Chapter Summaries

Bai Hao exposed Sengoku and Garp’s personal motives for choosing executioners, leaving Ace consumed by guilt over the harm his capture had caused. As the execution began, Luffy awakened and used Conqueror’s Haki to stop the executioners, prompting the Marines to target him.

• Bai Hao revealed that Sengoku had chosen executioners to preserve his friendship with Garp, and Garp welcomed the chance that Ace might escape.
• Ace wept and blamed his pride and decision to pursue Blackbeard for the suffering of his companions.
• Luffy regained consciousness after Emporio Ivankov’s hormones took effect, and Bai Hao vanished, leaving a golden chair behind.
• Sengoku ordered the execution to begin while watching for Usopp’s sniping, but Luffy’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out the executioners and many other weak fighters.
• Marine officers recognized Luffy’s Conqueror’s Haki and launched an encirclement to stop him.

Luffy reached the execution platform with the help of Whitebeard’s pirates and faced Garp, who could not bring himself to stop his grandson. He found Ace still shackled to the platform, and as Sengoku attacked, Mr. 3 woke up beside the brothers.

• Whitebeard ordered his pirates to support Luffy, and Crocodile helped by stopping Hawk-Eyes.
• Inazuma made a bridge to the execution platform, but Garp broke it and confronted Luffy.
• Luffy struck Garp and reached Ace, then realized Ace’s Seastone handcuffs were attached to the platform and he had no key.
• Sengoku transformed into a Great Buddha and moved to stop Luffy from taking Ace.
• Mr. 3 woke beside Ace, and Luffy asked him to make a wall while he used his balloon body to block Sengoku’s palm.

Ace was rescued after Sengoku’s strike shattered the execution platform, and he and Luffy fought their way toward the Whitebeard Pirates. As Kuina and Vivi prepared to act, Sengoku worried that the battle’s many unknown variables could prevent the Marines from stopping the evacuation.

• Mr. 3 shielded Ace and Luffy with a candle wall, but Sengoku’s palm strike destroyed the execution platform and sent them falling.
• Marines fired a cannon barrage at Ace, Luffy, and Mr. 3, but Ace emerged through the flames, freed from his restraints.
• Ace and Luffy fought the surrounding Marines and moved toward Whitebeard’s forces, with Ace thanking Luffy and Luffy crediting Whitebeard for helping him.
• Kuina drew her sword and Vivi told their group to prepare to act for the Holy Lord.
• Sengoku saw Kuina draw her sword and worried that she and the other unknown fighters might join the battle, while Whitebeard continued holding off Akainu and Kizaru and Garp fought pirates.

Whitebeard ordered his crew to escape while he stayed behind to face the Marines, declaring himself a remnant of the old era. As Garp confronted Kuina, Shirahoshi, Vivi, and Perona, he attacked them to demand their identities.

• A hidden Whitebeard Pirates ship surfaced, and little Oars Jr. and Squard offered to cover the crew's retreat.
• Whitebeard rejected their sacrifices, told the crew to leave, and announced his final order as captain.
• Whitebeard declared that everyone must survive and return to the New World, then punched the island and began destroying it.
• Kuina, Shirahoshi, Vivi, and Perona discussed Whitebeard's strength, dignity, and approaching death.
• Garp confronted the four women and charged at them, intending to capture and question them.

Perona overwhelmed Garp with a punch that mimicked and surpassed Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit power, prompting Sengoku to recognize her possible connection to Bai Hao and call for him. The other fighters speculated about Bai Hao’s motives as Garp climbed from the ruins, frustrated by the ambush.

• Perona exchanged punches with Garp, then unleashed a devastating shockwave that sent him flying and shattered the Navy Headquarters building.
• Sengoku wondered how Perona could wield the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power and suspected she was connected to the Witness of History, Bai Hao.
• Sengoku regretted not giving Bai Hao the Den Den Mushi and called out for him to come talk.
• Whitebeard wondered whether Perona was Bai Hao’s subordinate and questioned why Bai Hao had come to the battlefield.
• Luffy hoped Bai Hao had come to help and decided to treat him to a meal when they met again, while Akainu viewed the Four Women of Spirit Pavilion as enemies.
• Garp climbed out of the ruins, frustrated that Perona had caught him off guard, and wondered what Bai Hao’s group wanted.

Perona used her ghost ability combined with the Elf Card’s Shadow Follow to incapacitate Karp, while Sengoku failed to secure Bai Hao’s cooperation and contacted the Five Elders for help. As Whitebeard fought toward Ace and Luffy, the Five Elders said they had sent reinforcements and insisted that Whitebeard must be eliminated.

• Perona struck Karp with a ghost from his shadow, leaving him dejected and helpless.
• Sengoku called for Bai Hao to stop the fighting and cooperate with the World Government, but Bai Hao ignored him.
• Sengoku contacted the Five Elders, who said they already knew what was happening and had sent people to intervene.
• Sengoku saw that Ace and Luffy were escaping, while Whitebeard fought through the Marines to reach them.
• Whitebeard and Ace exchanged greetings as Whitebeard prepared to help the pirates retreat.

Whitebeard fought off the Marines while Sengoku ordered them to kill him, and Buggy restarted the worldwide broadcast. Ace reunited with Whitebeard and affirmed that he was a good father, but Akainu’s magma fist struck at them as Ace prepared to leave.

• Whitebeard rebuked his subordinates and kept charging his power as Marines tried to stop him from destroying the island.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to focus everything on killing Whitebeard and reflected on the chaos surrounding the battle.
• Buggy’s escaped prisoners repaired the Den Den Mushi and resumed the worldwide broadcast.
• Luffy urged Ace to hurry, and Ace cleared the Marines around him before kneeling before Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard asked Ace whether he had been a qualified father, and Ace answered yes before a huge magma fist from Akainu came crashing toward them.

Akainu provoked Ace by insulting Whitebeard, drawing him into a fight that left Ace badly burned. As Jinbe tried to evacuate the exhausted Luffy, Akainu noticed him and recognized his parentage.

• Akainu called Whitebeard a loser and blamed him for leading his crew to an empty end, enraging Ace and Squard.
• Ace ignored his companions’ pleas to flee and defended Whitebeard’s greatness to Akainu.
• Ace and Akainu clashed, and Akainu’s magma overpowered Ace’s fire and burned his hand.
• Luffy weakened as the effects of the hormones wore off, and Jinbe tried to carry him away.
• Ace’s Vivre Card fell from Luffy, who stopped to pick it up while Jinbe held off the surrounding Marines.
• Akainu noticed Luffy and remarked that Gol D. Roger’s son and Dragon’s son had become brothers.

Kuina intervened to block Akainu from killing Luffy and fought him while protecting Ace. She wounded Akainu, but Ace refused to leave and insisted on settling his score with him.

• Akainu charged at Luffy, and Ace stepped in front of his brother to take the attack.
• Kuina, disguised as a man, blocked Akainu’s blow with her sword, prompting the pirates to cheer and the marines to lose morale.
• Whitebeard recognized Kuina’s sword and suspected that she and Bai Hao’s organization were connected, while Sengoku wondered when the Five Elders’ people would arrive.
• Akainu insulted Bai Hao, and Kuina attacked him while telling Ace to leave with Luffy.
• Ace asked Kuina to take Luffy away but stayed to confront Akainu, so Kuina launched a powerful assault and slashed both of his arms.

Kuina helped Jinbe escape with Luffy while Ace stayed behind to confront Akainu. Perona then struck Akainu with overwhelming force, leaving him stunned and the others wondering about her ability.

• Kuina forced back the Marines and told Jinbe to take Luffy to Whitebeard's ship.
• Jinbe carried Luffy away, and Ace blocked Akainu's magma punch to protect him.
• Akainu taunted Ace, but Perona urged him to leave rather than waste Whitebeard's sacrifice.
• Perona challenged Akainu and forced him back with a powerful punch.
• Whitebeard, Aokiji, Kizaru, and Sengoku reacted to Perona's strength, while Whitebeard and Aokiji suspected she could absorb attacks and release them with multiplied force.

Perona used her Negi Negi Ghosts to make Akainu collapse into a humiliating public apology, which Buggy broadcast to the world. Ace escaped toward Whitebeard’s ship, and Akainu, freed from the ghosts’ control, charged at Perona.

• Perona overwhelmed Akainu with a powerful magma fist and made him lose his spirit with the Negi Negi Ghosts.
• Buggy turned his Den Den Mushi toward Akainu and broadcast his dejected state to the world.
• Perona sent Akainu to Whitebeard, where he formally apologized for calling him a failure.
• Whitebeard dismissed Akainu’s apology and told Ace to leave, so Ace ran behind Jinbe toward Whitebeard’s ship.
• Akainu broke free of the ghosts and charged at Perona, who waited calmly for his attack.

Perona humiliated Akainu on a live broadcast, further damaging the Marines’ reputation as Sengoku waited for the Five Elders’ subordinates. Bai Hao decided not to save Whitebeard, though he considered reviving him after his death, while the Four Women of Spirit Pavilion kept the battle in Whitebeard’s favor.

• Perona used Shadow Follow to get behind Akainu and make him kneel in repentance with Negi Negi Ghost, and Buggy’s Den Den Mushi broadcast it worldwide.
• People watching the broadcast mocked the Marines and discussed becoming pirates, causing the Marines’ reputation to plummet.
• Sengoku worried about Bai Hao’s powerful faction and demanded to know when the Five Elders’ people would arrive.
• Bai Hao decided not to save Whitebeard because changing the plot too greatly would disrupt his plans, but considered reviving Whitebeard after his death.
• The Four Women of Spirit Pavilion tied down Garp and Akainu while Whitebeard’s forces held back the Marines, prompting Sengoku to prepare to join the battle.

Ace returned to Whitebeard’s ship while Kuina and Vivi helped protect him and Luffy from Navy attackers. Blackbeard’s ship then appeared in the distance, and Vivi identified it before Kizaru confirmed who had arrived.

• Sengoku heard an explosion and welcomed the arrival of the Five Elders’ reinforcements.
• Two pirates attacked Luffy and Ace, but Kuina cut one attacker’s arm and covered their escape.
• Ace followed Jinbe back to Whitebeard’s ship while Kuina held off their pursuers.
• Sengoku and Garp joined forces to suppress Whitebeard as Vice Admirals moved to attack other enemies.
• Kizaru appeared aboard Whitebeard’s ship, but Vivi confronted him and guarded Luffy and the others.
• Vivi spotted Blackbeard’s approaching ship, and Kizaru later confirmed its identity.

Blackbeard and his crew arrived at the rear of Navy Headquarters with several notorious prisoners freed from Impel Down, drawing the attention of both sides. As Blackbeard faced Whitebeard and coveted the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Shiryu told Sengoku that he had chosen to leave with Blackbeard's group.

• Blackbeard led his crew to the rear of Navy Headquarters, where Sanjuan Wolf's enormous size exposed their arrival to the Marines.
• Sengoku confronted Blackbeard, while Whitebeard and Ace reacted angrily to Teach's appearance; Jinbe stopped Ace from attacking.
• Blackbeard noticed Bai Hao's powerful subordinates and Akainu being tormented by Perona, then resolved to obtain Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• The Marines recognized Shiryu and the escaped Impel Down prisoners, including Sanjuan Wolf, Vasco Shot, Catarina Devon, and Avalo Pizarro, and feared the consequences of their arrival.
• Sengoku asked Shiryu about Magellan and the prison escape, and Shiryu replied that he had decided to leave with Blackbeard's group.

Sengoku sent Garp to support Sakazuki while he stayed behind, warning him not to join forces with Blackbeard against Whitebeard. Garp remained wary of Sengoku’s plan and worried that rescuing Sakazuki would put Ace and Luffy in danger again.

• Lafitte revealed that he had hypnotised Marines in the engine room to open the Gate of Justice, allowing Blackbeard’s ship to enter.
• Whitebeard struck Blackbeard, declaring that he would personally end the life of the crewmate who had killed one of his sons.
• Blackbeard tried to stop Whitebeard’s quake with Dark Water, but Whitebeard slashed him and knocked him underground with a punch.
• The Blackbeard Pirates charged Whitebeard to save their captain, and Sengoku saw an opportunity.
• Sengoku asked Garp to support Sakazuki and leave Whitebeard to him, while Garp warned Sengoku not to join forces with Blackbeard.

Perona split the island with a powerful punch, creating a barrier between the Marines and pirates, while Whitebeard was overwhelmed by the Blackbeard Pirates. As Whitebeard appeared to die, he rejected Teach as the person Roger and Witness of History awaited, leaving Bai Hao startled by the unexpected mention.

• Garp confronted Perona and used Armament Haki to defend himself and Akainu from her attacks.
• Perona unleashed a powerful multiplied punch that split the island, separating the Marines from the pirates.
• The Blackbeard Pirates took advantage of Whitebeard’s distraction and battered him with repeated attacks.
• The pirates mourned as Whitebeard stopped responding, but he spoke again when Blackbeard feared he was still alive.
• Whitebeard said Teach was not the person Roger and Witness of History were waiting for, startling Bai Hao.

After Whitebeard died, Blackbeard’s crew covered his body with a black cloth and prepared to perform a mysterious act while the Marines and pirates watched. Bai Hao arrived beside Whitebeard, and Blackbeard began his “greatest performance.”

• Whitebeard died standing, and his spotless back revealed that he had taken no wounds there.
• Shirahoshi wondered how Whitebeard’s death fit Madame Shyarly’s prophecy, then decided the prophecy no longer mattered with the Holy Lord around.
• The Blackbeard Pirates covered Whitebeard’s corpse with a black cloth, enraging the Whitebeard Pirates and drawing the Marines’ attention.
• Blackbeard crawled beneath the cloth and told the gathered onlookers to wait for his greatest performance.
• Bai Hao arrived beside Whitebeard, while Blackbeard’s crew barred the Marines from approaching as their captain performed a miracle.

While the Marines focused on the Whitebeard Pirates’ retreat, Blackbeard revealed that he had taken Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit power and attacked the battlefield. The Marines were left wondering how he could wield two Devil Fruit abilities.

• Aokiji froze the sea and the Whitebeard Pirates’ ships, trapping them as they tried to retreat.
• Aokiji confronted Marco while Kizaru warned him that Vivi was strong.
• Blackbeard emerged from beneath the cloth covering Whitebeard’s corpse after stealing and consuming Whitebeard’s Devil Fruit power.
• Blackbeard used the Dark-Dark Fruit to pull Marines toward him, then struck with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power.
• Blackbeard’s shockwave targeted Perona, forcing her to abandon her fight with Akainu and Garp to dodge.

Perona struck Blackbeard with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power, and Bai Hao’s large-scale illusion gave the same power to attacks across the battlefield. Blackbeard realized Bai Hao was responsible and was left frustrated by the gulf between their strength.

• Perona used Dark Water to pull Blackbeard close, then punched him with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power and sent him flying.
• Bai Hao used a large-scale illusion to make attacks across the battlefield carry the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s effects.
• Perona resumed her fight with Akainu and Garp, using the confusion to regain the initiative.
• Marines, pirates, and onlookers saw fighters on both sides wielding the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power and were bewildered.
• Blackbeard suspected Bai Hao was behind the phenomenon and felt frustrated as he recognized how vast the gap between them was.

Bai Hao watched the Whitebeard Pirates escape while the Marines struggled to contain the battle’s destructive power. A mysterious giant cleared the frozen sea and carried the pirates’ ships away, leaving the Marines stunned by power beyond human understanding.

• Blackbeard tried to retreat, but Sengoku struck him and his crew with a shockwave before they fled.
• Sengoku realized the Tremor-Tremor Fruit powers in the battle were real and feared the fighting would sink Navy Headquarters’ island.
• Bai Hao watched the Whitebeard Pirates retreat to their ships and hoped the battle would help him synthesize a new Diamond Card.
• The mysterious giant erased the ice, carried the people onto the ships, and sent the Whitebeard fleet away on enormous waves.
• Kizaru marveled at the giant’s power, while Aokiji wondered whether the Witness of History’s arrival would save the world or doom it.