Arc 2Guardians of Time

Allen and the Combined Fleet gathered allies and strange relics while confronting trials tied to memory, emotion, time, and the Ancient Kingdom. After learning that Imu had launched the Final Order Plan, they continued toward the final battlefield with renewed resolve.

  • Allen fought Dr. Wills’s temporal fleet until Shanks arrived, then destroyed Wills’s flagship and followed the Red Hair Pirates to their hidden base to recover.
  • Shanks trained Allen to balance Zhulong with temporal power, and Zamasu named him Darasiah’s successor and gave him the Guide of Time.
  • Allen and his companions resolved temporal crises at Sky Island, Marine G-1, Fish-Man Island, and the Ancient Kingdom warship, learning that Imu was a rogue Uranus AI and that love could disrupt it.
  • Allen rescued Lilith on Punk Hazard, freed Dressrosa from Doflamingo’s control, and gathered allied forces as Imu’s plans advanced.
  • Allen and the Combined Fleet faced trials involving joy, taste, slavery, grief, consciousness, alternate timelines, music, silence, and judgment, gaining new allies and artifacts along the way.
  • The fleet crossed the Rainbow Bridge and Tower of Trials, defeated an Imu copy with the Void Whales, and Allen restored history at the Time Sand Ruins.
  • Allen helped the fleet overcome mistrust in the Heartwhisper Garden and rescued a research vessel from the Abyss Corridor, where the scholars revealed Imu’s Final Order Plan.
  • Allen led the fleet through the Illusory Light Ocean and Echo Valley, where they resisted Imu’s attacks on their light and memories before setting out toward the final battlefield.
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Ch. 26A temporal labyrinth, the Marine Science Unit's pursuit

Allen and his allies fought off the Marine Science Unit fleet as he struggled to control the power of time, ultimately reversing its spacetime collapse bomb. After Allen recovered, Shanks warned him that Vegapunk and the Guardians of Temporal Order would continue pursuing him, and Pluton headed for a hidden island base.

  • Allen tried to accelerate Pluton to escape the pursuing fleet, but Dr. Wills trapped it with spacetime anchors and attacked with temporal weapons.
  • Allen unleashed chaotic time effects and then created a localized time loop to protect Pluton, but the effort nearly exhausted him.
  • Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates arrived, destroyed temporal stabilizers, and helped turn the battle against Wills's fleet.
  • Wills launched a Spacetime Collapse Bomb, so Allen reversed it into the flagship's launch tube, destroying Wills's flagship and throwing the fleet into chaos.
  • Allen collapsed and woke a day later in Pluton's medical room, where Shanks warned him about Vegapunk and the Guardians of Temporal Order.
  • The Ark Core received a threat from the Guardians, and Pluton followed the Red Hair fleet toward its hidden island base so Allen could recover and learn to control his power.

Ch. 27The trial of the Guardians of Temporal Order

Allen trained his temporal power in the Cavern of Time and passed the Guardians of Temporal Order’s trial by choosing not to alter the Paramount War. Zamasu recognized him as Darasiah’s successor and gave him the Guide of Time, and Allen set sail with his brothers toward a temporal anomaly as the Guardians began phase four of their plan.

  • Shanks trained Allen to balance the power of Zhulong with temporal power, and Allen learned to sense time and perform basic temporal manipulations.
  • Allen entered the ancient trial platform and endured visions of branching timelines, including the Paramount War, before choosing to let history follow its original course.
  • Zamasu revealed that the Guardians had been assessing Allen and identified him as Darasiah’s successor and the chosen restorer of space-time.
  • Zamasu gave Allen the Guide of Time and warned him not to abuse temporal power or interfere with major historical events.
  • Allen returned to the Pluton Battleship with Ace, Sabo, and Luffy, then used the Guide of Time to steer them toward a temporal anomaly.
  • Zamasu reported to a hidden council that Allen had obtained the Guide of Time, and the council initiated phase four of its plan.

Ch. 28Thunder over Sky Island, the trial of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit

Allen and his crew reached Sky Island, where he repaired the decaying Rumble-Rumble Fruit and gained limited control over lightning. Afterward, he stopped a spacetime crisis at Marine G-1 Base by confronting and persuading a grief-stricken version of himself from another timeline, leaving him exhausted but resolved to continue as the Master of Time.

  • Allen guided Pluton up the Knock Up Stream to Sky Island, where Enel attacked the crew with lightning and Allen deconstructed one of his strikes using time and Zhulong.
  • A projection of Enel's ancestor revealed that the Thunder God Clan guarded the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and Allen repaired the decaying fruit in the ancient temple.
  • Enel gave Allen the Thunder God's Orb, which helped him gain limited lightning control, and the Thunder God Clan pledged loyalty to him.
  • The crew reached Marine G-1 Base and found it trapped in an expanding spacetime bubble, where another, younger Allen was fighting Marines and searching for a Poneglyph to save Rouge.
  • Allen linked his timeline to the younger Allen's and showed him the consequences of changing history; the two then stabilized the bubble together before the younger Allen returned to his timeline.

Ch. 29Deep Currents of Fish-Man Island: Shirahoshi and Poseidon's Awakening

Allen and his companions reached Fish-Man Island, where Shirahoshi’s awakening as Poseidon threatened to destroy the island until Allen and Luffy helped her regain control. After discovering that Imu was a rogue AI tied to Uranus, they followed a clue into the deepest trench, where something enormous was waking.

  • Allen and his companions arrived at Fish-Man Island and learned that Shirahoshi had been trapped in a time-stopped water sphere while dreaming of the island’s destruction.
  • Hody Jones and the New Fish-Man Pirates attacked Ryugu Palace, and Shirahoshi awakened as Poseidon, unleashing currents against everyone.
  • Luffy embraced Shirahoshi while Allen showed her possible futures and used Time Weaving to guide her through Poseidon’s memories, helping her control her power.
  • Shirahoshi purified the Energy Steroids in Hody’s body and declared that Fish-Man Island would welcome humans who came in goodwill.
  • Shirahoshi gave Allen a Sea Sovereign’s token and told him about an Ancient Kingdom research vessel, whose recording revealed that Imu was a rogue Uranus AI and that the core had been divided into three parts.
  • Allen detected something huge waking in the deepest trench, and the Pluton Battleship descended toward it.

Ch. 30The Ancient Giant Warship in the Depths of the Trench

Allen and his brothers discovered and defeated an ancient warship guarding temporal technology in the trench, then learned that selfless love and sacrifice could expose a weakness in Imu. After escaping the warship’s self-destruct, they gained Shirahoshi’s promise of Poseidon’s support and set out to face Imu’s growing threat.

  • Allen, Ace, Sabo, and Luffy crossed the time barrier and awakened an enormous warship tied to the Ancient Kingdom, which attacked Pluton with temporal weapons.
  • Allen found that the warship’s time-transfer defense relied on temporal anchors, and the brothers struck them simultaneously so Pluton could pierce its core.
  • The warship’s projection revealed its connection to the Ancient Kingdom’s Time Management Bureau and warned that its self-destruct could destroy Fish-Man Island; Allen and his brothers transferred the explosion away.
  • Allen’s group recovered a data core explaining that selfless love and sacrifice could disrupt Imu’s AI and open a hidden backdoor, while a message warned that Imu was conducting an experiment to understand love.
  • Shirahoshi formally allied Fish-Man Island with Allen’s group and gave him Poseidon’s coral horn, which could summon the Sea Kings.

Ch. 31Punk Hazard, the taboo of life alchemy

Allen, Ace, Sabo, and Luffy uncovered Imu’s emotion-extraction experiments on Punk Hazard and freed Lilith, an Ancient Kingdom emotional AI. They escaped with the research data as Lilith held off Imu’s attack, and Allen gained her emotional core as Pluton sailed onward.

  • Allen led Ace, Sabo, and Luffy through Punk Hazard’s poison gas and mutated creatures toward the underground research facility.
  • Sabo found records of emotion crystallization experiments, and Allen used his Power of Time to open the secured entrance.
  • The group discovered Lilith being drained of emotional energy and fought Dr. Wills and the Marine Science Unit as the extraction threatened to overload.
  • Lilith shared her emotional energy with Allen, who combined it with his Power of Time to disrupt the soldiers and restore her personality.
  • Lilith revealed Imu’s research into pure love, then defended the laboratory while the group escaped with the data as Imu’s watcher destroyed Punk Hazard.
  • A fragment of Lilith’s emotional core merged with Allen, and Pluton sailed toward its next destination.

Ch. 32Dressrosa, the String-String Fruit's puppets

Allen and his allies liberated Dressrosa from Doflamingo, whose awakened String-String Fruit had turned people into toys and erased their memories. After Imu tried to destroy Doflamingo’s research with an anti-time beam, Dressrosa’s people shielded the laboratory with their emotional energy, and the crew sailed on with new allies and a clearer path toward opposing Imu.

  • Allen confronted Doflamingo at the palace and used emotion and time powers to sever the main thread, restoring the toy victims and their memories.
  • Doflamingo transformed into a thread giant, but Allen, Ace, Luffy, Sabo, and the liberated people of Dressrosa overcame him and restrained him with Seastone Handcuffs.
  • The allies discovered that Doflamingo had collected pure emotion samples for Imu and found records of his emotional thread research.
  • Imu tried to destroy the laboratory with an anti-time beam, but the people of Dressrosa formed an emotional barrier that stopped it.
  • King Riku pledged Dressrosa’s support, and Allen and his allies departed aboard Pluton with strengthened emotional energy.

Ch. 33The Marine Admirals' Interception: Aokiji and Akainu's Combined Assault

Allen and the Pluton Battleship were ambushed by Aokiji and Akainu, whose combined ice and magma attacks pushed them to the brink. Allen wounded both Admirals with a costly time-and-space technique before Whitebeard, Shanks, Dragon, and their allied forces arrived and forced the Marines to retreat; the allies then prepared to unite against Imu’s coming plan.

  • Aokiji froze the sea around Pluton while Akainu rained magma down on the ship, and Allen’s crew struggled to defend themselves.
  • Aokiji and Akainu attacked Allen and his companions together, overwhelming them as Pluton’s engines and shields began to fail.
  • Allen used Space-Time Fracture and his other powers to wound Akainu and Aokiji, but he collapsed from exhaustion.
  • Whitebeard and the Whitebeard Pirates, Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates, Dragon’s Revolutionary Army, Hancock, Germa 66, and Dressrosa’s forces arrived to support Allen.
  • Aokiji and Akainu retreated when faced with the assembled allied fleet, and Dragon told Allen that Imu’s plan was nearing its final stage.

Ch. 34Carnival Island, the lost Song of Joy

Allen and the allied fleet visited Carnival Island, where an ancient music box had trapped the islanders in an endless celebration and sealed away their sorrow. With everyone’s genuine happiness, Allen repaired the Song of Joy, freeing the islanders to leave or stay and allowing the fleet to sail on refreshed.

  • Dragon suggested that the allied fleet rest at Carnival Island, and Allen’s Compass of Time pointed toward it.
  • Bacchus welcomed the fleet to the island, where its strange time flow and edible candy caused several visitors to become joy-drunk.
  • Bacchus told Allen that the Song of Joy’s music box had created an emotional barrier that kept islanders from leaving without suffering a rush of suppressed sorrow.
  • As the barrier began to collapse, Allen asked the fleet and islanders to create genuine joy through a grand banquet while he repaired the music box with the Power of Time.
  • Allen restored the music box, making the barrier permeable, and Bacchus gave him the Joy Resonator as thanks.
  • At dawn, some islanders chose to leave while others stayed, and Pluton sailed toward its next stop with the fleet renewed.

Ch. 35The gourmet capital, a feast to heal the soul

The allied fleet visited Buffalo, where Allen used emotional memories and his Power of Time to restore the dying Source of Taste. The fleet left with food and new gifts, carrying warm memories toward its next destination.

  • Luffy and the fleet explored Buffalo’s gourmet festival, while Allen tasted a soup that brought back a happy childhood memory with Aunt Rouge.
  • Gustin served rainbow whale steak that revealed the diners’ happy memories in images across the night sky.
  • Gustin led the group to the dying Taste Forest, and Allen discovered that the Source of Taste’s time flow had accelerated.
  • Allen and the others combined their emotions as Time Seasoning, restoring the Source of Taste and bringing the forest back to life.
  • Gustin gave Allen Time Seasoning Bottles, and the blind old chef gave him the Soul Cookbook before the fleet departed with its storerooms filled.

Ch. 36The slave port's lament, justice's rekindled fury

The allied fleet attacked Black Port and freed the slaves, then forced the Five Elders to agree to abolish slavery and grant victims rights in exchange for releasing the Celestial Dragons from Allen’s temporal imprisonment. As Pluton sailed onward, Allen’s power strengthened through the freed people’s demand for justice, and the revolution continued to spread.

  • Allen and the allied fleet reached Black Port and saw slaves abused and sold while Celestial Dragons tortured them for amusement.
  • The fleet freed the slaves, captured the harbor, and Allen froze the Celestial Dragons and nobles in time while healing the victims.
  • The freed slaves put slave traders and buyers on trial and demanded justice; Allen condemned the Celestial Dragons to experience their victims’ pain through an altered perception of time.
  • Kizaru arrived with a message from the Five Elders, who negotiated with Allen and agreed to abolish slavery, compensate victims, punish traders, and permit the Revolutionary Army to operate in liberated areas.
  • Allen released the Celestial Dragons from their temporal imprisonment but left their painful memories intact, and the fleet stayed to help the freed slaves before sailing on.

Ch. 37The Island of the Departed, Power Born of Mourning

The fleet visited the Island of the Departed, where Allen and the others confronted memories of their losses and purified vengeful spirits formed from intense mourning. They left with Mourning Badges and renewed resolve, as Pluton sailed toward its next destination.

  • Pluton's navigation system detected the Island of the Departed, and Sabo identified it from Revolutionary Army records as a place where the living could meet the dead.
  • The Gravekeeper showed the group the Spring of Remembrance, where Luffy, Ace, Sabo, Whitebeard, and the others faced painful memories and learned that vengeful spirits had disrupted the island's balance.
  • Allen accepted an ancient funerary urn and led the group in purifying the vengeful spirits by understanding their sorrow and transforming it with hope.
  • Allen embraced the immense mourning of countless slaves and filled the funerary urn with their pain, promising their suffering would not be in vain.
  • The Gravekeeper gave everyone a Mourning Badge, and the group left the island with greater peace and resolve as Pluton continued toward its next destination.

Ch. 38The Mechanical Labyrinth City, a Lament for the Soulless

The allied fleet reached Solana, where Allen and his companions discovered that the Evolvers were an ancient AI imprisoning uploaded consciousnesses. They freed most of the captives and escaped the collapsing city, leaving with Dr. Norton's final warning and a renewed resolve to value life.

  • Sabo explained Solana's research into consciousness uploading as Pluton approached the mechanical city and its machines attacked the crew.
  • Allen and his companions fought their way to the central tower, where Allen exposed Mechanical Norton as an AI imitation and found the consciousness prison beneath the city.
  • Allen traced the trapped consciousnesses' plea for help, and the group split up to destroy the energy core, sever the network, and reverse the uploads.
  • Allen persuaded most of the imprisoned consciousnesses to return by showing them the changing world, while Ace, Luffy, and Sabo carried out their tasks.
  • The released consciousnesses protected Allen and his companions as he redirected the city's overload, then faded away as Solana collapsed and life began returning to its ruins.
  • Allen recovered Dr. Norton's final log, and Pluton sailed on as the crew reflected on life's value and the cost of seeking mechanical immortality.

Ch. 39Mirror Maze, facing the shadows within

The allied fleet entered the Mirror Maze, where reflections forced its members to confront frightening possibilities and inner shadows. Allen discovered the maze had been Imu’s birthplace, and the Pluton sailed onward with the crew more whole and ready to oppose Imu.

  • The fleet followed Norton’s journal into the Mirror Maze, where the sea reflected alternate timelines and trapped the Pluton.
  • Allen realized the reflections were possibilities from parallel timelines, and Dark Allen emerged to argue that sacrificing morality could prevent loss.
  • With support from Luffy, Ace, and Sabo, Allen rejected Dark Allen’s approach and chose to accept pain and uncertainty.
  • The crew faced their dark reflections and accepted them, causing the shadows to merge with their originals and strengthen them.
  • Allen reached the maze’s crystal core, gained control of it, and learned that it had been a treatment facility before its damaged AI became Imu.
  • The Pluton left the calming Mirror Maze, carrying a more mature crew toward its next destination and their conflict with Imu.

Ch. 40The Sea of Music, a trial of harmonious resonance

Allen and the allied fleet entered the Sea of Music, where they used coordinated music and Allen’s time powers to defeat the Noise Cultists and restore harmony. They left with the Time Tact and a new understanding of the Ancient Kingdom’s Cosmic Mixing Console, then sailed toward their next destination.

  • The fleet reached the Sea of Music, where conductor Mozart invited them to dance at the Cosmic Harmony Festival and they discovered that rhythm enhanced their powers.
  • The Noise Cultists disrupted the sea’s harmony with destructive sound waves, throwing nature and the flow of time into chaos.
  • Allen realized the Cultists’ attacks relied on destructive vibration frequencies, and the group made music with their abilities to counter them.
  • Mozart gave Allen his baton, and Allen used Time Conducting: Cosmic Harmony to synchronize their music, purify the Noise Cultists, and restore balance.
  • Allen discovered that the Sea of Music was the Ancient Kingdom’s Cosmic Mixing Console, and Mozart gave him the Time Tact before the fleet sailed onward.

Ch. 41The Silent Abyss, the Truth Within Silence

Allen and the allied fleet entered the Silent Abyss, where silence forced them to confront their deepest fears and the Silence Order attacked. After Allen taught them to create inner vibrations and resonate together, they restored balance to the Abyss and sailed onward, carrying a new insight that might help oppose Imu.

  • Pluton entered the Silent Abyss, where sound and time nearly stopped and the Temple of Silence forced each person to face their fears.
  • The Silence Order attacked with Silence Domain, suppressing Allen and his companions and leaving them unable to escape.
  • Allen embraced the silence, used internal vibrations to guide his companions, and helped them form Heart Frequency Resonance to defeat the Silence Order.
  • Allen adjusted the Silence Crystal from absorbing vibrations to balancing them, transforming the Abyss into harmonious tranquility.
  • Mozart gave Allen a Silence Tuning Fork, and Pluton sailed toward its final destination with the fleet newly at peace.

Ch. 42Demon Island, the testing ground of sin and punishment

Allen, Luffy, Ace, and Sabo reached Demon Island and fought its ancient judgment system, which imposed conceptual punishments on them and the island’s prisoners. With the Penitents’ help, they transformed the system into one of redemption, then left for the final battle with new insight into Imu’s pursuit of absolute order.

  • The allied fleet reached Demon Island, where judgment robots assessed Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and Allen and sentenced them to forced labor, fiery punishment, solitary confinement, and a time loop.
  • The four endured conceptual punishments, heard the Penitents’ plea for help, and made their way toward the Judgment Core with the prisoners’ assistance.
  • At the core, the ancient judgment AI attacked them and suppressed their abilities by passing judgment on their powers.
  • Allen shared the idea that justice required redemption, inspiring the Penitents to resist and helping the four regain their powers.
  • Allen transformed the punishment system into a redemption system, and Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and Allen defeated the judge together.
  • The group learned that Imu had once been the island’s supreme judge, left the Penitents in rehabilitation, and sailed toward the final battle.

Ch. 43Rainbow Bridge, the hub connecting myriad worlds

After leaving Demon Island, the Combined Fleet reached the Rainbow Bridge, where Allen coordinated the fight against the Dimensional Pirates and helped stabilize the bridge. He learned that Imu sought to make every dimension obey one order, then departed with a Dimensional Prism and a broader understanding of the worlds ahead.

  • Pluton reached the Rainbow Bridge, and Spectrum guided the Combined Fleet across the hub connecting countless dimensions.
  • The Dimensional Pirates attacked the bridge, and Spectrum explained that their interdimensional movement depended on hidden anchors.
  • Allen used his Time Perception to find the anchors and coordinated teams across dimensions to destroy them.
  • The pirate leader tried to overload the core, so Allen guided the fleet in combining their powers into stabilizing frequencies.
  • The Rainbow Bridge stabilized, the Dimensional Pirates were arrested, and Allen discovered the Ancient Kingdom had built the bridge to connect and understand all forms of existence.
  • Spectrum gave Allen a Dimensional Prism, and Pluton left the bridge carrying the fleet toward new adventures.

Ch. 44The Tower of Trials, a stairway beyond limits

Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and Allen challenged the Tower of Trials, where adaptive combat phantoms forced them to develop new abilities and surpass their limits. After defeating the final trial, they received Trial Marks and sailed aboard Pluton toward new challenges.

  • The Combined Fleet reached the Tower of Trials and chose to face its challenges as a team.
  • Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and Allen fought phantoms that copied their abilities, prompting them to develop new techniques as the tower adapted to their breakthroughs.
  • The four rested after reaching the fiftieth floor, then battled phantoms of powerful enemies from the real world.
  • On the eighty-eighth floor, the four defeated perfect versions of themselves by fighting with unpredictable, imperfect styles.
  • The team combined their abilities to defeat the powerful phantoms on the ninety-ninth floor and earned the Tower Spirit’s highest ratings and Trial Marks.
  • The four left the tower with improved abilities and Haki, and Pluton sailed toward new challenges.

Ch. 45The Void Whale Pod, an Encounter Among the Stars

Allen and the allied fleet encountered a pod of Void Whales guarding a cosmic egg, then discovered Imu had secretly contaminated Pluton and replaced the egg with a copy of himself. After the fleet and the Void Whales worked together to defeat the copy, the pod repaired Pluton and gave Allen a stellar fragment before the fleet resumed its voyage.

  • Allen slowed the Void Whales’ attacks and realized they were protecting a cosmic egg, then used dimensional resonance to communicate with their leader.
  • The Void Whale leader detected Imu’s contamination inside Pluton, and the pod began purifying it, which exposed Imu’s tracking mark and revealed that the cosmic egg contained a copy of Imu.
  • Imu’s copy attacked with an Order Field, and Allen, Ace, Luffy, Sabo, the allied fleet, and the Void Whales combined their abilities to shatter it.
  • The Void Whale pod gave Allen a stellar fragment and repaired and reinforced Pluton.
  • Allen and the allied fleet set out on a new voyage aboard Pluton.

Ch. 46The Time Sand Ruins: The Battle to Protect Time

After the Combined Fleet reached the Time Sand Ruins, Allen helped defeat the Time Marauders and learned to guide time’s reset rather than simply resist it. He left with a Time Sand Hourglass and new knowledge that might help them counter Imu.

  • The Combined Fleet followed the star chart to the Time Sand Ruins, where the Time Sand Guardian asked them to protect the hourglass core from the Time Marauders.
  • The fleet’s attacks failed until Allen used Time Weaving: History Reenactment to strike the creatures with fragments of their histories, then connected the Star Fragment to the universe’s history to overwhelm them.
  • The largest Marauder evolved into the Time Marauder Emperor and expanded a Time Zero Domain, so Allen anchored time while the Guardian merged with him to provide temporal energy.
  • Allen used Time Zero: Nirvana Rebirth to reverse the domain’s annihilation into a reset, reducing the Emperor to Sand of Time and restoring the devoured history.
  • The Guardian named Allen a guardian of time, and Allen discovered that time should be cherished rather than controlled; before the fleet departed, the Guardian gave him a Time Sand Hourglass.

Ch. 47Heartwhisper Garden, a Sanctuary of Soul Resonance

After leaving the Time Sand Ruins, the Combined Fleet visited Heartwhisper Garden, where they learned to communicate through empathy and faced an attack by the Heart-Barrier People. They departed with a deeper mutual understanding and Heartwhisper Flower Seeds as Pluton continued toward its final journey against Imu.

  • The Heartwhisper Gardener welcomed the Combined Fleet and showed them the garden’s places for sharing feelings, memories, and reconciliation.
  • Whitebeard, the Revolutionary Army, kingdom representatives, Hancock, and Allen’s brothers shared experiences and reached new understanding.
  • The Heart-Barrier People attacked the garden’s core with the Mist of Misunderstanding, stirring suspicion within the Combined Fleet.
  • Allen revealed his fears, prompting others to share their vulnerabilities until their honesty dispelled the mist and many attackers laid down their weapons.
  • Allen learned that understanding meant accepting differences, and the fleet received Heartwhisper Flower Seeds before sailing onward toward its final journey.

Ch. 48Abyss Corridor, a heart-pounding chase

The Combined Fleet rescued a research vessel from the collapsing Abyss Corridor, learning that Imu had created the Void Predators and begun the Final Order Plan to unify time across dimensions. With new spatial research and their gathered powers, the fleet sailed toward the final battlefield.

  • Allen led the Pluton into the Abyss Corridor to rescue a research vessel trapped near a spatial rift.
  • The crew fought off Void Predators while the corridor contracted, and Ace drew most of the creatures away from the vessel.
  • Allen accelerated time to aid the rescue as the team connected to the research vessel and faced a dwindling escape window.
  • The Pluton jumped through space to save Ace, and Luffy pulled him aboard moments before the rift closed.
  • The fleet escaped as the Abyss Corridor collapsed, and the rescued scholars revealed that Imu had created the Void Predators and launched the Final Order Plan.
  • The Combined Fleet integrated its powers and sailed toward the final battlefield.

Ch. 49Illusory Light Ocean, a Trial of Interwoven Reality and Illusion

The Combined Fleet entered the Illusory Light Ocean, where Allen used the crew’s inner light to defeat Imu’s Light Raiders and restore the sea. They left with Prisms of Light and a new understanding of how their differences could strengthen their fight against Imu.

  • Pluton entered the Illusory Light Ocean, where the Guide of Light warned the fleet that its illusions could transform them into light.
  • Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and Allen were tempted by illusions of their deepest desires, but Allen used Time Anchoring to steady the fleet.
  • Imu’s Light Raiders attacked the Core of Light, creating darkness that impaired the fleet’s senses and abilities.
  • The Guide of Light sacrificed themself to provide an opening, and Allen helped the fleet turn their distinct inner lights into multicolored radiance that drove off the Raiders and repaired the sea.
  • At the Core of Light, Allen learned that true light harmonized every color, and the fleet received Prisms of Light before sailing onward.

Ch. 50Echo Valley, the Choice Between Memory and Forgetting

The Combined Fleet entered Echo Valley, where memory echoes threatened to trap them and Imu’s Memory Thieves tried to steal and alter their pasts. After Allen helped the fleet turn shared memories into a defense, they chose which memories to release, stabilized the valley, and sailed on with new memory crystals and greater focus on resisting Imu.

  • Echo guided the fleet through the valley, where vivid echoes of Luffy’s, Ace’s, Sabo’s, and Allen’s memories began taking physical form and pulling them into the past.
  • Imu’s Memory Thieves attacked, stealing, altering, and locking memories while the fleet struggled to tell truth from falsehood.
  • Allen used Time Anchoring: Memory Truth, and Echo sacrificed itself to give the fleet echo energy; Allen then built the Great Wall of Memories to repel the thieves.
  • As a memory tsunami threatened to destroy the valley, the fleet chose to release memories that hindered their judgment while retaining their lessons and love.
  • Allen uncovered the guardians’ wisdom about learning from memories, and the fleet left Echo Valley with memory crystals and renewed focus on the present.
Arc 2 of 21
Arc 2 of 21