Ch. 161A Glimmer of Hope, the Price of a Miracle

Allen’s surviving spacetime imprint kept Sanji’s dying condition in stasis, allowing the crew to retrieve him from the destruction nest. Sanji was saved, but Allen remained missing, and the [Heart of Destruction] survived, leaving the war unresolved.

  • Allen’s spacetime imprint merged with Sanji and trapped the destruction eroding his wound in a fragile time loop, preserving Sanji’s life.
  • The [Heart of Destruction] sensed the imprint and gathered its remaining energy to destroy Sanji.
  • Luffy, Ace, Law, and the others detected Sanji’s faint life signal, while Nami and Franky located it aboard Pluton.
  • Nami and Franky used Pluton for a risky precision retrieval, pulling Sanji out of the destruction nest just as the [Heart of Destruction] fired.
  • Luffy and the others gathered around the unconscious Sanji, whose wound remained in stasis, and Sabo said Allen had sacrificed himself to save Sanji and wound the enemy.
  • Sabo warned that the war was not over because the [Heart of Destruction] and the rift remained.

Ch. 162Embers rekindled, the rift transformed

After Allen's final strike destabilized the spatial rift, a catastrophic torrent of destructive energy threatened the real world. Allen's lingering power formed a broken chain that slowed and weakened the leak, giving the allied forces a chance to fight back as the final battle approached.

  • At Pluton's medical center, Sanji remained critically wounded in a life-support pod while Luffy, Ace, Sabo, Jinbe, and the others watched over him.
  • An alarm alerted the crew that the spatial rift's seal was unraveling, and Nami explained that Allen's strike had destabilized its source of destruction.
  • A breach opened in the rift and sent a torrent of destructive energy toward the real world, forcing Sabo to order Pluton to raise its shields and the allied forces to retreat and prepare defenses.
  • Law spotted silver-purple motes gathering inside the rift, where they formed a broken chain of order that slowed and partly purified the energy leak.
  • Ace and Luffy rallied the crew to help Allen's remaining power, and Sabo ordered Pluton to bombard the weakened torrent while ground forces established a second defensive line.

Ch. 163A spacetime brand, an undying dragon soul

Law discovered that Allen’s spacetime imprint remained scattered across the rift and Sanji, and devised a plan to revive him using the Heart of Destruction’s essence. The chapter ended with Law, Luffy, and Ace preparing to enter the rift and retrieve it.

  • Law found that the spacetime power sustaining Sanji resonated with Allen’s scattered imprints, and Sanji’s dragon-shaped mark brightened as the motes at the rift began gathering.
  • Law explained that Allen could be revived by using Sanji as a vessel and the Heart of Destruction’s essence as a catalyst.
  • Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and Jinbe volunteered, but Law chose Luffy and Ace to escort him while he used his Op-Op Fruit ability to seize the core’s essence.
  • Sabo assigned Nami and Franky to support the assault with Pluton, Jinbe to handle extraction, and the others to hold the defensive line.
  • Law, Luffy, and Ace prepared to enter the rift and reclaim Allen.

Ch. 164Into the End, a Battle to Seize a Soul

Luffy, Ace, and Law entered the rift in Pluton and fought their way to the Heart of Destruction, where Law extracted a Fragment of the Origin of Destruction. They escaped the core’s final collapse with the fragment and Allen’s remaining dragon soul imprints, leaving Allen’s rebirth as the next step.

  • Law used ROOM to guide Luffy and Ace through the rift’s destructive energy and chaotic spacetime currents.
  • Luffy and Ace protected Law as he reached the Heart of Destruction and extracted the Fragment of the Origin of Destruction.
  • The Heart of Destruction began to self-destruct, but Allen’s dragon soul imprints froze it in spacetime long enough for Law to use Shambles to escape with Luffy and Ace.
  • Luffy, Ace, and Law survived the blast and returned to Pluton’s receiving platform with the fragment in Law’s hand.

Ch. 165The dragon soul reignited, the return!

Law used the Fragment of the Origin of Destruction to restore Allen’s dragon soul through Sanji’s mark. Allen’s will awakened, though his body and connection to Sanji still needed time to recover.

  • Law prepared the energy stabilizer and warned that refining the Destruction Origin could destroy Sanji’s consciousness or Allen’s imprint.
  • Luffy and Ace stabilized Sanji’s body with Haki, while Sabo, Jinbe, Nami, and Franky supported the procedure.
  • Law refined the origin fragment and guided its energy into Sanji’s dragon soul mark, triggering a violent clash of silver-purple and chaos-colored light.
  • Allen’s will and shattered spacetime laws gathered within Sanji’s consciousness as the dragon soul absorbed the energy and took shape.
  • Sanji’s condition improved, his wound began healing, and Allen’s voice reached everyone through the mark.

Ch. 166Reborn through Destruction, Illuminating Eternity

Allen awakened after his near-death rebirth with his Power of Zhulong fused with the source of destruction, gaining far greater control over spacetime and reaching Four Emperors-level strength. With the rift closed and his companions safe, he began preparing to separate his dragon soul from Sanji and return to his own body.

  • Allen examined his transformed powers and discovered that his dragon soul had become fully compatible with the Torch Dragon Fruit.
  • Allen sensed Sanji and his companions, then reached out through the mark in Sanji’s consciousness and reassured them that he was alive.
  • Allen saw that the rift in the sky had vanished and recognized that the source of destruction had been defeated.
  • Allen began guiding the fusion and separation of his dragon soul and Sanji’s body so he could return.
  • Ace, Luffy, and Sabo welcomed Allen’s recovery and looked ahead to rebuilding and exploring the world.

Ch. 167The Dragon Soul's First Cry, All Things Renewed

Allen awakened in Sanji’s body and mastered the power of his dragon soul, then used spacetime to restore lands damaged by the war. He said he would reconstruct his own body and work with his companions to shape the world’s future.

  • The life-support pod’s energy surged as Sanji’s body showed signs of awakening, and Luffy and Ace realized Allen’s power was becoming unstable.
  • Allen opened his eyes and contained the rampaging spacetime energy, then explained that Sanji’s consciousness was still recovering and he needed time to leave the body and rebuild his own.
  • Allen appeared outside the chamber and told Sabo, Jinbe, Law, and the others that the world’s wounds still needed healing.
  • Allen spread his spacetime power across the war-torn lands, restoring vegetation, purifying polluted waters, and clearing rifts and tainted energy.
  • After the exertion left him pale, Allen told his companions they would work together to forge the world’s future once his body was reconstructed.

Ch. 168The dragon returns to the sea, body and soul as one

Portgas D. Allen left Sanji’s body and rebuilt his own through an incubation pod, reuniting his dragon soul with a new body. Reunited with his companions, Allen prepared to lead them toward the Final Road and the sea of stars.

  • Allen entered his dragon soul into the incubation pod while Sanji remained asleep and recovered from their symbiosis.
  • After three days and nights, Allen emerged from the pod with a new body perfectly compatible with the Power of Zhulong.
  • Chopper, Brook, Franky, Nami, Robin, Law, Luffy, Ace, and Sabo welcomed Allen back.
  • Sanji awoke and joined the others, carrying breakfast as he continued recovering.
  • Allen and his companions agreed to prepare to sail toward the Final Road and the sea of stars.

Ch. 169The Final Route, the Torch Dragon Sets Sail

The Straw Hat Pirates prepared the upgraded Thousand Sunny · Modified for their voyage along the final route, with Portgas D. Allen joining them. Allen opened a calm passage through the dangerous waters, and the crew sailed toward the unknown and the sea of stars.

  • The allied forces restored order while the Straw Hat Pirates prepared to depart from Lodestar Island aboard the upgraded Thousand Sunny · Modified.
  • Ace and Sabo saw the crew off, giving Allen an encrypted Eternal Pose and a Den Den Mushi with intelligence about the final route and threats beyond the world.
  • Luffy called for the crew to set sail, and the Thousand Sunny · Modified left port as the gathered factions cheered.
  • Allen smoothed the chaotic waters ahead with his power, allowing the Thousand Sunny · Modified to surge across the sea and vanish beyond the horizon.
  • The crew settled into life aboard ship as Allen looked toward the final route and their journey to the sea of stars.

Ch. 170Prelude to the Sea of Stars, Ripples in Spacetime

The Thousand Sunny · Modified entered a region of chaotic spacetime on the way to Laugh Tale, where Allen guided the crew through dangerous distortions. The crew discovered a stable node connected to another world and continued toward the deeper waters.

  • The crew discussed the Final Sea Route as they approached its strange, potentially world-spanning waters.
  • Allen warned that spacetime would soon become chaotic, and the Thousand Sunny · Modified entered the distorted region.
  • The crew struggled with shifting gravity, time, and navigation instruments as Allen sensed a safe path and briefly froze a spatial vortex.
  • Allen stopped the ship beside a stable spacetime node and sensed laws of machinery, code, and void from a miniature cross-world passage.
  • The crew reacted excitedly to the possibility of other worlds, then sailed onward into the chaotic waters.

Ch. 171Beyond the rift, whispers of the void

The Thousand Sunny · Modified encountered Spacetime Vengeful Spirits and a rift through which Void Seekers tried to capture Allen. Allen closed the rift, and the crew continued toward Laugh Tale wary of dangers beyond their world.

  • Chopper warned the crew about translucent tentacles, and Robin identified them as Spacetime Vengeful Spirits.
  • Zoro's sword attack failed to harm the spirits, while Ace's flames scorched them and Allen slowed their advance with Spacetime Imprisonment.
  • A purple-black rift opened beside the ship, and Void Seekers sent chains toward Allen after detecting his special spacetime laws.
  • Allen used Torch Dragon Secret Rite: Spacetime Return to Oblivion to collapse the rift's spacetime anchor and repel the Void Seekers.
  • Allen warned that threats from beyond their world awaited on the Final Sea Route, and the Thousand Sunny · Modified continued toward Laugh Tale.

Ch. 172A dragon's roar across the starry sea, the first resonance of laws

As the Thousand Sunny · Modified crossed the Sea of Manifested Laws, Allen absorbed a chaotic law impact and used the Power of Zhulong fused with nothingness to break it down and integrate its rule information. He gained a preliminary ability to simulate and command fundamental laws, and the crew continued toward Laugh Tale.

  • Allen and the crew navigated spacetime anomalies and strange creatures, honing their abilities during the voyage.
  • The Thousand Sunny entered the Sea of Manifested Laws, where dense law fragments swarmed the ship and Allen raised a barrier to protect everyone.
  • The region's pulsing orb targeted Allen with a chaotic beam of laws, and Allen deliberately let it strike him.
  • Allen unleashed “Torch Dragon Origin · All Laws Return to the Abyss!” and broke down the law energies, absorbing useful rule information into the Power of Zhulong.
  • The orb and law fragments faded as the Thousand Sunny emerged into a starry sea, and the relieved crew admired Allen's transformation.
  • Allen looked toward the ocean ahead as the crew continued along the Final Sea Route, with Laugh Tale's coordinates flickering before them.

Ch. 173The Stargate Maze, the Road to Freedom

The Straw Hat Pirates reached the Stargate Ruins, where three gates offered paths that Allen recognized as traps. He opened a new route through spacetime, and the crew sailed toward the unknown on a path of their own choosing.

  • Nami, Allen, and Brook sensed a strange spacetime node and discovered three gates appearing over the sea.
  • Robin identified the gates as the Corridor of Choices, while Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji distrusted the paths laid out before them.
  • Allen examined the gates and explained that each would imprison or erase those who entered.
  • Allen used his Torch Dragon Ultimate Secret Rite to force open a route through the spacetime singularity at the gates' center.
  • Luffy leaped onto the new route, and Jinbe steered the Thousand Sunny · Modified after him as the three gates vanished.

Ch. 174Drifting Among Stellar Wreckage, Gravestones of Civilizations

The Thousand Sunny · Modified entered a vast graveyard of ancient starships and discovered a warning about the World Devourers, beings that fed on worlds and civilizations. After the Straw Hat Pirates destroyed three scavenger craft, Allen warned that their route might lead them closer to the World Devourers as they continued into the stars.

  • The crew found a vast belt of wrecked starships and artificial celestial bodies, and Robin identified it as a battlefield ruin.
  • A damaged starship broadcast a warning about the World Devourers erasing civilizations before its signal cut off.
  • Three hostile spindle-shaped craft attacked the Thousand Sunny · Modified, and Allen identified them as scavengers prowling the wreckage.
  • Jinbe, Zoro, Sanji, Luffy, Franky, and Brook fought back and destroyed all three craft.
  • Allen sensed that the wrecks were ancient and warned that the World Devourers had left such graveyards behind as they consumed civilizations.
  • Luffy rallied the crew, and the Thousand Sunny · Modified continued through the wreckage along the free passage.

Ch. 175Ark survivors, a glimmer of the flame

The Straw Hat Pirates found the last survivors of the Ark of Hope, who warned them that the World Devourers had destroyed their home system. Allen helped the survivors escape an attack by the Devourers’ Predator warships, and the Thousand Sunny continued its journey with a clearer understanding of the threat.

  • Chopper detected a life signal from a wreck-built station, where Keith told the crew that the World Devourers had destroyed his home system and left the Ark of Hope’s life-support systems failing.
  • Keith’s distress alarm sounded as seven or eight Predator warships approached, and Allen sensed that they were stronger than the Carrion Eaters.
  • Allen gave Keith safe jump coordinates and disrupted the warships’ targeting systems, allowing the Ark of Hope fragment to escape.
  • The Predator warships attacked the Thousand Sunny, but the Straw Hat Pirates fought them off, and Allen disabled the last warship’s engine with Spacetime Cutting.
  • The crew watched the Ark of Hope’s escape route and then set sail, hoping its survivors would carry word of the World Devourers onward.

Ch. 176Ether mirages, trials of the inner mind

The Thousand Sunny · Modified entered the Sea of Ether, where illusions tested the Straw Hat Pirates by reflecting their deepest desires and fears. After they rejected the illusions, the ether energy strengthened Allen’s power, and the crew sailed toward a spacetime vortex and the greater challenge ahead.

  • The crew entered the Sea of Ether, and its energy began shaping visions from their inner minds.
  • Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and Sanji rejected their individual illusions and destroyed them.
  • Chopper, Robin, Franky, Brook, and Jinbe also overcame trials shaped by their desires and fears.
  • The purified ether energy flowed into Allen, deepening his understanding of existence, reality, and dreams and adding a trace of will to his power.
  • Allen led the Thousand Sunny · Modified toward the spacetime vortex as the Sea of Ether grew calm.

Ch. 177The Tidal Envoy, an Ecological Treasure Trove

The Straw Hat Pirates entered a vibrant ecological corridor and helped its guardian, the Tidal Envoy, fight raiders polluting the habitat and capturing its creatures. After Allen purified the pollution source and the raiders fled, the crew received the inhabitants’ thanks and sailed onward.

  • The Thousand Sunny · Modified entered a vast ecological treasure trove, where the Tidal Envoy and other curious creatures approached the crew peacefully.
  • A rainbow waterfall became polluted, and the Tidal Envoy pleaded with Allen for help as creatures fled the damaged habitat.
  • Three raider ships attacked the creatures and the Thousand Sunny, prompting the Straw Hat Pirates and the Tidal Envoy to fight back.
  • Allen used Space-Time Esoteric Rite: Source-Tracing Purification to stop the pollution, while the crew disabled the raiders’ ships and drove them away.
  • The Tidal Envoy blessed the Thousand Sunny · Modified with ecological energy, and the Straw Hat Pirates departed.

Ch. 178Lost in Transition, a Spacetime Trap

The Thousand Sunny · Modified navigated the dangerous Transition Corridor, where Allen discovered and struck down a malicious intelligence controlling some of its traps. The crew escaped the corridor and approached an ancient, imposing star field beyond its exit.

  • Allen warned the crew about the Transition Corridor's spatial hazards, and Jinbe steered the Thousand Sunny past a sudden gravitational vortex.
  • Zoro destroyed a volley of spatial fragments, but the ship became trapped in a time stasis zone.
  • Allen redefined spacetime around the ship, allowing Jinbe to guide it out of the stasis zone.
  • Allen detected a malicious consciousness controlling the corridor's traps and struck it with a Finger of the Void, revealing a jellyfish-like data life-form before it vanished.
  • The crew followed safer routes through the corridor and sailed toward an exit leading to an ancient star field.

Ch. 179Tracing the rifts, whispers of the Abyss

Allen and the crew discovered that the Abyss was the source of the invasion and that its law-aggregate core had marked their world as nourishment for its evolution. As the Thousand Sunny · Modified fought off endlessly adapting tentacles, Allen resolved to attack the core and sever the connection.

  • The Thousand Sunny · Modified emerged from the jump corridor into the Abyss, where Allen identified the rifts as passages connecting it to his world.
  • A distorted face formed in the shadows and revealed that it viewed their world as a ripe nursery to devour, then sent destructive energy tentacles to attack the ship.
  • Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Franky, and the others fought the tentacles while Jinbe maneuvered the ship, but the tentacles replenished themselves and adapted to their attacks.
  • Allen traced the tentacles and rifts to an immense law-aggregate core that sought worlds with complementary laws and mature energy to consume and evolve.
  • Allen told the crew that they needed to destroy or wound the core to make it lose interest in their world, as a direct clash with the Abyss Will loomed.

Ch. 180Laws Collide, a Dragon's Roar Shakes the Abyss

The Abyss Will overwhelmed the Thousand Sunny’s defenses until Allen unleashed a law-level Space-Time Dragon Roar that shattered its shield and gravely wounded it. As the abyss began collapsing, the crew escaped, while Allen warned that similar wills waited elsewhere in the stars.

  • The Abyss Will adapted to the crew’s attacks and pushed the Thousand Sunny’s defenses toward collapse.
  • Allen left the ship’s shield and used the Space-Time Dragon Roar to dismantle the Abyss Will’s tentacles and break its shield.
  • Allen’s attack pierced the Abyss Will’s law convergence core, scattering its face and disrupting its feeding process.
  • Sanji caught the exhausted Allen as the abyss destabilized, and Allen warned that other similar wills existed among the stars.
  • Jinbe piloted the damaged Thousand Sunny out of the collapsing abyss.
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