Chapter Summaries

Kaido arrived at the battlefield in his Azure Dragon Form and unleashed Heat Breath at the port. Corazon and Hancock stopped the attack from destroying the port, and Hancock ordered the survivors to retreat while Yaen controlled the Great Demon of Black Wings' power through her.

• Kaido's arrival froze the battlefield, and Moria attacked him with a Shadow Horn Spear that failed to harm him.
• Kaido recognized Moria and began charging Heat Breath, prompting the Beast Pirates, Plague Queen, and Drought Jack to flee.
• Kaido fired Heat Breath toward the port, and Corazon rushed to Moria and used Cero to hold it back briefly.
• Hancock entered the Great Demon of Black Wings' Full Release state and threw the Spear of Thunder, blocking Heat Breath but devastating much of the port.
• Hancock ordered the injured survivors to leave the port while Yaen controlled the Great Demon of Black Wings' power through her.

Kaido offered Hancock and the Void Organization a place in the Beast Pirates, promising to end the war and protect Dressrosa. After Hancock scornfully rejected him, Kaido attacked Corazon, despite Hancock being the one who provoked him.

• Corazon and Hancock ordered the Donquixote Family Executives and Dressrosa soldiers to withdraw from the battlefield.
• Kaido transformed back into human form, rebuked the Three Disasters for starting the war without him, and spoke with them about the battle.
• Kaido praised Hancock and Moria’s strength, then invited Hancock and Corazon to join the Beast Pirates and offered to spare Moria and protect Dressrosa.
• Hancock mocked Kaido and declared that only one person could make her submit.
• Kaido charged at Corazon and brought his Hachisai-kai down on him.

Kaido overwhelmed Corazon and Moria, then discovered that Perona’s Ghosts could injure him before his Conqueror’s Haki Coating destroyed them. Hancock saved Perona from Kaido’s Thunder Bagua, but Kaido emerged in his Azure Dragon Form, furious and nearly unharmed.

• Kaido blasted Corazon away with Hachisai-kai and forced Moria to dodge, prompting Moria to regret how much weaker he had become.
• Perona attacked Kaido with Ghost Bombs, and the explosions injured him despite leaving him otherwise standing.
• Kaido coated Hachisai-kai with black lightning and shattered Perona’s next wave of Ghosts, leading Yaen to suspect that the spiritual beings Perona created could also be harmed.
• Yaen warned Hancock to save Perona as Kaido charged her with Thunder Bagua.
• Hancock intercepted the blow with her Spear of Thunder, and the collision injured her arm while Perona escaped.
• Kaido transformed into his Azure Dragon Form and declared that they had awakened his fury.

Kaido captured Hancock in his Azure Dragon Form, but Perona unleashed over a thousand Cero and blasted him out of the sky. As Kaido fell, Hancock broke free and attacked again, while Moria went to protect the exhausted Perona.

• Kaido destroyed the port with his attacks, then pursued Hancock through the sky and seized her in his dragon claw.
• Perona revealed her gun-shaped weapons and fired Pack of Wolves: Infinite Reload Cero, engulfing Kaido in over a thousand blasts.
• Kaido was charred by Perona’s attack and began falling as Perona exhausted her stamina and started to disappear toward her true body.
• Corazon asked Moria to protect Perona, and Moria dispersed into shadow to reach her.
• Hancock regenerated, escaped Kaido’s claw, and hurled a Spear of Thunder at his head.

Yaen sent Hancock to draw Kaido away from the Kingdom of Dressrosa after Kaido’s tornadoes threatened to make it uninhabitable. The Emergency Plan brought them to a position over the sea chosen to limit damage to nearby islands, though Yaen revealed there were no reinforcements waiting there.

• Wildfire King blocked Kaido’s path and took the full force of the Spear of Thunder, leaving him battered.
• Kaido unleashed Tornado Gale, battering Hancock and devastating Dressrosa as Queen ordered the pirates to flee.
• Yaen told Hancock to lure Kaido northwest toward the sea, and she drew him away from Dressrosa while they fought.
• An inconspicuous Canary followed Hancock and Kaido beneath the clouds as their battle moved dozens of kilometers from the kingdom.
• Hancock asked Yaen whether they had reached the Emergency Plan’s position, and he told her to go five more kilometers.
• Yaen explained that the position lay at the center of the surrounding islands to reduce shockwave damage and avoid killing more than a million people.

Yaen warned Hancock that the power he planned to use could kill over a million people, then left her to stall Kaido while he prepared it. Hancock briefly struck Kaido with Conqueror's Haki Coating, but could not use it again and was badly injured; Kaido prepared to finish her with Heat Breath.

• Yaen warned Hancock that his uncontrolled power could kill a million people and told her to buy him time while staying far away when he used it.
• Yaen's consciousness left Hancock, and she lost the Great Demon of Black Wings' full power as Kaido caught up and attacked her.
• Kaido taunted Hancock about Yaen, provoking her to attack, and she struck him with Conqueror's Haki Coating.
• Kaido counterattacked with his own Conqueror's Haki-coated tail, breaking Hancock's bones and sending her flying.
• Kaido gathered Heat Breath and said he would kill Hancock as a subordinate of the Lord of the Void.

Yaen intervened when Kaido’s attack threatened Hancock, then remained behind to fight Kaido as she escaped. Kaido unleashed the full power of his Azure Dragon Form, and pirates nearby headed toward the worsening battle.

• Yaen split Kaido’s Heat Breath with Stroke Slash, then avoided catching the injured Hancock as she flew past him.
• Hancock recovered through Super Regeneration, understood Yaen’s actions as an effort to protect her, and flew away from the battlefield.
• Yaen used Flowing Blade, Fire of the End to surround Kaido with Burning City Wall and claimed he was an old member of the Void Organization.
• Kaido countered with Tornado Gale, creating violent winds, dark clouds, and lightning as Yaen’s flames scorched his scales.
• Pirates watching from dozens of miles away spotted the strange weather and turned their ships toward the battle.
• Kaido sent tornadoes and lightning at Yaen, having sensed a threat in Yaen’s flames.

Yaen used Flowing Blade, Fire of the End to unleash Scorching Hell against Kaido, while the Gorosei watched the battle and recognized the threat his flames posed to the World Government. Kaido survived the attack, badly scorched but furious, and Yaen realized he had used his strongest Shikai technique without defeating him.

• Yaen endured Kaido's lightning because Baby-5 had made his hooded coat electrically insulating.
• Yaen unleashed Scorching Hell, burning away Kaido's hurricanes and compressing pillars of fire around him until they exploded in a blast that swept across a hundred miles.
• The Gorosei saw the devastation through a CP0 Member's Den Den Mushi and ordered the nearest CP0 Member to tell the Beast Pirates to stop attacking the Void Organization, offering the promised resources anyway.
• Kaido emerged covered in scorch marks and carbonized patches, roaring in pain and fury as he charged Yaen with waves of hot air.
• Yaen realized Scorching Hell had failed to defeat Kaido and worried about the heavy Reiatsu cost of maintaining Shikai and the greater cost of Bankai.

Yaen unleashed Zanka no Tachi to frighten Kaido, but its uncontrolled flames erupted into an island-sized fireball that burned away Kaido’s left arm and set nearby ships alight. As the sea evaporated and observers watched in horror, the Blond Gorosei spotted something outside the window.

• Kaido held back while his body regenerated, and Yaen realized he had to gamble on scaring him off.
• Yaen activated Bankai, and the rising heat began scorching Kaido’s newly regrown flesh.
• Yaen used Zanka no Tachi—Rising Sun Blade, but his lack of control caused a massive fireball to erupt.
• Kaido retreated, but the fireball erased his left arm as it spread across the sky.
• The heat ignited nearby pirate ships and began evaporating the sea, horrifying the pirates, Morgans, the Navy High Command, and the Gorosei.
• The Blond Gorosei noticed something outside the window and stared in shock.

The Gorosei and Shanks witnessed the aftermath of a vast, artificial sun near Dressrosa and realized that the Void Organization’s power exceeded anything they had known. The Gorosei ordered double the promised resources sent to Corazon and sought intelligence, while Shanks set sail for the East Blue to find companions.

• The Gorosei saw the artificial sun from Mary Geoise, feared its power, and discussed whether the Void Organization was an ancient secret organization or something beyond their understanding.
• The Gorosei remembered that Ohara and its Tree of Knowledge had been destroyed, then ordered CP0 to give Corazon twice the promised resources and gather information about the power.
• Pirates fled the sea near Dressrosa as Shanks and Ben Beckman discussed the Void Organization and the secrets of the great sea.
• Shanks told his crew to head to the East Blue to find companions.

After exhausting himself to drive Kaido away with Zanka no Tachi, Yaen confirmed the Beast Pirates had withdrawn and encouraged Hancock to seek a Shichibukai title. He sent her back to the Kuja Pirates and decided to secure a Shichibukai seat for his own plans, though he worried he had too few candidates.

• Yaen recovered inside Xiao Jin after using Zanka no Tachi, and Hancock told him Kaido had nearly been burned to death before fleeing.
• Yaen confirmed the Beast Pirates had withdrawn and asked Hancock whether she would become a Shichibukai.
• Hancock agreed after Yaen said he thought the title sounded appealing, and Robin advised her to return to the Kuja Pirates before the group reached Dressrosa.
• Yaen agreed that Hancock should build her reputation as a Shichibukai candidate, and she reluctantly left Castle for the Kuja Pirates.
• Yaen decided to pursue a Shichibukai seat to influence the system and protect civilians, then counted Hancock, Moria, and Bartholomew Kuma as candidates alongside Corazon.

After the Donquixote Family and the Void Organization defeated the Beast Pirates, Yaen continued posing as their captive until the Marines arrived to ransom him. He reached the Dressrosa Royal Palace with Gion and saw World Government officials eagerly offering Rosinante resources, while Borsalino greeted him with a teasing remark.

• Yaen hid in the evacuation passage beneath Dressrosa and resumed acting as a pirate's captive beside Gion.
• Dellinger told Yaen that the Donquixote Family and the Void Organization had won the war against the Beast Pirates, then said the Marines had come to ransom him.
• Yaen and Gion left the passage with Dellinger and saw supplies piled throughout the damaged kingdom.
• Gion explained the delayed supplies as a result of the World Government's efforts, while Yaen withheld his suspicion that the World Government had provoked the Beast Pirates.
• Yaen entered the royal meeting hall, where CP0 Members and World Government Officials offered Rosinante supplies and Devil Fruits, and Admiral Borsalino teased Yaen about his captivity.

Yaen and Gion were released from their Seastone Cuffs after Corazon and the World Government Officials teased them about their relationship. Borsalino explained that the World Government feared the Void Organization after its monster nearly evaporated the sea during the battle with Beast Kaido.

• Borsalino teased Yaen and Gion about their closeness, and Corazon and the World Government Officials joked that they would marry.
• Yaen asked Corazon to release them, and Corazon had Lao G unlock their Seastone Cuffs.
• Yaen and Corazon exchanged deliberately hostile words before Yaen left the meeting hall.
• Borsalino told Yaen and Gion that the World Government feared the Void Organization's power.
• Borsalino described how the organization's monster unleashed flames estimated at more than fifteen million degrees, nearly evaporating the New World sea and disrupting its magnetic field.

After Borsalino described the destruction caused by Yaen’s Zanka no Tachi, Morgans’s sensational newspaper turned the Lord of the Void and the Void Organization into a worldwide legend. The World Government chose to monitor Morgans rather than suppress the story, while Kaido swore revenge against the Void Organization.

• Borsalino told Yaen and Gion that the World Government Officials were asking King Donquixote about the monster, and Yaen realized Zanka no Tachi’s effects had reached across the New World Sea Area.
• Borsalino led Yaen and Gion back toward Marine Headquarters Marineford as Morgans published a front-page report calling the Lord of the Void a god and describing the Void Organization’s power.
• Morgans urged the Lord of the Void to let him join the Void Organization, and the story spread the idea that people could seek power by earning the Lord’s recognition.
• The Gorosei argued over Morgans’s newspaper and ordered CP0 to monitor his movements instead of destroying copies already distributed worldwide.
• Kaido read the report depicting his retreat, vowed to slaughter the Void Organization, and poured sake over his empty left shoulder.

After news of Kaido’s defeat spread, Big Mom and Whitebeard reacted to the Void Organization’s power, while Yaen discussed the World Government’s payment with Corazon. Yaen ended the chapter reviewing the Dressrosa incident and worrying that the Void Organization’s reputation had grown so high that exposing the truth could leave no way back.

• Charlotte Linlin learned that Kaido had been defeated and told Perospero to tell Kaido to involve her in any future war against the Void Organization in exchange for its special-race captives.
• Whitebeard dismissed Kaido’s strength and asked Marco to contact Corazon so he could fight the flame-controlling opponent.
• Yaen entered Corazon’s Mental Space and learned that the World Government had provided enough wealth and resources to fund Dressrosa’s development and more.
• Yaen and Corazon agreed to divide the payment into six shares, including two for the powerful flame user, and discussed collecting Devil Fruits.
• Yaen reviewed the Dressrosa incident and worried that the Void Organization’s inflated reputation would make its eventual exposure disastrous.

Yaen considered how to strengthen and expand the Void Organization while keeping his identity secret. He planned to use Luo’s abilities for biological research and left the organization’s next steps under consideration.

• Yaen estimated that awakening his next Void Soul Reaper Blade would require sixty-four Devil Fruits, making another blade unlikely in the near future.
• Yaen decided that Praying Mantis of Holy Cry, Great Demon of Black Wings, and Pack of Wolves could pursue Shichibukai seats to gather resources and expand their influence.
• Yaen deferred deciding how to use Robin and baby-5, and noted that Luo had nearly completed treating the people of Flevance for Lead Poison Disease.
• Yaen recognized that Luo’s Op-Op Fruit and the Evil Lust Concubine’s body-modifying ability could support biological and biochemical research.
• Yaen considered having Luo research ways to create superhumans, since the necessary experimental materials were already available.

Yaen searched for a way to protect his physically weak body and realized that Reiatsu might be applied like Conqueror's Haki Coating to create invisible armor. He left excited to investigate whether the idea could work.

• Yaen considered safe body modifications but continued to hope that his Zanpakutō might eventually strengthen his body.
• Yaen reviewed his Zanpakutō and concluded that none of the abilities he had retained could adequately protect him.
• Yaen thought about technology, Devil Fruits, and finding a powerful woman to protect him before recalling Kaido's Conqueror's Haki Coating.
• Yaen noticed that Conqueror's Haki Coating seemed to use spiritual power much like Reiatsu and wondered whether he could wrap Reiatsu around himself as armor.
• Yaen grew excited at the possibility that strong enough Reiatsu could shield his body from physical attacks.

Yaen realized Conqueror's Haki Coating might protect him and hurried back to Marineford, hoping to learn it from Fleet Admiral Sengoku. During the voyage, he also funded Luo's research, arranged plans for Perona and Moria, and watched Hancock become a sensation across the sea.

• Yaen decided to ask Fleet Admiral Sengoku to teach him Conqueror's Haki Coating and repeatedly urged the warship's adjutant to hurry back to Marineford.
• Borsalino interpreted Yaen's eagerness to return as proof that he was a devoted son missing his family.
• Yaen ordered Evil Lust Concubine Luo to establish a research laboratory in the North Sea, recruited doctors from Flevance, and instructed the Revolutionary Army to gather intelligence on the Germa Kingdom.
• Yaen arranged for Kuma to secretly send Perona and Moria back to Thriller Bark, where Moria planned to raise Perona and pursue the Shichibukai position.
• Hancock's plundering and striking beauty filled the newspapers, and her catchphrase became a popular topic across the sea.

Yaen returned to Marineford and learned that Hope had been promoted to Lieutenant Commander and assigned as his adjutant. Yaen prepared a birthday meal for Fleet Admiral Sengoku, hoping to ask him about Conqueror's Haki Coating, but Sengoku had not come home by dusk.

• Yaen returned to Marineford with Borsalino and Gion, who left to submit the mission report.
• Hope greeted Yaen at the port, revealed his promotion to Lieutenant Commander, and said Marine Headquarters had assigned him as Yaen's adjutant.
• Yaen learned that Hope's injury had left him unable to grow hair, then sent him to order a cake.
• Yaen remembered it was Fleet Admiral Sengoku's birthday and cooked a meal, hoping Sengoku might tell him about Conqueror's Haki Coating.
• As dusk fell, Sengoku was still working at Marine Headquarters, leaving Yaen disappointed beside the untouched feast.

Yaen arranged for Lieutenant Commander Hope to deliver a birthday cake to Fleet Admiral Sengoku, with a subtle message about Conqueror's Haki. Meanwhile, Sengoku told Navy High Command to avoid provoking the Void Organization, and the chapter ended as Hope arrived at his office.

• Yaen sent Xiao Jin to find Lieutenant Commander Hope and arrange delivery of a cake to Sengoku.
• Yaen instructed Xiao Jin to add a birthday message, his name, and the words 'Conqueror's Haki' to the cake.
• Sengoku, Tsuru, Garp, Zephyr, and the Three Admirals discussed the Void Organization and its terrifying power.
• Sengoku revealed the World Government had ordered the Navy not to attack or provoke the Void Organization unless necessary.
• Sengoku told the assembled officers to keep the order unofficial and restrain their subordinates.
• A guard announced Lieutenant Commander Hope had arrived at Sengoku's command from Yaen, and Sengoku welcomed him in.