Chapter Summaries

Luffy entered Pluton's trial gateway and awakened new aspects of the Gum-Gum Fruit by learning to wield elasticity as freedom. He returned with improved abilities and a first glimpse of Nika Form, while Pluton's trials continued transforming its core members.

• Allen returned from the Temporal Interstice, and Pluton opened a gateway that called to Luffy.
• Luffy endured changing elastic conditions and began adapting to them, awakening the Gum-Gum Fruit's power to impart his will of freedom to his surroundings.
• The trial's heat and oppressive order awakened Luffy's Nika Form, marked by a cheerful transformation and a powerful rhythmic heartbeat.
• Luffy danced through a final trial of dark chains and shattered them with radiant attacks that carried the power to free hearts.
• Luffy emerged from the gateway stronger and more confident, then asked the crew for meat.

Ace underwent the World Purification Furnace’s trials, refining his flames, learning liquid and plasma forms, and transforming negative energy into fuel for protection. He emerged healed and stronger, with a purer Flame of World Purification.

• Pluton's power chamber opened a passage to the World Purification Furnace, and Ace entered to face its trial.
• The furnace refined impurities from Ace's flames, making them purer, denser, and more stable.
• Ace adapted to liquid-fire and plasma forms while training to control their strength, defense, speed, and energy-disrupting abilities.
• Negative emotions from destroyed civilizations surged into the furnace, but Ace purified them and transformed their remaining will into fuel for his flames.
• Ace emerged with a miniature corona at the core of his flames, and the furnace's heat had healed his arm and destroyed his cast.

Sabo entered Pluton’s Dragon Soul Corridor and endured three trials that rebuilt his body, refined his Haki, and taught him to pierce overwhelming defenses. He emerged with a new technique, Dragon’s Breath: Star Piercer, capable of striking a calculated weak point.

• Sabo stepped into the Dragon Soul Corridor and used the Omniscient Domain to analyze the first trial’s crushing pressure, adapting it to strengthen his bones, muscles, and organs.
• Sabo used corridor data to focus and adapt his Armament Haki against a barrage of attacks, while his Observation Haki improved enough to sense their attributes and weak points.
• Sabo concentrated his strength and Haki into one fingertip, then used Dragon’s Breath: Star Piercer to strike the composite barrier’s weak point and shatter it.
• Sabo left the corridor with a strengthened body and refined Haki, then told Allen he had found a way to break through absolute defense.

Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and Allen completed Pluton’s final assessment by coordinating their newly acquired powers and fusing them to overcome the Ark Core’s assimilating force. Pluton acknowledged them as new-generation guardians, and they emerged with a deeper connection and the beginnings of fused combat abilities.

• Pluton activated a joint assessment that tested the four men’s ability to coordinate and resonate their powers.
• Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and Allen worked together to withstand the chaotic torrent of attacks.
• The four combined their abilities to destroy a fortified shield by striking its weakened energy node during Allen’s time lock.
• Pluton’s energy phantom tried to assimilate the four men, but they fused their powers and absorbed the phantom instead.
• The four passed the assessment, and Pluton’s Heart of the Ark acknowledged them as new-generation guardians.

After completing Pluton's trial, the four brothers escaped the Lethe Stream by disrupting an ambush with Allen's new light-and-darkness power. They set course for Planet Faras, a dangerous gray planet where they hoped to find resources and intelligence while hiding from the World Government.

• The four brothers completed their joint trial, and Pluton revealed a temporary passage out of the Lethe Stream.
• Sabo guided Pluton through the hazardous passage as the brothers used their improved abilities to protect the ark.
• Black biomechanical warships ambushed Pluton near the exit, so Allen used Zhuzhao: Light and Darkness Cutting to disrupt their systems and formation.
• Pluton broke into stable space while the confused warships abandoned their pursuit.
• Sabo chose Planet Faras as their next destination, and Tesoro offered to provide funding and disguises.

Pluton’s crew disguised their ship as the Golden Deer and traveled to Planet Faras to seek intelligence and supplies. At the Feast of the Void, CP0 raided the auction house and focused on a mysterious ancient scroll, putting Allen, Robin, and Tesoro at risk as the crew tried to regroup.

• Tesoro disguised Pluton as a battered pirate ship called the Golden Deer, and the crew changed their appearance before docking at Shattered Star Port.
• Sabo split the crew into teams to gather intelligence, supplies, and technical information across Planet Faras.
• Ace and Jinbe heard rumors that the Marines were moving forces near the Totto Land Remnant and that black-market prices for Ancient Weapon intelligence had risen.
• At the Feast of the Void, Robin noticed an ancient hide scroll with material resembling a Poneglyph, and Allen sensed traces of time on it.
• CP0 stormed the auction house and focused on the scroll, while Allen, Robin, and Tesoro prepared for trouble.
• The crew received a Den Den Mushi warning and began returning to Pluton as CP0’s raid threatened to expose them.

CP0 raided the Feast of the Void auction house to seize an animal-hide scroll, forcing Allen, Robin, Tesoro, and the others to fight their way back to Pluton. The crew escaped Planet Faras with the scroll, but a CP0 warship pursued them into space.

• Allen, Robin, and Tesoro stole the animal-hide scroll during Tesoro’s golden assault and escaped the auction house while Allen slowed and confused the CP0 agents.
• Sabo and Koala escaped a CP0 sweep in Whisper Alley, while Ace and Jinbe broke through a squad at a bar and Luffy, Sanji, and Chopper fled through an alley.
• Sabo ordered everyone to return to Pluton as CP0 clashed with the port authorities at Shattered Star Port.
• Franky, Usopp, and Brook prepared Pluton for departure, and the scattered crew boarded while Allen, Robin, and Tesoro evaded their pursuers under cover of the ship’s guns.
• Tesoro deflected the CP0 warship’s energy beam with a golden barrier, allowing Pluton to escape into space as the warship began pursuit.

After escaping CP0, the crew deciphered the hide scroll as a star chart pointing to the dangerous Eternal Mist and prepared to investigate its secrets. Their plans were upended when the World Government announced Ace’s public execution, forcing them to confront an apparent trap.

• Sabo led Pluton through several irregular spatial jumps and into silent running to evade CP0.
• Robin used Pluton's database and Allen's time power to decipher the ancient hide as a star chart and warning about the Cradle, Final Dogma, and Domain of God.
• Robin's calculations identified the chart's destination as the forbidden Eternal Mist, and Sabo ordered repairs and further research before they considered going there.
• The World Government announced that Ace would be publicly executed at New Marineford in one month and broadcast a false image of him imprisoned.
• Luffy, Ace, and the crew reacted in shock and recognized the announcement as a trap targeting their allies.

After the World Government announced a public execution using a fabricated image of Ace, Allen and the others decided to split their forces: one would attack Marineford while the other explored the Eternal Mist for clues to defeating Imu. Pluton headed for New Marineford with Luffy and Ace, while Sabo, Allen, Robin, Tesoro, and Jinbe departed aboard the Undercurrent.

• Luffy, Ace, and the others reacted furiously to the execution announcement, while Allen identified it as Imu’s trap.
• Robin proposed exploiting Imu’s focus on Marineford by splitting their forces, with one group drawing attention and the other investigating the Eternal Mist.
• Luffy, Ace, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Chopper, Usopp, Franky, and Brook chose to go to Marineford aboard Pluton, with Revolutionary Army support arranged by Sabo.
• Sabo, Allen, Robin, Tesoro, and Jinbe prepared to explore the Eternal Mist aboard Tesoro’s submersible vessel, the Undercurrent.
• The two groups parted, with Pluton sailing toward New Marineford and the Undercurrent heading into the Eternal Mist.

The Undercurrent crossed the Eternal Mist’s deadly spacetime turbulence, with Allen guiding the vessel and helping repel the hostile anomalies that attacked it. The crew reached a stable region at the mist’s core, where a mysterious crystalline celestial body awaited them and an ancient, sorrowful sigh signaled that their true exploration was beginning.

• Sabo guided the Undercurrent toward the Eternal Mist using Nami’s route analysis, while Allen and Robin helped navigate the spacetime turbulence.
• Allen used the Power of Zhulong to steer the ship through violent currents, temporal distortions, and spatial rifts.
• Jinbe spotted ancient artificial ruins, where shadowy anomalies attacked the Undercurrent and corroded its hull.
• Allen used Zhuzhao: Purification to drive the shadows away, and Sabo ordered the crew to push through the wreckage.
• The Undercurrent emerged into a calmer region and approached a glowing crystalline celestial body as the crew heard an ancient, sorrowful sigh.

Allen, Sabo, Robin, Jinbe, and Tesoro entered the Crystal Sanctuary and learned that Imu had stolen and corrupted the Primordial Light, while Final Dogma could either rebuild or destroy everything. They escaped three pursuing Tribunal-class warships with the secret that the final confrontation centered on Pangaea Castle in the Holy Land Mary Geoise.

• The Undercurrent docked at the Crystal Sanctuary, where an ancient guardian granted the crew temporary access.
• Robin and the others studied murals revealing that an ancient civilization sealed itself inside the sanctuary to protect the Primordial Light from enemies from beyond.
• The last guardian showed them a danger-marked map of Pangaea Castle and warned that Imu had stolen and corrupted the Primordial Light, while Final Dogma could bring reconstruction or destruction.
• Jinbe detected three Tribunal-class warships, and Sabo ordered the crew to evacuate the sanctuary.
• Allen used the Power of Zhulong to stabilize the surrounding spacetime, deflecting the warships' attack and allowing the Undercurrent to flee into the Eternal Mist.

The Undercurrent escaped the Tribunal-class warships through the Eternal Mist, only to learn that the World Government had launched an assault on the Revolutionary Army’s headquarters at Baltigo. Sabo’s crew used a dangerous spacetime jump to reach the besieged base, where they arrived as the battle raged.

• Allen damaged a Tribunal-class warship with a spatial dislocation, allowing the Undercurrent to flee into a spacetime vortex and lose its pursuers.
• The vortex sent the Undercurrent to an unknown star region, where Robin and Allen suspected they were near the Red Line.
• Koala contacted Sabo and revealed that the World Government had bypassed Marineford to attack the Revolutionary Army headquarters at Baltigo.
• Allen proposed using a spacetime fold as a springboard, and Sabo ordered the Undercurrent to make the risky jump toward Baltigo.
• The Undercurrent arrived to find Baltigo surrounded by World Government fleets, and Sabo ordered the crew to prepare for battle.

The Undercurrent joined the World Government’s assault on Baltigo, helping Sabo and Dragon turn the battle against two Admirals. Pluton arrived as the Revolutionary Army fought to hold its headquarters and seize the opening.

• Koala reported that Baltigo’s shield was failing, Dragon was being suppressed by two Admirals, and the Revolutionary Army had suffered heavy losses.
• Sabo ordered the Undercurrent to attack the encirclement, and Allen accelerated its weapons’ projectiles to break through the fleet’s flank.
• Tesoro disrupted enemy targeting, Robin identified a command ship, and Jinbe helped disable it as the Undercurrent advanced.
• Sabo crippled nearby warships while Jinbe and Robin held off CP0 agents, then Allen briefly deprived the vibration Admiral of his senses.
• Dragon struck the disoriented vibration Admiral with a lightning attack while Sabo kept the gravity Admiral occupied.
• Pluton arrived with its main cannon charging, giving the beleaguered Revolutionary Army a chance to turn the battle.

Pluton turned the battle for Baltigo in the Revolutionary Army’s favor, forcing the World Government fleet to retreat. After the costly victory, Luffy collapsed from using Nika Form, and Dragon postponed hearing Sabo’s intelligence to check on him.

• Pluton arrived and fired its main cannon into the World Government fleet, destroying more than a tenth of its forces and breaking the encirclement.
• Sabo ordered Pluton’s Rain of Purification, while Dragon, the Revolutionary Army, Allen, Tesoro, and the Undercurrent attacked the disorganized fleet.
• The World Government commander ordered a retreat, and the Revolutionary Army returned to Baltigo without pursuing.
• Sabo told Dragon that the group had important intelligence about Imu’s power and objective, but Chopper reported that Luffy had collapsed after using Nika Form.
• Dragon ordered Luffy taken to the medical room and postponed hearing Sabo’s report.

Luffy’s Nika Form left him dangerously overheated, but Ace and Chopper stabilized him. With the Revolutionary Army’s leaders learning that Imu’s power and Final Dogma were tied to Pangaea Castle, they launched a plan to infiltrate Mary Geoise and strike at the World Government’s heart.

• Chopper diagnosed Luffy’s injuries from Nika Form, and Ace used the Flame of World Purification to calm the power raging inside him.
• Sabo told Dragon, Allen, and the others about the crystal sanctuary’s revelations concerning Imu, the Primordial Light, Final Dogma, and the Domain of God.
• Dragon ordered Sabo, Allen, and Robin to infiltrate Pangaea Castle while the Revolutionary Army created a diversion and Pluton waited in hiding as strategic support.
• Ace and Chopper stabilized Luffy, and Ace promised to support the attack from outside while Luffy remained under medical care.
• The Undercurrent departed Baltigo with Sabo, Allen, and Robin aboard as the feint army assembled and Pluton moved toward its hidden position.

Sabo, Allen, and Robin infiltrated Pangaea Castle through a hidden passage and discovered the Void Corridor’s control core. After Allen temporarily disabled its defenses, they opened a deeper route toward Imu’s throne and the secrets of the Primordial Light and Final Dogma.

• Sabo, Allen, and Robin evaded the Holy Land’s defenses and used Allen’s spacetime illusion to enter an abandoned conduit beneath Pangaea Castle.
• The group found an ancient facility containing a projection of Pangaea Castle and Mary Geoise, which Sabo identified as the Void Corridor’s control core.
• The control core detected the intruders and unleashed order-energy weapons that neutralized their attacks and abilities.
• Sabo and Robin drew the weapons’ fire while Allen analyzed the system and used Illusory Deception: Highest Authority Override to put it into sleep mode.
• Allen activated a hidden energy line, opening a door to a spiral staircase, and the three descended toward Imu’s throne.

Allen, Sabo, and Nico Robin entered the Chamber of the False Throne and discovered Imu using the stolen Primordial Light to enforce absolute order. They attacked, but Imu overwhelmed them, leaving the team struggling to challenge his power.

• Allen, Sabo, and Nico Robin followed the energy currents down a staircase and passed through the gate marked “The Chamber of the False Throne.”
• They found the Primordial Light bound by chains of order above Imu’s throne, with CP0’s chief and a cloaked figure beside him.
• Imu explained that he used the Primordial Light to impose absolute order, and Sabo declared that the group would end his rule.
• Allen shielded the group with the Power of Zhulong as Sabo attacked Imu and Nico Robin targeted the two attendants.
• Imu repelled Sabo and disrupted Nico Robin’s Devil Fruit ability, then sent chains of order after Allen.
• Allen resisted Imu’s attack with Light and Darkness Reversal: Order Collapse, but the team remained at a severe disadvantage.

Sabo, Allen, and Robin used their collective wills to disrupt Imu’s control over the chained Primordial Light, weakening his field of order and breaking several chains. Imu rose from his throne in anger as the real battle began.

• Imu’s field of order overwhelmed Sabo, Robin, and Allen as chains threatened to bind and erase them.
• Luffy’s distant cry and the wills of their allies reached the chamber, giving Sabo the insight that their hearts could challenge Imu’s rules.
• Allen, Robin, and Sabo sent their convictions through the chains and stirred the Primordial Light into resisting its restraints.
• Allen imbued the chains with heartfire, breaking several and releasing a burst of Primordial Light that weakened Imu’s control.
• Sabo and Robin drove back the CP0 chief and the cloaked figure as Imu rose from his throne and focused his anger on Allen and the others.

Imu used the Primordial Light to impose rules on Allen, Robin, and Sabo, but they resisted his attacks and disrupted his finishing strike by targeting the broken chains behind his throne. Imu began awakening more of his power as the exhausted trio faced his next assault.

• Imu left the throne and used his authority to suppress Allen's spacetime powers, Robin's Devil Fruit abilities, and Sabo's will to resist.
• Allen, Robin, and Sabo each found a way to withstand Imu's definitions and continued fighting.
• Imu attacked Sabo with a decomposition order, but Allen accelerated himself and deflected the force with a barrier.
• Robin identified the broken order chains as the unstable roots of Imu's power, and Sabo struck one while Allen accelerated the attack.
• The chain's disruption weakened Imu's lethal attack, allowing Allen and Robin to evade it, but Imu's power began awakening as the trio neared exhaustion.

Imu unleashed primordial darkness against Allen, Sabo, and Robin, but their desperate counterattack disrupted his control over the primordial light. Allen struck across time to sever the cause of its corruption, leaving Imu wounded and his power unstable as the final battle remained unresolved.

• Imu transformed the primordial light into primordial darkness and sent it surging toward Allen, Sabo, and Robin.
• An energy backflow from Sabo's damaged chains opened a gap in Imu's force field, and Robin spotted the exposed primordial light.
• Sabo and Robin shielded Allen from Imu's attack, buying him time to use his ultimate art to strike the causal link that had corrupted the light.
• Allen's attack briefly restored the primordial light's purity, cracked its chains, and wounded Imu, but Allen collapsed with his fate unknown.
• Imu's power became unstable as the False Throne chamber and the sky over Mary Geoise shook, leaving the outcome of the final battle unresolved.