Recaps

Roy, Whitebeard, and Kaido arrived above Mary Geoise, where Whitebeard and Kaido were outraged by the Celestial Dragons’ atrocities. Roy began broadcasting the Holy Land to Paradise as their Haki clashed with forces from Pangaea Castle, leaving viewers watching a conflict break out.

• Whitebeard sensed the slaves’ suffering and the cruelty beneath Mary Geoise’s luxury, while Kaido agreed with Roy that the world needed to be overthrown and rebuilt.
• Roy concealed a broadcast Den Den Mushi in clouds and sent it drifting away from them.
• A Conqueror’s Haki attack swept from Pangaea Castle, and Whitebeard and Kaido pushed it back with their own Haki.
• Roy activated the broadcast, interrupting visual Den Den Mushi signals across the first half of the Grand Line before showing viewers Mary Geoise.
• Two more auras rose from Pangaea Castle and clashed with Whitebeard and Kaido’s Haki as people across Paradise watched the conflict begin.

Roy, Kaido, and Whitebeard launched a coordinated assault on Mary Geoise, overwhelming Saint Saturn and devastating the Holy Land. The broadcast revealed their identities to the world, and Saturn wondered what they were plotting with Zephyr and the others.

• Roy and Kaido attacked Saint Saturn with a Flying Slash and Thunder Bagua as he emerged from Pangaea Castle in his Ushi-oni form.
• Whitebeard unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power, causing a massive earthquake that wrecked buildings across Mary Geoise and killed many people, especially slaves.
• Saint Saturn blocked Roy and Kaido’s attacks but lost an arm as the earthquake struck.
• Roy, Kaido, and Whitebeard appeared on the broadcast Den Den Mushi, shocking viewers around the world.
• Three powerful presences arrived beside Saint Saturn, who asked what Whitebeard and Kaido were plotting with Zephyr and the others.

Roy, Whitebeard, and Kaido attacked Mary Geoise to expose the World Government and strike at its leaders. Kaido smashed Saint Peter into Pangaea Castle as the broadcast showed the world that the highest authorities could be hurt.

• Roy gave Whitebeard and Kaido Compressed Explosive Rock Bombs, then rushed toward the Celestial Dragons’ town while Saint Warcury pursued him.
• Whitebeard attacked Saint Saturn, and Kaido blasted Pangaea Castle with Dragon Breath, but Mary Geoise’s defenses stopped the flames.
• Kaido charged Pangaea Castle and met Saint Peter in battle as Whitebeard clashed with Saint Nusjuro.
• Kaido struck Saint Peter with Rising Dragon Bagua and smashed him into Pangaea Castle, destroying buildings and shocking viewers watching the broadcast.

Whitebeard, Kaido, and Roy battled the Five Elders in Mary Geoise as the destruction exposed the Celestial Dragons’ fear and the World Government’s true powers to the world. When Kaido hurled a Compressed Explosive Rock Bomb toward the Chamber of Flowers, Saint Peter caught it and charged toward the cliffs of the Red Line Continent.

• Whitebeard attacked Pangaea Castle, but Saint Saturn blocked his slash and regenerated from the damage.
• Roy fought Saint Warcury, cut open the boar’s hide, and struck him with Sound Lightning.
• The battle’s destruction and the Celestial Dragons’ panic were broadcast around the world, while Marines and Celestial Dragon elites were stopped by Conqueror’s Haki and Roy’s Reaper’s Sound.
• Saint Peter spotted Kaido activating a bomb and urged the Five Elders to stop him.
• Kaido threw the Compressed Explosive Rock Bomb toward the Chamber of Flowers, and Saint Peter bit down on it and rushed toward the Red Line cliffs.

Saint Peter’s bomb devastated Mary Geoise, triggering chaos among the Celestial Dragons and slaves as footage spread worldwide. Viewers believed the World Government’s authority was collapsing and that the pirate era might be beginning, while the Freedom Revolutionary Alliance reacted in shock.

• Saint Peter’s bomb exploded near Mary Geoise, blasting a massive gap in the Red Line and destroying buildings, the protective barrier, and much of the city.
• Surviving slaves attacked their guards amid the destruction, and Mary Geoise descended into chaos as the Celestial Dragons faced fear and helplessness.
• A hidden Den Den Mushi broadcast the devastation across the world, prompting viewers to question the World Government’s power and speculate that Kaido, Whitebeard, and Golden Lion could reshape the world.
• The Freedom Revolutionary Alliance received a rebroadcast in North Blue, and Dragon, Zephyr, Aokiji, Sabo, and Ivankov reacted with disbelief at the attack on Mary Geoise.

Dragon and Zephyr decided to begin broadcasting the truth about eight hundred years ago early, while Whitebeard and Kaido occupied the Five Elders at Mary Geoise. Meanwhile, Ace and Marco rallied the Whitebeard Pirates to sail for the new Marine Headquarters and draw Marines away from Whitebeard.

• Dragon proposed starting the broadcast early because Whitebeard and Kaido had tied down the Five Elders, and Zephyr agreed.
• Fujitora reported that the worldwide broadcast equipment was ready, and Sabo said the Alliance would begin broadcasting in half an hour.
• After watching Whitebeard’s battle, Ace and Marco decided the Whitebeard Pirates should move against the new Marine Headquarters.
• Marco went to summon the crew while Ace took the wheel and announced their destination.
• The Whitebeard Pirates cheered Ace, and Marco reflected that Whitebeard had chosen a worthy successor.

Blackbeard and Charlotte Linlin took advantage of Whitebeard’s attack on Mary Geoise to launch campaigns for territory and wealth. Meanwhile, Roy’s forces expanded their control across the seas, especially in East Blue, as the World Government’s weakness drew opportunists into open action.

• Blackbeard ordered his pirates to sail out and plunder the World Government’s allied nations while Whitebeard and his allies attacked Mary Geoise.
• Charlotte Linlin ordered Katakuri to lead her fleet in conquering prosperous allied nations and seizing their wealth.
• Roy’s agents continued assassinating or displacing officials in World Government allied nations, creating a large-scale power shift in East Blue, West Blue, and South Blue.
• Roy planned to secure East Blue completely and use it as a base to conquer the other seas.

Roy, Whitebeard, and Kaido attacked Mary Geoise without holding back, devastating the holy land as the Five Elders struggled to defend it. When a hidden attacker ambushed Kaido, Roy awakened Conqueror's Haki, leaving Saint Warcury stunned.

• Roy evaded Saint Warcury's demand for a head-on fight and revealed that a powerful force was hidden inside Pangaea Castle.
• Whitebeard unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power, shaking the Red Line and causing buildings across Mary Geoise, including Pangaea Castle, to collapse.
• Saint Nusjuro attacked Whitebeard, who blocked him with his falling naginata as the two clashed.
• Roy sensed a powerful attack emerging from Pangaea Castle and warned Kaido as a black, flame-wreathed tail struck from behind.
• Roy's latent power erupted across the battlefield, and Saint Warcury recognized it as Conqueror's Haki.

Roy awakened Conqueror’s Haki and was targeted by the Five Elders after Imu’s hidden attack wounded Kaido. Whitebeard and Kaido attacked Pangaea Castle to protect Roy, while Sakazuki and Saint Peter entered the battle; the chapter ended with Roy and Whitebeard each holding an Explosive Rock Bomb.

• Imu’s black tail pierced Kaido’s Haki and wounded his arm, but Kaido struck it away with Rising Dragon Bagua.
• The Five Elders realized Roy had detected the attack and decided to kill him, while Roy’s Conqueror’s Haki shocked the broadcast viewers.
• Whitebeard rushed to protect Roy and attacked Pangaea Castle, and Kaido joined in with a dragon breath attack.
• Saint Saturn blocked their attacks as Saint Peter and Fleet Admiral Sakazuki emerged to defend Mary Geoise.
• Whitebeard aimed an Explosive Rock Bomb at Pangaea Castle, and Roy revealed that he had another identical bomb.

Roy, Whitebeard, and Kaido attacked Mary Geoise to damage the World Government and give the Freedom Revolutionary Alliance time to act in the North Blue. As the Alliance began its broadcast, Whitebeard detonated a bomb and Roy revealed that he had planted another, leaving Mary Geoise facing simultaneous explosions.

• The Five Elders and a hidden power from Pangaea Castle unleashed overwhelming Conqueror's Haki, knocking out weaker Marines and drawing Whitebeard's counterattack.
• The Haki shattered Roy's concealed iron cloud and disabled the Den Den Mushi broadcast, while the Five Elders learned that the Freedom Revolutionary Alliance had started broadcasting in the North Blue.
• The Five Elders, Akainu, and Tsuru rushed to stop Roy and Whitebeard as an ominous force stirred within the Room of Flowers.
• Roy crushed a fake bomb to distract Saint Saturn and Saint Warcury, while Whitebeard threw his real Explosive Rock Bomb and retreated.
• Whitebeard's bomb flashed as Roy's timed bomb also ignited among the ruins of a Celestial Dragon castle.

Roy, Whitebeard, and Kaido escaped Mary Geoise as a Compressed Explosive Rock Bomb devastated the city, while Roy aimed to make the World Government and the Freedom Revolutionary Alliance weaken each other. They headed for the East Blue, as another bomb struck a Marine and World Government base in North Blue.

• Saint Peter swallowed Whitebeard’s bomb and vanished from Mary Geoise through a magic circle, while darkness shielded the area from Roy’s Dyna Stone explosion.
• Roy, Whitebeard, and Kaido fled Mary Geoise, leaving the World Government’s leaders unable to pursue them as the Dyna Stone detonated.
• The explosion devastated Mary Geoise, killed people across the city, and plunged the Sabaody Archipelago into darkness and panic.
• Roy, Whitebeard, and Kaido watched the distant pillar of fire, then rushed toward the East Blue.
• A second magic circle dropped a bomb onto a Marine and World Government base in North Blue, where it exploded like a second sun.

After the explosion, World Government and Marine forces abandoned their wounded to stop the Freedom Revolutionary Alliance’s broadcast, leaving soldiers like Koby questioning their orders. As the fleet sailed toward the battle, Garp and Sengoku privately wondered whether the justice they had served was right, and many others began looking for a way out.

• World Government and Marine commanders abandoned severely wounded soldiers after Saint Maz ordered the intact fleet to continue toward the Freedom Revolutionary Alliance.
• Koby asked Garp whether letting the world hear the truth was wrong, and Garp warned him to keep quiet.
• Sengoku joined Garp and Koby, shared liquor with them, and asked whether the justice they had stood by was right.
• Garp and Sengoku recalled friends and subordinates who had opposed the World Government, while Koby went to fetch tea.
• Other fleet members recognized the Celestial Dragons’ ruthlessness and began considering how to escape their situation.
• As the fleet served as a surprise force in the rear, Garp and Sengoku watched the distant battle flare before returning to their posts.

While the Whitebeard Pirates attacked Marine Headquarters, Roy returned to East Blue and began taking control of it as the North Blue broadcast exposed the World Government’s secrets. The revelations shattered the Government’s prestige and pushed the world toward widespread conflict.

• Ace and Marco led the Whitebeard Pirates’ elite forces in an assault on the undermanned new Marine Headquarters.
• Akainu received Marine Headquarters’ request for aid but crushed the Den Den Mushi receiver in a moment of inattention.
• Roy and Whitebeard returned to East Blue aboard Kaido, and Roy directed a coordinated takeover through Marine branches and allied forces.
• Roy’s forces arrested prominent upper-class figures across East Blue while avoiding the interests of the middle and lower classes.
• The North Blue broadcast revealed the World Government’s secrets, including Gol D. Roger’s full name and the threat facing the world.
• People across the world turned against the World Government, and chaos began to spread.

As the World Government sent its forces to North Blue to crush the Freedom Revolutionary Alliance and buy time to recreate Mother Flame, Vegapunk’s defection left it struggling to contain worldwide unrest. In Wano Country, Vegapunk saw the Ancient Weapon Pluton and learned he would be responsible for powering it.

• The World Government’s rush to North Blue convinced people that the broadcast’s warning about the world’s destruction was true, and powerful nations and pirates began seeking high ground.
• The World Government learned that Impel Down had been breached and Vegapunk and Mother Flame had vanished from Egghead Island, then turned to York for help redeveloping Mother Flame.
• The World Government sent the Navy and its high-ranking forces to North Blue, hoping to intimidate the world while it rebuilt Mother Flame.
• In Wano Country, Vegapunk stared in shock at Pluton as Enel explained that he had brought him there to develop the energy needed to power the battleship.
• Golden Lion and Lucci returned from Impel Down to Sky City with a large group of prisoners.

Roy welcomed a group of imprisoned scientists to Sky City and assigned them to Caesar Clown’s research team. He rewarded Rob Lucci with pure-gold earrings that granted immortality, leaving Lucci deeply impressed by Roy’s generosity.

• Roy welcomed the captured scientists and planned to keep them under his control in Sky City, recruiting some and confining the rest.
• Caesar Clown arrived, recognized the scientists, and eagerly led them away to assist with his many research projects.
• Roy praised Lucci’s work and tossed him two pure-gold earrings as a reward.
• Roy explained that the earrings granted immortality, and Rob Lucci accepted them with shock and renewed respect for Roy.

As war in North Blue drove people and powerful forces into other seas, Roy used the World Government’s preoccupation with the conflict to consolidate his control of East Blue. He left East Blue increasingly prepared for a possible break with the Government, with factories, recruitment, and military training expanding across his territory.

• War in North Blue displaced people and stirred hidden forces, spreading disorder across the seas and into the Grand Line.
• Roy moved contingencies he had hidden in East Blue into other seas while building popular support through appearances across East Blue.
• Roy resisted the World Government’s demands and pressure with help from Memory-Memory Fruit users, while secretly targeting forces that refused to obey him.
• Roy used taxes, engineered conflicts, and investigations into corruption to force nations and factions into submission, blaming their hardships on the World Government.
• With the World Government distracted by wider conflicts, Roy became East Blue’s uncrowned king as military factories opened and recruitment and training expanded.

As rebellions and defections weakened the World Government, Blackbeard and the Big Mom Pirates announced an alliance and declared war on Elbaf. In Fish-Man Island, Kuzan became king of the Ryugu Kingdom after a bloodless rebellion.

• Uprisings and pirate attacks destroyed nearly thirty World Government allied nations, while more kingdoms began breaking away from its rule.
• Blackbeard announced plans to drive the Navy and World Government from the New World and establish a pirate nation.
• The Big Mom Pirates allied with the Blackbeard Pirates and jointly declared war on Elbaf.
• Kuzan united Ryugu Kingdom's able-bodied forces and peacefully resolved the royal family in a bloodless rebellion.
• Kuzan became king of the undersea Ryugu Kingdom.

As Fish-Man Island faced escalating slave raids and the threat of war between the Marines and the Yonko, Kuzan took control of the Ryugu Kingdom to defend the island. Neptune asked whether Kuzan regretted becoming king, and Kuzan remained on the throne as the island’s future grew more perilous.

• Neptune warned Kuzan that Fish-Man Island would become dangerous and asked whether he truly intended to stay and protect it.
• Slave-catching groups and passing ships began secretly abducting merfolk and fish-men, causing devastating losses despite the Ryugu Kingdom’s efforts.
• Fish-Man Island’s residents called to seal the island, but the World Government rejected the move because it needed the island’s shipping route and resources.
• Neptune feared that war would destroy Fish-Man Island after news spread that Blackbeard planned to drive the World Government from the New World and allied with Big Mom.
• After consulting Roy, Kuzan surrounded the Ryugu Kingdom and defeated its palace guards, then entered the hall with the royal family and ministers.
• Kuzan emerged from the hall as the new king of the Ryugu Kingdom.

Kuzan persuaded Neptune to lead Fish-Man Island’s civilians in a mass migration to the East Blue, while he stayed behind. After a purge of corrupt royals, the Fish-Men set out under Sea King escort and emerged into the sunlight at their destination.

• Kuzan told Neptune to organize the migration and carry the Fish-Men’s affairs forward in the East Blue, while Kuzan remained on Fish-Man Island.
• Golden Lion and Enel arrived, and the Ryugu Kingdom purged corrupt officials after Kuzan revealed evidence of their crimes.
• Neptune left the palace and joined the migration effort as Fish-Men and merfolk were sorted into groups at Central Plaza.
• Samael led a Sea King escort that guided the departing Fish-Men through the dark seabed toward a designated island.
• The Fish-Men reached the surface, where they saw the sea and its inhabitants rising into the sky beneath the sunlight.

Roy and his allies evacuated all of Fish-Man Island’s civilians to the sky islands, where Shirahoshi helped calm and organize them. After the final fish-man arrived, the cloud sea carrying them began moving toward the Calm Belt in the East Blue.

• Golden Lion lifted groups of fish-men in seawater toward the sky while Enel destroyed approaching ships to keep the evacuation secret.
• Shark Star reassured the frightened fish-men, and Shirahoshi, Ryugu Kingdom’s ministers, and its soldiers helped organize them on the cloud islands.
• Roy watched Shirahoshi coordinate the people and planned to have Caesar Clown and Vegapunk study her ability to control Sea Kings.
• Neptune and Kuzan urged the evacuation forward, and all Fish-Man Island civilians reached Roy’s sky islands in seven or eight days.
• Roy toasted Shirahoshi as the cloud sea began moving toward the Calm Belt in the East Blue.

Roy brought the people of Fish-Man Island back to East Blue and began preparing for the territory’s independence as the World Government increased its pressure. He told Bon Clay to accelerate preparations for announcing East Blue Independence at the end of the month.

• Roy, Golden Lion, and Enel flew the cloud sea across the Calm Belt, and Neptune, Shirahoshi, and Roy announced their arrival in East Blue.
• Roy turned the cloud island into a staircase, bringing the Fish-Man Island residents down to Wings of Freedom, where they reunited with their relatives.
• Roy returned to his office and reviewed the preparations Bon Clay had made to build his reputation across East Blue.
• Roy contacted Bon Clay and ordered him to speed up preparations for declaring East Blue Independence on the last day of the month.

Aokiji and Fujitora repelled Kizaru and Ryokugyu while protecting supplies for the Freedom Revolutionary Alliance, with Dragon arriving after the battle. Dragon revealed that their secret ally would act before the end of the month as rising sea levels threatened the world, leaving the three determined to bring down the World Government and prepare for disaster.

• Aokiji fought Kizaru while Fujitora's meteorite and gravity attacks disrupted Kizaru and Ryokugyu's assault on the island.
• Fujitora slowed the meteorite, Aokiji shattered it with an ice spear, and Dragon's gale swept the fragments away from the island.
• Aokiji told Dragon that the supplies were safe despite Kizaru and Ryokugyu trying to destroy them.
• Dragon said their secret ally planned an action by the end of the month, comparable in significance to Whitebeard's attack on Mary Geoise.
• Dragon warned Aokiji and Fujitora that rising sea levels left little time, and the three resolved to dismantle the World Government and prepare for a world-threatening disaster.

As the Vinsmoke Family profited from selling snail ships amid the global scramble for high ground, Vinsmoke Judge and his sons considered defying the weakened World Government. A mysterious figure arrived in a lightning strike and ordered Judge to come along.

• Nations and major powers sought refuge on the Red Line Continent, driving up demand for the Vinsmoke Family’s climbing snail ships and enriching the family.
• The World Government demanded two-thirds of the Vinsmoke Family’s wealth, and Vinsmoke Judge angrily tore up its letter.
• Vinsmoke Niji and Ichiji urged Vinsmoke Judge to rebel against the World Government, while Reiju worried that Germa 66 was not strong enough to openly defy it.
• Dark clouds and thunder gathered over Germa Kingdom, and Reiju sensed danger through Observation Haki.
• A figure emerged from a pillar of lightning in the dining hall and told Vinsmoke Judge to come with them.

Enel confronted Vinsmoke Judge and demanded that he come along, but the Vinsmoke brothers attacked and Enel overwhelmed them with lightning. Enel emerged from the ruined palace carrying the unconscious Judge and flew away, leaving the Germa Kingdom in chaos.

• Enel demanded that Vinsmoke Judge come with him and threatened the Vinsmoke Family with lightning.
• Ichiji, Niji, and Sanji charged at Enel while Reiju urged them to stop, and Judge let the fight proceed.
• Enel blocked the brothers' Haki-coated knives and forks with a lightning barrier, then unleashed 100 Million Volts · God's Judgment across the palace.
• Germa 66 clone soldiers tried to enter the lightning, while Enel defeated the Vinsmoke Family and sent the unconscious Niji crashing into the ruins.
• Enel emerged unharmed, dragged the unconscious Judge outside, and flew into the sky with him.

Caesar Clown persuaded Vinsmoke Judge to join his organization by showing him the Whitebeard clones and promising power and resources. Judge accepted and agreed to bring the Germa Kingdom under Roy’s rule, while Roy focused on preparing for the coming battle.

• Caesar Clown showed Judge the Whitebeard clones and boasted that Vegapunk now served as his assistant.
• Caesar Clown offered Judge a place in his organization, seeking his cloning technology, research team, raid suits, and other assets.
• Judge recognized that he had little choice and agreed to join Caesar Clown’s organization.
• After learning the scale of Roy’s forces, Judge asked to return personally to the Germa Kingdom and speed its integration.
• Roy left the arrangements to Caesar Clown and continued training his Conqueror’s Haki with Kaido and Whitebeard.