Recaps

Carlos attended Big Mom’s Tea Party, where she tried to strengthen their alliance by offering him several daughters in marriage. When he rejected her proposal, Big Mom suddenly attacked him, and Carlos fought back as the Tea Party erupted into violence.

• Carlos joined Big Mom at the Tea Party and observed the senior members of the Big Mom Pirates, including Katakuri and three veteran former Rocks Pirates.
• Carlos tried to leave his seat to meet Stussy, but Big Mom stopped him and introduced him to her daughters.
• Big Mom offered Carlos several daughters as marriage partners, but he refused and returned to his seat.
• Big Mom became enraged at Carlos’s rejection and swung her palm at his head, smashing the table when he dodged.
• Carlos crushed his teacup and hurled Haki-coated shards at Big Mom, who destroyed them with a piercing cry and powerful sound waves.

Carlos challenged Big Mom to a one-on-one battle and revealed his newly developed Death-God's Eye, which let him see and cut the Lines of Death on objects. He left Big Mom holding only Napoleon's empty hilt after severing the weapon at its base.

• Big Mom released her soul-threatening aura and summoned Napoleon, Prometheus, and Zeus, while Carlos refused to summon Pain and introduced his Death-God's Eye.
• Carlos warned the onlookers to retreat and Big Mom forbade her crew from interfering, keeping the confrontation between the two of them.
• Carlos struck Napoleon's Line of Death, causing half of the Homie's blade to crumble into ash and leaving it gravely wounded.
• Big Mom attacked Carlos with Emperor Sword: Broken Blade, but Carlos met the flaming sword with Overlord Elbow, and their clash shattered the plaza.
• Carlos avoided a contest of raw strength, then cut another Line of Death on Napoleon, severing its blade at the base and leaving Big Mom with only the hilt.

Carlos tested his newly developed Death God's Eye against Big Mom, using it to destroy Napoleon and collapse Prometheus's flames. He then endured Big Mom and Zeus's combined attack before splitting Zeus in two, leaving the Homie screaming in pain.

• Carlos nearly destroyed Big Mom's Napoleon with two slashes from Death God's Eye.
• Big Mom attacked Carlos with Prometheus's flames and Zeus's lightning, but Carlos dodged most of the lightning and pierced the pillar of fire's death point, making it collapse.
• Carlos rushed Big Mom as Prometheus and Zeus attacked him, then met Big Mom's lightning-coated punch with his own fist.
• Carlos endured Zeus's lightning while searching for an opening, then sliced Zeus along a death line and split its body and soul in two.

Carlos ended his fight with Big Mom after demonstrating that his Death God's Eye could inflict lasting damage on her Homies. Big Mom proposed an alliance between their crews in exchange for Carlos teaching three of her daughters, leaving him suspicious of what she had whispered to them.

• Carlos warned Big Mom that continuing the fight would seriously damage her Homies, and she decided it was unwise to keep fighting.
• Carlos explained that he did not want to marry into Big Mom's family, and Big Mom jokingly offered to marry him instead.
• Carlos changed the subject to the promised desserts, and Big Mom offered an offensive and defensive alliance if he agreed to teach some of her children.
• Carlos agreed to consider teaching Big Mom's daughters and selected Smoker, Charlotte Galette, and Charlotte Marble.
• Big Mom whispered to the three girls, and Carlos grew wary as he noticed their cheeks turning red.

After leaving Whole Cake Island, Carlos returned to Sun Moon Island and planned the Divine Eye Pirates’ next expansion. He chose six more islands to connect with the four he already owned, forming a pentagram, and summoned his core crewmates to begin the campaign.

• Carlos met and arranged mutually beneficial cooperation with underworld magnates, including Stussy, during Big Mom’s Tea Party.
• After Doflamingo and Gecko Moria left, Carlos toured Whole Cake Island for several days before bidding Big Mom farewell and promising the Divine Eye Pirates would cooperate with her in future operations for a share of the benefits.
• Carlos returned to Sun Moon Island with three female disciples, introduced them, and arranged accommodations for them.
• Carlos studied a map of the New World and decided to exchange or seize six islands so that his ten islands would form a connected pentagram.
• Carlos judged that the Divine Eye Pirates could take the islands without help from another force and summoned his core crewmates to return to Sun Moon Island.

Carlos ordered the Divine Eye Pirates to seize six islands while arranging peaceful exchanges for two others, leaving his officers to prepare for war without his direct involvement. The Big Mom Pirates alliance helped secure the exchanges, while the World Government and Navy chose to tolerate Carlos's growing influence for now.

• Carlos told his officers that the Divine Eye Pirates would expand to ten islands and assigned Shiryu, Martin, Dolores, and Raid to conquer six.
• Carlos assigned Kelly to coordinate supplies, Susanna to survey the routes, and Sholmer to prepare medicine and poison, while letting O'Neal, Olsen, and Louis choose their commanders.
• News of Carlos's alliance with the Big Mom Pirates spread, strengthening the Divine Eye Pirates' influence across the New World.
• The two forces controlling the islands Carlos wanted to exchange agreed readily and offered to withdraw their forces in advance.
• The World Government and Navy considered punishing Carlos but decided to ignore his ties to pirates until they had dealt with other threats.

The Divine Eye Pirates launched a four-pronged campaign to seize six islands, deploying thirteen thousand fighters. Shiryu reached Snowflake Island first and began a brutal assault on the Giant Sword Pirates, leaving the island’s battle underway.

• After three days of preparation, Shiryu, Martin, Dolores, and Riley led their forces out from Sun Moon Island toward their assigned targets.
• Two days later, Shiryu led three thousand fighters to attack Snowflake Island while another thousand blockaded the surrounding sea.
• Shiryu clashed with a giant-sword-wielding officer, damaged his weapon, and killed him with Crimson Illusion.
• Shiryu slaughtered Pirates across the enemy ships until the Giant Sword Pirates fled and his own men watched him in fear.

Shiryu led the Divine Eye Pirates across Snowflake Island despite the Giant Sword Pirates’ ambushes and harsh winter conditions. He reached the enemy’s fortified city and began cutting through its defenders, drawing the attention of their captain, Starn.

• Shiryu led three thousand Divine Eye Pirates toward the Giant Sword Pirates’ city while Starn’s forces harassed them with traps, gunfire, and avalanches.
• Shiryu scouted ahead and used his Sword Qi to remove most threats, keeping the main force’s losses low as they reached the valley stronghold.
• After resting for fifteen minutes, Shiryu ordered the attack and charged into the valley as the defenders opened fire.
• Shiryu climbed the cliffs and slaughtered the gunmen with Raiu, then returned to clear more enemies while advancing toward the city.
• Starn, captain of the Giant Sword Pirates, saw Shiryu’s advance and vowed to chop him into meat paste, while Shiryu prepared to face him after reducing the threats around the main force.

Shiryu defeated Starn and turned the battle against the Giant Sword Pirates in the Divine Eye Pirates’ favor. Meanwhile, Martin led an invasion of a forest island to seize its valuable medicinal herbs, and the Tiger Tribe discovered his force as a fierce battle loomed.

• Shiryu fought Starn, using speed and swordsmanship to wear down the giant before killing him with Thunderclap Slash.
• Starn’s death lifted the Divine Eye Pirates’ morale and weakened the Giant Sword Pirates’ chances of victory.
• Martin’s forces captured a first, relatively weak island under O'Neal’s leadership.
• Martin led three thousand five hundred men into a forest island inhabited by primitive tribes and rich in medicinal herbs, targeting the powerful Tiger Tribe.
• O'Neal scouted ahead in lion form, but the island’s people eventually discovered Martin’s force, and battle was about to begin.

Martin's Divine Eye Pirates fought the Tiger Tribe, whose primitive weapons and ferocious charge could not match the pirates' firepower or Martin and O'Neal's strength. Martin shattered the tribe's sound-wave attack and faced its chieftain and three strongest warriors.

• Martin ordered the Divine Eye Pirates to fire on the Tiger Tribe, inflicting heavy casualties while suffering few losses.
• The Tiger Tribe charged on all fours, and O'Neal transformed into a lion and slaughtered a group of warriors.
• Martin charged through the tribe with his Shatter-Shatter Fruit power, tearing apart anyone who tried to stop him.
• The Tiger Tribe chieftain and its three strongest warriors charged Martin, who shattered the ground and blocked their coordinated sound-wave attack.

Martin and the Divine Eye Pirates defeated the Tiger Tribe, took its territory, and forced the island’s other tribes to submit. On Sake Island, Dolores faced Palmer and launched her new sword technique after he refused to surrender.

• Martin defeated the Tiger chieftain and the warriors and sacred tigers sent to aid him, then killed the chieftain after an hour of fighting.
• The Divine Eye Pirates took over the Tiger Tribe’s territory and compelled the other tribes to submit or face destruction.
• Dolores and Riley led the conquest of Sake Island, where Dolores fought Palmer, a liquor-controlling Devil Fruit user.
• After Palmer refused Dolores’s offer to submit, she used Cherry Soul Blade, cutting through his liquor shield and piercing his back.

Dolores and Riley captured their assigned islands, helping the Divine Eye Pirates secure ten islands and become a major New World force. Carlos rewarded his core crewmates and paused territorial expansion while continuing to pursue greater strength.

• Dolores killed Palmer with her Red Cherry technique, defeated the remaining resistance, and took control of the island.
• Riley used the Inflation-Inflation Fruit to overpower the Small Giants and occupy Small Giant Island, where the enemy submitted to the Divine Eye Pirates.
• The Divine Eye Pirates took over two more islands, bringing their territory to ten islands arranged in a five-pointed star.
• Carlos expanded his forces by recruiting new members and granted his ten core crewmates noble titles, island-master positions, and shares of island tax revenue, while Kelly became Island Master of Sun Moon Island.
• Carlos decided the Divine Eye Pirates would consolidate their gains rather than seek more territory, though he remained determined to increase his strength.

Sengoku proposed using selected Pirates to control and weaken other Pirates, creating the prototype for the Shichibukai system. The Five Elders approved the idea in principle and planned to seek its passage at the next World Government conference.

• As the New World grew more chaotic, Sengoku concluded that the Navy could not contain the rising Pirate tide on its own.
• Sengoku wrote a proposal to divide Pirates, win some over with legal plunder, and use them to suppress their rivals.
• The Five Elders discussed Sengoku's proposal for two hours and agreed that it was worth trying, while noting the need for stronger restraints and careful candidate selection.
• The Five Elders added the proposal to the agenda for the next World Government conference and planned to secure votes from member nations in advance.

Carlos accepted the World Government’s invitation to its March 15 conference and ordered Noah to eliminate officials who had secretly changed loyalties. After the United States of Night was shaken by mass executions, Carlos looked forward to attending the conference.

• Noah told Carlos that the World Government had invited him to its quadrennial conference on March 15, and Carlos agreed to attend.
• Carlos told Noah to arrest and execute everyone on a list of officials who had switched allegiances, while sparing Noah for his years of service.
• Noah received the list, realized it included dozens of officials, and mobilized Carlos’s palace guards to prevent leaks and carry out the orders.
• Palace guards tracked down and executed every person on the list, throwing the United States of Night into panic.
• Carlos left Noah to manage the aftermath and focused on the upcoming World Government Conference.

Carlos secretly left Sun Moon Island to tour Sabaody Archipelago before visiting Marineford and Mary Geoise, where he planned to recruit influential officials, contact Vegapunk, and seek command of the Shichibukai. After enjoying the amusement and sightseeing districts, he entered the lawless area and arrived at Auntie's Rip-off BAR.

• Carlos considered his plans for Mary Geoise, including becoming the Shichibukai's Boss and recruiting high-ranking World Government officials and Vegapunk.
• Carlos left Sun Moon Island alone on a golden eagle and traveled to Sabaody Archipelago.
• Carlos explored the amusement parks and sightseeing district, enjoying the attractions and bubble culture.
• Carlos ate at an upscale restaurant, then went to the lawless districts to find a bar.
• Carlos entered Area 13 and arrived at Auntie's Rip-off BAR.

Carlos visited Shakky’s bar on Sabaody Archipelago to meet Rayleigh and hear stories about the Roger Pirates. Rayleigh and Shakky accepted his friendly intentions and began recounting how Roger first met Rayleigh.

• Carlos entered Shakky’s bar, ordered mint liquor, and watched Rayleigh while he drank and smoked.
• Shakky closed the bar and joined Rayleigh in questioning Carlos about why he had come.
• Carlos introduced himself as Lucifer Carlos and said he meant no harm, explaining that he admired Roger and knew Shanks.
• Rayleigh and Shakky lowered their guard after hearing Carlos’s reasons for visiting.
• Rayleigh began telling Carlos the story of how Roger met him, while Shakky asked him to include how she joined them.

After touring Sabaody Archipelago, Carlos traveled to Marine Headquarters and confronted Fleet Admiral Sengoku, who questioned his motives and accused him of causing the Marines heavy losses. Carlos defended his past actions by pointing out that the Marines had also used him, leaving Sengoku unable to deny his contribution against New World Pirates.

• Carlos paid for drinks, said farewell to Pluton Rayleigh and Shakky, and spent two days sightseeing around Sabaody Archipelago.
• Rayleigh and Shakky discussed Carlos’s immense strength, self-centered nature, and personal principles after he left.
• Carlos headed for Marine Headquarters at Marineford, where Sengoku, Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru held their new ranks.
• Sengoku released his Conqueror’s Haki when Carlos arrived through the office window, and Carlos met it with his own Haki.
• Sengoku demanded to know why Carlos had come and criticized him for freeing criminals from Impel Down, while Carlos argued that the Marines had used him to fight New World Pirates.

Carlos stayed at Marine Headquarters while Sengoku arranged for Momousagi to return, then challenged Aokiji to a spar. Aokiji accepted and led Carlos to find a place to fight.

• Carlos persuaded Sengoku to recall Momousagi and give him a pass to move around Marine Headquarters.
• Carlos spotted Aokiji in his office and decided to challenge him to a spar.
• Aokiji agreed to fight Carlos after seeing the pass and hearing that Carlos had fought Sakazuki and Borsalino.
• Aokiji put on his Marine Cloak of Justice and led Carlos out to find a suitable place for their fight.

Carlos and Aokiji rode bicycles across the sea to a vast sheet of ice, where they began their fight. Carlos used his Rinnegan and Deva Path Pain to attack Aokiji, then revealed his Limbo: Border Jail technique as the battle continued.

• Carlos convinced Aokiji to ride bicycles across the sea instead of taking a warship, and Aokiji froze a huge expanse of ocean for their fight.
• After resting, Aokiji opened the battle with a barrage of ice spears, which Carlos shattered with Shinra Tensei.
• Carlos used Banshō Ten'in to pull Aokiji close and struck him with a Haki-coated fist, but Aokiji transformed into ice and reformed unharmed.
• Carlos summoned Deva Path Pain and attacked Aokiji alongside his puppet, while Pain launched a lightning arrow that Aokiji dodged.
• Carlos used Limbo: Border Jail against Aokiji as the lightning arrow pierced the ice and exploded beneath it.

Aokiji struggled to locate Carlos’s hidden Limbo shadows and merged into the ice to protect himself. Carlos then left Deva Path Pain to face Aokiji in a spectacular clash of lightning beasts and ice birds.

• Carlos’s hidden strike sent Aokiji crashing across the ice, and Aokiji sensed an unseen danger nearby.
• Aokiji spread ice spikes and freezing mist to expose the hidden threat, but Limbo: Border Jail remained difficult to detect.
• Aokiji merged his body into the surrounding ice, accepting that he could not safely reveal himself.
• Carlos left the battle to Deva Path Pain and settled nearby to watch.
• Deva Path Pain summoned lightning beasts from the storm clouds, while Aokiji formed countless ice birds to meet them.
• The thunder beasts and ice birds collided, creating a clash more powerful than either Carlos or Aokiji had expected.

Carlos finished his battle with Aokiji and returned to Marine Headquarters, where he reunited with Momousagi. After she changed out of uniform, the two headed into town for dinner, growing comfortable with each other again as they walked.

• Carlos and Aokiji fought with lightning and ice until dusk, with Deva Path Pain holding a slight advantage while Aokiji kept his true body hidden.
• Carlos and Aokiji returned to Marine Headquarters aboard a warship, and Carlos waited at the harbor for Momousagi.
• Momousagi arrived, and Carlos openly praised her and asked her to go into town with him.
• Momousagi sent her subordinates to rest, changed into casual clothes, and left with Carlos for dinner.
• Carlos and Momousagi chatted as they walked, and their earlier ease with each other returned.

Carlos spent an evening with Momousagi before secretly searching Marine research facilities for Vegapunk, whom he wanted to recruit. After failing to locate him, he tasked Stussy with investigating and stayed at Momousagi’s villa the next morning to play mahjong.

• Carlos and Momousagi shared dinner and explored the night market before returning to their residences late at night.
• Carlos slipped into the Marine research laboratory to search for Vegapunk but found no trace of him.
• Carlos called Stussy and ordered her to investigate Vegapunk’s whereabouts while he prepared to attend the Reverie.
• Carlos visited Momousagi the next morning for breakfast, washed the dishes, and persuaded her to arrange a mahjong game.

Carlos joined the United States of Night delegation on its way to Mary Geoise for the Reverie and instructed his ministers to cultivate high-ranking World Government officials. The delegation reached the Red Line and settled into the designated reception area, where Carlos encountered Momousagi on patrol.

• After three days at Marine Headquarters, Carlos left for the United States of Night fleet while Momousagi went to Mary Geoise with the Marine forces.
• Carlos used Kamui to reach the delegation, changed into the United States of Night’s Royal Robe and crown, and ordered his ministers to identify senior World Government officials they could win over.
• Noah said the delegation had already bribed lower-ranking officials, and Carlos declared that he would personally pursue more influential targets.
• At the World Government’s reception point, Carlos’s arrival attracted attention, and he boarded a machine that carried the delegation up the Red Line.
• Carlos followed staff to the delegation’s lodging and greeted Momousagi, whom he encountered leading a patrol.

At the Reverie in Mary Geoise, Carlos won support from West Sea kingdoms but was rebuffed by rulers from other regions. Enraged, he ordered a coordinated campaign of pirate attacks against countries that had insulted him.

• Carlos arrived at the kingdoms’ Mary Geoise residence and went out to seek support for becoming the leader of the Shichibukai.
• Carlos secured the West Sea kingdoms’ backing by promising benefits and invoking the United States of Night’s influence.
• Kings from other seas and the Grand Line rejected Carlos or treated him with disdain, souring his mood.
• Carlos called Kelly and ordered ten thousand Pirates to attack four New World countries, including Dressrosa and Prodence.
• Carlos directed other elite Pirates to recruit crews across the seas and keep attacking more than twenty named countries until he gave further orders.
• Carlos began contacting his people and allies to mobilize them for the campaign.

Carlos enlisted Golden Lion and Big Mom to attack more than twenty World Government member nations in the New World, then returned to Mary Geoise as the raids began. The Five Elders tried to contain the news and summon him, but the Kings learned of the attacks almost immediately, and they suspected Carlos had leaked it.

• Carlos told Golden Lion a distorted account of the Kings’ insults and asked him to strike four countries without destroying them; Golden Lion agreed and dispatched his forces.
• Carlos asked Big Mom to attack three dessert-producing kingdoms, warning her not to destroy them, and she assigned the mission to her crew.
• Carlos arranged transport for O'Neal and the others using flying creatures summoned through the Animal Path, then returned to Mary Geoise.
• The Divine Eye Pirates, Flying Pirates, and Big Mom Pirates mobilized, then attacked more than twenty World Government member nations in the New World at dusk.
• The Five Elders issued a gag order and summoned Carlos, but learned that the Kings already knew of the raids and suspected Carlos had leaked the news.