Chapter Summaries

Austin clashed with demonized Rocks as Imu’s control drove Rocks to attack his own family. Newgate intercepted Rocks before he could reach Alice and Teach, while Austin turned his attention to Imu.

• Austin struggled to block Rocks’s powerful attacks and told Big Mom to flee as God Valley began collapsing.
• The Roger Pirates evacuated Shanks with a black cube, while Kuma continued rescuing people across the island.
• Austin let Rocks pursue Alice and Teach, then called Newgate to stop him before he could reach them.
• Newgate fought Rocks, and Austin contained their battle’s aftershocks so Alice and Teach could escape safely.
• Austin faced Imu and asked whether Imu had ever lost.

Austin confronted Imu on God Valley, repeatedly shooting and provoking the World Government's ruler while Roger and Garp moved to face Rocks. Imu tried to exploit Austin's concern for a relative aboard New David, but Austin threatened to destroy the World Government if that man died, leaving Imu frozen.

• Austin challenged Imu, while Roger and Garp joined forces and unleashed their Conqueror's Haki toward Rocks.
• Austin shot Imu repeatedly with teleporting Seastone bullets, interrupting his attempts to speak and leaving him unable to retaliate.
• As Rocks fought Roger and Garp, Austin continued attacking Imu and killing Celestial Dragons nearby.
• Imu tried to provoke Austin by mentioning a relative aboard New David, but Austin refused to panic.
• Austin warned that if the relative died, he would kill everyone in the World Government except Imu, and Imu froze at the threat.

Austin joined Roger and Garp against demonized Rocks, using his strengthened Conqueror’s Haki and hidden power to help bring the battle to its climax. The chapter ended as Austin, aided by Roger and Garp, unleashed a combined attack on Rocks.

• Garp and Roger struggled to withstand demonized Rocks’s overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki while Austin fought Imu’s shadow nearby.
• Austin intercepted Rocks’s slash with Divine Departure, and his clash with Rocks showed that facing powerful opponents had raised the limits of his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Rocks overpowered Austin and sent him crashing through the ground, but Austin recovered and called on Roger and Garp to weaken Rocks.
• Roger and Garp attacked Rocks together, briefly slowing him, while Austin’s two forms advanced with blade and spear.
• Austin unleashed Final King’s Ceremony: Supreme Domination, combining his attacks and Conqueror’s Haki against Rocks.

Austin defeated Rocks with a final strike, then survived Imu’s ambush by restoring his strength with a compressed rice ball and forced Imu to withdraw. In the aftermath, the Rocks Pirates disbanded, the Roger Pirates rose to prominence, and Austin left Garp a letter and photographs before his rebirth.

• Austin used his final strength to kill Rocks, whose body vanished as God Valley’s last mountain crumbled to ash.
• Imu attacked Austin from behind, but Austin evaded the tentacle and blew apart Imu’s head before eating a Space Compression Rice Ball to recover.
• Austin told Imu he could keep replenishing his strength, and Imu changed from his monstrous form into an old man as Roger, Garp, and Saturn watched.
• In 1484, the Rocks Pirates disbanded, the Roger Pirates became the seas’ leading crew, and the World Government sealed its investigation into Gick while remaining on guard against him.
• Austin’s letter told Garp he would soon be reborn, left him photographs of God Valley and their everyday moments, and thanked him for being a grandfather.

Austin reflected on the passing of the Old Era and traveled to Totto Land to visit Big Mom’s crew ahead of Sanji’s wedding. He arrived at Cake Island, where he reunited with Katakuri and offered to teach him about Observation Haki.

• Austin looked through old photos, remembered the deaths of many Rocks and Roger Pirates, and decided to visit old friends.
• On Whole Cake Island, officers discussed the grand preparations for Sanji’s wedding and Katakuri ordered them to prepare for Austin’s arrival.
• Katakuri sensed Austin approaching through a violent storm and evacuated everyone from the harbor.
• Austin crashed into the harbor, emerged unharmed with Seagull King on his shoulder, and greeted Katakuri.
• Austin asked Katakuri how far into the future he could see and offered to teach him.

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.