Chapter Summaries

Red Count, Zoro, Sanji, and Nami fought their way through Qiuyue Gong’s maze inside Drawing World, with Red Count’s strength letting them destroy it far faster than she expected. Qiuyue Gong admitted she could only keep them trapped for three more hours, and Saint Gorosei angrily demanded to know why she had pulled him in.

• Red Count, Zoro, Sanji, and Nami found themselves in Qiuyue Gong’s enormous maze and read a sign warning them not to break its rules.
• Red Count ignored the warning and cut through the walls, triggering traps and drawing a horde of monsters toward the group.
• Red Count, Zoro, Sanji, and Nami fought the monsters, with Red Count killing them faster than the other three combined.
• The group carved a path through the maze, accidentally using the right method to escape Drawing World by destroying enough of it.
• Qiuyue Gong watched Red Count’s progress and admitted she could keep the group trapped for no more than three hours.
• Saint Gorosei yelled at Qiuyue Gong for bringing him into the maze when she was so frightened.

Red Count protected Nami, Sanji, and Zoro from Qiuyue Gong’s maze and confronted Saint Gorosei after he recognized Red Count and tried to turn him against Lin Qi. The chapter ended with Red Count charging at Saint Gorosei, who threatened to imprison him again.

• Sanji and Zoro cleared a seemingly endless maze with Red Count while Nami worried about the others outside.
• Nami sensed danger as the floor split and chains erupted from the walls, separating the group.
• Red Count shattered the chains threatening Nami and Sanji, then carried them and Zoro to safety.
• Saint Gorosei crashed into the cleared space and recognized Red Count, then tried to persuade him to abandon Lin Qi.
• Red Count refused to betray his agreement, charged at Saint Gorosei, and reminded the others not to doubt his sense of contract.
• Saint Gorosei grew furious and threatened to imprison Red Count for decades again.

Red Count fought Saint Gorosei in the Drawing World, where the Elder’s formidable defense withstood his attacks. As Nami led Zoro and Sanji away from the duel, Qiuyue Gong summoned two Fudo Myo-o to attack them, and the Straw Hats’ fighters engaged the statues.

• Saint Gorosei transformed into his Fengxi beast form and caught Red Count’s sword with his hardened palm.
• Red Count split into blood clones and attacked, but Saint Gorosei’s body shattered the clones and resisted his strikes.
• Red Count dodged Saint Gorosei’s counterattacks and continued searching for weaknesses while Nami urged Zoro and Sanji to retreat.
• Qiuyue Gong summoned two Fudo Myo-o from the walls, and Sanji shoved Nami clear of their attack.
• Sanji and Zoro fought the two Fudo Myo-o, while Qiuyue Gong regained confidence and vowed to avenge her grievances against Lin Qi and Red Count.

Spike arrived in the Drawing World and rescued Nami, Zoro, and Sanji from Qiuyue Gong’s puppets while showing off for Tyke. Meanwhile, the Red Count pierced Saint Gorosei’s eardrum and destroyed his brain, but learned that his blood was poisonous as Saint Gorosei began to revive.

• Nami, Zoro, and Sanji faced five Fudo Myo-os and a barrage of chains, and Zoro and Sanji prepared to hold them off while Nami escaped.
• Spike entered the Drawing World with Tyke and Husky 66, then transformed and pulled Nami, Zoro, and Sanji out of the Fudo Myo-os’ crushing attack.
• Qiuyue Gong sent her puppets after the group, but Husky 66 evaded capture by teleporting while Spike confronted the enemies in Nine-Tails form.
• The Red Count used a Blood Sword to pierce Saint Gorosei’s eardrum and destroy his brain.
• Nami warned that the Five Elders could revive, and the Red Count bit Saint Gorosei before discovering that his blood was poisonous.

Kuina and Kuma rescued Bonney, while Tom and Lin Qi defeated their opponents in separate battles. Lin Qi killed the scythe-wielding Knight of God for good, and Saori Palace fled as the remaining fights continued.

• Red Count vomited Saint Gorosei's poisonous blood, and Saint Gorosei joined Qiuyue Gong in attacking him.
• Bonney lost Nika Form, but Kuina and Kuma arrived and drove Aina Palace into the sea to protect her.
• Tom assembled a bomb, then drew Black Blade Night and overwhelmed Saint Saturn, repeatedly cutting him down as he regenerated.
• Lin Qi tore apart the scythe-wielding Knight of God, defeated his two increasingly dangerous soul forms with Haki, and killed him permanently.
• Saori Palace fled after her companion died, while Lin Qi drank healing and calming potions and sensed his soul recovering.

Lin Qi defeated the World Government’s forces on Bullet Island and captured Saori Palace after Saint Eugene helped her escape his fiery whip. He left the defeated army alive, then paralyzed Saori Palace, who lost consciousness in his grasp.

• Lin Qi dragged Saori Palace back with a fiery whip, but Saint Eugene severed it with a shot and escaped by ship.
• Five hundred Mystic Armor Guards and fifty third-generation Pacifistas routed the allied army, killing fifty thousand soldiers and forcing the survivors to retreat.
• Lin Qi halted his forces, sparing the retreating Marines and the rest of the allied army.
• Saori Palace tried to flee by flying and hurling two mountains at Lin Qi, but he caught her by the throat.
• Lin Qi crushed Saori Palace’s spine and compressed the arteries in her neck, leaving her temporarily paralyzed and unconscious.

Lin Qi’s allies fought the Seraphim while the Empress rescued Vivi’s group from S-Hawk. Vivi followed a strange feeling toward Bullet and awakened Pluton’s power.

• Lin Qi carried the unconscious Saori Palace after covering her exposed waist with a strip of clothing.
• Moria defeated S-Shadow, Crocodile battled S-Crocodile to a stalemate, and Loki rescued Jinbe before taking on S-Shark.
• Doflamingo and S-Flamingo fought in the air, matching each other’s awakened thread techniques.
• S-Snake broke free of her control chip and joined the Empress in admiring Lin Qi.
• The Empress intercepted S-Hawk to protect Brook, Franky, Lilith, Chopper, and Vivi, and Franky pulled Vivi toward safety.
• Vivi followed a strange feeling toward Bullet, released purple lightning, and awakened Pluton’s power.

Princess Vivi instinctively used Pluton’s power to reshape and control Bullet’s alloy body, then powered him up enough to defeat Saint Pete. The chapter left Bullet eager to keep fighting with Vivi supplying his energy, while Vegapunk became fascinated by the technology and power behind the transformation.

• Vivi was carried by Pluton’s power into the cockpit that formed inside Bullet’s alloy body, where she learned how to control it.
• Vivi returned control of the body to Bullet and agreed to stay in the cockpit and supply Pluton’s power.
• Bullet used Vivi’s energy to fire a purple laser that vaporized the Sand Worm’s head, then smashed Saint Pete through the steel arena into the sea.
• Lin Qi recognized Vivi’s ability to restructure and strengthen inorganic matter as a powerful new combination technique.
• Vegapunk watched Bullet’s modified body and became eager to study its technology and mysterious purple energy.

Joy Boy, Luffy, Dragon, and their allies fought the Five Elders on Bullet Island until Emitt released the Haki Joy Boy had sealed inside it centuries earlier, forcing the Elders to retreat. The surviving enemies fled, and Lin Qi’s group regrouped on the island.

• Joy Boy and Luffy battered Saint Maz, and Dragon pierced his head before Saint Nashuro transferred him away and prepared an attack on Joy Boy and Dragon.
• Emitt arrived on Bullet Island, apologized to Joy Boy, and released the Haki Joy Boy had sealed inside it eight hundred years earlier.
• Emitt’s Haki knocked Saint Saturn, Saint Maz, and Saint Nashuro out of their Zoan forms and severed Saint Saturn’s connection to the other Five Elders, sending four Elders away.
• Kizaru and Aina Palace forced Hawk Eyes Tom back and fled Bullet Island with the remaining enemy forces, while Lin Qi stopped his allies from pursuing them.
• Dragon had his people capture the Seraphim with Seastone handcuffs, and Qiuyue Gong dismissed the Drawing World after Saint Gorosei disappeared.
• Nami and the others fell out of the Drawing World, and Lin Qi praised Spike for protecting Nami before Spike bit Sanji.

After the World Government retreated from Bullet Island, Lin Qi helped restore Kuma’s humanity and reunited him with Bonney. Kuma planned to settle in the West Blue after seeing Dragon, while Lin Qi turned his attention to Vegapunk and prepared to leave.

• Saint Saturn and Saint Eugene argued aboard the retreating Warship, while Saint Nashuro decided to report the Ancient Robot and Nika’s transformation to Im-sama.
• Bullet and Princess Vivi returned safely, and Vivi reunited with Nami.
• Lin Qi arranged for the captured Seraphim to be taken to the West Sea and let S-Snake stay with him; she fainted after he patted her head.
• Lin Qi asked Vegapunk to restore Kuma, and Bonney emerged from the laboratory embracing her humanity-restored father.
• Kuma agreed to settle in the West Sea after seeing Dragon, and Lin Qi confronted Vegapunk about leaving before Stussy attacked him.

Vegapunk chose to leave for the West Sea under Lin Qi’s protection and broadcast a warning that the world would soon be swallowed by the sea. His message spread worldwide, triggering panic and persuading people to flee toward the Red Line and the West Sea.

• Lin Qi restrained Stussy, but Vegapunk stopped her and Lilith, saying he would willingly return to the West Sea with him.
• Vegapunk decided the West Sea was the only suitable force to protect him and support his research, and Lin Qi agreed to move his super brain.
• Vegapunk hacked the World Government’s broadcast channel and warned the world that the seas would rise catastrophically, urging people to seek safety at the Red Line or in the West Sea.
• People across the world panicked and began believing the warning, while residents in the North Blue who had resisted Fujitora’s evacuation came forward to join him.

Lin Qi learned from Zephyr that Fas Island’s destruction might be tied to the EOD POINT, whose destruction could trigger catastrophic volcanic eruptions. Suspecting Dragon was behind it, Lin Qi agreed to meet Zephyr at the final EOD POINT and find out what Dragon intended.

• Lin Qi helped Vegapunk and the Seraphim settle in the West Sea, while he kept Saori Palace imprisoned.
• Zephyr told Lin Qi that Fas Island had been destroyed and explained that destroying the three EOD POINT could set off a chain reaction that would burn the seas.
• Lin Qi suspected Dragon, who had recently taken powerful explosives from Vegapunk, might be responsible for the attack.
• Lin Qi proposed waiting for Dragon at the last EOD POINT to determine whether he intended to destroy it, and Zephyr agreed to meet him in the New World.

Lin Qi joined Zephyr at the last island of EOD POINT, where they waited to stop Dragon from detonating it, while Shanks brought the Straw Hat Pirates toward the island. Luffy told Shanks he had chosen to be an adventurer instead of a pirate, and the chapter ended as Garp arrived with a large Marine force.

• Lin Qi met Zephyr, Binz, and Ain at the last island and reassured Zephyr that he would handle Dragon if necessary.
• Zephyr told Lin Qi that he had contacted Garp and hoped the father and son could settle the matter themselves.
• Shanks revealed that he had brought the Straw Hat Pirates toward EOD POINT, and Luffy agreed they could not let the New World be destroyed.
• Luffy told Shanks he was no longer a pirate, returned the Straw Hat, and received Shanks's support to keep following his chosen path.
• Garp arrived at EOD POINT with dozens of officers and more than a thousand Marine Headquarters soldiers.

Lin Qi, Zephyr, and Garp discovered Dragon’s plan to destroy the final EOD POINT by tunneling beneath the island. They confronted the Revolutionary Army underground, where Dragon’s officers prepared to fight.

• Garp joined Lin Qi and Zephyr, and Zephyr asked how he would face his son Dragon.
• Lin Qi realized Dragon might use a tunnel to reach the final EOD POINT and scanned beneath the island with his Mantra.
• Lin Qi found the Revolutionary Army underground and led Garp and Zephyr down through the rock.
• The three found Mori digging a tunnel while Revolutionary Army members planted explosives, and Garp’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked most of them unconscious.
• Sabo, Inazuma, Betty, Karasu, and Koala remained standing and prepared to face Lin Qi, Zephyr, and Garp.

Dragon revealed that he planned to detonate EOD POINT and trigger worldwide volcanic eruptions to destroy the World Government, even if most of humanity died. He blamed his despair on the World Government’s power and the woman he encountered in Mary Geoise, while Lin Qi recognized that Dragon was speaking of Im.

• Dragon emerged from the tunnel, and Garp and Zephyr confronted him about his plan to destroy the New World.
• Dragon clarified that he intended to detonate EOD POINT and cause volcanoes to erupt across the world, destroying the World Government.
• Zephyr condemned Dragon for accepting the deaths of civilians, while Garp pleaded with him to return and promised to seek a cure for his injuries.
• Dragon removed his bandages to reveal his disfigured face and insisted that his injuries showed the World Government could not be defeated by ordinary means.
• Dragon argued that humanity’s temporary destruction was worth ending the Celestial Dragons’ rule and warned Lin Qi that an overwhelming figure had enabled his past victories.
• Lin Qi realized that the woman Dragon had encountered in Mary Geoise was Im and suspected that she had driven Dragon into despair.

Dragon tried to destroy EOD POINT by carrying powerful explosives into it, while Lin Qi fought the Revolutionary Army members who blocked his way. After defeating them, Lin Qi received a disarming device from Vegapunk, but Dragon’s attempt to detonate the explosives remained unresolved.

• Dragon revealed that the explosives could destroy the island and said he would take them into EOD POINT to detonate them with his own death, entrusting the Revolutionary Army to Sabo.
• Lin Qi sent Garp and Zephyr after Dragon and stayed behind to disarm the explosives as the countdown began.
• Sabo, Inazuma, Betty, Mori, and Karasu attacked Lin Qi, but he defeated them and restrained Sabo with Seastone handcuffs.
• Lin Qi called Vegapunk, who explained that the explosives would trigger a chain reaction if disturbed and made an anti-detonation device for him.

Lin Qi, Luffy, and their allies tried to stop Dragon from detonating KEEP OUT, but Dragon set off all his remaining explosives. Joy Boy and the others contained the blast, and Shanks believed they had succeeded in surviving it.

• Lin Qi disarmed the tunnel bombs and hurried after Dragon while Garp and Zephyr pursued him toward KEEP OUT.
• Dragon blasted through the earth with high explosives, refused Garp and Zephyr's pleas to stop, and learned Lin Qi had prevented the island bombs from detonating.
• Luffy, Shanks, and Lin Qi arrived, and Luffy confronted Dragon as Dragon prepared to force his way to KEEP OUT.
• Dragon detonated all sixty-five high explosives, and Joy Boy transformed Luffy and sealed the surrounding terrain with rubber.
• Shanks, Lin Qi, Zephyr, and Garp reinforced the island with Armament Haki as the blast sent them bouncing through the elastic tunnel.
• After the explosions quieted, Shanks looked around the intact surroundings and said he thought they had succeeded.

After Dragon's death, Garp, Luffy, and the Revolutionary Army mourned him, while Lin Qi noticed that Blackbeard had changed after seizing the Whitebeard Pirates' territory. Rocks, controlling Blackbeard's body, realized Lin Qi sensed something was wrong and resolved to accelerate his plans.

• Garp and Zephyr held Dragon's funeral near Foosha Village, while Luffy and the Revolutionary Army mourned him at a separate ceremony and vowed to overthrow the World Government.
• Lin Qi secretly left flowers at Dragon's grave before news spread that Blackbeard had defeated the Whitebeard Pirates, capturing Ace, Marco, and the others; Weevil was the only one who escaped.
• Lin Qi called Blackbeard and noticed differences in his manner, while Rocks recognized that Lin Qi sensed something was off and decided to speed up his plans.
• Rocks ordered a pirate to torture prisoners who refused to surrender, then watched the scenery and contemplated his ambitions.

Weevil delivered Marco’s warning that Blackbeard had become a three-Fruit Ability User and asked Lin Qi to dissuade Ace’s little brother from seeking revenge. As Lin Qi prepared to go to Blackbeard’s territory, he learned that the World Government had attacked Fujitora’s team in the North Blue.

• Weevil arrived in the Imperial Capital seeking Lin Qi, and Minato Namikaze and Kyojuro Rengoku escorted him there.
• Lin Qi received Marco’s Tone Dial and learned that Blackbeard had acquired the Azure Dragon Fruit and seemed changed.
• Lin Qi relayed Marco’s plea to Luffy, but Luffy and Shanks said they would confront Blackbeard, and Shanks asked Lin Qi not to interfere.
• Lin Qi decided to go to Blackbeard’s territory himself, but his subordinates reported that the World Government had attacked Fujitora’s transport team.

Lin Qi diverted from his New World plans to protect West Sea’s forces and civilians from a World Government attack, which the Five Elders had coordinated with Blackbeard. After Saint Saturn ambushed the fleet, Lin Qi arrived and drove him off, leaving the civilians reassured that they were safe.

• At Mary Geoise, Saint Nashuro and Saint Maz discussed Blackbeard’s offer to draw West Sea’s attention and agreed to attack despite their doubts.
• As the World Government’s forces repeatedly ambushed the stretched-out fleet, Red Count reassured a frightened girl and hurried to answer a call for help.
• Kakashi used his Earth-Earth Fruit powers to block Saint Saturn’s poisonous attack near the Third Fleet, while a child teased him about carving dog heads into his walls.
• Lin Qi arrived through a portal with Tom, Jerry, and Kuina, and Saint Saturn fled before Lin Qi could confront him.
• Fujitora blamed himself for the civilians’ deaths and injuries, but Lin Qi told him he had done well as civilians praised Lin Qi and felt safe.