Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Yei forced more than a hundred dead fighters to compete for nine places, demonstrating that he could control them and return the survivors to life. After a chaotic battle, Rocks, Charlotte Linlin, Silver Axe Jones, Captain John, Roger, Kozuki Oden, the CP0 Chief, Hunter Wade, and Fisher Tiger remained, and Yei announced that they would return with him.

• Rocks attacked Yei with the Dark-Dark Fruit, but Yei erased the attack and restrained Rocks with Six Rod Light Restraint.
• Yei revealed his overwhelming power and offered to bring the final nine survivors back to the world of the living, then created a battlefield for the competition.
• Rocks and Roger clashed with Conqueror's Haki as the assembled fighters began battling for the nine places.
• Rocks proposed joining forces with Charlotte Linlin, Silver Axe Jones, and Captain John, while other fighters targeted the four former Rocks Pirates members.
• After more than half a day of fighting, nine survivors remained: Rocks, Charlotte Linlin, Silver Axe Jones, Captain John, Roger, Kozuki Oden, the CP0 Chief, Hunter Wade, and Fisher Tiger.
• Yei appeared, congratulated the nine survivors, and said he would take them back to the world of the living.

Yei used Impure World Reincarnation to summon nine dead powerhouses and made them candidates to serve as examiners in a worldwide Trial Game. He set them against the Tailed Beasts to earn their recognition, then headed toward Ryugu Castle after deciding to announce the game at Golden Lion Shiki’s Expo.

• Yei summoned Rocks, Roger, Charlotte Linlin, and six others to the Primal Mother Tree using Impure World Reincarnation, giving them immortal bodies and explaining that they would serve as Trial Game examiners.
• Yei introduced the Nine Tailed Beasts and told the resurrected powerhouses to become their Jinchuriki by mastering their power and earning their recognition.
• Rocks, Roger, and Charlotte Linlin fought over the Nine-Tails while the others chose different beasts, and the Tailed Beasts attacked them, starting a chaotic battle.
• Yei left the battle and considered how to gather people for the Trial Game, then read a newspaper announcing that Golden Lion Shiki was holding an Expo.
• Yei decided to attend Shiki’s Expo and announce the Trial Game there, with help from the World Economic News Paper and the World Government.

Golden Lion Shiki and Buena Festa prepared a high-profile Pirate Expo on Siri Island, where Festa revealed that he possessed an Eternal Pose to Laugh Tale. As powerful pirates and disguised Marines gathered, Yei arrived and reunited with Garp, Kizaru, and Toki.

• Golden Lion Shiki and Buena Festa discussed the Expo, and Festa revealed that he would display an Eternal Pose pointing to Laugh Tale.
• The Expo began on Siri Island, drawing pirates from across the seas and attracting the attention of the Marines.
• Redfield and Douglas Bullet met at the food district, discussed their regained youth and the existence of gods, and Bullet headed for the island's center.
• Garp, Kizaru, Toki, and other Marines infiltrated Siri Island while Akainu, Aokiji, Chaton, and vice admirals waited offshore.
• Yei arrived with Uranus and Poseidon, greeted Garp, and received respectful greetings from Kizaru and Toki as the Creator.

Yei arrived at Golden Lion Shiki’s Expo with Uranus and Poseidon, intending to announce something but first watching the competition. The Expo erupted into a contest for a permanent Log Pose to Laugh Tale as Douglas Bullet, Golden Lion Shiki, and Kaido gathered, and Shiki’s announcement sent the crowd into a frenzy.

• Yei met Garp, Kizaru, and Toki, said he had come to join the fun and announce something, then headed toward the island’s center with Uranus and Poseidon.
• Yei watched pirates fight their way up the mountain toward the giant Treasure Chest, while Douglas Bullet charged onto the stage and defeated Liveta and Tia in one strike.
• Bullet unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and confronted Golden Lion Shiki, whose Haki clashed with his as the two discussed the Expo and Roger’s legacy.
• Kaido arrived in dragon form, transformed into human form, and demanded that Shiki hand over the item connected to Roger.
• Shiki revealed that the prize was a permanent Log Pose for Laugh Tale, and the broadcast announcement stirred shock, greed, and excitement among the spectators.

Golden Lion Shiki’s Laugh Tale Log Pose drew Kaido and Barrett into battle while Yei arrived on the island and accepted Hawkeye’s challenge. To show Hawkeye power from a higher level and build momentum for the Trial Game, Yei unleashed a colossal golden sword whose light spread across the New World.

• Kaido, Barrett, and Golden Lion Shiki clashed over the Laugh Tale Log Pose as the Red Hair Pirates and Hawkeye reached the island.
• Hawkeye sensed Yei’s concealed presence, greeted him, and asked to spar; Yei agreed, and their sword fight drew attention from the surrounding pirates.
• Golden Lion Shiki spotted Yei and flew toward him, leaving Kaido and Barrett to continue fighting over the Log Pose.
• After Hawkeye asked to witness power from a higher level, Yei transformed his eyes, gathered Truth-Seeking Orbs into Moon Fiber, and unleashed the ten-thousand-meter Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• The enormous blade lit up half the world, and people across the New World witnessed Yei’s display as he sought to prepare the world for the Trial Game.

Yei demonstrated his overwhelming power, then announced a Trial Game in which the world's inhabitants had to win or face destruction. He revealed that the game would take place in the Mysterious Land, which he called the Island of Trials, and declared that the game had begun.

• Yei summoned a colossal golden sword and split the sea, leaving a vast trench that stunned the assembled fighters.
• Yei told Hawk-Eyes that he had used about half his power and suggested Hawk-Eyes might learn from the strike, then mentioned his swordsman disciples Kuina and Zoro.
• Yei took and crushed Laugh Tale's Eternal Pose, announcing the end of the Great Pirate Era and the start of the Deity Trials.
• Yei spread his aura across the world as a crimson moon bearing the Nine Tomoe Rinnegan appeared, then claimed to be the Creator and threatened to destroy the world if the game was not won.
• Kaido asked where the Trial Game would take place, and Yei named the Mysterious Land the Island of Trials and declared that the game had begun.

Yei’s announcement of a world-threatening Trial Game spread across the world, driving people toward the Trial Grounds and forbidding unrelated killing. After reading the news, Whitebeard’s crew and the Straw Hat Pirates prepared to respond, with Zoro recognizing Yei as his teacher.

• After Yei vanished, Red Hair, Ben Beckman, Golden Lion Shiki, Red Count, Barrett, Kaido, Garp, Kizaru, Toki, and Hawkeye reacted to his Trial Game announcement, and several groups left to report the news or head for the Trial Grounds.
• The World Economic News Agency published Yei’s decree, and News Birds distributed the paper worldwide as the scarlet moon and reports of the Trial Game spread panic.
• People who considered committing unrelated violence froze under Yei’s power, revealing that killing outside the Trial Game was forbidden.
• Aboard the Moby Dick, Whitebeard and Marco discussed the threat, while Ace recognized Yei from his fight with Garp; Whitebeard decided his crew should visit the Trial Grounds.
• At a banquet in Alabasta, the Straw Hat Pirates read the news, and Zoro recognized Yei as his teacher and urged the crew to set sail for the Trial Grounds.
• Luffy agreed to go, but a young woman’s angry outburst postponed their departure until morning.

Kuina learned that Yei was at the Trial Grounds and persuaded Zephyr to recommend her for the journey there. Yei launched the Trial Game with nine resurrected figures as its bosses, and the first ships entering the waters erupted into a deadly battle.

• Kuina asked Zephyr to let her travel to the New World, demonstrated swordsmanship near a Great Swordsman's level, and received his promise to recommend her to Sengoku.
• Yei appointed Fisher Tiger, Hunter Wade, Captain John, Silver Axe Jones, Kozuki Oden, the CP0 Chief, Charlotte Linlin, Roger, and Rocks as the Trial Game's bosses and declared that there were no rules against killing.
• Yei sent the nine bosses to posts on the Origin Mother Tree and ordered Poseidon to clear the nearby Sea Kings from a route to the Trial Grounds.
• Pirate ships sailed into the newly opened waters, where a captain fired on another vessel and triggered a chaotic battle.
• Kaido attacked ships with Blast Breath, causing widespread destruction and a tsunami, then clashed Conqueror's Haki with an arriving opponent.
• A golden-haired man aboard floating pirate ships laughed and greeted Kaido.

Golden Lion Shiki and Kaido arrived at the Trial Grounds, where Yei projected the event across the world and revealed that nine resurrected legends would serve as examiners and enemies. Pirates, Marines, and other factions reacted to the revelation and hurried toward the grounds as the coming battle took shape.

• Golden Lion Shiki and Kaido met in the air, but set aside their rivalry and led their crews toward the Trial Grounds.
• Yei used the Eye of the Moon to project the Trial Grounds across the world so everyone could watch the game.
• Golden Lion Shiki and Kaido sensed powerful, familiar auras among the branches of the Primal Mother Tree.
• Yei announced that nine resurrected warriors, empowered by tailed beasts, would serve as examiners and enemies, and the screens revealed Gol D. Roger, Rocks D. Xebec, Charlotte Linlin, and others.
• Whitebeard, the Marines, Red-Hair, Rayleigh, and their companions reacted to the resurrected legends and continued toward the Trial Grounds.

Golden Lion Shiki and Kaido led their crews into the Trial Game, where they fought through the Ten Tails' split bodies to reach the Primal Mother Tree's branches. Shiki faced Fisher Tiger, the One-Tail Jinchuriki and first branch examiner, and the chapter ended as Fisher Tiger transformed into the enormous One-Tail Shukaku.

• Golden Lion Shiki and Kaido prepared to race upward, but Ten Tails' split bodies emerged from the Mother Tree's roots and attacked the gathered pirates.
• Shiki and Kaido ordered their crews to break through the monsters while they flew toward higher levels; Katakuri told his siblings they would seek out Charlotte Linlin.
• Shiki reached the first branch, where Fisher Tiger attacked him with a Tailed Beast Ball and explained that he was serving as the game's examiner.
• Shiki and Fisher Tiger exchanged attacks as the battle was broadcast around the world, while Jinbe and Neptune watched from Fish-Man Island.
• Kaido arrived and then flew onward, leaving Shiki to fight Fisher Tiger, who transformed into the nearly two-hundred-meter-tall One-Tail Shukaku.

Kaido fought Captain John on the third branch while pirates and Marines arrived at the Trial Grounds and began climbing the Primal Mother Tree. Rocks discovered a way to leave his branch and appeared at the battlefield below, declaring himself the newcomers’ opponent.

• Kaido passed Hunter Wade, who said he intended to take revenge on Red Hair, and continued upward to face Captain John.
• Captain John attacked Kaido after learning that his former crew members were dead, and the two clashed with Conqueror’s Haki and Thunder Bagua.
• The Flying Pirates, Beasts Pirates, and others fought through the Ten Tails split bodies and climbed the Primal Mother Tree as their injuries recovered when they killed the creatures.
• Whitebeard, the Marines, and the Red Hair Pirates arrived at the Trial Grounds; Garp rushed ahead, and Hawk Eyes set off alone.
• Roger, Kozuki Oden, and Charlotte Linlin reacted to the arrivals on their branches, with Linlin demanding an explanation from Katakuri for joining Kaido.
• Rocks used a Black Mist Vortex to leave the ninth branch and appeared at the battlefield below, announcing that he would be everyone’s opponent.

Rocks descended to the lowest branch and launched a massive attack, revealing that trial officers could leave their assigned branches under certain limits. Whitebeard, Garp, Sengoku, and Rayleigh destroyed Rocks’ attack together, leaving the gathered fighters poised for the battle to come.

• Rocks appeared at the lowest level, and the trial officers realized they could leave their branches for up to ten minutes unless someone was challenging them.
• Hunter Wade attacked the challengers on the second branch with a Tailed Beast Ball, prompting Ember King, King to fight him.
• Golden Lion Shiki and One-Tail Shukaku escalated their battle on the first branch, while Kaido and Captain John continued fighting on the third.
• Yei watched the battles and anticipated Roger’s next move as Rocks prepared to test his strength against the fighters below.
• Rocks used Dark Curtain to create a vast vortex that threatened to swallow everything around him.
• Whitebeard, Garp, Sengoku, and Rayleigh combined their attacks to shatter Rocks’ vortex before it could take shape.

Rocks unleashed the Nine-Tails’ power and overwhelmed Garp, Sengoku, Whitebeard, Rayleigh, Red-Haired, Hawk-Eyes, and Kizaru. Kuina entered Hollowfication to save Kizaru and wounded Rocks, while Yei observed that she could grow stronger by learning to control Hollow Power.

• Rocks transformed with a six-tailed Chakra cloak and sent weaker fighters flying with a shockwave.
• Rocks defeated Garp and Sengoku, then caught Whitebeard and Rayleigh’s attacks with his tails and absorbed their power using Dark Hole.
• Red-Haired, Hawk-Eyes, and Kizaru attacked Rocks, but Rocks countered them and disabled Kizaru’s Devil Fruit before striking him.
• Kuina donned a ferocious mask, used Sound Release to reach Rocks, and blocked his punch with Instant Slash, cutting his fist and giving Kizaru time to escape.
• Yei watched Kuina from atop the Primal Mother Tree and noted that she needed to stop resisting Hollow Power and learn to control it.

Rocks battled the gathered Marines and pirates while speculating that Kuina's power came from another world and was granted by the Creator God. After transforming into the Nine-Tails, Rocks forced Sengoku to call for the factions to unite against him to prevent the world's destruction.

• Toki and Kuina combined their attacks against Rocks, while Mihawk, Aokiji, and Kizaru recognized that Kuina's Cero resembled Im's power.
• Akainu and Aokiji attacked Rocks, but he overpowered them, then fought off Whitebeard and Garp.
• Rocks sensed a strange power within Kuina and suggested that it, like his tailed beast, came from another world and was connected to the Creator God.
• Kuina resolved to win the trial so she could meet her teacher and learn the reason behind the game.
• Rocks transformed into the Nine-Tails and challenged everyone to fight him together.
• Sengoku urged Red-Haired, Whitebeard, Rayleigh, and the other fighters to set aside their factions and unite against Rocks to save the world.

Sengoku persuaded the gathered Navy and pirate forces to join together against Rocks, who fought them to a standstill before the ten-minute limit forced him back to the Ninth Branch. Sengoku and Im both suspected that an even more powerful Trial Official might await them, while Im ordered the World Government’s forces to begin moving.

• Sengoku proposed that the Navy and pirates unite against Rocks, and Whitebeard agreed to protect his sons.
• Rocks confirmed that Trial Officials were restricted in how long they could leave their assigned branches, then attacked Kuina and the gathered fighters.
• Sengoku, the Admirals, Whitebeard’s crew, Red Hair, Rayleigh, Mihawk, Garp, Kuina, and others attacked Rocks together, but neither side quickly won.
• Rocks unleashed a massive blast, then returned to the Ninth Branch when his ten-minute limit expired.
• Sengoku worried that Rocks might not be the strongest Trial Official, and Im shared his suspicion while watching from nearby.
• Im ordered the Seven Warlords and CP organization to begin moving toward the Origin Mother Tree.

At the Trial Grounds, Golden Lion Shiki defeated Fisher Tiger and discovered that his reward was the power to manipulate gravity. Battles continued across the branches, and Captain John was defeated at the Third Branch, where another Treasure Chest appeared.

• At the Fourth Branch, Silver Axe Jones transformed into the Four-Tails and attacked Red Count and Barrett, who answered with attacks of their own.
• Golden Lion Shiki defeated Fisher Tiger by cutting off the One-Tail's head and piercing its heart.
• Golden Lion Shiki claimed the Treasure Chest and gained the ability to manipulate gravity.
• At the Second Branch, Hunter Wade fought the Beasts Pirates officers while they discussed the reward Shiki had received.
• At the Third Branch, Kaido prepared to finish Captain John, but a newcomer's laser struck John and triggered an explosion that defeated him.
• A golden Treasure Chest appeared after Captain John's defeat.

Byrnndi World claimed a divine reward that restored and strengthened him, then escaped Kaido after their clash. Im sent the Five Elders to seek rewards and seize Byrnndi World, but four of them encountered Dark Owl, who rejected the World Government and began fighting them; meanwhile, the surviving factions continued climbing the Mother Tree.

• Byrnndi World opened the Treasure Chest, recovered his youth and strength, and fought Kaido before fleeing as Kaido pursued him.
• After seeing Byrnndi World's reward, Im ordered the Five Elders to find him and defeat trial officials to gain divine power.
• The Five Elders split up: the Legal God of War searched for Byrnndi World while the other four went to the sixth branch to confront Dark Owl.
• Dark Owl refused the Five Elders' orders, declared his loyalty to the god who had revived him, and attacked them as the Six-Tails, Saiken.
• The Beasts Pirates defeated Hunter Wade, but an ordinary Headliner claimed the Treasure Chest reward; Jack the Drought died and Queen the Plague was badly injured.
• The Red-Hair Pirates, Whitebeard Pirates, Marines, and other pirates reached the second branch and continued climbing without attacking the weakened Beasts Pirates.

Silver Axe Jones defeated the Red Count and left Barrett gravely injured before Golden Lion challenged him at the Fourth Branch. Meanwhile, Kozuki Oden faced a World Government team at the Fifth Branch and began fighting them to protect the trial reward for his old friends.

• Silver Axe Jones overwhelmed the Red Count and Barrett with his Four-Tails power, killing the Red Count and leaving Barrett gravely injured.
• Golden Lion arrived at the Fourth Branch and revealed that a Treasure Chest had given him the Gravity Fruit, making him a dual-fruit user.
• Golden Lion and Silver Axe Jones exchanged powerful attacks, and their battle continued as onlookers marveled at Golden Lion's new strength.
• Kozuki Oden found Doflamingo, Edward Weevil, Gekko Moria, Ryokugyu Aramaki, Crocodile, Blood Wolf, Kūzemi, and Rob Lucci waiting at the Fifth Branch.
• Kozuki Oden refused to surrender to the World Government group, activated a partial Tailed Beast transformation, and charged into battle.

The Straw Hat Pirates arrived at the Trial Grounds as the Marines and Flying Pirates clashed on the Fourth Branch, while Charlotte Linlin confronted her former children on the Seventh. On the Fifth Branch, CP0 agents intervened to stop Doflamingo and Crocodile from claiming the final blow against Kozuki Oden, protecting the World Government’s chance to seize the Treasure Chest for Imu.

• The Straw Hat Pirates reached the Trial Grounds, where Zoro opened the Sixth Gate and raced up the Mother Tree while Luffy climbed toward Ace and Sabo; the rest stayed aboard the ship.
• Whitebeard, Red Hair, Rayleigh, and Hawk-Eye continued upward from the Fourth Branch, while Sengoku ordered the Marines to attack Golden Lion Shiki and his Flying Pirates over the chance to earn a god’s reward.
• The Marines routed the Flying Pirates, and Golden Lion Shiki killed several would-be deserters before escaping with his remaining followers; the Marines then turned their attack on Silver Axe Jones.
• Charlotte Linlin confronted Katakuri and the former Big Mom Pirates on the Seventh Branch, rejected his explanation for joining the Beasts Pirates, and ordered them to kill anyone who entered the branch.
• On the Fifth Branch, Doflamingo and Crocodile tried to land the final blow on the badly wounded Kozuki Oden, but Kūzemi redirected Doflamingo’s threads and Rob Lucci blocked Crocodile’s attack.

Zoro arrived on the Primal Mother Tree’s fifth branch and challenged Hawkeye Mihawk to test his swordsmanship. Their fierce duel continued as the other powerful fighters watched, with Zoro still determined to surpass Mihawk.

• Doflamingo, Crocodile, Kūzemi, and Rob Lucci turned against one another over the divine reward while Kozuki Oden recovered and Aramaki watched.
• Zoro reached the third branch, where Crocodile attacked him, but Zoro opened the Seventh Gate of Shock and repelled Crocodile’s sandstorm with a powerful slash.
• Members of the Red Hair Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates arrived at the fifth branch, and Zoro recognized Hawkeye Mihawk among them.
• Zoro challenged Mihawk, and Mihawk agreed to fight after recognizing Zoro as a powerful swordsman.
• Mihawk shattered Zoro’s opening attack and wounded him, but Zoro rose and launched a fierce Nine-Sword Style assault.
• Mihawk blocked Zoro’s attacks as their sword battle intensified, leaving the other fighters astonished by Zoro’s strength.