Recaps

After Kizaru revealed that the World Government planned to attack Eternal City in half a year, Luo Han discussed the intelligence with Sola and Stussy. They realized the Gorosei might be testing Sola by watching whether Luo Han acted on the leaked plan, leaving them unsure how to prepare without exposing her.

• Kizaru told Luo Han that the Gorosei had ordered an assault on Eternal City and planned to send forces in half a year.
• Luo Han worried that the World Government might discover Amaterasu’s mind-control ability and expose it.
• Luo Han summoned Sola and Stussy and told them about the planned attack, which the Gorosei had kept from them.
• Luo Han suggested that the Gorosei might be testing whether Sola and Stussy had betrayed CP0.
• Sola and Stussy reasoned that the Gorosei could use Luo Han’s response to the leaked intelligence to implicate Sola, while preparations for the attack could also reveal the leak.

Luo Han learned that the Gorosei had a way to counter his teleportation and began training to prepare for their coming attack. Five months later, the Gorosei ordered Kong to launch a Marine operation against Eternal City’s branches while Luo Han continued to train.

• Luo Han told Sola and Stussy that Niu Niu and the others could defeat the Marines and CP0, but he planned to train in case the Gorosei sent someone powerful enough to kill him.
• Luo Han feared Imu might command ancient robots capable of using Perfect Armament Haki, so he intensified his training in the Mind World.
• Over five months, Luo Han continued condensing Perfect Armament Haki while Ochoku, Silver Axe, and the others remained stationed at Eternal City’s branch islands.
• The Gorosei decided that Viper and Stussy did not need to know their plan and ordered Kong to begin the operation against Eternal City.
• Marine warships set out for Eternal City’s branches in the Four Blues and the first half of the Grand Line, drawing attention across the world.

As the Whitebeard Pirates celebrated Kozuki Oden becoming Second Division captain, Tian Yue Shi’s unease led Whitebeard to suspect that danger awaited Luo Han and Eternal City. Luo Han briefed his companions on the World Government’s planned attack and prepared them for a confrontation, though he did not know how many enemy powerhouses they would face.

• Tian Yue Shi appeared distracted during Oden’s celebration and refused his help, prompting Whitebeard to wonder whether she had foreseen trouble.
• Whitebeard read that Marine warships had been sent to watch Eternal City’s branches and decided to warn Luo Han.
• The next day, Whitebeard set out for Eternal City while Oden and the Second Division stayed behind because Tian Yue Shi was close to giving birth.
• Luo Han told his companions that the World Government planned to attack Eternal City, likely when the Space Gate opened.
• Luo Han explained that the battle would hinge on him and the World Government’s unknown powerhouse, but he did not know how many such enemies there were.

Luo Han prepared for a possible World Government surprise attack while Eternal City filled with visitors ahead of the Space Gate opening and World Gourmet Competition. Whitebeard and Roger arrived in the New World, but Chiyue barred Roger from reaching Ark Island, and he chose to wait two days and hold a feast.

• Luo Han told Aixi, Elles, Chiyue, and the others how to escape if the World Government attacked, then monitored Eternal City from the Mind World.
• Crowds gathered at Eternal City's branches as five Marine warships waited near Triangle Divine Tree Island, while the Marines hoped to catch the city off guard.
• The Whitebeard Pirates and Roger Pirates arrived at Eternal City after fighting along the way, and Luo Han considered whether Roger planned to exploit the coming conflict.
• Whitebeard sailed toward Ark Island, but Chiyue stopped Roger at the Vine Pulse Floating Island Chain and forbade him from going farther.
• Roger agreed to wait two days before meeting Luo Han and led his crew away to hold a feast, while Chiyue suspected the World Government's attack was near.

Whitebeard visited Luo Han in Eternal City as the Marines prepared to attack, but Luo Han insisted the coming conflict was his war. The next day, Whitebeard and other major pirate crews gathered outside the Circular sea current while Luo Han monitored Eternal City.

• Cole and Elles brought Whitebeard and his crew from Ark Island’s beach to the villa plaza, where they joined Luo Han and Aixi for a banquet.
• Whitebeard asked Luo Han about the Marines’ movements, and Luo Han said he had expected their attack and did not need Ochoku and the others recalled.
• Luo Han warned Whitebeard that the coming war would rival God Valley, but declared it his war and promised to win so he could retire in peace.
• Whitebeard agreed to watch from outside Eternal City, and he and Luo Han drank together before parting for the night.
• The next morning, Whitebeard’s crew left Eternal City and stopped outside the Circular sea current alongside the Roger Pirates, Golden Lion’s Flying Pirates, Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, and other New World pirates.
• Luo Han sensed the gathered pirate crews and continued monitoring Eternal City through the Mind World.

The World Government launched its assault on Eternal City, while Luo Han was trapped in a shield above Ark Island fighting an unseen attacker. As Marines and pirates clashed across the islands, Aixi refused to retreat and Niu Niu arrived to protect her; the battle was still escalating when the chapter ended.

• Luo Han dodged a surprise blade strike above Ark Island, and its Slash Wave split Island No. 4 in half as the World Government began its attack.
• Disguised Marines and CP0 agents revealed themselves and attacked Eternal City's patrols, who were joined by pirates Luo Han had secretly gathered across the islands.
• The Marine fleet surfaced outside the Circular sea current and began firing on the Satellite Islands, while Kong ordered Sengoku and Kizaru to target Red King and led the remaining forces against the other officers.
• A Transparent Shield rose above Ark Island, cutting off Luo Han from the outside world and disabling the Psychic Armament Mode on his allies' rings.
• James Bond offered to take Aixi to safety, but she refused to leave, and Niu Niu arrived with two underlings to protect her.
• The Marines froze the sea around the Satellite Islands and charged across the ice as the pirates rushed out to meet them.

The Marines and World Government forces launched a coordinated assault on Eternal City and its branches while Luo Han fought two powerful Masked Men inside a sealed shield on Ark Island. The fight escalated as the Sword Masked Man activated Infinite Firepower Mode against Luo Han.

• The Marines, Admirals, Garp, Kong, and government agents advanced on Eternal City headquarters as unaffiliated visitors fled and Elles and the others charged into battle.
• Five warships attacked Eternal City branches across the Four Blues and the first half of the Grand Line, while the Marines sought to keep defenders such as Ochoku from reaching headquarters.
• On Ark Island, three Masked Men trapped Luo Han inside a Transparent Shield that blocked his Mind Movement, and two attacked him with Perfect Armament Haki.
• Luo Han traded blows with the Sword Masked Man and the Slightly Fat Masked Man, then used spinning Haki blades to slow them with thin Slash Waves.
• The Sword Masked Man interrupted Luo Han's attack with a Slash Wave while the Slightly Fat Masked Man struck him, and the Sword Masked Man activated Infinite Firepower Mode above him.

Luo Han fought the Sword Masked Man and the Slightly Fat Masked Man inside the Transparent Shield as they tried to exhaust his Perfect Armament Haki. He switched to evasive attacks to conserve his strength, but remained trapped with no escape in sight.

• Luo Han realized the Masked Men had been trying to wear down his Perfect Armament Haki and used a Psychokinesis domain to suppress them while attacking from a distance.
• The Masked Men activated their "2.5 Mode," causing their flowing Perfect Armament Haki to divert Luo Han's Psychokinesis and let them break free.
• Luo Han clashed with the two Masked Men, sent the Slightly Fat Masked Man flying, and concluded that close combat would drain his Haki faster than theirs.
• Luo Han tried to escape by flying around the Transparent Shield and firing thin Slash Waves, but the Masked Men coordinated their attacks and repeatedly forced him to defend at its edge.
• Luo Han stabilized his Haki consumption with evasive tactics, but knew his mental energy would eventually run out and continued searching for a way out of the Transparent Shield.

Eternal City’s forces clashed with Garp’s World Government army while Roger’s crew blocked Whitebeard from joining the battle. The chapter left Akainu unconscious after Niu Niu sent him flying with a single slap.

• The pirates watching the icy plain judged Eternal City badly outnumbered as Cole and the others advanced toward Garp’s forces.
• Whitebeard ordered his crew to support Eternal City, but Roger intercepted them and the Whitebeard and Roger Pirates began fighting at sea.
• Garp, Kong, Zephyr, and the other World Government fighters divided up to confront Cole, Elles, Takk, Sola, and the rest of Eternal City’s officers.
• Akainu charged at Aixi, but Niu Niu struck him with a palm and hurled him into an ice ravine, where he lost consciousness.

Elles, Sola, Stussy, and Niu Niu overwhelmed the World Government and Marine forces in the opening clash, leaving two Marines dead and Akainu and Kong down. Kong survived and learned from Garp that three other fighters besides Elles wielded the powerful Armament Haki associated with the Blue Demon.

• Niu Niu struck Akainu with one slap, seriously injuring and knocking him unconscious.
• Elles shattered Kong’s Armament Haki and kicked him into the sea, while Sola and Stussy killed Admiral Aeg and Vice Admiral Hilde with their attacks.
• Eternal City’s pirates celebrated their apparent advantage as the Marines and CP0 were stunned by the display of power.
• Garp rescued Kong from the sea, and Kong woke after spitting out seawater.
• Garp told Kong that three people besides Elles possessed the special Armament Haki associated with the Blue Demon, and Kong angrily turned toward the CP0 Chief.

Elles and Sola were intercepted while trying to reach Luo Han, and the World Government’s forces activated Burning Life Mode to hold them back. Cole’s group then faced the Marines and CP0, whose attacks were reflected by Perfect Armament Haki before the fighting left Takk in danger.

• Kong learned that the CP0 Chief knew nothing about the forces confronting Blue Demon and feared another costly battle.
• Elles and Sola flew toward Luo Han, but the CP0 Chief and four Army Admirals intercepted them and activated Burning Life Mode.
• Cole’s group held off the Marines’ long-range barrage, while Niu Niu and the other Sea Kings refused to leave Aixi unprotected.
• Cole, Takk, and Stussy charged the Marines; Garp held Stussy, while Kong and others restrained Cole.
• Two CP0 captains with Marine Admiral-level strength cornered Takk, whose defenses and recovery were weaker than Cole’s.

Aixi tried to break the stalemate by pulling Takk away from two CP0 captains and leading her group toward Ark Island, but elite fighters pinned them down with ranged attacks. Meanwhile, two masked men suspected of being Gorosei discussed the possibility that Aixi or Blue Demon could control people's hearts and chose to wait for Blue Demon to be defeated before acting.

• Aixi asked Niu Niu and Bond to help Takk, but both refused because their missions were to protect her.
• Aixi flew toward Takk's battlefield, and Takk escaped the two CP0 captains to join her group.
• Aixi led Takk, Bond, Niu Niu, and the others toward Ark Island, but CP0 captains and elite fighters slowed them with repeated ranged attacks.
• Two masked men suspected that Viper and Stussy had betrayed the World Government and discussed Charlotte Linlin's claim that someone's ability could control or alter people's hearts.
• The masked men suspected Aixi because Blue Demon had assigned four Perfect Armament Haki users to protect her, but decided to wait until Blue Demon was dealt with before capturing anyone.

As the war between Eternal City and the World Government continued, pirates and young powers watched from afar and considered how its outcome would shape the era. The chapter ended with Doflamingo eagerly watching the battle and declaring that whoever survived would be the victor.

• Roger refused to help the World Government or sneak into Ark Island for the Poneglyph, saying the Roger Pirates sought freedom.
• Kaido watched Elles hold off the life-burning CP0 Chief and three Army Admirals, then decided to seek Seastone and begin his plan to conquer Wano Country sooner.
• Newspapers spread sensational reports of the war, drawing ambitious young figures such as Jora Mihawk, Crocodile, Moonlight Moria, and Doflamingo toward the fighting or its broadcasts.
• At Sabaody Archipelago, spectators watched the World Government forces attack Aixi and the others while three giant fish-men blocked their Slash Waves.
• Doflamingo recognized the Transparent Shield above Ark Island as the ability of the Celestial Dragons' national treasure and told Trebol that whoever survived the war would be its victor.

Chiyue defeated Sengoku and Kizaru, then unleashed a massive lightning attack that devastated the World Government forces and forced the Marines to retreat. She warned Kong that Eternal City would attack the allied nations if anyone tried to stop them from reaching Luo Han.

• Chiyue arrived at the battlefield after defeating Sengoku and Kizaru, then criticized Aixi, Niu Niu, and Takk for struggling against the enemy.
• Chiyue and Thor unleashed Myriad Dragon Lightning Punishment across the frozen battlefield, killing the CP0 Chief, the Army's three admirals, and many Marines and other forces.
• Kong ordered the Marines to withdraw, acknowledged that they had lost the war, and Garp accepted that they could not continue fighting.
• Chiyue told Kong that Eternal City would not pursue who started the war, but threatened to attack the World Government's allied nations if anyone obstructed their journey to Luo Han.

Two Masked Men suddenly attacked Aixi, cutting down Bond and two of Niu Niu’s underlings while Chiyue lost an arm protecting Aixi. As the leaders fled and Niu Niu carried Aixi toward Eternal City, the Marines trapped and captured many of the fleeing pirates.

• Chiyue warned Aixi of the incoming Masked Men, who killed Bond and two of Niu Niu’s underlings while attacking her.
• Chiyue pushed Aixi out of danger but lost her left arm, and Niu Niu carried Aixi into the sea as the Masked Men pursued them.
• Chiyue, Elles, Cole, Takk, Stussy, and Sola fled in different directions, while Garp pursued Stussy and Sola.
• The Eternal City pirate crews fled toward the Satellite Islands, and Kong ordered the Marines to capture them and kill anyone who resisted.
• Aokiji froze the sea with Ice Age, trapping the pirate ships, and many pirates surrendered to the arriving Marines.

The World Government’s masked fighters overwhelmed Eternal City, forcing rival pirates to flee, while Niu Niu escaped with Aixi after the fighters pursued them. The masked men concluded Aixi might be Poseidon and headed back to Ark Island to capture Luo Han and use him to draw her out.

• Doflamingo doubted Eternal City had truly lost, reasoning that Blue Demon might survive his prolonged battle with three Gorosei.
• Whitebeard, Roger, Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, Golden Lion, and the other pirates fled after seeing the masked men’s power; Roger connected their numbered masks to a warning in a notebook.
• Kong found countless giant fish-men corpses near Eternal City and flew toward Ark Island to learn whether Luo Han could withstand the masked men.
• Niu Niu escaped into the deep sea with Aixi after transformed Sea Kings delayed the two masked men.
• The masked men suspected Aixi could control Sea Kings and might become Poseidon, then decided to capture Luo Han and flew toward Ark Island.

Luo Han watched Kong confront the Gorosei before they entered the Transparent Shield to join the fight against him. The Masked Men learned of Aixi’s dangerous nature and resolved to capture Luo Han alive.

• Luo Han realized Chiyue’s warning meant a dangerous force had arrived, but he kept fighting the two Masked Men to learn more about it.
• Steel-Bones Kong arrived and recognized the Gorosei, then angrily challenged them for allowing Marines to die despite their power.
• The tall, thin Masked Man threatened Kong, but the short, fat Masked Man stopped him and insisted the Gorosei had their reasons; Kong left with a new ambition taking root.
• The two newly arrived Masked Men entered the Transparent Shield, while Luo Han saw no opening that would let him escape.
• The Sword Masked Man asked why the newcomers had used the power of 3, and Aixi’s dangerous nature was revealed to them; they decided to capture Luo Han alive.

Luo Han fought four masked men after they transformed into their stronger “3” state, switching to Psychic Armament and using Psychic Field to slow them down. The battle settled into a stalemate as he studied the Gorosei’s destructive Armament Haki in his Mind World, seeking to learn the power for himself.

• The Sword Masked Man and three other masked men transformed from 2.5 to 3 and surrounded Luo Han.
• Luo Han tried to break through the tall, thin masked man’s attack, but the man’s Haki blade cut through Perfect Armament Haki and nearly struck Luo Han’s arm.
• Luo Han switched to Psychic Armament Mode and extreme-speed movement, dodging the four attackers while their shrinking shield left him with fewer escape routes.
• Luo Han activated Psychic Field Mode, slowing the four masked men enough to escape to the other side of the shield and evade their attacks.
• The masked men chose to keep fighting, believing they could exhaust Luo Han, while he maintained the Psychic Field and analyzed the Gorosei’s Armament Haki in his Mind World.

Fleet Admiral Kong kept the surrendered pirates on the Satellite Island while the battle between Luo Han and the Masked Man continued, wary that Blue Demon might retaliate if the Marines acted rashly. As news spread that Eternal City had fallen, the underworld kings secretly celebrated and dreamed of controlling its underground trade, believing Luo Han would survive and remain their puppet.

• Kong ordered Aokiji to bring Garp back, then told the Vice Admirals to detain the surrendered pirates and wait for the battle over Ark Island to end.
• Kong warned that Blue Demon might attack civilians and said the Marines would only hinder the fight if they joined it, then ordered wounded officers sent for treatment.
• Newspapers reported that a mysterious World Government powerhouse had defeated Eternal City, while coverage of Luo Han's battle was suppressed.
• The underworld kings gathered in a cave and took comfort from Blue Demon's intact Life Card Paper, believing he had survived the previous day's events.
• The underworld kings planned to make Eternal City the hub of underground trade and expected to control it while Luo Han served as their puppet.

Chiyue reunited with Elles and the others at Luo Han’s secret safehouse after escaping Eternal City, but Elles’s Life Light Orb could not regrow Chiyue’s severed arm. Sola and Stussy returned safely, leaving the group together to wait for Luo Han.

• Chiyue reached the secret island safehouse and waited for Elles to treat her severed arm.
• Elles arrived and began condensing a Life Light Orb while Chiyue and the others waited.
• Aixi, Cole, Takk, Niu Niu, and Aixi arrived, and Aixi tearfully blamed herself for Chiyue’s injury.
• Elles infused Chiyue with the Life Light Orb, but the new flesh only covered the stump instead of restoring her arm.
• Chiyue asked about Sola and Stussy, and Elles said Garp had pursued them.
• Sola and Stussy arrived safely, reuniting all of Eternal City’s officers at the safehouse.

Luo Han analyzed the Masked Men's special flowing Armament Haki while their battle continued, then fled when they began transforming into a stronger 3.5 form. The four Masked Men remained behind, attempting to stabilize the transformation.

• Kong learned from Aokiji that Garp had been found unconscious and seriously injured, and ordered Aokiji to return him to the branch.
• Luo Han spent three days fighting the four Masked Men and discovered their flowing Armament Haki could counter Perfect Armament Haki.
• The Masked Men decided to use their ultimate 3.5 form because they could not quickly defeat Luo Han otherwise.
• The Masked Men's masks began changing to 3.5 as their Haki started merging, and Luo Han vanished from the Transparent Shield to escape.

After Blue Demon vanished from the Masked Men's sight, the World Government forces withdrew from Eternal City, leaving its rescued pirates behind. Luo Han remained hidden inside his Mind World, then grew a new body as James Bond and flew toward Satellite Island to reassure the pirates.

• The Masked Men realized Blue Demon had escaped and hurried back to Mary Geoise, while Kong ordered the Marines to withdraw with only a few high-bounty prisoners.
• The Vice Admirals recognized that Blue Demon was still alive and helped arrange the withdrawal of the Marines, CP0, and Army forces from Eternal City.
• Eternal City's pirates believed Blue Demon had won and saved them, unaware that Luo Han was still concealed inside the Transparent Shield's projected Mind World.
• Luo Han decided he could not let the pirates believe he had abandoned them, so he sent part of his consciousness into the Divine Tree and grew a new James Bond body.
• Luo Han took control of the new body, changed its appearance to resemble his original self, and flew toward Satellite Island where the pirates had been taken.

As Luo Han remained absent, pirates on Satellite Island began arguing over whether to abandon him and claim Eternal City. Luo Han returned, killed those who threatened to seize the city, and restored order, but an accident interrupted the survivors as they prepared to leave.

• Pirates began claiming that Luo Han had abandoned them and that Eternal City should belong to them, while a cautious captain warned his crew not to provoke Red King and the others.
• Luo Han appeared above the entrance to the Circular sea current as some pirates shouted for his death and declared that they would take the city.
• Luo Han used Psychokinesis to kill the pirates who had declared they would leave Eternal City, terrifying everyone on the Satellite Islands.
• Luo Han ordered the survivors to maintain order and clean up, then assured them that the World Government would not attack Eternal City again.
• As the pirates prepared to obey his orders, an accident occurred.

Luo Han threatened to expose the Poneglyphs and the Void Century after the Gorosei trapped him in a Transparent Shield to learn how he had escaped it. When the Masked Men transformed into their “3.5” forms, Luo Han realized their power would be troublesome.

• Two Masked Men appeared inside a Transparent Shield around Luo Han and watched him instead of attacking, while pirates on the Satellite Islands wondered why they were not fighting.
• Luo Han accused the Masked Men of trapping him to discover how he escaped the Transparent Shield, and they admitted he could leave on his own.
• Luo Han threatened to distribute rubbings of the Poneglyphs and reveal how to reach Final Island, then told the Masked Men to warn Imu that he could expose the Void Century.
• The Masked Men reacted in terror when Luo Han mentioned Lord Im and threatened to kill him and everyone he cared about; Luo Han challenged them to try.
• The Masked Men transformed into their “3.5” forms, and Luo Han planned to seek Roger and Whitebeard before gathering all four Red Road Poneglyph coordinates.
• After the five-minute transformation, Luo Han saw the Masked Men’s stabilized forms and worried that their power would be troublesome.

Luo Han faced the Masked Men until Imu took over the Transparent Shield Masked Man and revealed that Luo Han belonged to the Divine Tree Clan. Imu proposed that the World Government recognize Eternal City as neutral territory in exchange for Luo Han no longer causing trouble, while warning him about the power of their future enemies.

• The Masked Men attacked Luo Han, but the Transparent Shield Masked Man unexpectedly stopped their blows and began trembling as Imu took over his body.
• Imu recognized Luo Han as a survivor of the Divine Tree Clan and described how the clan's golden fruits had once helped humanity fight the Sea Kings.
• Imu told Luo Han that the Divine Tree Clan was on the enemies' must-kill list, and Luo Han explained that his suspicions had grown after visiting Fish-Man Island and learning about Poseidon.
• Imu called Luo Han a natural ally and offered to make Eternal City neutral territory, provided Luo Han stopped causing trouble for the World Government.
• Imu warned Luo Han that he still underestimated the power of those who would start the great war.