Recaps

Austin secured investment for Golden Lion’s research into artificial Mythical Zoan powers, and a photograph of him drinking with Whitebeard and Golden Lion made news around the world. The Five Elders discussed the gathering and its implications, while Crocodile returned to Alabasta and crushed pirates who attacked her.

• Golden Lion persuaded Austin to fund his research, and Seagull King photographed Austin drinking with Whitebeard and Golden Lion.
• Austin left Golden Lion a signed note for withdrawing funds and departed; the World Economic News Paper published the photograph with sensational headlines.
• A guard reported the gathering and Golden Lion’s withdrawal to the Five Elders, who decided to monitor him without treating the matter as an immediate crisis.
• In Alabasta, Crocodile read the news about Austin as pirates attacked her, then killed them with a sandstorm.

Austin visited Egghead Island after Vegapunk called him with news of an interesting invention. Vegapunk showed him a device that could let him play in the past, while Austin also secured a share of command authority over the planned Seraphim Project.

• Crocodile killed a band of pirates, and the residents cheered her as a Shichibukai.
• Mihawk split an approaching pirate ship with a slash and told its crew they had been slightly in his way.
• Enel transported funds from the Sabaody Archipelago to Golden Lion’s withdrawal point and struck unlucky ships with lightning.
• Austin arrived at Egghead Island and asked Vegapunk what good news he had called about.
• Austin offered Vegapunk thirty percent more research funding in exchange for the highest Seraphim command authority, and Vegapunk agreed to keep it from the Five Elders.
• Vegapunk presented Austin with a device and asked whether he wanted to go back and play in the past.

Austin learned that Vegapunk’s pseudo time machine could send him to the past for one or two years, though he could not change the past or bring anything back. He decided to use it to visit an earlier era and entrusted his forces to Mihawk before departing.

• Vegapunk explained that the pseudo time machine came from the Green Blood of a frozen Devil Fruit user and could only create a parallel timeline without changing Austin’s past.
• Vegapunk told Austin that he could stay in the past for about one or two years and return whenever he wished.
• Austin decided not to rush back and said he would settle matters with his subordinates before leaving.
• Austin called Mihawk and asked him to oversee the underworld, the Kingdom of Morardus, and Fish-Man Island while he was gone.
• Mihawk agreed to keep Austin’s forces in order and promised that the sea would not fall into chaos.

Austin left his territories in Mihawk’s care and traveled back in time to one year before the God Valley incident. He met the young Roger Pirates on Narcissus Star Island, where he and Roger prepared to clash with matching Divine Departures.

• Austin told Mihawk and his other allies he would be away for a year or two, then sent Seagull King off to train at sea.
• Austin asked Vegapunk to send him to one year before the God Valley incident, and the time machine transported him away.
• On Narcissus Star Island in Marineford Era 1483, Roger realized the Log Pose had not led the Roger Pirates to the Final Island.
• Austin emerged from the mist and introduced himself as a pirate, prompting Roger to challenge him and offer him a place in the crew.
• Austin matched Roger’s Conqueror’s Haki, then drew Ace as both men launched Divine Departure.

Austin clashed with Roger on Water First Star Island, matching his Divine Departure and surviving Roger’s devastating slash before striking him with Garp’s Fist Bone Galaxy Impact. After Roger laughed and invited Austin to join his crew, Austin challenged the entire Roger Pirates to fight him together.

• Austin and Roger clashed with Divine Departure, and Roger unleashed a powerful slash that tore apart half of Water First Star Island.
• Austin took Roger’s slash head-on, suffered a deep chest wound, and healed as he walked out of the crater.
• Austin used the Warp Fruit to appear before Roger and hit him with Fist Bone Galaxy Impact, sending him flying until Rayleigh and Gaban caught him.
• Roger praised Austin’s strength and said he would beat him and recruit him, while Rayleigh and Gaban warned Roger about Austin’s strange ability.
• Austin summoned Ace and challenged the Roger Pirates to come at him together.

Austin challenged the entire Roger Pirates crew, whose leaders recognized him as a formidable opponent. He outmaneuvered Roger and Gaban, then struck Rayleigh with a powerful kick that left him briefly unconscious.

• The Roger Pirates prepared to fight Austin after he challenged their whole crew, while Roger insisted Austin was his opponent.
• Austin's Conqueror's Haki grew stronger under the pressure, and Bitam's Haki-coated bullet passed harmlessly through his head.
• Austin used Dragon Claw Fist to catch Gaban's axe, hurl Gaban toward Roger, and disrupt their attacks.
• Austin appeared beside Rayleigh and unleashed Demon King Gale Kick, overpowering Rayleigh's sword and knocking him unconscious.

Austin fought Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban, then turned his attention to the rest of the Roger Pirates. He began testing the techniques they had taught him, starting with Fish-Man Karate against Sambel.

• Austin kicked Rayleigh into a crater, leaving the young vice-captain unconscious for several seconds before he got back up.
• Roger and Gaban attacked Austin together, but Austin endured their Haki-infused blows and used his strength to push them backward.
• Austin taunted Roger about being forced back, making Roger angrily struggle against Austin’s advance toward the crew.
• Austin vanished from his clash with Roger and Gaban and appeared among the Roger Pirates at the Oro Jackson, announcing that the fight would mark his graduation.
• Austin faced Sambel and declared he would use Fish-Man Karate before launching Tangluo Wa Seiken.

Austin fought the Roger Pirates by copying their combat techniques, defeating nearly all of them before enduring a seven-day battle against Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban. Afterward, a banquet aboard the Oro Jackson stirred Austin’s memories, and Roger comforted him as he cried.

• Austin used Fish-Man Karate to overpower Sambel and sent him into the sea, then defeated the Roger Pirates with their own techniques.
• Rayleigh returned from a distant crater and wondered who Austin was, noting his connection to Ace, his lack of hostility, and his powerful Conqueror’s Haki.
• Austin matched Bitam’s sniping and deflected his Haki-coated bullets, leaving Bitam unable to keep firing.
• Austin challenged Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban, then fought them for seven days and seven nights as half of Narcissus Star Island was destroyed.
• The crew held a banquet aboard the Oro Jackson, where Austin cried over memories of the past and Roger comforted him after Ace conveyed feelings of nostalgia and reunion.

Austin shared a joyful meal with the Roger Pirates, who guessed that he was Roger’s son, but he did not confirm it before sensing an approaching enemy. The Rocks Pirates closed in on the Oro Jackson as a storm gathered.

• Rayleigh asked Austin to reveal his identity, but Roger interrupted with a guess and promptly fell asleep.
• After the crew woke Roger and resumed their guessing, he called Austin a fan of the Roger Pirates, while Rayleigh declared that Austin was Roger’s son.
• Roger accepted Rayleigh’s claim, but Austin froze and looked toward the distant sea after sensing danger with his Observation Haki.
• Austin and the other fighters noticed a storm gathering around the Oro Jackson and spotted enormous warships approaching.
• Austin recognized the emblem on the approaching ships as belonging to the Rocks Pirates.

The Roger Pirates were surrounded by the Rocks Pirates, led by Whitebeard and joined by Golden Lion, Big Mom, and Kaido. Though Austin warned that Roger’s crew was still injured from their fight with him, he joined them in the coming battle and spotted a familiar old man through his rifle scope.

• The Rocks Pirates surrounded the Oro Jackson after Roger refused Rocks’ invitation, and Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Big Mom, and Kaido prepared to attack.
• Gick watched the powerful captains with admiration and vowed that he might become a king one day.
• Austin assessed the Roger Pirates’ injuries and warned that they would be wiped out if they fought in their current condition.
• Roger and his crew insisted they could face the Rocks Pirates, and Austin decided to fight alongside them because he had injured them.
• Austin readied his rifle to find a target, then recognized an unusual figure as an old man.

Austin intervened in the Rocks Pirates’ assault on the Roger Pirates, using his Black Spear to wound Whitebeard and reveal his overwhelming power. As the battle stalled, Austin appeared above the Roger Pirates’ lookout tower and struck Shiki, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido, leaving the Rocks Pirates stunned.

• Austin saw Whitebeard preparing to attack Roger and fired a Black Spear bullet infused with Haki, gravely wounding him.
• Whitebeard warned the Rocks Pirates that an incredible enemy had appeared and identified Austin as a king-level powerhouse.
• Austin teleported to the Roger Pirates’ lookout tower and said he was fighting dirty to make the Rocks Pirates give him some face.
• Austin named Shiki, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido, and bloody wounds burst from each of them.
• Gick stared at Austin in shock as the Rocks Pirates realized they faced a monster.

Austin devastated the Rocks Pirates’ crew and defeated the young Charlotte Linlin, while Roger and Rayleigh watched from a distance. The chapter ended with Dotol Gick stepping forward to challenge Austin.

• Austin’s Haki-coated shots wounded Kaido, Golden Lion, Charlotte Linlin, Whitebeard, and others aboard the Rocks Pirates’ ships.
• Big Mom attacked Austin with Emperor Sword: Break-Break Fruit, but he blocked her strike and sent her flying with a Demon King Gale Kick.
• Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and the other wounded captains moved to test Austin, while Rayleigh stopped Roger from joining the fight.
• Austin pinned Charlotte Linlin to the deck and subdued her Homies, leaving the crew too afraid to intervene.
• Dotol Gick stepped forward with two swords to face Austin, who recognized him as the old man from later in life.

Austin let Dotol Gick wound him rather than strike the old man who had raised him, leaving Gick convinced he had won. After Shiki and Whitebeard arrived and attacked, Austin protected Gick and challenged both pirate crews to end their battle with the Roger Pirates.

• Dotol Gick charged Austin with his twin swords and declared that he would stake his life on the Two-Sword Style he had learned from Captain Shiki.
• Austin and Gick exchanged blows, but Gick emerged unharmed while Austin bled from two shallow wounds on his chest.
• A crewman accused Gick of winning only because Austin was exhausted, then Austin slapped the man away before he could approach.
• Shiki and Whitebeard arrived on Big Mom's ship, and their Conqueror's Haki made Gick's legs buckle until Austin shielded him.
• Whitebeard and Shiki attacked, but Austin appeared in front of Gick and protected him from their strikes.
• Austin challenged the Rocks Pirates and Roger Pirates to stop fighting, declaring that he would face anyone who continued.

Austin stopped the fighting between the Roger and Rocks Pirates, then offered to join Rocks in Roger’s place. Roger objected, while Gick realized Austin was his brother and shouted it to the battlefield.

• Austin’s presence intimidated Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and the other Rocks Pirates, who hesitated to attack as the Roger Pirates approached.
• Charlotte Linlin urged the Rocks Pirates to keep pursuing Roger because Rocks had ordered them to bring him back.
• Austin told Roger’s crew to stand down and announced that he would join the Rocks Pirates in Roger’s place.
• Roger protested that Austin could not join Rocks, while Gick recognized Austin as his brother and declared it aloud.

Austin returned to the Rocks Pirates after stopping Roger and Gick from fighting, and Newgate made him one of the crew’s captains. Gick joined Austin’s command and began calling himself Little Gick.

• Austin calmed Roger and Gick, then watched the Oro Jackson sail away as he released the seawater he had held above the fleet.
• Shiki tried and failed to control Austin’s suspended seawater with the Float-Float Fruit, while Newgate chose not to stop the Roger Pirates from leaving.
• Newgate contacted Rocks and announced that Dotol Austin had become one of the Rocks Pirates’ highest-ranking captains.
• Gick questioned Austin about his surname and scar, then asked to serve under him, and Austin agreed.
• Gick respectfully addressed him as Captain Austin and asked to be called Little Gick.

Austin recorded his voyage and reassured Gick, who was angry that others doubted Austin’s strength, then tried to teach him flowing Armament Haki. Garp learned that Austin was rumored to be Roger’s brother and vowed to arrest him, while Austin began crushing challengers across the seas.

• Austin wrote in his voyage log as Gick complained that people were calling him weak and claiming Rocks had made him a smokescreen.
• Austin promised Gick he would fight seriously against a worthy opponent and asked how his flowing Armament Haki practice was going.
• Gick admitted he still could not make his Armament Haki flow, and Austin gave up on the lesson for the moment.
• Garp read secret intelligence describing Austin as a dangerous new monster and suspected brother of Gol D. Roger, then decided to arrest him.
• Austin gained authority over part of the Rocks Pirates’ forces and defeated challengers who doubted his reputation.
• A New World swordsman challenged Austin, whose strongest slash Austin caught between two fingers before mocking him.

Austin received Rocks' summons to attack God Valley and set out to preserve Rocks' spirit while claiming victory for himself. At God Valley, Austin revealed to Saint Saturn that he came from the future, then joined the Rocks Pirates' assault, determined to be the war's sole victor.

• Austin defeated a swordsman, received Rocks' message about the Celestial Dragons' hunt on God Valley, and ordered his crew to set sail.
• Austin met Saint Saturn at God Valley, where Saturn recognized him as a Celestial Dragon from the future.
• Austin told Saturn he intended to win the war as himself, without representing pirates or Celestial Dragons, then disappeared.
• The Rocks Pirates arrived at God Valley and began attacking the island as the captains argued over their prize.
• Austin joined the assault at the front of the crew and declared that he alone would win the God Valley war.

Austin searched God Valley for the treasure chests and brought Gick to the slaves’ gathering, where Ginny and Kuma planned to use the Devil Fruits to help them escape. After Charlotte Linlin seized the Azure Dragon Fruit, Austin took the Paw-Paw Fruit and stopped her from leaving with hers.

• The Roger Pirates arrived at God Valley, and Roger joined the battle while Austin sensed their approach.
• Austin explored God Valley with Gick, then teleported them to the slaves’ gathering after asking what Gick would do if he left piracy.
• Ginny explained that the Azure Dragon and Paw-Paw Fruits could help the slaves escape, and Kuma volunteered to draw the enemy’s attacks.
• Charlotte Linlin grabbed the Azure Dragon Fruit and tried to take the Paw-Paw Fruit from Kuma.
• Austin took the Paw-Paw Fruit, and Charlotte Linlin agreed to leave with the other fruit until Austin warned her she could leave but could not take it.

Austin took the Azure Dragon Fruit from Charlotte Linlin and offered it to Gick alongside the Paw-Paw Fruit, then defeated Linlin when she attacked. Before leaving, he promised Linlin a child of extraordinary talent if she kept her appearance and found him in twenty years.

• Austin refused to yield the Azure Dragon Fruit to Charlotte Linlin, despite her invoking Rocks and the Rocks Pirates.
• Charlotte Linlin attacked Austin with Napoleon and Prometheus, but Austin caught her flaming slash and used Warp · Conductor's Baton to take the Azure Dragon Fruit.
• Austin asked Gick to choose between the Paw-Paw Fruit and the Azure Dragon Fruit.
• Charlotte Linlin launched Elbaf Spear: Mighty Nation, and Austin countered with Divine Departure, breaking through her defenses and badly wounding her.
• Austin stopped Gick, Ivankov, and Little Bear from leaving and promised Charlotte Linlin a child more talented than Rocks and himself if she kept her current appearance and sought him out in twenty years.

Austin secured Devil Fruits from Big Mom and gave the Paw-Paw Fruit to Kuma before leaving the dangerous area. He revealed to Gick that he was Gick’s adopted grandson from the future, while Gick decided to save the Azure Dragon Fruit for him.

• Charlotte Linlin accepted Austin’s offer to owe him a favor for a Devil Fruit, but insisted he fulfill his promise to have a child with her twenty years later.
• Austin gave Kuma the Paw-Paw Fruit and told him and the other children to flee because the area was about to become hell.
• Austin gave Gick the Azure Dragon Fruit and explained that he was Gick’s adopted grandson from the future.
• Gick accepted the explanation, learned he would find and raise Austin after God Valley, and realized he had been calling his grandson brother.
• After Austin said the Azure Dragon Fruit and his Warp Fruit each had strengths, Gick chose to save the fruit for Austin rather than eat it himself.

Austin sent Gick away from God Valley before joining the battlefield and attacking a Divine Knight who challenged him. As pirates and Marines reacted to his arrival, Captain John approached Austin, who aimed a gun at him and warned that he could die for coming near.

• Austin told Gick to leave with Kuma and the others, and Gick wished his grandson success before departing.
• Kaido asked Charlotte Linlin about her wounds, but she concealed that her plan to find a Devil Fruit for him had failed.
• Rocks demanded to know where Austin was while he fought Garp and Roger, unaware that Austin was approaching the main battlefield.
• A Divine Knight from the Figarland Family challenged Austin, and Austin seized him and knocked him down with one punch.
• Austin's Conqueror's Haki drew the battlefield's attention, and Captain John approached him while asking if he had gone treasure hunting.
• Austin pointed a gun at Captain John and warned him that approaching did not make him safe from death.

Austin killed Captain John and challenged the powerful fighters gathered at God Valley, declaring himself the victor of the war. As Austin confronted the battlefield’s monsters, Newgate left to pursue his dream of family, and Golden Lion, Charlotte Big Mom, and the injured Kaido followed.

• Austin shot Captain John with a Seastone Bullet and discovered that his overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki could disrupt weaker opponents’ Observation Haki.
• Rocks confronted Austin over John’s injury, and the two clashed with their Conqueror’s Haki, shaking God Valley.
• Austin declared that he would win the war, then used Space Awakening: Instant Clone to create three clones and challenge the powerful fighters around him.
• Saint Saturn watched Austin’s display and considered that he might reach the pinnacle of mortals.
• Newgate left God Valley with the child in his arms, saying that family was his greatest dream, and Golden Lion, Charlotte Big Mom, and the injured Kaido followed.

Austin challenged Rocks, Roger, Garp, and Garling at once while Saint Saturn revealed that Austin was a Celestial Dragon and allowed the battle to continue. Saturn then ordered the Divine Knights to leave and killed a Marine officer who tried to stop them.

• Rayleigh and Gaban blocked the Marines and Divine Knights from reaching the battlefield.
• Saint Saturn appeared through a magic circle, and Austin fired at him, but Saturn blocked the shot with his staff.
• Saturn told Austin he had no intention of making an enemy of him and addressed him as Saint Austin, shocking Rocks and Roger.
• Austin split into four to fight Rocks, Roger, Garp, and Garling at once, while Saturn ordered the Divine Knights to leave.
• A Marine officer tried to question Saturn's withdrawal, and Saturn killed him with a glance.

Austin divided his strength across four battlefields at God Valley, where his clones fought Roger, Garp, and Garling while his main body faced Rocks. The Five Elders watched from Mary Geoise as Rocks steadily drove Austin back and waited to see how far he could go.

• Austin’s sword-wielding clone clashed with Roger in a contest of Divine Departure.
• Austin’s barehanded clone met Garp’s Fist Bone Impact with Fist Bone Shock, shaking God Valley and toppling its peaks.
• Austin’s clone confronted Garling and attacked with Conqueror’s Haki Infusion: Instant: Demon King Gale Kick.
• Austin faced Rocks with the Black Spear and launched King: Sky Annihilation—Thunder Bagua, but Rocks drove him back.
• Saint Saturn returned to Mary Geoise, and the Five Elders watched the four battles on surveillance footage.

Austin struggled against Rocks while his clones fought Roger, Garp, and Garling, until Roger and Garling withdrew and the remaining Austins backed him up. Austin unleashed his strongest combined attack, “Conquer the Sea,” splitting God Valley and the surrounding sea as the chapter ended.

• Austin’s clones began losing ground to Roger, Garp, and Garling while Austin struggled against Rocks, and Roger and Garling stopped fighting him.
• Austin sent two clones to help the others, and they struck Garp together with powerful attacks.
• Garp continued fighting Austin at close range, but Roger intervened with Divine Departure, drawing Garp away to fight him.
• The two remaining Austins joined the main body against Rocks, using their connected consciousness and teleportation to land attacks without letting Rocks seize them.
• Austin and a clone combined their sword and gun techniques to unleash “Conquer the Sea,” splitting God Valley and the vast surrounding sea.