Chapter Summaries

Ian took Uta and Gordon from Elegia to confront Shanks about the Red-Haired Pirates’ abandonment of her, while Gordon and Shanks kept the truth about Elegia’s destruction hidden. The two ships met in the New World, and Uta screamed at Shanks to explain why he had left her.

• Uta decided to leave Elegia with Ian to find Shanks, and Gordon reluctantly agreed to accompany them.
• Ian used his intelligence network and Violet’s Thousand Mile Eye to locate the Red-Haired Pirates.
• Gordon privately tried to persuade Ian not to confront Shanks, but Ian grew more suspicious of his reluctance.
• On the Red Force, Shanks and his crew mourned Uta’s departure and agreed to take responsibility for Elegia’s tragedy rather than reveal the truth to her.
• The Golden Flying Dragon reached the Red Force, and Uta called out to Shanks, demanding to know why he had abandoned her.

Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates tried to make Uta believe they had abandoned her, while Ian protected her and challenged Shanks. The two fought on Yamato’s frozen sea, and Shanks made a request to Ian as their swords clashed.

• Shanks remembered raising Uta and, after Beckman urged him on, asked Ian why he was there instead of answering Uta’s questions.
• Ian challenged Shanks to explain why he had destroyed Elegia, while Shanks concealed the truth about the Demon King to spare Uta.
• Shanks attacked Uta with a powerful slash, but Ian caught and crushed it before Shanks told Uta she was no longer needed.
• Ian and Shanks clashed, and Yamato froze the surrounding sea to create a battlefield for them.
• Ian and Shanks fought across the ice until Shanks told Ian that he had a request.

Ian defeated Red-Haired in their battle, then agreed to take Uta to Hachinosu Island and help her grow stronger. As the Golden Flying Dragon began its return journey, Ian asked Uta to demonstrate her Sing-Sing Fruit ability and entered its strange mental space.

• Ian overwhelmed Red-Haired with his Beastman Mode and crimson sword, and Red-Haired agreed to entrust Uta to him while asking him to conceal the truth from her.
• Ian ended the duel after damaging Griffin, then asked Uta whether she wanted to return to Elegia; Uta chose to go with him to Hachinosu Island and wanted to become strong enough to take revenge.
• Ian told Uta to train with the other children and planned to help her become a famous singer, while Red-Haired and Beckman worried that her Sing-Sing Fruit could summon Tot Musica.
• On the voyage back, Uta asked Ian to train her, and Ian asked her to demonstrate her Sing-Sing Fruit ability.
• Ian appeared in the fruit's vast mental space, where multicolored musical notes drifted across a plain.

Ian tested Uta’s Sing-Sing Fruit, then began training her and the crew in its mental world while the Golden Flying Dragon returned to Hachinosu. When the ship reached the harbor, Ian found Dorry and Brogy waiting for him.

• Ian resisted Uta’s second attempt to pull him into the mental world with Haki, then asked her to draw the officers aboard the Golden Flying Dragon into it.
• Ian explained the mental world’s rules, and the crew discovered they could fight there without physical injuries; he began training Uta while Yamato and Hancock battled.
• After leaving the mental world, Uta sang a pirate song at Ian’s request, and the crew listened as the Golden Flying Dragon continued its return voyage.
• Ian assessed how Uta’s power consumed mental energy and how battles in her mental world could help train Haki.
• The Golden Flying Dragon reached Hachinosu, where Ian found Dorry and Brogy waiting for him.

Ian welcomed Dorry and Brogy to Hachinosu Island and learned that Prince Loki had come to court Charlotte Lola, despite the Giant King opposing the match. After Solemn defeated the two captains with his Gold-Gold Fruit, Charlotte Linlin sailed toward the island with Lola to meet Loki.

• Dorry and Brogy explained that they had brought Prince Loki to Hachinosu Island for a matchmaking meeting with Charlotte Lola.
• Ian agreed to host the meeting and help Loki prepare, while Dorry and Brogy revealed that the Giant King wanted the match disrupted.
• Solemn challenged Dorry and Brogy together, trapped them in gold, and claimed victory.
• Charlotte Linlin traveled toward Hachinosu Island with Lola and told her she was counting on her to win Prince Loki over.

Solemn defeated Dorry and Brogy in their rematch while Ian planned to build an entertainment company around Uta’s power. At the marriage meeting on Hachinosu, Lola rejected Aunt Linlin’s attempt to marry her to Prince Loki.

• Solemn used his golden armor and hammer to overpower Dorry and Brogy as Zoro, Sanji, and the children watched.
• Ian told Tesoro that Uta’s voice could affect listeners through Den Den Mushi broadcasts, prompting Tesoro to take charge of promoting her and recruiting other performers.
• Aunt Linlin arrived on Hachinosu with Lola and demanded that she meet Prince Loki, while the Gorosei discussed the possible alliance between Linlin, Ian, and Elbaf.
• At the marriage meeting, Ian stopped Aunt Linlin from pressuring Lola and encouraged her to answer freely.
• Lola told Aunt Linlin that she refused to marry Prince Loki.

Lola rejected Loki and proposed to Ian, but Ian refused her, ending Big Mom's hope of securing the Giant tribe through marriage. Big Mom tried to seize Loki by force, and Ian's allies and the giants prepared for war against the Charlotte Family.

• Lola firmly rejected Loki, confessed that she liked Ian, and asked him to marry her, but Ian refused.
• Loki rejected Big Mom's offer to marry Chiffon or another daughter and insisted that he would not force Lola or himself into a marriage.
• Big Mom declared that she would take Loki to Whole Cake Island by force, and Ian and the giants stood against her.
• Yamato volunteered to fight Katakuri, Hancock offered to turn the Charlotte Family to stone, and Bear watched the confrontation with Ginny and Bonney from the Skull Building.
• Dorry, Brogy, Solemn, and Shimir unleashed a combined Elbaf's Spear, which Big Mom barely blocked with her own attack, Zeus, and Prometheus.
• Ian announced that the war was beginning as his companions and the Charlotte Family faced off.

Ian and his allies launched an overwhelming assault on Charlotte Linlin’s forces at Hachinosu Island while Yamato battled Katakuri and Hancock attacked the Charlotte Family officers. The Charlotte Family was rapidly overwhelmed, and Ian prepared to face Linlin as she realized the gap between their crews.

• Ian told Yamato to spare the Charlotte Family’s lives, and she charged Katakuri with her ice powers as the two began fighting.
• Dorry, Solemn, Jack, Black Maria, Drake, Luo, Jinbe, and the pirate captains joined the attack while the Beast Giants charged the Charlotte Family.
• Hancock used her charm and the Love-Love Fruit to petrify many officers, but Katakuri and others avoided the effect by inflicting pain on themselves.
• Linlin attacked Hancock with her Emperor Sword, but Ian intercepted the strike and told Hancock to continue fighting the officers.
• Jack defeated Oda’s genie and attacked Oda, while Enel struck Oven with lightning and the other allies overwhelmed their opponents.
• The Charlotte Family fell into a rout, and Ian told Linlin that their crews were not equal despite both being called Emperors.

Ian fought Charlotte Linlin in the sky while his allies overwhelmed the Charlotte Family below. Yamato trapped Katakuri in her Frost Domain, and Ian ended his clash with Linlin by piercing her shoulder with his new spiral spear, Gungnir.

• Ian and Charlotte Linlin exchanged powerful blows, then took their fight into the sky as Violet warned they might destroy Hachinosu Island.
• Hancock turned Cracker to stone, and Solemn turned Perospero to gold, leaving Katakuri as the Charlotte Family's last standing officer.
• Yamato used Frost Domain to freeze Katakuri repeatedly and force him to spend Haki resisting the cold while fighting her.
• Charlotte Linlin unleashed tracking lightning, but Ian's Phoenix form let him withstand it as he transformed Surtur into the spiral spear Gungnir.
• Ian evaded Linlin's attacks with future sight and drove Gungnir through her right shoulder, wounding her.

Ian defeated Charlotte Linlin and forced her to negotiate compensation during a renewed banquet on Hachinosu Island. He secured Lola’s freedom and demanded a thousand Homies, then proposed taking an unborn child or one of Linlin’s accompanying children as a hostage.

• Ian pierced Charlotte Linlin’s shoulder, disarmed her, and forced her to admit defeat.
• Ian stopped the battle and invited Charlotte Linlin to continue the banquet while they discussed terms.
• Ian demanded that Linlin leave Elbaf alone and free Lola, who agreed to stay under Elbaf’s protection.
• Ian asked Linlin to make him a thousand Homies as compensation.
• Ian demanded a hostage and pointed to Linlin’s unborn child or the children who had accompanied her.

Ian forced Aunt Linlin to accept a humiliating defeat and used Luo’s power to remove her unborn child, then sent the fetus to Bear, its father. After Ian’s bounty rose and the Revolutionary Army remained under pressure, Hachinosu Island’s Fish-Man Exploration Unit discovered a large underwater gold mine.

• Ian had Luo use ROOM and Scalpel to remove Aunt Linlin’s fully formed fetus while keeping it connected to her, then demanded that she make Homies before leaving Hachinosu Island.
• Ian gave the fetus to Bear, revealing that Bear was its father and explaining that the child would be safer in his care than with Aunt Linlin.
• Aunt Linlin vowed revenge and asked Katakuri to teach her Future Sight so she could grow stronger and defeat Ian.
• Ian arranged for Stussy to give the Gorosei an inaccurate account of the battle, while the Gorosei discussed the defeat and continued focusing on the Revolutionary Army.
• The newspapers reported Ian’s victory over Aunt Linlin, and his bounty rose to 3.5 billion; Yamato’s and Hancock’s bounties increased to 1.3 billion and 1.1 billion.
• The Fish-Man Exploration Unit discovered a large gold mine on the seafloor near Hachinosu Island.

Johnny discovered a large undersea gold mine and Ian appointed him leader of the prospecting team. As Hachinosu Island began mining and processing the gold to support its economy, Ian and Tesoro also prepared to launch an entertainment company featuring Uta’s singing.

• Johnny visited Ian with Jinbe and described how he recognized gold dust while searching the seabed.
• Ian praised Johnny for discovering the undersea gold mine and appointed him leader of the prospecting team.
• Sea Beasts and fish-men excavated the mine while Water carried ore-filled ships to Hachinosu Island.
• Ian told Tesoro that Hachinosu Mining would train workers and circulate wealth rather than simply extract gold with Solemn.
• Tesoro reported that the entertainment company was preparing a livestream of Uta’s songs, and Ian said he wanted her voice to reach the world.

Uta’s first live broadcast moved listeners across the world, and her songs helped bring the war-torn Kingdom of Caron to the brink of rebirth. As Ian prepared for the Reverie to focus on the Revolutionary Army, Fish-Man Island received an unexpected invitation to attend.

• Royal army soldiers set up a Den Den Mushi in a Kingdom of Caron refugee camp, and Uta began broadcasting her songs to listeners across the world.
• Uta’s songs moved people in Caron to tears and prompted them to question the war, while listeners including Red-Haired, Whitebeard, and the Gorosei followed the broadcast.
• Ian, Morgans, and Tesoro praised Uta’s voice, and Morgans reported that her broadcast had helped spark the collapse of the Kingdom of Caron’s civil war.
• Ian told Morgans to screen listener calls so Uta would not be exposed to negative messages, then learned that the Reverie would focus on the Revolutionary Army.
• Neptune was stunned when a World Government official invited Fish-Man Island to attend the Reverie.

Ian learned that Neptune and Queen Otohime were heading to the Reverie after the World Government threatened Fish-Man Island for refusing its invitation. He agreed to help protect their journey and asked Morgans and Stussy to locate Whitebeard, while kings from other nations also departed for the Reverie.

• Ian discussed Fish-Man Island's invitation with Jinbe and Fisher Tiger, who suspected a World Government conspiracy.
• Ian called Neptune, who explained that Otohime wanted to attend and that the government had threatened Fish-Man Island if they refused.
• Ian told Neptune to go and promised to ensure his and Otohime's safe journey, then asked Morgans and Stussy to find the Moby Dick so he could contact Whitebeard.
• Cobra departed Alabasta to attend the Reverie, while Elizabello II left Prodence intending to demand an explanation from the Gorosei.
• Doflamingo welcomed Monet and Sugar into the Donquixote Family.
• Neptune and Otohime set out for the surface, and Morgans informed Ian that his agents had found traces of the Moby Dick.

Ian arrived alone aboard the Moby Dick to ask Whitebeard to protect Fish-Man Island, while Neptune and Otohime traveled to Mary Geoise for the Reverie. Whitebeard’s crew prepared to fight Ian, but he stopped Whitebeard’s attack and said he had come to talk.

• Kuzan met Neptune and Otohime as they surfaced near Sabaody and asked whether they were ready to depart for Mary Geoise.
• Ian traveled toward the Moby Dick after Violet tracked the Whitebeard Pirates’ route, intending to seek Whitebeard’s help for Fish-Man Island.
• Whitebeard and his crew spotted Ian descending on Surtur and readied themselves for battle.
• Whitebeard struck Ian with an Airquake, but Surtur destroyed the air and dissipated the attack.
• Ian landed on the Moby Dick and told Whitebeard he had come to discuss Fish-Man Island, not to start a fight.

Ian confronted the Whitebeard Pirates and offered to discuss Fish-Man Island with Whitebeard. Meanwhile, Neptune and Otohime arrived at Mary Geoise for the Reverie, where Cobra befriended them and Ian intervened when a Celestial Dragon tried to seize Neptune.

• Hiyori charged at Ian, but Whitebeard stopped her and asked Ian what he meant about Fish-Man Island.
• Neptune and Otohime reached the Red Line, where Cobra defended them from kings who insulted them and welcomed them to the Reverie.
• Cobra escorted Neptune and Otohime to Mary Geoise and promised to introduce them to other open-minded kings.
• A Celestial Dragon ordered his guards to capture Neptune, and a guard knocked Cobra down when he tried to intervene.
• The head of CP0 ordered the Celestial Dragon to back down, and Neptune learned from Ian over the Den Den Mushi that Ian had arranged the intervention.

Ian joined forces with Whitebeard to pressure the Gorosei into protecting Fish-Man Island, and they backed down rather than risk war. With Neptune and Otohime safe for the moment, Whitebeard attacked Ian to settle their old scores, beginning a clash aboard the Moby Dick.

• Ian explained that the World Government had threatened Fish-Man Island and asked Whitebeard to help him pressure the Gorosei.
• Whitebeard agreed to hear Ian out, and Ian called the Gorosei with Whitebeard beside him to warn that their crews would fight if Fish-Man Island were harmed.
• Warcury revealed that the government planned to mine Fish-Man Island's undersea minerals, and Ian demanded that Neptune and Otohime be allowed to leave safely and that the island be left alone.
• The Gorosei chose to avoid war and ordered someone to stop the Celestial Dragons who had encountered Neptune and Otohime.
• Ian told Neptune the situation was handled, then Whitebeard challenged Ian over their past losses and struck at him with his naginata.
• Ian transformed and met Whitebeard's blow with his Flame Sword, splitting the sky as they clashed.

Ian fought Whitebeard while using a call to explain that he had pressured the World Government to protect Fish-Man Island. After Neptune decided Ian might be the Sun God Nika and should replace the World Government, Whitebeard used Observation Kill to bisect Ian.

• Ian and Whitebeard traded powerful Haki and Devil Fruit attacks while Marco, Vista, and Teach protected the Moby Dick.
• Ian unleashed Burning the City, but Marco carried Whitebeard into the air and Whitebeard split the flaming attack with a Haki Shockwave slash.
• Ian answered Neptune's call and explained that he had threatened the Gorosei with war unless Fish-Man Island and Neptune's safety were guaranteed.
• Neptune and Queen Otohime concluded that Ian could be the legendary Sun God Nika and resolved to help him replace the World Government.
• Whitebeard exploited Ian's reliance on Future Sight and bisected him with Observation Kill.

Ian fought Whitebeard, endured the awakened Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and inferred that Whitebeard used Conqueror's Haki to conceal his presence from Future Sight. After Ian left, Neptune and Otohime began recruiting dissatisfied kings, and Neptune reunited with Cobra to seek more allies.

• Whitebeard used Observation Kill to prevent Ian from seeing his future, but Ian transformed into fire crows and recovered from the slash.
• Ian became a gigantic dragonman and clashed with Whitebeard, who unleashed his Tremor-Tremor Fruit awakening, but Ian's Divine Phoenix state let him withstand the attacks.
• Ian concluded that Whitebeard used Conqueror's Haki to disrupt his presence and block Future Sight, then left after reminding Whitebeard of their agreement to protect Neptune, Otohime, and Fish-Man Island.
• Neptune persuaded Otohime to use her ability to guide kings who already resented the World Government toward supporting their cause.
• Neptune and Otohime met Cobra, and Neptune eagerly accepted Cobra's offer to introduce him to more friends.

At the Reverie, Queen Otohime proposed that member nations unite against the World Government, while the Gorosei discussed threats from Ian and the Revolutionary Army. Elsewhere, Dragon planned to disperse Revolutionary Army members among the people, and Doflamingo used Sugar’s power to erase an enemy from everyone’s memory as he moved to reclaim Dressrosa.

• The kings approved a World Government proposal to jointly suppress the Revolutionary Army, then rejected Elizabello II’s complaint that the government had seized his King Punch technique.
• Queen Otohime urged Elizabello II and King Riku to join her in forming an alliance against the World Government’s authority.
• The Gorosei discussed Neptune and Otohime’s outreach to other kings, decided to deal with Ian after the Revolutionary Army, and ordered an investigation into an uprising in East Blue.
• In the Kingdom of Bivul, fishermen’s revolt toppled the King, but rival rebel leaders soon began fighting among themselves.
• Dragon and Ivankov agreed to disperse Revolutionary Army members among nations to guide the people without launching uprisings.
• In Dressrosa, Doflamingo praised Sugar after she turned a tin toy into someone no one could remember, and declared that the country would return to its rightful owner.