Chapter Summaries

Bai Luo declared that he would auction the three Celestial Dragons as slaves, then overwhelmed the auction venue with Conqueror’s Haki. As the Celestial Dragons and many others collapsed, Bai Luo told Rayleigh that the Straw Hat Pirates had come to find him and the Celestial Dragons, while CP Agents moved to protect them.

• Kid, Law, Apu, and Rayleigh sensed that Bai Luo and the Straw Hat Pirates were about to cause trouble at the auction.
• Bai Luo pointed to the three Celestial Dragons and said he wanted to auction them as slaves.
• Shalria and her family erupted in anger, and Saint Charles fired his Golden Pistol at Bai Luo.
• Bai Luo unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, dropping the bullets and knocking out the three Celestial Dragons and many people in the venue.
• Rayleigh recognized Bai Luo’s Conqueror’s Haki and asked why the group had come looking for him.
• Bai Luo said the Straw Hat Pirates had come for Rayleigh and the Celestial Dragons, as Luffy and the others approached and CP Agents appeared to defend the Celestial Dragons.

The Straw Hat Pirates attacked the Celestial Dragons at the auction, prompting Kid and Apu to reconsider staying. Kid challenged Luffy but was driven off by Fire Thunder, leaving the venue nearly empty as Luffy focused on saving Ace.

• The agents attacked the Straw Hat Pirates, but a dark blue figure blocked their bullets and defeated them.
• Apu panicked over the attack on the Celestial Dragons and fled with his crew, while Law stayed to watch.
• Kid tried to get Luffy's attention, but Luffy ignored him while Robin identified the other Supernovas.
• Kid formed a massive steel arm with his Magnetism Fruit powers and prepared to attack Luffy.
• Fire Thunder slashed past Kid's head and warned him to stop pestering the crew, so Kid and his subordinates left in disgrace.
• After the crowd fled or fell unconscious, only the Straw Hat Pirates, Rayleigh, Trafalgar Law, and the Middle-aged Man with Blind Eyes remained in the venue.

The Straw Hat Pirates kidnapped three Celestial Dragons at the auction venue, throwing Sabaody Archipelago into panic and prompting the Marines to pursue those who had been there. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku raged at Garp over Luffy’s latest actions, while Garp laughed and promised to deal with his grandson himself.

• Bai Luo took the blind wanderer and several Celestial Dragons away after the man tried to leave the auction venue.
• News spread that the Straw Hat Pirates had taken three Celestial Dragons, and Bonney fled while Apu’s crew ran from pursuing Marines.
• Hawkins stayed calm after his tarot reading predicted an 80% chance of escape, while Capone Bege left and Drake remained unconcerned.
• Sengoku tore up the report and berated Garp over Luffy’s past troubles and the kidnapping of the Celestial Dragons.
• Garp laughed at Luffy’s attack and said he would give him a proper beating when he returned from Impel Down.

Sengoku sent Kizaru to deal with the Straw Hat Pirates after they kidnapped three Celestial Dragons, while Bai Luo gathered Rayleigh, Fujitora Issho, and the Heart Pirates to explain the coming war. The chapter left them learning that Whitebeard would attack Marine Headquarters to rescue Ace, whom the Marines planned to execute.

• Sengoku ordered Kizaru to carry out the mission and concluded that the Straw Hat Pirates intended to use the Celestial Dragons to bargain for Ace's life.
• The Straw Hat Pirates met Rayleigh, Fujitora Issho, and the Heart Pirates in a secluded place and shared wontons.
• Rayleigh warned the Straw Hat Pirates that kidnapping Celestial Dragons would bring relentless pursuit from the Marines and World Government.
• Bai Luo told the group that the Whitebeard Pirates would go to war with Marine Headquarters in half a month.
• Bai Luo explained that the Marines had captured Fire Fist Ace and planned to execute him, prompting Whitebeard's attack.

Bai Luo revealed that Ace was Pirate King Roger’s son, explaining why the Marines planned to execute him and why Whitebeard would fight to save him. Rayleigh refused to join the rescue but agreed to help the Straw Hat Pirates, and Bai Luo asked him to train them with Rocks’s Haki manual.

• Bai Luo told Rayleigh and the others that Ace was Roger’s biological son, revealing the reason behind the Marines’ plan to execute him.
• Rayleigh recalled Roger’s prediction about his son, then concluded that Whitebeard would be responsible for saving Ace because Ace had chosen Whitebeard’s crew and legacy.
• Rayleigh refused to take part in the rescue, saying Ace had left the Roger Pirates behind, but offered to help the group in another way.
• Bai Luo asked Rayleigh to train them so they could become stronger before the war between the Whitebeard Pirates and Marine Headquarters.
• Bai Luo handed Rayleigh the Rocks Haki Training Manual, surprising Luo and Fujitora.

Bai Luo arranged Haki training for the Straw Hat Pirates using Rocks’ handbook and the Beginner Time House, then tried to persuade Fujitora to teach them Observation Haki. He argued that Whitebeard’s death at Marine Headquarters could ignite a new pirate era, leaving Fujitora shaken by the possibility.

• Bai Luo showed Rayleigh Rocks’ Haki handbook and asked him to train the Straw Hat Pirates before they went to rescue Ace.
• Bai Luo revealed that the Beginner Time House would give them nearly a year of training time inside during thirteen days outside, and Rayleigh agreed to teach them advanced Haki.
• Bai Luo asked Fujitora to teach Observation Haki, but Fujitora refused because he feared helping the pirates could cost Marines their lives.
• Bai Luo wagered that a Marine Admiral would leave the Marines within a year, promising to turn himself in if he was wrong, but Fujitora still declined.
• Bai Luo told Fujitora that Whitebeard’s death could bring a new era of piracy, and Fujitora angrily rejected the claim before considering its implications.

Bai Luo persuaded Fujitora to bet that two Marine Admirals would leave the Marines within two years, and Fujitora agreed to teach the group Observation Haki while they trained. Luo accepted Bai Luo’s plan to train with Rayleigh and Fujitora, then used his Op-Op Fruit to remove the hearts of three captured Celestial Dragons.

• Bai Luo convinced Fujitora to wager that two Marine Admirals would leave the Marines within two years, with Fujitora agreeing to teach the group Observation Haki if Bai Luo’s prediction came true.
• Luffy invited Fujitora to join the Straw Hat Pirates if he ever abandoned the Marines, and Fujitora accepted the possibility.
• Bai Luo asked Luo to train his physique and help the others with his Op-Op Fruit, and Luo agreed to train with Rayleigh and Fujitora.
• Fujitora and Rayleigh warned Bai Luo that kidnapping Celestial Dragons would not force the Marines to exchange Ace, while Luffy admitted he did not know why they had taken them.
• Luffy knocked Saint Charles unconscious after he insulted the group, and Luo used his Op-Op Fruit to remove the hearts of all three Celestial Dragons.
• Bai Luo took the three beating hearts from Luo and praised his Devil Fruit ability.

Bai Luo left Luffy and the others to train while he arranged for the captured Celestial Dragons to be guarded and hid the Golden Merry. As Kizaru hunted for the Straw Hat Pirates, Sentomaru reported that the crew, their ship, and the Celestial Dragons had all vanished.

• Luffy reunited with Sabo by Den Den Mushi, then entered the Beginner Time House with the others for training while Bai Luo revealed his Haki and stayed behind.
• Bai Luo ordered the Heart Pirates to keep the three Celestial Dragons alive for thirteen days, supplied them, and left to hide the Golden Merry.
• Kizaru arrived at Sabaody and attacked Urouge, who could not harm him and was badly injured as he tried to flee.
• Sentomaru told Kizaru that the Marines had found no trace of the Straw Hat Pirates, their ship, or the kidnapped Celestial Dragons, even in the surrounding seas.

Bai Luo confronted Kizaru and used threats against the three kidnapped Celestial Dragons to secure control over when they would be returned. Kizaru planned to report Bai Luo’s threats to Sengoku and the World Government, while Bai Luo promised the Celestial Dragons would be returned but not necessarily unharmed.

• Sentomaru told Kizaru that X Drake had seen the Straw Hat Pirates disappear after leaving the Auction House, and Kizaru ordered him to keep searching for them and capture other pirates if possible.
• Kizaru encountered Bai Luo alone and demanded to know where the Straw Hat Pirates and the three Celestial Dragons were; Bai Luo summoned Fire Lightning, Swift Edge, and Tiger Fiend.
• Kizaru offered to overlook the kidnapping if the Celestial Dragons were safely returned, but Bai Luo refused and insisted that he alone would decide when to return them.
• Bai Luo described Lingchi Execution and threatened to broadcast the Celestial Dragons’ punishment to the world, leaving Kizaru alarmed despite his warning that the World Government might abandon them.
• Kizaru said he would report Bai Luo’s words to Sengoku and the World Government, and Bai Luo promised to return the Celestial Dragons while warning they might have broken legs.

Bai Luo negotiated with Kizaru, then sought out Golden Lion Shiki to stop his plan to destroy East Blue and recruit him as an ally. Shiki admitted his plan but became furious when Bai Luo suggested it was really driven by his grief over Roger.

• Kizaru agreed to relay Bai Luo's words to Sengoku and the World Government, then left without fighting him.
• Bai Luo decided to seek help from Golden Lion Shiki and found him on his sky island with Indigo.
• Bai Luo told Shiki he would not allow East Blue to be destroyed and asked why Shiki wanted to destroy it.
• Shiki claimed he needed no reason and called East Blue weak, but Bai Luo said Shiki was acting because it was Roger's home and the place where the Marines executed him.
• Shiki lost his composure and coldly challenged Bai Luo over what he had said.

Bai Luo told Golden Lion that Roger had turned himself in and that Ace was Roger’s son, while revealing the coming war between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Marines. Golden Lion’s Conqueror’s Haki awakened, and he was left stunned and questioning why Ace had chosen Whitebeard over Roger.

• Bai Luo told Golden Lion that Roger had turned himself in, and Golden Lion believed him after learning Rayleigh had confirmed it.
• Golden Lion’s dormant Conqueror’s Haki awakened as he accepted the truth about Roger.
• Bai Luo revealed that the Whitebeard Pirates would fight the Marines in half a month to rescue a captured son.
• Bai Luo told Golden Lion that the captured Fire Fist Ace was both Whitebeard’s son and Roger’s biological son.
• Golden Lion mocked Roger, then asked why Ace had recognized Whitebeard as his father instead.

Bai Luo confronted Golden Lion over Ace’s execution, and the two fought after Golden Lion refused to abandon his plan to destroy the East Blue. Afterward, Bai Luo returned to meet Sabo, took one Celestial Dragon away, and headed for Nine Snake Island, where Elder Nyon read about the Straw Hat Pirates’ growing notoriety.

• Bai Luo urged Golden Lion to question Ace at Marine Headquarters, but Golden Lion insisted he could destroy the East Blue and still join the war.
• Bai Luo ordered Tiger Fiend to attack, and Tiger Fiend met Golden Lion’s Earth Lion head-on as they began fighting.
• At Marine Headquarters, the Marines completed their preparations for the coming battle against the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Sabo arrived where Bepo and the Heart Pirates guarded the Celestial Dragons, introduced himself to Bai Luo, and thanked him for looking after Luffy.
• Bai Luo took one Celestial Dragon away and left the others with Bepo and the Heart Pirates before heading toward Nine Snake Island.
• Elder Nyon read that thirteen Supernovas had appeared that year, including four in the Straw Hat Pirates, and noted Luffy and Bai Luo’s bounties exceeded 500 million Belly.

Bai Luo arrived on Nine Snake Island and revealed to Elder Nyon that he had come to speak with Boa Hancock on official business. As Hancock returned to the island, Boscage learned that a man was present and planned to alert her.

• Elder Nyon recognized Bai Luo from his bounty poster, but he approached her and identified her using what Rayleigh and Shakky had told him.
• Elder Nyon brought Bai Luo to her home, where Marguerite, Stobie, and Yafilandora delivered supplies and were surprised by his appearance.
• Marguerite and the others learned that Hancock was returning, while Hancock picked up an Oil-paper Umbrella and continued through the cheering streets.
• Marguerite told Boscage about Bai Luo, and Boscage decided to go to the Imperial Palace because men were forbidden on Nine Snake Island.
• Bai Luo told Elder Nyon that he had come to discuss official business with Hancock, despite her warning that Hancock hated men and might kill him.

Bai Luo told Elder Nyon that he had come to Nine Snake Island to find helpers and revealed that he had a captured Celestial Dragon. When Hancock’s warriors arrived, they escorted Bai Luo and Elder Nyon to the palace, where Hancock prepared to deal with the man who had broken her rules.

• Bai Luo released a captured Celestial Dragon from his System Warehouse, shocking Elder Nyon.
• Elder Nyon refused to hear Bai Luo’s explanation about the urgent matter involving the Celestial Dragons and told him to wait for Hancock.
• Bai Luo sensed Hancock and her warriors approaching, and the Nine Snake Warriors surrounded him and accused him of trespassing.
• Elder Nyon accompanied Bai Luo to the palace to prevent the warriors from provoking him, while news of his arrival spread across the island.
• Marigold brought Bai Luo and Elder Nyon before Hancock, who condemned Elder Nyon for bringing a man to the island and vowed to teach Bai Luo a lesson.

Bai Luo confronted Hancock on Nine Snake Island, claiming he had come with important business, but she attacked him before hearing him out. He revealed a captured Celestial Dragon, triggering painful memories for Hancock and her sisters and leaving them stunned.

• Hancock dismissed Elder Nyon’s defense of Bai Luo and declared that the man who trespassed on Nine Snake Island had to die.
• Bai Luo told Hancock he had come specifically to find her, but she refused to listen and fired her Mero Mero no Mi attack at him.
• Bai Luo dodged Hancock’s attack with an afterimage and offered her a gift, then dumped a Celestial Dragon from a sack.
• Hancock, Sandasonia, and Marigold recognized the Celestial Dragon and were shaken by memories of their past suffering.
• Hancock began laughing at the sight of the Celestial Dragon, exclaiming that Celestial Dragons could suffer too.

Bai Luo gave Hancock a captured Celestial Dragon and removed the Celestial Dragon marks from Hancock and her sisters, winning Hancock’s trust. He then told her the Marines were about to go to war with the Whitebeard Pirates, leaving her ready to hear what help he wanted.

• Hancock questioned Bai Luo about kidnapping a Celestial Dragon, and Elder Nyon identified him as the Straw Hat Pirates’ vice captain with a 600 Million Beli bounty.
• Bai Luo gave Hancock the Celestial Dragon to deal with as she wished and said he knew how deeply her past had affected her.
• Bai Luo used his ability to remove the Celestial Dragon Hoof Marks from Sandasonia, Marigold, and Hancock.
• Hancock thanked Bai Luo and offered to help him, and he told her the Marines were about to fight the Whitebeard Pirates.

Bai Luo secured Hancock’s help for the coming war while reassuring her that he would protect Nine Snake Island. Hancock fell for him and resolved to train so she could support him, while Elder Nyon encouraged her; the chapter ended with Elder Nyon beginning to tell Hancock about Nami and Robin.

• Hancock agreed to help Bai Luo in the war as much as she could, despite Elder Nyon warning her about the danger to Nine Snake Island.
• Bai Luo and Hancock dealt with the struggling Celestial Dragon, and Hancock asked Bai Luo to call her by her name.
• Hancock hosted Bai Luo in the Imperial Palace, and Elder Nyon urged her to train and become strong enough to help him.
• Hancock resolved to train for Bai Luo’s sake, and Elder Nyon began telling her about Nami and Robin.

Hancock agreed to join the Marines’ war against the Whitebeard Pirates after visiting Ace, while Bai Luo departed Nine Snake Island as the war approached. On Sabaody, the Supernovas waited for the conflict as Luffy, Nami, and Usopp emerged from nearly a year of training.

• Hancock agreed to join the war after a few days and secured permission to visit Ace at Impel Down with Momonga accompanying her.
• Morgans spread news of Ace’s impending public execution, and both the Marines and Whitebeard prepared for the coming battle.
• Hancock boarded a Marine warship and left Nine Snake Island, while Bai Luo said goodbye to Elder Nyon and vanished.
• Kid and Killer watched the Supernovas gather on Sabaody and wondered where the Straw Hat and Heart Pirates had gone.
• Luffy, Nami, and Usopp emerged from the Beginner Time House after nearly a year of training, with Luffy demanding food and Usopp boasting about his strength.

The Straw Hat Pirates and their allies emerged from the Beginner Time House after nearly a year of training, and Bai Luo returned after recruiting a powerful helper. The group learned that his new ally was Boa Hancock of Nine Snake Island.

• Chopper, Robin, Franky, and Brook came out of the Beginner Time House with visible changes, and Nami punched Brook for asking about her underwear.
• Sabo praised Bai Luo's training method and said the Revolutionary Army would benefit from having him.
• Luo, Zoro, Sanji, Pluto Rayleigh, and Fujitora Issho emerged, and the group celebrated their improved strength over a meal.
• Bai Luo returned and told the group he had used a Celestial Dragon to recruit a helper.
• Rayleigh recognized the grilling method as a specialty of Nine Snake Island, and Luo guessed that Bai Luo had recruited Boa Hancock.

Bai Luo’s group discussed Hancock’s support and prepared to rescue Ace after Fujitora and Rayleigh left. Bai Luo led the group toward Impel Down, where they arrived in waters filled with giant Sea Kings.

• Bai Luo confirmed that Hancock had agreed to help with the rescue, prompting Luffy and the others to celebrate.
• Robin and Nami teased Bai Luo about pursuing Hancock, and Bai Luo changed the subject back to Ace.
• Fujitora and Rayleigh thanked the group and left, refusing to join the operation.
• Bai Luo accepted responsibility for planning the rescue and told the group to set out for Impel Down.
• Bai Luo and the others reached the waters beneath Impel Down and recognized that navigating past the giant Sea Kings would require a skilled helmsman.