Chapter Summaries

Boa Hancock returned to Amazon Lily and immediately became its new Kuja Emperor, with the citizens and former Emperor accepting her succession. In her Mental Space, Yaen urged her to rule wisely and train for the Beast Pirates’ war against Corazon in half a year.

• The current Kuja Emperor confirmed that Amazon Lily’s tradition made Hancock its Emperor after she awakened Conqueror’s Haki, despite the first mate’s concerns about her age and temperament.
• Hancock ordered the succession ceremony, then announced herself as the new Kuja Emperor before the gathered citizens.
• Hancock told Yaen that no one had objected to her succession, while secretly planning to restore the people she had turned into stone statues.
• Yaen reminded Hancock to care for her people and told her that the Beast Pirates would attack Corazon in half a year.
• Hancock vowed to train and help in the coming war after learning that Corazon was in danger.

Yaen decided the Void Organization needed another powerful fighter before the Beast Pirates’ war and asked Robin to have the Revolutionary Army gather Devil Fruits. Robin revealed that Little Gold’s Castle already held thirty-eight, leaving Yaen stunned.

• Yaen judged that the Void Organization could not safely face the Beast Pirates without recruiting another combatant and calculated that he needed thirty more Devil Fruits.
• Yaen entered Robin’s Mental Space and told her to arrange discreet Devil Fruit purchases and collection through the Revolutionary Army.
• Robin revealed that the Castle’s warehouse already contained thirty-eight Devil Fruits.

Robin told Yaen that she had recovered Saint Mjosgard’s treasury, including thirty-eight Devil Fruits, and Yaen used them to create a new Void Soul Reaper Blade called Pack of Wolves. With the war against the Beast Pirates less than half a year away, Yaen searched for someone strong enough to wield it and settled on Gecko Moria.

• Robin explained that she had searched Saint Mjosgard’s residence and brought its treasury back to Little Gold’s Castle.
• Robin reported that the treasury held about thirty-eight Devil Fruits, fourteen billion Belly, two famous blades, and other valuables.
• Yaen had Xiao Jin bring out the Devil Fruits and sliced all thirty-eight, creating a new Void Soul Reaper Blade after three days.
• Yaen learned that Pack of Wolves granted an all-around enhancement and had the power Soul Split, though he did not know how to unlock its full potential.
• Yaen searched for a suitable candidate to wield Pack of Wolves before the coming war with the Beast Pirates and identified Gecko Moria.

Yaen worried about Gecko Moria’s condition and the approaching storm around Dressrosa, then feared Gion had uncovered his secrets. He deflected her questions by claiming his birthday was near and lamenting that he would spend it imprisoned.

• Yaen reflected that Charlotte Linlin had physically and psychologically ruined many of the Pirate Supernovas who became her husbands, and hoped Gecko Moria had not been completely broken.
• Yaen decided that Gecko Moria was the best candidate to bring out the potential of Soul Split and hoped the Revolutionary Army would find him in time.
• Gion confronted Yaen about his hidden impatience, while Yaen worried she might discover his ties to the Void Organization.
• Yaen prepared to defend himself, then claimed Gion had noticed his upcoming birthday and said he would spend it as a prisoner in the Kingdom of Dressrosa.

Yaen used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to perform a magic trick for Gion while privately regretting that she could not see through the illusion. Meanwhile, Kuma found Gecko Moria in the Devil's Triangle and defeated him, leaving Moria to wonder why Kuma had come.

• Gion reassured Yaen that she would be with him on his birthday, and Yaen told her she was with him every day.
• Yaen explained his Cherry Blossom Fruit and Zanpakutō, then used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to fool Gion and promised to answer her questions if she found its flaw.
• Yaen reflected that the illusion made it difficult to tell whether other people's feelings toward him were real.
• Kuma searched the Devil's Triangle for Gecko Moria using directions from the Chief of Staff and found Thriller Bark.
• Kuma quickly defeated Moria, who feared his power and demanded to know why he had attacked.

Bartholomew Kuma sent Perona and Moonlight Moria away from Thriller Bark to meet a powerful figure, following an order from the Chief of Staff. Moria was headed for the southwestern coast of Dressrosa, where he was expected to arrive in three days.

• Kuma subdued Moria and ordered him to come with him, but Moria refused and Perona tried to protect him with her Negi Negi Ghosts.
• Kuma asked Perona whether anyone else was alive on the ship, then gently returned her hat and sent her away with a strike of his paw.
• Kuma struck Moria and sent him flying toward his destination as Moria shouted threats.
• Kuma called Corazon and reported that Moria should land near the southwestern coast of Dressrosa in about three days.

Moria was sent by Kuma to Yaen and Corazon, who offered him a chance to seek power from the Lord of the Void so he could take revenge on Kaido. Just as Moria reached for the communication key, Perona fell from the sky and absorbed it.

• Moria landed near Yaen and Corazon after being hurled through the air by Kuma, and recognized Corazon as a member of the Void Organization.
• Corazon questioned whether Moria had the resolve to join the organization and face Kaido again, and Moria vowed to kill Kaido someday.
• Yaen decided to let Moria try to contact the Lord of the Void, hoping his Shadow-Shadow Fruit could make him useful to the organization.
• Yaen offered Moria the light ball that served as a key to communicate with the Lord of the Void, and Moria reached for it while thinking of his fallen companions.
• Perona fell from the sky, struck the light ball, and absorbed it into her body.

Yaen and Corazon watched Perona absorb the light orb meant to summon the Lord of the Void, turning her into a White Egg. Yaen entered the Mental Space to guide her, where Perona saw the Void Monsters and called them cute toys.

• Perona absorbed the light orb, and Moria caught her as her body transformed into a White Egg.
• Yaen told Moria that Perona might receive the Lord of the Void's power or die, while privately expecting the granting of the Void Soul Reaper Blade to succeed.
• Yaen left Corazon to handle Moria and Perona, then secretly returned to his room in the Dressrosa Royal Palace.
• Yaen removed Illusion from Gion and entered the Mental Space, where he transformed the wolf-shaped Void Monster into Perona's appearance.
• Perona looked at the Void Monsters and exclaimed that they were cute big toys.

Yaen trained with Mizu and learned that the four sisters of Illusion could only be distinguished by his belief in their identities, then welcomed another powerful Zanpakutō into his Mental Space. Meanwhile, the Beast Pirates’ coming war against the Kingdom of Dressrosa and the Void Organization drew the attention of the sea’s major powers.

• Yaen dismissed Perona from his Mental Space after she asked for one of the Void Monsters as a toy.
• Yaen trained in swordsmanship with Mizu and realized that the four sisters of Illusion’s appearances and behavior were designed to mislead him; he had to identify each sister by deciding who she was.
• The four sisters of Illusion said Yaen would be unable to use Illusion’s Bankai unless he understood this, but they did not reveal the Bankai’s ability.
• A new Zanpakutō appeared in Yaen’s Mental Space and declared that Yaen’s Reiatsu was too meager for him to control its power.
• After his birthday, Yaen spent most of his days sleeping, while the Donquixote Family expanded its underground influence in the New World.
• News of the Beast Pirates’ declared war on the Kingdom of Dressrosa and the Void Organization spread, and major powers sent people to the nearby waters as the war date approached.

The Whitebeard Pirates and Big Mom's crew learned that the Beast Pirates and the Void Organization were nearing war, while Shanks and Mihawk fought a fierce duel and then celebrated together. Mihawk told Shanks that he had news about the Rubber-Rubber Fruit.

• Whitebeard sent Thatch and Izo with the Fourth and Sixteenth Divisions to observe the coming war between the Beast Pirates and the Void Organization.
• Perospero informed Charlotte Linlin of the war, but she dismissed it and told her family to focus on finding better dessert ingredients.
• Shanks and Mihawk clashed in a destructive sword duel on a deserted island while the Red-Haired Pirates watched from the Red Force.
• Shanks and Mihawk shared a day-long drinking feast after their duel, until the liquor aboard the Red Force ran out.
• Mihawk told Shanks that he had news about the Rubber-Rubber Fruit.

Mihawk and Shanks learned that war had begun between the Kingdom of Dressrosa, the Void Organization, and the Beast Pirates, while pirates and other factions converged on the coming conflict. The Beast Pirates arrived near Dressrosa with the Three Disasters leading a fleet of thirteen ships, leaving the surrounding pirate crews intimidated.

• Mihawk told Shanks about the war and left to seek skilled swordsmen in the Void Organization, while Shanks soon passed out drunk.
• Ben Beckman watched Mihawk drift away on his raft and criticized him and Shanks for pretending not to be drunk.
• Hancock rose to prominence as captain of the Kuja Pirates, earning the title Pirate Empress and drawing the World Government and Navy's attention.
• The Beast Pirates approached Dressrosa with the Three Disasters—Wildfire King, Plague Queen, and Drought Jack—leading thirteen ships and more than ten thousand pirates.
• Izo and Thatch watched the fleet and discussed its strength as the Beast Pirates crushed crews in their path and reached Dressrosa's port.

The Beast Pirates attacked the Kingdom of Dressrosa, but Dellinger and the Fighting Fish disrupted their fleet before most of the pirates could land. Corazon confronted the Three Disasters at the port in his four-armed form, ready to face them.

• Spies broadcast the invasion, and observers noted that Corazon had evacuated Dressrosa's civilians into underground tunnels.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku rebuked Navy officers for dismissing Dressrosa's defenses, pointing out the kingdom lacked the resources for a bombardment.
• As the Three Disasters' ship docked apart from the rest of the fleet, Dellinger sent Fighting Fish to ram the other pirate ships.
• Dellinger and powerful Fish-Men from the Revolutionary Army created whirlpools that trapped the Beast Pirates' remaining ships and forced pirates to fight the Fighting Fish.
• Drought Jack questioned Corazon about his defenses, and Corazon approached in a white coat, Bone Mask, and four-armed form with four Scythes.

Corazon and the Donquixote Family and Dressrosa forces faced the Beast Pirates’ invasion, while King waited for the Void Organization’s reinforcements. After the Beast Pirates’ Zoan fighters overwhelmed the defenders, King watched the casualties mount and called it war.

• Jack charged Corazon, but Corazon met his attack and knocked him out of the sky.
• The Donquixote Family and Dressrosa soldiers fought while retreating to keep the Beast Pirates from reaching the kingdom’s interior.
• King realized the defenders were buying time for the Void Organization to arrive and chose to watch rather than attack personally.
• At King’s order, nearly a hundred Beast Pirates revealed their Zoan forms and drove the defenders’ line to the brink of collapse.
• King watched the death toll rise and murmured that this was what war was.

As the Beast Pirates overwhelmed Dressrosa’s defenders, Yaen ordered Moria to join the battle while Robin recorded the fighting. Moria appeared on the battlefield, stole a Zoan user’s shadow, and turned the tide enough to draw Wildfire and Queen’s attention.

• The Beast Pirates’ Zoan forces pushed back the Donquixote Family and Dressrosa’s soldiers, while Pica used his Rock-Rock Fruit to help hold their formation.
• Yaen told Robin to record the battle for the Revolutionary Army and called Moria to ask whether Perona was ready.
• Moria left Perona behind and entered the battlefield, driven by his hatred of the Beast Pirates.
• Moria stole a Zoan user’s shadow, causing the victim to evaporate in the sunlight, then gave the shadow to a Dressrosa soldier and greatly increased his strength.
• Wildfire and Queen recognized Moria as the Shadow-Shadow Fruit user, and Moria declared his return to the Beast Pirates.

Gecko Moria used the Shadow-Shadow Fruit to turn the battle against the Beast Pirates, but Plague Queen transformed into a brachiosaurus and overpowered him. As Plague Queen prepared to crush Moria, someone intervened with a Ghost Bomb.

• Moria stole the shadows of Zoan Devil Fruit Users and used them to empower Dressrosa's weakest soldiers, holding back the Beast Pirates.
• Plague Queen transformed into a brachiosaurus and taunted Moria about torturing and killing his former companions.
• Enraged, Moria gathered the shadows of more than twenty Zoan users into himself and attacked Plague Queen head-on.
• Plague Queen struck Moria with his neck, sent him crashing through buildings, and raised his forelimbs to crush him.
• A voice cried out to protect Lord Moria and announced, "Pack of Wolves: Ghost Bomb!"

Perona, the Void Organization member codenamed “Pack of Wolves,” intervened when “Plague” Queen attacked Moria. Her ghosts blasted Queen away and then overwhelmed him with despair, leaving him publicly denouncing himself.

• Perona’s ghosts exploded against “Plague” Queen and blasted him away from Moria.
• Perona checked on Moria, then agreed to knock Queen out so Moria could kill him himself.
• Queen attacked Perona, but his head and Haki-coated tail passed through her without harm.
• Perona summoned Negi Negi Ghosts, which emerged unharmed from Queen’s toxic flames and passed through him.
• The ghosts filled Queen with despair, making him call himself a perverted, ugly fat bastard in front of the Beast Pirates.

Corazon fought Drought Jack while Perona's Ghosts battered Plague Queen, whose awakened Ancient Zoan vitality quickly healed his injuries. Yaen judged Perona nearly invincible in her spirit state, and Moria ordered her to attack Plague Queen again so he could take his shadow.

• Perona's Negi Negi Ghosts exploded inside Plague Queen, knocking him down, while Corazon intercepted Drought Jack as he charged to help.
• Drought Jack transformed into an Ancient Mammoth and struck Corazon, but Corazon recovered in midair and continued attacking him with Flying Slashes.
• Plague Queen stood up and quickly healed, prompting Yaen to marvel at the vitality of awakened Ancient Zoans.
• Yaen explained that Perona's spirit form could nullify physical damage and use Hollow-Hollow Fruit Ghosts for powerful attacks, though her stamina and inability to move her body remained weaknesses.
• Moria dismissed Shadow Gathering Ground, kept two speed-focused shadows inside himself, and ordered Perona to attack Plague Queen again.
• Perona released another wave of Ghosts, and Plague Queen stiffened in panic.

Moria attacked Plague Queen and Wildfire King, but their coordination nearly trapped him until Hancock intervened as the Great Demon of Black Wings. Hancock and Wildfire King clashed, and Moria retreated after realizing how much stronger the Beast Pirates had become.

• Plague Queen asked Wildfire King to help him fight Moria, and Wildfire King joined the battle.
• Moria used Shadow Clone to evade Wildfire King's slash and tried to cut Plague Queen's shadow, but Plague Queen recovered and struck at him with his tail.
• Moria switched places with his shadow to escape Plague Queen's attack, leaving him exposed to Wildfire King's planned sword strike.
• Hancock appeared, caught Wildfire King's blade, and identified herself as the Great Demon of Black Wings before taunting him.
• Wildfire King transformed into his toothless pterosaur form and clashed with Hancock, while Moria retreated and recognized that the Beast Pirates had grown much stronger.

Hancock fought “Wildfire” King in the sky above Dressrosa while the other battles continued below, and Yaen judged that the alliance was close to winning. As Moria prepared to take “Plague” Queen’s shadow, Yaen spotted an enormous dragon-shaped shadow in the clouds above Hancock’s fight.

• Hancock and “Wildfire” King clashed in the sky, astonishing the Whitebeard Pirates and the watching pirates with their speed and strength.
• Yaen moved his observation point with Xiao Jin as the battle’s shockwaves battered his belongings, while Robin recorded the fighting.
• Yaen assessed the battlefield and concluded that Dellinger was holding off the enemy ships, Corazon and “Drought” Jack were locked in a stalemate, and Hancock and King remained evenly matched.
• Perona’s ghosts repeatedly blasted “Plague” Queen to the ground as Moria prepared to take his shadow.
• Yaen noticed an enormous dragon-shaped shadow reflected on the clouds above Hancock and King.

Kaido revealed his Azure Dragon form above Dressrosa, shocking the pirates, Marines, and Yaen as he attacked Hancock during her fight with King. Yaen admired the dragon and joked about wanting to ride it, then decided to fall back on Plan B to deal with Kaido.

• The Gorosei discussed Kaido's arrival and wondered whether he would force the Lord of the Void to appear.
• Shanks and Beckman watched Kaido's dragon-shaped shadow, while Kizaru refused to move his warship closer to Dressrosa.
• Kaido's descending claw forced Hancock to dodge during her battle with King the Wildfire.
• Kaido emerged from the clouds as an enormous Azure Dragon, stunning the witnesses and Yaen.
• Yaen praised Kaido's form and imagined riding the Azure Dragon, then lay back down and prepared to use Plan B.