Chapter Summaries

Austin confronted his rampaging son Dante on Onigashima and used his spatial powers to stop his attacks while displaying his overwhelming strength. He began gathering Conqueror’s Haki for a counterattack as Dante briefly regained clarity.

• Austin caught Nami and reassured the others that he would stop Dante’s rampage.
• Austin used Sky Barrier to block Dante’s attacks, then caught and erased a thousand-meter Tempest Kick slash with one hand.
• Dante used the fading slash to conceal a Conqueror’s Haki-coated strike that appeared to send Austin flying, but Austin caught Dante’s next punch from behind.
• Austin evaded Dante’s rapid blows and began concentrating Conqueror’s Haki, overwhelming nearly everyone nearby and briefly restoring Dante’s awareness.

Austin defeated Dante and stopped the World Government from taking him, then turned his attention to the approaching pirates and the contest for One Piece. In Wano, Charcoal Tama became shogun, while Luffy, Kid, and Luo left, and a newspaper report about Buggy, Hawk Eyes, and Crocodile surprised them.

• Austin struck Dante with Conqueror's Haki and spatial power, knocking him unconscious and ending the battle.
• Austin returned everyone to Wano and drove off the CP0 agents with Conqueror's Haki, then spoke with Dante about their relationship and the world.
• Austin knocked a Marine Admiral into the sea as a dragon-headed pirate ship approached Wano, and he remarked on the contest for the King of Pirates title.
• Charcoal Tama became Wano's new shogun, and Hiyori continued her work as a geisha while Luffy and his companions departed without a banquet.
• Kid and Luo also left Wano, and the captains saw a newspaper report showing Hawk Eyes and Crocodile as Buggy's subordinates.
• Luo suggested that the unlikely alliance could make sense if Austin was involved.

Buggy confronted Crocodile and Mihawk about their ambitions for Utopia and declared that he wanted to become Pirate King. His speech inspired Cross Guild’s subordinates, and a mysterious figure appeared, unleashing Conqueror’s Haki over the organization.

• Crocodile and Mihawk discussed a report identifying Big Mom’s pink-haired child as Austin’s son, while Buggy struggled with news of Austin and Shanks pursuing their dreams.
• Buggy rejected Crocodile and Mihawk’s plans for Utopia, recalling his old ambitions and condemning their focus on power and military strength.
• Buggy declared that he wanted to become Pirate King and urged the pirates around him to pursue One Piece, despite Crocodile pinning him down.
• A tall figure appeared in the meeting room, praised Buggy, and drove Crocodile back with an invisible force.
• Conqueror’s Haki gathered above Cross Guild, and the subordinates shouted their support for Captain Buggy.

Austin revealed that he had infused Buggy’s captain’s hat with the Inspiration Fruit, amplifying Buggy’s ability to rally his crew and nudging him toward the Pirate King’s treasure. He urged Crocodile and Mihawk to back Buggy, then showed them a red Poneglyph and said its absence would keep the other Emperors from collecting all four.

• Buggy’s speech reignited his underlings’ buried dreams and persuaded them to pursue the Pirate King’s treasure.
• Crocodile confronted Austin over changing the force’s goals, and Austin placed an Inspiration Fruit-powered captain’s hat on Buggy.
• Buggy’s words influenced even Mihawk and Crocodile until Austin explained the hat’s ability and how it could boost morale.
• Austin argued that Buggy could become the Pirate King, while Alvida, Mochi, and Mr. 3 reacted to Buggy’s growing prominence.
• Mihawk and Crocodile raised concerns about competing with the other Emperors, and Austin displayed a red Poneglyph as proof that they had a major advantage.

Blackbeard Teach and the Navy invaded Amazon Lily to capture Hancock and claim her Love-Love Fruit, but S-Hawk joined the fight and pushed them inland. As Hancock spoke with Austin through a Den Den Mushi, Alvida approached him at a banquet, leaving Hancock convinced he was having an affair.

• Blackbeard Teach arrived at Amazon Lily intending to take Hancock's Love-Love Fruit, while the Navy prepared to capture her.
• Teach attacked the Navy, but S-Hawk and other Seraphim forces confronted the Blackbeard Pirates and drove the battle toward Nine Snake Island.
• Hancock called Austin, who told her he had sent a large mirror for him to use to visit her through the Mirror World.
• A blast from the fighting damaged Nine Snake Island, and Hancock left the call to investigate the invaders.
• Alvida sat beside Austin at the banquet, and Hancock heard her voice through the Den Den Mushi and feared Austin was having an affair.

Austin refused to let Hancock fight Blackbeard, believing she was outmatched, while Blackbeard's crew invaded Nine Snake Island. After Hancock learned Austin was causing a stir with Big Mom's son, her resolve faltered and Blackbeard moved to attack her, just as black-and-red lightning burst from a mirror.

• Hancock asked Austin who the woman speaking to him had been, and his casual answer made her fear he had fallen for someone else.
• Austin rejected Hancock's offer to face the attackers, saying Blackbeard was too strong for her, and returned to Buggy's banquet.
• The Seraphim battled Blackbeard's crew as they entered Nine Snake Island, where Hancock turned Vasco Shot and Catarina Devon to stone with her arrows.
• Blackbeard told Hancock that Austin was occupied in Wano with Big Mom's son, who had defeated Straw Hat Kid, and Grandma Nyon confirmed the news.
• Hancock collapsed in despair at the thought that Austin had chosen Big Mom over her, and Blackbeard reached for her with Dark Water.
• Black-and-red lightning erupted from a mirror as a voice sounded through the distant Den Den Mushi.

Austin stopped Blackbeard from attacking the Empress on Nine Snake Island by restraining him with his Conqueror’s Haki and ordering the Seraphim to withdraw. Later, a concert flyer caught Austin’s attention, setting up a possible meeting between him and Shanks over the girl pictured on it.

• Austin used a Den Den Mushi and his Conqueror’s Haki to restrain Blackbeard before he could seize the Empress.
• Austin warned Blackbeard to stop testing his patience, then told the Seraphim to withdraw, and they obeyed despite the Marines’ protests.
• The Marines abandoned the confrontation, and Rayleigh later arrived on Nine Snake Island with Shakky and learned what had happened.
• At a banquet, Austin spotted a concert flyer held by one of Buggy’s underlings and asked him to hand it over.

Austin learned that Uta was holding a concert and feared her Song Song Fruit could trap listeners in another world, so he ordered the underground world to avoid it. He decided to attend himself to support Uta and prepare for the danger.

• Buggy gave an impassioned speech using Austin’s template, then complained drunkenly about Shanks after Austin mentioned Shanks’s daughter Uta.
• Austin showed Buggy the flyer for Uta’s upcoming concert, and Buggy was shocked to learn Shanks had a daughter.
• Austin called Sammy and ordered her to tell the underground world not to attend Uta’s concert or listen to its Den Den Mushi broadcast.
• Austin explained that Uta’s Song Song Fruit could pull listeners into a dangerous world, and he had already arranged for Vergo to keep the old man away from the broadcast.
• Austin decided to go to the concert himself, intending to support Uta while guarding against the Song Song World.

As Uta’s worldwide concert began, her Song Song Fruit power drew listeners into the Song Song World and caused them to collapse across the world. Austin recognized the danger and considered entering the world despite the risk of being trapped there.

• Morgans received an order from Lord Austin, continued distributing Uta’s concert tickets, and told his staff not to watch the concert.
• Sammy’s network spread Austin’s warning through the underworld, prompting many other factions to avoid watching the broadcast.
• Austin explained that Uta planned to use Infinite Tsukuyomi to create an ideal world, but he did not want to be drawn into it.
• Uta’s concert began, and people worldwide watched her performance through Den Den Mushi broadcasts.
• Vergo and the other bodyguards stopped Old Gick from watching, then discovered that viewers across the world had fainted.
• Austin weighed the danger of entering the Song Song World and asked the Seagull King whether they should go in.

Luffy reunited with Uta at her concert and revealed that she was Shanks’s daughter and Austin’s goddaughter, prompting pirates and the World Government to target her. As Austin appeared in the Song Song World during the livestream, the Five Elders ordered CP0 to find his unconscious body, which Seagull King was carrying.

• Luffy leaped onto Uta’s stage, reunited with her, and told the Straw Hat crew and audience that she was Shanks’s daughter and Austin’s goddaughter.
• Pirates decided to capture Uta for ransom, but Uta defeated them in the Song Song World and continued her concert.
• The Five Elders deemed Uta and Tot Musica threats and ordered the Knights of God to execute her, while the Marines prepared to advance on Elegia.
• Uta created food, clothes, and toys for people in the Song Song World, and Dragon watched her apparent utopia through the livestream.
• Dragon and the Five Elders spotted Austin in the Song Song World, and the Five Elders ordered CP0 to locate his unconscious body.
• Seagull King carried the unconscious Austin on his back.

Inside the Song Song World, Austin watched Uta turn against the Straw Hat Crew and used his spatial power to disrupt her note soldiers. Uta discovered him in the audience and sent a flood of notes at him, refusing to back down even though he was her uncle.

• Austin reasoned that Uta was powerful but not omnipotent, and kept his Devil Fruit ability and Haki ready as he watched her speak with the Straw Hat Crew.
• Uta learned that King Luffy still wanted to become a pirate, changed her attitude, and declared she would deal with the pirates as the crowd cheered.
• Uta's note soldiers trapped most of the Straw Hat Crew, but Austin used Space Shadow Cavalry Line to stop them and make them dance beyond her control.
• Uta spotted Austin in the audience, and the crowd panicked when they recognized the powerful pirate known as Black Spear.
• Uta insisted that she would not allow Austin to stop her and sent a vast wave of notes toward him.

Austin confronted Uta in the Song Song World while Uta’s plan left the concertgoers unconscious in the real world. As the Marines struggled to contain the civilians, Austin’s unconscious body arrived on Elegia and faced Kizaru and Fujitora.

• Austin appeared on the stage and erased Uta’s musical attacks, refusing to let her summon Tot Musica.
• Uta broke free of Austin’s spatial control and declared that everyone would remain in the Song Song World forever after she died.
• In the real world, Fujitora and Kizaru led Marines onto Elegia, where Uta made the unconscious civilians attack them.
• Austin’s unconscious body grabbed Seagull King and drove it down toward Elegia, where Fujitora caught its fall with gravity.
• Fujitora realized Uta was controlling Austin’s body, which instinctively struck down a Marine officer and dodged Kizaru’s attack before targeting him with black-red lightning.

Uta tried to keep everyone trapped in the Song Song World, while Austin watched his controlled body battle two Admirals in the real world. As more people arrived at Elegia, Uta turned dissenting civilians into toys, and Austin remained unconvinced that even absolute power could give everyone what they wanted.

• Uta told Austin and Luffy they would remain in the Song Song World forever, but Austin and Luffy vanished from it.
• Luo transferred Luffy outside the concert, while Austin watched his body fight the Marines from atop Elegia.
• Austin’s battle instincts let him block attacks from Kizaru and Fujitora, then unleash Divine Departure against them.
• Austin explained that only Imu might be able to kill him as his body grew stronger under the Admirals’ attacks.
• Civilians asked Uta to let them go home, and Uta turned them into toys to force them to stay.
• More ships arrived at Elegia, including ones with red dragon and Red Nose clown figureheads.

Uta controlled the Song Song World and Austin’s body as the Marines and Red-Haired Pirates struggled to stop her. Cross Guild, the Knights of God, and a lone nobleman arrived at Elegia, where Austin remained a formidable obstacle.

• Uta stopped Shanks from intervening and declared that she and her fans would usher in a New Era.
• Kizaru and Fujitora emerged from the smoke, followed by Austin, whose eyes were shut and whose attacks showed he was under Uta’s control.
• Shanks clashed with Austin while the Marines joined the battle, leaving the fights in both worlds at a deadlock.
• Mihawk, Crocodile, and Buggy arrived at Elegia with Cross Guild to rescue Austin.
• Garling and Shamrock landed with the Knights of God, while a nobleman arrived alone to rescue his tanuki subordinate.

Austin’s instincts fought the Red-Haired Pirates and the Cross Guild while he remained trapped in the Song Song World under Uta’s control. As the real-world battle devastated the island, Uta broke down and released a roll of Forbidden Sheet Music.

• Kizaru suggested killing Uta to trap Austin in the Song Song World, but Fujitora warned that it would leave most of the world unconscious.
• Mihawk arrived with Crocodile and Buggy, and Buggy discovered that Austin’s instincts would not attack him because he posed no threat.
• Mihawk and Shanks joined forces with their crews to fight Austin’s instinct-controlled body.
• Garling’s Divine Knights arrived, but Redfield blocked their advance.
• Austin watched the real-world battle from the Song Song World while Uta saw the destruction and released Forbidden Sheet Music in a breakdown.

Uta summoned Tot Musica as Shanks, the Red-Haired Pirates, Cross Guild, Redfield, and the Knights of God tried to contain the demon and Austin. The chapter ended when Shanks’s strike coincided with a sudden explosion that damaged Tot Musica, though no one knew why it worked.

• Uta summoned a larger Tot Musica, and Shanks was thrown back when he tried to attack it.
• Shanks asked Crocodile to protect the civilians, and she swept them away in a sandstorm while objecting to being called Buggy's subordinate.
• Redfield and the Knights of God joined the fight, and Shanks and Mihawk concluded that some fighters had to hold Austin back while the others attacked Tot Musica.
• Shanks led the Red-Haired Pirates toward Tot Musica, while Buggy distracted it with Buggy Cannon and the others fought it inside the Song Song World.
• When Tot Musica was about to strike Buggy, Shanks slashed at its arm, which suddenly exploded and left both worlds' fighters bewildered.

Crocodile and Shanks tried to coordinate a joint assault on Tot Musica while Austin fought off the group surrounding him. The crisis escalated as Austin’s instinctive power overwhelmed his attackers, while King Luffy and Zoro remained unable to support the outside team effectively.

• Crocodile protested Austin risking his life, while Garling welcomed the possibility of Austin’s death and Shanks stopped them from fighting each other.
• Shanks enlisted Redfield’s help, and they joined forces with the Red-Haired Pirates to attack Tot Musica as King Luffy and the others struggled inside the Song Song World.
• Garling charged the unconscious Austin, but Austin instinctively unleashed Skyfall · Divine Departure and knocked Garling unconscious.
• Mihawk, Shamrock, Kizaru, and Fujitora joined the fight against Austin, while Shanks and Redfield pressed their attack on Tot Musica.
• King Luffy was blasted away by Tot Musica, and Zoro considered using [Dark Crow] again as Austin’s sense of danger triggered a huge Conqueror’s Haki blast that hurled his attackers away and knocked out a Vice Admiral.

Austin regained control, destroyed Tot Musica, and rescued Uta before handing her back to Shanks. The group left the Song Song World, and Austin gave Shanks Pure Gold to preserve Uta’s life.

• Shanks begged Austin to save Uta and admitted he no longer wanted to compete with him.
• Austin emerged within the Song Song World and told Shanks he had always considered him a little brother, like Buggy.
• Austin unleashed [Voidfall: Conqueror's Dominion], pierced Tot Musica’s defense, and destroyed the Music Demon King in both worlds.
• Austin caught Uta, apologized for the trouble, and gave Shanks a Pure Gold ring to preserve her weakened life.
• The group emerged from the Song Song World, and Buggy hugged Austin while Mihawk questioned whether Austin had truly been in danger.

After the Elegia battle, Sade and Kuina discussed Austin’s recklessness and Sade’s plans to change the world. Austin traveled to Egghead with a Nika sample and told Vegapunk he had come to carry out the final stage of their plan.

• Sade reassured Kuina that Austin was too powerful to die in the Song Song World, then imagined recruiting Uta before Kuina struck him with her sword sheath.
• Sade’s crew of giants and fish-men shared a meal, and he hinted to Kuina that he possessed power capable of changing the world.
• Austin remembered his promise to deliver a Nika sample and used his Black Spear to send himself and the Seagull King through the Mirror World toward Egghead.
• Vegapunk was startled when Austin appeared at Egghead, and Austin reminded him of the plan’s final stage and said he had obtained Nika’s sample.

Austin stayed on Egghead while Vegapunk researched how to give Sade the awakening of Nika, and he killed York to protect Vegapunk from the World Government. He then retrieved the giant knot containing a strand of Joy Boy’s Haki and stored it for future use.

• Vegapunk examined the blood Austin brought and said adapting Nika’s awakening for Sade would take at least a few days.
• Vegapunk revealed that the World Government planned to kill him for investigating the Void Century, and Austin tacitly agreed to protect him.
• Austin killed York after realizing she had betrayed Vegapunk and posed a threat to the research.
• Austin entered Emmett and struggled to pull out the giant knot holding a strand of Joy Boy’s Haki.
• Austin stored the knot, thinking of someone he might use it on.