Chapter Summaries

Luo Ya offered CP9 a chance to join his future CP0 guard force, clear their names, and take revenge on Spandam. Lucci agreed to join if Luo Ya defeated him, and their fight ended with Luo Ya demonstrating overwhelming mastery of Internal Destruction Haki.

• At a bowling alley, CP9 discussed their dwindling pursuers and Lucci explained that Spandam had betrayed and framed them.
• Luo Ya appeared before CP9 and offered to recruit them into his future CP0 force, promising to clear their names, promote them, and put Spandam under their command.
• Lucci challenged Luo Ya to a fight, agreeing to become his subordinate if Luo Ya won, and the group raced to the coast.
• Luo Ya and Lucci exchanged fast Six Styles attacks, while Lucci realized Luo Ya surpassed him in martial skill.
• Lucci transformed and struck Luo Ya with Rokuogan, drawing a little blood, but Luo Ya showed him how to use Internal Destruction Haki by blasting a passage through a distant cliff.

Luo Ya brought Issho forward as a candidate for one of the Marines’ two vacant Admiral positions, prompting Aramaki to challenge him at Punk Hazard. Issho demonstrated overwhelming power by summoning a meteorite, and Akainu accepted that he was strong enough to become an Admiral.

• Luo Ya introduced Issho to Aramaki and said the two Admiral positions had already been decided, but Aramaki agreed to test Issho’s strength.
• Issho and Aramaki sparred at Punk Hazard while Akainu, Kizaru, Luo Ya, Chaton Kaji, and Momousagi Gion watched from a warship.
• Issho summoned a massive meteorite, and Aramaki transformed into a giant tree man to meet it head-on.
• The meteorite struck the island and left a huge crater; Issho remained unharmed, while Aramaki regrew from a sprout and admitted defeat.
• Akainu judged Issho’s performance sufficient for an Admiral position, leaving only background and ambition checks.

After becoming a Marine Admiral, Luo Ya took charge of Marine intelligence and SWORD, then married Charloss in Mary Geoise. He defended her from a mocking Celestial Dragon and left for Marine Headquarters, asking how he could join God's Knights.

• Newspapers announced Luo Ya and Issho as the Marines' new Admirals, and Lu Yun briefed Luo Ya on his intelligence duties and SWORD.
• Luo Ya ordered Barto and Peacock to report to SWORD and recommended Vice Admiral Dol to command G-14 Branch.
• Luo Ya married Charloss in Mary Geoise and received the identification chip that marked him as a Celestial Dragon.
• After reading the Celestial Dragons' code, Luo Ya slapped Kaki Charloss twice when she mocked him and Charloss, then left with his wife.
• At the harbor, Luo Ya asked Charloss how he could join God's Knights before boarding a bubble ship for Marine Headquarters.

Luo Ya investigated the pirates who sank a Marine surveillance warship and learned that Squard had joined Ochoku after leaving the Whitebeard Pirates. As Ochoku prepared to seize Hachinosu Island, Squard pledged to help him in exchange for a chance to kill Ace.

• Luo Ya left Marine Headquarters for Hachinosu Island, while Sakazuki allowed him to go.
• Lu Yun reported that Squard had attacked the surveillance warship and likely joined Ochoku to keep the meeting secret.
• Luo Ya ordered Lu Yun to track Squard and notify him as soon as she found his whereabouts.
• Ochoku promised to help Squard kill Ace if Squard helped him take control of Hachinosu Island.
• Squard agreed, driven by his hatred of Roger and his desire to avenge the companions Roger had killed.

After Ochoku seized Hachinosu Island, the battered Whitebeard Pirates began to part ways while Ace struggled with how to challenge him. Ochoku forced Ace’s crew into a Davy Back Fight, and Ace accepted as his crew prepared to sail.

• The Whitebeard Pirates fled Hachinosu Island after Squard betrayed them, and Ochoku took control of the island.
• At Whitebeard’s grave on Sphinx Island, Marco said he wanted to stay and protect Whitebeard’s legacy as the commanders discussed leaving pirate life behind.
• On Matsuba Island, Jinbe stopped Ace from rushing to Hachinosu Island to attack Squard, reminding him of his previous defeat.
• Dice brought Ace and Jinbe Ochoku’s challenge to a Davy Back Fight, a contest that could cost them crew members and their pirate flag.
• Ace accepted Ochoku’s challenge and ordered Jinbe, Dice, Skull, and the crew to prepare to set sail.

On Hachinosu Island, Ochoku’s Davy Back Fight with Ace’s Spade Pirates began while Crocodile refused to accept Ochoku’s challenge. At the harbor, Cavendish and Zoro watched the first event and argued about joining the competition, ending as Jinbe reached the finish line first.

• Ochoku’s Wang Zhi Pirates won a Davy Back Fight, strengthening Ochoku’s bid to become a Four Emperor.
• Crocodile refused to respond to Ochoku’s challenge, deciding he could not trust the best-of-three contest or his subordinates.
• Ace’s Spade Pirates began their Davy Back Fight against the Wang Zhi Pirates, with Jinbe leading their team in the ship race.
• Cavendish complained that the Hachinosu conflict had stolen his fame, while Zoro asked if they could enter the competition too.
• Cavendish blamed Zoro’s habit of getting lost for their lack of companions, and Jinbe reached the race’s finish line first.

The Wang Zhi Pirates slaughtered the Spade Pirates in the second Davy Back Fight contest, leaving Ace to face Ochoku in a decisive duel. As their battle began, Luo Ya arrived and asked Cavendish and Zoro to collect the Spade Pirates’ bodies afterward.

• Ace asked Ochoku to let him postpone choosing a Wang Zhi Pirate until the final settlement, and Ochoku agreed.
• Squard led the Wang Zhi Pirates in a planned attack during the beach rugby match, and all the Spade Pirates on the field were killed.
• Ace and Ochoku entered the Death Arena for the third contest as pirates including Cavendish and Zoro watched.
• Ace and Ochoku clashed with Conqueror’s Haki before fighting with Ace’s flaming fist and Ochoku’s Guan Dao.
• Luo Ya appeared beside Cavendish and Zoro and asked them to collect the Spade Pirates’ bodies after the duel.

Ochoku defeated Ace in the Colosseum, winning the duel and claiming the Spade Pirates’ flag. Jinbe took the gravely wounded Ace to Law for treatment, while Cavendish and Zoro revealed that they wanted Ace as a Davy Back Fight teammate on Luo Ya’s instructions.

• Ace rose after Ochoku overwhelmed him and launched Great Flame Ring: Flame Emperor in a final attack.
• Ochoku split through Ace’s attack, knocked him unconscious, and won the duel, giving the Wang Zhi Pirates two victories out of three and the Spade Pirates’ flag.
• Jinbe carried the badly wounded Ace from the Colosseum, where Law, Cavendish, and Zoro all sought to take him.
• Law treated Ace aboard the Polar Tang and stabilized his vital signs, though he warned Jinbe that Ace might not survive.
• Cavendish told Jinbe and Law that he and Zoro planned to recruit Ace for the Davy Back Fight because an important figure had asked them to clean up after the Spade Pirates.
• Cavendish identified that figure as Admiral Day Dragon, and Jinbe and Law recognized him as Luo Ya.

Law planned to become a Shichibukai, while Luo Ya gathered Ace, Jinbe, Zoro, and Cavendish to form a crew and challenge Ochoku for the title of Four Emperor. After agreeing to train them for a month, Luo Ya told Ace that his attachment to the Whitebeard Pirates had held him back, and Ace resolved to become stronger.

• Law explained that he planned to become a Shichibukai and needed Ochoku defeated before he could act freely.
• Ace grieved for the dead Spade Pirates until Zoro's blunt words helped him face his loss, and Jinbe fed him as he recovered.
• Luo Ya arrived at the Spade Pirates' base and ordered Ace, Jinbe, Zoro, and Cavendish to form a new crew, defeat Ochoku, and fight in a war two years later.
• The group argued over who would be captain and what to name the crew, then Luo Ya announced he would train them for a month so they could challenge Ochoku through a Davy Back Fight.
• Luo Ya told Ace that his Haki and potential exceeded Ochoku's, but his comfort with the Whitebeard Pirates had weakened him and led to his defeat and the loss of his companions.
• Ace accepted Luo Ya's rebuke and asked him to whip him so he could become stronger.

Luo Ya brought Hawkeye to the island as a temporary swordsmanship coach for Zoro and Cavendish, who learned how far they were from the World's Greatest Swordsman. The chapter left them kneeling and asking Hawkeye to teach them.

• Luo Ya’s electric training continued to torment Ace while Cavendish and Zoro waited for their promised coach.
• Hawkeye arrived after Luo Ya used a mandatory summons, and Cavendish and Zoro eagerly followed him to train.
• Luo Ya told Perona that Moria had survived the Summit War, though he did not know where Moria was.
• Hawkeye effortlessly defeated Zoro and Cavendish using a small cross dagger he used to trim his nails.
• Zoro and Cavendish admitted they were not ready to challenge Hawkeye and begged him to teach them swordsmanship.

Luo Ya pushed Ace through brutal training, then explained how combustion and flame temperature could strengthen his Fire-Flame Fruit. Ace began to understand his weakness, and Luo Ya declared he would be known as the Flame Emperor.

• Ace struggled through Luo Ya's punishing training while Xiao Fen's Heat Breath overwhelmed his Fire Fist.
• Ace unleashed Great Flame Ring: Flame Emperor, sending a pillar of fire into the sky.
• Hawkeye told Luo Ya he had begun seriously training Cavendish and Zoro, whom he regarded as promising swordsmen.
• Luo Ya showed Ace lighter flames of different colors and explained that more complete combustion produced hotter, stronger flames.
• Luo Ya told Ace to make raising his flames' temperature instinctive and announced that Ace and his Pirates needed more imposing names.

Ace, Jinbe, Cavendish, and Zoro challenged Ochoku to a Davy Back Fight on the eve of his rise as a Four Emperor. Jinbe swiftly won the first match, and Cavendish and Zoro began cutting through Ochoku’s forces as the next contest started.

• Ochoku hosted a lavish banquet on Hachinosu Island, while Law quietly awaited the man he believed would appear.
• Ace, Jinbe, Cavendish, and Zoro attacked the plaza, planted their pirate flag, and challenged Ochoku to a Davy Back Fight; Ochoku accepted.
• Jinbe raced Ochoku’s three-man team, then used Fish-Man Jujutsu to create a giant water shark that destroyed their ship and won the match.
• Cavendish and Zoro argued as they entered the next contest, and Ochoku’s Pirates charged them with weapons.
• Cavendish and Zoro unleashed powerful sword attacks that bloodied and scattered the attackers, then agreed to deal with the remaining Pirates.

Ace and Ochoku fought their deciding duel after Zoro and Cavendish defeated Ochoku’s officers on the beach. Ace revealed how much he had grown, and the chapter ended with both captains facing off after their Haki clash destroyed the arena.

• Zoro fought Squard while Cavendish, after inhaling Kuroki’s sleeping gas, entered his murderous state and defeated Kuroki and the pirates around him.
• Zoro tied on his bandana and clashed swords with Cavendish as the pirates recognized that Ochoku’s crew had lost the first contest.
• Ace entered the Colosseum against Ochoku, and Luo Ya watched as Ace prepared to prove his strength after a month of training.
• Ace unleashed a blue-white Flame Fist that melted the Colosseum’s stone, forcing Ochoku to evade and shattering the pirates’ confidence in him.
• Ochoku attacked Ace with Conqueror’s Haki coating, but Ace stood his ground and coated his own blade, and their collision collapsed the arena.
• Ace declared that he would defeat Ochoku and asked to be called Flame Emperor instead of Fire Fist.

Ace defeated Ochoku in a brutal duel as Luo Ya’s Marines surrounded the Wang Zhi Pirates on Hachinosu Island. Three days later, Ace became the new Four Emperor with the backing of Whitebeard’s remnants and several powerful allies.

• Luo Ya left Ace to finish his duel and led the Marines toward Hachinosu Island to attack the Wang Zhi Pirates.
• Ace and Ochoku traded Haki-coated and flame-wreathed punches until Ace gained the upper hand and knocked Ochoku down.
• Trafalgar Law took the Heart Pirates to seize an opportunity amid the chaos, while Pirates fled Hachinosu Island after Ochoku’s defeat.
• Whitebeard’s remnants celebrated Ace’s victory, and Marco decided to support him and let Sphinx Island fly Ace’s flag.
• Three days later, news named Ace the Flame Emperor and a new Four Emperor after Marco and nearly ten commanders joined his banner alongside Jinbe, Cavendish, and Zoro.

Luo Ya argued with Akainu about letting Ace escape, then accepted a mission to subjugate the Revolutionary Army. After gathering intelligence about Ivankov and the Queer Kingdom, he assembled Lucci, Kaku, Stussy, and others to investigate.

• Luo Ya defended his choice not to arrest Ace, saying he had completed his mission against the Wang Zhi Pirates and had no wish to capture someone who called him big brother.
• Akainu assigned Luo Ya to capture a Revolutionary Army commander or destroy a core stronghold, and ordered him to avoid Pirate-related work until the mission was complete.
• T-Bone reported that Trafalgar Law had arrived at Marine Headquarters with one hundred hearts to request a Shichibukai position, while Akainu considered the offer.
• Luo Ya ordered intelligence gathering and told Lucci's group to meet him at the G1 Branch.
• Momonga briefed Luo Ya that Ivankov might be in Kama Bakka and that Marine intelligence agents sent there had gone missing.
• Luo Ya decided to visit the Queer Kingdom himself, and Lucci, Kaku, Stussy, and their team arrived to join him.

Luo Ya ordered CP0 agents to hunt Revolutionary Army officers in two kingdoms, then led the Marines to attack Pink Island. Ivankov panicked at the arrival of Admiral Day Dragon and called for Dragon to be notified.

• Luo Ya assigned Lucci and Kaku to investigate the Luluisa Kingdom and Jabura, Inuwi, and Kumadori to investigate the Pepe Kingdom, ordering them to eliminate Revolutionary Army officers.
• Luo Ya told Blueno and Kalifa to gather intelligence and provide support, then asked Stussy to massage his back.
• The Warships reached the waters around Pink Island, where Alpha reported that CP8 agents had failed to infiltrate the island.
• Luo Ya ordered the Warships to bombard Pink Island and prepare to land.
• Ivankov learned that Admiral Day Dragon was leading the Marines' attack, panicked, and ordered the okamas to notify Dragon.

Luo Ya led the Marines into Kama Bakka and found Ivankov had fled, leaving behind altered intelligence operatives and a trail through a Den Den Mushi. He used it to contact the Revolutionary Army headquarters and threatened to find its location within half a month, prompting Dragon to prepare for an attack.

• The okama overwhelmed the Marines until Luo Ya entered the battle, drove them back, and reached the deserted Royal Palace.
• Luo Ya found outdated documents, learned Ivankov was missing, and discovered a trembling Den Den Mushi hidden beneath a desk.
• Alpha showed Luo Ya more than twenty intelligence operatives whom Ivankov had transformed into women, and Luo Ya ordered them cared for while Marines searched for Ivankov.
• Luo Ya used the Den Den Mushi to call the Revolutionary Army headquarters and told Dragon he would find its island within half a month.
• Dragon doubted the Marines knew the headquarters’ location but ordered the Revolutionary Army to contact its Army Commanders and prepare for the worst.

Luo Ya led the Marines to White Earth Island and discovered the Revolutionary Army headquarters, while Dragon and the Army Commanders prepared to evacuate and fight. After headquarters ordered Luo Ya to wait for reinforcements, he rejected the order.

• Luo Ya released the captured okama and withdrew from Kama Bakka, prompting Ivankov to learn that Dragon had summoned the Army Commanders.
• Inuwi's leaked plans did not prevent Rob Lucci and the newly promoted CP0 agents from killing Revolutionary personnel in the Lulusia Kingdom and the Pepe Kingdom.
• Dragon gathered the Army Commanders at White Earth Island, but a lookout reported Marine warships approaching, so the Revolutionary Army prepared to fight and evacuate.
• Luo Ya's fleet landed on White Earth Island and found Dragon and the Army Commanders as Akainu ordered Luo Ya to wait for reinforcements.
• The messenger told Akainu that Luo Ya had replied, "Stop telling me what to do!"

Luo Ya activated a Buster Call against the Revolutionary Army headquarters while fighting Dragon, intending to force the organization to grow stronger. He secretly gave Dragon three opportunities to act before declaring himself the Revolutionary Army’s greatest enemy and preparing to provoke him further.

• The Revolutionary Army commanders, including Mori, disrupted the Marines’ siege of their headquarters.
• Luo Ya confronted Dragon, criticized the Revolutionary Army’s weakness, and activated a Buster Call with the Golden Den Den Mushi.
• Marine Headquarters mobilized five Vice Admirals and ten Warships, while Akainu and the Five Elders welcomed the attack and expected it to cripple the Revolutionary Army.
• The Marines began evacuating White Earth Island as Luo Ya and Dragon fought inside a storm; Luo Ya assured Dragon that the Buster Call would not kill him.
• Luo Ya told Dragon where Kuzan was, warned of an upcoming change in the Marines, and revealed that Celestial Dragons would visit the Bollywood Kingdom within a month.
• Luo Ya told Dragon to keep their conversation secret, declared himself the Revolutionary Army’s greatest enemy, and said he would do something to anger him.

The Navy’s Buster Call battered the Revolutionary Army base as its fighters tried to save vital intelligence and evacuate underground. Luo Ya captured Betty and escaped to the Holy Land, leaving Dragon and the other commanders to take shelter and plan what to do next.

• Mori opened an underground passage for the Revolutionary Army while Kirdeo and the Army Commanders stayed behind to save or destroy intelligence files.
• Betty’s eastern defense broke under the bombardment, and Sabo rushed to support her before Luo Ya seized her.
• Sabo attacked Luo Ya, but Luo Ya shocked him with lightning until Dragon arrived and pulled him to safety.
• After the intelligence personnel moved the most important files, Dragon told the others they could retreat, but the Army Commanders charged Luo Ya when he declared he would take Betty as his wife.
• Luo Ya blasted the commanders away and escaped with Betty, while Dragon led the others into the fortress for shelter as the Buster Call destroyed the base.