Chapter Summaries

Utgard used Red Lotus’s Mahapadma to stop time and space, then killed Elders Harald and Sweyn after moving Elder Efra’s body out of danger. He returned to the giant ship and challenged Surtr, while King Harald went ashore to face him.

• Elders Harald and Sweyn attacked Utgard with Hakai, forcing him to activate Mahapadma and freeze the deserted island in time and space.
• Utgard moved Elder Efra away from the attack, then froze Harald and Sweyn to death.
• Utgard carried the three elders’ ice sculptures back to the giant ship and told Surtr he was next.
• Surtr invited King Harald ashore, and Harald leaped from the ship to meet the challenge.
• Surtr transformed into flames and flew toward the deserted island to face King Harald.

King Harald and Surtr fought a duel as Elbaf faced absorption into the World Government, with Harald determined to die alongside his kingdom while asking Surtr to protect Loki. Their battle sank the island, and Imu watched as political unification brought bloodshed across Sea Star.

• Surtr transformed into a blazing Fire Giant, and King Harald insisted their duel continue despite hoping Surtr would survive.
• King Harald said he had once planned to lead Elbaf in war against the World Government, then asked Surtr to bury him with Efra and the others and protect Loki from hatred of the World Government.
• Surtr agreed to Harald's requests, and the two prepared to fight to the death.
• Surtr and Harald clashed with their weapons, unleashing flames, lightning, and shockwaves that destroyed the island beneath them.
• After an hour, the island sank into the sea, and the battle moved into the sky as Imu watched from his study.

Imu assessed Surtr’s chances against Harald while Shiki’s forces launched a massive bombing campaign against the zombie tide on Jupiter. Shiki enjoyed the destruction as more incendiary and explosive bombs were sent to support his operation.

• Imu judged Harald stronger than Surtr, who had advanced his Devil Fruit, Swordsmanship, Haki, and Life Return but still faced a difficult duel.
• Imu expected Utgard to intervene if Surtr was in danger and shifted his attention away from the fight.
• Shiki’s Aviation Squadron bombed the densely packed zombies on Jupiter with white phosphorus and napalm, devastating thousands at a time.
• Shiki arranged for more incendiary and powerful conventional bombs to be delivered from the Nuclear World, whose governments eagerly supplied them.
• The governments suppressed protests against Shiki’s Blood Tower, while Shiki remained focused on bombing zombies and celebrated his new life in the World Government.

Cipher Pol No. 9 ambushed Toritoma and the Snake Princess Guard in the Calm Belt, overwhelming the warriors as Toritoma fought Night Monkey. A sniper’s bullet pierced Toritoma’s Haki from ten kilometers away, leaving her gravely wounded as Night Monkey struck again.

• Toritoma grew frustrated that no Sea Kings approached the ship and ordered a warrior to fire an arrow into the water.
• Laskey appeared above the ship and announced that Cipher Pol No. 9 had been ordered to secretly eliminate Toritoma.
• Night Monkey attacked Toritoma while the other CP9 members fought and killed the Snake Princess Guard, including Jabra and Fuzs F.
• Toritoma moved her battle with Night Monkey onto the Calm Belt’s surface while secretly seeking a chance to escape.
• A sniper fired a Jet Bullet from ten kilometers away; it passed through Toritoma’s Haki and tore through her body as Night Monkey swung his staff at her again.

Tsuru persuaded Charlotte Linlin to accept that Totto Land would become a province, and Linlin agreed to stay on Sea Star after Ace asked her to. The chapter ended with Ace demonstrating that he could use Flame Breathing without a sword.

• Tsuru explained that Totto Land would remain under Linlin’s management but become a province governed according to the law.
• Tsuru offered Linlin the option of rebuilding Totto Land in another world, and Linlin asked whether she could return to Sea Star and bring others.
• Ace pleaded with Linlin to stay, and she agreed to remain on Sea Star while keeping Totto Land as her home.
• Linlin promised to protect Ace and told him to seek help from Yamato if he was bullied at school.
• Ace showed Linlin, Tsuru, and Rouge a blazing illusion produced by his Flame Breathing.

A confrontation in Windmill Town escalated when Goa Kingdom’s king ordered the Royal Army to fire on civilians and World Government officers, only for the soldiers’ rifles to prove useless. The king realized Morgan William had deceived him, while Morgan reflected on his weapons business and plans to join Doflamingo’s Adventurers Guild leadership.

• Commander Renato ordered Tanjiro Kamado, the police, and government officials to leave Windmill Town as residents rallied against the Royal Army.
• King Galil Pat ordered Renato to fire on the crowd, while the Public Security Division told Tanjiro to arrest the king and revealed that the army’s ammunition was defective.
• Cali Dadan declared that the residents would no longer be citizens of Goa Kingdom, and the crowd backed her.
• Renato’s soldiers pulled their triggers, but their rifles produced no gunshots, revealing that Morgan Company had supplied dud rounds.
• King Pat roared Morgan William’s name in anger, while Morgan considered his business, its connection to intelligence from Muzan, and his ambition to become vice president of Doflamingo’s Adventurers Guild.

Tanjiro Kamado ordered the arrest of Galil, but Commander Renato and the Goa Kingdom royal army resisted, leading to a clash outside the Police Station. After Renato revealed that the army’s ammunition had been sabotaged, he fought Tanjiro and then sent his soldiers to attack the officers, leaving the plaza in a melee.

• Commander Renato crushed the royal army’s rifle rounds and realized the ammunition had been tampered with, likely at the armory.
• Tanjiro Kamado ordered King Pat and the royal army to surrender and declared that he would arrest Galil.
• Commander Renato rejected the order, drew his sword, and challenged Tanjiro to a fight.
• Tanjiro and Renato exchanged Water Breathing and Thunder Breathing sword techniques in a brief, evenly matched duel.
• Renato ordered the royal army to attack the officers, and the two groups began fighting outside the Police Station.

Tanjiro Kamado defeated Commander Renato at Iron Fist Plaza using Sun Breathing’s Thirteenth Form. Afterward, Smoker arrived and announced that he had been ordered to arrest the king of Goa Kingdom.

• Renato and Tanjiro moved their battle to Iron Fist Plaza to keep it away from nearby soldiers, police, and civilians.
• Tanjiro turned his blade crimson and began attacking Renato with Sun Breathing, whose flames produced real heat.
• Tanjiro chained Sun Breathing forms together, trapping Renato in a fiery tornado and overwhelming his Thunder Breathing.
• Tanjiro unleashed the Thirteenth Form, and Renato appeared with charred wounds and no life left in him.
• Smoker arrived in the sky and identified himself as a Constitutional Police officer ordered to arrest the king of Goa Kingdom.

Smoker arrived in Goa Kingdom to help suppress the rebellious nobles and met Tanjiro Kamado after Tanjiro defeated Renato. Smoker headed for the royal palace while Tanjiro returned to help the police, troubled by having killed an opponent and wishing he could confide in Nezuko.

• Smoker arrived in Goa Kingdom with Three-Legged Cat and Fishing Kitten to suppress the rebellious nobles.
• Smoker found Tanjiro Kamado fighting Renato near the Garp statue, but Tanjiro had already won the battle.
• Tanjiro introduced himself and called Smoker “Senior,” prompting Smoker to reveal he was eighteen and demand that Tanjiro stop calling him that.
• Smoker sped toward the royal palace, while Tanjiro ran back to the Police Station to help protect the officers from the royal army.
• Tanjiro reflected sadly on killing Renato and wished he could speak with Nezuko, but focused on fulfilling his police duties.

King Pat hired four masked experts to protect him and learned that Tanjiro Kamado had killed Commander Renato. When Constitutional Police Smoker stormed the palace to arrest the king, General Black Spade went to confront him while the other three stayed behind.

• King Pat discussed the rewards and terms of his two-year bodyguard contract with the four masked experts.
• A Den Den Mushi reported that Tanjiro Kamado had killed Renato, prompting the experts to criticize the dead commander’s weakness.
• A royal soldier reported that Constitutional Police Smoker had flown over the city wall and fought his way toward the palace plaza.
• King Pat asked his bodyguards to stop Smoker, and General Black Spade volunteered while the other three remained to protect the king.

Smoker fought through the Royal Army and reached the castle gates, where General Spade emerged to stop him. Smoker’s opening punch staggered Spade but failed to knock him down, leaving their fight poised to begin.

• Royal Army soldiers and captains attacked Smoker with Breathing Technique forms, but he countered with Tekkai Fist and Stone Breathing, shattering their weapons and injuring them.
• Smoker smashed through the soldiers defending the palace steps and advanced toward King Galil Pat, intending to take him into custody.
• General Spade emerged from the castle and ordered the soldiers to leave Smoker to him.
• Smoker struck General Spade’s chest armor with a powerful punch, staggering him and cracking the ground, but Spade stayed on his feet.

Smoker fought Spade General and discovered that the armored giant had Armament Haki and unusual durability. After Smoker damaged his armor, Spade General activated a heat-based Devil Fruit ability, leaving Smoker cautiously assessing his opponent.

• Smoker attacked Spade General, but the giant used Armament Haki to withstand the blows and countered with a swinging arm.
• Smoker used White Snake, combining smoke propulsion, Haki, and martial arts to hurl Spade General into the castle gates, but the impact barely hurt him.
• Spade General refused to reveal his Devil Fruit ability, while Smoker suspected it enhanced his body or created protective material beneath his armor.
• Smoker circled Spade General and repeatedly struck his armor until cracks spread across it.
• Spade General activated his Devil Fruit ability, heating his armor until it glowed red and the cracks began to heal, prompting Smoker to retreat and watch for its effects.

Smoker defeated General Black Spade at the gates of Goa Kingdom’s royal castle by refining his Black Arm Fist under pressure and striking through his opponent’s Haki. He restrained the unconscious General Black Spade and entered the castle, leaving the King’s Army soldiers behind.

• Smoker and General Black Spade exchanged powerful blows as the battle damaged and melted the ground around them.
• Smoker recalled Zephyr’s teachings about Black Arm Fist and felt his Armament Haki and technique improve during the fight.
• Smoker exploited General Black Spade’s growing pain to land a Black Arm—White Fang punch through his mask, knocking him unconscious.
• Smoker identified General Black Spade’s ability as the Steel-Steel Fruit, confirmed he was alive, and restrained him with Seastone Handcuffs.
• Smoker broke through the castle gates and entered as the King’s Army soldiers watched in fear.

Smoker fought the Shingu-wielding Club Clown and Heart Queen inside the royal palace, defeating them with Haki, a powerful shockwave, and an explosion. The blast rose above the palace as Tanjiro Kamado, worried Smoker had encountered trouble, ran to help him.

• Smoker entered the castle corridor and faced Club Clown and Heart Queen, who had arrived after the Spade General's defeat.
• Smoker dodged Heart Queen's sticky liquid and struck Club Clown with a Haki-coated punch, sending him crashing into the gates.
• Smoker fought Heart Queen's Haki-coated, self-guiding whip while evading its attacks with Observation Haki.
• Smoker unleashed a White Snake: Black Arm Straight Punch that sent a shockwave through the corridor and hit both opponents.
• Smoker filled the corridor with smoke and set it alight, causing an explosion that drew the attention of people across Goa Kingdom.
• Tanjiro Kamado saw the blast and sprinted toward the royal palace, worried Smoker was in trouble.

Smoker defeated Club Clown and captured Sweetheart, learning that King Galil Pat had supplied them with a Shingu and the Kabane Virus. When the Criminal Investigation Bureau reported that the king was fleeing, Smoker rushed toward the west city gate to intercept him.

• Smoker inspected the battered Club Clown and realized he was a Kabaneri carrying the prohibited Kabane Virus.
• Smoker caught Heart Queen after she tried to escape as slime, forced her to surrender, and learned her real name was Sweetheart and her Glue-Glue Fruit was a Special Paramecia.
• Sweetheart told Smoker that King Galil Pat had given her and Club Clown their Shingu and the Kabane Virus.
• A Criminal Investigation Bureau agent called Smoker to report that King Galil Pat was fleeing toward the west city gate, but the call ended with a scream.
• Smoker left Sweetheart behind and sped toward the western side of the palace grounds.

Sweetheart and Clown tried to escape after Smoker defeated them, but Tanjiro Kamado arrived before Clown could free her. Clown fought Tanjiro, determined to cripple him and take Sweetheart away.

• Sweetheart found herself too weak to stand in her Seastone handcuffs, while Clown recovered enough to crawl toward her using Purple Butterfly Emergency Pills.
• Clown drank Sweetheart’s blood to restore his strength, then used a hardened leaf and his lockpicking skills to start opening her handcuffs.
• Tanjiro Kamado interrupted their escape with Water Breathing, Third Form: Flowing Dance and declared he would not let criminals escape.
• Clown abandoned the lock and attacked Tanjiro, who countered with Water Breathing, Fourth Form: Striking Tide.

Tanjiro Kamado fought Clown at the castle gates, but Sun Breathing and his Crimson Blade failed to overcome Clown’s Haki and strength. Wounded and exhausted, Tanjiro struggled to survive as Clown pressed his attack.

• Tanjiro used Water Breathing’s Tenth Form against Clown, then turned his Nichirin Blade into a Crimson Blade.
• Sweetheart explained that Tanjiro’s blade had become a Crimson Blade as Clown mistook its heat for a Breathing Technique’s elemental effect.
• Tanjiro attacked with Sun Breathing, but Clown parried his forms and suffered only a few shallow, charred wounds.
• Clown exploited Tanjiro’s exhaustion and pierced his right arm and abdomen with the Flower Sword.
• Tanjiro switched to Water Breathing to defend himself and stop his bleeding while Clown continued stabbing him.

Tanjiro fought the clown at Sea Star, who took an ES Drug and nearly killed him before Tanjiro’s mark and Transparent World awakened. Tanjiro defeated the clown with Sun Breathing and his Crimson Blade, resolving to survive and return to Nezuko.

• The clown took an ES Drug, greatly increasing his strength and speed, then pierced Tanjiro’s chest with the Flower Sword.
• Tanjiro headbutted the clown, used a Purple Butterfly Emergency Pill to treat his wound, and resumed fighting with Sun Breathing.
• Tanjiro’s forehead scar spread as his strength and reactions improved, allowing him to keep pace with the clown and block his attacks.
• Tanjiro awakened the Transparent World and Observation Haki, then trapped the clown in a Fire Dragon and overwhelmed him.
• Tanjiro pierced the clown’s chest and destroyed the Kabane heart inside, killing him as Tanjiro vowed to return to Nezuko.

Smoker stopped King Pat’s escape and defeated the powerful swordsman protecting him, then learned that Katakuri had gone to Prodence Kingdom to confront Elizabello II. Katakuri met Elizabello’s devastating King Punch with his awakened mochi power, and their clash ended in a blinding explosion whose outcome remained unknown.

• Smoker intercepted King Pat’s convoy at the mountain entrance and fought the masked Diamond Swordsman, who revealed that his brother was Lars before passing out.
• Smoker arrested King Pat and the others, then learned from Katakuri that he could choose his next assignment anywhere in East Blue.
• Dragon refused the military’s offer to capture Elizabello II, so Katakuri traveled to Prodence Kingdom to face the king and assess the King Punch.
• Elizabello II unleashed his warmed-up King Punch at Katakuri, who countered with nine enormous fists using his awakened Mochi-Mochi Fruit.
• The King Punch and Katakuri’s attack collided in a huge explosion that engulfed Prodence Kingdom, leaving the result unknown.

After Elizabello II’s King Punch carved a ravine across Prodence Kingdom Island, Garp suspected the technique contained Colorless Haki and was ordered to investigate. Katakuri survived the strike and captured the exhausted king, while Garp and Zephyr both showed interest in studying King Punch.

• Zephyr watched Elizabello II’s King Punch and wondered whether it required Conqueror’s Haki or could be mastered through Physical Arts.
• Garp recognized a brief flash of blue lightning in King Punch and reported to Imu that it resembled Colorless Haki.
• Imu ordered Garp to capture Elizabello II and make him use King Punch again so they could investigate its connection to Colorless Haki.
• Elizabello II believed he had defeated Katakuri, but Katakuri used Observation Killing to hide, escaped the attack underground, and knocked the exhausted king unconscious.
• Katakuri displayed the captured Elizabello II to Prodence Kingdom’s soldiers as Dragon watched, and Garp arrived to take the king for further examination.
• Garp learned that Zephyr also wanted to study King Punch and left to speak with him, while Dragon wondered whether he could someday reach his father’s strength.