Chapter Summaries

After ending the North Blue evacuation, Lin Qi read reports about Cross Guild’s rise and Blackbeard’s victory over the Red-Haired Pirates and Straw Hat Pirates. He expected Luffy to reach Final Island soon, but realized the crew could not read the ancient text on the steles without Robin.

• Lin Qi ended the North Blue population transfer and returned to the West Sea, where its population had surpassed 300 million and growing.
• Lin Qi learned that Golden Lion had joined Cross Guild and that Buggy had been forced into the public role of its leader.
• Buggy suggested selling houses on Skypiea, and Golden Lion joined the real estate venture as Cross Guild advertised them as protection from the coming flood.
• Lin Qi read that Blackbeard had defeated the Red-Haired Pirates and Straw Hat Pirates, though Luffy and Shanks escaped with Ace and the others.
• Lin Qi learned that most of the Whitebeard Pirates had died or surrendered and that Marco had been tortured to death.
• Lin Qi expected Luffy to reach Final Island soon, then realized the crew could not read its ancient steles without Robin unless Luffy awakened the Voice of All Things.

Cross Guild learned that Blackbeard had seized most of the New World and destroyed Zephyr's Pirate Guerilla Squad, while Buggy concealed his humiliation by pretending to endure the beating as a show of strength. Shanks suspected Blackbeard's attack on Zephyr meant the rumors of his friendly ties with Lin Qi were false.

• Golden Lion, Hawk Eyes, and Shanks beat Buggy while he complained about being bullied, and Buggy's subordinates pretended not to notice.
• A rescued prisoner arrived with news that Blackbeard had taken most of the New World and subdued or transformed several Supernovas.
• Blackbeard attacked Zephyr's Pirate Guerilla Squad and wiped it out, but a black-and-white dog rescued Zephyr and his two disciples.
• Shanks questioned why Blackbeard had attacked Zephyr, since Zephyr was Lin Qi's teacher and Blackbeard had supposedly been on good terms with Lin Qi.
• Shanks noted that the West Sea had become the second greatest force beneath the World Government, with a population of four hundred million.

After Blackbeard attacked the West Sea fleet and killed Zephyr’s followers, Lin Qi vowed to avenge them and decided to bring Zephyr along. He also used Bolita’s memories to plan Blackbeard’s resurrection, but the cost forced him to consider creating a clone instead.

• Lin Qi rewarded Husky 66 for rescuing Zephyr, Ain, and Binz, then promised to avenge the fallen fleet members.
• Zephyr insisted on joining Lin Qi’s revenge, while Ain and Binz asked to come and were ordered to stay behind.
• Lin Qi told Bolita that Blackbeard was dead and suggested another soul had taken over his body, prompting her to ask him to save her brother.
• Lin Qi extracted Bolita’s memories of Blackbeard to use in a resurrection, but learned it would require 188 Life Fruits.
• With only 98 Life Fruits, Lin Qi considered resurrecting Blackbeard’s soul in a clone enhanced with Green Blood technology.

Lin Qi revived Blackbeard in a cloned body, and they went to Hachinosu Island to confront the impostor, only to find Rocks had fled. Using Blackbeard’s blood to make a Life Paper, they traced Rocks to Mary Geoise, where he was bargaining with the Five Elders for an alliance against the West Sea.

• Lin Qi used Irene and twenty Life Fruits to revive Blackbeard’s soul in a cloned body equipped with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, then told him what had happened.
• Lin Qi, Blackbeard, Zephyr, Kuina, Fujitora, and the Seraphims traveled to Hachinosu Island, where they learned Rocks had left with the Blackbeard Pirates’ elite members.
• Lin Qi realized they could use Blackbeard’s blood to make a Life Paper and track the body-stealing Rocks.
• The group returned to the West Sea and obtained a Life Paper the next day; its fragments pointed toward Mary Geoise.
• Rocks, still occupying Blackbeard’s body, offered the Five Elders an alliance against the West Sea and claimed he had proved his loyalty by helping remove a World Government traitor.

Rocks agreed to cooperate with the World Government after meeting Figarland Green Bull Saint, while Lin Qi concluded that Fake Blackbeard had sought their help because Lin Qi threatened him. Lin Qi placed the West Sea on Level One combat readiness and hoped the coming battle would trigger his Devil Fruit Awakening.

• Rocks accepted the World Government’s offer, and Figarland Green Bull Saint revealed himself as the Celestial Dragon who had helped kill Rocks at God Valley.
• Lin Qi convened his people in the West Sea and asked what Fake Blackbeard’s presence in Mary Geoise meant.
• Kyojuro Rengoku argued that Fake Blackbeard must have a way to protect himself and had approached the World Government because Lin Qi forced him into a desperate position.
• Lin Qi agreed that Fake Blackbeard would likely come to them and ordered the West Sea to enter Level One combat readiness.
• Lin Qi checked his system interface, saw that his attributes had reached their limits without Devil Fruit Awakening, and hoped the coming battle would bring a breakthrough.

Lin Qi watched the Blackbeard Pirates approach the Imperial Capital and tested a lightning weapon developed by Judge, Caesar, and Vegapunk. The weapon killed Jott, while Rocks and the surviving pirates recognized the West Sea as a dangerous target.

• Kabuto Yakushi alerted Lin Qi after the monitoring instrument detected over a hundred powerful enemies approaching the Imperial Capital, with smaller groups heading for New Elbaf, Qingzhou, and New Fish-Man Island.
• Lin Qi ordered the army to remain in its districts and reviewed the approaching enemies through the moon-powered monitoring system.
• Caesar urged Lin Qi to activate the brass-and-lightning weapon, which formed a huge Thundercloud above the Blackbeard Pirates.
• Rocks threw Jott into the lightning as a test and transformed into an Azure Dragon to carry the others away from the strike.
• The lightning reduced Jott to ashes, and Rocks realized the attack was deliberate; Lin Qi judged the weapon powerful enough to seriously injure an Admiral-level fighter.

Caesar used the West Sea’s defensive weapons to devastate the invading World Government and Blackbeard forces before they reached their targets. As enemy forces arrived at Qingzhou and Fish-Man Island, their defenders prepared to fight, while New Elbaf gathered under Loki’s leadership.

• Caesar fired the West Sea’s defensive weapons at the invading armies, destroying around a third of their officers before they came within range.
• Violet spotted seven newcomers approaching Qingzhou, and Kin'emon, Kozuki Hiyori, King Cobra, King Riku Dō, and their allies prepared to meet them as Fujitora and Gion arrived through a portal.
• King Neptune ordered Fish-Man Island’s defenses activated and separated its upper half from the underwater section to protect the citizens below.
• Rocks led Saint Gorosei and other forces toward Fish-Man Island, hoping to seize Poseidon, while Red Count, Ilulu, Spike, and their allies arrived through a portal to oppose the fake Blackbeard.
• Loki, Hill, Carrot, and the minority-race chieftains gathered on New Elbaf to face the approaching enemy.

The World Government launched a massive assault on the Imperial Capital, but Lin Qi’s forces raised layered defenses and fought back. Princess Vivi fired a cannon built from ten Pluton Battleships, badly wounding Green Bull Saint and leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Green Bull Saint’s forces surrounded the Imperial Capital while the World Government deployed eight Admiral-level fighters and more than a hundred Pacifistas.
• Lin Qi had Kabuto Yakushi raise the city’s barrier as a submerged island surfaced and brass platforms formed a second electric defense.
• Green Bull Saint shattered both defenses with a single slash, and Saint Lucius sent the Pacifistas into the city despite Bonney’s inability to control them.
• The Imperial Capital’s weapons destroyed many first-generation Pacifistas, while West Sea fighters moved in to battle the remaining units.
• Green Bull Saint rushed toward the city, but a purple-and-gold laser struck him and left him badly wounded.
• Princess Vivi had fired the laser from a giant cannon made by Bullet using ten Pluton Battleships.

Princess Vivi exhausted herself firing Pluton's cannon, allowing Lin Qi and his allies to press their attack on Green Bull Saint's forces. In Qingzhou, Fujitora and Gion confronted Saint Saturn and an Army Admiral, and Fujitora gained the upper hand in their opening clash before Saturn counterattacked.

• Princess Vivi used Pluton's power to fire the cannon formed by ten Pluton Battleships, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Lin Qi led his group to Green Bull Saint's island and attacked, while Saint Nashuro and Saint Lucius moved to stop him.
• Bullet charged Green Bull Saint, Aina Palace prepared to face Zephyr, and Enel confronted Steel Bone Kong as the remaining fighters faced Saint Maz and the Fleet Admiral.
• Fujitora and Gion arrived in Qingzhou and took on Saint Saturn and an Army Admiral, leaving five elite Army Vice Admirals to the others.
• Fujitora used Gravity Sword: Tiger to crush Saint Saturn into the ground, but Saturn transformed and sprayed a poisonous web at him.

Fujitora dragged a meteorite down onto Saint Saturn while Yamato and the Crimson Eight defeated the Marine Vice Admirals. Army Admiral Deke intervened to pursue Yamato, then fought Gion with his energy-absorbing Devil Fruit and left her at a disadvantage.

• Fujitora used the Press-Press Fruit to crush Saint Saturn with gravity and summon a flaming meteorite that struck Qingzhou.
• Yamato and the Crimson Eight attacked the five Marine Vice Admirals and quickly defeated them.
• Deke blocked Yamato’s attack, proposed marriage, then struck her after she said she was a man, sending her flying into Hiyori.
• Gion guessed that Deke could absorb and release energy, then used the Scent-Scent Fruit to empower herself and attack him repeatedly.
• Deke absorbed Gion’s attacks and released their energy to knock her back, then revealed that he had eaten the Suck-Suck Fruit.

The Blackbeard Pirates broke through Fish-Man Island’s defenses, but the arrival of a second Blackbeard halted Rocks’s advance. The resurrected Blackbeard exposed Rocks as a pirate from the previous era whose soul had survived inside the Dark-Dark Fruit.

• Aokiji froze Fish-Man Island’s weapons, shields, ramparts, and guards, allowing Rocks to lead his forces onto the island.
• Rocks used the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to shatter the island’s defenses, while Cracker rebuked Whitebeard Pirates who had defected to Rocks.
• Rocks sensed Blackbeard among the crowd and attacked him, but Red Count disrupted the attack and Saint Gorosei insisted on hearing both men out.
• Blackbeard claimed that Rocks was another great pirate from decades ago who had survived by residing inside the Dark-Dark Fruit.

Blackbeard tried to convince the Blackbeard Pirates and Saint Gorosei that Rocks had taken over his body, then attacked Rocks when they remained unconvinced. As the two sides clashed, Doc Q’s test of his Sickness-Sickness Fruit convinced him that Blackbeard was telling the truth.

• Rocks denied being Rocks and threatened Blackbeard, while Blackbeard’s former crew remained uncertain about which man was telling the truth.
• Blackbeard unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s Sky Quake, scattering the fighters and starting a chaotic battle.
• Cracker sent Biscuit Soldiers into the fight, Queen fired his Gatling, and Katakuri attacked with awakened mochi.
• Shiryu used his Phoenix Fruit’s azure flames to evade Queen’s bullets, cut his Gatling apart, and sever one of his legs.
• Doc Q’s Sickness-Sickness Fruit transformed the Fish-Man Island fighters into women, and Blackbeard explained how Armament Haki could suppress the effect.
• Doc Q recognized Blackbeard after the transformations and admitted that his test suggested Blackbeard had told the truth.

The Blackbeard Pirates revealed their powerful Devil Fruit abilities as the battle against the allied forces intensified. Ilulu attacked Rocks with a storm of magma, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Doc Q released poisonous gas, but Katakuri inhaled it and expelled the infected parts of his body before attacking Doc Q.
• Doc Q escaped Katakuri’s strike on his winged Mythical Zoan horse, while Lafitte revealed his Siren form and used a magical song against the fighters.
• Lafitte declared his loyalty to the man he believed would become king, and the genuine Blackbeard attacked him with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Smoker fought Burgess, while Hody, Oven, Daifuku, and the others contained the surrendered Whitebeard Pirates.
• Rocks cleared the battlefield of Biscuit Soldiers with a Tremor-Tremor Fruit punch, and Ilulu charged him while raining magma from her Magma Sac.

Aokiji fought Red Count while Ilulu resisted Rocks, whose attempts to recruit her failed. As Rocks’s strength alarmed Saint Gorosei, he moved toward Queen Otohime and Neptune, whose forces were occupied elsewhere.

• Aokiji froze the falling magma, but Red Count pursued him with Ghost Qi slashes and wounded his shoulder despite his ice defenses.
• Red Count sensed justice in Aokiji’s blood, while Aokiji prepared to counterattack with Ice Time Capsule.
• Rocks grabbed Ilulu with the Dark-Dark Fruit, but she used her fire-dragon powers to blast him with magma and burn him.
• Rocks transformed with the Azure Dragon Fruit and attacked Ilulu with the powers of three fruits, forcing her onto the defensive.
• Saint Gorosei judged Rocks a threat and approached Queen Otohime as Hody was held back by the Whitebeard Pirates.

Kuina and the Seraphim arrived at New Elbaf as the World Tree drove Saint Pete and the CP agents back from the island. Saint Pete burrowed underground to attack the tree’s roots, and the Empress had the World Tree flood the surrounding soil with seawater to counter him.

• Spike jumped from King Neptune’s head with Tyke and transformed into Nine-Tails form to confront Saint Gorosei.
• Kuina, the Empress, and the Seraphim arrived at New Elbaf, where Loki warned them that the enemy was approaching.
• The Empress asked the World Tree to defend the island, and its branches killed many CP agents and forced Saint Pete to retreat.
• Saint Pete transformed into a Sand Worm and burrowed beneath the World Tree to damage its roots.
• The Empress and S-Shark pursued Saint Pete underground, but he crushed S-Shark’s arm and escaped their attacks.
• The Empress realized the World Tree could counter Saint Pete by drawing seawater into its roots and flooding the soil around itself.

The Empress and the others battered Saint Pete after seawater weakened him, while the newly arrived CP elites were driven into a berserk attack against the Seraphims. The Empress entered Saint Pete’s body to strike from within, leaving Kuina worried as the fight continued.

• Saint Pete emerged from the ground after the World Tree exhausted itself, and the Empress, Loki, Kuina, and the Seraphims attacked his weakened body.
• The Empress used the Heavenly Moon Shield to absorb Saint Pete’s Lightning Ball, then drove the expanding Heavenly Thorn Spear into him and spread petrification through his body.
• The Empress leaped into Saint Pete’s mouth, endured his teeth grinding against her Ghost Armor, and reached his stomach, where she began tearing through his body from within.
• Qiuyue Gong arrived at New Elbaf with over fifty elite CP members and used Red of Anger to make them berserk before ordering them to attack.
• S-Hawk cut a CP elite apart, S-Bear crushed two with Ursus Shock, and S-Snake petrified the remaining attackers with her hearts.

Kuina fought Qiuyue Gong, whose Drawing-Drawing Fruit created creatures and let her control Seraphim with Hate Purple. Kuina unleashed Chibaku Tensei, and its immense gravity began dragging the battlefield into the sky.

• Qiuyue Gong joined the battle and created Lu Wu to help the Seraphim overwhelm the CP elites.
• Kuina fought Qiuyue Gong, countering her attacks with her sword and gravity powers before turning to attack the CP elites.
• Qiuyue Gong summoned tyrannosaurs to pin Kuina down and used Hate Purple to turn six Seraphim against her.
• Kuina destroyed the tyrannosaurs and formed a black sphere in the sky as Loki fled with his sister.
• Kuina activated Chibaku Tensei, and its pull lifted attacks, soil, trees, Seraphim, and Lu Wu toward the sphere.

The Empress petrified most of the Sand Worm from inside while Kuina defeated the CP agents with Chibaku Tensei, and their allies cleared the Imperial Capital of Pacifista. Lin Qi fought Saint Nashuro and Saint Lucius, whose decomposition ability and teleportation made them dangerous, but he gained the upper hand and left both enemies sweating.

• Saint Pete attacked Kuina with acid as the Empress reached and petrified the Sand Worm’s brain, causing its body to collapse and petrify.
• Qiuyue Gong pulled Saint Pete into the Drawing World and escaped, while the Empress emerged from the Sand Worm and the World Tree washed her armor.
• Kuina dispelled Chibaku Tensei, revealing the Seraphim unharmed and the CP agents crushed, and the Imperial Capital’s defenders destroyed the Pacifista.
• Lin Qi identified Saint Lucius’s power as decomposition that could affect Haki, while Saint Nashuro repeatedly teleported people out of danger.
• Lin Qi shattered half of Saint Lucius’s chest, and the fight shifted in his favor despite Saint Nashuro’s continued interference.

Zephyr fought Aina Palace while Enel clashed with Steel Bone Kong, and the rest of the group faced Saint Maz and a Fleet Admiral on the other side of the island. The chapter ended as Saint Pete attacked them with sound waves.

• Zephyr refused to strike Aina Palace at first, but she coated her twin blades with poison and attacked him.
• Steel Bone Kong transformed into a huge ape and hurled a mountain at Enel, who destroyed it with lightning.
• Steel Bone Kong survived Enel's Thunder Bird, El Thor, Thunder Beast, and Thunder Dragon attacks, then charged him as they unleashed more attacks.
• Gild Tesoro sent Moria out of Saint Maz's path as the group struggled to withstand the Five Elder and a Fleet Admiral.
• Kuma shielded Bonney while assessing the danger, and Saint Pete sent sound waves sweeping toward the group.

Robin’s group used Baccarat’s luck to help Hina hold off Saint Maz while Kuma, Bonney, Lucci, and Kaku attacked Fleet Admiral Monroe. Bonney was rescued from Monroe, and Lucci was left unharmed after Monroe’s powerful kick sent them flying.

• Crocodile, Gild Tesoro, and Moria combined their defenses to withstand Saint Maz’s sound-wave attack, while Robin assigned roles for the battle.
• Baccarat transferred the luck of five hundred prisoners to Hina, who transformed and summoned a Tree Man to carry her and Robin.
• Hina’s luck caused a series of accidents that buried Saint Maz beneath a meteor, and Robin told her to save her remaining luck for later.
• Kuma agreed to let Bonney join the fight, and Bonney entered Nika Form and attacked Fleet Admiral Monroe with White Star Gun.
• Monroe dodged Bonney’s punch and grabbed her, but Kuma, Lucci, and Kaku attacked together and rescued her before Monroe kicked them flying.
• Lucci got up without a scratch and wondered why he was not injured.