Recaps

As the World Alliance Army and the World Government prepared for a decisive battle, the war’s devastation and the threat of rising seas pushed both sides to seek a swift end. The World Government’s revealed Ancient Weapon and hidden strength made its destruction the World Alliance Army’s most urgent goal.

• Aokiji, Fujitora, Zephyr, Dragon, and Sabo led the World Alliance Army toward Mary Geoise while Akainu, Ryokugyu, Chaton, the Five Elders, and the Seraphim built defenses to stop them.
• Fighting between the two camps devastated islands and seas, killing ordinary people and driving races toward extinction as the world called for peace.
• Leaders on both sides assembled their forces and reserves for a final war, hoping to end the conflict and prepare for the rising-sea disaster.
• Enormous Sea Kings gathered in the Calm Belts, while the Big Mom Pirates, Blackbeard Pirates, and other pirate forces moved to support the World Alliance Army.
• Roy and the others revealed that the World Government seemingly possessed an Ancient Weapon, and the World Alliance Army resolved to destroy it after seeing the Government’s formidable weapons and powerful fighters.

The Right Minister led a secret team transporting a giant robot toward the Sabaody Archipelago for Roy, navigating surveillance and danger. Meanwhile, after Elbaf’s Heavenly Realm was devastated, Kaido defended his decision to spend a precious promise elevating Luffy to fuel the final battle.

• The Right Minister led Fish-Man elites and Sea Kings carrying a battered giant robot from the New World toward Fish-Man Island.
• The transport team entered a secret route along the Red Line and carefully ascended toward Sabaody, avoiding surveillance Den Den Mushi and Marine forces.
• The Right Minister resolved to protect Roy’s plans, believing Roy was the true king chosen by Heaven.
• A calamity reduced Elbaf’s Heavenly Realm to ruins, leaving Luffy surrounded by giants as Kaido and another figure watched from the sea of clouds.
• Kaido said elevating Luffy was worth the price because the final battle needed more heat and the strongest kingdom could not remain confined to one corner.

After the Straw Hat Pirates defeated Loki’s assault on Elbaf, the giants celebrated the return of Sun God Nika and welcomed the crew as heroes. Loki escaped under the watch of Kaido, Whitebeard, and Enel, while Whitebeard sent the Straw Hats an invitation from the World Alliance Army and Enel called them toward a new era.

• The giants celebrated their victory and raised the Straw Hat Pirates above the crowd as they cheered for Sun God Nika and Lord Luffy.
• Loki watched the celebration from a distance, resentful that he had been forced to abandon his plan and feign defeat to keep his promise.
• Kaido, Whitebeard, and Enel kept Loki under their control, while Loki recognized that he could not resist their overwhelming strength.
• Whitebeard praised Luffy’s inherited Devil Fruit power, and Kaido remarked on the irony of the Marines’ hero’s grandson inheriting Joy Boy’s power.
• Whitebeard released a pigeon carrying the World Alliance Army’s invitation to the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Enel said Elbaf’s matter was settled and urged Whitebeard and Kaido to welcome the arrival of the true new era.

Roy met with Sengoku in his palace and shared classified plans targeting the World Government and the World Alliance Army. Sengoku was stunned to find a verified report on using Pluton to destroy the Red Line beneath Mary Geoise.

• Roy asked Sengoku whether his visit risked drawing Akainu and the Five Elders’ attention, and Sengoku said he had arranged things to avoid notice.
• Violet brought Roy the documents detailing his plans against the World Government, the World Alliance Army, and Mary Geoise.
• Roy handed the classified documents to Sengoku as a gesture of trust and reassurance.
• Sengoku opened the documents and froze when he read a feasibility report on using Pluton to blast apart the Red Line.

Sengoku read Roy’s plans to use the Sabaody Archipelago as the final battlefield and Pluton to destroy Mary Geoise, then accepted that the scheme would cause catastrophic casualties. He agreed to follow Roy’s orders and revealed that he had already arranged everything on Sabaody.

• Sengoku read secret documents outlining Roy’s plans for the final war and the use of Pluton against Mary Geoise.
• Sengoku realized Roy’s preparations were already underway and feared the destruction and deaths the plan could bring.
• Roy argued that eliminating the World Government and the World Alliance Army’s warlords was necessary to unite the world against the coming flood.
• Sengoku accepted Roy’s reasoning, pledged to follow his orders, and said he had already arranged everything on the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Roy welcomed Sengoku’s resolve and said they would strive together for world peace.

Jack brought Roy to Elbaf through a violent storm so Roy could retrieve the final Poneglyph. After reaching the island, Roy warned Jack that the World Tree was alive and held secrets, then flew toward its cloud-covered heights.

• Jack steered the ship through the storm and reached Elbaf, where the crew saw the enormous World Tree.
• Roy came out of his cabin and told Jack to retrieve the final Poneglyph using coordinates Kaido had provided.
• Roy warned Jack that the World Tree had its own consciousness and that the World Government still had operations there.
• Roy flew toward the World Tree’s clouds and rainbows.
• In the first half of the Grand Line, the giants’ arrival struck the World Government a heavy blow as the Straw Hat Pirates and Elbaf’s giants clashed with it.
• The Horn of Counterattack, echoing across eight hundred years, sounded beneath the Five Elders’ assault.

After learning that Elbaf and the Straw Hat Pirates had engaged the World Government, Buggy rallied his forces and launched a major offensive from the Grand Line. As his fleet sailed toward the Shadow Triangle Sea Area, an experiment in East Blue succeeded.

• The World Alliance Army took advantage of Elbaf's entry into the war and ordered a full-scale assault on the World Government.
• Buggy received news of the conflict and excitedly announced it to his executives, including Hawk Eyes, Galdino, and Alvida.
• Buggy revealed himself to the soldiers at the base and rallied them with a speech promising to lead their fight against the World Government.
• Buggy's forces prepared supplies, then sent a hundred ships and tens of thousands of troops toward the Shadow Triangle Sea Area.
• In an East Blue laboratory, someone raised a test tube and announced that an experiment had finally succeeded.

Vinsmoke Judge and the scientists at Sky City successfully developed a technology that allowed Devil Fruit users to eat a second Devil Fruit. Caesar Clown rushed in and seized the test tube, astonished that Judge had beaten him to the breakthrough.

• Vinsmoke Judge raised a golden test tube as the scientists celebrated the successful development of the multiple-Devil-Fruit technology.
• The scientists recognized that their discovery could combine with Devil Fruit cloning technology and transform the world's power structure.
• Vinsmoke Judge declared that he would surpass Caesar Clown and Vegapunk as the world's First Scientist.
• Caesar Clown burst into the laboratory, snatched the test tube from Vinsmoke Judge, and demanded to know how he had succeeded first.

Roy examined the ancient cloud bridges at the Top of the Western Sky and concluded they had been built by Joy Boy to connect sky islands around the world. He began repairing the route to prepare for Pluton to attack Mary Geoise from the sky.

• Roy used his Cloud-Cloud Fruit to inspect the damaged bridges and the cloud shellfish living inside them.
• Roy theorized that Joy Boy had built the Top of the Western Sky as part of a plan to connect the world and save people from a great flood.
• Roy recalled the World Government’s attacks on the Sky Kingdoms, including its assault on Ruins Baron Terminal.
• Roy decided to use the cloud bridges to create a route toward Mary Geoise and send the modified Pluton through the sky.
• Roy activated his Cloud-Cloud Fruit and began repairing and expanding the bridge between Jaya Island and Angel Island.

Roy controlled the clouds above Elbaf and ignored Adam Wood, which he intended to preserve as a future resource. As the World Government and World Alliance Army fought a devastating war across the first half of the Grand Line, Roy expanded the East Blue’s contribution to the conflict, believing the deaths would make his future rule easier.

• Roy controlled the white sea of clouds above Elbaf and sensed Adam Wood’s faint will, but decided the giant tree posed no threat and would be valuable to his plans.
• The World Government and World Alliance Army escalated their war across the first half of the Grand Line, bringing widespread destruction and heavy civilian and military casualties.
• Roy ordered the East Blue to increase its war effort, sending Clone soldiers, rebels, supplies, and powerful fighters to the front lines.
• Roy and the East Blue’s leaders accepted the cost of the war in exchange for greater influence and the chance to pull their own forces back during the final battle.
• Roy viewed the mounting deaths as a way to reduce resistance when he ruled the world in the future.

The World Alliance Army fought the World Government across the Shadow Triangle Sea Area, where Saint Saturn and Saint Nusjuro arrived through a strange formation. After the Alliance appeared to win, reports suggested the monster transported by the formation was the true king behind the World Government.

• Akainu ordered Chaton to evacuate the crippled Ryokugyu while confronting Aokiji, Dragon, and the World Alliance Army.
• A purple-black formation appeared, bringing Saint Saturn and Saint Nusjuro onto the battlefield.
• Shiryu attacked Saint Saturn as Dragon sent a storm tornado against Saint Nusjuro, and the battle raged for a day and night.
• The World Alliance Army appeared to win, while the World Government lost an admiral to severe injury and several vice admirals to casualties.
• The World Economic Journal reported that a monster had appeared during the battle and suggested it was the true king behind the World Government.

Roy struggled to extend the Cloud Bridge toward Mary Geoise so the Pluton could approach the Red Line for the coming decisive battle. Brulee received news that Vinsmoke Judge’s research had succeeded and rushed to tell Roy that people might be able to eat two Devil Fruits.

• Roy pushed himself to expand the cloud sea despite the effort and dangerous weather, determined to finish the route to Mary Geoise before the war’s decisive battle.
• Brulee went to the fog ship’s kitchen to prepare food to ease Roy’s exhaustion.
• Caesar Clown called Brulee and reported that Vinsmoke Judge’s research had succeeded.
• Brulee realized the breakthrough could let people eat two Devil Fruits, then left the kitchen and sped toward Roy to deliver the news.

Caesar Clown and Vinsmoke Judge confirmed that Second Birth let people safely consume a second Devil Fruit, including the Logia Swamp-Swamp Fruit and Mythical Zoan Weasel-Weasel Fruit. At Sky City's Central Research Institute, Roy's scientists produced the first golden test tube of a serum made from Blackbeard's cloned flesh, preparing for Roy to undergo the procedure.

• Caesar Clown took over Vinsmoke Judge's second-Devil-Fruit research and quickly mastered most of the technology, which Roy named Second Birth.
• Scientists injected ten Dark Rose members with Second Birth and gave them second Artificial Devil Fruits; after painful reactions, they survived and recovered.
• Caesar Clown and Vinsmoke Judge administered Second Birth to Kabuli, and the Swamp-Swamp Fruit combined with the Mythical Zoan Weasel-Weasel Fruit without conflict.
• Caesar Clown identified preparing a perfect Second Birth serum for Roy as the next priority.
• Sky City's Central Research Institute processed Blackbeard's cloned flesh in a Devil Fruit-powered factory and produced a faintly glowing golden test tube of serum.

Vinsmoke Judge pursued experiments to surpass Caesar Clown, while Caesar Clown grew alarmed by his rivals and hurried to deliver Second Birth to Roy. Caesar planned to accelerate the final testing of Black Sun as the Floating Aircraft Carrier crossed the Red Line toward the New World.

• Vinsmoke Judge watched Caesar Clown depart aboard the Floating Aircraft Carrier and vowed to surpass him as the world's number one scientist.
• Vinsmoke Judge returned to his laboratory, where another attempt to use Second Birth to consume a third Devil Fruit had failed.
• Vinsmoke Judge ordered Eric to request Blackbeard's original genetic material and focus future experiments on Blackbeard's race and Lineage Factor.
• Caesar Clown worried that Vegapunk, Vinsmoke Judge, and Queen were outpacing him, and resolved to activate Black Sun within half a month.
• The Floating Aircraft Carrier sped across the Red Line toward the New World while slaughter raged on the Grand Line.

Roy underwent an experiment to gain the ability to eat a second Devil Fruit, with Caesar Clown and the heavily modified Baccarat assisting him. After injecting the Second Birth and eating the strange fruit, Roy transformed into a gigantic creature and burst through the Floating Aircraft Carrier's ceiling.

• Roy's examinations showed that he was healthy, and he prepared with Caesar Clown to undergo the Second Birth experiment.
• Baccarat entered the laboratory, where Caesar Clown presented the Second Birth and a strange Devil Fruit for Roy.
• Baccarat injected the Second Birth into Roy, and Caesar Clown told him to eat the Devil Fruit when Roy's physical readings peaked.
• Roy ate the Devil Fruit, endured its terrible taste, and quickly felt a new power surge through his body.
• Roy transformed into a gigantic creature, shook the Floating Aircraft Carrier, and burst through its ceiling as Brulee rushed into the laboratory.

Roy transformed into a gigantic pink-blue dragon after using the Second Birth injection with Kaido's cloned Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, gaining immense strength and control over natural elements. After flying through the storm clouds, he descended toward the Floating Aircraft Carrier.

• Roy revealed his dragon form and recognized that the Second Birth injection had altered the cloned Devil Fruit's usual pink coloring.
• Roy tested his new strength and discovered he could control wind, rain, thunder, lightning, flames, and other natural elements.
• Baccarat watched Roy's transformation in amazement, while Caesar Clown celebrated and believed Roy could make them rulers of the world.
• Brulee expressed relief and concern as she watched Roy fly through the storm.
• Roy plunged from the sky toward the Floating Aircraft Carrier.

Roy returned to the Floating Aircraft Carrier after gaining a second Devil Fruit ability, then ordered Caesar Clown to accelerate research and production. Meanwhile, the World Government’s defenses collapsed as the World Alliance Army advanced toward a final battle, while its leaders secretly shifted elite forces and promised soldiers a place in Mary Geoise.

• Roy crashed onto the Floating Aircraft Carrier, whose crew panicked until they learned he had caused the impact and celebrated his return.
• Roy told Caesar Clown to mass-produce Second Birth, work with Vegapunk on cloning Devil Fruits, and finish Black Sun; Caesar promised it would be operational within half a month.
• The Floating Aircraft Carrier held a banquet for Roy, then Caesar led it back to the East Blue while Roy used his new powers to create a Cloud Bridge and sea of clouds above the Western Sky.
• The World Government lost the Shadow Triangle Sea Area as its defensive line collapsed, forcing its remaining forces to retreat toward the Red Line and Sabaody Archipelago.
• Roy’s allied forces within the World Alliance Army secretly moved elite troops away from the front, prompting leaders to establish mutual oversight while permitting limited redeployments.
• The World Alliance Army’s leaders promised participating soldiers priority eligibility to live in Mary Geoise after victory, encouraging more troops to join the final battle.

Imu convened the World Government’s leaders in Mary Geoise and revealed that Uranus was fully charged and positioned for battle. He ordered the Five Elders and the Knights of God to hunt Joy Boy’s successor before Uranus struck, then asked the rulers to choose the next targets after the rebels at Sabaody were eliminated.

• Imu gathered the Five Elders, the Knights of God, Kong, and affiliated rulers in the Hall of Supreme Authority, while Marine leaders were absent.
• Saint Saturn reported that Uranus was fully charged and waiting at its planned position.
• Imu ordered Saint Saturn, Saint Nusjuro, Saint Maz, and the Knights of God to go to the New World and make Joy Boy’s successor a sacrifice before Uranus attacked.
• Saint Nusjuro and the Knights of God knelt and pledged to carry out Imu’s orders.
• Imu asked whether the World Government should target the North Blue, the East Blue, or the entire Grand Line after eliminating the traitors at Sabaody Archipelago.

The World Government's leaders planned to use Uranus to destroy the World Alliance Army at Sabaody Archipelago and Fish-Man Island, then eliminate rebel forces across the seas. As the World Government gathered its forces at Sabaody, Sengoku sensed an impending disaster but could not identify its cause.

• The World Government's leaders decided to destroy Sabaody Archipelago, Fish-Man Island, and Eve, then use Uranus to attack rebel forces in the North Blue, Grand Line, and East Blue.
• The leaders agreed to let the East Blue Fate Community Alliance continue building the Great Kingdom on the Bridge, the Tachibana Kingdom, before targeting it last.
• Celestial Dragons and World Government forces armed themselves for the coming battle, unaware that the leaders intended to sacrifice them in Uranus's attack.
• Sengoku oversaw supply transport at Mary Geoise and worried that the World Government's plans concealed a danger.
• The World Government assembled its forces around Sabaody Archipelago as soldiers awaited the approaching World Alliance Army.

Roy had the Central Research Institute clone the Door-Door Fruit and prepare it alongside Second Birth so his allies could survive Ancient Weapon attacks. Buggy, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and other powerhouses received second Devil Fruits, and Buggy opened a chest containing a classified document.

• Vinsmoke Judge, Caesar Clown, Queen, and Vegapunk overcame the obstacles to cloning Bruno's Door-Door Fruit, and Tontatta workers harvested the first batch of Artificial Devil Fruits.
• Roy used Vegapunk's research and Bruno's tests in Wano Country to confirm that the Door-Door Fruit's alternate dimension could shield people from Ancient Weapon aftershocks.
• Rob Lucci and Enel escorted fingerprint treasure chests containing Door-Door Fruits and Second Birth to the New World, where Buggy, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Roy's other allies ate their second Devil Fruits.
• Buggy and Galdino celebrated their new abilities, while Hawk Eyes tested the Door-Door Fruit by entering the alternate dimension.
• Buggy urged his allies not to disappoint Roy, then opened a fingerprint treasure chest containing a classified document Sengoku had once seen.

Buggy and Hawk Eyes read Roy’s secret orders to destroy the World Government’s leadership and blast open the Red Line, accepting that Buggy Express would follow the plan. They then faced the grim task of redeploying their forces, choosing which elite units would remain in the Shadow Triangle Sea Area and which would be sent to the doomed battle at Sabaody Archipelago.

• Buggy opened Roy’s official folder, and its plan to destroy both sides’ leaders and break open the Red Line stunned everyone in the room.
• Galdino voiced his shock, while Hawk Eyes accepted Roy’s plan and Buggy pledged his support.
• Galdino, Alvida, Mochi, and Cabaji left as Buggy Express’s leaders began discussing troop deployments.
• Buggy and Hawk Eyes reconsidered their earlier arrangements, deciding they had to choose which elites would stay behind and which would be sent to die at Sabaody Archipelago.
• The chapter noted that Roy’s other allied forces, including the Whitebeard Pirates and the Flying Pirates, faced the same impossible choices.

Spandine, Spandam, Moria, and their powerful allies attacked the Dark Kings at Moria’s island stronghold, claiming the victims would help supply a new world order. The surviving kings faced overwhelming force, but Umit challenged the attackers and warned that the World Alliance Army would come looking for them.

• At Moria’s ruined castle, Du Feld found the banquet hall destroyed and confronted Moria, Spandine, and Spandam over their attack.
• Crocodile, Rob Lucci, Enel, and other allies had overwhelmed the Dark Kings’ forces, leaving the survivors afraid to resist.
• Spandine declared that the Dark Kings were obstacles to a new world order and would serve as its nourishment.
• Umit rejected Spandine’s ambition, insisted the Dark Kings’ forces would not submit, and warned that the World Alliance Army would investigate if they failed to return.

Spandine, Spandam, Moria, and the others moved to seize the Dark King Alliance, dismissing the underground kings’ threats and calling on Roy’s methods to overcome their defenses. The underground kings prepared to resist, and Roy’s disguised forces began transforming into their likenesses.

• Spandine and Moria reasoned that the underground kings’ networks and secrets could be overcome with memory extraction and copied appearances.
• Moria mocked Umit and the other underground kings, then summoned mechanically modified men from behind the stage curtain.
• Giberson appealed to Spandine and Moria’s past blood oath and claimed the underground kings had once saved them from the World Government.
• Spandine rejected Giberson’s appeal, accused him of fraud, and demanded that the underground kings surrender.
• Spandam ordered Roy’s men to confront the underground kings, and they began changing their appearances to match them.

Spandine’s forces subdued the underground kings, and Roy’s allies began a high-level meeting to plan for survivors after the World Government’s defeat. As both armies gathered at Sabaody for the coming war, Koby secretly arranged to transport a mysterious covered object to the front line.

• Spandam and Spandine ordered the clones to knock out the underground kings after Du Feld begged for his life.
• Enel, Lucci, Crocodile, and other leaders joined a meeting of Roy’s forces to discuss what to do if powerful figures survived the destruction of the Red Line.
• The World Government and rebel forces assembled at Sabaody Archipelago, which Ryokugyu had expanded and fortified for the coming battle.
• Koby reassured Mr. Pol that the upper ranks had arranged legitimate paperwork for transporting a covered object to Warehouse A5.
• Mr. Pol began moving the object, while Koby remained uncertain about the secret wartime plan.

Smoker warned Tashigi to stay close to him and Hina during the coming war, but the World Alliance Army launched its assault on Sabaody Archipelago sooner than expected. As a massive tsunami carried the enemy fleet toward the island, the Marines and Knights of God prepared for battle.

• Smoker told Tashigi that the coming war would be more dangerous than the Summit War and urged her to stay with him and Hina.
• A violent explosion shook the sea, and a towering tsunami carrying the World Alliance Army appeared on the horizon.
• Smoker recognized the attack and sent Tashigi to find Hina as alarms rang throughout Sabaody Archipelago.
• The Marines mobilized along the front line as Akainu, Kizaru, Ryokugyu, and Chaton arrived over the sea.
• Five enormous magic circles appeared before the approaching fleet, and the Knights of God prepared to fight.