Recaps

Austin visited Big Mom and showed her photographs from the Rocks Pirates’ era, prompting her to ask whether he intended to seize the world as Rocks had wanted. The chapter ended with Austin facing Big Mom’s question about what he planned to take.

• Katakuri asked Austin how far into the future he could see, and Austin said he no longer needed to look that far ahead.
• Austin glimpsed possible timelines for Katakuri, including one in which Katakuri became an Azure Dragon after receiving the Azure Dragon Fruit.
• Austin and Katakuri went to Big Mom, who welcomed Austin and celebrated their child’s upcoming wedding.
• Austin showed Big Mom photographs of Rocks and events from before and during God Valley, and she reacted with surprise.
• Big Mom praised Rocks’s Haki and asked Austin whether he intended to take the world as Rocks had wanted.

Austin discussed Big Mom’s ambitions and Sanji’s arranged wedding, then Sanji arrived at Cake Island under pressure from the Four Emperors and Germa. Luffy appeared to rescue him, but Sanji kicked him away and insisted he was Black Spear’s adopted son.

• Big Mom proposed that she and Austin work together to take over the world, but Austin dismissed the idea and redirected their conversation to Sanji’s wedding.
• Austin warned Big Mom that Luffy might interfere with the wedding because Sanji belonged to the Straw Hat Pirates, and Big Mom said she was not worried about Luffy.
• Austin asked to inspect the wedding preparations, and Big Mom sent her subordinates to show him around Cake Island.
• Sanji arrived on Cake Island with the Vinsmoke Family, believing he had to marry to protect Zeff and his mother Sora.
• Luffy stretched his arm into Sanji’s carriage and announced that he had found him, but Sanji kicked him away and called himself Black Spear’s adopted son.

As King Luffy's crew prepared to disrupt Big Mom's wedding, they learned that Sanji's adoptive father, Austin, would attend, forcing them to proceed despite the danger. Austin welcomed the Seven Leaders of the Underworld at the venue and wondered whether provoking the battle could bring out Luffy's Nika form early.

• Sanji kicked King Luffy while insisting that the Four Emperors and Black Spear could not be defeated, but Luffy refused to give up on him.
• After Cracker's defeat, Big Mom sent her army to surround King Luffy and Nami, while Austin watched and Katakuri assessed Luffy's strength.
• King Luffy's group joined Bege to plan an assassination of Big Mom using special missiles and a picture of Sister Carmelo to exploit her weakness.
• Bege's subordinate announced that Austin would attend the wedding as Sanji's adoptive father, alarming the group, but King Luffy ordered the plan to continue.
• On the wedding day, Austin greeted the Seven Leaders of the Underworld and considered provoking the situation to awaken Luffy's Nika form early.

Austin attended Sanji’s wedding and noticed the Straw Hats spying from the Mirror World before the ceremony erupted into chaos. As the disguised King Luffys burst from the wedding cake, Austin stopped the disturbance with a pulse of black energy, and the scene ended with mirrors cracking.

• Austin warned Sammy, Stussy, Morgans, and the other underworld figures that the day would not be quiet, while Katakuri practiced his Observation Haki nearby.
• Big Mom brought up Austin’s old involvement with Kaido, and Austin sensed someone nearby and exposed Caesar, Nami, and Brook spying through a mirror platter.
• Nami smashed the mirror, and Austin erased the shattered platter as Sanji arrived at the wedding in a white suit.
• Judge asked Austin about his stance on Sanji’s wedding, and Austin said he had not come for the wedding itself.
• Streusen raised a giant wedding cake, and disguised King Luffys rushed from its mirrors, causing panic at the venue.
• Austin released ripples of black energy that seemed to freeze the scene, then the mirrors began to crack.

Jinbe rescued King Luffy and declared that he was joining the Straw Hat Pirates, challenging Big Mom despite her Soul-Soul Fruit power. As Big Mom and the Straw Hats plunged Cake Island into battle, Austin watched Katakuri and said the real show was only beginning.

• King Luffy and the others escaped the Mirror World after King Luffy broke its boundary, and he rushed toward Big Mom.
• Jinbe apologized to Austin, who said Sanji should decide his own future and that he would not interfere.
• Katakuri attacked King Luffy, but Jinbe rescued him with a Sea Current Shoulder Throw.
• Jinbe told Big Mom he had left the Shichibukai and would join the Straw Hat Pirates, then resisted her attempt to take his lifespan.
• Big Mom began attacking wildly, Brook smashed the nun's photograph, and the wedding venue erupted into a battle.
• Austin stayed seated with his guests and watched Katakuri, saying the real show was only beginning.

After Big Mom’s assassination attempt failed, Austin helped the Straw Hats and their allies escape Cake Island, then returned to the Mirror World to examine its uses for spatial travel. Katakuri confronted him over Brulee’s Mirror-Mirror Fruit ability, and their clash of Future Sight left Katakuri facing an apparently unavoidable death.

• Big Mom went berserk after seeing Mother’s shattered photo, and Germa 66, the Straw Hat Pirates, and Bege fled Cake Island with Caesar carrying Bege away.
• Austin caused an earthquake that toppled Cake Castle, helped the fleeing group escape, and sent Sammy back to Sabaody through the Mirror World.
• Big Mom’s Food Craving Syndrome worsened as the Charlotte Family struggled to stop her, and Katakuri went to the rift between the Mirror World and reality to wait for the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Austin examined the Mirror World and told Katakuri and Brulee how it could amplify his Warp Fruit’s range.
• Austin demanded that Katakuri hand over Brulee’s ability, but Katakuri refused, unwilling to sacrifice his sister or her Devil Fruit power.
• Austin and Katakuri used Future Sight simultaneously, and Katakuri saw Austin killing him instantly in every future he could glimpse.

Austin pushed Katakuri to improve his Observation Haki, then used Flampé’s ambush to force Katakuri into a bargain. He offered to return Flampé if Katakuri killed Straw Hat Luffy.

• Austin fought Katakuri while explaining how superior Observation Haki could mislead an opponent, and Katakuri gradually learned to dodge some of his attacks.
• Katakuri’s sister Brulee watched as Austin repeatedly sent him flying, and Katakuri eventually dodged two kicks and endured another with Armament Haki.
• Flampé shot a poisoned dart at Austin, who seized her and revealed that Katakuri could no longer detect him with Observation Haki.
• Austin knocked everyone but Katakuri unconscious with Conqueror’s Haki and demanded that Katakuri kill Straw Hat Luffy in exchange for Flampé’s return.

Jinbe defended the Thousand Sunny from Big Mom while King Luffy fought Katakuri in the Mirror World. After Austin showed Katakuri that Flampé was imprisoned, Katakuri intensified his attacks, but King Luffy's Observation Haki began to let him foresee the future, bringing the duel to an even match.

• Big Mom pursued the Thousand Sunny, but Jinbe steered it clear of her sea Homies and confronted her despite her threat to Fish-Man Island.
• Jinbe relied on Fish-Man Island's improved protection and Fisher Tiger's strength as he stood against Big Mom.
• King Luffy dragged Katakuri into the Mirror World, smashed the mirror to the ship, and began a life-or-death duel with him.
• Katakuri overwhelmed King Luffy with mochi attacks, then escalated his assault after Austin showed him Flampé imprisoned in the Black Box.
• King Luffy entered Gear Fourth: Ryuo Boundman, used Ryou to break Katakuri's mochi, and trained his Observation Haki until he began to foresee the future.
• Austin noticed that King Luffy and Katakuri had become evenly matched.

King Luffy and Katakuri fought to exhaustion, with King Luffy seemingly winning after Austin distracted Katakuri. Austin then used his awakened Space Ability to take control of Katakuri, turning the battle against King Luffy.

• King Luffy and Katakuri traded blows as Luffy's Observation Haki improved, and Austin foresaw Katakuri's eventual defeat and Luffy losing a leg.
• Austin distracted Katakuri at a decisive moment, allowing King Luffy to strike him with a storm of Black Mamba Fists.
• Katakuri realized Austin's spatial power was invading his body and accepted it, hoping to protect his younger sister.
• Austin activated King's Domination--Control and completely controlled Katakuri, including his Haki and abilities.
• Controlled Katakuri evaded King Luffy's Snake Man Fists, struck him with Ryuo, and declared that the fight was over.

Austin watched King Luffy lose to Katakuri, whom Austin controlled with King's Domination, while Morgans photographed the fight for a sensational report. Just as King Luffy neared death, a drumbeat sounded from his body once and revived him, but nothing else happened.

• Black Katakuri battered King Luffy and threatened to kill the Straw Hat Pirates, while King Luffy sensed that his opponent was not the Katakuri he had met.
• Austin spotted Morgans photographing the duel and let Seagull King find out what the newsman was doing in the Mirror World.
• Morgans realized Black Katakuri was empowered by Austin and eagerly recorded King Luffy fighting him.
• Black Katakuri knocked King Luffy out of Gear Fourth, leaving him barely conscious as Austin waited for someone to arrive.
• A drumbeat sounded once from King Luffy and pulled him back from the brink of death, but no further change followed.

Austin ended his attempt to force King Luffy’s Nika form, spared Katakuri and his siblings, and took blood to obtain the Mirror-Mirror Fruit ability. After the Straw Hat Pirates escaped Whole Cake Island, Morgans’s newspaper announced King Luffy as the Fifth Emperor of the Sea for surviving Austin.

• Austin had Katakuri kick the battered King Luffy through a mirror to the Thousand Sunny, then ended the battle.
• Austin released Flampé and knocked her unconscious with Conqueror’s Haki after she mocked Katakuri.
• Katakuri asked whether King Luffy would eventually defeat Big Mom, and Austin said the old era would give way to new faces.
• Austin took a sample of Brulee’s blood to acquire the Mirror-Mirror Fruit ability and then left the Mirror World.
• The Straw Hat Pirates escaped Whole Cake Island while King Luffy remained unconscious for days.
• Morgans’s newspaper declared King Luffy the Fifth Emperor of the Sea, citing his survival of Austin as his greatest feat.

As Old Gick sailed to the Reverie, he laughed at Luffy becoming an Emperor of the Sea after surviving Austin and met the royal ships of Dressrosa and Prodence. When Vergo and Violet detected a pirate submarine, Old Gick kept King Riku calm and called on Borsalino to deal with the threat.

• People across the world reacted with shock to Luffy becoming an Emperor of the Sea, while one man explained that surviving Austin was a remarkable feat.
• Old Gick read the news aboard his ship and laughed at Luffy’s achievement, agreeing with Vergo that Austin could have defeated him if he had gotten serious.
• Old Gick sailed toward Mary Geoise and joined King Riku, Elizabeth II, and the others aboard the royal ships traveling to the Reverie.
• Vergo detected pirates beneath the surface, and Violet confirmed that a submarine was approaching.
• Old Gick stopped King Riku from organizing a response and called on Borsalino to handle the pirates.

Kizaru protected Old Gick and the royal family from a submarine attack, while Doflamingo read a newspaper report about Luffy surviving a clash with Austin and dismissed it as fake news. As the Reverie began, King Cobra, King Riku, and other leaders prepared to demand the abolition of the Shichibukai system.

• Kizaru destroyed a submarine attacking Old Gick’s ship with Yasakani no Magatama.
• Old Gick resumed playing chess with King Riku and tried to find a match for Osborne among Violet and Rebecca.
• Borsalino recognized Vergo as a former Marine Vice Admiral now serving as Dullamos’s guard, but neither man made a move against the other.
• Magellan delivered a newspaper to Doflamingo in Impel Down, and Doflamingo tore it up after reading that Luffy had survived a fight with Austin.
• Doflamingo called Morgans’s report fake and speculated that Luffy was a smokescreen for a larger World Government conspiracy.
• As the Reverie began, King Cobra, King Riku, and other leaders prepared to campaign for the abolition of the Shichibukai system.

Austin visited Sade aboard the Noah after hearing about his recent battle with the Blackbeard Pirates. Sade had decided to use the Reverie to attack Mary Geoise.

• Alabasta and Dressrosa supported revoking the Shichibukai’s privileges at the Reverie because they feared pirates such as Crocodile and Doflamingo.
• Austin traveled to the Noah, where Sade welcomed him among a crew made up of people from many races.
• Sade told Austin that his crew had fought Blackbeard’s pirates in the former Whitebeard territory.
• Sade had faced Blackbeard Teach and Kuzan, but the battle ended without a victor and both sides withdrew.
• Sade revealed that he planned to attack Mary Geoise during the Reverie.

Sade tried to take Noah toward Mary Geoise to make a name for himself, but Austin stopped him and warned him to grow stronger before challenging the Holy Land. At the Reverie, the Five Elders discussed the incident and decided to propose abolishing the Shichibukai system and hunting them down.

• Sade planned to head to Mary Geoise with Noah, hoping to prove himself through a major confrontation.
• Austin intercepted Noah and struck Sade, then told him to return only after he could withstand ten moves from him and learn Conqueror's Haki Infusion.
• A World Government ship monitored Noah and reported Sade's approach to the Five Elders in Mary Geoise.
• The Five Elders discussed Sade's apparent attempt to attack the Holy Land and Austin's intervention.
• Saint Peter said Alabasta and Dressrosa would propose abolishing the Shichibukai system at the Reverie, and Saint Warcury called for the World Government to hunt the Shichibukai as well.

During the Reverie, Kuma learned that Sade had fought the Blackbeard Pirates and worried about what the boy he had once protected had become. Gick arrived at Red Port, where his encounter with Fish-Man Island’s royal family and Garp nearly turned hostile.

• Peachbeard’s pirates attacked the Luluisa Kingdom, and Kuma confronted Peachbeard after hearing him blame Sade for a war with the Blackbeard Pirates.
• Kuma was shaken by the news about Sade, while Ginny comforted him before the Revolutionary Army prepared to attack the Holy Land.
• Gick arrived at Red Port with Vergo and Austin’s bodyguards and openly criticized the Celestial Dragons.
• The Fish-Man Island royal family arrived at Red Port, and Gick approached Shirahoshi until Vergo blocked Hoshigaki’s trident and kicked him back.
• Garp warned Gick not to cause trouble during the Reverie, and the two old rivals exchanged angry remarks about Garp guarding Gick’s ship.

King Gick arrived in Mary Geoise, where his contempt for the Celestial Dragons and his influence kept the guards from punishing him. Austin called to check on Gick’s safety and warned him to stay away after the Reverie because trouble was brewing.

• Gick struck King Stry after Stry insulted him, and the Holy Land guards backed down when Gick admitted to the attack.
• Gick met Shirahoshi and kicked a king who was harassing her, while Neptune and the other royals watched.
• Austin contacted Gick through the World Government’s Den Den Mushi and warned him not to return to Mary Geoise after the Reverie.

Austin warned Old Gick that the seas were about to become chaotic and told him to bring the Black Box if he joined the fun. At the Reverie, Old Gick intervened when Charlos tried to seize Shirahoshi, and he faced down CP0 and the threat of Marine Admirals.

• Austin told Old Gick that the coming chaos could make the Black Box useful, then headed toward Vegapunk to see the Seraphim Shichibukai.
• At the Reverie, Old Gick found Charlos attempting to abduct Shirahoshi while Vivi protested and Neptune prepared to fight.
• Old Gick ordered Vergo to kill Charlos, saying the princess of a nation protected by his grandson could not be abducted without affronting his dignity.
• Lucci of CP0 blocked Vergo’s attack and warned Old Gick that Marine Admirals were stationed at Mary Geoise during the Reverie.
• Old Gick refused to back down, declaring that as a crewman of the Rocks Pirates, he did not fear a Marine Admiral.

King Gick killed Charlos with a single punch as chaos spread through Mary Geoise, while the Revolutionary Army fought the Admirals and freed slaves. At the Reverie, King Cobra and King Riku proposed abolishing the Shichibukai system, and Gick apologized after hearing how piracy had devastated their countries.

• Charlos ordered CP0 to kill Gick, but Gick's guards held the agents back and Gick punched Charlos, shattering his helmet and caving in his face.
• Karasu and Mori fought Ryokugyu while Fujitora and other Revolutionary Army captains battled the chaos and freed slaves elsewhere in Mary Geoise.
• The Five Elders discussed Gick's attack and summoned him and King Cobra to meet them.
• At the Reverie, King Cobra and King Riku proposed abolishing the Shichibukai system, and Gick argued that piracy could not be stopped.
• King Cobra and King Riku described how pirates had brought suffering to their people, and Gick thought of the victims before apologizing.

The Reverie abolished the Shichibukai system, prompting the Marines to target former members as the world reacted to the upheaval. Crocodile and Mihawk each faced Marine forces, and Crocodile invited Mihawk to stay with her.

• The Reverie unanimously abolished the Shichibukai system, and Morgans spread the news around the world.
• Crocodile called Austin to ask about the decision, but he told her to look after herself while he handled the World Government separately.
• Mihawk prepared to leave his castle after Marines surrounded it, wanting to avoid repeated interruptions rather than flee them.
• Crocodile and Mihawk compared notes about Austin's response, and Crocodile asked Mihawk to come stay at her place.

After the Navy moved against the former Shichibukai, Crocodile proposed joining forces with Mihawk, while she attacked Buggy’s fleet to collect the money he owed her. Buggy’s men mistook Crocodile’s arrival for a rescue ordered by Austin, leaving Buggy to face his creditor with no way to repay her.

• Crocodile told Mihawk that Austin had allowed the Shichibukai system to be abolished and asked him to join her; Mihawk considered the proposal.
• The Navy attacked Buggy, who rallied his followers to fight while secretly preparing to flee.
• Crocodile and her allies attacked the Navy fleet, and Buggy’s men assumed they had come to help him because of his connection to Austin.
• Buggy realized Crocodile had come to collect the money he had borrowed, but he confessed that Buggy Delivery’s business had been losing money.
• Crocodile threatened to sell Buggy as a slave if he could not repay her, while Buggy begged her to show mercy.

Crocodile considered accepting Buggy’s offer to repay his debt by joining her new company. At the Reverie, Ace and Sabo rescued King Cobra after discovering Imu on the Empty Throne, while King Gick chose to confront the monster he had once fled.

• Crocodile seized Buggy’s clothes and demanded the money he owed her, but considered using Buggy Delivery’s resources and Buggy’s reputation instead of killing him.
• Imu appeared on the Empty Throne as King Cobra and the Five Elders discussed Queen Lily and D.; Ace and Sabo secretly witnessed the meeting.
• King Gick and Wapol spied through the doorway, and King Gick recognized Imu as the monster that had tortured Rocks.
• Ace attacked Imu with Fire Fist while Sabo used his powers to bring King Cobra to safety.
• Ace and Sabo faced Imu and the Five Elders, and Ace realized his attacks could not harm Imu.
• King Gick decided not to flee and smashed through the wall with an Armament Haki-covered kick.

Old Gick stood against Imu and the Five Elders to protect Ace and Sabo, revealing his connection to the God Valley Incident and his resolve to preserve the New Era. Imu attacked him with overwhelming Conqueror's Haki, and their clash shook the world.

• Old Gick smashed through the wall, and Wapol despaired while Imu, the Five Elders, Ace, Sabo, and Cobra turned toward him.
• Gick told Ace and Sabo to escape and said he would repay his debt to Roger; Cobra urged Gick to flee as well.
• Ace and Sabo escaped with Wapol, while Gick stayed behind to hold off the Five Elders.
• Gick recognized Imu from the God Valley Incident forty years earlier and explained that he meant to protect the sparks of the New Era.
• Imu's fury grew as he thought of Joy Boy and Davy Jones, and he attacked Gick with a powerful arrow of Conqueror's Haki.
• Gick stood firm, and his clash of Conqueror's Haki with Imu tore through the sea.

At Mary Geoise, Imu’s attack clashed with a Black Box filled with Gick’s stored Conqueror’s Haki, shaking the world and forcing fighters nearby to stop. The Marines reeled from the far-reaching shockwave, while Sakazuki learned the Five Elders had no comment on the disaster.

• The Five Elders recognized the Black Box as a barrier holding immense Conqueror’s Haki and feared it would eventually fail against Imu’s attack.
• Gick faced Imu with defiance, declaring that the history of the world’s monsters would never end.
• Imu unleashed his overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki, forcing Ace, Sabo, the Revolutionary Army Captains, Fujitora, Ryokugyu, and Garling to feel its pressure.
• The clash split the sky across the sea, and its shockwave overwhelmed Den Den Mushi and knocked out most Marines at New Marine Headquarters.
• Sakazuki demanded an explanation from Ryokugyu, who reported that the Five Elders had given no comment.

The Five Elders tried to conceal the confrontation between Imu and Austin while deciding how to respond to Austin. Austin remained calm at Egghead Island and revealed that he had prepared for King Gick’s escape, leaving him ready to use the incident as a reason to surprise Imu.

• The Five Elders refused to explain the clash to Sakazuki and decided to conceal the incident and blame Sabo and Ace for King Cobra’s assassination.
• The Five Elders learned that King Gick had escaped through a black hole to the Kingdom of Dullamos and discussed how Austin might retaliate.
• Ace and Sabo contacted Dragon from Lulusia and began telling him what they had seen in Mary Geoise, but the World Government cut off their call.
• Vegapunk urged Austin to stay calm, but Austin said he was not impulsive and that events were going as expected.
• Austin explained that he had prepared five black cubes to help King Gick escape and said the incident gave him a reason to surprise Imu.