Chapter Summaries

Garp reunited with Roger and Rayleigh, then brought them to Foosha Village, where Roger embraced Rouge and Ace. After the Summit War, Luffy recovered on Dullamos Island and asked Old Gick to help him become stronger.

• Garp and Roger fought fiercely for the Marines’ benefit, then drank together aboard a warship as Rayleigh watched.
• Garp, Roger, and Rayleigh arrived at Foosha Village and went to Rouge’s cabin, where Roger reunited with her and Ace.
• Luo took the recovering Luffy and Jinbe toward Dullamos Island after Jinbe explained Austin’s request.
• Old Gick scolded Luffy for his recklessness and reminded him that Austin’s help had been crucial in saving Ace.
• Luffy recalled his helplessness at Marineford and Sabaody, then knelt and asked Old Gick to help him become stronger.

King Luffy began training under Old Gick, who taught him that mastering Haki was essential to reaching the peak of the seas. Meanwhile, Austin parted ways with the Shichibukai after the Summit War and spoke with Doll, who offered help if he returned to Sabaody.

• King Luffy, bandaged from his injuries, pleaded with Old Gick to train him, and Old Gick agreed.
• Old Gick explained that Haki, rather than Devil Fruits alone, was what the strongest fighters mastered.
• King Luffy asked to visit Marineford to pay respects to Whitebeard and the fallen, then planned to reunite with his companions in two years; Old Gick let him go.
• Austin sent Jinbe to take Straw Hat Luffy to Dullamos, while Crocodile, Doflamingo, Kuma, and Ginny departed for their own plans.
• Doll met Austin at the harbor and offered to help him through the Marine branch base if he returned to the Sabaody Archipelago.

Austin traveled to Nine Snake Island with Hancock while Mihawk returned to his castle, where he agreed to train Zoro. After the Summit War, Zoro learned that Luffy and Ace had been rescued, Perona feared Moria had disappeared, and the Marines began their Fleet Admiral contest.

• Austin told Mihawk to return to his island and look after Perona and Zoro, then set off for Nine Snake Island with Hancock.
• Mihawk returned to his castle and found Zoro training after being sent there by Austin.
• Zoro asked Mihawk to teach him swordsmanship so he could surpass him, and Mihawk agreed to train him.
• Mihawk told Zoro that Austin had rescued Luffy and Ace, so Zoro stayed to train his swordsmanship and Haki.
• Perona asked Mihawk about Moria, and Mihawk said Moria had disappeared and might have been targeted by the World Government.
• After the Summit War, the Marines began their contest for Fleet Admiral.

Kuzan conceded the Fleet Admiral contest to Sakazuki, staged his departure from the Marines, and vowed to oppose Austin on his own terms. Later, King Gick accompanied Luffy to Marineford, where Luffy sent the message “3D2Y” to the world.

• Kuzan froze the surrounding sea and warships, then asked Sakazuki to report that he had lost their ten-day contest and left the Marines.
• Kuzan explained that Marine orders had kept him from stopping Austin, so he would pursue justice outside the Marines; Sakazuki agreed to support his cover story.
• Sakazuki burned half of Punk Hazard, and the world heard that former Admiral Aokiji had left after losing the Fleet Admiral contest.
• King Gick arrived at Marineford with Luffy, and the Marines held back from attacking after recognizing Gick.
• With Gick beside him, Luffy raised his arm before the gathered reporters and displayed the message “3D2Y.”

Austin arrived at Gran Tesoro and watched Tesoro’s lavish performance, but he took offense when Baccarat called him a guest rather than acknowledging their relationship. Austin’s presence suppressed the venue and stripped Tesoro of control over gold, leaving him shaken as the performance continued.

• Austin read news about Kuzan leaving the Marines, rising bounties, and the worldwide Marine conscription while traveling toward Gran Tesoro.
• Austin arrived at the Golden City and watched its extravagant show as Tesoro danced onstage.
• Baccarat told Austin that Tesoro would welcome him as a free guest, and Austin questioned whether he was only a guest.
• Austin confronted Baccarat and sensed that Tesoro’s wealth and confidence had corrupted him.
• Austin’s oppressive presence forced spectators to their knees, and Tesoro lost control of the gold in his body and across the venue.

Austin subdued Tesoro on the Gran Tesoro and warned him against building his own faction, while Rayleigh arrived on Dullamos Island and secretly watched Gick teach Luffy Haki. The chapter ended with Gick explaining that Haki developed through life-and-death battles, not slow, gentle training.

• Austin used gold and Conqueror’s Haki to overwhelm Tesoro, incapacitating everyone around them.
• Austin revealed that Tesoro’s hired bodyguards were dead and warned him that he could take back Stella, the Gold-Gold Fruit, his wealth, status, and protection if he disappointed him again.
• Austin spent time in luxury in the Golden City while Rayleigh arrived on Dullamos Island after swimming there when a storm destroyed his ship.
• Rayleigh’s guards recognized him as Austin’s old acquaintance and escorted him to the palace, where he watched Gick teach King Luffy Haki.
• Gick told Luffy that Haki training required repeated life-and-death battles and criticized those who spent years laying a gentle foundation in basic Haki.

Rayleigh and Old Gick argued over how to train King Luffy, then agreed to teach him together. Two years later, Austin inspected Vegapunk’s artificial lifeform modeled on Joy Boy and ordered its release as the Dark Sun God Sade Geou.

• Rayleigh interrupted Old Gick’s lesson and said he had come to help King Luffy grow stronger.
• Old Gick and Rayleigh argued over whether steady Haki training or life-and-death battles would make King Luffy stronger, then decided to teach him together.
• Two years later, Austin visited Vegapunk’s secret experimental base to inspect the artificial lifeform Vegapunk had created from Austin’s design.
• Vegapunk explained that the experiment had powerful Haki, the Dark-Dark Fruit, an unawakened Rubber Fruit, and an Ancient Giant body.
• Austin declined to set the artificial lifeform’s personality, saying its lineage factors and unpredictable nature would make the unknown more interesting.
• Austin told Vegapunk to release the artificial lifeform and named it the Dark Sun God Sade Geou.

The Five Elders reacted to Sade Geou’s wanted poster and ordered a Buster Call against him. As the Straw Hat Pirates began reuniting at Sabaody Archipelago, Austin and Old Gick watched Marines confront Sade.

• The Five Elders discussed filling Shichibukai positions with Buggy and Edward Weevil, then panicked at Sade Geou’s wanted poster and his resemblance to Joy Boy.
• The Five Elders decided not to report Sade Geou to Imu and ordered Fleet Admiral Sakazuki to coordinate a Buster Call against him.
• Zoro arrived first at Shakky’s Bargain Bar as the Straw Hat Pirates began gathering at Sabaody Archipelago.
• King Luffy thanked Old Gick before setting off, and Austin appeared to watch the activity at the archipelago with him.
• Marines surrounded Sade Geou, a young giant who resembled King Luffy and Roger, as he asked why they kept chasing him.

Sade Geou fought off the Marines pursuing him on Sabaody Archipelago, then crossed paths with King Luffy and his companions. The chapter ended as Sade and King Luffy prepared to clash with matching Gomu Gomu attacks.

• Doll led the Marines in an attempt to capture or drive away Sade Geou, but his Gomu Gomu Giant Gun scattered their forces.
• Doll confronted Sade, and the two exchanged attacks before he sent her crashing into the plaza where Sanji, Zoro, and King Luffy had gathered.
• King Luffy reunited with Sanji and Zoro after Marines left to pursue Sade, while guards arrested pirates impersonating the Straw Hat crew.
• Sade emerged and introduced himself as the man who would become the World King, prompting King Luffy to challenge him.
• Sade and King Luffy raised their fists and began matching Gomu Gomu Giant Gun attacks.

Austin stopped King Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Sade from destroying Area 46 of the Sabaody Archipelago and sent them away. Old Gick then wondered whether the enormous Sade was Austin’s son and his own great-grandson, but Austin denied it.

• King Luffy and Sade prepared to clash with giant Armament Haki fists while Zoro and Sanji moved to intervene.
• Austin appeared beneath the fists, stopped the fighters, and sent King Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji to the Thousand Sunny.
• Austin told Sade to leave for the New World, and Sade called him Dad before setting off.
• Old Gick remembered Rayleigh saying that Gaban had married a Giant and had a Giant child, then asked Austin if Sade was his great-grandson.
• Austin denied that Sade was his son.

Austin set events in motion around Fish-Man Island, where the super-giant Sea Kings mistook Luffy for Joy Boy and plunged the deep sea into chaos. The figure responsible remained unidentified as he wondered whether the deception could fool Imu.

• Nami paid the Sabaody port staff 500 million Beli to reclaim the Thousand Sunny after they threatened to report the crew to Austin.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji fell onto the Sunny and told the crew that Austin had sent them flying, prompting Usopp to urge them to leave Sabaody.
• Sade forced his way onto a pirate ship bound for Fish-Man Island, while Austin watched and wondered whether destiny depended on people or circumstances.
• As the ships approached Fish-Man Island, Luffy heard the super-giant Sea Kings speaking beneath the sea.
• The Sea Kings recognized Luffy's resemblance to Joy Boy and rushed toward Fish-Man Island, stirring violent currents that sent a ship plunging into the depths.
• Austin observed the Sea Kings' reaction and said that Luffy's appearance, Nika Fruit abilities, and inherited lineage factor made him nearly indistinguishable from the real Joy Boy.

Austin visited Shirahoshi and refused Neptune’s request to protect the other half of Fish-Man Island, warning him to reduce casualties. Meanwhile, the Straw Hat Pirates and Sade arrived at Fish-Man Island, where Sade declared it the first stop in his conquest of the world.

• Austin reunited with Shirahoshi at the royal palace, and Neptune called him Fish-Man Island’s hero.
• Neptune explained that the Whitebeard Pirates’ defeat had left the other half of Fish-Man Island vulnerable to pirates and slave-catching crews.
• Austin refused to protect that half, said someone else would come for it, and warned Neptune to reduce casualties.
• The Straw Hat Pirates reached Fish-Man Island, where Hammond confronted them and spoke of Fisher Tiger before Sade’s ship crashed into the scene.
• Sade arrived near the royal palace, took off his straw hat, and announced that Fish-Man Island was the first stop in his conquest of the world.

Austin watched Fish-Man Island’s unrest unfold as Sade, his artificial chosen one, tried to recruit the fish-men to overthrow the World Government. The Sea Kings brought Noah to confront Joy Boy, only to sense both Sade and King Luffy and wonder how there could be two Joy Boys.

• Austin visited Madame Shyarly and watched the growing conflict between the New Fish-Man Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates on Fish-Man Island.
• King Luffy and his companions entered the island and confronted the New Fish-Man Pirates, who vowed to overthrow the Ryugu Kingdom and attack the human kings at the Reverie.
• Sade stood in Ryugu Palace, claimed the fish-men should follow him, and called for them to overthrow the World Government.
• The Sea Kings brought Noah to Fish-Man Island while Queen Otohime tried to calm the rioting fish-men and King Luffy subdued the rebels with Conqueror’s Haki.
• The Sea Kings sensed Sade and King Luffy and asked how there could be two Joy Boys.

Sade tried to take Noah to conquer the world, convincing Neptune and the Sea Kings that he was not Joy Boy. An unseen figure immobilized the Sea Kings with overwhelming Haki and spatial power, and as Sade moved to seize Noah, King Luffy attacked him to protect Shirahoshi and his friends.

• The Sea Kings and Neptune questioned whether Sade was Joy Boy, and Sade declared that he planned to conquer the world and take Noah.
• Neptune and Shirahoshi warned the Sea Kings not to give Noah to Sade, so the Sea Kings began pulling the ship back.
• An unseen figure unleashed Conqueror's Haki and spatial power, paralyzing the Sea Kings until they released Noah's chains in pain.
• Sade charged to take Noah, but King Luffy confronted him after Shirahoshi's tears made him fear for his friend.
• King Luffy used Gear Third and Giant Gun Gatling against Sade, who answered with an ordinary Gatling barrage as a faint tinkling sound rang in Luffy's heart.

King Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates battled Sade, whose overwhelming strength kept Luffy from gaining the upper hand. After Sade unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and clashed with Zoro, Luffy transformed into Gear 4, prompting Sade to eagerly imitate him.

• Sade knocked King Luffy into the ground, and Zoro and Sanji stepped in to attack while the Straw Hat crew prepared to join the fight.
• Neptune called for the battle to stop, but Sade and King Luffy pointed out that the fight had moved beyond the half of Fish-Man Island protected by Austin.
• Sade unleashed overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki, and King Luffy met it with his own while the weaker fighters struggled against the pressure.
• Zoro intercepted Sade’s punch and struck him with One Sword Style: Great Shock, forcing Sade back a couple of steps.
• King Luffy activated Gear 4—Boundman, and Sade watched with excitement before saying he would try the same thing.

Sade transformed into Gear 4 Boundman and fought King Luffy, overpowering the Straw Hat Crew until Zoro shielded them and was critically injured. King Luffy then awakened Ryou and prepared to face Sade, who revealed that he could use flowing Armament Haki too.

• Sade transformed into Boundman and clashed fists with King Luffy, then urged him to join in taking over the world; King Luffy refused and declared his dream of becoming Pirate King and the freest man at sea.
• Sanji attacked Sade with Diable Jambe, but Sade blocked the kick with his Armament Haki-coated elbow and cracked Sanji’s leg before slamming King Luffy into the ground.
• Sade unleashed Boundman Gatling at the Straw Hat Crew, and Zoro took the barrage head-on while Chopper’s fur reinforcement protected the others.
• Zoro survived the attack but collapsed in critical condition, vomiting blood, as King Luffy and Sanji cried out for him.
• King Luffy’s anger awakened his Ryou, but Sade revealed that he could also make Armament Haki flow and challenged King Luffy to face the difference in their power.

Sade overwhelmed King Luffy and moved to kill him, but Zoro stood in his way with a powerful Ghost Qi transformation. Zoro struck Sade with his Asura King Draws Sword of the Dead, leaving the clash’s outcome unresolved.

• Sade defeated King Luffy with his Giant Ape Ryou Cannon, sending him crashing through Fish-Man Island before he fell unconscious.
• Sade advanced toward King Luffy to finish him, while Neptune restrained Shirahoshi and Sanji and the others prepared to intervene.
• Zoro rose despite his injuries and ordered Sanji to lead the others to safety while he faced Sade alone.
• Zoro unleashed Ghost Qi Sword Style and transformed into the Nine Sword Style King, forcing Sade back in their clash.
• Zoro landed Asura King Draws Sword of the Dead across Sade’s chest.

Zoro used the power stored in Dark Crow to grievously wound Sade, but he collapsed before Sade was defeated. Sade stopped at Fish-Man Island’s boundary and demanded that Shirahoshi come with him, threatening the residents on the island’s other half unless Neptune lent him the fish-men’s power.

• Zoro’s strike wounded Sade with stored Conqueror’s Haki and Ghost Qi, leaving Zoro exhausted and unconscious.
• Austin realized that Dark Crow held power he had infused into it during his younger days, which had appeared to Sade as a terrifying phantom.
• Robin used her ability to help move Zoro to safety, and Sanji carried him and King Luffy back across the boundary.
• Sade refused to cross Fish-Man Island’s boundary but demanded that Shirahoshi come out to sea with him.
• Neptune refused to give Shirahoshi to Sade, who threatened the residents on the island’s other half and demanded the fish-men’s power.

Sade forced Neptune to surrender Shirahoshi, claiming Fish-Man Island and Poseidon as the first step in his campaign against the World Government. He then challenged Big Mom’s claim to the island by ordering her factory’s representatives to tell her that no other flag could remain there.

• Sade threatened Fish-Man Island with the Dark-Dark Fruit until Shirahoshi agreed to go with him to spare its people.
• Sade claimed Fish-Man Island and Poseidon, then ordered a fish-man to hang his flag at Big Mom’s dessert factory.
• Baccarat and Baron Tamago discussed Big Mom’s factory and Black Spear’s influence as they approached it.
• Sade confronted Baccarat and Baron Tamago and told them to inform Big Mom that the rest of Fish-Man Island belonged to him and would permit no other flags.

Sade took control of the other half of Fish-Man Island and declared that he would become the World King, drawing Big Mom’s interest and the World Government’s attention. As Sade’s arrival became headline news, the Five Elders ordered a Buster Call to ambush him when he left the island.

• Sade answered Big Mom’s call and announced that he had claimed the other half of Fish-Man Island, including its factories, and would remove her flag.
• Big Mom recognized Sade as the Giant known as [Dark Sun] and invited him to Whole Cake Island after he declared his ambition to become the World King.
• Sade accepted Big Mom’s invitation, while Austin secretly listened and remembered their past encounter.
• Sade’s victory over the Straw Hat Crew secured his ownership of the island, and reporters publicized his arrival across the New World.
• The Five Elders ordered a Buster Call against Sade as he left Fish-Man Island, assigning Issho to lead it and coordinate with CP0’s Rob Lucci.