Chapter Summaries

The Freedom Alliance defeated the Eternal Council’s formatting fleet by joining their free wills against the four Formatters, while Allen helped the Chaos Consciousness Side become the Dragon of Chaos. After the victory, the Council’s ruler, who resembled Allen and called him his descendant, set out for the Sea of Balance to begin the true final battle.

• The Eternal Council’s million-ship fleet began formatting the Sea of Balance, and reinforcements from both universes gathered to fight it.
• Allen gave Luffy a totem that made him an anchor for the battlefield’s free wills, and the Straw Hat Pirates protected him from Formatter Zero’s attack.
• Allen helped the Chaos Consciousness Side choose its form and become the Dragon of Chaos, who struck Formatter Zero with a torrent of possibilities.
• As the four Formatters launched a universe reset, Luffy spread the totem’s light so beings across both universes could remember who they were and resist formatting.
• The Dragon of Chaos destroyed all four Formatters, and the Freedom Alliance defeated the remaining Eternal Council fleet.
• The Council’s ruler revealed his resemblance to Allen, called him his descendant, and departed for the Sea of Balance.

Allen and Luffy convinced Allen’s ancestor, one of the Eternal Council’s founders, to abandon his belief that universes needed to be controlled, and he gave Allen the power to reach Transcendence. With the Council’s remaining founders still a threat, Allen joined the Straw Hat Pirates as they set sail toward an unexplored singing sun.

• Allen’s ancestor revealed that he had founded the Eternal Council and sent Sparks to Allen, hoping to see whether his descendant would choose control or freedom.
• Allen and Luffy argued that people should be allowed to choose their own paths and take responsibility, while the elder explained that his own mother had died after a civilization she helped build was destroyed by civil war.
• The elder accepted that protection could be shared, chose to retire, and warned that the Eternal Council’s two other founders would return.
• The elder gave Allen three motes representing order, chaos, and balance; Allen merged them into his Sparks and broke through to the third level, Transcendence.
• After the war ended, Allen planned to visit Earth and Wano Country, then joined the Straw Hat Pirates aboard the New Thousand Sunny to explore the singing sun.

After the war, Allen and allies celebrated peace at a cosmic festival, where Allen briefly manifested memories of loved ones and joined the Straw Hat Pirates as a special crewmate. The New Thousand Sunny set sail into the stars with Luffy, beginning a free voyage toward new adventures.

• Luffy, Allen, and their allies celebrated the end of the war with food, music, dancing, and fireworks depicting their history and sacrifices.
• Allen manifested brief memory projections of Ace, Shanks, Leina, Momonosuke, and his mother, who encouraged him before fading into the fireworks.
• The Eternal Council's two remaining founders watched the festival, reconsidered their opposition to freedom, and decided to observe without controlling events.
• Allen accepted Luffy as his captain and joined the Straw Hat Pirates as a special crewmate.
• The New Thousand Sunny lifted off and sailed into the starry sky as Luffy and the crew set out for new adventures.