Recaps

Kaido learned that Bright’s forces were advancing and gathered the Beasts Pirates to face them. Bright’s alliance sailed to Onigashima, where Kaido appeared to challenge him as the battle began.

• A scout reported the approaching force to Kaido, and King gathered the Beasts Pirates for battle despite worrying that Bright might be with the attackers.
• Bright, Yamato, and the samurai met Denjiro and his thousand Ronin near Habu Port, then took the empty ships and sailed for Onigashima.
• Bright told the hesitant Yamato to ask Kaido for answers after the battle, and she nodded before the ships continued onward.
• The alliance reached Onigashima and saw the Beasts Pirates assembled onshore with cannons aimed at them.
• Kaido flew out from the skull-shaped island and called for Bright to come out.

Bright confronted Kaido in the sky while Yamato challenged her father over his rule of Wano Country. Bright intercepted Kaido’s attack so Yamato could descend, and the forces below launched their assault.

• Bright transformed into a dragon and flew toward Kaido after Kaido challenged him.
• Yamato asked Bright to take her to Kaido so she could speak with her father, and he carried her into the sky.
• Yamato told Kaido to leave Wano Country and explained that she would stand up for its suffering people.
• Kaido fired Heat Breath at Yamato, but Bright countered it with his own Heat Breath while Yamato fell toward the sea.
• Kawamatsu ordered the warriors to attack, and the battle began.

Yamato froze the sea so the samurai could charge Onigashima, then stopped Queen’s Plague Rounds with her Ice Fang. As King and Doflamingo took to the air to face Yamato and Tesoro, Queen and the Beasts Pirates prepared to meet the advancing samurai.

• Yamato froze the nearby sea and led the samurai in a charge toward Onigashima.
• King warned the Beasts Pirates that Bright was their greatest threat as Bright and Kaido continued fighting in the sky.
• Queen fired Plague Rounds at the samurai, but Yamato froze the shells before they could infect anyone.
• King launched himself toward Yamato, while Doflamingo rose to face Tesoro.
• Tesoro flew up to confront Doflamingo, and Queen transformed into a Brachiosaurus as the Beasts Pirates prepared to fight the samurai.

Bright and Kaido clashed with matching fire-dragon techniques, while Yamato and Tesoro fought their own opponents. Bright overpowered Kaido and drove him into Onigashima, which vaporized on impact.

• Bright overwhelmed Kaido's wind blades, then matched his flames with the golden Rising Dragon Eight Trigrams.
• Yamato struck King with Conqueror's Haki Infusion and Internal Destruction, breaking his arm and sending him crashing onto the ice.
• King flew into the sky and used Fire Dragon Emperor to keep Yamato away from Kaido's battle.
• Tesoro cut through Doflamingo's thread spears with a golden, Haki-coated sword and dismissed him as no threat.
• Bright's golden fire dragon broke through Kaido's dark-red dragon and slammed him into Onigashima, vaporizing the island as Queen screamed.

Bright overwhelmed Kaido in their aerial battle, matching and surpassing Kaido’s signature club techniques with his own flame-forged weapon. Kaido began using drunken fighting and future sight to evade Bright’s attacks.

• Bright taunted Kaido as the Beasts Pirates fought the opposing forces below, and Kawamatsu confronted Jack.
• Kaido rose from the ruins with severe burns and a broken horn, then challenged Bright to hand-to-hand combat.
• Bright formed a flaming spiked club and met Kaido’s Thunder Bagua, overpowering him in their clash.
• Bright struck Kaido with Three Worlds—Naraku and Dragon Swarm Army, breaking his scales and bones and sending him toward the frozen sea.
• Kaido’s Flame Clouds carried him back into the air, where he drank liquor, evaded Bright’s attacks, and launched a Thunder Bagua of his own.

Bright fought Kaido in the sky and tried to learn to foresee the future by listening to Kaido’s Observation Haki. On the battlefield below, Yamato froze King long enough to launch an Ice Spear Slash at him.

• Bright and Kaido exchanged headbutts and club attacks, and Bright sent Kaido flying with a Thunder Bagua.
• Kaido entered drunk mode, and Bright restrained his strength to keep their fight even while trying to learn future sight from him.
• Queen and King gained confidence as the Beasts Pirates kept the samurai under pressure, with Yamato and King locked in an aerial stalemate.
• Yamato spread freezing mist across the sky, briefly encasing King in ice and using the opening to attack him with Ice Spear Slash.

Yamato defeated King and joined the battle below as the Beasts Pirates began to lose ground, while Tesoro overwhelmed Doflamingo. Above them, Bright’s Observation Haki evolved to let him glimpse the future, and he prepared to finish his fight with Kaido using Thunder Bagua.

• Yamato shattered King’s mask with a club strike and sent him crashing through the ice into the sea, ending their battle.
• Yamato attacked the Brawny Tyrants while Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, and Kawamatsu fought to stop the enemy from reaching her.
• Tesoro transformed into gold and smashed through Doflamingo’s Sixteen Divine Bullets with Golden Hellfire.
• Bright began glimpsing Kaido’s future movements and effortlessly avoided his attacks.
• Bright and Kaido both launched Thunder Bagua at each other as Bright declared that he would end the battle.

Bright defeated Kaido with a devastating punch and ended the battle by knocking out the Beasts Pirates with his Conqueror’s Haki. As the surviving pirates lost the will to fight, Bright declared the war over.

• Bright shattered Kaido’s iron club and smashed through his defenses, crushing his chest with a Haki-infused punch.
• Bright used his Flame Cloud to pull the badly injured Kaido back, then subdued him as Kaido struggled to retaliate.
• Bright’s Conqueror’s Haki swept across the battlefield and knocked out the Beasts Pirates, while Queen realized Kaido had been defeated.
• Yamato, Inuarashi, and Nekomamushi celebrated Bright’s victory, and Tesoro arrived carrying the unconscious Doflamingo.
• Bright declared the war over and struck Jack down with lightning when he demanded Kaido’s release; the remaining Beasts Pirates did not challenge him.

After Bright helped Yamato and the samurai defeat the Beasts Pirates, the Wano Country celebrated its liberation. Yamato agreed to let Bright take Kaido and the other defeated pirates away, while she prepared to become shogun and open the country's borders.

• The Beasts Pirates surrendered after Bright defeated their strongest fighters, and the samurai restrained them with Seastone.
• Denjiro, Kawamatsu, Cat Viper, Inuarashi, Hyogoro, and the other samurai wept as they celebrated reclaiming the Wano Country.
• Yamato thanked Bright for helping win the battle, and Bright asked how she planned to deal with Kaido and the Beasts Pirates.
• Yamato struggled with the choice of what to do with her father, so Bright offered to take Kaido and the others away.
• Yamato accepted Bright's offer and declared that she would overcome the challenges of becoming shogun and open the country's borders.
• Tesoro questioned whether Yamato could govern well, and Bright said the Kozuki Family's retainers would support her as he did.

After Bright left Wano with Tesoro and the remnants of the Beasts Pirates, the Five Elders worried about his growing power while Morgans spread news that Yamato had defeated Kaido. Yamato was crowned shogun in the Flower Capital, and the world began calling him a new Emperor of the Sea.

• Bright left Wano with Tesoro and the remnants of the Beasts Pirates, warning Yamato to govern well and not rush to open the country.
• The Five Elders learned that Kaido had fallen and debated whether to attack Wano, but decided Bright was the greater threat.
• Bright told Morgans to publicize Yamato’s victory over Kaido while leaving Bright and Tesoro out of the report.
• People across the sea debated Yamato’s rise and began calling him the new Emperor of the Sea.
• Yamato delivered his inauguration speech in the Flower Capital as the people cheered for their new shogun.

Bright carried the defeated Beasts Pirates across the sky and confronted Kaido about their defeat and what would happen next. Kaido accepted that Bright had won but refused to submit, while Bright offered King a chance to talk.

• Bright transported the chained Beasts Pirates on a cloud, while King, Ulti, and Jack objected and Queen urged them to cooperate.
• Tesoro laughed at the group’s infighting, and Bright asked Kaido to speak.
• Kaido admitted that Bright had defeated him but claimed Bright was Joy Boy because he was fighting the Government.
• Bright said he could sink the prisoners but had thought of a different plan, then asked King if he wanted to talk.

Bright negotiated with King and the Beasts Pirates, offering to spare Kaido if they served him against the World Government. King accepted the terms, leaving Kaido furious and unable to object.

• Bright offered to spare Kaido's life if King and the Beasts Pirates agreed to serve him, prompting King to ask for the conditions.
• Bright demanded that the Beasts Pirates gather a new crew, settle on a non-member country or uninhabited island, and await his orders.
• Bright required King to keep the group together and threatened to kill Kaido if anyone escaped; he also offered King periodic conversations with Kaido.
• King accepted the agreement, and Queen and the other officers agreed or raised no objection.
• Bright warned that he would kill Kaido and hunt down anyone who tried to flee, while King and Queen pledged to keep the group under control.

Bright released the Beasts Pirates officers after entrusting them to King, then carried Kaido toward Fish-Man Island to imprison him. As Bright and Tesoro discussed the coming final war, Bright heard Zunesha’s cry and realized he might possess the Voice of All Things.

• Bright removed the Beasts Pirates’ Seastone shackles, left the officers with King, and warned them to stop their pirate activities.
• King demanded that the officers remain loyal to Kaido, and they agreed before setting out to find somewhere to settle.
• Bright and Tesoro flew away with Kaido, and Bright said he planned to lock him up in the depths near Fish-Man Island.
• Bright and Tesoro discussed the coming final war and waited for Master Tom to finish Pluto.
• Zunesha cried out ahead of them, and Bright recognized that he might have heard the Voice of All Things.

Bright heard Zunesha ask when he would fulfill his mission and realized he could understand the elephant through the Voice of All Things. He told Zunesha he was not Joy Boy’s successor but would change the world, then revealed he already knew about Bika and what Joy Boy left behind.

• Bright understood Zunesha’s roar as a question about when he would fulfill his mission.
• Bright rode toward Zunesha and called out to him, making the elephant stop and turn toward Bright.
• Bright realized his evolved Observation Haki let him hear Zunesha and the voices of all things.
• Bright introduced himself to Zunesha and said he would change the world without being anyone’s successor.
• Bright said he had already been to Bika, and Zunesha asked whether he had found what Joy Boy left behind.

Bright secured Zunesha’s promise to join the coming final battle and returned to Fish-Man Island with Kaido and Tesoro. Elsewhere, Blackbeard learned that Linlin and Kaido had fallen and mocked their defeats.

• Bright asked Zunesha to help open Wano Country’s borders and fight the hidden enemy, and Zunesha agreed to bring his scattered companions when Bright called.
• Tesoro was astonished that Bright had spoken with Zunesha, while Kaido questioned Bright about reaching Final Island and how he had obtained Linlin’s Road Poneglyph.
• Bright revealed that a mastermind stood behind the World Government and that defeating this enemy would bring true change to the world.
• Black brought Bright, Tesoro, and the captive Kaido back to Fish-Man Island.
• In the sky above the Grand Line, Blackbeard laughed that Linlin and Kaido had been overthrown by their own children.

Golden Lion Shiki decided to target the Road Poneglyphs held by Katakuri and Yamato as he prepared to return to the seas. Bright arranged for Alexander to guard Kaido in the deep sea, leaving the new emperors facing a threat they did not yet know about.

• Shiki read that Kaido and Linlin had fallen and decided to seize the stones held by Katakuri and Yamato.
• Indigo learned that Shiki planned to make his move while his research remained unfinished.
• Tesoro took the defeated Doflamingo away after returning to Fish-Man Island.
• Bright told Jinbe that he would not keep Kaido on Fish-Man Island and summoned Alexander.
• Bright asked Alexander to guard Kaido on the seabed, where Kaido would be trapped in an air bubble.

Bright reflected on the new era as the world settled after the upheavals of the past year, but a sudden call about Shiki interrupted him. On Whole Cake Island, Katakuri saved his family from a falling ship, only for the Golden Lion to appear before him.

• Bright discussed the fading old era and Whitebeard’s eventual fall with mermaids at the Mermaid Cafe.
• Shyarly agreed with Bright that the changing era could not be delayed for long.
• Bright received a call mentioning Shiki and was greatly startled.
• Katakuri foresaw an attack and used a Haki-coated mochi drill to destroy the Queen Mama Chanter before it crushed Whole Cake Island.
• The Golden Lion descended onto Whole Cake Island and praised Katakuri for becoming capable on his own.
• Katakuri recognized the Golden Lion and stared at him in astonishment.

Golden Lion attacked Whole Cake Island and demanded the stone Linlin possessed, hoping to reach Final Island. Katakuri refused and held his own against Golden Lion’s slashes, but Golden Lion began using his power to lift the island into the sky.

• Katakuri, Perospero, and Cracker recognized Golden Lion as the attacker and recalled his fearsome reputation.
• Golden Lion demanded that Katakuri hand over Linlin’s stone, and Katakuri refused.
• Golden Lion unleashed a storm of flying slashes, but Katakuri shattered them with his trident infused with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Golden Lion avoided a direct fight and cut apart Katakuri’s mochi before landing and pressing his hand against the ground.
• Golden Lion used his power to raise Whole Cake Island into the air, alarming Perospero.

Bright pursued Golden Lion after restoring Whole Cake Island to its place and discovered him flying toward Wano Country with the Road Poneglyph. The chapter ended as Bright caught up and called out to the surprised Golden Lion.

• Golden Lion had threatened to drop Whole Cake Island unless Katakuri surrendered the Road Poneglyph, so Katakuri had given it to him to protect his family.
• Bright used Flame Clouds to lower Whole Cake Island and had Katakuri reconnect it to the seabed, then asked him to keep Bright's role secret.
• Bright set off after Golden Lion, who had headed for Wano Country to confront Kaido's daughter.
• Bright sensed Golden Lion ahead and flew faster until he caught up with him and called out.

Bright confronted Golden Lion over a floating red stone, and the two began fighting after Bright refused to back down. Bright easily withstood Golden Lion’s slashes and countered his waterspouts with a Flame Dragon, leaving Golden Lion facing scorching fire.

• Bright met Golden Lion and asked to take the floating red stone, but Golden Lion refused.
• Bright and Golden Lion agreed to fight, and Golden Lion attacked with a storm of slashes.
• Bright entered Dragon Human form and let the slashes hit him, but they failed to leave a mark.
• Golden Lion controlled the air to send tornadoes and waterspouts at Bright.
• Bright unleashed a Flame Dragon that evaporated the waterspouts and rushed toward Golden Lion, setting his clothes on fire.

Bright defeated Golden Lion by pursuing him with a blazing Fire Giant, even underwater, until Golden Lion could no longer fight. Bright kept him alive and restrained him, leaving Golden Lion to ask what Bright wanted.

• Bright reshaped his Flame Dragon into a Fire Giant that ran across Flame Clouds and caught up with Golden Lion.
• Golden Lion fled to the sea and raised seawater to shield himself from the Fire Giant's heat.
• Golden Lion dived beneath the sea, but Bright followed and continued burning underwater, leaving Golden Lion unable to escape.
• Bright dispersed the flames, carried the badly burned Golden Lion out of the sea, and restrained him with Flame Clouds.
• Golden Lion admitted defeat and asked Bright what he wanted; Bright said he had not intended to kill him.

Bright asked the captured Golden Lion to help overthrow the World Government, then began telling him about the ancient era and the nation of Bika. He revealed that the rest of the story was information he would have to pay for, and Golden Lion learned that Bright had reached Laugh Tale.

• Bright and the injured Golden Lion traveled back toward the Charlotte Family to return the stone taken from Katakuri.
• Bright asked Golden Lion to join him in overthrowing the World Government, but Golden Lion dismissed the proposal and doubted Bright's claims.
• Bright began telling Golden Lion about a miraculous nation from nine hundred years ago, starting with Bika.
• Bright stopped the story and said the rest was paid information, prompting Golden Lion to ask if Bright had reached Laugh Tale.
• Bright confirmed he had reached Laugh Tale after defeating Charlotte Linlin and Kaido, and asked Golden Lion again to accept his proposal.

Bright persuaded Golden Lion to cooperate against the World Government and promised he might be able to restore Golden Lion's Haki. They returned to Whole Cake Island, where Katakuri learned Golden Lion had become their partner.

• Bright argued that the World Government was the greatest obstacle to Golden Lion's ambition to rule the world, and Golden Lion agreed to cooperate against it.
• Bright asked Golden Lion to return the people he had taken into the sky, and Golden Lion agreed that his research no longer mattered.
• Bright said he might be able to help Golden Lion regain the Haki he lost after fighting Roger.
• Bright brought Golden Lion to Whole Cake Island, where Katakuri arrived to collect the red stone and learned Golden Lion was now their partner.
• Katakuri offered to call a doctor for Golden Lion, but Bright said bandaging his wounds would only create extra work.

Bright brought the gravely injured Golden Lion back to Fish-Man Island for treatment, where Mansherry healed his burns. Bright then shattered the ship’s wheel embedded in Golden Lion’s head and called on Mansherry to heal the resulting brain wounds, leaving Golden Lion screaming through the procedure.

• Bright carried Golden Lion through the sea toward Fish-Man Island and told him Rayleigh was alive and had trained the world’s strongest disciple.
• Golden Lion agreed to visit Rayleigh after recovering and asked Bright to take him to a healer.
• Bright returned to Fish-Man Island and had Tesoro bring Princess Mansherry to Ryugu Palace.
• Mansherry healed Golden Lion’s burned skin and muscles, restoring his strength and hair.
• Bright shattered the ship’s wheel embedded in Golden Lion’s head, and Mansherry began healing the severe wounds in his brain.

Bright restored Golden Lion’s strength enough for him to use Haki again, and Golden Lion asked to meet Rayleigh. Bright brought him to Sabaody Archipelago, where the two old rivals reunited and Rayleigh learned how they had met.

• Golden Lion tested his returning Armament Haki and Conqueror’s Haki Infusion, then promised he would regain his former strength.
• Golden Lion asked Bright to take him to see Rayleigh, and Bright brought him from Fish-Man Island to Sabaody Archipelago.
• Bright called for Rayleigh outside Shakky’s bar, and Rayleigh came to the door hungover.
• Golden Lion descended and greeted Rayleigh, who was shocked to find him alive.
• Bright told Rayleigh that he had met Golden Lion after Golden Lion attacked Totto Land and Bright beat him in a fight.