Chapter Summaries

The chapter revealed how Miss Buckin came to bear Whitebeard’s son, Edward Weevil, through a soul-swapping scheme that cost her elder sister her life. At Big Mom’s tea party, Weevil and Big Mom fought over a giant cake before bad cream made Weevil vomit across the venue, knocking the photograph of the nun to the ground.

• Young Newgate tried to protect two noble sisters from Rocks, taking a deep sword wound to save the elder sister.
• Charlotte Linlin helped the younger sister swap souls with her elder sister, and the younger sister used the elder sister’s body to spend a night with Newgate.
• A storm sank the Rocks Pirates’ ships, and the elder sister drowned while Newgate tried to save her; the younger sister later gave birth to Edward Weevil.
• At Big Mom’s tea party, Weevil reached for her giant cake, and Big Mom struck him when he refused to stop.
• Weevil ate some cake made with fertilizer sold as cream by Rossi, vomited violently, and knocked the nun’s photograph from the table.

Big Mom’s tea party collapsed into chaos after Whitebeard II broke the nun’s photograph, triggering her madness and Hunger Pangs. Ma Qiao saved Katakuri from her attack, but Cobra remained trapped in Big Mom’s Four-Dimensional Pocket as he pleaded for help.

• Whitebeard II accidentally broke the nun’s photograph, sending Big Mom into a destructive roar that swept across Whole Cake Island.
• Katakuri blocked Miss Bakkin and Whitebeard II from escaping, then fought Whitebeard II while Teach searched the wreckage for the King of Shipping’s gift.
• Teach found a pink Devil Fruit that was not the Dark-Dark Fruit, but Ma Qiao caught him trying to take it.
• Charlotte Flampe took Miss Bakkin hostage to help Katakuri, and Ma Qiao knocked Flampe out by throwing Teach at her.
• Big Mom’s Hunger Pangs flared, and she knocked Katakuri unconscious before Ma Qiao used Ryze’s Realm Warp to carry him to safety.
• Cobra called for help from inside Big Mom’s Four-Dimensional Pocket, saying he had not gotten aboard yet.

Crocodile led a Marine-sanctioned expedition into Totto Land to attack Big Mom, while Cobra hid from her Hunger Pangs on Whole Cake Island. Mr. 5's enormous booger bomb struck Big Mom from a great distance, leaving her injured and furious as she turned on Crocodile's group.

• Big Mom rampaged through Whole Cake Island during her Hunger Pangs, and Perospero tried to calm her by promising more food.
• Rear Admiral Huanila Baowei confronted Crocodile's warship, learned that Crocodile had been appointed General for the Conquest of Big Mom, and let the force proceed.
• Sengoku told Baowei to monitor the expedition and await Admiral Kizaru, warning him not to rush in.
• Crocodile prepared to send Princess Vivi's letter to Whole Cake Island, while Mr. 5 claimed he was targeting Charlotte Linlin with a booger bomb.
• Mr. 5's bomb exploded beside Big Mom, badly blackening her, and she demanded that Perospero identify the people who had hidden her food.

Ma Qiao rescued Baroque Works agents while Big Mom chased Crocodile and threatened Cobra during her Hunger Pangs. His Bandage Toss stunned Big Mom as mochi slid toward her windpipe, leaving Cobra’s rescue and the crisis unresolved.

• Big Mom chased Crocodile while her attacks scattered the Baroque Works agents, and Ma Qiao rescued Miss Valentine and brought Mr. 1 and Mr. 5 to Teach.
• Miss Doublefinger suspected Ma Qiao was Mr. 0, but he denied it as Crocodile remained under attack.
• Cobra urged Crocodile to help Vivi, drawing Big Mom’s attention; she recognized Cobra’s ramen and grabbed him to eat.
• Katakuri trapped Big Mom’s mouth with mochi, but Perospero said only the missing giant cake could end her Hunger Pangs.
• Ma Qiao used Bandage Toss to stun Big Mom, and the mochi in her mouth began slipping toward her windpipe.

Ma Qiao and Tahm Kench helped save Big Mom after a mochi ball blocked her airway, and Cobra gave her artificial respiration. After Teach accidentally sent a Devil Fruit into Big Mom’s mouth, she swallowed it and transformed into a younger, slimmer Charlotte Linlin, leaving Ma Qiao to suspect the Soul-Soul Fruit’s power had changed.

• Ma Qiao rescued Cobra and Teach while Big Mom collapsed from choking on a mochi ball.
• Tahm Kench used the Heimlich maneuver, and Cobra gave Big Mom artificial respiration when she stopped breathing.
• Teach broke free of the mochi and accidentally sent the hidden Smooth-Smooth Fruit flying into Big Mom’s mouth, where she swallowed it.
• Big Mom transformed into a slim, youthful Charlotte Linlin, and Ma Qiao identified the fruit as the Smooth-Smooth Fruit.
• Ma Qiao noticed that the Soul-Soul Fruit’s chess soldiers still obeyed orders and Napoleon’s eyes were closed, prompting him to consider what had happened to Big Mom’s powers.

Ma Qiao staged a psychological treatment for Big Mom after her children feared she had eaten two Devil Fruits. His dark jokes and Thresh’s Dark Passage drew Mother Carmel’s spirit out of Big Mom, leaving Ma Qiao calling for protection.

• Perospero feared Big Mom was dying after she ate the Smooth-Smooth Fruit, but Ma Qiao insisted he could save her.
• Ma Qiao persuaded Perospero and Katakuri to let him treat Big Mom, then had Tahm Kench set up a treatment room and injected her with a heavy anesthetic.
• Ma Qiao told dark jokes about religion into Big Mom’s ear while using Thresh’s Dark Passage, provoking an angry voice from within her.
• Ma Qiao declared that Big Mom was possessed and threw the Dark Passage at her left upper abdomen, drawing out Mother Carmel’s apparition.

Ma Qiao uncovered that Mother Carmel was still alive and parasitizing Big Mom, then used Illaoi’s power to pull Carmel’s soul into reach. He left Carmel at Perospero’s mercy while Big Mom’s children watched in alarm.

• Ma Qiao identified the apparition as Mother Carmel, exposed her history as the Mountain Hag, and explained that she had trafficked and eaten children at Sheep’s House.
• Katakuri restrained Carmel’s animated ECG machine, while Perospero’s attacks failed to harm her spirit.
• Ma Qiao used Dark Passage and realized Carmel was a living person whose soul remained connected to her physical body.
• Ma Qiao repeatedly tried Illaoi’s Test of Spirit until he pulled Carmel’s soul out, allowing Perospero to strike her with his candy cane.
• Perospero beat Carmel’s exposed soul with a series of candy attacks as the watching children feared Ma Qiao’s medical treatment.

Ma Qiao and Dr. Mundo removed Mother Carmel from Big Mom during surgery, discovering she was a parasite whose Soul-Soul Fruit powers sustained Totto Land’s Homies. Ma Qiao decided to imprison Carmel in the next Infinite Tsukuyomi expansion, leaving the Charlotte brothers uneasy about her fate.

• Mother Carmel tried to seize control of the sedated Big Mom, but Ma Qiao pulled Charlotte Linlin’s soul from her body instead and proved Carmel and Linlin were separate beings.
• Katakuri prepared a mochi operating room, and Dr. Mundo arrived to surgically remove Carmel while Perospero and Katakuri waited outside with Ma Qiao.
• Dr. Mundo wheeled out Carmel’s parasite-like body, which he had removed from Big Mom’s stomach after clearing away construction debris.
• Ma Qiao stopped Perospero from killing Carmel, explaining that her death would make the Homies across Totto Land disappear.
• Ma Qiao revealed his plan to imprison Carmel in an upcoming Infinite Tsukuyomi expansion, The Shining.

Teach searched Big Mom’s treasury on Whole Cake Island, but Kizaru and Lux confronted him after Crocodile brought the Marines there. Flampe ate the Tama-Tama Fruit and transformed into Hiyoko, while Teach escaped into the sea after Kizaru cut off his left arm.

• Teach found Big Mom’s treasury, where Kizaru confronted him and explained that he had arrived with Crocodile and his student Lux.
• Flampe took the Tama-Tama Fruit from the treasury and ate it, then fell and hatched into her second form, Hiyoko.
• Kizaru mistook Flampe for Teach’s intended bride and ordered her and Teach to come with him.
• Teach kicked Hiyoko toward Kizaru and tried to escape, but Lux bound his arm with Light Binding.
• Kizaru struck Teach with Ama no Murakumo and severed his left arm, but Teach escaped into the sea.

Kizaru returned to Marineford with Flampe while Ma Qiao helped Zephyr recover and brokered a joint rule for Totto Land after Big Mom’s personality changed. The Charlotte Family’s marriage alliance with the Whitebeard Pirates took an unexpected turn when Izo arrived demanding that the crew rescue Teach from the Marines.

• Kizaru and Crocodile captured Flampe and left for Marineford, while Kizaru sensed a powerful presence resembling Zephyr fighting Whitebeard II in the distance.
• Ma Qiao learned that Zephyr’s transplanted arm and eye worked well, then discussed his dream of creating a world that no longer needed superheroes to uphold justice.
• Perospero and Katakuri concealed the reason for Big Mom’s changed personality and agreed to divide Totto Land between them after Ma Qiao proposed joint rule.
• Ma Qiao departed with half the Big Mom Pirates’ treasury, Carmel’s body and soul, and Zeus, while Cobra shouted after the ship and Linlin mistook him for Mr. Cook.
• Charlotte Linlin sent the Whitebeard Pirates a marriage proposal for Smoothie and Ace, but Izo arrived with betrothal gifts and a newspaper, insisting the crew would rescue Teach from the Marines.

Aboard the Moby Dick, Teach mourned losing his left hand, then answered Whitebeard’s summons. Whitebeard revealed that Kaido had offered the Whitebeard Pirates tolls to protect a liquor route carrying wine from the Big Bird Consortium, and credited Ma Qiao’s wine for making Kaido pay.

• Teach lamented losing his left hand to Kizaru and checked messages in the Infinite Tsukuyomi players’ group while waiting for the game’s new expansion.
• Gangplank visited Teach and escorted him to meet Whitebeard, who was drinking Ma Qiao’s red wine despite Marco’s warnings.
• Whitebeard recalled that Jack had attacked Whitey Bay, a subordinate pirate captain, and Marco wondered whether she had provoked the Beasts Pirates.
• Marco read Kaido’s letter and learned that Whitey Bay had attacked a Beasts Pirates transport ship carrying liquor purchased from the Big Bird Consortium.
• Kaido offered the Whitebeard Pirates annual tolls in exchange for protecting the liquor route from Hodico Island to Onigashima, and Whitebeard praised Ma Qiao’s wine to Teach.

Whitebeard and his crew confronted Teach over rumors that he was in love with Flampe, while Ma Qiao learned Zephyr wanted to help rescue her. Ma Qiao instead headed to Dressrosa with Law and Zephyr to target Doflamingo and liberate the island.

• Whitebeard learned that Wano Country had opened a port to the Great Bird East India Company and reminded Teach that he owed Ma Qiao his life.
• Marco showed Teach a newspaper claiming he was in love with Flampe, and Whitebeard pressured him to decide whether he would stand up for her.
• Teach knelt before Whitebeard and declared that he wanted to play basketball.
• Morgans's sensational reports about Teach and Flampe sold well, and Zephyr offered to help Ma Qiao rescue Flampe from Impel Down.
• Ma Qiao said Teach should rescue Flampe and revealed that his next target was Doflamingo in Dressrosa.
• Law arrived by submarine, and Ma Qiao, Zephyr, Law, and their bodyguards landed at Dressrosa.

Ma Qiao toured Dressrosa with Law and sought Flower Field, while Rebecca searched for Mr. Soldier and Kyros encountered a mysterious toy soldier in the forest. The chapter ended with Rebecca telling Kyros about a prophecy involving a red-scarfed man and her plan to earn money for his new leg.

• Ma Qiao reflected on the territories he controlled and decided to summon capable administrators such as Azir when he returned to Alabasta.
• Ma Qiao reassured the nervous Law that they were in Dressrosa to find Flower Field before confronting Doflamingo's operations.
• Rebecca returned home after failing to find work and discovered that Mr. Soldier was missing, so she went into the forest to look for him.
• Kyros killed a bear, but Ma Qiao's toy soldier secretly restored it with Astral Infusion; Kyros and the toy soldier then struck the bear down together.
• The toy soldier gave Kyros a bear leg and left after Kyros read a silk message saying, "Big Bird shall rise, Ma Qiao shall reign?"
• Rebecca reunited with Kyros and told him about a red-scarfed man who would redeem the country, then said she had signed up for canal work to earn money for his new leg.

Ma Qiao revised his plan to overthrow Doflamingo after seeing how Dressrosa’s prosperity depended on exploitation, and he had Law modify Malphite before arranging for him to be unearthed. Malphite attacked the laborers, and Rebecca turned back to face the threat despite their mistreatment of her.

• Law called Bepo, then ate grilled bear testicles while Ma Qiao explained his plans for Dressrosa as a lesson for its people.
• Ma Qiao had Law remove one of Malphite’s eyes and transplant the other onto his forehead before Tahm Kench hid him in the riverbed.
• Ma Qiao and Law watched Dressrosa’s laborers work slowly and saw signs of drug use, prompting Ma Qiao to reconsider his plan and conclude the country needed a deeper transformation.
• Rebecca worked harder than the other conscripted laborers to earn money for a new leg for Mr. Toy, enduring harassment and abuse.
• Rebecca’s shovel uncovered Malphite, who fired a signal flare and charged the fleeing crowd with his ultimate.
• Rebecca stopped running, turned toward the crowd behind her, and drew her sword.

Ma Qiao saved Rebecca, Kyros, and the villagers from Malphite, then accompanied Kyros away from the approaching Peacekeepers. Pica captured Malphite and brought him to the Donquixote palace, where Doflamingo arrived after hearing Shiki’s name.

• Kyros rescued Rebecca from Malphite’s charge, but could not evade the attack with her and the villagers.
• Ma Qiao used a hidden Jack in the Box to frighten Malphite into stopping, leading Kyros and Rebecca to mistake the intervention for powerful Conqueror’s Haki.
• Ma Qiao called Kyros and Rebecca family, then asked Kyros to guide him through Dressrosa; Kyros left before the Peacekeepers could identify him.
• Pica subdued Malphite and took him to the Donquixote palace, hoping the unusual stone creature would interest Doflamingo.
• Pica and Diamante discussed Malphite’s remarks about Shiki, and Doflamingo arrived, dismissing Shiki as a relic of the past.

Ma Qiao brought Nami and Law to Golden Lion Shiki’s Floating Sky Island to negotiate after discovering the islands and Shiki’s strange animal experiments. Shiki confronted them, but Ma Qiao’s photographs with powerful figures left him demanding to know who Ma Qiao was.

• Ma Qiao showed Conis the changes to Shandora and gave Nami Rylai's Crystal Scepter and Zeus before taking her and Law to investigate Shiki’s base.
• Nami guided the Fathead Fish through a hidden whirlpool in the clouds, and the group reached Shiki’s floating islands.
• The group encountered bizarre animals fighting in the forest, and Law denied creating them.
• Shiki appeared in the air and challenged Ma Qiao, who introduced himself through photographs showing him with Garp, Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and Whitebeard.
• Shiki stopped to reconsider his attack and demanded Ma Qiao identify himself, while privately wondering whether Ma Qiao was a collector of photographs with powerful people.

Ma Qiao tried to recruit Golden Lion Shiki into the Sunset Red Team by appealing to his nostalgia for the old pirate era and proving that Garp was a member. Shiki was persuaded by Ma Qiao’s demonstrations of the modern era’s decline, but still asked who Ulpo D. Kuro was before signing.

• Ma Qiao introduced the Sunset Red Team to Shiki and claimed that Whitebeard, Kaido, Linlin, Garp, and Zephyr belonged to it.
• Shiki attacked Ma Qiao after hearing Garp’s name, but Ma Qiao blocked his sword attacks with wind swordsmanship.
• Ma Qiao showed Shiki a photo of the team, then called Garp, whose voice convinced Shiki that the group was real.
• Ma Qiao showed Shiki Doflamingo’s outfit and video, prompting Shiki to condemn the state of modern piracy.
• Ma Qiao offered Shiki a contract to join the Sunset Red Team, and Shiki asked who Ulpo D. Kuro was.

Ma Qiao convinced Golden Lion that Roger had a son and recruited him to join an attack on Dressrosa, while Sengoku discussed the Marines’ intelligence gaps and a plan to send Sanji undercover. The chapter ended with Sengoku learning that the Whitebeard and Big Mom Pirates were besieging Dressrosa alongside other forces.

• Ma Qiao showed Golden Lion Roger’s Lineage Factor and Kuro’s hair, and the test confirmed their connection.
• Golden Lion accepted Ma Qiao’s claim and agreed to join the pirates hunting Dressrosa in three days.
• Sengoku met with the Three Admirals and discussed the limited intelligence on Izo’s arrival at Whole Cake Island and the possibility of a Whitebeard–Big Mom alliance.
• Sengoku considered Sanji as a new SWORD undercover agent who could infiltrate the Charlotte Family.
• A messenger reported that the Whitebeard and Big Mom Pirates’ combined fleet was besieging Dressrosa with other forces present.

Doflamingo found Dressrosa surrounded by forces from several Emperors of the Sea, while Ma Qiao arranged the confrontation and brought Golden Lion Shiki toward the island. Shiki pierced Doflamingo’s heart on Green Bit, but Doflamingo secretly revived himself and attacked Shiki from behind.

• Doflamingo received reports that Whitebeard’s, Big Mom’s, and Kaido’s forces, along with Buggy, had gathered around Dressrosa, and then learned that a flying island was approaching from the east.
• Ma Qiao’s influence brought Katakuri, Yamato, Buggy, and others to Dressrosa, while Golden Lion Shiki arrived aboard a floating island and ignored Ma Qiao’s suggestion to let Katakuri capture Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo flew out to meet Shiki, who mocked him and attacked before Doflamingo could explain that he had captured one of Shiki’s supposed subordinates.
• Doflamingo called Marineford for help, then fought Shiki across Green Bit while trying to survive until the Marines arrived.
• Shiki cut the string supporting Doflamingo and stabbed him through the heart, then left without realizing Doflamingo had stitched his heart together with his fruit power.
• Doflamingo survived and launched his Five Color Strings at Shiki from behind.

Doflamingo ambushed Golden Lion, but the Tontatta rescued him and Leo accidentally sewed his severed hand back on backward. Sugar’s power erased Ma Qiao’s memories of meeting Golden Lion, but a note and Robin’s message helped him realize what had happened and send Gangplank’s crew to Dressrosa to find him.

• Doflamingo cut off Golden Lion’s hand with Five Color Strings and prepared to finish him with Overheat.
• Leo and the Tontatta trapped Golden Lion in a net, rescued him from Doflamingo’s attack, and Leo sewed his hand back on backward.
• Doflamingo’s Family arrived, and Sugar touched Golden Lion’s repaired hand while he was distracted by her greeting.
• At the Tontatta base, Ma Qiao realized he had forgotten his plan, called Robin, and learned that Sugar’s power had erased his memories of meeting Golden Lion.
• Ma Qiao ordered Gangplank to land in Dressrosa under the pretext of searching for the missing Private Goldilocks.
• Gangplank rallied his crew and reminded them of their rules before they prepared to enter Dressrosa.