Recaps

Apophis and Golden Lion’s duel escalated until Golden Lion used his Devil Fruit to claim control of Apophis’s weapon. Longinus and Issho arrived on Griffin, and Longinus sent Issho to face Apophis as the battle continued.

• Golden Lion used his Observation Haki to track Apophis’s Space Gates, but Apophis struck him from one and slashed his abdomen.
• Golden Lion touched Apophis’s Demon Blade and used his Devil Fruit ability to make the weapon float under his control.
• A Sea King that approached the duel was cut apart by the fighters’ sword rays, frightening the nearby pirates.
• Longinus arrived on Griffin with Issho, prompting Apophis and Golden Lion to pause their fight.
• Kaido tried to charge Longinus, but Akainu sent him flying and kept him occupied.
• Longinus jumped from Griffin and assigned Issho to fight Apophis, and Issho accepted the challenge.

Issho challenged Apophis while Longinus and Golden Lion clashed in a devastating battle that shook the surrounding sea. As the fighters paused at the violent churning beneath them, a gigantic, glowing Giant Lanternfish surfaced.

• Issho confronted Apophis and summoned a meteorite, which Apophis, Golden Lion, Longinus, Akainu, and Kaido destroyed with their attacks.
• Longinus challenged Golden Lion and struck him with a powerful punch, sending him flying.
• Golden Lion unleashed Lion's Might: Ten Thousand Valleys, and Longinus answered with Six King Gun: Limit - Hundred Rounds.
• The collision of Golden Lion's sword energy and Longinus's shockwave deafened pirates, battered the sea, and halted the other battles.
• A vast shadow rose beneath the stranded pirates, and a Giant Lanternfish surfaced with a dazzling light shining in its lantern.

The giant Lantern Fish swallowed Vermeil Main Island and the pirates after Enel revealed that Pure Gold lay inside it. The strongest fighters entered its stomach, where Longinus blocked the Golden Lion and the others began considering how to control whoever found the treasure.

• Enel warned Issho, Apophis, Akainu, and Kaido that killing the giant Lantern Fish could send the Pure Gold to the bottom of the sea.
• Apophis explained that Pure Gold was said to grant eternal life, and Enel said they had to let the Lantern Fish swallow them to reach it.
• Morgans excitedly photographed the gathering of powerful fighters as the Lantern Fish swallowed the island and the surrounding pirates.
• The pirates landed inside the Lantern Fish's stomachs, where some fell into corrosive gastric fluid and the rest fled toward the islands.
• Longinus blocked the Golden Lion and said they could simply take the Pure Gold after someone else found it.

Longinus and the other major powers fought inside the Lantern Fish while Doflamingo’s crew and Hancock’s group searched for Pure Gold. Hancock found Mischna Asier and took him prisoner, intending to bring him to Lord Apophis to make Pure Gold.

• Longinus confronted the Golden Lion, Issho blocked Apophis, and Akainu pursued Kaido as their battles resumed inside the Lantern Fish.
• Diamante, Pica, Trebol, and Doflamingo headed toward the deepest stomach, discussing Apophis’s hidden knowledge and influence.
• Hancock, Sandersonia, and their companions reached a dinosaur-filled island where two pirate crews were fighting over a fat man.
• The pirates became infatuated with Hancock and offered her the man, but Hancock rejected their gift and shattered them with Perfume Femur.
• Hancock identified the fat man as Mischna Asier, and Sandersonia knocked him unconscious and carried him away so he could make Pure Gold for Lord Apophis.

Enel, Urouge, and Wyper discovered that the Lantern Fish’s lantern contained an enormous quantity of Pure Gold and prepared to destroy it. Meanwhile, Doflamingo secretly kept a tiny piece, but the remaining Pure Gold shattered during a battle among the powerful contenders.

• Enel, Urouge, and Wyper found that the Lantern Fish’s lantern held vast amounts of Pure Gold, which Enel planned to destroy while preserving light for the fish’s stomachs.
• Doflamingo took a fingernail-sized piece of Pure Gold and hid the rest in a box so it could draw attention away from him.
• A pirate threw a container of Pure Gold to Golden Lion, but Longinus struck him and the container passed from Kaido to Issho.
• Apophis attacked Issho, and the container was knocked away as Golden Lion, Longinus, Kaido, and Sakazuki charged after it.
• Golden Lion, Longinus, Kaido, and Sakazuki collided in a devastating battle, and the container and Pure Gold shattered.

Golden Lion fought Longinus in a final, life-burning assault as the Lantern Fish’s body cracked and flooded under the combatants’ attacks. The chapter ended with Golden Lion and Longinus clashing in a brilliant strike, while the battle around them continued to threaten everyone trapped inside.

• The Lantern Fish’s body cracked, and the pirates inside realized the damage had left them trapped in the deep sea.
• Golden Lion charged Longinus again, and the two unleashed increasingly destructive attacks as the Lantern Fish flooded and rolled.
• Kaido and Sakazuki continued fighting, further injuring the Lantern Fish, while Apophis agreed not to fight Issho.
• Golden Lion accepted that his era had passed and explained that the battle had awakened him to how badly his strength might have declined.
• Golden Lion burned the rest of his life into one final strike, and Longinus met it with a blazing white spear.

Golden Lion died and Longinus, Kaido, and Sakazuki were left seriously wounded after the battle. Apophis offered to save the stranded pirates if they joined his crew or paid him, while Doflamingo, Hancock, and Enel revealed they had Pure Gold.

• Golden Lion died after Longinus's spear pierced him, while Longinus was left with a massive chest wound.
• Morgans discovered that Kaido and Sakazuki had also fought a decisive battle and suffered serious injuries.
• Apophis told Issho he would not attack the wounded Marines and warned the pirates that he would rescue them only if they joined his banner.
• Doflamingo offered Pure Gold as payment, and Hancock said she would do the same.
• Enel arrived and offered Pure Gold for Apophis to take him and his group out as the Lantern Fish's light went dark.

Apophis, Akainu, Issho, and Longinus escaped the sea after the battle, while news spread that Longinus had killed Golden Lion and Apophis had claimed Pure Gold. At Marineford, Longinus received an adoring crowd of visitors, leaving the injured Akainu feeling overlooked.

• Apophis offered Kaido a place at his future auction, and Kaido agreed to attend for the promise of endless alcohol before diving into the sea.
• Akainu and Issho suspected Apophis had brought Kaido to help establish a new Great Pirate Emperor, while Apophis welcomed the prospect of Marines and the Government attending his auction.
• Apophis left through the Space Gate, and Issho lifted a sunken island around Akainu, Issho, and Longinus to carry them to the surface.
• News spread that Longinus had killed Golden Lion and Apophis had obtained Pure Gold, and Marine Headquarters tacitly confirmed the reports.
• At Marineford hospital, female soldiers crowded around Longinus while Akainu felt neglected, and Garp complained that their praise made him and Sengoku sound unable to defeat Golden Lion.

Sengoku questioned Longinus about Apophis’s plans for the Pirate Expo and suspected he would use it to build his influence. On the Moby Dick, Whitebeard’s crew decided Marco would negotiate with Apophis for Pure Gold to help Whitebeard’s health.

• Sengoku asked Longinus whether Apophis planned to form a pirate crew, and Longinus said that seemed likely but his motives remained uncertain.
• Sengoku identified Apophis’s planned gathering as a Pirate Expo and speculated it would raise his influence and reveal whether Revolutionary Army forces were among his followers.
• Garp recalled sneaking into Golden Lion’s last Wanbo Expo, then Sengoku struck him through a wall with a shockwave.
• Whitebeard’s crew discussed whether Pure Gold could ease his age and illness, and Whitebeard agreed to let Marco negotiate with Apophis for it.

In West Blue, Red-Haired Shanks and his crew discussed the news of Apophis defeating Golden Lion Shiki and acquiring pure gold before helping Nico Robin escape a bar full of bounty hunters. After Robin killed a World Government agent, Thunder God Enel revealed himself and invited her to join Apophis; she lowered her hat without answering.

• Shanks and his crew read that Apophis had killed Golden Lion Shiki and obtained pure gold, and Beckman warned that greed for eternal life would throw the New World into chaos.
• A drunken pirate recognized Nico Robin in the bar and tried to seize her, but Robin killed him with her Devil Fruit powers.
• Shanks sent Lucky Roux to protect Robin, then explained that he felt indebted to her because of the Roger Pirates' role in Ohara's history.
• Robin left the bar and killed a masked World Government agent with her Six-Flower technique, but the agent regenerated as lightning.
• The agent revealed that he was Thunder God Enel, a subordinate of Apophis, and invited Robin to join them; Robin lowered her hat without responding.

Judge prepared to move Germa Kingdom under Apophis's protection, while the Five Elders discussed the pure gold and received Doflamingo's proposal to establish a neutral zone in the New World. Doflamingo sought recognition from both the World Government and pirates so he could pursue his new ambition of becoming the King of Money.

• Judge told Reiju that strength would protect Germa Kingdom from scrutiny when it joined Apophis's faction.
• Ace and Luffy discussed Golden Lion Shiki's death and Vice Admiral Longinus's victory, and Ace wondered whether defeating Longinus could prove his worth.
• Hiyori encouraged Kuina to keep training her swordsmanship at the Marines G2 Branch.
• The Five Elders discussed Celestial Dragon protests over the pure gold and concluded that Apophis would be too difficult to attack safely.
• Doflamingo revealed that he had kept some pure gold and proposed that the Five Elders grant him an absolutely neutral zone in the New World.
• Doflamingo said he wanted to become the King of Money because he believed he could never become the Pirate King.

Doflamingo accepted the Five Elders’ terms for the Pure Gold deal while Apophis explained that the Neutral Zone would serve Tesoro’s rise to power. The chapter left Doflamingo intrigued by the influence that Tesoro’s wealth could bring.

• The Five Elders agreed to Doflamingo’s terms and discussed whether he could be trusted after the Den Den Mushi call ended.
• Apophis told Doflamingo that the Pure Gold deal and Neutral Zone were intended to further his plans, while Doflamingo would serve as the zone’s public leader.
• Apophis revealed that Tesoro, the man who had disrupted Doflamingo’s auction, was the one he wanted to put in control of the Neutral Zone.
• Apophis explained that Tesoro’s ability to build wealth could give him power to influence the world when combined with Doflamingo’s background and Apophis’s strength.
• Doflamingo became interested in the prospect of wealth, influence, and power combining into something formidable.

Tesoro used the Gold-Gold Fruit to seize control of Boss Bart’s underground vault, but Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family confronted him after Apophis tracked him down. Tesoro tried to escape through the gold, only to find himself back in front of them.

• Tesoro returned to Karl Street to claim Boss Bart’s inheritance, despite his crew’s concerns about the Donquixote Family.
• Tesoro bound Tal with a gold ring and used the vault’s gold to capture Fitz, Hermat, and the other gang enforcers.
• Trebol, Diamante, Pica, and Doflamingo arrived, and Tesoro learned that Apophis had found him through divination.
• Tesoro unleashed a Golden Storm and tried to escape through a melting gold floor, but he reappeared before Doflamingo and the others.

Apophis forced Tesoro to submit and brought him to Cyprus Island, where the Donquixote Family welcomed him. Monet demonstrated the growing power of her Snow Woman abilities, and Apophis judged that she could protect herself.

• Tesoro tried to escape through the Golden Hole, but Apophis's Space Gates repeatedly returned him to Doflamingo and the others.
• Apophis told Tesoro he wanted him to work for him, and Tesoro agreed while Apophis warned that time would make him accept the situation.
• Apophis arrived at the Donquixote Family's base on Cyprus Island, where Monet greeted him as her big brother.
• Monet showed Apophis her Soul-Seizing Snow, which briefly affected even Doflamingo and caused Tesoro to hallucinate.
• Apophis praised Monet's fruit development and said she was strong enough to protect herself, while Monet was disappointed he did not call her very powerful.

Tesoro outlined how the Absolute Neutral Zone could become a lucrative trading market, and Apophis approved preparations while Doflamingo proposed using Sugar's power to handle threats. On Sicily Island, Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates waited to meet Apophis about Pure Gold, and Enel arrived to escort them to him.

• Tesoro explained that the Absolute Neutral Zone could profit from trade, security, and taxes, and Doflamingo suggested using Sugar's fruit to erase troublesome incidents.
• Apophis settled the neutral zone discussion and left through a Space Gate.
• Marco reassured Whitebeard by Den Den Mushi that the group was safe and still searching for Apophis.
• Marco, Jozu, and Vista discussed buying Pure Gold and supporting Apophis as a potential fourth Emperor.
• Enel introduced himself to the Whitebeard Pirates and said Apophis had returned.

Robin thanked Apophis for saving her ten years earlier, and he asked her to help with the Void Century before dismissing her to meet new guests. Marco, Jozu, and Vista negotiated for Pure Gold, and Apophis explained its cost as the chapter ended with Marco weighing immortality against remaining in one's prime.

• Robin thanked Apophis for saving her and offered to help with the Void Century, while Apophis also left open the possibility of her helping with the Ancient Weapon.
• Apophis dismissed Robin when Marco, Jozu, and Vista arrived to ask for Pure Gold.
• Marco sensed Apophis's terrifying, lifeless presence, while Vista recalled how far Apophis had risen since defeating him nine years earlier.
• Jozu urgently offered any price for Pure Gold, but Marco stopped him from reacting angrily to Apophis's question about Whitebeard's health.
• Marco guessed that Apophis wanted to defeat Whitebeard for the title of world's strongest, and Apophis said he would consider giving them Pure Gold.
• Apophis explained that Pure Gold could extend life but slowed cell division, recovery, and movement, and Marco asked whether they would choose immortality or their prime.

Apophis had Dr. Miskina Asier develop a fusion of the Rage Drug and Pure Gold, while accepting that research would require gradual progress. At Marine Headquarters, Zephyr discussed Longinus's prospects for becoming an admiral and suggested that Ain's Rewind-Rewind Fruit might restore Longinus's left hand.

• Marco, Jozu, and Vista discussed whether Whitebeard would accept treatment to prolong his life, and Apophis left them to decide what to do.
• Apophis asked Dr. Miskina Asier about combining the Rage Drug E.S. with Pure Gold, and Miskina explained that their opposing effects currently canceled each other out and could destabilize the body.
• Apophis advised Miskina to develop separate first-generation drugs for strength and healing before continuing to improve them toward immortality.
• At Marine Headquarters, Zephyr praised Longinus's strength and achievements, and Longinus said he would accept an admiral promotion because it represented the Navy's honor.
• Zephyr pointed out Ain's rare Rewind-Rewind Fruit and asked Longinus whether he wanted to try using it to restore his left hand.

Longinus joined Sengoku’s briefing on Apophis’s Pirate Expo, where the Marines planned to infiltrate the Dark Festival and monitor the gathered pirate factions. Sengoku put Longinus in command, and the team prepared to leave while he and Garp started fighting.

• Longinus and Zephyr discussed Ain’s inability to control her time-reversal ability and how it ended when she was defeated or unconscious.
• A messenger summoned Longinus to Sengoku, where he met Garp, Kuzan, Gion, and Kaki.
• Sengoku explained that Apophis’s invitations had thrown the New World into chaos and ordered the Marines to secretly monitor the Pirate Expo, with CP0 agents ready to intervene.
• Sengoku warned Kuzan to set aside his hatred of Apophis, and Kuzan clarified that he had not joined the mission to seek revenge.
• Sengoku placed Longinus in charge, rejecting Garp’s demand to lead, and warned the team that other factions might infiltrate the festival.

Longinus and his companions considered the many forces likely to converge on the Wanbo Expo, while powerful figures across the sea prepared to attend the Pirate Expo for their own reasons. Whitebeard agreed to go, and Marshall D. Teach anticipated finding something he wanted.

• Longinus told Kaki, Kuzan, and Gion that many factions might infiltrate the Wanbo Expo, and Gion worried about the operation after seeing the demolished office.
• An eagle-eyed swordsman chased pirates across the Grand Line and used his blade to propel his boat toward the Wanbo Expo.
• Red-Haired recalled his and Buggy's embarrassing antics at a past Pirate Expo, while Beckman urged him to remember something normal.
• Dragon assigned Kuma to watch the Pirate Expo, while a scarred blond boy reported finishing his training.
• Katarina planned to hunt Hancock and other Great Pirates at the Pirate Expo, despite her subordinate warning her about the danger.
• Whitebeard agreed to attend the Pirate Expo after Marco argued that Pure Gold might help the crew, and Marshall D. Teach looked forward to finding something he wanted.

Longinus and his companions sailed through the New World toward Sicily Island, fighting off waves of pirates along the way. They reached Apophis’s territory and discovered that he had built combat robots, prompting Longinus to warn the group to be cautious.

• Kaki questioned why the Marines were approaching a pirate celebration openly, and Longinus explained that showing strength would be more effective than disguising themselves.
• Garp volunteered to handle a pirate fleet that attacked the warship, then sank its flagship with a piece of the deck.
• Garp pursued the fleeing pirates after Longinus revealed that Vice Admiral Tsuru had lent them the warship.
• After nearly a week and around twenty pirate attacks, the group reached Sicily Island, which Longinus said had passed from Big Mom to the Scorpion Pirates and then to Apophis.
• Kuzan recognized the island’s patrolling robots as combat robots, and Longinus warned that Apophis had built up significant strength over the past five years.

Longinus and the Marines entered the Pirate Expo, where Garp’s attempt to have fun sent the pirates fleeing and created a distraction. The group split up to explore while Longinus kept watch, and the other pirates held back from confronting them because none of the Four Emperors stepped forward.

• Longinus explained to Gion and Garp how the Pirate Expo’s exhibition and auction areas worked as the group made its way toward the center of the island.
• Garp challenged a pirate to arm-wrestle, frightening him into fleeing and setting off a panicked rush through the exhibition area.
• Kuzan recognized that Garp had created chaos to draw attention away, and the Marines decided to split up while Longinus used his Observation Haki to watch for danger.
• Kaki chose to stay with Longinus, while Gion made him admit that he wanted to watch a performance.
• The news of the Marines’ arrival spread, but the pirates avoided provoking them because Red-Haired was at the carnival, Kaido was drinking with Whitebeard, and Apophis stayed inside the palace.

Teach tried to hide his strength at the exhibition, but Longinus recognized him as a dangerous pirate and mistook his private concern for erectile dysfunction. Elsewhere, Aokiji confronted Robin and Apophis, saying he would wait for time to reveal his answer.

• Teach endured mockery after his companions loudly claimed he had erectile dysfunction, then decided he could use the misunderstanding to make others underestimate him.
• Longinus approached Teach with Gion and revealed that he considered Teach one of the most dangerous pirates he had encountered, while Teach worried that Longinus would give him an insulting bounty.
• Longinus attempted to read Teach's thoughts but concluded that Teach was preoccupied with erectile dysfunction.
• Aokiji found Robin in a dark corner and explained that his friendship with Jaguar D. Saul had led him to watch over her since Ohara.
• Apophis arrived, and Aokiji told him he would wait for time to reveal his answer.

Kuzan learned that Kaido and Whitebeard had nearly caused a disaster on the island and that pirates had mysteriously disappeared. As the auction began, Gratoni confronted Apophis over his first mate’s murder and demanded justice.

• Kuzan reunited with Kaki, Gion, and Longinus and heard that Kaido and Whitebeard had exchanged a blow before Kaido fell asleep.
• Longinus explained that frightened pirates had left the island after the clash, while Kaki revealed that pirates from the Whitebeard and Red Hair crews had also vanished.
• Kuzan concealed his own recent encounter with Apophis, during which he had been imprisoned in another dimension for two days.
• At the auction, Gratoni called for Apophis and accused someone of cruelly murdering his first mate.
• Apophis appeared before the crowd, and Gratoni asked him to avenge the murder and uphold justice for the pirates.

Gratoni accused Marine Vice Admiral Longinus of killing pirates and presented footage that appeared to prove it, but Apophis exposed the accuser as an impostor. The impostor revealed that he was a Nine-Tailed Fox Devil Fruit user who had killed the real Gratoni.

• Gratoni claimed Whitebeard and Red-Haired had lost crew members and said he knew the murderer.
• Gratoni accused Longinus and showed footage depicting him killing a pirate, but Beckman pointed out that the recording was suspicious because Longinus's Observation Haki should have detected it.
• Apophis attacked Gratoni for trying to fool and threaten him, then accused him of disguising himself and concealing the real Gratoni's murder.
• The impostor revealed that he had eaten the Inu Inu Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Nine-Tailed Fox form, and admitted that he had killed Gratoni by impersonating his vice-captain.

Katarina tried to bargain for her life by using the missing people as leverage, but Apophis refused to let her go. Whitebeard clashed with Apophis to protect his sons, and their battle ended with Whitebeard swallowed by a Space Gate.

• Katarina told Whitebeard and Red-Haired that she would hand over their missing people if they spared her, and Whitebeard reluctantly agreed to let her leave.
• Apophis refused Whitebeard's demand to release Katarina, and the two Four Emperors began fighting on the island.
• Whitebeard overpowered Apophis in their initial exchanges, while both warned that using their Devil Fruit powers could destroy the island.
• Katarina tried to retreat, but Apophis attacked her with a slashing wave sent through a Space Gate.
• Whitebeard intercepted the wave with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but Apophis attacked from behind and opened a Space Gate that swallowed Whitebeard.