Chapter Summaries

Lin Qi defeated the Blackbeard Pirates and forced Blackbeard to extract Butterfly Beauty’s Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit, but Blackbeard killed her and discovered his fruit supply had been destroyed. Blackbeard explained how Devil Fruits transfer after their users die.

• Lin Qi unleashed a massive lightning attack that appeared to wipe out the Blackbeard Pirates, but Blackbeard survived and used Dark Water to suppress Lin Qi’s Devil Fruit.
• Lin Qi overpowered Blackbeard physically, spared him, and ordered him to extract Butterfly Beauty’s Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit.
• Blackbeard drained Butterfly Beauty’s strength and tore out her heart, but she bit off his ear before he killed her.
• Blackbeard found that his apples had been burned to ash, so Lin Qi gave him another apple.
• Blackbeard explained that a Devil Fruit leaves its dead host within fifteen minutes and randomly attaches itself to a piece of fruit.

Lin Qi took the Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit and the Blackbeard Pirates' Devil Fruits as payment, then left Impel Down as the World Government learned of the devastation. On the day of Ace's execution, the global broadcast revealed an immense Marine force assembled at Marineford.

• Blackbeard used the Dark-Dark Fruit to transfer Butterfly Beauty's Nine-Tailed Fox ability into an apple and handed the fruit to Lin Qi.
• Lin Qi took the Devil Fruits from Burgess as ransom and let Blackbeard and his crew leave Impel Down alive.
• Lin Qi learned Rayleigh had already escaped, then departed Impel Down with Gion and Ilulu; the surviving troops reported the devastation to the Five Elders.
• Lin Qi received his mission reward, the Supreme Grade Sword Yan Mo, and discovered that he had 800,000 system Points.
• On June 3, 1520, people around the world gathered to watch Ace's execution broadcast, including Dadan and Nojiko.
• The broadcast showed Marineford defended by over a hundred thousand elite Marines, fifty Warships, three Marine Admirals, and four Giant Tribe Vice Admirals.

At Ace’s execution, Sengoku revealed that Ace was the son of Gol D. Roger, while Ace insisted Whitebeard was his only father. The Whitebeard Pirates and their allied crews arrived at Marineford, with the Moby Dick surfacing inside the Marines’ defenses as the battle began.

• Sengoku announced that Ace’s mother, Portgas D. Rouge, had carried him for twenty months and declared that Gol D. Roger was his father.
• Ace rejected Roger as his father and shouted that Whitebeard was the only father he had, while Sengoku justified the execution as necessary to prevent Ace from becoming the next Pirate King.
• Marines reported that the Gate of Justice had opened and spotted forty-three pirate crews allied with the Whitebeard Pirates approaching through the fog.
• Whitebeard’s Moby Dick and two other main ships surfaced inside Marineford’s perimeter, bypassing the Marines’ first line of defense.
• The Marines identified Whitebeard commanders Marco, Jozu, Vista, Brahmank, and Lacroix among the pirates aboard the ships.

Whitebeard and Golden Lion led the rescue of Ace at Marine Headquarters, where the Whitebeard Pirates clashed with the Marines. As the battle reached a stalemate, Lin Qi appeared through a portal on the Moby Dick with Tom Cat on his shoulder.

• Whitebeard and Golden Lion arrived with the Whitebeard Pirates, and Golden Lion suspended more than twenty islands above Marine Headquarters.
• Whitebeard unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to raise massive tsunamis, and Aokiji froze them before Golden Lion knocked him into the sea.
• Ace blamed himself for the danger to his family, but Whitebeard and Marco reassured him and led the pirates onto the ice.
• The Whitebeard Pirates charged the Marines, but dozens of Vice Admirals joined the fighting and halted their advance.
• A portal appeared beside Whitebeard on the Moby Dick, and Lin Qi stepped out with Tom Cat on his shoulder.

Lin Qi arrived at the Summit War with Ain and used her Rewind-Rewind Fruit to restore Whitebeard to his physical prime. As Lin Qi left, Hawk Eyes challenged Whitebeard, and Jozu stepped in to block his Flying Slash.

• Lin Qi assured Sengoku he had come only to handle one matter and teased Akainu before bringing Ain through a portal.
• Lin Qi introduced Ain and had her touch Whitebeard, rewinding his body until the seventy-two-year-old was physically thirty-six and free of his recent injuries and illnesses.
• Whitebeard thanked Ain, while Golden Lion asked Lin Qi to let her rewind him too.
• Lin Qi took Ain and left, and Sengoku worried about the threat posed by Whitebeard's restored strength.
• Hawk Eyes entered the battlefield and launched a massive Flying Slash at Whitebeard, but Jozu transformed part of his body into diamond and blocked it.

The Marines and Whitebeard’s forces began the Summit War as Kizaru and Akainu attacked the pirates. Weevil stopped Akainu’s strike to protect Whitebeard, revealing how much he had changed since joining the Whitebeard Pirates.

• Whitebeard deflected Hawk Eyes’ slash to save Jozu, and Hawk Eyes withdrew from the battle.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to bombard the Pirate Alliance’s ships as the battle began.
• Kizaru attacked Whitebeard, but Marco intercepted his light barrage and kicked Kizaru into a wall.
• Jozu hurled a massive block of ice at the Marines, and Akainu shattered it with a magma fist that devastated the pirates and damaged one of Whitebeard’s ships.
• Weevil appeared before Whitebeard and split Akainu’s attack apart with a single slash.

Whitebeard's Pirates fought through Marine defenses as Little Oars broke open the second line and charged toward Ace's execution platform. Whitebeard ordered the other divisions to protect Oars, while Koby froze in fear on the battlefield and was photographed by a reporter.

• Weevil fought as Whitebeard's strongest subordinate after Whitebeard, while Smoker and Jozu, Onigumo and Vista, and other combatants clashed across the battlefield.
• Little Oars charged into the bay, threw a Marine warship through the second line of defense, and opened a path toward Ace's execution platform.
• Koby collapsed from fear, but a Marine Captain rescued him from a pirate's ambush and forced him back into the fight; Shanjī photographed the incident.
• Whitebeard held back from intervening as Akainu and Kizaru moved to stop Oars, then ordered the other divisions to protect him and help him reach Ace.

Little Oars died after breaking through the Navy’s defenses, while Garp wept beside Ace on the execution platform. As Marines and Pirates looked up at a ship falling from the sky, Ace recognized Luffy aboard it.

• Kuma struck Little Oars with Bear’s Impact, but Oars rose and kept advancing before the Navy’s concentrated fire killed him.
• Whitebeard killed a Giant Tribe Vice Admiral who attacked him, while Lin Qi angrily ordered Robin to record Koby as a deserter after Koby fled with Helmeppo.
• Koby and Helmeppo hid from Akainu after he executed another Marine deserter, while Whitebeard’s allied crews broke through the Navy’s first and second defensive lines.
• Sengoku told Tsuru to proceed with the plan, and Garp sat beside Ace on the execution platform, crying as he recalled Ace’s childhood.
• A ship fell from the sky, and Ace recognized Luffy aboard it.

Rayleigh and the Roger Pirates arrived at Marineford after Sengoku moved up Ace's execution, joining Whitebeard's forces to rescue him. As Ace called out to Luffy, Garp broke down at seeing both grandsons in danger, while Luffy impatiently demanded to save Ace himself.

• Tsuru's warning revealed that Sengoku had ordered Ace's execution to begin early, so Rayleigh urged the others to hurry.
• Rayleigh's stolen Warship plunged from the sky and crashed onto the ice, bringing Luffy, Jinbe, Buggy, and the Roger Pirates to Marineford.
• Rayleigh and Gaban led the Roger Pirates into view, shocking Sengoku, the Marines, and the watching public.
• Ace recognized Luffy beside Rayleigh and cried out to him, while Garp despaired at seeing another grandson arrive in danger.
• Rayleigh thanked Whitebeard for caring for Roger's son, but Whitebeard insisted Ace was his own son too.
• Luffy interrupted Rayleigh and Whitebeard, declaring that he would save Ace himself.

Luffy charged through the Marine forces toward Ace, escorted by Gaban and the aging remnants of the Roger Pirates, who suffered heavy casualties protecting him. Rayleigh prepared to intervene after seeing his former crewmates fall, but Fleet Admiral Steel Bone Kong arrived and declared that no pirates would leave Marine Headquarters alive.

• Marco warned Whitebeard that the Marines planned to execute Ace early, but Whitebeard suspected the information was a trap.
• Rayleigh sent Gaban and the Roger Pirates to escort Luffy and draw out Sengoku’s hidden trump card.
• Gaban and other Roger Pirates held off Vice Admirals so Luffy could keep advancing toward Ace.
• Langram and Dollinger died while protecting Luffy, and Rayleigh nearly entered the fight in response.
• Steel Bone Kong appeared at Marine Headquarters, bolstered the Marines’ morale, and vowed to kill every pirate present.

Luffy fought his way toward Ace while Kizaru, Ivankov, and the Marines intervened, and Sengoku revealed that Luffy was Dragon’s son and Garp’s grandson. As Marines hesitated to attack Garp’s grandson, Luffy continued advancing toward the execution platform.

• A Dog Head Vice Admiral struck Luffy, but Luffy survived and continued toward Ace with the Roger Pirates shielding him.
• Kizaru attacked Luffy, but Ivankov’s Death Wink helped him evade the Flash Kick, and Ivankov then faced the modified Bartholomew Kuma.
• In West Sea, Bonney cheered at seeing Kuma in the broadcast, while Lin Qi worried that Kaido and Big Mom had not arrived and considered acting himself.
• Luffy told Ace that he was his little brother, prompting Ace to remember their childhood with Sabo and their shared brotherhood sake.
• Sengoku announced that Luffy was Dragon’s son, leading Marines to realize he was Garp’s grandson and many officers to stop targeting him.

Luffy and the prisoners advanced toward Ace as the Marines and Whitebeard’s allies fought at Marineford. Buggy was forced into battle and, after Hawk Eyes cut him in half, he survived and confronted the swordsman.

• Luffy knocked Rakurova and the Dog Head Vice Admiral aside, while the Marines secretly let him pass and the Pirates began losing ground.
• Ace regained his will to live and told Garp he would accept the future and grasp the hand reaching out to him.
• Rayleigh and Whitebeard pressured Buggy into joining the fight, and Whitebeard’s praise made the prisoners regard him as a great leader.
• Whitebeard told his forces to spread out, allowing Luffy, the Roger Pirates remnants, and Buggy’s prisoners to reach the execution platform.
• Hawk Eyes wounded Luffy and moved to finish him, so Gaban hurled Buggy into the swordsman’s path.
• Hawk Eyes cut Buggy in half, but Buggy survived and berated him, impressing the prisoners.

The Pacifistas devastated the Pirate Alliance as Sengoku cut the live broadcast to conceal his next moves. Buggy restarted the broadcast, and Rayleigh made him point it at the battlefield, where corpses covered the ground.

• Hawk Eyes sliced Buggy into pieces, letting Luffy escape, while Sentomaru sent the Pacifistas into battle and they slaughtered Pirates and harmed Marines with their lasers.
• Whitebeard urged his men toward the plaza, while Sengoku ordered the Marines off the ice and marveled at the Pacifistas’ power.
• Sengoku cut the broadcast signal, but Buggy found a Den Den Mushi and began broadcasting himself instead of the battle.
• Rayleigh asked Buggy to show the battlefield properly, and Buggy complied, revealing the corpses of Marines and Pirates scattered across the ground.

Squard attacked Whitebeard after Akainu deceived him into believing the Marines had arranged a betrayal, but Weevil cut Squard down before he could kill Whitebeard. As Squard died, he exposed Akainu’s scheme, while Whitebeard reaffirmed that he considered all the pirates his sons.

• Squard told Whitebeard that the allied pirates had suffered heavy casualties and urged him to leave, then stabbed at him.
• Weevil slashed Squard in two to protect Whitebeard, and Whitebeard caught the dying pirate in his arms.
• Squard accused Whitebeard of trading the allied captains’ lives for Ace’s, shaking the pirates’ trust and weakening their morale.
• Whitebeard admitted Ace was Roger’s son but denied betraying the pirates, while Sengoku ordered Aokiji to stop the broadcast and activate the encircling walls.
• Rayleigh shattered Aokiji’s ice spears aimed at Buggy, allowing the broadcast to continue.
• Squard realized Akainu had deceived him and died after naming him, while Whitebeard declared that all the pirates were his sons.

Whitebeard renewed the attack after Akainu’s scheme weakened the Pirate Alliance, unleashing the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and devastating Marine Headquarters. The Navy’s encirclement wall rose between the Pirates and Ace, but Little Oars’s corpse jammed one section.

• Whitebeard laid Squard’s body down, denounced the Navy’s justice, and shattered Aokiji’s ice walls, rallying Pirates to follow him.
• Whitebeard killed a Giant Vice Admiral and split the surrounding sea, sinking more than thirty Marine Warships and destroying much of Marine Headquarters.
• Whitebeard attacked Sengoku, but the three Admirals blocked the blow and protected the execution platform.
• Luffy reached the execution platform as the Navy’s encirclement wall rose, cutting the Pirates off from Ace.
• The Pirates found the wall nearly indestructible, but Little Oars’s corpse had jammed one section and left an opening.

Akainu’s magma assault melted the ice and killed hundreds of pirates until Whitebeard and Golden Lion counterattacked, breaking open the Encircling Wall. Whitebeard then led the surviving pirates behind Luffy toward the execution platform to rescue Ace.

• Akainu used Meteor Volcano to melt the ice, killing more than six hundred pirates as cannons and Pacifistas attacked those in the water.
• Whitebeard shattered an incoming magma fist and punched through the Encircling Wall, crushing the Marines operating its cannons.
• Golden Lion stopped the falling magma fists with his Float-Float Fruit and hurled them back at the Marines, while Aokiji froze the remaining projectiles.
• Whitebeard ordered his men to follow Luffy through the breach, believing Luffy gave them their best chance to reach Ace.
• A cannonball knocked Luffy into the sea, but Jinbe rescued him as Ace watched his companions die for his sake.

Luffy charged the three Admirals, but Aokiji wounded him while holding back, and Whitebeard and Golden Lion broke through the Marines’ second line of defense. At the execution platform, the Five Elders and other World Government figures revealed their trap, leaving Whitebeard and his allies surrounded as Rayleigh resolved to find a way to save Ace.

• Jinbe hurled Luffy out of the water, and Luffy attacked the three Admirals to demand Ace’s return.
• Aokiji pierced Luffy’s arm with an ice spike, and Marco rushed to rescue him as Garp silently thanked Aokiji.
• Whitebeard and Golden Lion emerged from the hidden ship and smashed through the Marines and Pacifistas toward the execution platform.
• Saint Saturn, Saori Palace, Saint Pete, Saint Eugene, Saint Gorosei, and other figures appeared on the platform and revealed the World Government’s trap.
• Saori Palace’s charm enthralled many people, so Marco shielded the Whitebeard Pirates with his flames while Whitebeard prepared to fight for his sons’ escape.
• Rayleigh stayed outside the encirclement, kicked the terrified Buggy into continuing the broadcast, and resolved to help save Ace.

Lin Qi arrived at the Summit War with a powerful group from West Sea, giving Whitebeard and his allies hope as the Marines, Five Elders, and Knights of God prepared to attack. The chapter ended with both sides facing off after Lin Qi’s arrival.

• Viewers recognized Saint Saturn from his previous attack on West Sea and worried that Whitebeard and his allies were outmatched.
• Lin Qi decided to intervene in the Summit War because Kaido and Big Mom had not arrived and Whitebeard’s forces were in danger.
• Whitebeard prepared to fight and apologized to Golden Lion for dragging him into the battle, but Golden Lion chose to stand beside him.
• A portal opened above Little Oars, and Lin Qi stepped through with Cat and a force of powerful allies, including Gion, Enel, Robin, and Doflamingo.
• Rayleigh, Gaban, Jinbe, and Whitebeard’s crew greeted Lin Qi with respect, while Luffy realized he had underestimated the King of West Blue.

Lin Qi joined Whitebeard and Golden Lion against the Navy, prompting the Admirals and the hidden rulers to prepare for battle. As the fighting began, Aokiji badly injured Jozu, while Zhishagong provoked Lin Qi and made the Empress jealous.

• Lin Qi arrived to support Whitebeard and Golden Lion, and Whitebeard knocked down Weevil before telling him to call Lin Qi Uncle.
• Saint Saturn warned Lin Qi to leave, but Lin Qi said he understood the danger of letting the Navy defeat its opponents and becoming the next target.
• Aokiji launched Ice Age, but Whitebeard shattered the ice and attacked him; Aokiji partially transformed into ice and froze Jozu's arm.
• Jozu tore off his frozen arm so he could keep fighting to save Ace, and Whitebeard agreed to find a way to save it.
• Golden Lion attacked the execution platform with lion-shaped masses of earth, but Saint Eugene and Zhishagong stopped the assault.
• Zhishagong flirted with Lin Qi and plotted to humiliate him, making the Empress jealous.

Lin Qi’s Conqueror’s Haki clashed with the Haki of Saint Saturn, Aokiji, and Sengoku, and the collision devastated Marine Headquarters. After the execution platform collapsed, Sengoku secured Ace to its remains while Garp stayed beside him.

• Lin Qi unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out Marines and cracking the execution platform as Saint Saturn opposed him.
• Aokiji and then Sengoku added their Conqueror’s Haki, creating a four-way struggle that ended in a massive explosion.
• The blast sent Whitebeard and the battlefield’s fighters tumbling back and destroyed the execution platform, leaving Marine Headquarters in ruins.
• Sengoku fastened Ace’s shackled arm to the collapsed platform, and Garp sat silently beside him.
• People watching the worldwide livestream reacted in shock to the destruction and questioned the power of Lin Qi’s Conqueror’s Haki.