Chapter Summaries

White King had Kompira perform a sword dance, while the spread of mobile phones threatened Morgans's newspaper empire. Morgans decided to seek White King’s goodwill as a new era of news began.

• White King gave Kompira a Great Grade Blade and played music as she danced using her sword-training stances.
• A birdman at the World Economy News Paper examined a mobile phone and saw how its immediate news service was cutting into newspaper sales.
• Morgans recognized that mobile phones could end his news monopoly and rushed to meet White King in Izumo.
• Morgans told his staff that they had to show White King goodwill because mobile phones had created another voice in the world.
• A side-profile poster of Sea Tiger helped fuel the mobile phone craze, and newspapers continued to lose ground wherever phones were sold.

Morgans entered Izumo and witnessed its advanced defenses, transport, and communications technology, which convinced him newspapers could not compete with the country’s new media. He decided to invest in Izumo and secured approval to meet the White King, knowing he had to commit himself to the kingdom.

• Morgans passed through the South Heaven Gate, where surveillance and mecha identified and killed a disguised pirate.
• Morgans saw Izumo’s defenses repel a pirate attack with missiles and a winged girl’s power.
• Morgans rode the maglev train and learned about Izumo’s cellphones, television, and computers.
• Morgans concluded newspapers had reached their limits and decided to invest in Izumo.
• Morgans called the royal palace to request a meeting with the White King, and his request was approved.

Morgans offered the Emperor his resources and loyalty in exchange for a place in Izumo, and the Emperor accepted. Morgans left convinced that Momousagi had also joined Izumo, while an unseen voice warned him that anything less than absolute loyalty was disloyalty.

• Ling Donglai questioned Morgans about his visit as Kompira danced before him.
• Morgans pledged everything he had to the Emperor in exchange for a place and a respectable job in Izumo.
• The Emperor accepted Morgans's offer, and Morgans concluded that Izumo was the strongest contender for world domination.
• Morgans recognized Kompira as Navy Admiral candidate Momousagi and wondered whether she was an undercover agent.
• The Emperor silently waved Morgans away, leading him to mistakenly believe Momousagi had defected to Izumo.
• After Morgans left the palace, an unseen speaker warned him that Izumo demanded absolute loyalty.

Morgans left the palace after an unseen voice warned him about absolute loyalty, while Kompira recorded his alliance with Sea Tiger and questioned the Emperor about Izumo’s plans for war. The Emperor declared that he would conquer the entire world, and Kompira remained unconvinced that Izumo needed to rule everyone.

• An unseen speaker warned Morgans that anything short of absolute loyalty was disloyalty, leaving him startled by Izumo’s hidden strength.
• Kompira recorded that Morgans had pledged allegiance to Sea Tiger and that the World Government should fear Izumo’s power and ambitions.
• Kompira tacitly endured the Emperor’s advances and asked whether Izumo was going to war, while he insisted that war was a matter for warriors.
• Kompira questioned why the Emperor would pursue further conflict when Izumo was already powerful, and he said only strength could protect what he wanted.
• The Emperor showed Kompira a world map surrounded by flames and declared that he would rule the entire world to prevent others from threatening Izumo.
• Kompira argued that people could resolve conflicts themselves, but the Emperor’s plan remained unchanged.

Ling Donglai challenged Kompira’s belief in Marine justice, arguing that the World Government preserved piracy to maintain control and that Izumo’s Kara Link offered a different order. He invited her to experience the Kara Link, and she received its joining prompt.

• Ling Donglai told Kompira that justice was defined by whoever held power and that Izumo’s rules would inevitably conflict with the World Government’s.
• Kompira defended the Marines and condemned the Kara Link as a form of mental manipulation.
• Ling Donglai argued that the World Government had no interest in eliminating pirates, since they gave it a reason to maintain the Marines and extract Heavenly Tribute.
• Kompira began doubting the World Government and the Marines after considering their greater strength and failure to eradicate piracy.
• Ling Donglai invited Kompira to experience the Kara Link, and she heard the question, “Would you join the sacred Kara Link?”

Kompira accepted the Kara Link, understood the Emperor, but rejected his decision to wage war and asked to witness its outcome. Three months later in Wano Country, Big Mom prepared to move her crew and treasures before the coming battle.

• Kompira joined the Kara Link and experienced the thoughts of Izumo's people, gaining a deep understanding of the Emperor.
• Kompira severed the Kara Link, told the Emperor she opposed his war, and asked to stay by his side and watch the ending.
• In Wano Country, Kaido watched Big Mom's children finish three months of training and considered how troublesome their abilities had become.
• Big Mom announced that the war was about to begin and ordered Mont-d'Or to store the crew and her collectibles in his books.
• Brûlée opened a mirror passage linking Wano Country to Whole Cake Island, while Big Mom urged Mont-d'Or to hurry.

Big Mom and Kaido arrived at Whole Cake Island to prepare an attack on Izumo, but Big Mom delayed the ambush to hold a feast. News of their alliance spread, and the Whitebeard Pirates decided to feast while Ace wondered about the rumored Heavenly Fire.

• Big Mom and Kaido traveled through Brûlée's Mirror World to Whole Cake Island after Mont-d'Or collected the experts in his book.
• Big Mom postponed the planned ambush of Izumo so her children could prepare an enormous cake feast, while Kaido objected.
• Brûlée released the Queen Chanter crew from Mont-d'Or's book, and the pirates' talk spread news of the alliance across the forces.
• Whitebeard and his crew learned that Big Mom and Kaido planned to attack the Heavenly Realm, and Whitebeard called for a feast.
• Ace wondered whether the Heavenly Fire was real, and Whitebeard told him to seek the answer for himself because he was fire.

After learning that Charlotte Linlin and Kaido planned to attack Izumo, Ling Donglai chose to strike Whole Cake Island first rather than wait for an assault. Izumo mobilized for war as dark clouds gathered over Big Mom’s island, where the banquet preparations continued undisturbed.

• Sengoku and Garp discussed the alliance between Linlin and Kaido, and Sengoku ordered Marines in the New World to move closer to Whole Cake Island while he considered how to respond.
• Morgans reported Linlin’s plans and the Queen Chanter’s unexplained appearance inside Whole Cake Island to Ling Donglai.
• Robin questioned whether Izumo should attack first, and Ling Donglai argued that history was written by the victors before ordering a strike on Whole Cake Island.
• Izumo’s people received Ling Donglai’s command and declared their loyalty to the Emperor.
• Pirates continued preparing Big Mom’s banquet as dark clouds gathered over Whole Cake Island, unaware of Izumo’s impending attack.

Nami captured Thundercloud Zeus by tempting him with storm clouds and sealing him in a Spirit Shell. As the storm resumed, Charlotte Linlin called for Zeus and tried to summon him, but he did not answer.

• Storm clouds and torrential rain spread over Whole Cake Island, and the Big Mom Pirates realized an enemy Devil Fruit user was behind the weather.
• Big Mom ordered Zeus to eat the storm clouds, and he devoured them before drifting away from her.
• Nami used her power to restrain Zeus and offered him delicious clouds, but he initially refused to leave Mama.
• Nami struck Zeus with an Armament Haki-coated fist, then sealed him inside a Spirit Shell and sent it to Izumo's laboratory for Law to study.
• Nami ordered the storm to continue, forcing Prometheus out while Charlotte Linlin shouted for Zeus and activated her summoning ability.

Nami defeated Prometheus with an Armament Haki railgun and captured him in a Spirit Dial. Big Mom lost control of the battle and, overcome by hunger, began tearing apart her own castle in search of cake.

• Big Mom failed to command Zeus from a distance, and Prometheus volunteered to retrieve him.
• Prometheus attacked Nami, but she struck him with plasma and then launched an Armament Haki railgun through him.
• Nami captured the unconscious Prometheus in a specially made Spirit Dial and flew back toward Izumo's laboratory.
• The railgun blast devastated Whole Cake Island, and a half-masked man shielded the siblings nearby.
• Big Mom's hunger overwhelmed her, and she tore apart her castle while demanding cake.

Kaido attacked Izumo’s Sky Island defenses, but repeated Sun Cannon volleys shattered his defenses and sent him crashing into Whole Cake Island. As he recovered, Katakuri foresaw two dangerous options for the Big Mom Pirates: make a cake for Mama or lure her toward Izumo.

• Charlotte Linlin’s Eater’s Sickness drove her to destroy the Whole Cake Chateau while Kaido went to confront Izumo.
• Kaido transformed into a dragon and attacked Izumo’s Sky Island defenses, enduring missiles, plasma cannons, and the Sun Cannon.
• A second volley of thirty Sun Cannon beams broke through Kaido’s defenses and sent him crashing into Whole Cake Island.
• Kaido emerged in human form and began regenerating as he roared that the attack was not enough to kill him.
• Charlotte Katakuri told Charlotte Perospero that they could either make a cake for Mama and risk Whole Cake Island’s destruction, or lure her to Izumo and endanger Brûlée.

The Heavenly Realm Emperor launched a barrage of Sun Cannons at Whole Cake Island while preparing to face Kaido and Big Mom himself. The island was left pierced and on the verge of collapse as Big Mom approached the cake and Kaido struck back at the cannons.

• Perospero and Katakuri realized they could not use Brûlée’s mirrors to reach Izumo because Big Mom might kill her, and Perospero questioned why Whole Cake Island was in danger.
• Sun Cannons fired down at Kaido, and their heat began vaporizing Whole Cake Island’s fragile dessert landscape.
• Oven used his Heat-Heat Fruit to absorb the spreading heat and protect his brothers while Katakuri continued making the cake.
• The Heavenly Realm Emperor explained the mass production of weapons, ordered the Satellite Cannons to fire, and vanished to confront Kaido and Big Mom.
• More than a hundred Sun Cannons pierced Whole Cake Island, Oven reached his limit, and Big Mom began walking toward the cake as the island shook.
• Kaido swung his spiked club and smashed apart the incoming Sun Cannons with Thunder Bagua.

Ling Donglai confronted Kaido at Whole Cake Island after destroying Kaido’s forces, and the two kings clashed with Conqueror’s Haki. Kaido compared Ling Donglai to Kozuki Oden, whom Ling Donglai scorned, before the rivals prepared to fight.

• Big Mom’s children rushed to finish her cake, and Katakuri went to delay her despite Perospero warning him of the danger.
• Ling Donglai arrived at Whole Cake Island, deflected Kaido’s attack, and faced him as their Conqueror’s Haki shattered the ground and wiped out nearby grunts.
• Kaido compared Ling Donglai to Kozuki Oden, and Ling Donglai dismissed Oden as a failure who had betrayed his duties and followers.
• Kaido agreed that Oden had been naïve and weak after returning from sea, then praised Ling Donglai as a kindred king and gripped his club.

Ling Donglai fought Kaido with a plasma attack, then built an armored giant mech named Susanoo to hold him off while he turned toward Charlotte Linlin. Susanoo activated Izumo’s Project: Wind combat program and launched a powerful sword attack at Kaido.

• Kaido attacked Ling Donglai with Thunder Bagua, but Ling Donglai caught his club and threw him down.
• Ling Donglai fired a Plasma Cannon that Kaido knocked aside, only for it to curve around and pierce Kaido’s abdomen.
• Ling Donglai assembled a giant steel mech, coated it in Haki, and named it Susanoo while turning toward Charlotte Linlin.
• Kaido charged Susanoo, which threw him over its shoulder and blocked his dragon breath with Armament Haki.
• Susanoo introduced itself as the Izumo Intelligent Combat Program, Project: Wind, drew a crimson sword, and struck at Kaido with Last Breath.

Katakuri and Big Mom's children tried to hold Sea Tiger back while they finished the cake that might restore Big Mom. Sea Tiger defeated Oven and kept advancing, leaving Perospero to urge the remaining Devil Fruit users to stall him.

• Katakuri struck Big Mom and blocked her path, but she sent him flying before he tripped her and stood in her way again.
• Perospero learned that Germa 66 had held up the Queen Chanter's forces and that Oven had gone to confront Sea Tiger, while Big Mom's head chef insisted they finish the cake.
• Oven unleashed a burning Sun Fist, but Sea Tiger caught the punch, took Oven's Devil Fruit ability, and left him collapsing on the ground.
• A lion mink and a turtle-shell fighter tried to stop Sea Tiger, but he blasted a path forward with pillars of light and Azure Thunder.
• Pirates and Big Mom's children panicked as Sea Tiger advanced, so Perospero urged Devil Fruit users to take turns stalling him until the cake was finished.

Daifuku and Cracker tried to block Ling Donglai with their Devil Fruit powers, but the Kung Fu Dugongs fought them while Ling continued onward. At Katakuri’s battlefield, Opera and other Charlotte siblings tried to restrain Big Mom, only for her to kill Opera and the others after he knocked her cream attack aside.

• Daifuku summoned his genie, and Cracker created over a hundred Biscuit Knights to block Ling Donglai.
• Ling left the fight to the Kung Fu Dugongs, who used Haki and electricity to overwhelm the genie, Cream Monster, and Biscuit Knights.
• Opera, Snack, and another Charlotte sibling rushed toward Big Mom to free Katakuri to confront Ling.
• Opera attacked Big Mom with a cream punch, but she grabbed the cream, mistaking it for cake.
• Opera knocked Big Mom’s cream aside, enraging her; Big Mom ripped the souls from Opera and the others and took their lifespans.

Katakuri faced Sea Tiger and used his future-sight to evade a succession of devastating attacks, but Ling Donglai’s magnetic powers and relentless barrage began to overwhelm him. Seeing his younger brother killed by Big Mom fueled Katakuri’s anger as he charged through the attacks toward Sea Tiger.

• Snack stepped in front of Big Mom to delay her, allowing Katakuri to leave and confront Sea Tiger.
• Ling Donglai challenged Katakuri to show what future he foresaw, then attacked him with Conqueror’s Haki, a purple beam, and lightning.
• Katakuri evaded the attacks but exhausted himself repeatedly changing direction while using future-sight.
• Ling Donglai used Magnetic Pole Shift to pull Katakuri closer, then summoned weapons and lasers that locked onto him.
• Katakuri realized Ling Donglai wanted the power to foresee the future and, enraged by the memory of Big Mom killing his younger brother, charged through the barrage.

Ling Donglai defeated Katakuri, took his Paramecia Fruit, and then confronted Big Mom’s children at the cake. He captured Pudding and took her Memo-Memo Fruit, while the remaining children fled into the Mirror World and failed to overcome him.

• Ling Donglai used his mastery of Observation Haki to outmaneuver Katakuri and defeat him with repeated plasma blasts.
• Ling Donglai took Katakuri’s Paramecia Fruit and left him alive to continue creating value.
• Ling Donglai went to the enormous cake and asked for a serving, but Pudding and Big Mom’s other children tried to stop him.
• Ling Donglai exposed Pudding’s third eye and examined her before Brûlée sent her and the cake into the Mirror World.
• Ling Donglai pushed Pudding into the Mirror World and took her Memo-Memo Fruit.
• Big Mom’s children attacked Ling Donglai inside the Mirror World, but his Armament Haki withstood their assault and left them in despair.

Ling Donglai subdued Big Mom’s children and let them finish the cake meant to cure Charlotte Linlin’s Eater’s Sickness, while Kaido destroyed Yasuo in battle. After eating the cake, Charlotte Linlin regained her clarity and slimmed down, leaving Ling Donglai stunned by her transformation.

• Ling Donglai used the Immovable Pluto Formation to strip Big Mom’s children of their Devil Fruit powers, then ordered them to finish the cake.
• Big Mom pulled out and crushed Snack’s soul, then charged at the unfinished cake until Ling Donglai blocked her with Overlord’s Domain.
• Perospero completed the cake, and it struck Charlotte Linlin in the face, prompting her to eat it and recover her clarity.
• Kaido tore Yasuo’s humanoid machine apart, and Yasuo’s final words left Kaido unsettled as the robot’s corpse vanished beside Ling Donglai.
• Charlotte Linlin praised the cake as her body shed fat and became slender, leaving Ling Donglai shocked by her transformation.

Charlotte Linlin reclaimed her Homies and strengthened herself with Thor and Apollo before clashing with Ling Donglai. As Kaido joined the fight, Ling Donglai summoned Tai'a and unleashed a sword strike that devastated their weapons and burned Kaido, while Big Mom and her Homies fled the heat.

• Charlotte Linlin called her Homies back and created Thor from a thundercloud and Apollo from a beam of sunlight.
• Apollo told Charlotte Linlin that he had come from the sun after being reflected and strengthened inside a strange crystal.
• Charlotte Linlin laughed, shattering Ling Donglai's Overlord's Domain and devastating Whole Cake Island until a Satellite Cannon struck the island.
• Ling Donglai released his Conqueror's Haki and prepared to fight Charlotte Linlin, who summoned Napoleon and faced him with her sword.
• Kaido arrived and sided with Charlotte Linlin against Ling Donglai, who attacked them with a compressed plasma sphere that split Whole Cake Island apart.
• Charlotte Linlin used Elbaf Spear—Ikoku Sovereignty as Ling Donglai summoned Tai'a and unleashed a scorching sword strike that vaporized Napoleon's blade, melted Kaido's club, and burned Kaido's scales.