Recaps

Maud freed Hancock from petrification and asked her to help attack Mary Geoise; she agreed, and he placed a ring on her finger, petrifying her again. Maud departed Amazon Lily with Hancock and most of the Kuja Pirates, while Fujitora arrived at the pirate selection grounds in Wano Country.

• Maud had Hancock submerged in seawater, which dissolved her petrification, and later summoned her to discuss a favor.
• Hancock agreed to help Maud attack Mary Geoise despite her sisters' terror, and Maud slipped a ring onto her finger, causing her to turn to stone again.
• Maud left Amazon Lily with Hancock, Lafitte, and most of the Kuja Pirates, while Sondasonia and Marigold stayed behind.
• Hancock doted on Maud aboard the Kuja Pirates' ship, while Brook told Beli that Perona had been backlashed by her ability.
• Fujitora arrived at the pirate selection grounds in Wano Country, silencing the gathered pirates.

Fujitora arrived in Wano Country to meet Maud but was mistaken for an attacker, and his clash with Shiryu, Urouge, and Hawkins left thousands of pirates sprawled across the docks. Aokiji and Jaya arrived after the battle, while the Kuja Pirates' ship neared Wano and Beli and Brook found a treasure chest inside a fish.

• Thousands of pirates gathered in Wano Country to undergo Violet's screening to join Maud's crew, and Fujitora arrived alone after his dismissal from the Marines.
• Shiryu, Urouge, and Hawkins prepared to fight Fujitora, while Arthur stayed with Violet and the waiting pirates charged Fujitora to prove their worth.
• Fujitora crushed or scattered nearly a thousand attackers with Gravity Sword. Fierce Tiger, then used Hell Journey to suppress the crowd and fought Shiryu, Urouge, and Hawkins.
• Aokiji and Jaya arrived half an hour later and found Fujitora, Shiryu, Arthur, and Violet still standing amid the fallen pirates.
• Near Wano, Beli caught a giant blue fish, Brook split it in half, and a wooden treasure chest fell from its belly.

Beli and Brook discovered a Devil Fruit in a treasure chest inside a fish, and Maud identified it as the Corrosion Fruit and took it. In Wano, Fujitora explained that he had come to seek refuge with Maud, while the pirates he defeated became eager to join the Maud Pirates.

• Beli caught a giant fish containing a treasure chest, and Brook opened the chest to reveal a Devil Fruit.
• Maud recognized the fruit as the Paramecia Corrosion Fruit and stored it in his Shadow Wave.
• In Wano, Jaya stopped Shiryu from attacking Fujitora while Aokiji questioned Fujitora about the fight.
• Urouge and Hawkins recovered and discussed Fujitora's strength, with Urouge resolving to grow stronger.
• Fujitora told Aokiji that he had come to catch up with Maud and hoped to eat Jaya's soba noodles.
• The recovering pirates learned Fujitora had come to seek refuge with Maud, and many became more determined to join the Maud Pirates.

Fujitora visited Maud in Sky City as a friend while the World Government announced the public execution of Maud’s younger brother, Moyou. As the Revolutionary Army arrived and the Five Elders called, Dragon joined Maud, signaling that the final assault was imminent.

• Fujitora arrived at Sky City and waited for Maud with Aokiji while pirates gathered to seek a place in Maud’s crew.
• A newspaper revealed that the World Government planned to execute Moyou and another Revolutionary Army member, and Maud destroyed the paper after reading it.
• Maud welcomed Fujitora, ended the day’s pirate selection, and learned that Fish-Man Island had been moved among Sky City’s floating islands.
• Dragon and Sabo approached Sky City, and Dragon questioned whether Maud wanted only a peaceful refuge for those around him.
• Fujitora declined Maud’s offer to stay permanently but agreed to remain for two days, and Lafitte reported that the Revolutionary Army had arrived.
• Maud ordered the Revolutionary Army brought to him as the Five Elders’ Den Den Mushi rang, and Dragon appeared, warning that a world-changing revolution would require sacrifice.

Maud accepted the Five Elders’ demand to come alone to the Holy Land in exchange for seeing his younger brother, Moyou, despite Dragon’s objections and his companions’ pleas. After arriving on the Red Line alone, he faced more than ten thousand wary elite soldiers outside Pangu City as the Five Elders learned he had come.

• Dragon urged Maud to prioritize the Revolutionary Army’s plan, but Maud answered the Five Elders’ call and agreed to go to the Holy Land alone.
• Maud told Aokiji he had to go, then clashed verbally with Dragon over disrupting the plan.
• Maud secured Neptune’s support and declined Shirahoshi’s offer to join the fight.
• Maud’s companions argued through the night about his decision, but he refused to change his mind.
• After the World Government tightened security across the Holy Land, Maud arrived alone at the Red Line.
• The Five Elders received word of Maud’s arrival as more than ten thousand elite soldiers waited outside Pangu City.

Maud entered the Holy Land alone and confronted the Five Elders after sensing Im above the empty throne. He met Moyou but showed no concern for him, and as the Holy Land’s forces surrounded him, Maud smiled at the Five Elders’ demand that he regret his actions.

• Maud knocked out nearly ten thousand guards at Pangu City’s gates with his Conqueror’s Haki and walked into the Holy Land.
• Maud passed through the deserted streets to the Chamber of Power while guards and CP members watched him from hiding.
• Maud and Im locked their Observation Haki across the Holy Land, and the Five Elders opened the Chamber of the Five Elders to confront him.
• Maud judged the Five Elders’ strength and demanded to know where Moyou was.
• A CP0 member brought out the battered Moyou, who looked at Maud and then lowered his head; neither brother showed warmth toward the other.
• The Five Elders surrounded Maud with powerful fighters and told him to regret his actions, and Maud smiled as half of his shadow disappeared.

Maud entered the Holy Land alone to confront the Five Elders, who intended to kill him before his fleet could reach him. As the Bald Five Elders attacked, Maud opened an Air Door and a demonic blade emerged to block the strike, while countless auras descended upon the Holy Land.

• The Five Elders prepared to attack Maud, believing Moyou could serve as a hostage and that their forces could kill him before his fleet intervened.
• The Holy Land guards and CP members unleashed a barrage, but Maud stepped past the attackers and the Five Elders into the grand hall before their strikes landed.
• Maud mocked the Five Elders for defending the Celestial Dragons and questioned whether anywhere in the world was truly safe.
• The Bald Five Elders charged Maud with Kikoku, but Maud opened an Air Door and a demonic blade emerged to block the attack.
• Countless auras suddenly descended upon the Holy Land.

Maud’s crew and Sabo reached him inside the Holy Land through multiple Door-Door Fruit passages, turning the confrontation with the Five Elders into a broader assault. Outside, Ryokugyu ordered a probing attack as Akainu waited for the enemy fleet to move.

• Akainu learned that the Maud Pirates’ fleet had not moved and asked for an update on the Holy Land.
• Ryokugyu, puzzled by the fleet’s inaction, ordered twenty vanguard warships to advance and launch a probing attack.
• Brook, Shiryu, and the Maud Pirates’ main crew emerged from an Air Door to reinforce Maud as his Shadow Clone joined him.
• Maud told the Five Elders that multiple doors had opened across the Holy Land and that the people they were protecting were already in danger.
• Sabo struck the Mustache Five Elder, rescued Moyou, and told Maud that Dragon’s forces would be fine because Maud had drawn most of the opposition away.

Maud’s forces used a coordinated teleportation trick to send tens of thousands of Revolutionary Army troops into the Holy Land, leaving the Five Elders’ defenses divided and the Celestial Dragons exposed. As the Maud Pirates held off pursuers and Philo treated Moyou, Dragon led the Revolutionary Army’s assault against the Holy Land’s guards and CP members.

• The Five Elders realized Maud’s fleet had been a decoy and that the Revolutionary Army had appeared across the Holy Land, with most troops near the Celestial Dragons.
• Maud left the Five Elders to the Maud Pirates, who formed a line to stop their enemies from pursuing him.
• Sunny took Moyou through an Air Door to the alternate space, where Philo treated his wounds and confirmed that everyone had been sent out.
• The Revolutionary Army clashed with the Holy Land’s garrison troops and CP members across the streets, alleys, squares, and rooftops.
• Dragon used raging winds to overwhelm the guards and CP members, who could not get close to him.

Dragon and the Revolutionary Army destroyed the Celestial Dragons’ defenses in the Holy Land, while Amazon Lily’s warriors joined the attack. With the remaining Celestial Dragons exposed and their guards defeated, Hancock prepared to confront her past by killing them.

• Dragon tore apart the domed building with a hurricane, leaving the Celestial Dragons inside terrified but unharmed.
• Dragon killed several Celestial Dragons with a Kazeblade, lifting the Revolutionary Army’s morale and plunging the Holy Land’s guards and CP members into despair.
• Betty rallied the Revolutionary Army, and its soldiers overwhelmed the remaining defenders.
• Amazon Lily’s warriors rained arrows on the Celestial Dragons, killing most of them, while Hancock watched.
• A few Celestial Dragons survived by using others as shields, but their guards had been defeated and the Revolutionary Army surrounded them.
• Hancock resolved not to disappoint Lord Maud and faced the surviving Celestial Dragons, hoping to overcome her trauma.

Hancock overcame her past and killed the surviving Celestial Dragons as Dragon and Maud raced toward the Empty Throne. Dragon arrived first and confronted Imu, questioning whether Imu was the Creator or the usurper.

• Hancock picked up a steel spear and killed the last surviving Celestial Dragons while the Revolutionary Army watched.
• Dragon told Betty he was going to meet the final enemy, then left for the Empty Throne.
• Holy Land guards and CP members arrived too late and saw Hancock standing over the Celestial Dragons' bodies.
• Maud headed for the Empty Throne but found 200 new Pacifistas blocking his way.
• Dragon reached the Empty Throne, found Imu seated upon it, and asked whether Imu was the Creator or the usurper.

Dragon confronted Im in the Empty Throne hall, but his wind attacks failed against her overwhelming Conqueror's Haki. Im drew a weapon engraved with Donquixote, and Dragon sensed a deadly threat as their clash intensified.

• Dragon attacked Im with Explosive Wind, but she dispersed it effortlessly with Conqueror's Haki.
• Dragon launched Wind Dragon Soul at Im, who rose and blocked the attack with a barrier of Haki.
• Dragon realized that Im's Haki surpassed even Maud's and Shanks's, and prepared to rely on his own Conqueror's Haki.
• Im descended the stairs and drew a rust-covered sword engraved with Donquixote from the weapons left by the twenty kings.
• Dragon felt his soul tremble with an overwhelming sense of danger as Im prepared to attack.

Imu emerged from the palace and grievously wounded Dragon with a sword strike, while Maud continued eliminating the new-model Pacifistas. When Molly and Karas rushed to Dragon’s side, Imu killed them both and turned her attack on Dragon.

• Imu’s sword strike split the palace and sent Dragon crashing into the Holy Land, where he landed injured and admitted her Conqueror’s Haki surpassed his own.
• The Five Elders lost focus after sensing Imu’s aura, allowing Aokiji, Shiryu, Cavendish, Urouge, and Jinbe to injure and drive them back.
• Maud used Shadow Slash to destroy new-model Pacifistas and counted 146 remaining as dusk approached.
• Molly and Karas hurried to Dragon, but Imu approached and locked onto all three; Dragon warned them to focus on surviving.
• Imu struck down Molly and then split Karas in two before turning to attack Dragon.

Imu overwhelmed Dragon and the Revolutionary Army reinforcements, leaving Dragon and Sabo gravely injured as Koala tried to protect them. Maud arrived just in time to save them from Imu’s attack and faced her directly.

• Imu killed Jasmine and Karas, then repelled Dragon’s Spiral Spear with her Conqueror’s Haki barrier.
• Dragon evaded Imu’s rapid attacks until she swallowed a pill and struck him with a powerful shock wave, leaving him gravely injured.
• Koala rushed to protect Dragon, but Sabo saved them by collapsing the ground beneath Imu and carried both away.
• Imu’s crescent-shaped shock wave struck Sabo and sent him, Dragon, and Koala flying, leaving Sabo seriously injured.
• Maud exchanged positions with Sabo using their Shadow Marks and slapped Imu’s next shock wave aside.
• Maud told Koala to take Dragon and Sabo away, then faced Imu, who recognized that he was no ordinary opponent.

Maud fought Imu in a decisive clash and wounded her with a strike combining Conqueror’s Haki and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Imu crashed into the Chamber of the Five Elders, then emerged enraged as the Five Elders panicked and the battle continued.

• Maud ordered the injured Dragon, Sabo, and Koala to withdraw, leaving him to face Imu alone.
• Maud and Imu clashed with Conqueror’s Haki, and their force changed the weather over the Holy Land.
• Maud combined his Haki with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and struck Imu in the chest, sending her flying and making her bleed.
• Imu crashed through the Chamber of the Five Elders and landed amid the fighting below, shocking the Five Elders.
• Aokiji and the Maud Pirates prepared to attack the Five Elders, but Imu emerged from the rubble and unleashed an enraged Conqueror’s Haki field that knocked out Holy Land soldiers.

Imu left the hall after her Conqueror’s Haki knocked out more than a thousand guards, while the Five Elders resumed fighting the Maud Pirates. Maud confronted Imu in the Holy Land and gained the upper hand, but Imu swallowed ten pills and unleashed an aura that suggested her strength had risen beyond human limits.

• Imu’s Conqueror’s Haki incapacitated the Holy Land guards, and she smashed through a wall as she headed toward Maud; the Five Elders then resumed their battle against the Maud Pirates.
• Ryokugyu realized the Maud Pirates had used empty ships to trap his fleet near Red Port, lost nine warships to Fish-Man warriors, and flew ahead toward the Red Line.
• Maud shot at Imu with his Desert Eagle, but her Conqueror’s Haki blocked his bullets as she cut through them and reached him.
• Maud and Imu exchanged attacks among the ruins, and Maud combined his abilities to send Imu crashing into a crater.
• Imu swallowed ten pills, unleashing a tremendous aura that blew open the clouds and alarmed Maud, Dragon, and everyone nearby.

Imu overwhelmed Maud after taking ten pills, but Maud survived her seemingly fatal strike through super-regeneration. With Hancock and Kuma driven back by Maud, he gathered every shadow he had as he prepared to fight Imu at full strength.

• Dragon, Sabo, and Koala sensed Imu's overwhelming power, and Dragon led the wounded Sabo and Koala away to help the other battlefields.
• Imu attacked Maud with a thrust that overwhelmed his shadow-enhanced defense, blasted a hole through his chest, and annihilated hundreds of nearby fighters with its shockwave.
• Hancock and Kuma rushed toward Maud after seeing his wound, while Imu concluded that her ten pills had given her enough power to defeat him.
• Maud emerged from the crater after his chest regenerated through the Shadow Mending Technique, with pure gold offsetting its cost.
• Maud ordered Hancock and Kuma to withdraw, then drew every shadow from the Shadow Box to increase his strength against Imu.

Maud used the shadows of the new-model Pacifistas and prisoners to power up, then combined three enhancement methods to fight Imu at full strength. Their escalating clash devastated the Holy Land and halted the battles below, while Ryokugyu watched the disaster from the edge of the Red Line.

• Maud absorbed nearly 500 shadows, including those of 100 new-model Pacifistas, and revealed that he had three ways to increase his strength.
• Maud took a Fierce Medicine while relying on Pure Gold, and Imu recognized that he could use the same lifespan-for-power combination she did.
• Maud and Imu exchanged powerful attacks in the sky, with Maud tearing through Imu's assault and Imu forcing her way through his Hakoku—Barrier Breaker.
• Their clash sent destructive aftershocks raining across the Holy Land, killing fighters on both sides and forcing the battles below to stop.
• Kuma sent Hancock to the edge of the Holy Land to protect her, then withdrew as the fighting continued.
• Aokiji watched the destruction and concluded that Maud and Imu alone would decide the war, while Ryokugyu reached the Red Line summit and looked toward the Holy Land.

Ryokugyu reached the Red Line and witnessed Maud and Imu fighting at a level far beyond his expectations. After the battlefield’s forces consolidated, Ryokugyu fought Hancock at the western gate, and a dazzling shock wave from above the Holy Land caught his attention.

• Ryokugyu arrived at the Red Line, saw Maud and Imu clash, and realized their strength far exceeded his own.
• The Revolutionary Army and Maud Pirates consolidated their forces while Hawkins said his divination about Maud had produced no result.
• The Five Elders learned Ryokugyu had arrived and ordered him to regroup, but he encountered Hancock at the western gate.
• Hancock attacked Ryokugyu to keep him from reinforcing the Holy Land, and he trapped her inside a dense-forest cage.
• Hancock broke out of the compressed forest badly injured, and Ryokugyu launched another attack with his tree-manipulating ability.
• Ryokugyu noticed a dazzling white shock wave above the Holy Land.

Maud broke away from his still-unfinished battle with Im to rescue Hancock and confront Ryokugyu, then left Tesoro to handle the wounded admiral. The Five Elders arrived at the ruins after seeing Im sent flying again and wondered whether Im could defeat Maud.

• Ryokugyu survived Maud's shock wave, sensed Maud nearby, and shielded himself with plants before Maud turned them into shadows and struck him with a barrage.
• Maud freed Hancock from Ryokugyu's forest cage, caught her when she fainted, and summoned help with a shadow firework.
• Tesoro emerged from the mirror, and Maud sent Hancock into the Mirror World before Ryokugyu recovered and challenged him again.
• Maud told Tesoro to fight Ryokugyu while he returned his attention to the ongoing battle with Im.
• The Five Elders reached the ruins after witnessing Im get sent flying again and questioned whether Im could defeat Maud.

After Imu emerged from the ruins and ordered the Five Elders to leave no one alive, she rushed to confront Maud again. Their clash devastated the Holy Land, while Tesoro and Ryokugyu resumed their fight and Fujitora intervened against Tesoro.

• Imu rose from the ruins, ordered the Five Elders to kill everyone, and used Observation Haki to locate Maud.
• Maud swallowed ten more Berserker Pills and charged Imu as she approached the city wall.
• Maud and Imu collided above the wall, unleashing a shockwave that erased the surrounding buildings, streets, and walls.
• Tesoro declared that Maud would become King of the World, then attacked Ryokugyu as the destruction shook them.
• Ryokugyu fought back with giant trees, and Fujitora used gravity to crush Tesoro's golden defense and give Ryokugyu an opening.

Fujitora refused to help Ryokugyu defeat Tesoro, choosing to watch Maud’s battle with Imu instead. As the Five Elders and Marines trapped the Revolutionary Army and the Maud Pirates in the Holy Land, Urouge charged the enemy forces and knocked the Golden Beard Five Elder away.

• Fujitora used gravity to help Ryokugyu turn the fight against Tesoro, but Tesoro countered with golden weapons and heat.
• Tesoro and Ryokugyu’s awakened abilities reached a stalemate while Fujitora defended without attacking; Fujitora declined Ryokugyu’s plea for further help.
• The Five Elders and Marine troops cornered the Revolutionary Army and the Maud Pirates in the Holy Land, and Dragon chose to fight rather than retreat.
• Urouge used Corrosive Touch to build energy for Karma Retribution, then transformed and covered himself in corrosive armor.
• The Golden Beard Five Elder charged Urouge, but Urouge won their direct clash and sent him flying as the enemy forces faced him.

The Maud Pirates and Revolutionary Army launched a fierce assault on the World Government forces in the Holy Land, while Luo reluctantly supported reckless allies and the Marines shifted the battle’s balance. Far away, Garp prepared to delay Shanks’s crew, but the Thousand Sunny crashed between their forces, and Garp and Shanks sensed something happening at the Red Line.

• Urouge charged into the enemy ranks, but Luo rescued him from a lethal attack by the Bald Five Elder; Urouge immediately charged back into battle despite Luo’s warning.
• Jim, Lafitte, Hawkins, Brook, Jinbe, Cavendish, Shiryu, and Aokiji left Luo to fight, joking or asking him to rescue them if needed.
• The Maud Pirates and Revolutionary Army fought the Holy Land forces as tens of thousands of Marines and new Pacifistas arrived, shifting the battlefield advantage toward the World Government.
• Shanks ordered the Red-Haired Pirates to fight Garp’s seven warships without overexerting themselves, while Garp resolved to use his remaining strength to hold them back.
• The Thousand Sunny fell from the sky and landed between the Red-Haired Pirates and Garp’s Marines; Luffy and Ace were shocked to find Garp there, and Garp and Shanks simultaneously looked toward the Red Line after sensing something had happened.

Maud and Imu continued their drug-fueled battle, destroying much of the Holy Land as neither could gain the upper hand. After taking a pill that began to shatter his body, Maud fused Shusui and Beli into Black Dragon Manifestation, and Imu recognized a figure from a sealed memory.

• Maud and Imu traded thousands of overwhelming attacks, while Maud feared that losing would doom his companions and their dreams.
• Maud used Shadow Seal and Yin Extreme, but Imu shattered the attack and its released energy devastated the Holy Land.
• Maud swallowed another potent drug despite his body's warnings, and red, glowing lines appeared across his chest.
• Maud warned Shusui and Beli that they might die, then brought the two blades together and transformed them into one weapon.
• Maud unleashed Yin Extreme: Black Dragon Manifestation, and Imu's sealed memory revealed a radiant figure in the vast universe.

Maud unleashed Godfall, killing Imu and cleaving the Red Line, but the attack left him critically injured and unconscious. As he fell, the Five Elders urged the World Government forces to kill him.

• Imu attacked Maud, but he dodged and judged that she had reached her limit without taking more medicine.
• Maud concentrated all his power into Godfall as Imu tried to retreat and then countered with black lightning.
• Godfall swallowed Imu and split the Red Line, and Maud sensed that Imu was dead.
• Maud collapsed from the attack's strain, and Beli and Shusui also lost consciousness.
• The Five Elders called for Maud to be killed as he fell toward the ground.