Chapter Summaries

The battle between Red-Haired, Hawk Eye, Kaido, and Big Mom ended without Kaido and Big Mom obtaining the Red Poneglyph, and the Navy’s pursuit left both sides badly injured. After learning that Cracker had died, Yun Ye ordered the Vinsmoke Family to head to the New World and contact the Big Mom Pirates, setting his plan against them in motion.

• Spies and other forces watched the Four Emperors’ battle, while the Escapee Pirates abandoned their hopes of intervening after Hawk Eye joined the fight.
• Ben Beckman’s hidden reinforcements helped the Red Hair Pirates stabilize the battle, but after three days they retreated from Water Flower Island without Kaido and Big Mom claiming victory or the Red Poneglyph.
• Akainu disobeyed Sengoku’s withdrawal order and attacked Kaido and Big Mom, killing Cracker before the Navy and the two pirate crews withdrew after heavy losses.
• News of the battle spread worldwide, and Yun Ye concluded that Cracker’s death had weakened Big Mom’s forces enough for the Vinsmoke Family to act.
• Yun Ye called Judge and ordered the Vinsmoke Family to prepare for the New World and make contact with the Big Mom Pirates.
• Judge accepted the order, while Reiju worried about the danger and the other Vinsmoke children eagerly anticipated leaving the North Blue.

The Navy and Revolutionary Army uncovered Crocodile’s role in Alabasta’s unrest and learned that Nico Robin was there, prompting both sides to send people to find her. The chapter ended with Betty and Koala departing for Alabasta while Vice Admiral Nightblade prepared to investigate.

• Sengoku ordered Vice Admiral Nightblade to investigate the unrest in Alabasta and apprehend Nico Robin if the reports were true.
• Crocodile pressured Nico Robin to find Pluton, while Robin privately considered fleeing because she did not trust him.
• Nefertari Vivi’s investigation exposed Crocodile and Baroque Works, and the Navy traced the organization’s headquarters to Alabasta.
• Dragon sent Betty to protect and recruit Nico Robin, and Koala joined her for the trip to Alabasta.

Yun Ye investigated the unrest in Alabasta and encountered Princess Vivi and Igaram while they were fleeing Baroque Works. After proving his identity and hearing their account of Crocodile’s plot, he headed with them toward Alubarna to investigate further.

• Yun Ye searched a casino for information about Crocodile, defeated its armed staff with his Conqueror’s Haki, and decided to head for the royal capital.
• Yun Ye found Vivi and Igaram, exposed Vivi’s disguise, and caught Igaram’s cannonball when Igaram mistook him for an enemy.
• Yun Ye identified himself as Navy Vice Admiral Nightblade and demonstrated his strength by splitting the desert with a sword strike.
• Betty and Koala witnessed the slash and hurried toward Alabasta’s royal capital.
• Vivi told Yun Ye what she knew about Crocodile’s scheme, and Yun Ye agreed to investigate as they traveled toward Alubarna.

Yun Ye brought Vivi and Igaram to Alubarna as Crocodile moved to protect his plot for Pluton, Cobra remained imprisoned, and Koza led the Rebel Army toward the capital. Yun Ye entered the palace alone while Vivi and Igaram reunited with Tiragatan and learned that Bello and Chaka had disappeared inside.

• Yun Ye subdued two giant lizards with a glance and rode one with Vivi, Igaram, and the duck toward Alubarna.
• Crocodile identified Vivi and Igaram as Baroque Works traitors, worried about Nico Robin and the Poneglyph, and summoned Baroque Works members to Alubarna.
• Bora tortured Cobra while Nico Robin stalled her and Mr.1, secretly prepared to escape, and Cobra realized she was Nico Robin.
• Koza rallied the Rebel Army at Katorea and led it toward Alubarna to demand an explanation from the royal family.
• Yun Ye arrived in Alubarna with Vivi and Igaram, assured them Crocodile was no threat, and vanished into the palace while they stayed outside.
• Tiragatan reunited with Vivi and Igaram, told them the palace had been taken over, and worried that Bello and Chaka had not returned from investigating.

Vivi learned that the Rebel Army had begun moving and set out with Igaram to stop the coming conflict while Yun Ye entered the royal palace and confronted Baroque Works. After killing Daz Bones and forcing Crocodile to appear, Yun Ye fought him and knocked Bora and Mr. 2 Bon Clay unconscious.

• Vivi learned the Rebel Army had begun moving and decided to negotiate with them, bringing Igaram along for protection.
• Yun Ye entered the royal palace and used Conqueror's Haki to knock out most of the people inside while Cobra remained standing.
• Yun Ye identified Nico Robin and Crocodile's officers, then killed Daz Bones with a single sword slash.
• Crocodile attacked Yun Ye, who countered with a sword slash and sent Crocodile crashing through a wall.
• Yun Ye knocked Bora and Mr. 2 Bon Clay unconscious with Conqueror's Haki.

Yun Ye spared Robin and let her visit Alabasta’s royal mausoleum, where she met Betty and Koala of the Revolutionary Army and found a Poneglyph recording information about Pluton. Meanwhile, Yun Ye confronted Crocodile over his conspiracy, and their battle drew the attention of Alubarna’s residents.

• Yun Ye told Robin he would not attack her, and Cobra allowed her to visit the royal mausoleum.
• Betty and Koala revealed that they were Revolutionary Army members, invited Robin to join them, and left when she declined.
• Robin read the Poneglyph, discovered that it contained information about Pluton, and recorded useful details before leaving.
• Yun Ye confronted Crocodile, rejected his claims of innocence, and attacked him with his sword.
• Crocodile and Yun Ye exchanged powerful sword, sand, and Rankyaku attacks, and Yun Ye’s slash carved a huge ravine.
• Alubarna’s residents noticed the fight and recognized Crocodile as their hero.

Yun Ye fought Crocodile in the royal city, overcoming his awakened Sand-Sand Fruit with ice and then his fiery Flowing Blade Like Fire. Crocodile died in the flames, while Yun Ye judged that he still needed more strength to face someone from the World Government.

• Crocodile unleashed an awakened sandstorm that withered the ground, but Yun Ye countered with his Bankai ice powers and froze Crocodile's legs.
• Yun Ye broke through Crocodile's sand attacks and struck him, severing his left arm as Crocodile narrowly evaded a devastating slash.
• Yun Ye released Flowing Blade Like Fire and burned through Crocodile's sand and defenses with overwhelming heat.
• Crocodile summoned enormous diamond blades from the desert, but Yun Ye's thousand-meter slash destroyed them and struck him directly.
• Crocodile died as Yun Ye's flames consumed him, and Yun Ye remarked that he still was not strong enough to deal with someone from the World Government.

Yun Ye reported that he had killed Crocodile, then found Vivi facing the advancing Rebel Army in a sandstorm. He knocked out nearly a million rebels with Conqueror’s Haki and left Vivi to resolve the aftermath.

• Yun Ye told Cobra that Crocodile was dead and Alabasta was safe, then reported the killing to Sengoku, who demanded a detailed account.
• Yun Ye sensed Vivi near the capital and hurried to help her stop the Rebel Army.
• Vivi and Igaram encountered the advancing rebels in a sandstorm, and Vivi tried to warn Koza that the conflict was a conspiracy.
• Yun Ye appeared beside Vivi, promised not to kill the rebels, and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki that knocked out nearly the entire million-strong army.
• Yun Ye departed after telling Vivi that Crocodile’s threat and the rebel advance were settled, leaving her to handle what came next.

The World Government and several pirate powers reacted to recent losses, while Doflamingo used the Kingdom of Prodence’s people to meet Kaido’s demand for more artificial Devil Fruits. Big Mom invited the Vinsmoke Family and Fire Fist Ace to her tea party, and Ace arrived at Moonlit Island to ask the Quincy about his identity; Yun Ye agreed to meet him.

• The Five Elders debated Crocodile’s crimes, the Shichibukai system, Nico Robin, the Quincy, and whether to awaken a hidden figure, while Kaido pressured Doflamingo to increase artificial Devil Fruit production.
• Caesar told Doflamingo that he needed more workers, then considered escaping because production could not truly be increased; Doflamingo arranged to send enslaved people from the Kingdom of Prodence to Punk Hazard.
• Big Mom decided to hold her tea party and invite pirate crews that had provoked her, Fire Fist Ace, and the Vinsmoke Family, whose cloning technology she coveted.
• Ace and the Spade Pirates arrived at Moonlit Island, where Ace sought a meeting with the Quincy to learn why Rayleigh believed Yun Ye might know him.
• Yun Ye learned that the Vinsmoke Family had received a tea-party invitation and told Judge to follow his plans, then agreed to receive Ace when Ye Qi reported his arrival.

Yun Ye told Ace that he had been Rouge’s younger brother and welcomed him as family, while Ace learned that his friend Felick’s family had been enslaved in Prodence and left to investigate. As Big Mom’s tea party began, Yun Ye prepared a covert assault on Whole Cake Island, and the chapter ended with Big Mom and her officers heading to the venue, unaware of the coming attack.

• Yun Ye claimed that Rouge had saved and cared for him, explained Ace’s birth and Garp taking him away, and told Ace to follow his own goals.
• Ace left the palace with his companions, shared his secret with them, and learned that the Felick Family had been shut down and might have been enslaved.
• Ace returned to tell Yun Ye he was leaving to check on Felick, while news spread that Big Mom’s tea party was beginning without invitations to the former Dark World kings.
• Yun Ye ordered his forces to prepare for war, sending Ye Qi’s assassins and Hawkins’s agents toward Whole Cake Island while the others prepared to attend the tea party.
• Guests saw captured pirates displayed as warnings at the venue, and Perospero told Charlotte Linlin that the Spade Pirates had not been invited because they were in the Quincy’s territory.
• Charlotte Linlin set out happily for the tea party, while Katakuri felt uneasy despite seeing no sign of an attack.

The Vinsmoke Family helped the King's Void Hall infiltrate Whole Cake Island, but Niji and Yonji provoked Charlotte Linlin and ruined their plan to destroy Sister Carmelo's photograph. Yun Ye ordered his forces to begin a full assault, leaving the battle about to start.

• Judge confirmed that the Vinsmoke Family had secured entry routes for the King's Void Hall, and Yun Ye told him to prepare to act once the Big Mom Pirates appeared.
• Charlotte Linlin welcomed the tea party guests and demanded that Judge let his eldest daughter marry Charlotte Oven as part of their cooperation.
• Niji insulted Charlotte Linlin, and Yonji backed him, causing the Big Mom Pirates' officers to surround the Vinsmoke Family.
• Judge realized that Niji's outburst had ruined their plan to use a bomb to destroy the giant cake and Sister Carmelo's photograph.
• Yun Ye abandoned his plan to wait for Charlotte Linlin's mental blow and ordered Hawkins to prepare the King's Void Hall forces to attack.
• Ye Qi received Yun Ye's order on the outskirts of the All Nations Sea and told her subordinates to prepare to move.

The King's Void Hall launched a full-scale assault on the Big Mom Pirates during Big Mom's tea party, with Judge's bomb helping the Vinsmoke Family escape before Yun Ye arrived to protect them and attack Big Mom. As the fighting spread across Whole Cake Island, the five Ten Blades confronted the Big Mom Pirates' officers.

• Ye Qi's subordinates detonated bombs on an island, and Tesoro, Gibosen, Feld, and the Hawkins Pirate Crew attacked Big Mom Pirates strongholds across the All Nations Sea.
• Judge triggered his hidden device as the gift box exploded, and Katakuri's mochi hand failed to contain the blast that scattered Big Mom and her officers.
• Big Mom attacked the Vinsmoke Family, but Yun Ye blocked her thunderflame strike with Danku and blasted her into a building with Raien Baku.
• Yun Ye revealed himself at the tea party as King's Void Hall forces breached Whole Cake Island, and Katakuri and the other officers prepared for war.
• Ye Qi, Tesoro, Hawkins, Gibosen, and Feld arrived to face the Big Mom Pirates' officers, with Ye Qi confronting Smoothie and Tesoro confronting Katakuri.

Yun Ye and Big Mom began their long-awaited fight as the King's Void Hall officers clashed with the Big Mom Pirates' officers across Whole Cake Island. Ye Qi nearly killed Smoothie with a surprise attack, but Katakuri and Tesoro intervened, leaving the officer battles unresolved.

• The King's Void Hall officers arrived on Whole Cake Island, and Yun Ye and Big Mom exchanged attacks before beginning a fierce battle that shook the island.
• Hawkins fought Perospero, used his Curse Doll ability to redirect injuries to Big Mom Pirates members on a nearby island, and forced Perospero to retreat behind a Candy Wall.
• Ye Qi fought Smoothie and used the More-More Fruit to land a lethal-speed attack, severing Smoothie's right arm when danger warnings forced her to adjust her strike.
• Katakuri and Tesoro intervened, striking Smoothie and Ye Qi respectively and sending both fighters flying back.

The King's Void Hall and the Big Mom Pirates fought across Whole Cake Island while Yun Ye battled Charlotte Linlin. Katakuri and Tesoro’s clash left both injured, and Yun Ye and Charlotte Linlin continued their fierce fight as she unleashed a storm of lightning and fire.

• Katakuri disrupted Ye Qi’s attack on Smoothie, and Tesoro fought Katakuri with his awakened Golden Fruit before Katakuri overwhelmed his golden giant.
• Ye Qi joined Tesoro against Katakuri, and their combined attack injured all three fighters before Tesoro charged back into battle and Ye Qi resumed fighting Smoothie.
• Feld and Gibosen fought Big Mom Pirates officers while arriving King's Void Hall members clashed with the remaining combatants across Whole Cake Island.
• Yun Ye said Charlotte Linlin’s Haki had weakened, but she insisted his own strength had grown and continued their battle.
• Yun Ye evaded Charlotte Linlin’s attacks, and she unleashed Thunder Flame Storm, filling the sky around him with lightning and fire.

Yun Ye battled Charlotte Linlin and proved strong enough to suppress her, while she mistook his power-up for life-force consumption. Charlotte Linlin then activated Soul Return, gathering the Homies’ souls across the All Nations Sea to transform into a much stronger state and threaten Yun Ye.

• Yun Ye charged through Charlotte Linlin’s lightning and flames, repeatedly driving her back with his attacks.
• Streusen intervened against Yun Ye, but his age and a clash between the emperors’ attacks left him injured.
• Yun Ye and Charlotte Linlin traded blows until he struck her hard enough to make her bleed, while she questioned how much lifespan his power-up consumed.
• Charlotte Linlin sensed an abnormal connection in Yun Ye’s soul and guessed that someone was supplying him with life force.
• Charlotte Linlin invoked Soul Return, drawing Homie soul fragments from across the All Nations Sea into herself and growing stronger.
• Yun Ye recognized that Charlotte Linlin’s transformation resembled Gecko Moria’s Shadow’s Asgard and felt its rising aura threaten him.

Yun Ye and Charlotte Linlin fought a destructive battle across Whole Cake Island, with Linlin drawing power from the souls of Homies throughout the All Nations Sea. As Yun Ye unleashed his combined forms and struck with Serious Punch, his attack pierced through Linlin’s strongest sword strike and carved a trench through the sea, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• The Homies across the All Nations Sea lost their souls and flew toward Whole Cake Island, alarming civilians and revealing the scale of the battle.
• Katakuri, Smoothie, and the other fighters sensed Linlin’s terrifying power, then resumed their clashes as Tesoro charged Katakuri.
• Linlin transformed and used her four Homies to battle Yun Ye, and their blows shattered Whole Cake Island into pieces.
• Yun Ye pierced Linlin with Super Electromagnetic Cannon, but Linlin healed herself with soul power and continued fighting him.
• As Yun Ye’s condition worsened, he used Kaidō: Withered Tree Meets Spring to lock his injuries and activated both Thunder God Form and Explosive Flame Unrivaled.
• Linlin unleashed Conquest of the Sea, but Yun Ye’s Serious Punch pierced through her attack and split the sea and clouds along its path.

Yun Ye killed Big Mom with a single devastating punch, leaving the Big Mom Pirates leaderless and Whole Cake Island in ruins. He spared Katakuri and left the All Nations Sea poised for a struggle over Big Mom’s vacant territory, while gaining the Hollowfication Mask and more Achievement Points.

• Yun Ye used Instant Burst to destroy Big Mom completely, splitting the sea and clouds before his stamina gave out.
• The Big Mom Pirates sensed Big Mom’s death, and Katakuri ordered his siblings to flee while he and Perospero held off the King's Void Hall officers.
• Yun Ye arrived, stopped the fight, and spared Katakuri because Katakuri had once refrained from attacking him while he was injured.
• Yun Ye left Whole Cake Island with the King's Void Hall, expecting rivals such as Blackbeard and escaped prisoners to contest the All Nations Sea and generate future Achievement Points.
• Yun Ye gained 2,000 Achievement Points and the Destroyer title, which rewarded him with an unused Hollowfication Mask.

After Charlotte Linlin’s death, Katakuri resolved to protect the Big Mom Pirates and claim the Four Emperor position as the New World descended into turmoil. News of the Quincy’s victory stirred rival powers into action, while Doflamingo grew furious that Portgas D. Ace was coming to challenge him in Dressrosa.

• Katakuri watched Yun Ye leave, then resolved to defend the All Nations Sea and seek enough strength to become a Four Emperor.
• King's Void Hall returned with plundered treasure as Morgans publicized Charlotte Linlin’s death, prompting pirates across the world to react.
• King of Tyranny and Catarina considered seizing the Big Mom Pirates’ territory and discussed recruiting Ace or Blackbeard.
• Kaido ordered an investigation of Whole Cake Island to find out whether the Quincy had taken the Red Poneglyph, while Whitebeard and Red-Haired prepared for the turmoil.
• Doflamingo worried about the Quincy’s growing power and became enraged that Ace had uncovered his role in the Kingdom of Prodence and was heading to Dressrosa.

Doflamingo learned the Spade Pirates had arrived in Dressrosa and prepared to confront them, while the Five Elders and Navy leaders responded to Big Mom’s fall by considering new Shichibukai and expanding Navy forces into the New World. The Navy chose Akainu and Kizaru to take up positions there, while the proposed worldwide draft was postponed.

• Trebol gave Doflamingo a report on the Spade Pirates, and Doflamingo ordered his men to prepare to teach them a lesson.
• The Five Elders discussed the Quincy’s growing threat, considered Blackbeard Teach and Fire Fist Ace as Shichibukai nominees, and sent their proposal to Sengoku.
• Sengoku presented the two nominations to Navy leaders, and Garp reacted with surprise when he heard Ace’s name before hiding his feelings.
• Akainu objected to expanding the Shichibukai, while Tsuru and Sengoku discussed using Blackbeard to counter Whitebeard.
• The Navy leaders considered a worldwide draft but postponed it and decided to increase their New World deployment.
• Akainu volunteered for the New World, and Sengoku assigned Kizaru to join him.

Ace and the Spade Pirates challenged Doflamingo in Dressrosa, while Deuce uncovered the truth about the kingdom and freed the people Sugar had turned into toys. Doflamingo began contracting Birdcage around the island, leaving Ace injured and Dressrosa’s residents trapped as the battle continued.

• Ace and his companions fought their way to Dressrosa’s royal palace, where Ace battled the Donquixote Family officers and then Doflamingo, learning to harden his Armament Haki under pressure.
• Deuce investigated Dressrosa and learned from Riku Dold III about the toys, Sugar, and the Donquixote Family’s crimes.
• Deuce found Sugar and knocked her unconscious while fighting Gladius, causing the toys to revert and Dressrosa’s residents to remember their lost loved ones.
• Doflamingo realized his crimes had been exposed, unleashed Birdcage over Dressrosa, and vowed to kill everyone on the island before the truth could spread.
• Ace and Doflamingo clashed with their Conqueror’s Haki and fought with their Devil Fruit powers; Doflamingo pierced and injured Ace with haki-coated threads.
• Doflamingo explained that Birdcage would trap the island for an hour, while residents discovered the threads cut through people and blocked Den Den Mushi calls, then fled toward the center.