Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xie and his undead forces smashed through Impel Down’s floors, descending from Crimson Lotus Hell into Beast Hell while the guards struggled to keep up. Hannibal set out after them slowly, still hoping their escape attempt would help him become warden.

• Xiao Xie ordered the White Bone Giant to punch through the ground floor, and his group dropped into Crimson Lotus Hell.
• Xiao Xie called himself the Underworld Emperor and ordered the White Bone Giant to break through the next floor.
• The White Bone Giant punched through into Beast Hell, while the surveillance guards reported the invaders’ progress to Hannibal.
• Hannibal learned the invaders had reached the second underground level and decided their escape might let him take the warden’s position, then slowly headed after them with Domino and the guards.
• The White Bone Giant and three skeletal figures entered Beast Hell through a hole in the ceiling, startling the prisoners in their cells.

Xiao Xie and his skeletal companions descended through Impel Down, destroying the guards who tried to stop them. They reached Burning Hell, where Warden Magellan confronted them with his venom dragons, but their bones and Hellfire made his poison ineffective.

• Xiao Xie sent Moria to kill a Basilisk, then used Divine Refining Hand to obtain a treasure chest from its corpse.
• The Basilisk’s corpse broke open a cell, allowing some prisoners to escape while the others remained trapped.
• Saldeath ordered guards and Blue Gorillas to stop Xiao Xie, but Xiao Xie killed them all with Great Fire Annihilation.
• Xiao Xie and his companions smashed through the floor into Burning Hell, where Magellan, Sadie, four Jailer Beasts, and over a hundred jailers confronted them.
• Magellan attacked with three venom dragons, but Hellfire burned them away from Xiao Xie and the skeletal companions’ bones resisted the poison.

Xiao Xie left Magellan to battle the White Bone Giant and descended through Impel Down to the Infinite Hell. As Magellan struggled against the bone monsters, Sengoku summoned Marine reinforcements.

• Xiao Xie vanished, leaving Magellan to face the White Bone Giant and the other bone monsters.
• Magellan summoned Hell's Judgment, but the White Bone Giant regenerated from its venom and overpowered him.
• Saldeath ordered the guards to contact Sengoku after Magellan was knocked away.
• Sengoku learned that a Flame Skeleton calling himself the Underworld Emperor had attacked Impel Down, then ordered Kizaru and Akainu to reinforce the prison.
• Xiao Xie passed through Level Five and Level 5.5 and reached Level Six, the Infinite Hell.

Xiao Xie infiltrated Impel Down’s sixth level, killed Shiliew of the Rain, and gained his swordsmanship insights before turning Shiliew’s corpse into a powerful White Bone Warrior. He then killed the frozen Byrnndi World to obtain the More-More Fruit, leaving the prison with his main targets secured.

• Xiao Xie reached Shiliew of the Rain’s cell, stole his shadow, and absorbed his swordsmanship insights.
• Xiao Xie used what he learned to break Shiliew’s Sea Stone cell door and killed him in a swift sword strike.
• Xiao Xie used Shiliew’s corpse to create a Dual-Blade White Bone Warrior with quasi-Admiral-level swordsmanship.
• Xiao Xie continued through the sixth level and found Byrnndi World frozen in his cell.
• Xiao Xie killed Byrnndi World and used the Divine Refining Hand to retrieve a treasure chest.

Xiao Xie obtained the More-More Fruit and learned to use its abilities, then claimed Shiliew of the Rain's swordsmanship through a Sword Intent Crystal. As he left, he noticed a prisoner in one of the cells.

• Xiao Xie opened Byrnndi World's treasure chest after boosting his luck and ate the More-More Fruit.
• Xiao Xie used the White Bone Knight's shadow to learn Byrnndi World's methods for wielding the More-More Fruit.
• Xiao Xie tested the fruit by enlarging an Azure Dragon flame and considered amplifying the Four Symbols Flame Array, though he recognized the risks.
• Xiao Xie opened Shiliew of the Rain's treasure chest and absorbed a Sword Intent Crystal, becoming a Great Swordsman.
• Xiao Xie left the Worship Space and noticed a prisoner in a cell as he headed out.

Xiao Xie killed Crocodile in Impel Down and took the Sand-Sand Fruit before joining his skeletal warriors and escaping Kizaru. He left the prison flooding with seawater, while Kizaru stayed behind to rescue the people inside.

• Xiao Xie killed Crocodile and took the Sand-Sand Fruit from the treasure chest that appeared beside his corpse.
• Kizaru and Magellan suppressed the White Bone Giant, the White Bone Demon, and the White Bone Knight while Xiao Xie was away.
• Xiao Xie returned, announced himself as the Nether Emperor, and left Impel Down with his skeletal warriors using the Earth Spirit Pearl.
• Xiao Xie detonated explosives in the fourth underground level as he vanished, letting seawater pour into Impel Down.
• Kizaru rushed to save Magellan, the wardens, and the chief guards as the prison flooded, while Xiao Xie and his three skeletal warriors appeared on a nearby uninhabited island.

After destroying Impel Down, Xiao Xie returned to his manor and let the White Bone Giant and the others rest as he waited for the news to spread. The four Emperors read about the prison’s destruction and reacted to the Nether Emperor and his companions, leaving their growing notoriety poised to shake the sea.

• Xiao Xie recalled the White Bone Giant and the others, returned to his manor, and asked Elisa to prepare food.
• Marco brought Whitebeard news that Impel Down had been destroyed, and Whitebeard read the bounties before ordering a feast.
• Shanks read the report and wondered whether the bones belonged to a race or came from a Devil Fruit power.
• Kaido read about the Nether Emperor and laughed, urging him to grow stronger and come kill him.
• Charlotte Perospero told BIGMOM that one of the four fugitives was admiral-level, but BIGMOM dismissed them as newcomers.

After a month of developing his abilities, Xiao Xie gained the Gulp-Gulp Fruit and strengthened Ikaros with it and two powerful weapons. He reviewed his growing arsenal and resources, while Impel Down had been rebuilt with stronger defenses.

• Xiao Xie spent a month mastering his abilities with help from his shadow clones, while Arno collected several Devil Fruits through his intelligence network.
• Arno's network located Wapol Bliking, and Xiao Xie killed him and took the Gulp-Gulp Fruit from his treasure chest.
• Xiao Xie upgraded the Gulp-Gulp Fruit and gave it to Ikaros, then had her consume the Teigu Roman Artillery and the Pegasus Cloth, raising her strength to Nine Star Dou Zun and granting her a dangerous combat boost.
• The Navy rebuilt Impel Down and strengthened its defenses after Xiao Xie destroyed it.
• Xiao Xie checked his status and noted his points, Worship Points, abilities, and the Navy Six Styles he had learned through Shiliew of the Rain's shadow, though he still lacked Life Return.

Xiao Xie drained Luffy’s luck again, then left the Straw Hat Pirates to reach the Sabaody Archipelago and hunt the Eleven Supernovas. He found one of them, a pink-haired woman eating at a restaurant on Grove 24.

• Xiao Xie used the Reverse Summoning Technique to appear beside Luffy and absorb his luck.
• Xiao Xie greeted Robin, Nami, and the others, then spotted Camie and realized they were near the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Xiao Xie flew to the Sabaody Archipelago and used Observation Haki to locate a target among the Eleven Supernovas.
• On Grove 24, Xiao Xie found a pink-haired beauty devouring food while complaining that the restaurant’s chefs could not serve her fast enough.

Xiao Xie attacked the Supernovas at a restaurant, killing Capone Bege and Basil Hawkins while sparing Jewelry Bonney. He then vanished to confront two men in a tavern.

• Xiao Xie entered the restaurant and killed Capone Bege with a Cero, then collected his body and treasure chest.
• Xiao Xie blasted Hawkins, who survived by transferring the damage to his Straw Dolls, then killed him with a rapid barrage of attacks.
• Xiao Xie reassured Jewelry Bonney that he would not capture her, and she chose not to use her ability against him.
• Xiao Xie sensed his next targets and appeared in a tavern, where he focused on a red-haired man and a man dressed in Chinese-style clothing.

Xiao Xie hunted the Supernovas on Sabaody to obtain their Devil Fruits, especially Trafalgar Law’s Op-Op Fruit, whose Ageless Surgery could grant immortality. After killing Kid, Apoo, Law, and X Drake, he left the other two Supernovas alive and disappeared.

• Kid and Scratchmen Apoo joined forces against Xiao Xie, but he killed them both with lightning and collected their treasure chests.
• Xiao Xie explained that he wanted the Op-Op Fruit so he could use its Ageless Surgery to grant immortality to Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the others.
• Xiao Xie found Trafalgar Law and killed him with the Sharingan, promising to kill Doflamingo for him and leaving Law’s body and belongings for his crew.
• Xiao Xie killed X Drake with a Berry thrown through his heart before Drake could use his Devil Fruit, then collected his body and treasure chest.
• Xiao Xie ignored the two remaining wary Supernovas and vanished as a bolt of lightning.

Xiao Xie collected over one billion Beli for killing six Supernovas, pleasing Sengoku while Tsuru warned him that the Marines had lost contact with the warships watching the Whitebeard Pirates. Xiao Xie then visited Shakuyaku's bar and hinted to Rayleigh and Shakuyaku that he knew who they were, leaving their exchange tense.

• Urouge and Killer sighed with relief after Xiao Xie spared them, while six of the eleven Supernovas had been killed.
• Xiao Xie collected more than one billion Beli in bounty money at Marine Headquarters on Sabaody.
• Sengoku learned that Xiao Xie had killed six Supernovas, but Tsuru reminded him that the Marines' ships monitoring the Whitebeard Pirates had gone silent.
• Sengoku asked where Garp was and learned that he had gone to Impel Down.
• Xiao Xie entered Shakuyaku's Rip-off Bar, ordered an overpriced beer, and recognized Silvers Rayleigh.
• Xiao Xie teased Shakuyaku about her information network and hinted that he could capture more pirates if he needed money.

Xiao Xie challenged Rayleigh and defeated him after wearing down the aging Dark King with a barrage of attacks. He cut away Rayleigh’s shadow and absorbed it.

• Xiao Xie revealed that he intended to capture Rayleigh for his bounty, and Rayleigh followed him away from Shakuyaku's Rip-off Bar to fight.
• Rayleigh unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, knocking out everyone nearby, then blocked Xiao Xie's lightning-fast opening slash.
• Xiao Xie overwhelmed Rayleigh with repeated sword strikes and a barrage of Beli Railguns, leaving the older pirate exhausted.
• Xiao Xie used the More-More Fruit to strike Rayleigh at ten times the speed of light, knocking him unconscious in a crater.
• Xiao Xie cut away Rayleigh's shadow and stuffed it into his own body.

Xiao Xie captured Rayleigh and turned him over to the Navy, prompting Sengoku to send Kizaru to escort him while preparing for possible conflict with the Red Hair Pirates. At the Sabaody Archipelago, Xiao Xie opened six treasure chests, ate the Op-Op Fruit, and gave the Magnet Fruit to Ikaros.

• Xiao Xie learned Conqueror's Haki through Rayleigh's shadow, transformed it into Dragon's Might Haki, and took the unconscious Rayleigh to the Navy branch.
• The Navy rear admiral confirmed Rayleigh's identity, transferred Xiao Xie's bounty, and asked Sengoku to send someone to take custody of him.
• Sengoku ordered Kizaru to retrieve Rayleigh and discussed preparing the Navy for possible involvement by the Red Hair Pirates alongside the Whitebeard conflict.
• Kizaru left for the Sabaody Archipelago to escort Rayleigh back to Marine Headquarters.
• Xiao Xie opened six treasure chests, found six Devil Fruits, ate the perfected Op-Op Fruit, and set ten shadow clones to practice its abilities.
• Xiao Xie gave the Magnet Fruit to Ikaros, who ate it.

Luffy and his crew reached Sabaody Archipelago, failed to find Rayleigh, and rushed to Auction House No. 1 after Camie was captured. There, a terrifying armored man unsettled the auction’s attendees and even made Saint Rosward warn his children not to provoke him, as the auctioneer introduced Camie as the grand finale.

• Luffy's group arrived at Sabaody Archipelago to seek Rayleigh, but Shakuyaku told them he had gone to battle with Xiao Xie.
• After Camie was captured by human traffickers, Nami and the others found her listed for auction and vowed to buy her back.
• Jewelry Bonney watched the auction until a domineering man in red armor entered and sat beside her, frightening her and the Straw Hats.
• Luffy tried to approach the armored man, but Usopp, Chopper, and the others stopped him, while Nami insisted they focus on rescuing Camie.
• Saint Charloss threatened to enslave the newcomer, but Saint Rosward warned Charloss and Shalulia Palace that the man was too dangerous to provoke.
• The auctioneer announced Camie, the mermaid of the Kissing Fish Tribe, as the auction's grand finale.

At the auction, the red-armored man killed three Celestial Dragons after Charloss outbid him for Camie, while Luffy and the others used the chaos to rescue her. Admiral Kizaru arrived and confronted the man, who openly admitted to the killings.

• Saint Charloss bid five hundred million Beli for Camie, prompting Luffy to move toward the stage until Hachi stopped him.
• The red-armored man bid up to two billion Beli, but Charloss won Camie for two and a half billion Beli.
• The man killed Saint Charloss, then killed Shalulia Palace and Saint Rosward when they attacked him.
• As the crowd fled, Luffy and the others rescued Camie amid the chaos.
• Marine Admiral Kizaru arrived, identified the red-armored man as the killer, and heard him call the Celestial Dragons ants.

Xiao Xie, disguised as Uchiha Madara and revealed as the Nether Emperor, rescued Luffy and the others by fighting Admiral Kizaru. The battle ended with Xiao Xie severing Kizaru’s right arm, while the Marines watched in shock.

• Xiao Xie punched Kizaru through the auction house wall and introduced himself as Uchiha Madara, leading Jewelry Bonney, Luffy, and the others to follow him outside.
• Xiao Xie revealed his Nether Emperor identity by transforming into a Flame Skeleton, and Kizaru recognized him as the one who had destroyed Impel Down.
• Kizaru attacked Xiao Xie with a Light Sword and lasers, but Xiao Xie blocked the sword strikes and canceled the lasers with Ceros.
• Xiao Xie and Kizaru exchanged hundreds of sword blows as the surrounding Marines and pirates struggled to follow their movements.
• Xiao Xie abruptly increased his sword speed and severed Kizaru’s right arm, which the Hellfire burned to ashes.

Xiao Xie awakened the Rinnegan while Kizaru escaped their fight, then left after declining Luffy’s invitation to join his crew. News of Ace’s capture sent Luffy toward Marineford, while the Red Hair Pirates learned that Rayleigh had also been captured.

• Xiao Xie incapacitated the Marines with Dragon's Might Haki and nearly killed Kizaru, but a sudden pain in his eyes let Kizaru escape.
• Xiao Xie discovered that his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan had evolved into the Rinnegan and that he could still use its former abilities.
• Luffy asked Xiao Xie to join his crew, but Xiao Xie declined and told him to read the newspaper.
• Luffy read that Ace had been captured and led his crew toward Marineford.
• Yasopp told Shanks that the Marines had captured Rayleigh, shocking the Red Hair Pirates.

Shanks and Boa Hancock learned that Xiao Xie had captured Rayleigh and handed him over to the Navy. Hancock decided to answer Marine Headquarters’ summons so she could look for a chance to help Rayleigh escape, then learned Xiao Xie had killed three Celestial Dragons and defeated Kizaru.

• Yasopp told Shanks that Xiao Xie had defeated Rayleigh on the Sabaody Archipelago and handed him to the Navy, so Shanks made rescuing Rayleigh his priority.
• Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold told Hancock that Rayleigh had been captured, and Hancock decided to attend the Navy’s mandatory summons to seek a chance to free him.
• Sandersonia gave Hancock a newspaper showing Xiao Xie’s transformed appearance as Uchiha Madara.
• Hancock read that Uchiha Madara had killed three Celestial Dragons and defeated Kizaru, who fled after losing an arm.

After learning that Uchiha Madara had killed Celestial Dragons and defeated Kizaru, Hancock became fascinated by him. Half a month later, Xiao Xie headed for Marineford to exploit the coming execution of Ace and Rayleigh and the Marineford War for Worship Points, while four remaining Warlords prepared to go to the harbor.

• Hancock wept as she remembered her enslavement and became interested in Uchiha Madara after seeing what he had done to the Celestial Dragons and Kizaru.
• Xiao Xie set out for Marineford, hoping to earn Worship Points from the coming war.
• The chapter explained that Crocodile and Gekko Moria were dead, while Jinbe had refused the summons and been imprisoned by Sengoku.
• Doflamingo joked that the four Warlords present should call themselves the Four Warlords of the Sea, but Mihawk, Hancock, and Kuma ignored him.
• Marine soldiers summoned the Warlords to the harbor, and Kuma left first to obey the Government's orders.