Chapter Summaries

Austin heard reports from Sammy about his underworld operations and decided Tesoro’s growing arrogance would eventually require a warning. Meanwhile, Ace confronted Blackbeard on Banaro Island, where Hades stepped forward to fight him using Gaban’s appearance and style.

• Sammy told Austin that Doflamingo had expanded his dealings, Hancock had sent women from Nine Snake Island to guard the Sabaody Red-Light District, and Tesoro had invited Austin to the Golden City.
• Austin dismissed Tesoro’s invitation and said he would visit when he chose, planning to give him a warning about his place in Austin’s organization.
• Austin learned that Luffy had reached a 300-million-Beli bounty and was headed toward Sabaody, while Mihawk sailed toward the same destination and Ace was captured.
• On Banaro Island, Ace found Blackbeard’s group, and Hades stopped Van Augur from shooting at Ace before volunteering to fight him.
• Hades drew his twin axes and prepared to teach Ace a stern lesson by imitating Gaban’s appearance and fighting style.

Hades defeated Fire Fist Ace while Blackbeard watched, then Teach planned to hand Ace over to the Marines. Meanwhile, King Luffy’s group arrived in the Thriller Bark region, where Mihawk said he had come to see a girl.

• Hades used his Armament Haki to block Ace’s Fire Gun and charge through the flames.
• Hades cut Ace with an X-shaped slash and knocked him unconscious before he could use Great Flame Emperor.
• Hades carried Ace back to Teach, who praised his rapid Haki growth and grew concerned about his potential.
• Teach said the Blackbeard Pirates would hand Ace over to the Marines and head to Marineford.
• King Luffy’s group arrived in the Thriller Bark region, where Mihawk said he had come to see a girl.

Kuma visited Moria’s castle, then sent Perona away with his power after the Straw Hat crew arrived at Thriller Bark. Perona landed on the island where she had grown up, while Kuma and Mihawk continued on their separate journeys.

• Moria refused Kuma’s offer to help him deal with the Straw Hat crew, who had come to defeat him.
• After Moria left, Kuma admitted to Mihawk that he had come to give Luffy and his crew more trials because Luffy was the son of his friend.
• Perona tried to stop Nami from leaving with the Sunny, but Kuma brushed away her ghosts and sent her away with his ability.
• Kuma asked Nami whether Luffy had an older brother, then left to continue his work.
• Kuma told Mihawk he had sent Perona to her island, and Mihawk declined an offer to follow her because he planned to meet Austin.
• Perona arrived at the old castle on her island, saw the gathering baboons, and complained that Kuma had sent her flying there.

After the Straw Hat Crew narrowly defeated Moria, Kuma appeared on Thriller Bark under orders to eliminate them and broadcast the fight live for Austin. With the crew overwhelmed by Kuma, Usopp seized the broadcast Den Den Mushi and stopped Kuma from attacking, leaving the confrontation at a standstill.

• Luffy and the Straw Hat Crew defeated Moria together, though everyone was badly injured.
• Kuma arrived among the ruins, set up a Den Den Mushi to broadcast the fight, and announced that he had come to eliminate the crew.
• Austin watched the broadcast as Kuma effortlessly deflected the crew’s attacks and overwhelmed them.
• Zoro and Sanji failed to hurt Kuma, and the crew neared defeat as Kuma prepared to strike Luffy.
• Usopp stepped forward, landed a cut on Kuma’s shoulder with Rashomon, and threatened to crush the broadcast Den Den Mushi.
• Kuma stopped moving, while Austin laughed at Usopp’s gambit.

Austin learned from Kuma that the Straw Hat Crew had escaped Thriller Bark, with Zoro gravely injured, and expected them to reach the Sabaody Archipelago next. He used Kuma's ability to remove a vast amount of fatigue, then invited Kuma to visit the island with Bonney.

• Usopp tried to protect the Den Den Mushi by threatening Kuma, but Austin made it come alive, smile, and end the broadcast.
• Kuma struck Usopp down, and the Straw Hat Crew escaped Thriller Bark with Zoro severely wounded.
• Kuma flew to Sabaody Archipelago and told Austin what had happened after the broadcast ended.
• Austin asked Kuma to extract his fatigue, producing a huge bear-paw bubble that refreshed him and reset his cooldown.
• Austin tossed several men into the bubble, draining them of their energy and shrinking it.
• Austin offered Kuma free access to Sabaody's businesses, and Kuma said he wanted to bring Bonney to the amusement park.

Robin warned Luffy and the Straw Hat Crew that the Sabaody Archipelago was Austin’s territory, but they had no way to avoid stopping there. As the crew arrived with Hachi and Camie, they were suddenly immobilized by an unknown presence.

• Robin told the Straw Hat Crew that Sabaody was the main base of [Black Spear] Austin, who commanded the Shichibukai, and Franky recalled meeting him as a child.
• Nami realized the crew had to reach Sabaody to coat the Sunny for the journey to Fish-Man Island and urged Luffy to keep a low profile, but Luffy eagerly agreed to go.
• Austin learned that Supernovas were expected to arrive at Sabaody and decided to handle them himself because he was bored.
• Mihawk left after Marine Headquarters summoned the Shichibukai and asked Austin whether he would attend the major event; Austin said perhaps.
• The Sunny reached Sabaody with Hachi and Camie, but the Straw Hat Crew suddenly became unable to move as footsteps sounded across the deck.

Austin subdued the Straw Hat Crew, challenged them to meet him in Area 23 of the Sabaody Archipelago, and left them determined to face him. As Supernovas arrived and pirates caused chaos, Austin took charge of dealing with them and heard that a Celestial Dragon had come to the island.

• Austin froze the Straw Hat Crew, taunted them, and challenged them to come to Area 23 if they wanted to prove themselves.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji chose to pursue Austin, and the rest of the crew agreed to go with them after resupplying.
• Austin reached the outskirts of the Sabaody Archipelago, told the guards to leave the pirate troublemakers to him, and reviewed a list of Supernovas.
• Austin overheard people say that a Celestial Dragon had arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago and gone to the auction house.

King Luffy’s crew learned that Austin was a Celestial Dragon and the powerful former pirate known as [Black Spear], while the Supernovas gathered on Sabaody Archipelago. When Eustass Kid and Scratchmen Apoo were about to fight, Austin arrived and paralyzed them.

• Shalria and Charlos walked through Sabaody Archipelago, where the civilians knelt and King Luffy was restrained from intervening when a slave was abused.
• The starfish explained that harming a Celestial Dragon could bring a Marine Admiral, and revealed that Austin was a Celestial Dragon and a legendary figure known as [Black Spear].
• Kid dismissed Austin’s reputation and said his goal was to cross the Red Line and defeat the Four Emperors.
• Kid and Apoo began fighting after Kid took offense at Apoo, and their crews prepared to clash.
• Austin’s guards formed an honor guard as Austin arrived, leaving Kid, Apoo, and their crews unable to move or speak.

The Straw Hat Pirates visited Shakky’s bar to find Rayleigh and learned that a dangerous figure on Sabaody was targeting the Supernovas. Austin confronted Eustass Kid, Killer, and the other pirates, trapping Apu’s group and summoning a massive Iron of Space Susanoo.

• Hachi guided the Straw Hat Pirates to Shakky’s bar, where Shakky told them Rayleigh might be at Soap Bubble Amusement Park.
• Shakky warned Luffy that the danger on Sabaody came from Austin, not from the eleven pirates with bounties over a hundred million.
• Austin appeared before Eustass Kid, Killer, and the other pirates, and Shakky’s local witnesses identified him as the Black Spear.
• Apu tried to flee, but Austin snapped his fingers and returned him and the fleeing pirates to their starting point.
• Kid formed a giant mechanical arm from nearby metal and challenged Austin, who made the metal within ten thousand meters vanish and summoned a three-headed, six-armed Iron of Space Susanoo.

Austin effortlessly defeated the Kid Pirates’ strongest fighters while reading reports, leaving the Supernovas terrified of his power. He then headed toward a tavern where Bonney might be, while Charlos and his companions approached an auction house hoping to buy a mermaid.

• Austin summoned a towering three-headed, six-armed Susanoo, and Kid charged at him after Austin mocked the Kid Pirates.
• The Susanoo cut off Kid’s mechanical arm and sliced through the Yarukiman Mangroves, leaving Kid unconscious and the Kid Pirates in despair.
• Apu discovered that his attempts to escape or attack Austin’s group were being turned against him, while Killer charged Austin in defense of Kid.
• Killer’s blades passed harmlessly through Austin, who flicked him down with a Rankyaku slash before deciding to visit a tavern where Bonney might be.
• Charlos and his companions heard distant explosions near the Donquixote Family auction house and discussed buying the captured mermaid there.

Luffy punched Charlos at the auction house, sparking a fight and prompting the Marines to contact Austin to handle the incident. Austin instead focused on the Supernovas he had captured, then confronted Hawkins and asked him to divine his odds of dying that day.

• Nami resolved to bid on Camie, but Charlos stunned the auction hall by offering 500 million Beli.
• Luffy punched Charlos, and the Straw Hat Pirates fought the Celestial Dragon guards as Shalulia demanded Marines and warships.
• Sengoku called Austin about the attack, and Austin agreed to handle the incident on Sabaody before hanging up.
• Austin told the captured Supernovas he intended to wipe them out, while Kid remained shackled with his severed arm bandaged.
• Austin found Bonney eating and approached Hawkins, asking him to divine the odds of dying that day.

Austin tested Hawkins’s divination, recruited him, and encountered Bonney, who blamed Austin for keeping her father Kuma away. After Bonney attacked him, Austin used Haki to resist her power and said he would become young to fight her.

• Austin made Hawkins divine his fate, and Hawkins predicted zero chances of victory, defeat-free escape, death, or survival.
• Austin invited Hawkins to become his subordinate, and Hawkins agreed to follow him while reserving judgment.
• Austin ended the silence around them, prompting Bonney and the tavern patrons to recognize him as the powerful man with a 4.049 billion Beli bounty.
• Bonney demanded that Austin return her father Kuma and attacked him with her age-changing power.
• Austin resisted Bonney’s strike with Haki and said he would become young to make their fight more interesting.

Austin resisted Jewelry Bonney's age-altering power and defeated Capone Bege, while Hawkins and Bonney were captured. Austin left the story preparing to pursue the remaining Supernovas.

• Austin used Haki to limit Bonney's power, returning his body to around eighteen or nineteen years old while retaining much of his Haki.
• Bege ordered his men to attack Austin, but Austin turned Bege's underlings against him with a snap of his fingers.
• Bege transformed into Big Father and attacked Austin, who caught the castle, hurled it into the air, and defeated him with a kick.
• Hawkins used his straw abilities to carry everyone away from Austin's landing, and Bege was captured and added to the Supernova group.
• The guards bound Bonney with Seastone, while Hawkins said Austin would defeat the remaining Supernovas as Austin checked his list.

Austin gathered several captured Supernovas and confronted Urouge and a Pacifista on Sabaody, while Luffy’s crew escaped with Rayleigh and learned about Roger’s crew and Austin’s past. Rayleigh warned them that Austin might be even stronger than Roger had been.

• Austin’s group reached a plaza where Urouge fought a Pacifista, which recognized Austin and cleared a path for him.
• Bonney mistook the Pacifista for her father, but Austin explained it was only a robot before kicking Urouge.
• Rayleigh helped Luffy’s crew escape the auction house, and Law used his Devil Fruit ability to evade a Pacifista.
• At Shakky’s bar, Rayleigh told Luffy’s crew that Roger had turned himself in and recounted the Roger Pirates’ disbandment.
• Rayleigh revealed that Austin, Shanks, and Buggy had been apprentices aboard Roger’s ship and said Austin might be stronger than Roger had been.

Rayleigh explained Austin’s ideals and told the Straw Hats that he possessed an Eternal Pointer to Laugh Tale, while Luffy reaffirmed his desire to seek freedom on his own adventure. Meanwhile, Austin continued capturing the Supernovas and demonstrated his awakened Warp Fruit after Hawkins appeared to cut off his head.

• Luffy refused to hear what One Piece was and said he wanted to find it through his own adventures, believing the Pirate King was the freest man.
• Rayleigh said Austin pursued absolute freedom and happiness for himself, and revealed that Austin had an Eternal Pointer leading to Laugh Tale.
• The Straw Hats left for Area 23 together after Usopp insisted that companions should stay together.
• Austin knocked Urouge down with a Warp Kick and challenged Hawkins to fight as Drake charged at him.
• Hawkins’s attack seemed to cut off Austin’s head, but Austin explained that he had connected his head and neck with his awakened Warp Fruit ability.

Austin captured most of the Supernovas and then pursued Trafalgar Law after learning he was escaping by submarine. He caught up with Law thousands of meters beneath the sea and began dragging the submarine toward the surface.

• Austin defeated Drake and captured Hawkins, then sent Hawkins to guard the other captured Supernovas.
• Hawkins told Kidd and the others that Austin had fought without using Haki and was far beyond them.
• Austin learned Kuma was leaving for a government meeting and then went to the shore after hearing that Law planned to escape.
• Hawkins divined that Law had a zero percent chance of escaping, and Austin plunged into the sea to pursue him.
• Austin grabbed Law's submarine in the deep sea and began pulling it toward the surface, leaving Law and his crew alarmed.

Austin defeated Law and the Heart Pirates at Sabaody, then intercepted Sentomaru to let the Straw Hat Crew escape. As the crew split into three groups, each found an Austin waiting at a different entrance to Area 23.

• Austin dragged Law’s submarine to shore and defeated Law and the Heart Pirates, using his Warp power to redirect Jean Bart’s punch.
• The Straw Hat Crew barely defeated one Pacifista before Sentomaru arrived with another and forced them to retreat toward Area 23.
• Austin stopped Sentomaru and ordered PX-4 to keep him from pursuing the Straw Hat Crew.
• The Straw Hat Crew split into three groups, with Sanji, Franky, and Robin heading to Entrance A, Zoro, Brook, and Usopp to Entrance B, and Chopper, Nami, and King Luffy to Entrance C.
• A different version of Austin appeared before each group: Demon King Gale Kick Austin at Entrance A, Divine Departure Austin at Entrance B, and Fist Bone Austin at Entrance C.

Austin confronted Sanji and Zoro at separate entrances, testing them in battle while they tried to reach their crewmates. Sanji and Zoro fought on despite Austin's overwhelming strength, and their friends went to find Luffy and the others for support.

• At Entrance A, Austin told Sanji to return home, but Sanji refused and sent Robin and Franky to find Luffy and the others.
• Sanji attacked Austin with his strongest techniques, but Austin blocked his kicks and answered Diable Jambe with his own black-flamed Demon King Gale Kick.
• At Entrance B, Zoro faced Austin and sent Usopp and Brook to find the others while he prepared to fight his master alone.
• Zoro launched a series of sword attacks, but Austin casually defended until Zoro used Ghost Qi and Asura Nine Slashes.
• Austin struck the injured Zoro with Divine Departure.

Austin and his clones overwhelmed the Straw Hat Crew across Grove 23, leaving Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji badly injured while the rest of the crew faced Austin’s original body. The chapter ended with Luffy breaking down as the Summit War approached.

• Nami fled with Chopper to warn the others while Luffy stayed behind to fight Austin at Entrance C.
• Austin used the Warp Fruit and his Iron Fist of Love to batter Luffy, then evaded his attacks by foreseeing the future.
• Nami and Chopper met Robin and the others in Grove 23, where both groups realized they had encountered different Austins.
• Austin’s original body arrived and suppressed the crew with Conqueror’s Haki before bringing the injured Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji to the group.
• Three Austin clones appeared beside the injured fighters, and the original body confronted the remaining Straw Hat Crew as Luffy burst into tears.

Austin kicked the Straw Hat Crew members away to different destinations, leaving King Luffy devastated, then explained to Rayleigh that they would survive and be trained. Austin and Rayleigh headed toward the center of the island, where a group of Supernovas remained chained up.

• Austin whispered to Robin to work for the Revolutionary Army, then kicked her away before the Straw Hat Crew could stop him.
• Austin kicked Brook, Sanji, Usopp, Zoro, Franky, Chopper, and Nami away one by one as King Luffy failed to protect them.
• Austin kicked King Luffy away after taunting him about his weakness, leaving him weeping in the clearing.
• Rayleigh arrived and questioned whether Austin had gone too far, and Austin reassured him that the Straw Hat Crew would not die.
• Austin told Rayleigh that the crew had been sent to places he had visited, with King Luffy sent to Dullamos, and the two headed toward the chained Supernovas.