Recaps

Im recognized Night Blade’s powerful flame and ice abilities as possibly tied to rare races or an ancient kingdom, but decided to attack him and the NEO Navy with a devastating sky weapon. Yun Ye answered the sixteen lightning strikes by entering his Hollowfied Death God form.

• Im used Observation Haki to sense Night Blade’s life signature and speculated that he might be connected to the Lunarians, the Olicia Clan, or an ancient kingdom’s experiments.
• Im activated an ancient creation in the sky and ordered sixteen World-Ending Lightning Bolts to strike Night Blade and the NEO Navy.
• Yun Ye declared that Im had provoked him for the third time and used Bankai—Heavenly Lock Slash, then put on his Hollowfication Mask.
• Yun Ye emerged in his Hollowfied Death God form, wielding a black longsword after Zangetsu reached full proficiency.
• A Navy soldier recognized the form from Yun Ye’s fight with Hawk Eye, and other soldiers identified it as one of Night Blade’s Death God Fruit forms.

Yun Ye destroyed Im’s Divine Punishment and sent a fused sword slash across the sea toward Marie Geoise. Im’s defenses failed to stop it, and the slash drove him backward through the Red Line.

• Yun Ye combined Moon Fang Heaven Piercer with Cero and shattered the sixteen lightning bolts of Divine Punishment, then destroyed the ancient technological construct.
• Yun Ye used Observation Haki’s trail to locate Im at Marie Geoise and launched another Moon Fang Heaven Piercer across the sea.
• Im countered Yun Ye’s slash with Divine Punishment, but the attack cut through the lightning pillars.
• Im raised a massive, Haki-coated wall from the seabed, but Yun Ye’s slash cleaved through it and continued toward Marie Geoise.
• Im foresaw the slash and punched it with Armament Haki, but the impact drove him backward and carved a trench through the Red Line.

Im redirected Yun Ye’s slash but was badly wounded before his vitality healed him. He revealed that his life-sharing bond with Uranus had kept the weapon alive at the cost of centuries of sleep, then returned to slumber, convinced that Yun Ye and the Quincy could not defeat him.

• Im used Armament Haki to redirect Yun Ye’s attack, but the slash nearly cleaved him in two before his vitality healed the wound.
• Im explained that he had saved Uranus with the awakened Life-Life Fruit ability Life Sharing, which preserved Uranus while forcing Im into prolonged sleep.
• Im recalled the ancient war, when Uranus fought Joy Boy’s allies, Pluto wounded Uranus, and Im’s coalition defeated Joy Boy’s kingdom and founded the World Government.
• Im identified the Lightning Spear as the Thunder General’s weapon and recounted how the Thunder General’s descendants kept the Rumble-Rumble Fruit on Bika.
• Im declared that Yun Ye and the Quincy could not defeat him, then vanished into the Room of Flowers and fell asleep again.

Yun Ye repelled the Navy and warned the World Government that he would retaliate for its attack. News footage of his clash with Im spread worldwide, leaving people wondering who would win the coming war.

• Yun Ye questioned the origin of the towering wall and Im’s connection to Uranus, then told Aokiji he would spare him and warned the World Government to expect retaliation.
• Yun Ye left for the NEO Navy, and Aokiji ordered the Navy to return while considering how the Five Elders might respond.
• Reports and footage of Yun Ye’s battle with Im spread around the world, showing divine lightning, a sea-splitting slash, and a massive wall rising from the earth.
• People across the seas debated the powers of Yun Ye, Im, and the Quincy, and wondered who would win the war.

Moonlit Island opened its Food Festival, drawing crowds to its food district, dueling arena, and Golan while the King's Void Hall kept order. Whitebeard, Red-Haired, and the Straw Hat Pirates arrived, with the Straw Hats splitting up to explore before the arena matches began.

• Moonlit Island opened its Food Festival, offering unlimited free food and hosting a martial competition with a one billion Beli prize.
• Yun Ye learned that Whitebeard's Crew had gone to the dueling arena and Red-Haired's group had gone to Golan to find Uta, and he ordered Ye Qi to leave them alone unless they caused trouble.
• Yun Ye heard that Xiaoya wanted to visit Moonlit Island and guessed that she was eager to see him.
• The Straw Hat Pirates arrived, and Nami told everyone to explore carefully and meet at the dueling arena in half a day.
• Nami and Robin went shopping, Luffy ran off to the food district, Sanji took Chopper to restock medicine, and Zoro headed for the arena with Usopp following after him.

Sanji encountered his brother Niji on Moonlit Island, where the two fought after Niji tried to take him to their father. Niji defeated Sanji and ordered the artificial soldiers to bring him to the Vinsmoke Family’s territory.

• Sanji browsed the food section until Niji recognized him and said he would take him to their father.
• Sanji refused to go with Niji, who attacked him, and the brothers exchanged blows.
• Sanji used Diable Jambe and fought Niji to a standstill briefly, but Niji’s lightning and combat experience gave him the advantage.
• Niji struck Sanji in the chest and smashed him into the ground, leaving him injured in a crater.
• Niji ordered the clone soldiers to carry Sanji to the Vinsmoke Family’s territory.

After Sanji was taken to the Vinsmoke Family’s guarded area, the Straw Hats set out to find him, hoping to avoid a conflict with King’s Void Hall. Luffy rushed ahead and charged into the compound, starting a fight with the clone soldiers.

• Chopper saw King’s Void Hall take Sanji away and contacted the Straw Hats with a Den Den Mushi.
• Robin used Sanji’s Vivre Card to locate him in the Vinsmoke Family’s area, and the Straw Hats decided to investigate.
• Luffy arrived while the Straw Hats were discussing what to do and learned that Sanji had been taken.
• Luffy ran ahead to the Vinsmoke Family’s compound, ignored the clone soldiers guarding it, and charged inside.

Yun Ye learned that Night Blade and the NEO Navy had arrived on Moonlit Island and welcomed them without obstruction. With Zephyr and Xiaoya beside him, he headed to the King's Void Hall, leaving the island buzzing with rumors that Night Blade and the Quincy might ally against the World Government.

• Yun Ye ordered Ye Qi to intervene in the Vinsmoke Family conflict and prevent the Food Festival from getting out of hand.
• Law reported that NEO Navy warships had arrived, and Yun Ye allowed them to land on Moonlit Island.
• Yun Ye reviewed secrets Doflamingo had uncovered about Im and Uranus, then left Doflamingo in Law's hands.
• Yun Ye, Xiaoya, and Zephyr disembarked and crossed Moonlit Island as onlookers recognized Night Blade and the NEO Navy leaders.
• Zephyr suspected their arrival was meant to signal a possible alliance against the World Government, and news of Night Blade's visit spread across the island.

Night Blade arrived at the King's Void Hall to meet the Quincy, drawing the attention of powerful pirates and alarming the World Government. The Ten Blades let Night Blade, Xiaoya, and Zephyr enter the palace, where they came face-to-face with Yun Ye's Gia Clone, the Quincy.

• Uta rushed toward the King's Void Hall palace, and Red-Haired and Ben Beckman followed with their group.
• Whitebeard and Ace decided to head for the palace after hearing Night Blade had arrived, while the Five Elders feared Night Blade might join forces with the Quincy and ordered CP0 to watch him.
• The Ten Blades gathered outside the palace, where Ye Qi asked Night Blade why he had come.
• Night Blade said he wanted to meet the Quincy, and the Quincy ordered the Ten Blades to let him and his companions enter.
• Night Blade entered the palace with Xiaoya and Zephyr and saw Yun Ye's Gia Clone, the Quincy.

Yun Ye revealed to Zephyr and Xiaoya that Quincy was his clone, easing their suspicions before they joined the Food Festival. The gathered guests speculated about the meeting between Night Blade and Quincy, but the four emerged peacefully and Quincy sent the crowd away.

• Yun Ye turned Quincy into a bead and told Zephyr he would explain what he could.
• Zephyr accepted that Quincy was Yun Ye's secret ability and chose not to press him for details.
• Yun Ye transformed Quincy back, and Xiaoya happily confirmed that Quincy was still her Yun Ye.
• Yun Ye, Quincy, Zephyr, and Xiaoya left the palace to rejoin the Food Festival, while onlookers wondered what the powerful figures had discussed.
• The four emerged without fighting, and Quincy ordered the gathered crowd to disperse.

Sanji was brought to the Vinsmoke Family’s territory and reunited with his family, whom he still distrusted despite Reiju’s claim that they had changed. Judge gathered the family for dinner while news arrived that Nightblade had landed and the duel arena was about to begin.

• Niji imprisoned Sanji and warned him not to escape because his companions were on the island.
• Sanji refused to trust Reiju when she said Judge and the family had changed under the Quincy Lord’s influence.
• Sanji dressed in Vinsmoke royalty’s attire and joined Judge, Reiju, Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji at the dinner table.
• Sanji rejected Judge as his father, but Judge calmly ordered the meal to be served.
• Yonji complained that dinner was delaying them from watching Nightblade’s arrival and the duel arena.

Sanji attended a surprisingly cordial meal with the Vinsmoke Family, then was allowed to leave and rejoined the Straw Hats. He revealed that he was the Vinsmoke Family’s third son and asked his companions to call him Chizan.

• Yonji challenged Sanji to a fight, but Judge stopped him and the family continued their meal.
• Judge received word that Sanji’s companions had broken in, then told Sanji he could leave and return to the Vinsmoke Family whenever he wished.
• Niji, Ichiji, Yonji, and Reiju left after the meal, while Sanji stared at the empty plates in disbelief.
• Sanji went to the palace entrance, where the Straw Hats were fighting clone soldiers; the clones bowed to him and withdrew when he ordered them to stand down.
• Sanji told the Straw Hats that he was the Vinsmoke Family’s third son and asked them to call him Chizan from then on.

After Luffy caused trouble at the Vinsmoke Family's base, the Quincy ordered the Straw Hat Pirates to compete in the arena as punishment. Ace and Sabo reunited with Luffy, and the chapter ended as a packed free-for-all tournament began.

• The Quincy learned that Luffy had caused trouble and ordered Law to bring the Straw Hat Pirates to the arena for the competition.
• Ace and Sabo joined the others heading to the arena, while Nightblade invited Xiaoya to participate.
• Law found the Straw Hat Pirates, and Ace and Sabo arrived before Luffy and Law could come to blows.
• Luffy eagerly agreed to compete against Ace and Sabo after hearing they would be there.
• The arena competition began as a free-for-all with Ace, Sabo, the Straw Hat Pirates, Thunder Yun Ya, Vinsmoke Family members, and other fighters among the participants.

The battle began with several pirates clashing their Conqueror's Haki, and the arena erupted into a melee. Sanji defeated Yonji, while Xiaoya fought Zoro and revealed her Mythical Zoan transformation as their fight continued.

• Ace and Luffy released Conqueror's Haki, joined by other pirates, and Law moved the unconscious spectators out of danger.
• Sanji fought Yonji, matched him without his Battle Suit, then used Geppo and a powerful kick to knock him unconscious.
• Zoro challenged Xiaoya, and the two exchanged sword strikes as Xiaoya's strength began to overpower his superior swordsmanship.
• Xiaoya transformed using her Cat-Cat Fruit Mythical Zoan, White Tiger of Thunder, and continued facing Zoro.

Xiaoya defeated Zoro in a fierce sword fight, while Ace, Sabo, and Luffy tested their strength against one another. Ace ultimately defeated Xiaoya and won the competition, after which the chapter said the fighters would not appear again in the later story.

• Xiaoya used her lightning sword technique to overpower Zoro and send him crashing into a crater.
• Hawk Eye watched the duel and judged both Xiaoya and Zoro to have exceptional swordsmanship potential.
• Luffy fought Sabo, then joined Ace and Sabo in a three-way battle, falling behind first.
• Sabo and Ace continued fighting until Sabo conceded defeat.
• Xiaoya defeated several opponents, including Sanji, before losing the final battle to Ace.
• Ace was declared the competition's victor, and the chapter stated that the fighters would not appear again in the later story.

Half a year after the Quincy declared war, the World Government militarized the affiliated nations and deployed a vast Pacifista army while the Marines secretly prepared to rebel. At King's Void Hall, Vegapunk and Judge made progress on Yun Ye's request to create Devil Fruit objects that users could wield at their own strength, and Vegapunk found inspiration in the Soul-Soul Fruit.

• The World Government used its affiliated nations to build up its forces and mass-produce Pacifistas, which were immune to Conqueror's Haki.
• The World Government's brutal conscription and labor policies caused widespread suffering, prompting the Marines' senior leadership to decide to rebel in secret.
• Vegapunk and Judge continued researching how to let people use Devil Fruit objects freely, with the objects' power scaling to the user's strength.
• Vegapunk drew inspiration from the Soul-Soul Fruit's ability to grant souls to inanimate objects.

Vegapunk used Yun Ye’s blood to develop an item that could wield the Sway-Sway Fruit’s power, bound exclusively to Yun Ye. His breakthrough opened the possibility of creating multiple Devil Fruit items, while his research into Yun Ye’s Bloodline Factor left him puzzled about the source of Yun Ye’s powers.

• Yun Ye agreed to give Vegapunk his blood so he could study the Soul-Soul Fruit’s Bloodline Factor.
• Vegapunk discovered that Yun Ye’s Bloodline Factor showed only the Soul-Soul Fruit’s power, despite the Quincy being believed to possess two Devil Fruit abilities.
• Vegapunk used the Bloodline Factor to create an object with a soul that could bear Paramecia powers.
• After half a year, Vegapunk successfully fused the Sway-Sway Fruit’s power into the object, making it usable only by Yun Ye.
• Vegapunk’s invention allowed the item’s power to match Yun Ye’s strength and suggested that multiple Devil Fruit items could be made.

Yun Ye received the ring that Vegapunk and Judge had made to grant him the Sway-Sway Fruit’s power, then tested it on Moonlit Island. He lifted several mountains into the air, confirming that the ability worked and could be developed according to his strength.

• Yun Ye received Judge’s report and visited the laboratory, where Vegapunk showed him the ring imbued with the Sway-Sway Fruit’s power.
• Yun Ye put on the ring and used the ability to make a small object float, while Vegapunk cautioned that its full potential would require development.
• Yun Ye left for an uninhabited mountain range on Moonlit Island and used Observation Haki to order his subordinates to withdraw.
• Yun Ye pressed his hand to the ground, activated the ring, and lifted several towering mountains into the air.

Yun Ye developed the Sway-Sway Fruit to the point of awakening and decided to confront Im. As King's Void Hall gathered its leaders, the war against the World Government was about to begin.

• Yun Ye tested the Sway-Sway Fruit, crushing shattered mountains into a floating sphere but failing to control all the debris.
• Yun Ye spent several hours developing the ability and concluded that he still had not reached Golden Lion's level or awakened it.
• Several months later, the World Government controlled the first half of the Grand Line while major New World forces and rising pirates consolidated their positions.
• Whitebeard retired, and Ace succeeded him as captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, taking the name Flame Emperor Ace.
• Yun Ye awakened the Sway-Sway Fruit, set down a floating island, and declared that he was ready to deal with Im.
• Yun Ye summoned King's Void Hall's upper ranks and the Ten Blades, who gathered expecting war against the World Government.

Yun Ye ordered King's Void Hall to prepare for an assault on Marie Geoise, prompting forces across the world to brace for war between the Quincy and the World Government. At NEO Navy Headquarters, he confirmed the attack to Zephyr and Xiaoya and said he wanted to stop civilians in the first half of the Grand Line from suffering further.

• Yun Ye summoned King's Void Hall's leaders and announced that they would attack Marie Geoise in a few days.
• The Ten Blades' forces, pirate crews, and fleets returned as King's Void Hall mobilized for war.
• Whitebeard and Ace discussed the coming conflict, and Ace said he could not help because he now represented the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Red-Haired and Hawk Eye considered the war; Red-Haired said he would not intervene because of his identity and his daughter's choice to fight.
• Yun Ye told Zephyr and Xiaoya at NEO Navy Headquarters that everything was ready and that they had to act before civilians suffered more.

Yun Ye left the NEO Navy base alone as the Quincy prepared to attack, while the World Government mobilized its forces and anticipated their arrival. At King's Void Hall, the Ten Blades and their forces assembled, and the Quincy arrived at the port.

• Yun Ye reassured Zephyr and Xiaoya before leaving the NEO Navy base alone for the first half of the Grand Line.
• The Five Elders learned that the Quincy were preparing to attack and discussed Im, Uranus, the Navy, and their defenses.
• The World Government mobilized the Navy, Army, and forces from affiliated nations toward the Holy Land.
• Ships and forces from across King's Void Hall gathered at Moonlit Island's main port.
• Ye Qi, Vinsmoke Judge, Gild Tesoro, Trafalgar Law, Feld, Gibosen, and Uta arrived at the port.
• The Quincy arrived aboard a ship that descended from the sky and landed at the center of the port.

Navy Headquarters’ leaders decided to reveal that the Navy planned to break free from the World Government, but Kong and CP0 attacked them before they could act. The officers were trapped in a powerful spatial dimension, with Chaton’s betrayal and the identity of the ability user leaving them in danger.

• Aokiji and Sengoku agreed it was time to tell the Marines that the World Government had excluded the Navy from its plans and that the Navy needed to choose its future.
• An unnamed Navy officer secretly used a Den Den Mushi to leak the meeting’s conversation.
• Kong and more than a dozen CP0 agents crashed into the conference room and accused Sengoku and Aokiji of treason.
• Kong and CP0 attacked the Navy officers, while one CP0 agent isolated them in a separate dimension with a spatial ability.
• Chaton punched Kizaru and sent him flying before the Navy officers’ attacks collided with CP0’s.
• Garp and Tsuru concluded that the officers had to defeat the spatial ability user or rely on someone outside to break the dimension’s node.

The Navy officers confronted Chaton after he revealed himself as a World Government spy, while Aokiji realized Chaton had exposed their plans and that CP0 had trapped them in a sealed space. With Kong, Chaton, CP0's three chiefs, and their forces outnumbering the Navy, the officers faced an overwhelming fight with no clear escape.

• Chaton urged Momousagi and the other Navy officers to surrender, admitting that he had always served the World Government rather than betraying the Navy.
• Aokiji realized Chaton had leaked the Navy's plans and the World Government's knowledge of Nightblade's position, but he had kept Nightblade's Quincy identity secret.
• Kong ordered the Navy officers to accept their fate as CP0's chiefs and agents gathered inside the space created by Candle Wolf and another chief.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru recognized Rob Lucci as a CP0 chief, while Momousagi identified the sword-wielding agent's Demon Blade Muramasa and sensed his strength as a Great Swordsman.
• The Navy officers assessed their numerical and combat disadvantage and realized the World Government had sealed them in with little chance of turning the situation around.

The Marines and World Government forces battled inside Candle Wolf’s sealed space until Night Blade shattered its spatial node and freed them. Night Blade then confronted the World Government forces and launched a blazing slash as they tried to escape.

• Kong and CP0 fought Aokiji, while Sengoku, Garp, Kizaru, Momousagi, and Tsuru struggled against their own opponents.
• Candle Wolf realized someone had shattered the spatial node, and the sealed space broke apart, returning both sides to the conference room.
• The two sides escaped the ruined conference room and recognized Night Blade as the one who had freed them.
• Night Blade greeted the Marines, identified Kong and the CP0 commanders, and declared that they would stay behind.
• Night Blade unleashed a blazing golden slash, and the World Government forces ordered Bruno to open a spatial door so they could flee.

Night Blade defeated Kong and the World Government forces at Navy Headquarters, then learned that Aokiji’s Navy would not oppose him. As the Quincy army reached Marie Geoise, Kong arrived to warn the Five Elders, but the Quincy announced their attack first.

• Night Blade’s golden slash overwhelmed Kong and the World Government fighters, who escaped through Bruno’s spatial door, and he healed Momousagi.
• Aokiji told Night Blade that the Navy and the World Government were separate, while Night Blade revealed that the Quincy had reached the Holy Land.
• The Five Elders prepared Pangu City’s defenses, assembling CP forces, ground troops, Pacifistas, and allied armies while expecting Kong to take control of the Navy.
• Kong and the other battered fighters were thrown through Bruno’s door into the World Government’s ranks on the Red Line, and Kong hurried to warn the Five Elders.
• The Quincy army’s Conqueror’s Haki shook the Holy Land as its forces arrived and declared they would destroy the World Government.