Recaps

Kaido became curious about Quincy’s growing reputation and planned to travel to Paradise to kill the Marine who had taken their Mythical Zoan. In North Blue, Judge reconsidered how he raised his children, while Hawkins continued his journey through the Grand Line as a wanted pirate.

• Kaido read about Quincy’s exploits, then told King he would head to Paradise to kill the Marine who had stolen their Mythical Zoan.
• Judge feared Quincy’s growing power and decided against modifying Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji again, reconsidering his belief that removing emotions made them stronger.
• Judge told Reiju that she and Sanji had the greatest potential among his children, and Reiju left his office hopeful about seeing Sanji again.
• Hawkins’s crew spotted a Marine warship, and Hawkins calmly ordered them to flee, confident they had a one hundred percent chance of escape.
• Hawkins recalled how Marines had tried to label him a pirate for credit, leading him to kill them, earn a bounty, escape a North Blue Marine encirclement, and reach the Grand Line.

Yun Ye consolidated his forces in the New World while training to increase his strength, and Navy Yun Ye went to meet new recruits at G7 Branch Base. The chapter ended with Lieutenant General Doberman confronting him at the harbor.

• Yun Ye had Ye Qi and the Night Bar members train and sent the rest to build an intelligence network among the New World’s forces.
• The Dark World’s rulers approached Yun Ye to arrange transactions, and Stussy invited him to visit, but he refused because he was injured and suspected the World Government might act soon.
• Yun Ye trained in his territory, focused on improving his Armament Haki, and considered how to gain more Achievement Points.
• An officer told Navy Yun Ye that new branch members had arrived, so Yun Ye washed up and headed to the harbor.
• Navy Yun Ye saw Lieutenant General Doberman speaking with Colonel Hill, and Doberman criticized him for keeping a lieutenant general waiting.

Yun Ye learned that Kaido had left Wano Country and was heading toward Paradise, possibly to target him, while Navy Headquarters prepared to respond. The chapter left the Navy discussing how to handle the Four Emperors’ growing power in the New World.

• Yun Ye challenged Vice Admiral Doberman’s authority, and Colonel Hill intervened before their confrontation turned physical.
• Hill told Yun Ye that Headquarters had lost track of Kaido, who had left the New World for Paradise and might be seeking revenge on him.
• Hill explained that Fleet Admiral Sengoku had ordered Yun Ye to stand by and that an admiral was on the way.
• At Navy Headquarters, Sengoku, Tsuru, Fire Fist Mountain, and Garp discussed Kaido’s movements and the possibility that he was targeting Yun Ye.
• Sengoku said Aokiji was already heading to Yun Ye and that he had ordered Kizaru to hurry there as well.
• Sengoku shifted the meeting to the Navy’s response to the Four Emperors’ forces in the New World.

The Marines debated how to respond to the Four Emperors, the declining prestige caused by the Shichibukai, and the need to fill the system’s remaining positions. While patrolling the Grand Line, Aokiji spotted Beast Kaido flying toward the G7 Branch Base and warned Borsalino that trouble was coming.

• Sengoku rejected Akainu’s proposal to move Marine Headquarters into the New World, warning that it could force the Marines to face all four Emperors.
• Garp criticized the Shichibukai system for damaging the Marines’ reputation, while Sengoku ordered officers to screen candidates for the remaining Shichibukai positions.
• Aokiji froze the Broken Fang Pirate Crew’s ship and the surrounding sea with a single Ice Bird Beak.
• Marines aboard Aokiji’s warship spotted an azure dragon flying overhead, and Aokiji recognized it as Beast Kaido.
• Aokiji rushed toward the G7 Branch Base with Geppo and called Borsalino to report that Kaido was on the move.

Kizaru was called away from his vacation as Kaido headed to attack the G7 Branch Base. Big Mom, the Red-Haired Pirates, and other powerful factions learned of Kaido’s move, while Hawk Eye warned Shanks that the sea’s fragile peace might soon collapse.

• Aokiji called Kizaru about trouble, and Kizaru vanished from the vacation island, causing the pirates there to panic and flee.
• Big Mom heard that Kaido had provoked the Marines again and said he would be difficult to defeat or kill; Katakuri continued training after his defeat by Yun Ye.
• Hawk Eye visited Shanks, and they discussed Kaido’s actions, the balance between the great powers, and the possibility that the sea would descend into turmoil.
• The Whitebeard Pirates, Shichibukai, Dark World, Revolutionary Army, and other influential groups learned that Kaido was heading toward the Marines.
• Kaido flew toward the G7 Branch Base, intending to destroy it before Aokiji arrived.

Kaido attacked the G7 Branch Base and fought Yun Ye, who faced the Emperor with his sword and ice abilities. Their battle continued as Kaido overwhelmed and countered Yun Ye’s attacks.

• Yun Ye contemplated his swordsmanship and continued training while the Marines prepared for Kaido’s arrival.
• Kaido crashed into the training ground, confronted Yun Ye, and demanded that he leave the Marines and join his crew.
• Yun Ye refused, and he and Kaido began fighting, with Kaido overpowering Yun Ye in their opening clash.
• Yun Ye evaded Kaido’s attacks and used ice to create spikes and an Extreme Ice Slash that froze Kaido’s dragon body briefly.
• Kaido broke free of the ice, attacked with Bad Wind and Heat Breath, and shattered Yun Ye’s next ice slash.

Kaido attacked Yun Ye at the Marine branch, forcing Smoker, Drake, and Doberman to join the fight. Yun Ye revealed his Mythical Zoan fruit’s name and blasted Kaido into a mountain, but Kaido emerged unharmed and challenged him to show more power.

• Kaido’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out Marines, and Smoker and Drake rushed to the training grounds to help Yun Ye.
• Doberman attacked Kaido with Rokushiki and sword techniques, but Kaido countered with a fiery blast and brushed off their attacks.
• Kaido struck Doberman with Thunder Bagua, sending him crashing through a building despite his Iron Body and Armament Haki.
• Yun Ye attacked with ice blades and named his fruit the Human-Human Fruit Mythical Zoan: Death God Form.
• Yun Ye froze Kaido and then blasted him through the ice into a mountain with Moon Fang Heaven Piercer.
• Kaido emerged uninjured and demanded to see Yun Ye’s transformation, while Yun Ye explained that his fruit had granted powers but no transformation or physical enhancement.

Yun Ye realized his abilities should complement his swordsmanship, reached the realm of a Great Swordsman, and fought Kaido in a devastating battle. As Yun Ye neared his limit, Aokiji arrived and joined him against Kaido, leaving the fight poised to continue with two Marines facing the Emperor.

• Yun Ye had an epiphany during his battle with Kaido and raised his Swordsmanship Proficiency to 90, unleashing sword intent that resisted Kaido's Conqueror's Haki.
• Yun Ye and Kaido exchanged powerful attacks, and their clash of sword intent and Conqueror's Haki shook the island and terrified the Marines watching from the base.
• Aokiji raced toward the island as Yun Ye and Kaido's clash ended with both fighters crashing down, leaving Yun Ye badly battered and Kaido trapped beneath a towering iceberg.
• Kaido broke free of the iceberg and advanced on Yun Ye, who said someone had come to take over for him as Aokiji arrived.
• Kaido attacked Aokiji, who blocked the strike and then joined Yun Ye; Yun Ye launched Moon Fang Heaven Piercer to begin their fight against Kaido.

Yun Ye and Aokiji fought Kaido together, freezing him briefly before he broke free and overwhelmed them with another attack. Aokiji then prepared to use his newly mastered Natural-type awakening, warning Yun Ye that its power might affect him.

• Yun Ye, Aokiji, and Kaido battled for hours while Kaido resisted their combined attacks.
• Kaido struck Yun Ye through a mountain, but the combined chill from Yun Ye and Aokiji began slowing Kaido's movements.
• Yun Ye trapped Kaido in the Six Garments Ice Purification Array as Aokiji unleashed Ice Age, sealing him inside a towering iceberg.
• Kaido shattered the iceberg and attacked Yun Ye and Aokiji with Thunder Roar Eight Trigrams and Demolition Gust.
• Aokiji told Yun Ye to stand back because he had recently mastered Natural-type awakening, and Yun Ye agreed to retreat if he could not withstand its power.

Aokiji awakened his Logia and fought Kaido, but Kaido overpowered him until Yun Ye unlocked Bankai and joined the battle. Yun Ye and Aokiji combined their strongest attacks to freeze Kaido completely, leaving the Four Emperor defeated inside a massive iceberg.

• Aokiji revealed that his Logia awakening let him freeze particle motion, strengthening his ice and slowing Kaido's movements.
• Kaido countered Aokiji's awakened ice with his Flame Dragon form and Flame Bagua, smashing Aokiji into a crater before Aokiji reformed from ice.
• Yun Ye raised his Hyōrinmaru proficiency to 80 and unveiled his Bankai, Great Crimson Lotus Ice Wheel Pillar.
• Yun Ye and Aokiji fought Kaido together, repeatedly freezing him as their battle devastated the island and continued until midnight.
• Yun Ye unleashed Ice Heaven Hundred Flower Funeral while Aokiji released his awakened Extreme Cold World, and Kaido answered with Flame Bagua.
• The combined attacks froze Kaido inside a towering iceberg, defeating the Four Emperor.

Aokiji and Yun Ye defeated Kaido by freezing him in an enormous iceberg, and the Marines celebrated their victory after assessing the damage to G7 Branch Base. Days later, news of Kaido’s defeat reached the Whitebeard Pirates, who wondered whether the Marines could keep him imprisoned.

• After the battle, Yun Ye and Aokiji discussed Kaido’s condition and decided to report the situation to Sengoku.
• Smoker and the other Marines reached the battlefield, saw Kaido frozen in the iceberg, and celebrated the victory.
• The Marines counted few casualties but found that G7 Branch Base was unusable, and Aokiji called Sengoku to report what had happened.
• Several days later, Marco brought Whitebeard news that Kaido had been defeated and might be imprisoned in Impel Down.
• Whitebeard noted that the Marines could not execute Kaido and considered the implications of Aokiji and Yun Ye freezing him together.

News of Kaido’s defeat sent shockwaves through the seas as the Hundred Beasts Pirates struggled to maintain control in Wano. Two days earlier, the Navy had transported the still-frozen Kaido to Impel Down, where they prepared to take him directly to Level Six.

• Shanks, Big Mom, Crocodile, and Doflamingo reacted with shock to reports that the Navy had defeated Kaido.
• Queen suggested disbanding the Hundred Beasts Pirates, but King ordered the crew to stay together and wait for Kaido’s return; Jack expressed disbelief that Yun Ye had frozen him.
• King ordered Queen to warn Orochi against seizing Kaido’s Wano holdings, while unrest began stirring across the country.
• Kizaru praised Yun Ye’s strength after arriving at G7, and Aokiji told Yun Ye to return to Navy headquarters with them under Sengoku’s transfer order.
• Sengoku decided to imprison Kaido in Impel Down and assigned Aokiji, Kizaru, and Yun Ye to guard him during the journey.
• The warship carried Kaido’s iceberg through the Calm Belt to Impel Down, where a passage leading to Level Six had been opened.

After Kaido was delivered to Impel Down, Yun Ye headed toward Navy Headquarters and used his new Kido Unlock skill to obtain Five Dragon Annihilation. At Impel Down, Magellan imprisoned Kaido on Level Six, shocking the prisoners who recognized him.

• Aboard the warship, Aokiji and Kizaru discussed Yun Ye's likely promotion as Yun Ye considered his mission complete.
• Yun Ye reviewed his System Panel, spent Kido Unlock on Way of Destruction #99: Five Dragons Calamity, and saved his remaining Achievement Points.
• Magellan led the jailers as they brought the iceberg containing Kaido into Level Six.
• Magellan secured Kaido's iceberg in a cell with Seastone chains while Level Six's prisoners watched.
• A prisoner recognized Kaido, and the revelation drew the attention of the other prisoners, including Douglas Bullet.

The prisoners on Impel Down's sixth level learned that Beast Kaido had been captured and frozen, prompting Douglas Bullet to test him with Conqueror's Haki. The clash spiraled into chaos, and Kaido began releasing Conqueror's Haki despite remaining unconscious.

• Magellan inspected Kaido's ice prison and left after confirming that the iceberg and chains were secure.
• Patrick Redfield and other prisoners recognized Kaido and discussed his reputation and capture.
• Bullet directed his Conqueror's Haki at Kaido, and Byrnndi World blocked it with his own, drawing other prisoners into the clash.
• Redfield suppressed most of the competing Haki and struck down Vasco Shot when he challenged him.
• Kaido's unconscious body released a powerful wave of Conqueror's Haki, reigniting the clash and startling the prisoners.

Bullet and the prisoners discussed the possibility of escaping Impel Down, while Yun Ye returned to Navy Headquarters and was mistaken for the new recruits’ instructor. He accepted Zephyr’s implied request and faced a recruit who challenged him to prove his strength.

• Bullet taunted Redfield about helping Golden Lion escape, and Redfield explained how their cooperation had enabled Golden Lion to cut off his feet.
• Bullet asked the prisoners whether they wanted to see the outside world, prompting World, Pizarro, Catarina, and Sanjuan Wolf to react before Redfield dismissed their chances of escaping.
• Yun Ye arrived at Navy Headquarters, reported to the Fleet Admiral, and went to the Recruit Camp.
• The new recruits mistook Yun Ye for their instructor, and Zephyr silently encouraged him to accept the role.
• Yun Ye warned the recruits to recognize their weaknesses and explained that strong candidates could enter the Elite Camp early.
• A burly recruit asked whether defeating Yun Ye would prove he was strong enough.

Yun Ye defeated the strongest new recruit, Alex, with a single flick and made him train twice as much for a month. After ordering the recruits to run laps, Yun Ye spoke with Zephyr and learned who had graduated and who remained at the Training Camp.

• Alex challenged Yun Ye, and Yun Ye set the penalty of doubling Alex's training volume for a month if he lost.
• Yun Ye knocked Alex dozens of meters away with a flick to the forehead, shocking the recruits and forcing Alex to accept defeat.
• Yun Ye ordered the recruits to run laps and assigned Alex three hundred laps with no food until he finished.
• Yun Ye reunited with Zephyr, who teased him for demonstrating his strength instead of simply training the recruits.
• Zephyr told Yun Ye that Hina, Shuen, and Belgrade had graduated, while Ain, Shuzo, and Binz remained at the Training Camp.
• Zephyr revealed that Lun Jin'er had entered the Elite Camp and was training in Rokushiki.

Yun Ye returned to the North Blue after arranging to learn Advanced Armament Haki from Zephyr when he came back. He reached his hometown of Donzuke Island, where his former superior Yara was stunned to see him as a Rear Admiral.

• Zephyr told Yun Ye to teach at the Elite Camp and promised to teach him Advanced Armament Haki when he returned from leave.
• Yun Ye invited Lun Jin'er to return to the North Blue with him, but Lun Jin'er stayed behind to train in Marine Rokushiki.
• Yun Ye left Navy Headquarters aboard a warship and cut apart a pirate ship that attacked during the journey.
• Yun Ye arrived at Donzuke Island and told a Lieutenant Commander that it was his hometown.
• Yara welcomed the visitor at the harbor, recognized Yun Ye, and was shocked by his Rear Admiral rank.

Yun Ye returned to Donzuke Island and reunited with Xiaoya and the villagers, who learned that he had become a rear admiral. He healed Xiaoya’s facial scars but could not restore her missing arm, and the chapter left her determined to join the Navy when she grew up.

• Yala recognized Yun Ye as the rear admiral who had helped defeat Kaido, and Yun Ye sent his subordinates to rest at the branch base before returning to the village.
• Yun Ye reunited with Xiaoya and the Old Village Chief, who told him the Navy had looked after the villagers and that Ahan had gone back out to sea.
• Yun Ye used Kaidō: Withered Tree Meets Spring to remove Xiaoya’s facial scars, but realized he could not yet regenerate her missing arm.
• Yun Ye told Xiaoya he would keep looking for a way to restore her arm, and she said she wanted to become a Navy soldier when she grew up.

Yun Ye tracked down the Vinsmoke Family and asked Judge for access to their cloning technology. After finding that Judge had stopped erasing his children’s emotions, Yun Ye urged him to let them grow freely and suggested that they learn Two-Color Haki.

• Yun Ye used Reiju’s Vivre Card to locate the Vinsmoke Family’s warship in the North Blue.
• Ichiji recognized the masked Yun Ye, stopped the soldiers from aiming their guns, and apologized respectfully.
• Judge, Reiju, Niji, and Yonji greeted Yun Ye, who said he had come to request cloning technology.
• Judge led Yun Ye to the laboratory and admitted that he had decided not to interfere with his children’s actions or erase their emotions again.
• Yun Ye suggested that Judge teach the children Two-Color Haki because their strong physiques let them begin training young.

Yun Ye had Judge clone an arm from Xiaoya’s blood and arranged for the Vinsmoke brothers to learn Two-Color Haki. After collecting the finished arm, Yun Ye left the Vinsmoke ship, while Judge prepared his children for future service in the New World.

• Yun Ye told Judge he would arrange Two-Color Haki training for the Vinsmoke brothers because they would face powerful New World enemies.
• Judge used Xiaoya’s blood to grow a cloned arm and said it would be ready in one day, while Yun Ye promised to handle the surgery himself.
• Reiju asked whether Yun Ye was leaving, and he confirmed he would depart once the matter was settled.
• Judge handed Yun Ye the completed cloned arm, and Yun Ye left the ship after telling Judge to contact him by Den Den Mushi if needed.
• Ichiji asked why Yun Ye had come, but Judge told him not to pry into matters they were not meant to know.
• Judge told his sons they had to master Two-Color Haki before they could leave, and he smiled as they protested.

After returning to Navy Headquarters, Yun Ye was promoted to Vice Admiral and began teaching Rokushiki at the Elite Camp. He demonstrated his swordsmanship and left the trainees astonished when they learned he had defeated Kaido alongside Aokiji.

• Yun Ye returned to Navy Headquarters, where Sengoku held a ceremony promoting him to Vice Admiral.
• Yun Ye became an instructor at the Elite Camp and taught the trainees the six Rokushiki techniques.
• Yun Ye explained how Rokushiki, Haki, Devil Fruits, physical strength, and swordsmanship could lead to the heights of power.
• Yun Ye demonstrated a Flying Slash with Silver Fiber, cleaving an iron rake in two.
• Kage summoned Yun Ye to Zephyr's office, then revealed his identity and Kaido victory to the shocked trainees.

Yun Ye summoned the Kings of the Dark World to Moonlit Island to begin a council and unite their forces under his leadership. The invitation put them in a difficult position between attending his gathering and Big Mom’s tea party, while Stussy’s superiors hoped the confrontation would spark a war.

• Yun Ye read reports on the New World and decided to reorganize the Dark World around himself by summoning its Kings to Moonlit Island.
• Yun Ye ordered his subordinates to announce the first Dark World Council, and news of the gathering spread across the seas.
• Doflamingo decided to attend the council and prepare to travel quickly enough to make Big Mom’s tea party as well.
• Feld contacted the other Dark World Kings to discuss their choice, while Gibosen and Piekro also faced the dilemma of whom to offend.
• Morgans welcomed the Quincy’s move as a major New World spectacle.
• Stussy reported the summons to her superiors, who ordered her to encourage a clash between Yun Ye and Big Mom.

Big Mom learned of the Quincy’s actions and sent him an invitation to her tea party while holding off on an immediate attack. At Marie Geoise, the Five Elders discussed the Quincy, the Dark World, and ways to use Big Mom’s conflict with him, leaving CP0 ready to act if needed.

• Big Mom raged at the Quincy but told Perospero that the tea party could not be disrupted.
• Big Mom ordered Perospero to invite the Quincy to the tea party, and Katakuri looked forward to fighting him again.
• The Five Elders discussed pressure from the Celestial Dragon families whose relatives the Quincy had killed.
• The Five Elders considered the Quincy’s plan to gather the Dark World and decided they would not allow another force to unite it.
• The Five Elders prepared CP0 to act if Big Mom did not attack and discussed Yun Ye’s identity, Kaido, Red-Haired, and the Shichibukai matter.

The Kings of the Dark World arrived on Moonlit Island for a council hosted by Quincy, while old rivalries and doubts about his power surfaced. Elian escorted them to King's Void Hall, where Quincy was waiting.

• Feld, Gibosen, Stussy, Morgans, Piekro, and Doflamingo arrived on Moonlit Island at roughly the same time.
• Morgans teased Doflamingo about his history with Quincy, and Feld questioned Piekro about abandoning a hired cleanup job.
• Piekro said he had returned because Quincy ordered him to, provoking irritation from Feld and Gibosen.
• Stussy urged the kings to stop arguing, and they set off together for King's Void Hall.
• Elian greeted the kings and led them to the palace where Quincy awaited them.

Yun Ye summoned the six Kings of the Dark World and proposed forming an alliance under his leadership. After Piekro openly opposed him, Yun Ye defeated him in one blow and asked the remaining Kings whether they still objected.

• Yun Ye overwhelmed Doflamingo, Piekro, and Feld in a clash of Conqueror's Haki before inviting the Kings to sit.
• Yun Ye proposed an alliance, citing the chaos expected after Kaido's defeat and the fall of the Hundred Beasts Pirates.
• Piekro accused Yun Ye of trying to unify the Dark World and challenged his authority while the other Kings stayed silent.
• Yun Ye struck Piekro with a combination of powers, knocking him unconscious and leaving him in a crater.
• Yun Ye returned to his seat and asked the Kings whether they objected to forming an alliance.