Chapter Summaries

As the Whitebeard Pirates sailed toward Archino Island for a decisive battle against the Marines, Bakin Stussy arrived with Edward Weevil and offered to join their cause. Newgate accepted them as allies, and the fleet continued toward the battlefield.

• Newgate ordered thirty ships to remain behind as a support force while the rest of the Whitebeard fleet continued toward Archino Island.
• Marco spotted an unfamiliar ship flying the Whitebeard Pirates' flag, and Newgate allowed it to approach the Moby Dick.
• Bakin Stussy boarded with Edward Weevil, who called Newgate his father, while Newgate questioned Bakin about why she had come.
• Marco told Newgate that Ortolan had set several major powers against Bakin and her group, leaving the Whitebeard Pirates as her only possible refuge.
• Bakin offered to help in the coming battle and claimed Weevil was Newgate's son and stronger than his division commanders.
• Newgate sensed Weevil's formidable aura, accepted Bakin and Weevil as allies, and ordered the fleet to resume its course toward Archino Island.

At Archino Island, Ortolan rallied the Marines as the Whitebeard Pirates approached, making their formidable morale visible to the world. Newgate recognized the Marines as the strongest force he had faced, while the broadcast left many convinced the Marines would win.

• Rayleigh told Shakky that Newgate could not defeat Ortolan, and Shakky noted Ortolan had left his Warhammer behind.
• Hina informed Ortolan that the Whitebeard Pirates had been spotted, but he saw their fleet and the Moby Dick approaching himself.
• Ortolan called on the Marines to fight, and they answered with cries of loyalty and justice as he declared that victory would be theirs.
• Viewers around the world were impressed by the Marines’ fighting spirit, and many concluded that they had already won.
• Newgate heard the Marines’ roar and recognized them as an exceptionally formidable force, while Sengoku watched Ortolan’s speech with envy.

The Whitebeard Pirates arrived at Archino Island to face Ortolan’s forces, but Momonosuke’s cries undermined their morale before the battle began. Ortolan and Newgate clashed wills, and Newgate unleashed a world-shaking tsunami toward the island as Issho stepped forward to counter it.

• Ortolan spotted Bakin Stussy aboard the Moby Dick and said he would deal with her as he had promised Queen Stussy.
• Kozuki Oden called to Momonosuke, whose pleas for rescue weakened the Whitebeard Pirates’ resolve, so Newgate stopped Oden and addressed Ortolan.
• Newgate and Ortolan traded challenges, then their auras collided and tore apart the clouds above Archino Island.
• Newgate recognized that Ortolan had reached the summit, tossed Bisento into the air, and used his vibrations to send a massive tsunami toward the island.
• Issho stepped forward and released a purple glow across the island as the tsunami approached.

Issho stopped the tsunamis threatening Archino Island, and the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates began a massive battle. As the fighting spread across the battlefield, Vista and Mihawk finally crossed blades for the first time.

• Issho used the Gravity-Gravity Fruit to force the tsunamis back beneath the sea, and Ortolan signaled the Marines to open fire.
• Newgate destroyed the incoming shells, while Jozu led the 3rd Division into the Marine line and Vista and Izo brought their divisions into the fight.
• Momonga ordered Kaisa's and Stainless's units to countercharge as Hoshigaki's artillery and the Marines' other weapons battered the pirates.
• Jozu charged into the Marine formation and clashed with Smoker, while Smoker helped Stainless hold the line.
• Mihawk's slash met Vista's blade, and the two swordsmen launched their first duel.

Sakazuki attacked the Whitebeard Pirates with a massive magma eruption, but Kozuki Oden and Marco redirected it before Oden charged toward the execution platform. Sakazuki battered Oden in a fierce duel, and Marco joined the fight with a surprise kick as Sakazuki counterattacked.

• Sakazuki launched Great Eruption at the Moby Dick, and Kozuki Oden cut the magma attack into four pieces.
• Marco flew through the falling magma, dyed it with blue flames, and kicked the fragments away from the Whitebeard Pirates' fleet.
• Sakazuki struck Kozuki Oden with a magma pillar and chased him with repeated magma attacks.
• Kozuki Oden used Paradise Waterfall to cut through Sakazuki's magma fist and slash him in two, but Sakazuki elementalized and regenerated.
• Sakazuki countered with Magma Dog, and Marco descended with Phoenix Brand and kicked him.

Gion severed Marco’s leg and joined Sakazuki in battle against him and Kozuki Oden, while Smoker and Lucci fought Whitebeard’s independent captains. As White Bay and Skuard cornered Smoker and Lucci, Momonga arrived to protect his subordinates and face the pirates.

• Gion cut off Marco’s leg, but his blue flames quickly regenerated it, and she teamed up with Sakazuki against Marco and Kozuki Oden.
• Smoker killed Pabrik, then fought Skuard and was driven back while injured.
• Blood erupted from nearby corpses and swept toward Skuard, allowing Lucci to use Soru and strike at his heart with a Haki-coated finger.
• White Bay joined Skuard and confronted Lucci and Smoker, whose forces were surrounded by pirates.
• Momonga arrived, set several pirates ablaze, and challenged White Bay and Skuard for threatening his subordinates.

Momonga and Hoshigaki fought White Bay and Skuard, leaving Skuard badly injured and setting up a deadly confrontation. Hoshigaki beheaded Skuard, but Marshall D. Teach ambushed him and inflicted a grave wound.

• Momonga used his Devil Fruit powers and swordsmanship to injure Skuard while White Bay froze his chains and defended against his attacks.
• Hoshigaki arrived and joined forces with Momonga, attacking Skuard as Momonga fought White Bay.
• Hoshigaki overwhelmed Skuard's Haki, cut off his right arm, and beheaded him.
• Marshall D. Teach struck Hoshigaki from the side, breaking through his protective Haki and tearing open his abdomen with his claws.

Hoshigaki grievously wounded Hoshigaki, and Whitebeard and Ortolan restrained each other as the battlefield shifted around them. Ortolan reinforced Momonga with Smoker while Whitebeard sent Weevil into battle, and Issho volunteered to confront the growing threat.

• Hoshigaki killed Skuard, but Teach then struck Hoshigaki with a devastating blow, forcing Momonga to protect him from Teach and White Bay.
• Ortolan prepared to act, but Whitebeard stepped forward as well, and the two men held each other at bay across the battlefield.
• Ortolan warned Doflamingo and Smoker that Teach was Marshall D. Teach and ordered Smoker to join Momonga while Doflamingo took over Smoker's fight with Jozu.
• Whitebeard ordered Bakin Stussy to send Weevil into battle, and Weevil charged toward Teach and White Bay, blasting Marines aside with powerful impacts.
• Ortolan decided not to send Moria to the front line, and Issho volunteered to go instead.

Issho joined the battle to help the Marines gain an advantage, but Newgate saw his family was struggling and entered the fight himself. Newgate and Ortolan clashed with their strongest attacks, bringing the battlefield to a temporary standstill.

• Ortolan ordered Issho to establish an advantage quickly, and Issho leaped into the battlefield to fight Momonga, Smoker, White Bay, Teach, and Weevil.
• Issho struck White Bay with Gravity Blade: Tiger, while Weevil met his attack with an explosive impact that devastated the battlefield around them.
• Newgate saw his pirates could not break through the Marines and stepped forward to challenge Ortolan.
• Newgate unleashed a tremor-powered slash with the Cloud-Cutting Sword toward Ortolan, while Ortolan summoned a colossal thunder bull with Heavenly Bull.
• Newgate's slash and Ortolan's lightning attack collided in a massive explosion, temporarily halting the fighting across the island.

Newgate and Ortolan entered the battlefield and defeated the officers who tried to interfere before approaching each other for their long-awaited fight. As the world watched, Kaido reflected that Charlotte Linlin might be the strongest after she had beaten him and brought Yamato, Rouge, and Ace to Cake Island.

• Newgate charged into the Marine formation and struck Vice Admiral Kaisa with a shockwave, leaving him unable to continue fighting.
• Smoker guarded the wounded Kaisa as he acknowledged Newgate's overwhelming strength.
• Marco ambushed Ortolan, but Ortolan decapitated him with Thunder Plow Heat Blade before Marco regenerated his head with his Phoenix powers.
• The Marines and pirates cleared a path as Ortolan and Newgate approached one another under the eyes of the worldwide broadcast.
• Charlotte Linlin and Kaido watched the confrontation, while Kaido recalled that Linlin had beaten him and taken Yamato to Cake Island, where Rouge and Ace were also staying.

Ortolan and Newgate clashed at full strength, shaking Archino Island and sending tremors across the world. Newgate briefly seized the initiative with hidden tremor power, but Ortolan blocked his sword with his Iron Body: Black Gold.

• Ortolan and Newgate exchanged boasts before clashing their Haki-coated fist and Cloud-Cutting Sword, shaking Archino Island and the surrounding sea.
• Their strength contest cracked the ground beneath Newgate, and Ortolan used the opening to knock Cloud-Cutting Sword upward.
• Newgate predicted Ortolan’s follow-up and blocked it, then drove Ortolan back with tremor power released from his body.
• Newgate activated tremor power hidden inside Ortolan to interrupt his next attack and struck at his shoulder with Cloud-Cutting Sword.
• Ortolan reinforced his shoulder with Haki, and his Iron Body: Black Gold stopped Cloud-Cutting Sword from cutting through his skin.

Ortolan revealed that he had developed a technique for fusing Haki with his body, then used it alongside lightning to test his defense against Newgate. The exchange ended with both men preparing to fight seriously.

• Newgate's slash failed to break Ortolan's Haki-hardened shoulder, and Ortolan explained how he had forged his flesh with Haki.
• Ortolan coated his body in his Haki golden body and added Lightning Armor before attacking Newgate with Thunderstorm Thunder Dragon.
• Newgate dodged Ortolan's punch and struck him with a Haki- and vibration-powered fist, but Ortolan's defense held.
• Ortolan taunted Newgate after enduring the punch, and Newgate answered by covering himself in a faint glow as he got serious.

Newgate revealed that he had awakened the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, using subtle vibrations to hinder Ortolan and strengthen his own defense. After recognizing the awakening, Ortolan declared that Newgate would still fall, setting up a decisive clash between the two.

• Newgate and Ortolan traded heavy punches, but Newgate’s vibrations began disrupting Ortolan’s balance and movements.
• Ortolan retreated and realized Newgate’s irregular vibrations seemed to act without the usual movements, then asked if the Tremor-Tremor Fruit had awakened.
• Newgate confirmed he had only recently mastered the power and credited the pressure from Ortolan’s previous attack with helping trigger it.
• Ortolan considered how the awakening complemented Newgate’s existing offense by improving his defense and limiting his weaknesses.
• Ortolan challenged Newgate to prove the awakening was enough, as both fighters prepared to rely on overwhelming power to decide the battle.

Ortolan unleashed his Thunder Self-Detonation Bomb against Newgate, overpowering him with a lightning-charged grapple and a devastating slam. Newgate remained standing despite his injuries, while Ortolan was also hurt but declared him the first person to withstand the attack at full power.

• Ortolan absorbed the surrounding lightning and charged through Newgate's awakened vibration barriers.
• Newgate caught Ortolan's wrist, but Ortolan trapped his arm and used his strength to hurl him into the sky.
• Ortolan locked Newgate in a midair hold and slammed him into the ground with his Thunder Self-Detonation Bomb.
• The blast devastated Archino Island, and Newgate survived in a crater while Ortolan landed nearby, wounded by Newgate's vibrations.
• Ortolan wiped the blood from his mouth and praised Newgate as the first person to remain standing after taking the attack at full power.

After Kozuki Oden lost focus when Ortolan injured Newgate, Sakazuki exploited the opening and killed him. The battle left Sakazuki standing as the fighting around Ortolan and Newgate continued.

• Ortolan slammed Newgate into the ground with a Thunder Self-Detonation Bomb, drawing the battlefield's attention and weakening Newgate's presence.
• Kozuki Oden became distracted by Newgate's apparent injury while fighting Sakazuki, who stayed focused and seized the opening.
• Sakazuki struck Kozuki Oden with Magma Dog, blowing away half his head, but Oden struggled back to his feet.
• Sakazuki trapped the badly wounded Kozuki Oden with erupting magma and pierced his abdomen with a magma-coated fist.
• Sakazuki burned Kozuki Oden into a charred corpse, threw him to the ground, and crushed his skull beneath his foot.
• Newgate coughed up dark blood, recovered some strength, and rose to face Ortolan.

After Sakazuki killed Kozuki Oden, Ortolan provoked Newgate into confronting his own excuses for piracy. Newgate regained his composure and ordered the Whitebeard Pirates to retreat, but chose to stay behind and fight Ortolan.

• Gion cut off one of Marco’s wings, then Sakazuki struck him with magma; Marco healed but was nearly out of stamina.
• Newgate raged at Ortolan over Kozuki Oden’s death, and the two exchanged powerful blows.
• Ortolan rebuked Newgate for making excuses for being a pirate, and Newgate accepted that he was right.
• Newgate ordered the Whitebeard Pirates to withdraw to the depths of the New World to preserve his crew’s strength.
• Newgate refused to flee himself and told Ortolan he would stay and fight him to the end.

Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates tried to withdraw, but Newgate ordered them to protect the fleet while he faced Ortolan alone. Kuzan froze the sea and sealed Archino Island, trapping the pirates as Ortolan revealed his Sulong form and challenged Newgate.

• Marco, Jozu, and the other Whitebeard Pirates disengaged and retreated toward Newgate, who split the battlefield with a tremor and ordered them to leave him behind.
• Kuzan arrived, revealed that he had frozen the support fleet, and encircled Archino Island with towering walls of ice.
• Sakazuki rallied the assembled Marines and ordered them to annihilate the trapped Whitebeard Pirates.
• Ortolan told Newgate that defeating him was the key to escaping, then transformed into his Sulong form and declared that he had reached the other shore of power.

Ortolan revealed that he had mastered his Sulong form and declared he would stand at the summit of the seas. He overwhelmed Whitebeard with a single punch, sending him crashing into Archino Island’s volcano, which shattered as the battle fell silent.

• Ortolan explained that years of training had let him control his Sulong transformation and the madness it once caused.
• Ortolan declared that he would claim the empty throne at the summit and promised Whitebeard the honor of facing his full power.
• Ortolan crossed the distance too quickly for Whitebeard to perceive and struck him with a punch powered by his body alone.
• Whitebeard’s Haki, quaking force, and defense failed to stop the blow, and Ortolan sent him flying into the volcano at the center of Archino Island.
• The battlefield stared in shock as Sakazuki noticed Ortolan had vanished, and a second explosion shattered the volcano.

Ortolan defeated Whitebeard in front of the world, killing him with a lightning strike and ending the last remnant of the Old Era. In Mary Geoise, the Five Elders reconsidered immediately reassigning Ortolan and decided they should discuss it with him.

• Ortolan struck Whitebeard with Heavy Flow Blast, leaving him gravely injured and hurling him into the pirate camp.
• Marco rushed to protect Whitebeard, but Ortolan tore him in half and threw him aside.
• Whitebeard struggled to stand as Ortolan prepared Hell Stab: One-Handed Pierce and asked if he was ready to die.
• Ortolan pierced Whitebeard's heart with a lightning-charged finger, killing him.
• Saint Nashuro and the other Five Elders agreed to discuss Ortolan's reassignment with him rather than act forcefully.

After Ortolan effortlessly killed Whitebeard, observers across the world reckoned with his overwhelming strength, and the Marines routed the remaining pirates at Marineford. Kaido decided to secure an alliance by arranging Yamato’s marriage to Ace.

• Rayleigh and Shakky watched Ortolan’s victory at Sabaody, and Rayleigh felt relieved that he had retired and maintained good relations with Ortolan.
• Charlotte Linlin celebrated Ortolan’s strength but worried about his plans to cure her Food Addiction, then considered teaming up with Kaido.
• Kaido asked King to bring his Den Den Mushi so he could contact Linlin, then decided to arrange Yamato’s marriage to Ace after Queen endorsed the match.
• Sengoku and Tsuru recognized the weight Ortolan’s victory gave the Marines, while Sakazuki led the Marines in a final assault that crushed the remaining pirates.