Recaps

After Maud’s bounty rose to 4.48 billion, Yamato struggled to evade surveillance while trying to deliver Gaban a Den Den Mushi, and Luo pursued research into dual-Devil-Fruit users. Cavendish ultimately disbanded the Beautiful Pirates and joined Maud’s crew.

• Yamato tried to leave her room to deliver a Den Den Mushi to Gaban, but Hiyori’s surveillance shikigami forced her to return without reaching him.
• Gaban waited in his prison cell, uncertain why Yamato had not arrived.
• Luo worked alone in Maud’s laboratory on chimera research, restarting after discarding his notes, and Jaya made him drink nutritional soup.
• Maud told Jaya that Luo was researching a way for people to eat a second Devil Fruit and discussed how the battle at Impel Down had pushed the crew to train harder.
• Maud asked Cavendish for his decision, and Cavendish disbanded the Beautiful Pirates and joined the Maud Pirates.

Maud sent Hancock back toward Amazon Lily while his crew remained in the Devil's Triangle, and he learned that Sunny had survived a dangerous mission. The chapter ended with Hancock misunderstanding Maud's description of Sunny as family and collapsing in despair.

• Maud decided to recruit more allies and resolved to make a trip to Fish-Man Island to recruit Jinbe.
• After Hancock recovered, Maud arranged for Jaya, Lafitte, Cavendish, Perona, Beli, and Brook to take her to Amazon Lily aboard the Netherworld.
• During the journey, Perona hit Beli with a Negativity Ghost after he overheard her thoughts, while Hancock grew jealous of Jaya's closeness to Maud.
• Sunny called Maud and told him that her group had escaped a World Government trap; Maud apologized for not telling her about the Impel Down attack and promised to help if she needed him.
• When Hancock asked who Sunny was, Maud called her family, and Hancock assumed Sunny was his romantic partner and collapsed, saying she did not want to live anymore.

Maud brought Hancock back to Amazon Lily, where her infatuation stunned the people and alarmed Gloriosa. As Maud departed, six Marine warships approached, and he destroyed the fleet before it could threaten the island, leaving the Marines in a bloody rout.

• Hancock learned that Sunny was Maud’s family but that he had not started a family, and the Netherworld continued toward Amazon Lily.
• Hancock welcomed Maud and his crew to Amazon Lily, while Gloriosa worried about the country’s connection to Maud and was repeatedly kicked away when she tried to intervene.
• After a meal and resupplying, Maud left Amazon Lily and gave Hancock a Den Den Mushi; Hancock chased the Netherworld to the coastline as the citizens followed.
• Gloriosa warned Hancock that six Marine warships had arrived, but Maud attacked them before they reached the coast.
• Maud cut the six warships in half, then rained black spikes on the Marines and warned the survivors to tell Akainu not to send more forces to Amazon Lily.

Maud arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago and, while disguised, rescued enslaved women by killing the pirates who had captured them. Jewelry Bonney was then discovered and attacked by masked pursuers who said her ability was important, leaving her cornered on the island.

• Maud diverted the Netherworld toward the Sabaody Archipelago, hoping to encounter a Celestial Dragon.
• Disguised, Maud stopped pirates transporting female slaves and killed them with his sword and fragments of broken blades.
• Jewelry Bonney watched Maud's fight, dismissed his rescue as pointless, and headed toward a restaurant.
• A masked pursuer shot Bonney with a small arrow, grazing her arm.
• The masked group identified Bonney and declared that they could not let her run around freely because her ability was important.

Bonney escaped CP0’s anesthetic by advancing her body’s time, but their pursuit drove her back to Maud, who intervened. Maud killed CP0’s captain and revealed himself to Bonney as Bega D. Maud, leaving her stunned.

• Bonney used her age-manipulation ability to outlast the anesthetic and flee from CP0, but the agents pursued her with Geppo.
• Bonney ran into Maud and the five rescued female slaves, then pretended to be a frightened child and asked Maud for help.
• Maud recognized Bonney and intercepted the descending CP0 agents with a Soaring Slash that split a Yoruean Red Tree.
• Maud refused the black-masked CP0 captain’s demand to stand aside and blocked the captain’s attack with his palm.
• Maud pierced the captain’s chest with a solid shadow and killed him, causing the other CP0 members to recognize him as Bega D. Maud.
• Bonney recognized Maud and realized that the man she had mistaken for a kindhearted stranger was someone who had nearly killed her before.

Maud revealed his identity and overwhelmed the CP0 team while rescuing Bonney. After he approached her, Bonney reflexively attacked him with her Rewind ability.

• The spectators recognized Maud and fled, while the five female slaves and CP0 remained at the scene.
• Maud used his Shadow ability to engulf the area and launched repeated spear attacks against the CP0 members.
• Maud emerged from the shadows and cut down the CP0 team, leaving only the wounded Copper-Copper Fruit user and the crossbow woman alive.
• Maud evaded the crossbow woman's poisoned bolts, killed her, knocked out the horned-mask man, and carried him to Bonney.
• Bonney recognized Maud's overwhelming strength, then attacked him with Rewind when he called her by name.

Maud stopped Bonney from attacking him and offered her protection, then told her he knew where Kuma was and led her away. Meanwhile, Brook found a female Celestial Dragon on Sabaody, killed her guards and captured her after revealing he was with the Maud Pirates.

• Bonney attacked Maud, but he caught her wrist and subdued her with his aura.
• Maud offered Bonney protection because Kuma had once helped him, and Bonney followed after he said he knew where Kuma was.
• Brook searched the Sabaody Archipelago for a Celestial Dragon and found one threatening a little girl after her wolf killed the girl's father.
• Brook intervened, endured the Celestial Dragon's gunfire, and killed all twenty-six guards with his Soul Reaping Sword.
• Brook incapacitated the giant wolf, announced he was Humming Brook of the Maud Pirates, and told the frightened Celestial Dragon she would become his prisoner.

Brook captured a female Celestial Dragon and reunited with Maud, who gathered the crew and escaped Sabaody aboard the Netherworld. On the ship, Maud introduced Jewelry Bonney and learned that the World Government wanted her ability to accelerate reproduction, which she demonstrated by hatching a bird egg.

• Brook attacked the female Celestial Dragon, picked up the unconscious woman, and left the grieving little girl behind.
• Brook found Lafitte, and they reunited with Maud, who had captured a wounded CP0 agent and met Bonney.
• Maud gathered the crew and fled Sabaody aboard Jaya’s floating stone slab as the Marines were expected to arrive.
• Aboard the Netherworld, Maud introduced Bonney and explained that she could change people’s ages.
• Bonney said the World Government wanted her ability to speed up reproduction, then demonstrated it by hatching Beli’s bird egg.

Maud and the Maud Pirates fled Sabaody aboard the Netherworld while Kizaru and Fujitora pursued them. Maud’s precise Haki-coated shots and his crew’s attacks kept the two Admirals at bay, and the Netherworld escaped with Bonney aboard.

• Maud spotted Kizaru and Fujitora approaching Sabaody with three warships after Bonney demonstrated that her ability could affect other life-forms.
• Maud turned Beli into a sniper rifle and used Haki-coated bullets to stop Kizaru from reaching the Netherworld as Jaya piloted the ship away.
• Kizaru pursued Maud through Yata no Kagami while Fujitora summoned three meteors to attack the Netherworld.
• Jaya, Lafitte, Cavendish, and Brook destroyed the meteors while Maud continued to obstruct both Admirals.
• The Netherworld escaped after more than a dozen exchanges, and Beli smugly reminded Bonney that the Admirals had been unable to stop them.

Maud escaped the joint pursuit of Kizaru and Fujitora after attacking the Celestial Dragons again, and news of the incident spread worldwide. Meanwhile, Tesoro sailed Gran Tesoro toward a chance meeting with Maud, but his ship approached a collision with Germa 66 as a flying ship appeared above the fleet.

• Maud's Conqueror's Haki-coated sniper fire suppressed Kizaru long enough for the Netherworld to escape, while Fujitora recognized how much Maud had improved.
• Kizaru accepted the blame for failing to stop the Netherworld, and news of Maud's latest attack and kidnapping spread around the world.
• Gloriosa read the report on Amazon Lily and guessed that Hancock had collapsed after hearing about Maud.
• Tesoro relied on Baccarat to store guests' luck so he could meet Maud by chance, but Tanaka reported that Gran Tesoro was about to collide with Germa 66.
• Tesoro ordered Gran Tesoro to keep its course and crush the ships in its way, while Judge learned that a flying ship had appeared above the Germa 66 fleet.

Judge tried to steer the Germa Kingdom away from Maud's Netherworld, but Tesoro attacked the assembled island ship and Judge sent his children to fight him. Maud watched from above, surprised to find Gild Tesoro and Germa in Paradise, while Lafitte recognized Tesoro as the man they had been seeking.

• Judge confirmed that the ship in the sky was the Maud Pirates' Netherworld and ordered Germa's fleet to avoid it and assemble.
• Tesoro reached the Gran Tesoro's bow, saw Germa's island ship retreating, and fired a storm of golden spears at it.
• Judge's modified soldiers intercepted the spears with their bodies, and Judge ordered Ichiji, Niji, Yonji, and Reiju to attack Tesoro.
• Tesoro formed a forest of golden spikes as the four Vinsmoke siblings flew toward him.
• Maud watched the confrontation from the Netherworld, and Lafitte pointed out that Tesoro was the man they had been looking for.

Maud decided to seize the chance to take Tesoro’s gold and sent Perona and Cavendish to fight alongside the Vinsmoke siblings. Tesoro overwhelmed the siblings and Cavendish with his awakened gold powers, then reacted to Perona’s Negativity Ghosts as the chapter ended.

• Maud agreed to let Perona and Cavendish join the fight while Jaya brought Thriller Bark alongside the Gran Tesoro.
• Ichiji, Niji, Yonji, and Reiju attacked Tesoro, but his golden axe and spikes easily sent them flying.
• Tesoro bound Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji with golden vines after they charged him again, while Reiju warned them to stop being reckless.
• Cavendish attacked Tesoro with a sword strike, but Tesoro’s Golden Fireworks knocked him to the ground; Cavendish got back up and compared the technique to Maud’s.
• Perona sent three Negativity Ghosts at Tesoro, who dodged them and addressed her as Ghost Princess Perona.

Tesoro welcomed Maud with a challenge, but Maud shattered his golden greatsword with one slash. Tesoro then knelt before Maud, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Perona mistook Tesoro’s trembling for fear of her reputation, but Tesoro soon revealed he was excited to see Maud.
• Tesoro released Ichiji, Yonji, and Niji, allowing Reiju to carry them back toward Germa’s island ship.
• Judge saw Bonney aboard the Netherworld and coveted her ability, but realized he could not seize her from Maud’s crew.
• Tesoro summoned a massive golden greatsword and launched it at Maud as a test of his strength.
• Maud destroyed the greatsword with one slash and descended to Tesoro, who knelt and welcomed him as an honored guest.

Tesoro explained that he had once been a Celestial Dragon slave and revealed Baccarat’s luck-manipulating ability to Maud as he tried to earn his trust. Their conversation was interrupted when Lafitte reported that Gaban was on Onigashima, in the Beasts Pirates’ territory.

• Tesoro knelt before Maud because Maud had killed a Celestial Dragon, and Maud agreed to hear his story in private.
• Tesoro told Baccarat that her ability had not disappointed him, then explained to Maud that she had eaten the Lucky-Lucky Fruit.
• Reiju returned to Germa with her brothers, while Judge noted that Jewelry Bonney had boarded the Maud Pirates’ ship and warned that the world might soon change.
• Tesoro told Maud that he had once been a slave of the Celestial Dragons.
• Lafitte called Maud and reported that Gaban was on Onigashima in Wano Country, the territory of the Beasts Pirates.

After learning that Gaban was imprisoned on Onigashima, Maud decided to rescue him and recruited Tesoro by giving him a Celestial Dragon to kill. Maud invited Tesoro to join him in slaying a dragon.

• Lafitte told Maud that Yamato had reported Gaban was imprisoned with broken limbs on Onigashima, and Maud decided not to call her back after the connection ended.
• Maud asked Tesoro what he still wanted, and Tesoro said he wanted to kill every Celestial Dragon and offered to submit to Maud.
• Lafitte and the others brought in the captured female Celestial Dragon, and Maud gave her to Tesoro instead of using her to bargain with the Marines.
• Tesoro killed the Celestial Dragon by pouring gold into her nose, mouth, and ears, then affirmed his loyalty to Maud.
• Maud invited Tesoro to accompany him to slay a dragon.

Maud prepared for the trip to Onigashima by securing gold from Tesoro, who joined the Maud Pirates and left his entertainment city in Tanaka and Baccarat’s care. After the Netherworld reached the waters near Thriller Bark, Maud heard from Yamato that Kaido was away and accepted her as trustworthy, then asked whether she was Kaido’s biological daughter.

• Maud asked Tesoro for gold to remodel Thriller Bark, and Tesoro provided a massive pillar of real gold.
• Tesoro assigned Tanaka and Baccarat to run the Gran Tesoro and boarded the Netherworld as a member of the Maud Pirates.
• Tesoro gilded Brook and Beli, who welcomed him aboard, while Lafitte remained wary of the new crewmate.
• Several days later, the Netherworld approached Thriller Bark, and Yamato called Maud to explain that Kaido was not on Onigashima.
• Yamato repeated Gaban’s first trust test, that Saul brushed his teeth only once a week, and Maud immediately believed her.
• Maud asked Yamato whether she was Kaido’s biological daughter, leaving her stunned.

Maud learned from Yamato that Kaido was away from Onigashima, but the Maud Pirates could not arrive before he returned, and Maud rejected her suggestion to recruit the Nine Red Scabbards. After returning to Thriller Bark, Maud gathered his crew and declared war on the Beasts Pirates to rescue Gaban.

• Yamato told Maud that Kaido had taken Queen and other subordinates to Whole Cake Island, and she urged Maud to find the Nine Red Scabbards in Zou before going to Wano Country.
• Maud dismissed Yamato's suggestion and told her to send information, then ended the call and reassured Jaya silently.
• Maud returned to Thriller Bark with Tesoro and Bonney, and he introduced Tesoro as a new member and Bonney as a guest.
• Bonney charged at Luo after he provoked her, but Maud used his ability to pin them both to the ground and stop their fight.
• Maud told the gathered crew that Gaban was held by the Beasts Pirates and formally declared war on them.

Maud traveled to Fish-Man Island to recruit Jinbe before launching his attack on Kaido’s Beasts Pirates, while his crew gathered shadow supplies on Sabaody. Jinbe accepted Maud’s invitation to join the Maud Pirates, and Princess Shirahoshi began wishing she could join them too.

• Maud agreed to let Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates join the attack on the Beasts Pirates, while Bonney chose to watch instead.
• Maud sent Urouge to the Sky Island for Empty Shells, and his crew captured pirates on Sabaody to collect shadows before splitting up.
• Maud took Netherworld to Fish-Man Island, where Neptune welcomed him and guided him to Ryugu Palace.
• Maud invited Jinbe to join the Maud Pirates, and Jinbe accepted.
• Princess Shirahoshi and the princes secretly overheard Jinbe’s decision, and Shirahoshi wished she could board Maud’s ship.

Jinbe joined the Maud Pirates to help Fish-Man Island, and Maud departed with his crew after promising Shirahoshi that the island would one day see the real sun. Meanwhile, Kaido brought Caesar to Little Garden to develop Ancient Zoan Artificial Devil Fruits, leaving Caesar anxious about whether his proposal could work.

• Jinbe accepted Maud's invitation to join the Maud Pirates, then left Ryugu Palace with Hachi to inform his companions in Fish-Man District.
• Maud toured Ryugu Palace with Shirahoshi, who grew comfortable with him, and promised to fulfill his promise to bring Fish-Man Island beneath the real sunlight.
• The Netherworld departed Fish-Man Island with Jinbe at the helm and Hachi aboard, bound to rendezvous with Thriller Bark before heading to Onigashima.
• Kaido arrived at Little Garden with Queen, Caesar, and the Beasts Pirates to pursue Caesar's idea of developing Ancient Zoan Artificial Devil Fruits.
• Caesar admitted inwardly that he had little confidence in extracting ancient creatures' Lineage Factors, while Queen questioned his plan and mentioned the Tontatta Tribe and a woman under the World Government's control.

Kaido traveled to Little Garden to secure ancient creatures for his plans to build an Ancient Zoan army, while Queen and Caesar anticipated developing new weapons and fruits. In Wano Country, Maud's Thriller Bark and its floating islands appeared over the Flower Capital, leaving the residents stunned.

• Kaido brought Queen and Caesar to Little Garden to pursue the creation of an Artificial Ancient Zoan army.
• Kaido considered the World Government and Marines' new forces and remained confident in his plans.
• Queen planned to move Little Garden to Wano Country and later capture the Tontatta Tribe, while hoping to find materials for stronger plague bullets.
• Caesar encouraged himself to pursue the Artificial Ancient Zoan project, and Kaido pressed him to work efficiently.
• Maud's Thriller Bark and several floating islands appeared above the Flower Capital, shocking the people in the streets.

Maud’s crew arrived over Wano Country aboard the airborne Thriller Bark and attacked the Flower Capital to weaken Kurozumi Orochi’s forces. Jaya dropped half an island onto the capital, leaving Orochi’s fate unclear as Kozuki Hiyori, Kanjuro, and others stared at the destruction.

• Maud identified the Flower Capital below and learned from Yamato’s information that Kaido was still away, leaving Wano’s defenses weakened.
• Lafitte suggested they act, and Maud ordered Sister Ya to destroy the capital.
• Jaya split one of the carried islands and dropped half of it onto the Flower Capital.
• Kurozumi Orochi fled his hall but was caught beneath the falling island as the capital was reduced to ruins.
• Kozuki Hiyori and Kanjuro watched the smoke rise, while a group outside the capital stared at the Thriller Bark overhead.

Momonosuke and the returning samurai were terrified by the destruction in the Flower Capital, while Kanjuro hurried Hiyori and Ahtzuko to safety. Outside the city, Kanjuro and Hiyori reunited with Kin'emon and the others, who did not recognize them.

• Momonosuke trembled at the sight of the destruction, and Kin'emon vowed to protect him.
• Kanjuro realized the falling islands threatened the Flower Capital and carried Hiyori and Ahtzuko toward the outskirts.
• The Flower Capital's residents panicked and fled as the smoke began to clear.
• Maud ordered Jaya to take Thriller Bark and the islands toward Onigashima.
• Kanjuro and Hiyori encountered Kin'emon and the others outside the city, and they recognized one another despite the samurai not recognizing them.

Yamato killed the guards to reach Gaban and prepared him for Maud and the others’ arrival, while King came to punish her. A huge explosion shook the prison, and Yamato warned King that he could still flee in time.

• Yamato killed the two Beasts Pirates guarding Gaban’s cell and brought him food and clean clothes.
• Yamato told Gaban that Maud and the others were coming and that Kaido had not returned to Onigashima.
• Yamato removed Gaban’s chains, then recognized King approaching the cell.
• King announced that he would break Yamato’s legs and confine her under Kaido’s orders.
• A huge explosion shook the prison, and Yamato smiled at King and told him he could still run in time.

Yamato warned King that the Maud Pirates had attacked Onigashima, but King accused her of betraying Kaido and fought her. After King learned that Bajrang D. Maud had already killed a Banebreaker, Maud appeared at the prison entrance as King offered to face him.

• Yamato urged King to flee because Kaido and Queen were away and the Maud Pirates were attacking Onigashima.
• King accused Yamato of betraying Kaido, and she argued that her explosive shackles showed how Kaido treated her before attacking King with Thunder Bagua.
• King blocked Yamato’s attack and prepared to strike back.
• Hiyori used a mouse bearing her eye-shaped curse mark to tell King that Bajrang D. Maud had killed a Banebreaker instantly.
• King asked where Maud was and said he would deal with him, but Maud suddenly appeared at the prison entrance.

Maud arrived at the prison and confronted King, revealing that his Shadow Clone had instantly defeated a Banebreaker. He dismissed his crew’s offers to fight King and kept the challenge for himself, while King realized he faced overwhelming odds.

• Maud arrived alone at the prison entrance, and King turned to face him rather than Yamato.
• Maud and Gaban sensed each other with Observation Haki, while Hiyori learned that Maud’s Shadow Clone had defeated a Banebreaker.
• Maud told King that Kaido was absent and offered him the chance to fight, then Aokiji, Shiryu, Lafitte, and Luo appeared beside him.
• Lafitte, Luo, and Shiryu each expressed interest in fighting King, but Aokiji said they could not defeat him.
• Maud refused to withdraw his challenge, and King’s hopes sank as he faced Maud and Aokiji together.