Chapter Summaries

Daz Bones left with Crocodile, while Doflamingo faced Violet and the East Blue Navy’s forces. Xia Che overwhelmed Sengoku in battle, and Sengoku’s call ended with Doflamingo claiming he was fighting eight people.

• Kuro accused Daz Bones of betraying BOSS, but Daz said he had never joined the East Blue Navy and promised Kuma he would keep his word.
• Crocodile left with Daz Bones after telling Robin to inform BOSS that he no longer wanted the thing and would settle their debt himself.
• Doflamingo questioned whether Violet had remained loyal, and Violet said she had become BOSS’s plaything before Doflamingo challenged the people before him.
• Xia Che cut through Sengoku’s defenses and wounded him, while his sword aura also sliced apart more than a dozen warships.
• Sengoku revealed he was waiting for the Shichibukai, but Doflamingo called him and complained that he was fighting eight people before the call abruptly ended.

Xia Che overwhelmed Sengoku with his sea-spanning swordsmanship, but before the Marines could respond, Jaygarcia Saturn Saint arrived and offered him the Fleet Admiral position and Celestial Dragon status. Xia Che refused, and when the other four Gorosei appeared to attack, he unleashed a powerful Haki wave that made four of them vanish, leaving Saturn stunned.

• Sengoku attacked Xia Che again and offered to spare him and recommend him as the next Fleet Admiral.
• Xia Che used Sea Infinite to turn the surrounding sea into a sweeping sword attack that shattered Sengoku's golden strike and wounded him.
• Jaygarcia Saturn Saint arrived, criticized Sengoku, and offered Xia Che the Fleet Admiral position and a chance to become a Celestial Dragon.
• Xia Che refused Saturn's offer and provoked him, prompting the other four Gorosei to appear and charge at Xia Che.
• Xia Che unleashed a massive wave of Haki that made four Gorosei disappear, leaving Jaygarcia Saturn Saint behind in shock.

The battle between Marine Headquarters and the East Blue Navy reached a costly stalemate as Zephyr and Sakazuki recognized that neither could eliminate the other. Sakazuki received an order to retreat, leaving the battle's next turn unresolved.

• Borsalino, Kuzan, and Issho continued stalling while Enel and Borsalino traded heavy losses at sea.
• Sakazuki drove his forces to attack Zephyr, who held back his Devil Fruit ability because he was fighting former students.
• Zephyr told Sakazuki to end the battle, but Sakazuki argued that the East Blue Navy threatened Marine Headquarters' position.
• Zephyr challenged Sakazuki's ability to wipe out his forces, and Sakazuki fell silent as both sides recognized the stalemate.
• Sakazuki's Den Den Mushi rang, and a voice ordered him to retreat.

The East Blue Navy forced the Marine Headquarters fleets to retreat, and Xia Che defeated the remaining resistance at Marine Headquarters. He confronted Sengoku and Jaygarcia Saturn Saint over the defeat and compensation, then revealed Mary Geoise on a screen.

• Borsalino, Kuzan, and Sakazuki ordered their battered forces to retreat as Enel pursued Borsalino and Issho and Zephyr let the other fleets leave.
• Zephyr told an East Blue Navy Marine not to pursue the retreating forces because their objective had been achieved.
• Xia Che unleashed his Haki at Marine Headquarters, knocking out most of the Marines while Sengoku, Garp, and Jaygarcia Saturn Saint remained conscious.
• Xia Che told Sengoku that he would be made to take responsibility for the defeat and threatened to imprison Jaygarcia Saturn Saint in Seastone if necessary.
• Xia Che used an Armored Den Den Mushi to project an image of Mary Geoise, alarming Sengoku, Garp, and Jaygarcia Saturn Saint.

The Gorosei discussed the threat posed by the East Blue Navy leader, but Saturn warned them that a weapon was heading for Mary Geoise. The weapon exploded despite their attempt to stop it, and Im demanded an explanation from the five elders.

• The four Gorosei blamed the Navy and discussed the East Blue leader’s powerful Haki while worrying about Saturn’s situation.
• Saturn urgently told the Gorosei that a weapon was approaching Mary Geoise and ordered them to stop it.
• The four Gorosei rushed outside and tried to intercept the incoming object, but it exploded above Mary Geoise.
• The blast damaged buildings and palaces across the Holy Land, and the furious Gorosei shouted that the East Blue Navy was responsible.
• Im contacted the five elders and demanded to know what had happened, asking about the Haki and the explosion.

Xia Che forced Jaygarcia Saturn Saint to discuss compensation and revealed that he had thousands of missiles remaining. In Mary Geoise, Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro tried to redirect an incoming missile, but it exploded, leaving the Gorosei shocked.

• Xia Che stomped Saturn back onto the deck and warned him to stop acting arrogantly.
• Xia Che interrupted Saturn's demand for surrender and said they would negotiate compensation.
• Xia Che revealed that he had roughly twelve thousand and ninety-nine missiles left, shocking Saturn, Garp, and Sengoku.
• The Gorosei heard Saturn warn that another missile was coming and looked up at the sky.
• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro transformed and struck the missile to redirect it, but it exploded before Saturn could warn him that any damage would set it off.

Xia Che used repeated missiles to force Saturn to consider negotiating over the East Blue and compensation. Saturn asked the other Elders for guidance, but their confidence collapsed when he revealed Xia Che still had 12,096 missiles.

• Nusjuro intercepted and destroyed missiles aimed at Mary Geoise, but one missile redirected itself toward the holy land before he spotted and cut down Xia Che’s camera.
• Xia Che demanded the East Blue, compensation, and a ban on the World Government and Marine Headquarters entering the region.
• Saturn objected, but Xia Che urged him to blame the Marine defeat on Sengoku and Garp and to present himself as valuable by negotiating.
• Saturn contacted the other Elders, who rejected negotiation and vowed to destroy Xia Che.
• Saturn told the Elders Xia Che had prepared 12,100 missiles and still had 12,096 after firing four.

Xia Che forced the World Government to negotiate after its attack on East Blue failed, and kept Sengoku, Garp, and other prisoners as leverage. With Zephyr and the East Blue Navy arriving, Xia Che declared victory as news of Impel Down's breach spread across the sea.

• Im apologized to the Gorosei but warned them not to let another weapon reach Mary Geoise, and they decided Saturn would negotiate with Xia Che.
• Saturn offered negotiations and demanded everyone be released, but Xia Che refused and accepted Sengoku and Garp as hostages instead of Saturn.
• Saturn returned to the Red Line while Sengoku and Garp remained with Xia Che; Sengoku also asked Xia Che to release the other prisoners, but Xia Che refused.
• Zephyr, Issho, and the East Blue Navy arrived, and Zephyr reported that Enel had been beaten into the sea by Borsalino.
• Xia Che proposed using Sengoku and Garp to turn the Navy against the World Government, then announced that the East Blue Navy had won.
• In October 1519, news spread that Marine Headquarters' Buster Call against East Blue had failed and that the Whitebeard Pirates, Revolutionary Army, and East Blue Overlord had breached Impel Down.

Morgans defied the Gorosei’s attempt to control his coverage and headed to East Blue to report on the East Blue Navy’s negotiations. The Gorosei ordered him captured and moved to discuss how to deal with the East Blue Navy.

• Morgans prepared an oversized newspaper covering the world-shaking events, including the prison breach and the East Blue Navy’s actions.
• The Gorosei demanded that Morgans omit World Government involvement from his reporting and offered him money to comply.
• Morgans rejected the bribe, knocked out a World Government spy, destroyed the Den Den Mushi, and ordered his crew to relocate.
• A journalist told Morgans that the East Blue Navy had invited them to cover its negotiations, so Morgans ordered the airship to East Blue.
• Saturn ordered the secret intelligence agency to find Morgans, while the Gorosei planned to capture him, restrict newspaper sales, and discuss the East Blue Navy.

The Gorosei planned negotiations and a possible new war after the East Blue Navy’s victory, while newspapers spread the news worldwide and readers doubted it was real. As reactions rippled through the seas, East Blue prepared for a massive storm, but its civilians welcomed the forecast with peace and joy.

• Saturn and the other Gorosei discussed Dander Xieche’s past, the more than twelve thousand weapons, and how to negotiate without giving up their leverage.
• The Gorosei assigned Marine Headquarters to handle negotiations, ordered caution until they confirmed the weapons’ existence, and weighed sacrifices ahead of another war.
• Rayleigh and Shakky read the newspaper in Sabaody and questioned whether Morgans had fabricated the report about the World Government’s defeat.
• Shanks celebrated the East Blue Navy’s victory, while Ben Beckman warned him that an era of great chaos was coming.
• Teach learned that the prisoners he hoped to recruit rejected him, then saw the news and accused Morgans of printing fake news; Sabo read it and declared that a new era was coming.
• An East Blue weather forecast announced a massive rainstorm, and the civilians who heard it felt peaceful and joyful.

After East Blue celebrated its victory, Xia Che learned that the World Economic News Agency's president, Morgans, had arrived to cover the coming negotiations. Morgans spotted Robin with Xia Che and recognized her as the Devil Child.

• East Blue mourned its dead and wounded, then held a victory banquet while Sengoku, Garp, and other captured Marines remained prisoners.
• Kuma used a fake recording of Bakin Gomu Stussy to frighten Weevil and send him flying, while Doflamingo escaped and Moria was captured.
• Luo complained that Hancock and Mihawk had secretly been helping Xia Che's side during the fighting, allowing Doflamingo to escape.
• Robin told Xia Che that Morgans had arrived in person and that Crocodile had stolen one of their merchant ships before leaving Whiskey Town.
• Xia Che, Robin, and Violet went to meet Morgans, who recognized Robin as the Devil Child and called her discovery an unexpected gain.

Xia Che welcomed Morgans and proposed that the World Economic News Agency cooperate with the East Blue Navy to publish news online, while Morgans agreed to cover the coming negotiations. As Marine Headquarters approached East Blue, Vice Admiral Tsuru warned her forces and the World Government’s representatives not to provoke the East Blue Navy.

• Xia Che allowed Morgans to report on permitted areas of the East Blue Navy’s territory and assigned escorts to accompany him.
• Morgans revealed that Enel had been following them, and Enel appeared before the group.
• Xia Che pitched an online news partnership using East Blue’s mobile phones and Den Den Mushi armor, and Morgans asked for time to consult his employees.
• Robin informed Xia Che that the fleet from Marine Headquarters had entered East Blue, and Xia Che asked Morgans to cover the negotiations.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru ordered her marines to remain calm and warned the World Government’s representatives not to cause trouble as they sailed toward East Blue Navy Headquarters.

Advisor Tsuru led Marine Headquarters and CP0 to East Blue to negotiate with the East Blue Navy, whose fleet escorted them to shore in a calculated show of force. After Tsuru rebuked CP0 and the delegation disembarked, reporters confronted her about Marine Headquarters’ defeat.

• Advisor Tsuru recognized that the East Blue Navy had assembled its warships and Marines to intimidate the arriving delegation, and she told her fleet to keep its composure.
• CP0 agents insulted Marine Headquarters, but Tsuru warned them not to interfere with her negotiations and threatened to hand their mission over to them.
• Tsuru ordered the fleet to follow an East Blue Navy ship through the channel of warships and dock under its guidance.
• Tsuru led the Marines and CP0 agents ashore, where World Economic News Agency reporters immediately asked her what Marine Headquarters thought of its defeat.

Tsuru and the Marine Headquarters delegation arrived in East Blue for negotiations, where Kuma and Issho confronted CP0’s insults and the East Blue Navy repeatedly put them at a disadvantage. The talks began with Dander Xieche demanding that they sign his terms and threatening to blow up Mary Geoise if they refused.

• Reporters gathered to cover the negotiations, but East Blue Navy soldiers drove them away before Kuma arrived to receive the delegation.
• CP0 insulted Kuma and demanded to see the East Blue Navy’s leader, so Issho used gravity to subdue the gathering until Tsuru apologized.
• Kuma led Tsuru, CP0, and a few Marine officers to the conference room while the rest of the Marines stayed behind.
• Tsuru entered the hall and found Dander Xieche, Zephyr, Nico Robin, and the World Economic News Agency president waiting there.
• Dander Xieche slammed his demands onto the table and threatened to blow up Mary Geoise if the delegation refused to sign.

Xia Che used the bomb controller to pressure Marine Headquarters and CP0 into negotiating, repeatedly threatening to detonate the bombs whenever they refused or insulted him. The chapter left CP0 scrambling to appease him as the Den Den Mushi rang again.

• Marine Headquarters and CP0 rejected Xia Che’s demands, but Morgans warned that the Celestial Dragons would punish them if Mary Geoise were endangered.
• Xia Che refused to review Tsuru’s proposed terms and let CP0 commander state the World Government’s offer, including demands for Nico Robin and Vegapunk.
• Xia Che pressed the controller after CP0 began listing its demands, and the World Government berated the CP0 members over the Den Den Mushi.
• Xia Che threatened to press the controller again, forcing the CP0 commander to apologize and agree to negotiate properly.
• Enel revealed that the CP0 commander was cursing Xia Che, so Xia Che pressed the controller again, and the Den Den Mushi rang once more.

Xia Che negotiated with Tsuru and CP0, securing the East Blue Navy’s ruling status in East Blue and a large compensation payment from the World Government. The parties agreed to hand over surviving nobles and officials the next day, while Morgans prepared to publicize the deal.

• Xia Che ignored the pleading CP0 commander and began negotiations with Tsuru and the Marine Headquarters officers.
• Tsuru and Xia Che agreed that the World Government would recognize the East Blue Navy’s rule in East Blue and keep its agents out, while Loguetown remained under Smoker and Bridge Kingdom was ceded.
• Xia Che threatened to publicly execute the Marine Hero and Fleet Admiral if the World Government refused compensation, and the sides settled on 180 billion Beli.
• Xia Che refused to surrender the missile controller and secured a rule requiring the World Government to hand over East Blue Navy members for local punishment.
• Xia Che offered to return surviving nobles, royal family members, and Marine Colonels, and CP0 agreed to take them the next day as Morgans promised to film the handover.

Tsuru and Sengoku reflected on Marine Headquarters’ losses and the East Blue Navy’s growing power as they prepared for the prisoner handover. After Sengoku and Dander Xieche completed the ceremony, Marine Headquarters departed, and Xia Che invited East Blue to celebrate its victory.

• Tsuru told Sengoku that Marine Headquarters was in turmoil, the seas were descending into chaos, and Sengoku would be removed from his position.
• Garp joked about staying in East Blue, but Zephyr urged the group to proceed with the handover, and Sengoku chose to do a few final things for Marine Headquarters.
• Morgans photographed the handover ceremony as Sengoku and Dander Xieche shook hands and exchanged pointed words.
• Sengoku and Tsuru watched East Blue fade into the distance, and Sengoku said Xia Che might change the seas or bring them destruction.
• Xia Che told Zephyr that they could celebrate for now, then invited East Blue to begin the party.

The World Government plotted to undermine the East Blue Navy after its humiliating negotiations, while powerful figures across the seas reacted to the news and made plans of their own. As turmoil spread and attention focused on East Blue, Judge ordered Germa 66 to suspend its missions and prepare to go there.

• The Gorosei discussed the unknown controller, possible defenses, recruiting Shaka, replacing Sengoku, and secretly placing bounties on East Blue Navy members.
• News of the negotiations shocked the world, and Shanks, Doflamingo, Crocodile, and others considered Luffy, the East Blue Navy, or their own next moves.
• Doflamingo warned Sengoku that Marine Headquarters and the World Government would fall, then decided to return to North Blue instead of Dressrosa.
• King Cobra and Vivi discussed visiting East Blue, while King Riku persuaded Rebecca and Kyros to secretly travel there.
• Judge told Ichiji to stop taking missions and prepare Germa 66 to go to East Blue.

Xia Che planned East Blue’s development and security after its victory over the World Government, then decided how to handle unrest and construction in Tachibana Wolf Kingdom. The meeting ended with Robin raising the prospect of this year’s year-end banquet.

• Xia Che ordered sea routes to reach as many inhabited East Blue islands as possible, planned Sea Train lines for key islands, and prioritized broad development, military expansion, and surveillance.
• Robin asked how the East Blue Navy should deal with Tachibana Wolf Kingdom’s residents and the World Government’s construction projects.
• Xia Che ordered residents who wanted the World Government’s rule sent back as slaves, rebels killed, and others screened and registered; he assigned Enel to handle the process.
• Xia Che decided construction in Tachibana Wolf Kingdom would continue under different methods, then Robin brought up the year-end banquet and excited the meeting attendees.

Xia Che agreed to hold the East Blue Navy’s victory banquet in the Goa Kingdom and offered help for Violet’s family, while Marine Headquarters prepared to choose a new Fleet Admiral. The chapter ended with Sengoku and Kuzan discovering that a man they thought Whitebeard had killed had come to enlist.

• Xia Che and the others chose the Goa Kingdom as the site for the East Blue Navy’s grand year-end banquet, expecting the kings of Amazon Lily Kingdom and Dressrosa to attend.
• Xia Che offered to ask Lilith to help Kyros and Kuma to secretly bring Violet’s family to the banquet, then left to visit Guina and Old Bei.
• The World Government removed Sengoku as Fleet Admiral and stripped Garp of his Marine Hero title, while allowing the Navy to continue World Conscription.
• Sengoku told Kuzan that he and Sakazuki would compete to become the next Fleet Admiral, and urged them not to risk losing another Admiral.
• Tsuru summoned Kuzan and Sengoku to meet an unexpected Navy recruit, and Sengoku reacted in disbelief when he saw the man’s identity, asking whether Whitebeard had not killed him.