Chapter Summaries

As Lin Qi fought Kaido, their clash sent a massive island crashing toward the armies below, forcing both sides to work together to slow its fall. The island landed safely enough to become a strategic foothold, and Kakashi moved to seize it.

• Enel’s presence deterred Queen and the Big Mom Pirates from attacking, while Daifuku recognized West Blue had concealed an Admiral-level fighter.
• Lin Qi battled Kaido in their beast forms, and both bit each other; Kaido discovered Lin Qi’s blood held immense energy.
• Lin Qi blasted Kaido away, then kicked the island Kaido had thrown off course as Kaido renewed his attack.
• Spectators at Sabaody watched in awe as Lin Qi and Kaido fought, while Rayleigh wondered whether Lin Qi had surpassed the limit Roger had described.
• Both armies used their abilities to support the falling island until their forces could retreat, then the island struck the sea and became a foothold.
• After Lin Qi called his name, Kakashi leaped toward the island.

Lin Qi faced the combined forces of the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates as their elite troops emerged to defend the island. He chose to open the Eternal West Sea instance dungeon, then watched the enemy’s forces devastate the Marines and West Sea fleet.

• Kakashi expanded the island with the Earth-Earth Fruit, and Lin Qi froze the surrounding sea to create more battlefield space.
• Kaido revealed five hundred Artificial Devil Fruit users, ten Brute Warriors, and a thousand Homies prepared to repel the Navy.
• Lin Qi chose the Eternal West Sea instance dungeon rather than kneeling for mercy or seeking the reward for defeating the two Emperor crews.
• Kaido explained that he had dropped the island to trick Lin Qi into protecting the troops already stationed there.
• Er Ya smashed Marines with her club, while Yi Mei uprooted a mountain and hurled it at West Sea warships, destroying ships and injuring or killing their crews.

The Empress slaughtered the Beasts Pirates’ elite with her divine weapons and Love-Love Fruit, then faced Cracker’s Biscuit Soldiers. She revealed that her Fragrant Foot could petrify even the inanimate soldiers, shocking Cracker.

• The Empress killed Yi Mei and Erya with the Heavenly Thorn Spear and Heavenly Moon Shield.
• The Empress petrified nearly all of the Beasts Pirates’ five-hundred-man Zoan Ability User corps with Slave Arrow, leaving only six survivors.
• Cracker surrounded the Empress with Biscuit Soldiers and used them to resist her Love-Love Fruit beams.
• The Empress kicked a Biscuit Soldier with Fragrant Foot and petrified it, stunning Cracker.

The West Sea’s Annihilationists and Zoan fighters joined the battle, reversing the island’s fortunes and securing its perimeter as more troops landed. The officers of both sides gathered on solid ground, setting the stage for a massive clash while Cracker continued hiding and sending Biscuit Soldiers after Hancock.

• Hancock expanded her Heavenly Thorn Spear and tore through Cracker’s Biscuit Soldiers, but Cracker stayed hidden aboard a pirate ship and kept summoning more to exhaust her.
• Two Pluton Battleships deployed 588 Annihilationists and West Sea Ability Users, including numerous Ancient Zoan fighters, onto the island.
• The Annihilationists and Ability Users fought the Big Mom Pirates’ Homies and other enemies, helping the West Sea take control of the island’s perimeter.
• Tom, Jerry, and Spike charged into the Pirate Alliance’s ranks, using their undying Swordsman Templates to devastate the pirates.
• Robin, Moria, Kuina, Doflamingo, and the other West Sea officers landed alongside the enemy officers, while Cracker remained absent and a battle between a hundred officers loomed.

Lin Qi learned that the World Government had sent a huge force into the West Sea and sent Enel and Gion home to protect his territory. As Kaido and Big Mom attacked him, the World Government besieged Whole Cake Island, and Lin Qi charged Kaido to keep the Four Emperors focused on him.

• Lin Qi received a report that one hundred thousand World Government troops had entered the West Sea and ordered Enel and Gion to return home.
• Lin Qi told Kaido about the invasion, warning him that Wano Country and Whole Cake Island might also be targets.
• Akainu and Aokiji led one hundred thousand Marines to surround Whole Cake Island, and Katakuri stayed behind so Streusen could evacuate his younger siblings.
• Big Mom destroyed the three Annihilator Flying Cities after Enel and Gion left the battlefield.
• Lin Qi decided to hold off Kaido and Big Mom while his allies fought the other commanders, then charged Kaido with Dragon Abyss.

Lin Qi used his speed and Flying Slashes to kill several Pirate Alliance officers while fighting Kaido, then Big Mom joined Kaido against him. The battle became a two-on-one fight across the island.

• Lin Qi let Kaido's Thunder Bagua propel him toward the island, where he killed Daz Bones and Babanuki with a Flying Slash.
• Lin Qi killed Davey Jones and Brownie, then continued attacking officers while Kaido struggled to stop him.
• Lin Qi's concealed Flying Slash nearly killed Perospero, but Razer tackled him out of its path, and the two fled to safety.
• Kaido called for Big Mom's help while she tied up the ten Giant Vice Admirals, then she reluctantly joined the fight.
• Lin Qi began fighting Kaido and Big Mom together across the island, leaving him no chance to launch further sneak attacks.

Kuina and the Empress teamed up against Smoker after Cracker ran out of strength and withdrew. Smoker enlarged herself by draining her own allies, but the pair absorbed her barrage with the Heavenly Moon Shield, which neared a full moon.

• The Empress defeated the last Biscuit Soldier, and Cracker gave up after exhausting himself trying to hold her back.
• The Empress joined Kuina against Smoker, and the two coordinated their attacks to wound her despite her defenses.
• Smoker searched for help but found the other officers occupied, so she drained nearby Beasts Pirates to grow into a giant.
• Kuina and the Empress used Universal Pull to drag Smoker toward them, but she resisted and unleashed dozens of moisture-draining slashes.
• The Empress braced the Heavenly Moon Shield while Kuina activated her Fruit power, and the shield absorbed Smoker’s attacks until its moon pattern nearly became full.

The Empress released the Heavenly Moon Shield’s stored energy, but spared Smoker after she claimed to be Lin Qi’s sister-in-law and Kuina handcuffed her. Elsewhere, Loki defeated Jack, Moria confronted Queen, and Doflamingo controlled Perospero’s siblings as Mark’s attack drew out Sasaki.

• The Empress unleashed the Heavenly Moon Shield’s moonlight, which erased hundreds of Pirates and began dissolving Smoker’s clothes and skin.
• Smoker begged for her life by claiming Lin Qi was her brother-in-law, so the Empress diverted the moonlight and Kuina put Seastone handcuffs on Smoker.
• Loki crushed Jack’s blade, hurled Jack into a mountain, and knocked him unconscious after Jack repeatedly charged him.
• Moria trapped himself and Queen inside a Shadow Treasure Chest, where Queen’s gunfire and Moria’s laughter could be heard.
• Doflamingo used Shadow Rider Threads to control Perospero’s younger siblings and other Pirates, forcing Perospero to fight cautiously.
• Mark launched a barrage of wind blades at the Flying Six, and Sasaki transformed into a Triceratops to block the attack.

Kakashi, Tsunade, Robin, and Mark battled the Flying Six, using their abilities to overpower and restrain them. Tsunade knocked out Ulti and Page One, while the chapter ended with the narrator questioning why the Beasts Pirates seemed to have so few awakened Devil Fruit users.

• Kakashi summoned an Earthen Giant, but Ulti struck its hand while Black Maria's pug weapon bit Kakashi; Page One broke the giant's wrist and freed Ulti.
• Mark ensnared Ulti and Page One with invisible wind ropes, and Tsunade slammed the siblings into the ground with a powerful kick.
• Robin fought Black Maria with her awakened Fruit powers, while Mark intercepted Jizer and trapped him in a tornado.
• Kakashi restrained the two remaining Flying Six, and Tsunade knocked Ulti and Page One unconscious without killing them.
• The narrator compared awakened Zoan users Lucci and Kaku with the Beasts Pirates and wondered why so few of them seemed to have awakened Fruits.

Lin Qi considered the difficulty and consequences of Devil Fruit awakenings, concluding that Luffy’s awakening was tied to destiny and Joy Boy. The chapter ended with Mark defeating Jizer and restraining him with Seastone handcuffs.

• Lin Qi used the Prisoner Beasts’ recovery abilities to argue that no Zoan users among the Beasts Pirates had awakened.
• Lin Qi compared the known awakened Paramecia, Zoan, and Mythical Zoan users, and reflected on how Luffy’s awakening let him overcome Kaido.
• Lin Qi recalled Kizaru warning that Logia awakening was too dangerous and could make a user lose himself.
• Lin Qi concluded that Luffy was chosen by Joy Boy and destined to awaken, which made Luffy’s earlier struggles feel predetermined to him.
• Mark struck Jizer with his second-form Whirlwind Infinite Wind God Dance, then shackled the badly injured Jizer with Seastone handcuffs.

The West Sea forces crushed the Pirate Alliance’s officers, while Enel and Gion faced the World Government Army at the West Sea border. As the broadcast audience marveled at the battle, Lin Qi remained locked in combat with Kaido and Big Mom, and the World Government began reassessing his strength.

• Robin defeated Black Maria, and Moria captured Queen as the Flying Six fell.
• Doflamingo defeated Perospero, while Gild Tesoro’s Golden Inferno killed over a thousand pirates and helped break the Pirate Alliance.
• Big Mom lost fifteen children in the battle, while the Beasts Pirates proved difficult to kill because of their Zoan users’ toughness.
• Enel and Gion confronted the World Government Army at the West Sea border, where an Army Admiral absorbed Enel’s Thunder Bird and returned it unharmed, and Gion’s slash failed to harm him.
• Sabaody Archipelago residents watched the broadcast, praised the West Sea’s technology and Lin Qi’s power, and debated the battle’s outcome as Lin Qi fought Kaido and Big Mom.

Marines across the world shut down broadcasts of the West Sea battlefield, but Morgans ordered his staff to keep reporting. On the battlefield, Lin Qi fought Kaido and Big Mom in Beast Form, and their combined attacks gradually forced him back.

• Marines in Sabaody destroyed the broadcast screen and seized the Projection Den Den Mushi, while Rayleigh wondered why the World Government was suppressing the broadcast.
• Morgans ordered Shanjī to continue broadcasting wherever anyone could still watch.
• Lin Qi blocked Kaido and Big Mom's attacks and teased them by offering to reveal his secret to strength in exchange for their daughters.
• Kaido refused to trade Yamato and struck Lin Qi, while Big Mom also abandoned the idea of bargaining with him.
• Kaido attacked with Thunder Bagua as Big Mom pressed Lin Qi with Blade Mother's Flame, and their combined strength forced him to step backward.

Lin Qi fought Kaido and Big Mom at once, unleashing his cursed swords’ flames against their combined firepower. After Kaido and Big Mom struck him with a devastating combined attack, he lay bloodied and cracked on the ground, but stirred as the two argued over his fate.

• Lin Qi knocked aside Kaido and Big Mom’s weapons and attacked with Two Sword Style: Heavenly Domain God, revealing the living power of his cursed sword to Big Mom.
• Kaido used Flame Bagua while Big Mom sent Prometheus into her Emperor Sword and unleashed Heavenly Fire, and their attacks collided with Lin Qi’s in a massive explosion.
• The flames engulfed the battlefield, melting the island’s surrounding ice and boiling the nearby sea; Kaido emerged wounded, Big Mom appeared unhurt, and Lin Qi spat blood from internal injuries.
• Big Mom and Kaido joined forces to unleash a combined shockwave at close range, leaving Lin Qi covered in cracks and blood.
• Kaido grew anxious that Lin Qi might be dead and blamed Big Mom for using their combined attack, but Lin Qi stirred on the ground.

Lin Qi used his blood’s healing power to keep Big Mom and Kaido occupied while his allies defeated their officers. The Big Mom Pirates’ headquarters fell, Katakuri was captured, and Whitebeard finally arrived on the West Sea battlefield.

• Lin Qi healed himself by drinking his blood and forced Big Mom to stay and fight while Kaido confronted him.
• Big Mom’s headquarters on Whole Cake Island was destroyed, and Aokiji and Akainu defeated and captured the gravely injured Katakuri.
• The Empress and the other fighters defeated the Beasts Pirates’ and Big Mom Pirates’ officers, then rushed to help Lin Qi.
• Whitebeard appeared in the sky and crashed onto a small island near the gathered fighters.

Whitebeard arrived on the island with five World Government pursuers, forcing Kaido, Big Mom, and Lin Qi to stop fighting and confront a greater threat. Kaido and Big Mom withdrew with some surviving officers, leaving Lin Qi to face the World Government’s five fighters alongside the other forces already present.

• Whitebeard landed on the island and warned Mark that five pursuers, including Saint Saturn and Kizaru, had followed him.
• Mark and Kuina identified several of the arrivals, and the gathered forces prepared for battle as Kaido, Big Mom, and Lin Qi stopped fighting.
• Kaido and Big Mom agreed to leave rather than let the World Government take advantage of their weakened crews, and carried surviving officers away from the island.
• The World Government left Kaido and Big Mom unchallenged because its target was Lin Qi, whom it intended to kill.
• Lin Qi stepped forward to face the five arrivals and remarked that Saint Saturn had recovered from the injuries Lin Qi inflicted on him at Whole Cake Island.

Lin Qi and his allies fought the Five Elders and their forces, while Saint Nashuro revealed himself as a powerful swordsman wielding First Generation Kitetsu. The battle continued as Nashuro attacked Doflamingo, who escaped the beheading by revealing that his body was made of threads.

• Saint Saturn confronted Lin Qi, and Saori Palace urged Saint Nashuro to avenge her by killing him.
• Saint Nashuro clashed swords with Lin Qi, while Whitebeard attacked the Five Elders with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Lin Qi sent Dragon Abyss after Saori Palace, but Saint Nashuro deflected the blade and its venomous attack.
• Whitebeard engaged Saint Nashuro, Kizaru attacked Whitebeard, and Moria trapped Saint Boler with Loki inside his Shadow Treasure Chest.
• Saint Nashuro rushed Doflamingo and cut off his head, but Doflamingo reappeared nearby, revealing that the severed body was made of threads.

Doflamingo, Tesoro, and Kuina fought Saint Nashuro, while the Empress and Tom confronted Saint Saturn. Tom’s potions briefly weakened Saturn, but Saturn transformed into his Ox-Demon Form and faced Tom, Jerry, and Spike.

• Doflamingo evaded Saint Nashuro with a clone, and Tesoro’s Golden Giant joined the fight with Kuina and Doflamingo aboard.
• Saint Nashuro cut apart the Golden Giant, forcing Tesoro, Doflamingo, and Kuina to fight him on the ground.
• Tom persuaded the Empress to take him, Jerry, and Spike to confront Saint Saturn, who blocked her kick and struck Tom in half.
• Tom repaired himself, clung to Saturn’s face, and poured assorted potions into his nostrils before shoving a broom inside.
• Saint Saturn was weakened and disoriented by the potions, but transformed into Ox-Demon Form to neutralize them.
• Tom, Jerry, and Spike lined up to face the transformed Saturn and declared their challenges.

Lin Qi fought Saori Palace while Saint Nashuro battled Gild Tesoro, overpowering the Nine-Tails Zoan despite her efforts to hold him back. The chapter left Lin Qi pinning Saori Palace to the ground and preparing to knock her out so he could help the others.

• Saint Nashuro told Saori Palace to hold Lin Qi back while he dealt with Gild Tesoro.
• Lin Qi targeted Saori Palace’s gourd, and she injured her fox claw protecting it before transforming into her nine-tailed Beast Form.
• Lin Qi struck Saori Palace with Roaring Thunder and Thunder Fist, sending her flying and breaking through her defenses.
• Lin Qi pursued Saori Palace through the air, grabbed her ankle, and slammed her into the ground.
• Lin Qi pinned Saori Palace down and told her to let him knock her out so he could help the others.

Lin Qi subdued Saori Palace by repeatedly beating her, then captured her in fox form as a hostage to drive away the World Government Admirals. Inside the Shadow Treasure Chest, Loki and Moria pressured Saint Boler, who realized he could not escape Loki while Moria blocked his path.

• Lin Qi beat Saori Palace until she transformed into a giant nine-tailed fox, but he stayed on her back and stabbed her as she tried to throw him off.
• Lin Qi decided Saori Palace could serve as a hostage and restrained her while she charged through the forest.
• Moria attacked Saint Boler with shadow bats as Loki slammed him into the ground inside the Shadow Treasure Chest.
• Saint Boler’s sword became trapped in Loki’s muscles, and Loki punched him hard enough to cave in his cheek.
• Saint Boler tried to flee and use ranged attacks, but Moria blocked his path and Loki struck him again, leaving him unable to escape.

Loki and Saint Boler ended their battle in a devastating explosion that left both men blackened but alive. Saint Saturn then faced Tom, Jerry, and Spike, mistook Tom’s weakened appearance for a chance at revenge, and crushed all three with his cane.

• Saint Boler used Flame Dragon Slash, and Loki grabbed the fire dragon before tearing it in half.
• Saint Boler detonated the dragon’s two halves, forcing Moria to escape the Shadow Treasure Chest with Shadow Warrior.
• The Shadow Treasure Chest collapsed, and Moria found Loki and Saint Boler blackened but still breathing.
• Saint Saturn dismissed Tom, Jerry, and Spike’s Flying Slashes and concluded that Tom’s strength had fallen to a low point.
• Tom mocked Saint Saturn, who charged in and smashed Tom, Jerry, and Spike into meat paste with his cane.