Chapter Summaries

Allen and the expedition discovered an ancient gate in the Kunlun ruins that reacted to his Star Core Mark and revealed clues about a lost civilization, a diverted people, and an approaching crisis. As Allen warned that the gate might be an early-warning system, the Taotie main assault fleet descended on Kunlun, forcing the group to prepare for battle.

• Dukao sent Allen, Robin, Sanji, Jinbe, and Black Troop members Leina, Ge Xiaolun, and Qilin to investigate ancient ruins in the Mount Kunlun Range while the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates remained at Newborn Island No. 1.
• The expedition found buried ruins and a massive black gate, and Qilin shot down three Taotie reconnaissance craft that approached the valley.
• Allen activated the gate with his Star Core Mark, triggering a star map, fragmented memories of an ancient catastrophe, and a brief portal showing ruins and a shattered Taotie warship.
• Allen concluded that the gate was a recorder, an unfinished portal, and an early-warning device connected to a lost civilization and a possible future crisis involving the Taotie and demons.
• Qilin reported that over a hundred Taotie assault craft were descending toward Kunlun, and Leina, Ge Xiaolun, Sanji, Jinbe, and Allen prepared to defend the gate.

The Black Troop and Straw Hat Pirates fought off a Taotie assault at Kunlun Snow Valley while Robin and Du Qiangwei recorded the giant gate. Allen battled a Void creation released by Carl, and the arrival of Angel Yan and her forces left the battlefield in a tense three-way standoff.

• Ge Xiaolun, Leina, Qilin, Sanji, Jinbe, and Allen defended the gate as the Taotie attacked Kunlun Snow Valley, while Robin and Du Qiangwei scanned its runes and star charts.
• Zoro and Franky arrived from Newborn Island to reinforce the battle as Nami reported Triangle Bodies threatening the deep-sea ruins and Lianfeng warned that Carl might unleash a Void weapon.
• Allen used Torch Dragon: Light and Dark Tide to destroy much of the Taotie force, then confronted a Void rift opening above the valley.
• Allen wounded the descending Void creation with his domains and Light of Purification, but it released contamination spores across the battlefield.
• Angel Yan and the guardian angels arrived, destroyed spores threatening Robin, Du Qiangwei, and the gate, and demanded answers from Allen about the ruins and the Void calamity.

Angel Yan agreed to a provisional alliance with Allen and the others to fight the Void after Robin explained the Kunlun Ruins’ warnings. The gate revealed an ancient catastrophe tied to the Shadow of the End, then Lianfeng reported that Triangle Bodies were activating the deep-sea ruins and gray mist was emerging, forcing everyone to rush to Newborn Island.

• Angel Yan confronted Allen and Earth’s defenders, then provisionally agreed to cooperate against the Void while keeping the otherworlders under observation.
• Robin shared the gate’s information about the Kunlun civilization, the Observers, and the ruins’ balance nodes, and Angel Yan’s forces trapped the Void creation in a Sacred Domain.
• The black gate projected a recording of the Kunlun civilization’s world being attacked by the Shadow of the End and its people scattering their Sparks across the stars.
• Allen and the others connected the ancient Shadow of the End to the corruption Allen had encountered before, while Angel Yan suggested their journey home might be tied to a wider struggle across worlds.
• Lianfeng reported that the Triangle Bodies had breached Newborn Island’s defenses and were activating the deep-sea ruins as gray mist emerged, so Allen, the angels, and Earth’s forces headed there through a Wormhole.

Allen and his allies fought to purify a deep-sea device corrupted by the Triangle Bodies, but their efforts released a fragment of Shadow of the End from beneath the vortex. The fragment targeted Allen and the device, leaving the group facing an overwhelming threat.

• Allen and the returning allies found the Triangle Bodies using the deep-sea ruins' device to create gray-mist energy while Zoro, Nami, and Franky tried to stop them.
• Angel Yan, Angel Zhui, Angel Leng, Leina, and the Black Troop attacked the Triangle Bodies' array as Allen began purifying the device's core.
• The Triangle Bodies elders overwhelmed Allen with a psychic assault, but Luffy's Conqueror's Haki broke through it while Sanji disrupted the elders.
• Allen resumed purifying the core, driving back the gray-purple contamination and making the gray-mist bubbles dissipate.
• The vortex opened to release a fragment of Shadow of the End, which reached for Allen and the ruins' device as Angel Yan ordered everyone to retreat.

Allen and the combined forces defeated the Shadow of the End fragment by channeling their shared wills through the Star Core Mark and the deep-sea ruin device. The resulting resonance revealed Laugh Tale as the likely destination tied to the Spark’s origins, and Allen’s group prepared to return and plan their next move.

• The Star Core Mark shielded Allen from the Shadow of the End fragment’s erasing tentacle, while Angel Yan and the Black Troop helped hold back the Triangle Bodies.
• Robin urged Allen to channel everyone’s convictions through the Star Core Mark, and Luffy and the others sent him their wills and support.
• Allen resonated with the deep-sea ruins and unleashed the Sparks, which burned away the Shadow of the End fragment and disrupted the Triangle Bodies.
• Angel Yan acknowledged Allen’s strength and left with Zhui and Leng as the Black Troop and Straw Hat Pirates cleared the remaining Triangle Bodies.
• Robin reported that the ruin device had revealed a direction and the name Laugh Tale, which Luffy recognized as the destination of their journey home and his quest to become Pirate King.
• Allen thanked his allies and proposed returning to repair the Ark Maxim, plan their next steps, and say goodbye to their friends in this world.

The Straw Hat Pirates said farewell to Earth’s allies and set off aboard the Ark Maxim, carrying new information and a recalculated route toward home and Laugh Tale. They left Earth behind and sailed into space, beginning their journey back to their own sea.

• Dukao gave Allen research on the Void, the Triangle Bodies, the Observers, and ancient civilizations, while the Straw Hat Pirates exchanged farewells and gifts with Earth’s allies.
• Zoro narrowly defeated Ge Xiaolun and Liu Chuang in a final spar, and Angel Zhui gave Allen a distress beacon from Queen Yan.
• Luffy ordered the Ark Maxim to depart, and Franky launched it using its sails, Jet Wind Dials, and stellar reactor.
• Allen and Robin reviewed a route home based on clues from the Kunlun ruins, the Star Core Mark, and Laugh Tale’s coordinates.
• The Ark Maxim broke through the atmosphere and sailed into space toward the road home and Laugh Tale.

After the Straw Hat Pirates left Earth, its defenders and rival powers studied the Sparks and made plans to exploit or monitor their effects. The crew continued their journey home, while lingering changes on Earth and Allen’s unease suggested their connection to the planet would endure.

• At North Star, Lianfeng and Earth’s leaders analyzed the Straw Hat Pirates’ will resonance and launched the Heart Source Project, while preparing a secret station to monitor them.
• At Death Song Academy, Carl ordered the Void Engine: End Type accelerated and adjusted her dealings with the Triangle Bodies, while seeking contact with Morgana.
• On Demon One, Morgana sent A Tuo’s forces to search Kunlun and the deep-sea ruins for traces of the otherworlders and their gifts.
• At Merlot Heavenly Court, Angel Yan classified the Straw Hat Pirates as top-secret observation subjects and ordered closer surveillance of the Solar System.
• Researchers found lingering changes at the Kunlun gate and activity among the Watchers near the Newborn Island ruins, as stories about the visitors spread across Earth.
• Aboard the Ark Maxim, Allen and the Straw Hat Pirates resumed their voyage home, carrying Earth’s beacon and communications link as Allen suspected their ties to Earth were not over.

The Ark Maxim became trapped in an Erosion Realm, where Allen and his crew met Exile-W7, a damaged being from a universe consumed by the Shadow of the End. After helping them escape, Exile-W7 joined their voyage as an observer and fellow traveler.

• Nami detected spatial turbulence, and Allen identified the dark purple fissures around the ship as residual Void contamination forming an Erosion Realm.
• A gateway expelled Exile-W7, who explained its origins and offered to guide the Ark Maxim out in exchange for help stabilizing a weak anchor point.
• Allen accepted the deal, and Exile-W7 covered the ship with a field that restored its stability as they followed its guidance.
• Franky fired the Ark Maxim's purification cannon at the weak anchor point, letting Exile-W7 ride the resulting surge and lead the ship out of the Erosion Realm.
• After Exile-W7 shared the realm's coordinates and prepared to leave, Allen invited it aboard, and it accepted.

W7 joined the crew and revealed fragments about its destroyed civilization, while Allen’s Star Core Mark later resonated with a sealed memory in W7. The memory revealed that the civilization’s final operation had planted a beacon that may have helped create Allen’s world and powers, leaving the crew with a possible link to W7’s lost homeland.

• Franky examined W7 and brought it to his laboratory to study its energy circuits, while W7 joined the crew’s banquet and described other survivors of destroyed civilizations.
• W7 explained that its creators had built Arks and seed banks while also launching the operation called “Sunset Afterglow,” whose details remained missing from its memory.
• During the following days, Franky tried to repair W7, Robin questioned it about the universe, and Allen explored the connection between his power, will, and conviction.
• As Allen meditated on his Star Core Mark, he sensed a resonance from W7, whose sealed core memory began unlocking and then caused it to collapse.
• W7 told Allen that “Sunset Afterglow” had projected a beacon into the Sea of Origin, and that Allen’s world and powers might have emerged from the beacon’s imprint.

Allen and his companions detoured to an ancient ruin, where they discovered a warning from the extinct Star Scar Civilization about a reality-erasing threat called Concept Erosion. They left with orders to search for more memory crystals and a deeper reason to continue toward Laugh Tale and the truth about the universe.

• Robin connected W7’s memories to the origins of the world’s powers and concluded that Laugh Tale might hold the civilization’s central records and control authorizations.
• W7 revealed coordinates for a possible ancient civilization ruin, and Allen’s crew agreed to investigate it on their way to Laugh Tale.
• The crew reached a vast field of geometric wreckage, and Allen led Zoro, Sanji, Franky, and W7 on a reconnaissance mission while Luffy stayed aboard the Ark Maxim.
• Franky and W7 opened a hidden chamber, where a memory crystal projected a final recording from the Star Scar Civilization describing how Concept Erosion had destroyed it.
• The recording warned them to beware of failing rules and collapsing meaning, and it urged them to seek Origin; W7 linked Concept Erosion to the Shadow of the End and Void energy.
• Allen ordered the group to search for more memory crystals and leave the ruins as soon as possible.

After recovering fragmented Star Scar Civilization records, Allen and his crew compared Concept Erosion with the Shadow of the End and speculated that a corrupted cosmic mechanism might be behind both. An unknown ship attacked the Ark Maxim, but Cruiser Sequence-073 of the Blade of Order intervened and then demanded an explanation for the crew’s unusual energy signatures.

• Allen’s team found fragmented Star Scar Civilization records on Concept Erosion but no intact parts that could repair W7, then returned to the Ark Maxim with the recovered data.
• W7 compared Concept Erosion with the Shadow of the End, and Allen argued that evidence of inheritance and resistance contradicted the idea of an absolute cosmic cleanup mechanism.
• Robin suggested that the mechanism might have been contaminated, prompting the crew to consider whether the threats they had faced were a corrupted universal immune system.
• Nami detected a concealed ship following the Ark Maxim, and Allen ordered the crew to reduce emissions and hide.
• Brook disrupted the attacker’s mechanical probes with soul music while Jinbe destroyed them with Fish-Man Karate, but the enemy began charging its main cannon.
• An elegant silver-white ship cut apart the attacker’s cannon and drove it away, then identified its pilot as Cruiser Sequence-073 of the Blade of Order, who questioned the crew about their affiliation, purpose, and unusual energy signatures.

The Straw Hat Pirates negotiated with Cruiser-073 of the Blade of Order over its demand to assess W7, then agreed to a transparent, noninvasive scan. The scan found manageable risks, and Cruiser-073 requested a temporary observation permit while sharing safer routes into the Higher-Dimensional Information Turbulence Zone, where Laugh Tale’s coordinates led.

• Cruiser-073 demanded that the Straw Hat Pirates surrender W7 or submit to assessment, warning that refusal would bring tracking and possible neutralization measures.
• W7 challenged the Blade of Order’s approach by citing the Ancient Covenant, while Robin and Nami helped Allen negotiate transparent procedures and protections.
• Cruiser-073 offered a monitored, noninvasive scan and review by the Ancient Law Faction, and Allen and the crew agreed after W7 supported the plan.
• The scan rated W7 and the Ark Maxim as low to moderate risk and identified the crew’s unity as a special variable requiring observation.
• Cruiser-073 requested a temporary observation permit, refrained from tagging the crew pending review, and shared route information for the Higher-Dimensional Information Turbulence Zone.

The Ark Maxim crossed the Higher-Dimensional Information Turbulence Zone, where it was attacked by a chaotic composite life-form and overwhelmed by information contamination. Cruiser-073 rescued the crew, received a temporary observation mandate from the Ancient Law Faction, and led the ship toward safety as Allen continued toward Laugh Tale.

• Nami guided the Ark Maxim through unstable spatial currents while W7 warned the crew about an information sedimentation zone.
• The crew witnessed an echo of a Watcher Council ship being swallowed by a shadow resembling the Shadow of the End.
• A sudden spacetime fold dragged the Ark Maxim toward a colossal chaotic composite life-form, which attacked the ship with regenerating tentacles and a torrent of mental contamination.
• Zoro and Sanji wounded the creature, while Luffy used his Conqueror's Haki to shield the crew, but the contamination left the Ark Maxim vulnerable.
• Cruiser-073 arrived, purified the information attack, and used Blade of Order: Flow Severance to excise the creature from the surrounding space and time.
• Cruiser-073 reported that the Ancient Law Faction had granted a temporary observation permit and led the damaged Ark Maxim toward a stable node, while Allen remained focused on reaching Laugh Tale.

After recovering from the Chaos Aggregate’s attack, the crew learned that Laugh Tale lay beyond the Terminal Navigation Beacon in a dangerous, poorly understood zone. Cruiser-073 calibrated the Ark Maxim and guided it to the beacon, then watched as the crew entered the darkness toward the unknown.

• The crew analyzed the Chaos Aggregate’s contamination and discussed Cruiser-073’s rule-level weapon and the dangers beyond the Terminal Navigation Beacon.
• W7 hypothesized that the beacon was a connection point between dimensions, and Cruiser-073 confirmed it was an ancient cross-dimensional anchor leading to the Lost Beacon Zone.
• Cruiser-073 warned that Laugh Tale might be the beacon’s original landing site and could open a route home or release dangerous protocols; Allen accepted her offer of calibration and guidance.
• Cruiser-073 calibrated the Ark Maxim and optimized W7, then led both ships through a safe route to the Terminal Navigation Beacon.
• Cruiser-073 gave the crew final warnings and withdrew as Luffy and Allen ordered the Ark Maxim into the beacon’s darkness.

Allen, W7, and the Straw Hat Pirates accepted the beacon’s Passing Down the Spark covenant and learned that Laugh Tale was Beacon Noah’s landing site and control node. With new information, upgraded systems, and a clearer route home, the Ark Maxim sped toward Laugh Tale as other factions began tracking the beacon’s activation.

• The Terminal Navigation Beacon resonated with Allen and W7, activating hidden protocols and offering them a choice to accept responsibility for keeping watch or reject the inheritance.
• Allen and the Straw Hat Pirates chose to accept, triggering a synchronization that revealed Beacon Noah’s origins, the Star Core Mark’s purpose, Laugh Tale’s connection to the pirate world’s mysteries, and their duties as Spark inheritors.
• W7’s mission changed to assist the Straw Hat Pirates, seek other arks, study the End, and serve as a bridge between civilizations, while the Ark Maxim gained stronger defenses, improved navigation, and greater reactor efficiency.
• Allen ordered the Ark Maxim toward Laugh Tale, and Franky locked in the new coordinates as the ship accelerated through the interlayer.
• Lianfeng, Angel Yan, Carl, Morgana, and Ancient Law Faction Observer-073 reacted to the beacon’s activation and increased their monitoring of the Straw Hat Pirates and related phenomena.

Carl, Angel Yan, Earth’s Black Troop, and Morgana responded to growing disturbances around the Terminal Navigation Beacon and the Ark Maxim’s crossing. As the Straw Hat Pirates continued toward Laugh Tale, rival powers prepared to investigate the Beacon and its ancient secrets.

• Carl analyzed the Beacon’s resonance, the Triangle Bodies’ movements, and Allen’s purification power, then ordered Snow to steer the Triangle Bodies toward investigating the Beacon Zone without revealing information about the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Angel Yan ordered angels in the Milky Way and neighboring galaxies to monitor Beacon-related disturbances and asked Heavenly King Hexi to secretly reexamine records about the Beacon and origin.
• Ge Xiaolun, Leina, and Liu Chuang trained to combine their wills with their powers, while Dukao ordered continued secrecy and observation of Earth’s ancient ruins.
• Morgana learned that the Triangle Bodies were mobilizing and ordered Demon One to level-two combat readiness so her forces could exploit the coming chaos.
• The Straw Hat Pirates remained unaware of the factions’ preparations as they sailed through the Lost Beacon Zone toward Laugh Tale.

The Ark Maxim crossed the Terminal Navigation Beacon into the rule-warped Lost Beacon Zone, where Allen and the Straw Hat Pirates navigated toward Laugh Tale. A massive Triangle Bodies fleet broke into the region and pursued them, forcing the crew to evade the fleet while it tore a destructive path toward the beacon's core.

• The Ark Maxim entered the Lost Beacon Zone, and Nami guided it through dangerous regions of unstable rules and space.
• As the crew approached the first dimensional glide, Nami detected a massive Triangle Bodies fleet that had forced its way through the Beacon Zone's boundary.
• W7 identified the fleet's three Deep Dive Practitioners motherships and warned that they were heading for the beacon's core.
• Allen ordered the crew to use a natural information refraction corridor; Nami's interference disrupted the fleet's scans while W7 charted a concealed route.
• The Ark Maxim escaped into a turbulence belt, but the Triangle Bodies resumed their sweep after the interference faded.
• The three motherships began forcing a path toward Laugh Tale, damaging the Beacon Zone, and Robin and W7 warned that the crew had to reach the destination first.

Allen and the Straw Hat Pirates chose a perilous shortcut through the collapsing Beacon zone, surviving three chaos-zone jumps and reaching the spacetime foam belt. The Beacon drew them into its core and began testing whether their choices and hearts made them worthy of its legacy, as the Triangle Bodies pressed against its defenses.

• Allen asked Robin and W7 to find a dangerous shortcut, and Luffy approved the Collapse Rift Jump Route despite its low odds of success.
• The Ark Maxim crossed three chaos zones, using unstable spatial rifts to complete three jumps while suffering heavy damage and losing most of its shield energy.
• The crew charged into a rapidly expanding time bubble, where an ancient will detected the Star Core Mark and activated the Beacon Noah's Legacy Watch protocol.
• The Beacon pulled the Ark Maxim into a passage of light and projected the Straw Hat Pirates' past adventures to assess their hearts and choices.
• The Beacon began its final review as the Triangle Bodies' fleet attacked its barrier from outside.

The Straw Hat Pirates and Allen passed the Beacon Noah’s certification and reached Laugh Tale, where the Shadow of Noah revealed the legacy and a stable route home. They chose to defend the Beacon from the invading Triangle Bodies and address its dangerous historical remnants before returning home.

• The Beacon scanned the crew’s past choices and certified Allen Portgas and the Straw Hat Pirates for first-tier inheritance access.
• The Ark Maxim emerged at Laugh Tale, a vast civilization formed around a great tree of spiritual light, where the Shadow of Noah welcomed the crew and W7.
• The Shadow of Noah granted access to the Beacon’s records, partial rule-tuning authority, and information on a stable Homeward Passage.
• The Shadow of Noah warned that Triangle Bodies were attacking the Beacon and that lost or distorted modules were tied to the Ancient Weapons, the Void Century, and Imu.
• Luffy chose to deal with the threats before returning home, and Allen asked which problem to confront first.
• The Shadow of Noah recommended fighting the Triangle Bodies first and promised defensive support to the crew and W7.

Allen and the Straw Hats defended Laugh Tale’s Beacon from the Triangle Bodies fleet, recovering an unstable Uranus fragment and stopping a forbidden attack through Allen’s newly revealed rule-definition power. The fleet retreated, but Allen collapsed unconscious after the battle.

• Shadow of Noah linked the Ark Maxim and W7 to the Beacon, granting them new defense and attack systems and directing them to a vulnerable barrier node.
• Franky fired the Spear of Spiritual Light, destroying one Triangle Bodies mothership, while Zoro, Sanji, and Jinbe fought off attacking frigates.
• Allen, Robin, Franky, and W7 suppressed the unstable Uranus fragment and sent it into the Beacon’s Legacy Recovery Repository.
• Luffy and the others held off two motherships, and Luffy severely damaged one with a Conqueror’s Haki attack.
• Allen used the Beacon’s authority to define the remaining mothership’s destructive attack as invalid, ending its mutation and forcing the surviving fleet to retreat.
• Allen told his companions they had won, then lost consciousness and fell as they shouted his name.