Chapter Summaries

Austin asked the Five Elders whether Doflamingo could rejoin the Celestial Dragons as his adopted son, but settled for promising him an opportunity later. While wandering Pangea Castle during the World Government conference, Austin gave CP0 agent Lip an instruction concerning three sisters who might be brought to Mary Geoise as slaves.

• Austin asked the Five Elders about restoring Doflamingo's Celestial Dragon status, but told them to leave the matter as a promise for the future.
• Austin told Doflamingo that the Five Elders had not completely closed the door and urged him to gain influence, strengthening Doflamingo's resolve to prove himself.
• Austin wandered through Pangea Castle with Lip while Old Gick attended the World Government member nations' conference.
• Austin ordered Lip to watch for three sisters captured as slaves next year and ensure no other Celestial Dragon took them.
• Shalulia asked Roswald to make Austin her slave, but Roswald explained Austin was a Celestial Dragon, and Austin's smile captivated her.

After the Reverie, Austin took Crocodile and Mihawk to find Sky Island and recruit the young Enel. Enel attacked Austin with lightning, but Austin caught the Thunder Beast without harm.

• Austin said goodbye to Old Gick and Doflamingo, then told Crocodile and Mihawk he planned to visit Sky Island.
• Austin found Sky Island after searching the clouds, and Crocodile and Mihawk tested the solid cloud ground.
• Austin sensed Enel in the forest and appeared before him, hoping to recruit him as a powerful enforcer.
• Enel fled repeatedly using his lightning powers, but Austin kept appearing ahead of him.
• Enel attacked Austin with a Thirty Million Volts: Thunder Beast, and Austin caught it with one hand.

Austin defeated and recruited the young Enel, then traveled with his crew to Sky Island and back to the Blue Sea. There, Mihawk and Crocodile decided to venture out on their own to pursue strength, while Austin sent Enel to run errands for Sammy.

• Austin knocked Enel unconscious with a Conqueror's Haki head flick and brought him aboard the Oro Jackson, where Crocodile and Mihawk learned he had eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Austin repeatedly defeated Enel on Sky Island until Enel gave up trying to escape and accepted his place as the crew's newest member.
• After more than half a month on Sky Island, Austin and the others returned to the Blue Sea with local goods, including Impact Dials.
• Mihawk told Austin he planned to travel alone, challenge swordsmen, and pursue the title of World's Greatest Swordsman.
• Crocodile also chose to venture out and improve her strength, and Austin agreed to let both of them go while urging them to carry the name of Dotol Austin.
• Austin offered Enel a Vivre Card and assigned him to run errands for Sammy.

Austin traveled toward Wano Country and encountered Red Leg Zeff before reaching Onigashima, where Kaido’s forces prepared for Kozuki Oden’s surprise attack. The chapter left the coming battle between Kaido and Oden imminent.

• Austin left Little Hawk and Little Sand on an island, assigned Little Enel to Sammy, and ordered him to train in Armament Haki.
• Austin spent months traveling quietly, then met Zeff’s crew while walking across the sea and shared Zeff’s cooking.
• Austin told Zeff to take care of Sanji before leaving for Wano Country, and Zeff recorded the encounter in his Voyage Log.
• King reported that Kozuki Oden planned a surprise attack on Kaido, while Orochi claimed their forces would win and revealed he had prepared a deception.
• Kaido ordered King and Queen to arrange the siege and said he wanted to fight Kozuki Oden himself.

Kaido prepared to fight Kozuki Oden, who led his retainers into a trap in the mountains. Austin watched from afar and secretly targeted Queen with bullets, while Oden struck Kaido and Queen endured the attack without exposing Austin.

• Kaido named Oden among the few fighters he respected and led King, Queen, and the Beasts Pirates to face him.
• Oden and his retainers discovered Kaido and his forces waiting in the mountains, and Oden realized Kaido had betrayed their agreement.
• Austin watched from a factory roof, took a photograph, and decided to secretly interfere without openly joining either side.
• Oden charged into battle with his retainers, and Austin summoned a black spear and fired bullets at Queen instead of Kaido.
• Queen’s ass was repeatedly struck by bullets that pierced his defenses but did not kill him, so he hid his suspicion that Austin was responsible.
• Oden cut a cross-shaped wound into Kaido, while Queen continued to bear the bullets rather than reveal Austin’s presence.

Austin watched Kaido defeat Kozuki Oden, then left before the Beasts Pirates realized he had been nearby. After entering Wano Country, he met young Yamato and persuaded her to come play with him.

• Austin watched Oden strike Kaido down, then left the battlefield rather than joining the fight.
• Kaido killed Black Charcoal Cicada after she gloated about tricking Oden, and King wiped out Oden’s remaining retainers.
• Queen told Kaido and King that Austin had appeared and shot him, prompting them to fear his arrival; King reasoned that Austin had not come to help Oden.
• Austin explored Wano Country and found Yamato near a Beasts Pirates gathering place.
• Austin told Yamato he was Kaido’s friend and coaxed her to leave with him despite her father’s warning.

Austin took Yamato away from Kaido’s base and introduced her to the wider world through stories of his adventures. Yamato became fascinated with Austin, and he planned to keep her from witnessing Oden’s execution so her future would change.

• Austin defeated the Beasts Pirates at Kaido’s base, left a soldier conscious, and told him to inform Kaido that he had taken Yamato.
• Kaido returned with Oden and the others, learned that Austin had taken Yamato, and reacted furiously.
• Austin carried Yamato far from Kaido’s territory and answered her questions about the sea while they explored a lively town.
• Austin told Yamato stories about the Grand Line, strange islands, and the people he had encountered, leaving her captivated by his exploits.
• After Yamato fell asleep, Austin decided to keep her from witnessing Oden’s execution and imagined her introducing herself as the Black Emperor Austin.

Austin continued bonding with Yamato in Wano, encouraging her dream of seeing the world and becoming a father figure to her. After Yamato defeated several samurai who confronted them, Kaido learned that she and Austin had appeared in the Flower Capital.

• Austin told Yamato he would stand against Kaido if necessary when she was old enough to set sail, and Yamato grew emotional at his support.
• Austin and Yamato traveled around Wano, ate together, and explored the Flower Capital as father and daughter.
• Several samurai confronted Austin, but Yamato stepped in to protect him and knocked them all down while Austin secretly redirected a blade.
• Austin praised Yamato, who celebrated her victory and promised to work harder to catch up to him.
• Kaido angrily demanded news of Austin and Yamato, and a lackey reported that they had appeared in the Flower Capital.

Kaido reached the burning manor to kill the Kozuki Clan’s remaining followers and rescue Yamato, only to find Austin there. Yamato stopped Kaido’s attack and defended Austin, insisting that Kaido did not understand him.

• Kaido learned that Austin was in the Flower Capital and transformed into a dragon to search for him.
• Austin carried Yamato through the air as he watched Kaido’s forces pursue Oden’s followers.
• Austin arrived at the burning manor and reunited with Toki, Momonosuke, and Hiyori, telling them the Roger Pirates had disbanded.
• Kaido burst into the manor and raised his spiked club at Austin while Momonosuke hid behind Toki.
• Yamato ordered Kaido to stop and refused to return, saying he did not understand or know Austin.

Austin intervened when Kaido confronted Yamato, then fought him to protect Toki and her children. After revealing his newly awakened Warp Kick, Austin noticed the samurai and Toki’s children were surrounded and worried Momonosuke would escape.

• Yamato declared that Austin was a great man and her father as well as Kaido’s, prompting Kaido to reach for her.
• Austin pulled Yamato into his arms and blocked Kaido’s Thunder Bagua, collapsing the attic and scattering Toki, her children, and the samurai.
• Austin placed Yamato in King’s arms, then clashed with Kaido using Divine Departure against Thunder Bagua.
• Austin used Warp Kick to strike Kaido and send him crashing into the forest.
• Kaido recovered and healed while Austin spotted Toki, her children, and several samurai surrounded by soldiers and worried Momonosuke would escape.

Austin stopped the Beasts Pirates from killing Toki and Hiyori, though Momonosuke was sent twenty years into the future with a serious injury. After Austin left Kaido and the Beasts Pirates behind, the surviving samurai thanked him at their temporary base, but Toki stopped them from asking him to save Wano.

• King and Queen surrounded Toki, Hiyori, and the remaining Kozuki Clan members while King restrained Yamato.
• Austin attacked King and Queen to disrupt Toki's time transfer, and a frightened Beasts Pirates grunt accidentally shot Momonosuke as he was sent into the future.
• Toki and Hiyori escaped with the surviving samurai, while Austin remained behind as the Beasts Pirates hesitated to confront him.
• Austin vanished before Kaido could strike him, leaving Kaido, the Beasts Pirates, and a protesting Yamato behind.
• At a temporary base, Toki, Hiyori, Denjiro, Kawamatsu, and the other survivors thanked Austin, and Toki stopped a samurai from asking him to aid Wano.

Austin agreed to look after Toki’s future child if he had the chance, then went to a pleasure house in Wano and refused to pay its exorbitant bill. The madam threatened to accuse him of soliciting sex, and Austin replied that not paying meant it did not count as paying for sex.

• Toki told Austin that a savior would arrive in Wano twenty years later, and Austin confirmed the prophecy.
• Toki begged Austin to look after her child in the future, and Austin gave her a limited promise.
• Toki died after leaving words that foretold the future, while Austin chose not to interfere.
• Austin visited a pleasure house, ordered massages and music, and attracted the madam’s attention with his lavish spending.
• The madam demanded ten thousand platinum from Austin and threatened to accuse him of soliciting sex if he refused to pay.
• Austin laughed and argued that if he did not pay, it did not count as paying for sex.

Austin killed the samurai who tried to attack him and waited for Wano’s shogun, Orochi, to arrive. Kaido warned Orochi that Austin was too powerful to stop, leaving Orochi terrified and despairing.

• Austin froze the samurai sent to attack him, killed them, and told the surviving madam to contact Orochi and wait for him.
• Orochi panicked over Austin’s approach while Denjiro, disguised as Kyoshiro, knelt before him and concealed his hatred.
• On Onigashima, Kaido scolded Yamato for idolizing Austin, then ordered her confined after she insisted she would go to sea.
• Orochi called Kaido for help, and Kaido told him that Austin was a monster even he might not defeat and that no rescue would help.
• Kaido ended the call, reasoning that Austin likely had a personal grievance with Orochi rather than a plan to seize Wano Country.

Austin confronted Kurozumi Orochi in the Shogun’s palace after Orochi’s men provoked him, and forced the desperate ruler to agree to secretly hand over part of Wano Country’s Seastone production. Orochi became Austin’s double agent, though Kaido’s response remained uncertain.

• Austin lounged on the Shogun’s throne while Orochi and the samurai begged for mercy, then reminded Orochi that his men had provoked him.
• Austin pinned Orochi’s eight heads to the floor with blades and explained that Orochi was more useful alive than dead.
• Orochi promised to offer Austin anything he wanted, and Austin demanded a portion of Wano Country’s Seastone production.
• Orochi protested that Kaido’s men controlled the mines, but Austin threatened to kill him unless he found a way to comply.
• Orochi agreed to act behind Kaido’s back, becoming Austin’s double agent under the codename Eight-Headed Snake.

Silvers Rayleigh maintained order in Austin’s Sabaody territory while enjoying his retirement, until Dracule Mihawk arrived and challenged him to a formal swordsmanship duel. Mihawk declared he had found the path to the world’s strongest swordsmanship, leaving Rayleigh to face his request.

• Austin traveled through the New World after resolving his grievances with Milk Dragon and Taotao, while his crew pursued their own journeys.
• Silvers Rayleigh drank at Shakky’s bar in Sabaody, where pirates recognized him as the Dark King and the Pirate King’s former vice-captain.
• A group of Ox-Horse Pirates challenged Rayleigh, but he swiftly knocked them down without leaving his seat.
• Dracule Mihawk arrived at the bar and told Rayleigh he had found the path to the world’s strongest swordsmanship.
• Mihawk asked Rayleigh for a formal swordsmanship contest, declaring that he would not regret it even if he died.

Mihawk challenged Dark King Rayleigh, and their Conqueror's Haki clash shook Sabaody Archipelago before they moved their duel away from Shakky's bar. Their sword fight left Mihawk wounded but still pushing his limits against the legendary swordsman.

• Mihawk and Rayleigh unleashed their Conqueror's Haki, knocking out everyone nearby and sending black-red lightning into the sky across Sabaody Archipelago.
• Shakky stopped their confrontation at her bar, and Mihawk told her to seek double compensation from Austin.
• Rayleigh and Mihawk began their duel, trading powerful sword slashes as the Seagull King photographed the fight.
• Mihawk continued fighting despite accumulating wounds and demanded that Rayleigh attack him with the resolve to kill him.
• Rayleigh answered Mihawk with an even more domineering slash and said he had always been serious.

Mihawk honed his swordsmanship while exchanging blows with Rayleigh. Crocodile attacked Sakazuki’s Marine warship to test her strength, and the chapter ended with Sakazuki apparently cut in half by her sand blades.

• Rayleigh and Mihawk clashed, and Mihawk rapidly improved his swordsmanship by learning from Rayleigh’s experience.
• Crocodile learned that Sakazuki was passing nearby and ordered her captured pirate crew to sail toward his warship.
• Sakazuki asked whether Dotol Austin was aboard, then ordered his Marines to pretend they had not seen Crocodile.
• Crocodile attacked the warship with a Sandstorm, and Sakazuki retaliated with Canine Red Lotus.
• Crocodile’s sand blades struck Sakazuki and severed him from the waist upward.

Crocodile attacked Sakazuki, lost, and was taken to Marine Headquarters, leaving Kong and the Marine leaders unsure how to handle her. Sammy decided to contact the Marines about her release, and the chapter ended as the World Government informed Kong that Austin's side had begun asking about Crocodile.

• Crocodile ambushed Sakazuki and attacked him with her sand powers, but Sakazuki fought back with magma.
• Crocodile fled to a deserted island, and Sakazuki pursued her; their battle destroyed the warship, and Crocodile was captured.
• Sammy learned that Crocodile had been taken to Marineford and decided to use Austin's influence to seek her release.
• Kong and the Marine leaders debated what to do with Crocodile, while Sengoku remained in Kong's office.
• Kong answered an urgent Den Den Mushi call, and the caller said Austin's side had begun asking about Crocodile.

The Five Elders revealed to Kong and Sengoku that Crocodile was Saint Austin’s companion and proposed recruiting her into the Shichibukai. They outlined other candidates for the plan, which was nearing implementation.

• Saint Saturn learned that Sengoku was present and confirmed that Crocodile was Saint Austin’s companion, while Kong also reported her attacks on the Navy.
• Saint Nusjuro rebuked Kong for letting his anger over Navy losses affect his attitude toward the Five Elders.
• Saint Saturn told Kong that the Five Elders were not demanding Crocodile’s unconditional release and raised their plan to use pirates to restrain pirates.
• Kong recognized the plan as the Shichibukai system, and the Five Elders confirmed that Crocodile met their requirements.
• The Five Elders named Dracule Mihawk, Donquixote Doflamingo, Gecko Moria, Hanafuda, and Kuma as other tentative candidates.

Sammy learned that the World Government would only release Crocodile if she joined the Shichibukai, and decided to consult Austin rather than act without his approval. Meanwhile, Austin prepared to return to Paradise, but Sammy’s call interrupted him before he could set out.

• A CP0 agent told Sammy that Crocodile would remain detained unless she agreed to join the Shichibukai, despite Sammy invoking Austin’s influence.
• Airi complained about the World Government’s slave-catching ships, and Sammy revealed that Austin had approved their capture of the three sisters.
• Sammy decided to contact Austin about Crocodile and asked Airi where Enel had gone; Airi said he was hunting pirates for bounty money after spending his allowance at the Red-Light District.
• Enel refused the Navy’s offer to join, and the Navy issued him a 1,936,000,000 Beli bounty as Austin’s companion.
• Austin, traveling through the New World, decided to return to Paradise through the Holy Land, but Sammy called and interrupted him.