Chapter Summaries

Katsuo offered Uchiha Madara the Ten-Tails and provoked him into a promised one-on-one fight after they finished in Mariejois. The Marines entered the Holy Land, where Katsuo forced them to kill Celestial Dragons, and Sengoku led by decapitating one before CP0 confronted them.

• Katsuo offered Uchiha Madara the Ten-Tails, but Madara initially refused until Katsuo called him too weak.
• Katsuo challenged Madara to a Haki-only fight after their business in Mariejois, and the group reached the city without the two fighting.
• Akainu killed a CP0 captain who tried to stop the Marines at the gates, and Garp used Conqueror's Haki to knock out nearby Celestial Dragons and nobles.
• Katsuo tightened the golden bands around the Marines' heads and ordered them to kill all Celestial Dragons.
• Sengoku killed a Celestial Dragon to set an example, then raised the severed head and urged the Marines onward.
• A CP0 squad blocked the Marines as Mariejois remained under lockdown.

Katsuo forced the Marine officers to hunt Celestial Dragons by threatening them with the Colored Rings, while Mariejois descended into chaos. Sengoku and the Five Elders prepared for the approaching confrontation and alerted the God Knights and an unnamed woman.

• Katsuo ordered the Marines to kill one Celestial Dragon each within three hours or die when their Colored Rings tightened.
• Garp and Sengoku feared Katsuo could seize control of the world, while Garp remained wounded and refused to stop.
• Marine officers attacked Mariejois’s guards, throwing the city into panic and prompting the Five Elders to mobilize.
• Sengoku spoke with the Five Elders and said he, Katsuo, and Madara would reach Pangea Castle within an hour.
• The Five Elders ordered the Celestial Dragons moved to shelters under God Knights’ protection and decided to notify an unnamed woman.

The Marines and the Uchiha brothers faced the Five Elders in the plaza beneath Pangea Castle after Sengoku revealed that the brothers had forced the Navy to attack the Celestial Dragons. Uchiha Madara unleashed Shinra Tensei, devastating the battlefield and much of the castle, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to attack the Five Elders.

• Sengoku told the Five Elders that the Uchiha brothers had controlled the Marines and ordered them to kill the Celestial Dragons.
• The Five Elders demanded to know who the brothers were, and Sengoku called them visitors from beyond the world.
• Garp inflamed the confrontation by saying the brothers intended to control the world and leave only themselves in power.
• Akainu told the Five Elders they could resist or kill the controlled Marines, earning Katsuo's approval.
• The Five Elders ordered an attack, and Uchiha Madara used Shinra Tensei to sweep away the bullets and troops, send the Five Elders flying, and destroy much of Pangea Castle.
• Katsuo urged the Marines to kill the Five Elders, and Sengoku gave the order to attack.

Uchiha Madara summoned a colossal meteor to destroy Pangea Castle and force the underground beast out, while Katsuo protected the Marine officers from the attack. The Five Elders transformed and Saint Nusjuro split the falling meteor in half, though the devastation still threatened Mariejois.

• Madara sensed the beast beneath Pangea Castle and decided to draw it out with a devastating attack.
• Madara used Sage Chakra to summon a colossal meteor over Mariejois, halting the battle between the Marines and the World Government Army.
• Katsuo enclosed the Marine officers, including Sengoku, Garp, Akainu, and Kizaru, in protective colored spheres.
• The Five Elders transformed into monstrous forms and Saint Nusjuro flew up to attack the meteor.
• Saint Nusjuro cleaved the meteor in two with Onigiri as it fell toward Mariejois.

Uchiha Madara and Katsuo devastated the Holy Land Mary Geoise with successive meteors, overwhelming its defenders and endangering the Celestial Dragons and Pangea Castle. As Aokiji worried about the Marines in the city, Kaguya Otsutsuki ordered him to stay put and continued preparing to transform the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into a Divine Tree.

• Katsuo discussed the unusual demon-like forms of the five figures, while Uchiha Madara dismissed the woman beneath Pangea Castle as a coward hiding in the shadows.
• Figarland Garling split the first meteor apart, but the defenders' attacks could not stop its fragments from wrecking Mariejois and killing defenders and World Nobles.
• Uchiha Madara sent two more meteors toward the Celestial Dragons' shelter and Pangea Castle, causing defenders to panic and flee as the Holy Land's destruction became unavoidable.
• Aokiji watched the meteors fall and worried about Sengoku, Garp, and the other Marines, but Kaguya Otsutsuki warned him not to enter the city.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki ignored Aokiji's accusation and focused on preparing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path for transformation into a Divine Tree.

Katsuo and Uchiha Madara watched the destruction of Mariejois as the Marines battled the Five Elders and World Government forces. When the Marines began losing ground, Uchiha Madara unleashed Susanoo, whose first massive slash killed Saint Marcus Mars and swept toward the God Knights and the Celestial Dragon shelter.

• Meteors reduced Mariejois to ruins, killing countless World Nobles while Katsuo and Uchiha Madara remained unharmed.
• Sengoku deflected the Financial Military God's attack and ordered the Marines to fight the Five Elders.
• Akainu killed Saint Shepherd Ten Peter, and Katsuo removed Akainu's restraints and declared him the next Fleet Admiral.
• The Marines struggled against the Five Elders, the God Knights, and other World Government forces, so Uchiha Madara stepped into the battle.
• Uchiha Madara summoned a towering Susanoo and killed Saint Marcus Mars with a massive slash that continued toward the God Knights and the Celestial Dragon shelter.

Figarland Garling and the God Knights tried to stop Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo, but the attack killed their Vice Commander and left only five knights alive. As Madara prepared another strike, Imu’s Aerospace Battleship appeared and fired sixteen devastating pillars of light at him and Katsuo.

• Figarland Garling used Dragon God Slash to meet Susanoo’s sword aura, but the attack shattered his blade light and kept advancing.
• A Vice Commander transformed into a pangolin and shielded Figarland Garling, dying in the explosion as the blast killed several God Knights.
• The Celestial Dragons remained underground, unaware of the danger, and complained while the battlefield shook above them.
• Uchiha Madara prepared to strike the surviving God Knights again, but Katsuo spotted Imu’s Aerospace Battleship in the sky.
• The Aerospace Battleship fired sixteen pillars of light at Uchiha Madara and Katsuo, terrifying the remaining Five Elders, God Knights, and CP0.

Katsuo and Uchiha Madara crushed the World Government’s forces, with Katsuo incapacitating Imu before Kaguya Otsutsuki took her away to place a Kāma on her. Madara finished off the remaining army, and Katsuo ordered the Navy to eliminate the Celestial Dragons underground.

• Katsuo used Shinra Tensei to deflect the sixteen laser cannons, then dragged down the Aerospace Battleship with Banshō Ten'in, and Madara cut it apart with Susanoo.
• Katsuo forced Imu out of the Flower Chamber with an earth spike, while Madara’s Susanoo kept the Five Elders and God Knights from rescuing her.
• Imu regenerated after Katsuo used Kamui to twist off her head, but Katsuo pinned her with Truth-Seeking Orbs that suppressed her Devil Fruit power.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki arrived and asked to spare Imu so she could carve a Kāma into her, and Katsuo agreed as Kaguya took Imu to her space.
• Madara used Limbo to defeat the remnants of the World Government Army, and Katsuo ordered the Navy to leave no Celestial Dragons underground alive.

The Navy killed the Celestial Dragons hiding beneath Mariejois, ending their centuries-old regime. Katsuo then meditated atop the Divine Tree, revealing his Dao Fruit to Kaguya Otsutsuki and identifying his current cultivation realm as Nascent Soul.

• Sengoku ordered the Marines to find and kill every Celestial Dragon hiding underground, and the officers obeyed.
• The Marines entered the underground shelter and killed the Celestial Dragons, bringing their rule to an end.
• Katsuo explained that the two Divine Trees would soon absorb power at full capacity and said they needed to leave before his Blood Karma erupted.
• Uchiha Madara left to explore, while Kaguya Otsutsuki chose to stay beside Katsuo.
• Katsuo absorbed Natural Energy through nine Dao Balls, and Kaguya saw his Dao Fruit emerge from Chaos Qi.
• Katsuo told Kaguya that his current cultivation realm was Nascent Soul.

Katsuo finished gathering Natural Energy as he and Kaguya Otsutsuki prepared to visit a garden beneath Pangea Castle. News of the three new World Overseers spread, and Whitebeard decided to test Marine Headquarters before carrying out his plan to rescue Ace.

• Katsuo explained to Kaguya Otsutsuki that higher realms became apparent once someone reached a certain level of strength, then swallowed the Natural Energy he had gathered into his Nascent Soul.
• Katsuo invited Kaguya Otsutsuki to visit a garden beneath Pangea Castle after they had spent several days atop the Divine Tree.
• Shanks read the newspaper report about the three World Overseers and feared the power that had let them take control of the world in a single day.
• Whitebeard questioned why the Marines had joined the three newcomers in destroying Mariejois, while Marco saw the chaos as an opportunity to rescue Ace.
• Whitebeard ordered Marco to contact Sengoku and offer a price for Ace's release, but vowed to attack Marineford and take Ace by force if the Marines refused.

Doflamingo learned that the Celestial Dragons had been overthrown and ordered Vergo to investigate the three strangers responsible. In Mariejois, Katsuo used Kotoamatsukami to secure Akainu’s obedience and ordered a worldwide campaign to subdue pirates, leaving the Marines preparing to confront the Four Emperors.

• Doflamingo read that the Celestial Dragons had been wiped out and ordered Vergo to investigate the three strangers.
• Katsuo told Akainu to have the kings meet his clone and threatened to strip absent kings of their thrones if they did not reach Mariejois within three days.
• Katsuo’s Human Path puppet used Kotoamatsukami to make Akainu submit unconditionally to him.
• Katsuo ordered the Marines to prepare a campaign against the Four Emperors and demanded that pirates across the Four Seas surrender within ten days.
• Katsuo ordered the execution of Ace and declared war on the Four Emperors, promising to personally destroy them if they united.

Katsuo ordered Akainu to summon the Shichibukai and prepare to crush the pirates, while planning executions to rally the Marines and establish the New World Government. After dismissing Akainu and assigning Nefertari Cobra to oversee the government’s formation, Katsuo appeared in a flower garden with Kaguya Otsutsuki.

• Akainu asked how to handle the Shichibukai, and Katsuo ordered them to gather at Marineford to fight the Four Pirate Emperors or face execution.
• Katsuo ordered Akainu to execute minor prisoners at Impel Down and bring major pirates, including Ace, to Marineford for a public execution.
• Katsuo told Akainu to issue orders to Impel Down and said Magellan could be deployed to support the Marines.
• Katsuo appointed Nefertari Cobra to oversee the formation of the New World Government and dismissed Akainu.
• Katsuo appeared in a flower garden, where Kaguya Otsutsuki asked whether he had finished handling everything.

Katsuo and Kaguya Otsutsuki turned her bouquet into a confession and proposal, then went to a bedroom to explore their physical differences. When Katsuo tried to pull away after their first attempt, Kaguya restrained him and demanded he stay.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki gave Katsuo flowers, explaining that they could signify admiration, a confession, or a proposal.
• Katsuo carried Kaguya Otsutsuki to a bedroom, saying he wanted to examine the Otsutsuki Clan's physical structure.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki removed her clothing, and Katsuo noticed that her body differed from an ordinary human's.
• Katsuo made a tentative attempt with Kaguya Otsutsuki, who first reacted with discomfort and then relaxed.
• Katsuo tried to pull away, but Kaguya Otsutsuki activated her Byakugan, restrained him with her arms, nails, and hair, and demanded to know where he was going.
• Katsuo reassured Kaguya Otsutsuki that he was not leaving and said he was still adjusting to how tightly she had bound him.

Katsuo and Kaguya Otsutsuki spent an intense day together, and Kaguya asked to have a daughter with him. After they agreed to try, they eventually fell asleep together inside the Great Cocoon.

• Katsuo soothed Kaguya Otsutsuki with a kiss, and they continued their intimate encounter despite her hair repeatedly wrapping around them.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki asked Katsuo to father a child with her and explained that she wanted a daughter; Katsuo agreed to try.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki said their union had awakened her heart and given her hope, and Katsuo promised to indulge her and work hard to conceive.
• Katsuo noticed Kaguya Otsutsuki's breasts had changed, and she speculated that they had responded to absorbing his Natural Energy.
• Katsuo and Kaguya Otsutsuki continued their encounter for a day, then fell asleep embracing inside the Great Cocoon.

The Straw Hat Pirates learned that the new World Government had overthrown the Celestial Dragons and offered pirates ten days to reform before they were hunted down. Luffy and his crew refused to give up piracy, leaving them facing the World Overseer’s threat.

• The new World Government ended the Heavenly Tribute, offered pirates amnesty, and gave them ten days to reform.
• Nami gathered the Straw Hat Pirates and read them news of the Marines’ destruction of Mariejois and the rise of three Extraterrestrial Gods as World Controllers.
• Nico Robin explained that the new rulers’ open announcement of the bloodshed showed their overwhelming confidence and power.
• Luffy declared that he would never abandon piracy because he intended to become Pirate King.
• Nico Robin warned the crew that pirates who refused to reform would be slaughtered without trial, and the crew’s more thoughtful members grew terrified and uneasy.

Luffy learned that Ace was to be publicly executed at Marineford and insisted on rescuing him despite the danger, while his crew agreed to stand by him and chose to seek an alliance with the Whitebeard Pirates first. Whitebeard rejected Akainu’s ultimatum and resolved to fight, just as Red-Haired Shanks arrived to meet him.

• Nico Robin told Luffy that Ace and other major pirates were slated for public execution as part of the Marines’ plan to lure in and destroy the Four Emperors.
• Luffy declared that he would rescue Ace even if it meant dying, and his crewmates agreed to go with him despite fearing the Marines’ power.
• Nami persuaded Luffy to find the Whitebeard Pirates and plan a rescue together rather than sail straight into the trap at Marineford.
• Whitebeard received Akainu’s demand that his fleet disband and surrender, and he crushed the letter before resolving to fight the Marines.
• Red-Haired Shanks arrived to meet Whitebeard.

Shanks warned Whitebeard about the New World Government’s war on the Four Emperors and offered to help rescue Ace, but Whitebeard refused to back down. Meanwhile, Big Mom Linlin and Kaido agreed to cooperate while planning to let Whitebeard and Shanks test the enemy first.

• Shanks showed Whitebeard photographs of Uchiha Madara and explained that Madara had left Mariejois and seemed unlikely to join the coming battle.
• Whitebeard confirmed he would go to Marineford to save Ace, and Shanks offered to take Ace away; Whitebeard attacked Shanks when he objected to bringing his crew.
• Kaido complained that Kizaru had captured Jack the Drought and that the Marines were targeting Queen the Plague, while Big Mom Linlin mocked him.
• Big Mom Linlin proposed joining forces against the Marines, who planned to execute their captured people alongside the Son of Roger.
• Kaido agreed to wait for Whitebeard and Red-haired Kid to test the strength of the three World Controllers before joining the fight.

Katsuo prepared Marine Headquarters for a coming battle against the Four Emperors and ordered a worldwide broadcast of the Marines’ campaign against pirates. After Akainu left to make preparations, Kaguya Otsutsuki joined Katsuo in the castle, where their affectionate reunion quickly became intimate.

• Big Mom Linlin and Kaido agreed to honor their pact and join forces against the other Emperors.
• Akainu told Katsuo that Shanks was contacting Whitebeard and Big Mom Linlin had gone to meet Kaido, making a joint attack on Marine Headquarters likely.
• Katsuo ordered Akainu to withdraw personnel below vice admiral rank from Marineford and activate a global broadcast.
• Katsuo told Akainu to reduce the pirate population to a safe level within three years, and Akainu accepted the order.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki returned to Katsuo after checking on the Divine Trees, and the two embraced on the sofa.

At Marine Headquarters, the Seven Warlords argued over the Marines’ plan to draw the Four Emperors into battle, then shared frightening intelligence about the three Extraterrestrial Gods. The chapter ended with Gecko Moria fearing the Warlords would be forced to obey the mysterious third god and asking Doflamingo how to avoid it.

• Gecko Moria complained that the Marines expected the Warlords to help fight the Four Emperors, and Doflamingo provoked him until Jinbe warned him not to break the Marines’ rules.
• Mihawk asked what the Warlords knew about the three Extraterrestrial Gods and described the purple-eyed man’s meteors and gigantic Demon God.
• Kuma and Doflamingo revealed reports of the Byakugan woman’s enormous Demonic Beast and the third god’s power to control people with colored hoops.
• Boa Hancock recalled that the gods had destroyed the Celestial Dragons and explained why she had come to Marineford to serve them.
• Moria feared the third god could make the Warlords his obedient dogs and asked Doflamingo how to prevent it.

The Seven Warlords discussed their forced role in the coming war between Marine Headquarters and the Four Emperors, weighing their loyalties and survival. They accepted that they would have to choose which pirate crews to fight, while Doflamingo resolved to prove his value to the New World Government.

• Jinbe asked Doflamingo if the Seven Warlords could avoid being forced into the war, but Doflamingo said they had no choice and mocked pirates who had refused to surrender.
• Boa Hancock countered Doflamingo by arguing that the Warlords should contribute in return for the privileges granted to them.
• Hawkeye Mihawk warned that one of the three powerful figures behind the Marines might personally join the battle because Marine Headquarters had withdrawn its weaker officers.
• Jinbe said he would not fight the Whitebeard Pirates or the Red Hair Pirates, but would help the Marines against Kaido of the Beasts or Big Mom Linlin.
• The Warlords considered their relationships with the Four Emperor crews and their likely roles, while Doflamingo decided he had to prove his worth to keep his status.