit in an alternate space.
• Vic offered Ryokugyu’s heart to Nami, and she told him to destroy it, so he burned it to ashes.
• Vic urged the Marines to leave or stay with the Five Elders, and about a tenth of the force chose to leave.
• Ju Peter tried to persuade Vic to stop fighting, but Vic rejected him, saying their sides had no common ground.
• Imu’s powerful Conqueror’s Haki swept across Lodestar Island, knocking most Marines and pirates unconscious.
• Vic recognized Imu’s presence among the black flames and warned Luffy and the others that more enemies had arrived.

Imu arrived on Lodestar Island and revealed herself as the woman behind the World Government, bringing a force of former Five Elders and demon-like fighters. Her overwhelming aura made the gathered fighters recognize the gulf between her power and their own as the battle reached a new crisis.

• Imu's Conqueror's Haki shook the battlefield, but the Straw Hat Pirates and the Marines' remaining leaders stayed conscious.
• Imu declared that she would extinguish the world's other lights and revealed her face as the black flames around her group disappeared.
• Dragon judged that Imu was beyond his ability to defeat and focused on the more than twenty powerful fighters she had brought.
• The group included former Five Elders who had retired over the centuries and other fighters transformed into demons.
• Ace recognized Imu as the enemy who had killed his father and put his hopes for victory in Vic.
• Kaido lost hope of overthrowing the World Government after sensing Imu's strength.

Vic urged the assembled fighters to stop hoping for retreat and unite against Imu, while using the mysterious black-robed powerhouse to challenge her confidence. Imu ordered her forces to attack, leaving the battle on the verge of erupting.

• Big Mom blamed Kaido for putting her children in danger, and Vic warned her that their only hope was to defeat the World Government’s invaders together.
• Akainu backed Vic, and his words rallied people who had been considering retreat as Imu waited for the mysterious powerhouse she had encountered at Mary Geoise ten years earlier.
• Imu asked Vic whether the black-robed figure was afraid to face her, and Vic claimed the figure might already be nearby and had more important things to do.
• Imu compared Vic to Roger and Rocks, but Vic argued that other God Domain powerhouses could be hiding in the world and accused Imu of suppressing knowledge of the God Domain.
• Imu ordered her forces to kill everyone, and Vic suspected that his words had made her anxious about hidden opponents.

Imu turned unconscious fighters into demons while her forces attacked, prompting the navy veterans to join the battle. Garp recognized Imu from God Valley, sent Tsuru to test whether her Wash-Wash Fruit could reverse the transformation, and began striking the Demon Legion.

• Imu used a moving pentagram array to transform unconscious people into demons, while her Demon Legion transformed others.
• Zephyr asked Garp whether the navy veterans could intervene, and Garp gave him permission to act cautiously.
• Garp recognized Imu as the figure who had possessed Saturn at God Valley and turned Rocks into a demon.
• Garp urged Tsuru to try using her Wash-Wash Fruit to restore the transformed people, and Sengoku volunteered to protect her.
• Garp attacked Imu's Demon Legion with Fist Bone Impact, destroying a primal demon before its immortality could activate.

Tsuru’s ability reversed Imu’s demon transformations, prompting Imu to attack her, but Vic protected her and killed Saint Shepherd Sommers with his spatial ability. Imu invited Vic to join her, and he rejected her while criticizing her dependence on the Celestial Dragons.

• Tsuru and Sengoku moved through the battlefield, restoring demonized people with Tsuru’s ability to purify negative emotions.
• Imu noticed Tsuru’s power and sent her tail to kill her, but Vic intercepted the attack and protected Tsuru and Sengoku.
• Vic struck back with a Sword Gang and used his spatial ability to immobilize Saint Shepherd Sommers, then cut him in half and killed him.
• Imu praised Vic’s courage and offered to make him one of the first Five Elders after the world was reset, granting him immortality.
• Vic refused Imu’s admiration and challenged her for continuing to support the Celestial Dragons despite the burden they placed on her.

Vic used his spatial ability to split Imu in two with a surprise sword strike, but she immediately began regenerating. The chapter ended with Imu asking whether Vic had learned his spatial ability or borrowed it from a Devil Fruit.

• Imu taunted Vic because his mysterious ally had not joined the fight, while his side remained under heavy attack.
• Vic accepted that the ally might not intervene and challenged Imu himself, striking with his sword through a spatial rift.
• Vic's slash split Imu in two, leaving Sengoku stunned and Tsuru wary of assuming she was dead.
• Garp and the surrounding Five Elders and God's Knights saw Imu's body divided but remained confident she would survive.
• Imu's two halves rapidly fused back together before Vic could attack again, and she asked how he had gained his spatial ability.

Vic faced Imu, whose complete Law of Immortality made her difficult to kill, while he kept the source of his spatial ability secret. Imu attacked with a crimson trident, and Vic redirected it through space into a retired member of the Five Elders, who began transforming into a demon.

• Imu recognized Vic's Law of Space and reasoned that he might have gained it from a Devil Fruit, which would mean he had already mastered the Law of Lightning.
• Vic refused to reveal how he acquired his spatial ability and realized his Haki alone was not strong enough to overcome Imu's immortality.
• Imu summoned a blood-colored trident through a pentagram array, while Vic suspected her powers were connected to a Demon World.
• Imu sprouted bat wings and thrust her trident at Vic, but Vic used space to redirect the weapon into a retired member of the Five Elders.
• The wounded Elder began undergoing Black Turn Domination and transforming into a demon, even after Imu withdrew her trident.

Vic used the Law of Space to fight Imu on even terms, redirecting her trident thrusts into her own followers while she healed his wounds with the Law of Immortality. The watching fighters regained hope when they saw Vic hold the upper hand, and Imu paused the exchange after recognizing his progress.

• Sengoku and Tsuru stayed beside Vic, and Sengoku reasoned that self-comprehended Laws were stronger than Devil Fruit abilities and did not conflict with them.
• Imu continued attacking Vic to test his Law of Space, while she planned to postpone mastering it and the Laws of Time so she could pursue her other goals before Joy Boy's prophecy came to pass.
• Vic and Imu traded attacks, with Vic redirecting her thrusts into the Five Elders and God's Knights as Imu healed the wounds he inflicted.
• Luffy, Ace, Dragon, and the others stopped to watch the battle, and the sight of Vic matching Imu renewed their hope.
• Imu withdrew after several more thrusts and acknowledged that Vic had made remarkable progress in the Law of Space.

Imu tried to force a contract inscription into Vic’s soul, but his Law of Space delayed it while he fought back. Imu threatened Luffy and the others as her forces overwhelmed them, leaving Vic torn between protecting them and battling Imu directly.

• Vic told Imu he was close to perfecting the Law of Space, prompting her to attack him with a contract inscription.
• Vic used layered spaces to stall the inscription, but it continued tracking him and could not be diverted.
• Vic attacked Imu with his blade, but her perfected Law of Immortality let her recover from the blow.
• Imu secretly ordered the Five Elders and God's Knights to finish their opponents, increasing the pressure on Luffy and the others.
• Garp was surrounded, and Imu threatened to mark Vic’s companions unless he accepted her contract.
• Vic sensed his companions were in danger but hesitated to intervene, knowing Imu could mark them and wondering whether to join the old man in a final battle.

Vic's Thunder God Pirates arrived aboard the Thor as Imu continued attacking the battlefield without restraint. The reinforcements defended themselves, but Imu answered Vic's attempts to deter her by unleashing a larger barrage, leaving the battle escalating.

• Rebecca brought the Thor and the Thunder God Pirates down through Nami's thunderclouds, with Barnett, Kuina, Yamato, and the others aboard.
• Imu attacked the ship with her arrow-tipped tail, and Kuina intercepted the strike.
• Zoro became distracted watching Kuina and took a punch from his opponent, while Hawk-Eye reflected on her rapid rise as a swordswoman.
• Vic killed one of Imu's original demons to try to make her stop targeting his companions, but she ignored the loss.
• Kuina, Yamato, Frodeku, Bullet, and Fisher Tiger blocked Imu's attacks on the Thor.
• Vic killed another demon, and Imu escalated by borrowing Devil Fruit powers through the Laws of Contract and unleashing a massive barrage.

Vic used the Law of Space to protect Rebecca and the others while fighting Imu, then banished her to another dimension. Imu returned through the Demon World and confronted Vic again.

• Imu's hidden tail attack vanished into a spatial rift, and Vic revealed that it had struck one of her own demon servants instead.
• Vic told Rebecca and the others to help Luffy's forces, while Rebecca explained that she, Yamato, and Barnett had decided to come without receiving his order.
• Rebecca and the others joined the battle, easing the pressure on Luffy's outnumbered allies as Tsuru purified transformed demons and Garp fought primordial demons.
• Vic used Dimensional Banishment to send Imu into another dimension, but she returned through the Demon World using her pentagram formation.
• Imu faced Vic again and claimed she could have escaped the hostile dimension even without the Demon World.

Imu used her Contract Laws to turn Vic into a demon and tried to make him her servant, but Vic resisted with the Law of Lightning and recovered through his Haki. After Garp struck Imu, Vic returned to normal and faced her, leaving her puzzled by his resistance and healing.

• Imu made her Contract Inscription attack Vic’s soul, leaving his body motionless as she approached him.
• Imu pierced Vic’s chest with her trident and transformed him into a demon while Rebecca and the others watched in alarm.
• Imu ordered demonized Vic to kill Garp, but Vic did not obey, and Garp struck Imu with Fist Bone Impact.
• Vic suppressed the inscription with the Law of Lightning, used his Haki to dispel the demon form, and healed his chest wound.
• Vic told Garp to leave Imu to him, while Imu questioned how Vic had resisted her Contract Inscription and recovered.

Imu used her book to summon a host of mythical beasts and sent them after Vic, threatening to turn them against the battlefield below if he relied on the Law of Space. Vic evaded the beasts with the Law of Speed and Slowness and appeared beside the Azure Dragon, preparing to strike.

• Imu summoned a huge Azure Dragon from her book, and Kaido recognized its aura as that of a true mythical beast.
• Imu summoned a Phoenix, prompting Buggy to tease Marco about how much more majestic it looked than his form.
• Imu called forth a group of other mythical beasts and surrounded Vic with them.
• Imu warned Vic that she would send the beasts to attack the battlefield below if he used the Law of Space again.
• Vic activated Speed Domain, moved beside the Azure Dragon's head, and used Dragon Slayer.