Chapter Summaries

Luo Ya battled Aokiji on Sabaody Island 31, using lightning speed and clones to overwhelm him while Aokiji countered with ice. The fight continued as the island’s temperature plunged, and Luo Ya admitted he was enjoying cutting Aokiji rather than showing his full power.

• Luo Ya proposed that Aokiji resign as Admiral so he could take the position and follow Sakazuki, but Aokiji demanded to know his goal.
• Luo Ya attacked Aokiji with lightning, shattered his ice defense, and wounded him with a sword strike.
• Luo Ya created a network of lightning cores and thinking clones, striking Aokiji from all directions while Aokiji struggled to identify the real one.
• Aokiji unleashed Ice: Giant Sea Urchin, destroying the lightning starry sky and forcing Luo Ya onto an ice spike.
• Aokiji challenged Luo Ya to show the full extent of his lightning power, and Luo Ya said he was enjoying cutting him.

After leaving Sabaody, Luo Ya faced Fleet Admiral Sengoku over his actions during the Celestial Dragon incident and his role in letting the culprits escape. Sengoku assigned him to pursue Cavendish and Roronoa Zoro, but the Five Elders summoned him before he could leave.

• Luo Ya left after telling Aokiji that Nico Robin was working for Crocodile, and Aokiji decided not to report that Luo Ya had sheltered her.
• Luo Ya returned to the Frost Wolf Mini, where Cavendish departed with Hakuba and the frozen Zoro after thanking him for the ship.
• The Marines arrested more than five hundred Pirates across Sabaody, and Luo Ya told Yamato and Uta to wait for him at G-5 Branch before boarding a warship to Marine Headquarters.
• Sengoku questioned Luo Ya about the Celestial Dragons, the deaths of their guards, and the escape of Cavendish and Roronoa Zoro; Luo Ya defended his actions and called his clash with Aokiji a sparring match.
• Sengoku ordered Luo Ya to capture Cavendish and Roronoa Zoro and barred him from Marine Headquarters until he did so, but Brannew delivered the Five Elders' summons for Luo Ya.

Luo Ya defended his actions to the Five Elders, insisting he would protect his subordinates and revealing his Rumble-Rumble Fruit power. He left the confrontation by asking them to find him a marriage match, saying he wanted to become a Celestial Dragon.

• The Five Elders summoned Luo Ya to answer Saint Rosward’s demand that he be punished.
• Luo Ya said he would take responsibility for Uta and his other followers, and threatened to kill anyone who harmed them.
• Luo Ya revealed his lightning power, prompting the Five Elders to berate him for defying the Celestial Dragons.
• Luo Ya offered an insincere apology for the concert incidents, and the Five Elders hesitated to punish him because of his value to the Marines.
• Luo Ya mentioned invitations and marriage offers from Big Mom and Kaido before asking the Five Elders to introduce him to a suitable match so he could become a Celestial Dragon.

The Five Elders considered how to secure Luo Ya’s loyalty and decided to arrange a political marriage with Shalria. After returning briefly to G-5 Branch, Luo Ya set sail again to fulfill his promises and handle matters in the New World.

• The Five Elders discussed Luo Ya’s ambitions and concluded that making him a Celestial Dragon through marriage could bind him to the World Government.
• Luo Ya left the Holy Land, returned to G-5 Branch, and learned from Tashigi how Smoker had managed conflicts during his absence.
• Luo Ya thanked Smoker for his work, then left G-5 Branch to take Uta to meet Red Hair and attend to matters at Totto Land’s Tea Party.
• Luo Ya sailed into the New World aboard a warship with Yamato, Uta, his adjutant, and Marines.
• Luo Ya read that Cavendish and Roronoa Zoro had received bounties after the Sabaody Incident and ordered his crew to report any news about them.

Luo Ya arranged for Uta to hold a concert on Hachinosu Island, leaving the Whitebeard Pirates to decide whether to accept his offer of a share of the proceeds. He then headed toward the island, hoping the concert would draw in Red Hair, and coached Uta on how to fight.

• Whitebeard and his captains learned that Uta's concert would be held on Hachinosu Island and wondered what Luo Ya intended.
• Capone Bege told Whitebeard that Luo Ya meant no hostility and offered the Whitebeard Pirates half the concert proceeds for using the island.
• Bege estimated that the Pirates could receive up to two billion Beli, and the captains eagerly urged Whitebeard to accept so they could see Uta perform.
• Luo Ya sailed toward Hachinosu Island, hoping Red Hair would come to the concert.
• Luo Ya watched Uta practice against a wooden dummy and taught her to strike swiftly and aim for the face.

Pirates from across the New World gathered on Hachinosu Island for Uta’s concert, where Luo Ya and the Whitebeard Pirates helped prepare despite the island being pirate territory. The concert began with Whitebeard and Red Hair both in attendance, and Red Hair’s crew grew jealous as Luo Ya danced intimately with Uta.

• Pirates flocked to Hachinosu Island, and the Whitebeard Pirates welcomed Red Hair’s arrival while earning substantial docking fees.
• Luo Ya, Uta, and Yamato reached the concert venue, where two pirates shot at Luo Ya and he killed them with a lightning strike.
• Yamato, Luo Ya, Uta, and Lu Yun played beach volleyball before the concert opened at dusk.
• Whitebeard and Red Hair arrived aboard the Moby Dick and Red Force, clashed their Conqueror’s Haki, and exchanged greetings.
• Uta froze when she saw Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates, but Luo Ya encouraged her to begin the concert.
• Luo Ya danced with Uta onstage, enraging the jealous Red Hair Pirates officers and darkening Red Hair’s expression.

Uta reunited with Shanks on Hachinosu Island, confronted him for leaving her behind, and reconciled with him after slapping him. Meanwhile, the Five Elders learned of Uta’s connection to the Figarland Family and grew wary of Luo Ya’s ties to the Four Emperors.

• Uta announced that she had come to the New World to find her father, and Shanks walked onto the stage to meet her.
• Uta slapped Shanks, then accused him of hiding the truth about Elegia and leaving her behind before embracing him and admitting she had missed him.
• Luo Ya urged Shanks to be honest with Uta and warned him not to make her cry again.
• The Five Elders realized that Uta was Shanks’s daughter and carried Figarland blood, and they questioned whether Luo Ya was drawing the Four Emperors together.
• The Five Elders pressed ahead with their planned political marriage between Shalria and Luo Ya despite Shalria not yet agreeing.

After Uta reunited with Shanks, Luo Ya’s warship left Hachinosu and fought off a pirate ambush. Meanwhile, Teach killed Thatch to steal the Dark-Dark Fruit, then ate it and began pursuing his ambitions.

• Uta stayed with Luo Ya rather than leave with Shanks, and the Red Hair Pirates sailed away from Hachinosu.
• More than a dozen pirate ships surrounded Luo Ya’s warship, but Yamato, Speed, Barto, and the other Marines fought back.
• After the concert, the Whitebeard Pirates fought off attackers, and Thatch found the Dark-Dark Fruit among the spoils.
• Teach killed Thatch, stole the fruit, and escaped aboard a lifeboat.
• Teach ate the Dark-Dark Fruit and laughed as its power awakened within him.

Luo Ya visited Egghead, arranged for Vegapunk to build powerful electromagnetic weapons and a custom warship, and learned of Thatch’s funeral. He then received orders to escort Shalria to Sabaody, suspecting her assignment had an ulterior motive.

• Luo Ya greeted Rear Admiral Drake at Egghead, while Drake reflected on his coming departure from the Marines to join SWORD and infiltrate the Beasts Pirates.
• Luo Ya met Vegapunk, Kuma, and Stussy in the laboratory, requested two Unmanned Cooking Machines, and commissioned an Electromagnetic Pistol, a high-powered Electromagnetic Cannon, and a diesel-electric warship using three billion Beli.
• Luo Ya read that the Whitebeard Pirates had held a funeral for Thatch and suspected Blackbeard had killed him, vowing to kill Blackbeard if they met.
• Lu Yun told Luo Ya that headquarters had ordered him to reach Sabaody within a week and take responsibility for Shalria’s visit and security.
• Luo Ya was surprised that Shalria had been assigned to him and began to suspect the order had another purpose.

Luo Ya met Shalria for their arranged political marriage and accompanied her around the Sabaody Archipelago. After taking her shopping, he changed her outfit and removed her Bubble helmet, leaving her flustered as they headed out.

• Shalria arrived at Mary Geoise's Bubble elevator ship and met Luo Ya, learning he would be her husband through the Five Elders' political marriage arrangement.
• Luo Ya and Shalria reached the Sabaody Archipelago, where residents knelt before their procession.
• Luo Ya dismissed the attendants from their immediate company, and Shalria allowed it to preserve their standing as Celestial Dragons.
• Luo Ya took Shalria to a clothing store, where she bought new outfits for 100 million Beli.
• Luo Ya told Shalria to change into a chosen outfit, removed her Bubble helmet, and let her hair down, leaving her blushing before they went outside.

Luo Ya took Shalria around Sabaody while concealing her Celestial Dragon identity, then learned she accepted their political marriage as her duty despite resenting it. The chapter ended with Shalria asking to buy slaves the next day and Luo Ya forbidding it.

• Luo Ya removed Shalria's Bubble helmet and changed her appearance, then told her to stay close so no one would recognize her as a Celestial Dragon.
• Luo Ya took Shalria on rides at Bubble Amusement Park, and she endured them to protect the dignity of the Celestial Dragons and their public image as a couple.
• Luo Ya and Shalria discussed their political marriage, and she explained that she had to obey the arrangement despite not wanting to marry a commoner.
• At their hotel, Shalria said she would accept Luo Ya as her husband and hoped the marriage would strengthen her family.
• Shalria asked Luo Ya to accompany her to buy slaves, but he told her he hated the slave trade and forbade her from buying any.

Luo Ya and Shalria grew closer as the Five Elders arranged their engagement, with the Navy’s leadership left stunned by the political match. The pair arrived in Dressrosa together, where their public closeness signaled their relationship to the kingdom and its reporters.

• Luo Ya spent several days accompanying Shalria, and their growing rapport satisfied the Five Elders.
• Saint Wochury convened the Navy’s top brass and announced that Shalria and Luo Ya would become engaged, with their wedding planned after Luo Ya became an admiral.
• Navy officers accepted the arrangement in silence, while many wondered why Luo Ya had been chosen and envied his reserved path to promotion.
• Shalria arrived in Dressrosa with Luo Ya, and King Riku, Princess Viola, and the people welcomed them.
• Shalria held Luo Ya’s hand as he helped her down the gangplank, then walked beside him through Dressrosa as reporters photographed them.
• Shalria praised Luo Ya, and he promised that marrying him would be the best decision of her life.

Luo Ya returned to G-5 after arranging his engagement to Charloss, then sailed to Totto Land for the Tea Party. Big Mom’s ministers reconsidered their plan to kill him because doing so could provoke the Celestial Dragons, and they wondered whether his engagement had been part of his scheme.

• Kaido raged over the news of Luo Ya and Charloss and ordered his men to investigate Luo Ya’s itinerary before flying to confront Crocodile in Kuri.
• Luo Ya returned to G-5, announced that his wedding to Charloss would follow his promotion to admiral, and immediately set sail for Totto Land.
• Uta asked Yamato whether she was angry about Luo Ya’s engagement, but Yamato only worried that she might not be able to stay with him.
• Luo Ya’s warship reached Totto Land, where Baron Tamago and Pekoms escorted him toward Whole Cake Island.
• Perospero, Katakuri, Smoothie, Cracker, and the other ministers debated how to handle Luo Ya, fearing that killing him could bring war with the Celestial Dragons.

Big Mom and Kaido clashed over Luo Ya, while the Marines worried about the danger to the man soon to become a Celestial Dragon. At Big Mom’s Tea Party, Luo Ya met with Stussy and considered recruiting her into his own CP0 guard unit.

• Big Mom rejected Kaido’s claim that he would take Luo Ya, and their intercepted call alarmed the Marines.
• Sengoku ordered Luo Ya to return, but the messenger reported that Luo Ya said he could handle a Four Emperor himself.
• Luo Ya arrived at the Tea Party and greeted Morgans and Stussy while the other Underworld Emperors kept their distance.
• Luo Ya danced with Stussy and confirmed that his marriage to Shalria was real.
• Luo Ya invited Stussy to work under him as a CP0 agent once he became a Celestial Dragon, but she said she lacked the authority to decide.

Luo Ya arrived at Big Mom’s Tea Party with Yamato and Uta, where he killed Gilag for trying to go ahead of him and took seats opposite Big Mom. As the party began, an enraged Azure Dragon approached Whole Cake Island, intent on claiming Luo Ya for himself.

• Luo Ya brought Yamato and Uta into Whole Cake Chateau alongside the Underground Emperors, and Perospero formed a candy staircase to escort them upward.
• Luo Ya shot and kicked Gilag after Gilag moved to board the staircase ahead of him, then proceeded with Yamato and Uta while Perospero kept the other guests moving.
• Smoothie offered strange welcome drinks, and Yamato enjoyed ice water made from ancient ice.
• Big Mom welcomed the guests and began the Tea Party, while Luo Ya sat with Yamato and Uta at the main table opposite her.
• An Azure Dragon flew toward Whole Cake Island and declared that Luo Ya was his target.

At Big Mom's Tea Party, Luo Ya rejected her demand that he marry Chiffon and attacked after she refused to accept his answer. He revealed his Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers, and the chapter ended with all four Sweet Four Generals surrounding him.

• Stussy and the other guests gave Big Mom gifts, easing the tension at the banquet.
• Big Mom asked Luo Ya to marry Chiffon, but he refused.
• Luo Ya flipped the dining table, insulted Big Mom, and blasted her ministers with lightning when they attacked.
• Katakuri pierced Luo Ya with his trident, but Luo Ya healed with lightning and paralyzed Katakuri.
• Smoothie, Cracker, and Snack joined Katakuri in surrounding Luo Ya as the ministers prepared ranged attacks.

Luo Ya overwhelmed the Big Mom Pirates at the Tea Party, clearing the venue before fighting the Sweet Four Generals. He defeated Snack, Cracker, and Smoothie, leaving Katakuri as the last opponent standing.

• Perospero stopped Big Mom from joining the fight, while Katakuri and the ministers confronted Luo Ya.
• Luo Ya evaded the barrage, wounded the ministers, and summoned a thunder dragon that devastated the venue and drove the guests and most of Totto Land’s forces away.
• Katakuri awakened his mochi powers, and the Sweet Four Generals attacked Luo Ya together.
• Luo Ya kicked Snack out of the venue and defeated Cracker with a lightning-powered punch.
• Luo Ya blinded and struck Smoothie, leaving Katakuri alone as he entered a berserk state.

Luo Ya defeated Katakuri by using lightning to distort his perception and overcome his future sight, then confronted Big Mom in Thunder God Mode. Their weapons clashed, and the resulting Conqueror’s Haki split the sky above Whole Cake Island.

• Katakuri and Luo Ya fought evenly in a Haki clash before Luo Ya’s lightning destroyed Katakuri’s mochi attacks.
• Luo Ya pierced Katakuri’s chest after interfering with his perception and explained how he had disrupted Katakuri’s future sight.
• Katakuri struggled to keep fighting, but Big Mom knocked him aside and attacked Luo Ya with Napoleon, her fireball, and her thundercloud.
• Luo Ya entered Thunder God Mode and clashed weapons with Big Mom, sending a Conqueror’s Haki shockwave across Whole Cake Island.
• Morgans and the Underground Emperors watched as the clouds parted and the sky split open.

Luo Ya fought Big Mom with lightning and pushed her to her knees, but Kaido arrived and took over the battle. Luo Ya blocked Kaido’s Thunder Bagua and wounded him, prompting Kaido to transform into his Human-Beast Form for a serious fight.

• Luo Ya used lightning attacks to injure Big Mom, who recovered and refused to admit defeat.
• Kaido arrived at Whole Cake Chateau and told Big Mom to leave Luo Ya to him.
• Luo Ya heightened his speed and reflexes with lightning as he prepared to fight Kaido.
• Kaido attacked with Thunder Bagua, but Luo Ya blocked the blow and cut a deep wound across Kaido’s chest.
• Kaido praised Luo Ya, transformed into his Human-Beast Form, and faced him with renewed bloodlust.

Luo Ya fought Kaido after defeating Big Mom, but Kaido’s speed, strength, and Haki overwhelmed him and left him badly injured. Luo Ya brought out Xiao Fen and knocked Kaido’s dragon form to the ground, though he knew the blow was not enough to defeat him.

• Morgans and Stussy watched Luo Ya fight Kaido while Yamato warned that Luo Ya was going to lose.
• Kaido attacked relentlessly, predicting Luo Ya’s movements and smashing him through a castle wall and into the western forest.
• Luo Ya recovered in a crater and countered Kaido’s Heat Breath with his own blast.
• Luo Ya summoned Xiao Fen, a pink dragon, and sent her to bite Kaido, but Kaido frightened her into letting go.
• Luo Ya ran along Kaido’s back and struck his dragon head with Thunder God Hammer, knocking him to the ground.