Chapter Summaries

Roy learned that Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina had reached the waters near Hachinosu to attack Blackbeard, and he set out after them in case their fight escalated. The four reunited aboard a small warship and prepared to head for Hachinosu.

• Roy discussed Elbaf's new king Loki with Law and said even the Five Elders would have trouble taking on the giant kingdom.
• Law told Roy that Ace and Luffy had recruited Zoro and Kuina to attack Blackbeard and had reached Hachinosu Waters.
• Roy entrusted Marine affairs to Law and vanished to go after the four, worried that their fight might bring out the Drums of Liberation.
• Zoro and Kuina waited near Hachinosu when Ace and Luffy arrived aboard a flaming boat.
• Ace told Zoro and Kuina that Blackbeard's people had crossed a line, and the four turned toward Hachinosu with their fighting spirit raised.

Van Augur spotted a Marine warship approaching Hachinosu and shared his vision with Teach, who ordered the Blackbeard crew to prepare. Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina arrived at the harbor, and Ace confronted Teach over what his people had done.

• Van Augur used the Vision-Vision Fruit to detect the approaching warship and showed Teach the four Marines aboard.
• Teach recognized Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina and ordered the Blackbeard crew to go on guard.
• Ace and the others sensed Van Augur watching them and unleashed their powers, cutting off his gaze.
• Teach and his officers gathered at the harbor as the warship arrived, while some of the newer recruits mocked the four Marines.
• Teach greeted Ace, and Ace demanded that he answer for what his people had done.

Ace confronted Teach at Hachinosu over an attack on a civilian cargo ship, accusing him of treating his comrades as disposable tools. When a drunken villain insulted Roy, Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina unleashed their power, plunging the port into silence and terror.

• Teach presented the dying squad leader who had attacked the cargo ship and claimed he had punished him, taunting Ace about whether the Marines were satisfied.
• Ace mocked Teach for breaking the rules in the Whitebeard Pirates and reminded him of Thatch's death, while Teach asserted his authority as leader of the Blackbeard Alliance.
• Ace told Teach he hated him for treating his brothers and comrades as tools, and named Roy, Luffy, Sabo, and Nami as his own beloved family.
• Teach dismissed the Marines' complaint as an excuse to start a war, and his men jeered at Ace and the others.
• A drunken villain insulted Roy, and Teach struck him too late to stop the insult from provoking Ace and his companions.
• Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina released a storm of flames, sword qi, Conqueror's Haki, and mythical-beast power that shook Hachinosu.

Luffy, Ace, Kuina, and Zoro launched a full assault on Teach and the Blackbeard Alliance at Hachinosu. The harbor was devastated as the battle spread across the island, with both sides engaged in combat.

• Luffy killed the thug who insulted Roy and shattered the harbor with Dragon Bone: Undersea Drop, while Teach blocked the strike with Swamp Barrier.
• Teach ordered Burgess to move the weaker fighters inland, and Burgess used his Island-Island Fruit to evacuate them through underground passages.
• Ace attacked Teach with Flame Dragon, and Teach countered with Swamp: Devouring Abyss, destroying the harbor defenses in their clash.
• Burgess attacked Luffy as an island giant, but Luffy smashed his massive fist apart with Dragon Bone: Heaven-Shattering Strike.
• Kuina cut down Van Augur's bullet and dispersed Doc Q's plague flies with Shimotsuki Style: Blood Cry.
• Zoro fought Lafitte, Cat Viper, and Inuarashi as the battle erupted across Hachinosu.

Zoro defeated Inuarashi, Cat Viper, and Lafitte with his Demon Aura: Nine-Sword Style, Asura: Ichibugin. As Doc Q and Van Augur attacked Kuina, she vanished and appeared behind Van Augur.

• Zoro taunted Inuarashi and Cat Viper over Oden’s swords and their reluctance to seek revenge against Roy.
• Inuarashi, Cat Viper, and Lafitte attacked Zoro together, but he unleashed Asura: Ichibugin and cut them down.
• Doc Q used his Plague Domain on Kuina while Van Augur fired three shots at her.
• Kuina’s body vanished into blood-red fragments, evading the bullets and Van Augur’s search.
• Kuina appeared behind Van Augur and asked if he was looking for her.

Kuina crippled Van Augur and Doc Q with a devastating sword attack as they tried to escape, while Luffy unleashed Galaxy Impact against Burgess’s Island-Island giant. The punch destroyed the giant and blasted Burgess into the sea, leaving Hachinosu’s harbor devastated.

• Kuina ambushed Van Augur, severing his arm and sniper rifle as he fell from the sky.
• Doc Q caught Van Augur with his sickly Pegasus, then released poison mist to cover their escape from Kuina.
• Kuina unleashed Frostblood: Thousand-Wing Slash, cutting through the plague mist and striking Doc Q and Van Augur after the Pegasus was destroyed.
• Burgess rebuilt the giant hand of his Island-Island form and sent its massive palms down at Luffy, despite suffering the damage himself.
• Luffy used Dragon Bone: Galaxy Impact, shattering the skull-headed giant and tearing away part of Hachinosu.
• Burgess fell into the sea, badly torn apart, while Luffy remained hovering over the devastated battlefield.

Ace and Teach fought across Hachinosu, escalating their clash with the Heat-Heat Fruit and Teach’s fused Swamp-Swamp and Gum-Gum powers. As Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina watched the battlefield collapse, a mysterious figure appeared above and wondered whether Teach could awaken.

• Teach attacked Ace with waves of corrosive swamp, and Ace answered with a barrage of fire fists and Flame Emperor.
• Ace and Teach exchanged close-range blows as their powers repeatedly collided and devastated Hachinosu’s harbor.
• Ace activated the Heat-Heat Fruit Release, transforming his flames into platinum-white energy.
• Teach revealed a fused Swamp-Swamp and Gum-Gum form that could absorb and bounce back flames, then met Ace’s attacks with a spiral punch and black hammer.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina paused to watch as Ace and Teach’s clash collapsed the center of Hachinosu.
• A blurred figure appeared high in the sky and asked whether Teach could awaken.

Ace defeated Teach with Flame Fury: Pierce and obliterated the center of Hachinosu, but a strange heartbeat and dense black energy rose from the crater, suggesting Teach or another ancient power was awakening. Luffy, Zoro, Kuina, and Ace watched as an unidentified figure looked down from above.

• Teach fought Ace in Pumping State, using his merged rubber and swamp powers to absorb impacts and counter Ace’s flames.
• Teach sensed that Lafitte, Van Augur, Doc Q, and Jesus Burgess had been defeated and briefly lost focus.
• Ace pierced Teach’s chest with Flame Fury: Pierce, then detonated the attack beneath the ground and blasted Hachinosu into a burning crater.
• Ace regrouped with Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina, and they wondered whether Teach had survived the explosion.
• A rhythmic heartbeat sounded from beneath the crater as dense black energy rose, while an unidentified figure watched from above and began to speak.

Teach awakened the Nika Form and used its rubberized power to turn his enemies’ attacks back against them. After Teach struck Luffy into the ground while Luffy protected Ace, the battle continued with Teach still standing in the air.

• A mysterious drumbeat erupted from beneath Hachinosu, and Teach burst from the crater in his awakened Nika Form, unharmed.
• Teach told Ace that the Gum-Gum Fruit’s awakened power let him bear and devour attacks and bounce back nature itself.
• Zoro and Kuina launched a pair of flying slashes, but Teach caught their sword energy and hurled it back at Ace.
• Ace attacked Teach with Flame Emperor: Firefly Spiral, but Teach scattered the flames and countered with a powerful stretching punch.
• Luffy shoved Ace aside and took Teach’s punch, which sent him crashing into the ground.
• Teach announced that the battle had only just begun as Ace, Zoro, and Kuina reacted to Luffy being struck.

Luffy, Ace, Zoro, and Kuina attacked Teach in his Nika Form, and Ace’s spear strike sent him crashing into a crater. Teach survived and awakened a sinister power as the mysterious drumming resonated through Cat Viper and Inuarashi.

• Luffy emerged from the ruins and launched Dragon Breath at Teach as Ace, Zoro, and Kuina joined the attack.
• Teach dodged Luffy’s blast and the twin slashes from Zoro and Kuina by stretching away with his rubber powers.
• Ace hurled his Flaming Spear at Teach, and their clash wounded Teach and sent him crashing into a deep crater.
• Cat Viper and Inuarashi awoke to the drumming from beneath the earth and sensed it calling to them.
• Teach rose from the crater as black swamp spread beneath him, then announced he was done playing and unleashed an overwhelming aura of darkness.

Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina fought Teach as his black-swamp domain and mysterious drumming repeatedly restored his body. After their combined attack failed to finish him, a tall figure struck Teach with a huge black-vortex-covered palm, knocking him unconscious.

• Teach spread his black-swamp domain and attacked Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina with shadow tendrils while repeatedly regenerating from their blows.
• Ace and Luffy realized that an unknown presence inside Teach seemed to answer the drumming that restored him.
• Zoro and Kuina struck Teach together, and Ace and Luffy followed with their Conqueror's Coating combo technique, Flame Dragon's Roar.
• Teach survived the combined assault and began to rise again, but a tall figure suddenly appeared and slammed him underground with a massive black-vortex-covered palm.

Roy arrived at the battlefield, knocked Teach unconscious with a single slap, and stopped Ace from killing him because Teach was still useful. Roy then took Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina back to the warship, hinting that the doctor had prepared something new for them, while the Blackbeard Alliance's troops later dug Teach out alive.

• Roy appeared on the battlefield and struck Teach unconscious with one slap.
• Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina told Roy that Teach's power let him keep getting back up and grow more excited during their fight.
• Kuina urged them to eliminate Teach, and Ace prepared to finish him off, but Roy stopped Ace and said Teach was still useful.
• Roy took the four fighters back to the warship and suggested they try something new the doctor had been working on.
• After Roy and the others left, the Blackbeard Alliance's remaining troops dug Teach out of the rubble and found him alive.

Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr enjoyed a vacation near Punk Hazard while discussing Sengoku’s retirement and possible successors. When they arrived at the island, they ran into Ace and Luffy, whose battered faces left Garp in shock.

• Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr relaxed aboard a disguised Navy ship and joked about Sengoku finally retiring.
• Garp confronted Sengoku for tricking him into eating a Devil Fruit disguised as a cake, and the two old friends brawled.
• Sengoku and Zephyr discussed Fleet Admiral candidates Sakazuki and Kuzan, joking that Sakazuki might attack the Holy Land.
• The three veterans landed at Punk Hazard and headed toward the research facilities, guessing that Roy had called them to see Vegapunk’s latest experiment.
• Garp spotted Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina approaching, then exclaimed in shock when he saw that Ace and Luffy were badly beaten.

Roy brought Sengoku, Zephyr, and Garp to the Punk Hazard Institute to reveal a surprise prepared with Vegapunk. Three enormous figures emerged in the training area, and the old veterans recognized the familiar Haki and presence of peak fighters.

• Zephyr, Kuina, and Zoro reacted to Luffy and Ace’s swollen faces, and Luffy and Ace clarified that Roy had not beaten them.
• Roy healed Luffy and Ace with pale golden energy and stopped Luffy from revealing the surprise.
• Roy led Sengoku, Zephyr, and Garp into the institute and teleported them to its training field.
• Roy announced that he and Vegapunk had prepared a surprise, then vanished with Ace and the other youths.
• Three enormous figures rose from the training field, and Sengoku, Zephyr, and Garp sensed the powerful Haki and presence within them.

Vegapunk’s Seraphim project produced powerful Whitebeard, Kaido, and Linlin replicas whose consciousnesses began to awaken. The three Seraphim clashed with Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr at Punk Hazard while Roy and the younger fighters watched.

• Vegapunk’s six satellites reported that the three Seraphim’s core consciousnesses were awakening, startling Sengoku, Zephyr, and Garp with their familiar auras.
• The chapter explained that Roy had supplied Vegapunk with Kaido and Linlin’s bodies and Devil Fruits, along with a Whitebeard template and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Whitebeard, Kaido, and Linlin awakened and exchanged familiar, hostile banter, with Linlin accusing Kaido of stealing her fruit.
• Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr chose to fight the Seraphim, unleashing their powers as the three replicas answered with tremors, thunder, and soul attacks.
• The clash shook Punk Hazard’s energy barrier while Roy urged Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina to watch and learn.

Garp battled the Kaido Seraphim in a brutal exchange of fists, while Sengoku fought the Whitebeard Seraphim and Zephyr fought the Charlotte Linlin Seraphim. Roy, Ace, and Luffy watched as all three battles escalated into clashes of Haki, shockwaves, and flames.

• Garp struck the Kaido Seraphim with an Iron Fist, and Kaido awakened into his Human-Beast Form and counterattacked with Thunderclap: Dragon Strike.
• Garp and Kaido traded blows without defending, shaking their combat zone as Roy urged Ace and Luffy to watch.
• Sengoku transformed into a giant golden Buddha and clashed his Golden Light Palm with the Whitebeard Seraphim's Tremor-Tremor Shockwave.
• Sengoku and the Whitebeard Seraphim continued fighting amid a platinum energy storm that pierced the Training Ground's dome.
• Zephyr charged the Charlotte Linlin Seraphim, whose Soul-Soul Fruit power turned her White Flames into Soul Homies.
• Zephyr and the Charlotte Linlin Seraphim collided in a towering surge of Blue and White Flames, forcing Ace and the other spectators back.

Teach awakened on Hachinosu and learned that Burgess and Doc Q had died, then sensed the eerie drumbeats and believed something was about to offer him power. On Punk Hazard, Garp unveiled a fiftyfold Iron Fist against the battered Kaido Seraphim.

• Teach woke in the ruins of Hachinosu and remembered Roy overpowering him.
• Van Augur told Teach that Burgess and Doc Q had died and most of the Alliance had fled.
• Teach rallied the survivors, declared he would not give Roy what he wanted, and reacted to mysterious drumbeats.
• On Punk Hazard, Sengoku, Zephyr, and Garp continued battling the exhausted Seraphim while Ace and Luffy watched.
• Garp launched his new Doubling—Fiftyfold Iron Fist at the Kaido Seraphim.

Garp unleashed a fifty-fold punch that carved a vast pit into the sea and devastated parts of Punk Hazard, while Roy evacuated everyone from the Training Ground. The story then shifted to Flower Country, where X Drake and his SWORD team began a mission to stop groups planning to rebuild pirate forces.

• Garp combined the More-More Fruit with his Haki and prepared a fifty-fold punch powerful enough to threaten Punk Hazard.
• Roy used Spatial Transfer to move the Training Ground and its occupants offshore before Garp's punch struck.
• Garp's punch blasted a huge pit into the seabed, sent up towering tsunamis, and damaged Punk Hazard; the Seraphim and Zephyr and Sengoku reacted to its power.
• Roy warned Vegapunk that the World Government would notice the destruction, and Vegapunk realized he would have to deal with the fallout.
• X Drake led Sanji, Usopp, Hibari, and Kujaku ashore in Flower Country to investigate groups planning to form an alliance and rebuild pirate forces.

Chinjao gathered several New World adventure group leaders in the Flower Country and proposed forming a Great Pirate Fleet allied with the Blackbeard Alliance. As they discussed the navy’s brutal pirate hunts, unseen figures emerged from the shadows, revealing they had overheard the meeting.

• Chinjao told Cavendish, Bartolomeo, Sai, Ideo, Hajrudin, and Orlumbus that their adventure groups were exiled pirates who had never truly abandoned their flags.
• Chinjao proposed forming a new Great Pirate Fleet and allying with the Blackbeard Alliance to restore pirate glory and sweep across the four seas.
• Cavendish, Bartolomeo, Ideo, and Hajrudin objected to trusting Blackbeard, but Chinjao argued they needed him to draw attention as the world order changed.
• Cavendish and Bartolomeo agreed to take the stage, while Ideo and Hajrudin warned that the navy, especially Sakazuki and Enel, was hunting pirates with devastating attacks.
• Chinjao reassured the group that the navy would not target them if they acted as adventure groups, but mysterious figures emerged from the shadows and said they had heard everything.

Drake led Razor, Admiral Roy’s secret Marine unit, to confront Chinjao’s group and declared them threats to order. The two sides clashed across the battlefield, with the fight still underway.

• Drake revealed that the Marines knew of the group’s plans and introduced Razor as a special unit serving directly under Admiral Roy.
• Chinjao charged Drake, who transformed into her Allosaurus form, and the two fought with powerful Haki.
• Usopp and Hibari took sniper positions and shot down more than a dozen members of the Happo Navy.
• Sanji and Cavendish clashed with Sanji’s flaming kicks against Cavendish’s swordsmanship.
• Kujaku used her Whip-Whip Fruit to turn the ground into stone hands that seized and hurled the surrounding underlings.