Chapter Summaries

Maud slaughtered the Holy Land guards at the social plaza, while the kings watching him began considering him a threat to the world. Sabo and the others were forced out of the tunnel by Kuma, who had been remotely turned against them, leaving Maud to decide how to handle the escalating crisis.

• Maud used Shadow Ring Severance to kill about a thousand more Holy Land guards, bringing the dead across the plaza to more than two thousand.
• The nobles fled, and the kings of the affiliated countries decided to make eliminating Maud a priority at the Reverie if it began as scheduled.
• Jim and Bonney flew out of the tunnel, followed by Sabo and the others, and Kuma knocked Maud to the ground as they emerged.
• Maud recognized the red glow in Kuma's mechanical eye as a sign that the Pacifista enemy-detection function had activated, likely through a remote order from the World Government.
• Maud concluded Kuma's implanted consciousness seed was beginning to take root because Kuma had restrained his strength while attacking Sabo and the others.
• Luo asked what they should do, and Maud told them to hold Kuma off until his consciousness returned while he considered taking Celestial Dragons hostage.

Maud used two Celestial Dragons as hostages to stop Kizaru and the CP0 from interfering with the escape plan in the Holy Land. As Marines and CP0 gathered, Maud decided he needed to capture more Celestial Dragons.

• After Kuma disrupted the escape plan again, Maud left Sabo and the others to handle him and went to the Celestial Dragons' residence, where Shusui had reduced the area to ruins.
• Maud dodged Kizaru's attempt to stop him, found Saint Glindon Temple and Palace Anastasia, knocked them unconscious, and subdued their bodyguards with Conqueror's Haki.
• Maud bound the two Celestial Dragons and broke Saint Glindon Temple's limbs while Kizaru tried to speak, prompting Palace Anastasia to yell at Kizaru to shut up before Maud injured her too.
• Maud used the screaming hostages to warn Kizaru and the arriving CP0 elites not to interfere, while the CP0 members hesitated to act.
• Maud decided that two Celestial Dragons were not enough as bargaining chips and resolved to capture at least five; Marine Headquarters elites rushed toward the Holy Land.

Maud used Celestial Dragon hostages and a Shadow Clone to keep Kizaru and CP0 at bay while his allies fought the Holy Land’s defenders. Sengoku confronted the Shadow Clone, and a sudden gravity sphere appeared over the Social Plaza as the battle there grew more dangerous.

• Marine reinforcements rushed from the Red Port toward the Holy Land, while Sabo and his allies struggled against the defenders at the Social Plaza and Kuma.
• Maud threatened the CP0 elites with Saint Glindon Temple and Palace Anastasia, then sent a Shadow Clone to capture more Celestial Dragons.
• Sengoku confronted Maud’s Shadow Clone and attacked it, intending to kill Maud through the damage transferred to his original body.
• Luo asked Bonney why she did not use her power on Kuma, and she explained that most of Kuma’s body had been turned into machinery.
• A sphere of gravity suddenly appeared over the Social Plaza, startling Sabo and his allies.

Fujitora’s gravity field trapped Sabo and the others at the social plaza while Maud faced Kong in the Celestial Dragon residence district. As Luo was about to be killed, Kuma rescued him and appeared to have regained consciousness, greeting Sabo and the others with a familiar question.

• Fujitora arrived above the social plaza and used gravity to suppress Sabo and the others while Marines and temple guards joined the attack.
• Maud switched places with his Shadow Clone to confront Kong, who revealed a Zoan transformation and prepared to fight him.
• Fujitora tightened the gravity field as Brook, Luo, and the others struggled against the overwhelming forces surrounding them.
• A Marine Vice Admiral wounded Luo and moved to strike his vital point, but Kuma used the Paw-Paw Fruit to send Luo away.
• Kuma smiled at Sabo, Morley, Karas, and Bonney and asked where they would like to travel.

Kuma regained consciousness and used his Paw-Paw Fruit to send Bonney, Sabo, and the others away before Fujitora and the surrounding forces could stop him. Meanwhile, Maud faced Steel Bone Kong, who acknowledged that Maud’s blade had pierced his defense; the chapter ended with the author discussing how combat strength works in One Piece.

• Kuma regained consciousness and saved Luo from Finger Pistol.
• Kuma sent Bonney away, then used his Paw-Paw Fruit to send Sabo, Karas, Molly, Brook, and Jim away despite Sabo’s protests.
• Fujitora restrained Kuma with gravity as Holy Land guards and Marines attacked him.
• Kuma escaped the attack and headed toward the Celestial Dragon residence, intending to find and send Maud away.
• Steel Bone Kong emerged from the dust with a bleeding chest and told Maud that he understood why Kaido had lost to his blade.
• Maud readied Shusui as the author discussed the limits of individual combat strength in One Piece.

Maud fought Steel Bone Kong, whose Mythical Zoan Great Ape Form and Conqueror's Haki made him a formidable opponent despite his age. Maud gained the upper hand and sent Steel Bone Kong crashing in front of Kizaru and the CP0 elites.

• Steel Bone Kong attacked Maud with Golden Eye, and Maud deflected the golden beams with Shusui.
• Maud charged Steel Bone Kong, and the two clashed at close range with Conqueror's Haki coating.
• Steel Bone Kong was astonished by Maud's mastery of Haki and realized he was losing their contest of strength.
• Steel Bone Kong used his Simulated Bone tail to attack Maud, but Maud's Shadow Blades blocked it and struck back.
• Maud's Shadow Blades sent Steel Bone Kong flying through buildings until he crashed near Kizaru and the CP0 elites.

Maud raced to defeat Steel Bone Kong before time ran out, while Kuma endured attacks at the social plaza and trusted Maud to keep his word. The battle remained unresolved as Maud continued his assault and Kuma waited for the promised rescue.

• Steel Bone Kong recovered from Maud’s attacks, but Maud vanished from his Observation Haki and struck him again with Shusui, sending him flying through the ruins.
• Maud pursued Steel Bone Kong, determined to end the fight quickly so he could save Kuma, and acknowledged that time favored Steel Bone Kong unless he survived Maud’s assault.
• Steel Bone Kong relied on his awakened Great Ape Form and Haki to defend against Maud’s accelerating attacks, believing he could win by keeping Maud occupied.
• At the social plaza, Kuma drove back the elite Marines with a paw-shaped shockwave despite his wounds and damaged mechanical body.
• Kuma told his attackers that time would give them the answer and insisted that Maud had always kept his word, while Fujitora turned toward the direction of the ongoing battle.

Maud fought Steel Bone Kong in a relentless clash, aiming to create an opening before Kuma could be overwhelmed. He mortally wounded Kong and prepared to claim his experience points, hoping to restore his depleted strength and help them escape.

• Maud increased the pace of his attacks while Steel Bone Kong blocked them, and the Marines learned that the two were fighting.
• Steel Bone Kong realized Maud’s assault was draining them both but could not escape the relentless exchange.
• Maud finally broke through Kong’s defense with a slash, then stabbed him through the chest.
• Kong collapsed as Maud thanked him, saying their escape would be thanks to him.
• Maud raised a notebook to claim Kong’s experience points despite his depleted stamina and Haki.

Maud defeated Steel Bone Kong and used him and two Celestial Dragons as hostages to get Kuma out of the encirclement. After Kuma escaped, Maud killed his hostages, reached ten-star physique, and fought off the Marines while a mysterious golden-eyed figure arrived before the Empty Throne.

• Maud defeated Steel Bone Kong, recorded his abilities in Hunter's Notebook, and carried him to the social plaza where Fujitora's forces were surrounding Kuma.
• Maud demanded that the Marines and Holy Land guards let him and Kuma leave, using Steel Bone Kong and two Celestial Dragons as hostages.
• Maud led Kuma out of the encirclement and gave him Bepo's Vivre Card so he could find the Polar Dive.
• As Kuma escaped with the Paw-Paw Fruit, Maud killed Steel Bone Kong and gained enough experience to raise his physique beyond ten stars.
• Kizaru tried to rescue the Celestial Dragons, but Maud's shadows killed them; Maud and his Shadow Clone then held off Fujitora and Kizaru as Maud's Conqueror's Haki knocked out the surrounding forces.
• A golden-eyed figure arrived in the Hall of Oaths and gazed at the twenty rust-covered weapons before the Empty Throne.

Lord Imu drew the Nefertari Family’s ancient sword and intervened in the battle outside Pangu City as Maud held back the Holy Land’s forces to help Kuma escape. After Lord Imu’s slash gravely wounded Maud, he fled to the Polar Dive, while the Five Elders knelt before Lord Imu.

• Lord Imu swallowed five pills, gained two extra irises, and drew the Nefertari Family’s eight-hundred-year-old knight’s sword from the Hall of Oaths.
• Maud sent Fujitora and Kizaru flying, then used a Shadow Screen, sword strikes, and Conqueror’s Haki to hold back the pursuing forces while Kuma escaped.
• Fujitora and Kizaru returned to the battlefield, but a powerful slash from Pangu City pierced Maud’s defenses and tore away much of his waist and abdomen.
• Maud used Shadow Shift to escape the CP0 elites and appeared inside the Polar Dive, where Bepo was shocked by his injuries.
• Lord Imu’s sword crumbled to dust, and the Five Elders knelt before her to apologize for requiring her intervention.

Maud escaped Mary Geoise with Kuma, healed his injuries, and set the Polar Dive toward White Soil Island. The world learned that Maud had killed Fleet Admiral Steel Bone Kong and two Celestial Dragons during the Reverie, leaving everyone stunned.

• Bepo panicked over Maud's severe wounds, but Maud used the Shadow Mending Technique to restore himself as Kuma arrived at the Polar Dive.
• Maud learned that Kuma had sent Sabo and the others to White Soil Island, then removed the weapons lodged in Kuma and bandaged his bleeding wounds.
• Kuma ate salmon sashimi with honey and realized that his journey could continue, while Maud silently welcomed him back.
• Maud failed to contact Luo and Sabo, then arranged for the Polar Dive to travel to White Soil Island and asked Kuma to seek Dragon's permission to land.
• Newspapers reported that Maud had attacked Mary Geoise during the Reverie and killed Steel Bone Kong and two Celestial Dragons, shocking people around the world.

News of Maud’s attack on the Holy Land spread around the world, deepening fear and unrest as people reacted to his apparent injuries and the World Government’s failures. On a New World island, the bandaged Bullet read the report in silence as someone approached and called themself his savior.

• The newspaper’s detailed report on the Reverie attack reached the world, and people feared Maud while the World Government failed to suppress the news.
• Outlaws and pirates discussed Maud’s deeds and the injury shown in his photograph; one pirate shot a man for insulting Maud.
• The report described the world’s rising turmoil as factions watched and ordinary people prayed for what might come next.
• Bullet sat bandaged on a cliff, conflicted as he read about Maud’s attack on the Holy Land.
• Someone approached Bullet and called themself his savior, but Bullet gave no response.

Festa proposed that he and Bullet work together to stage a war that would overturn Roger’s era, offering Bullet a chance to fight powerful opponents. He revealed a Log Pose to Raftel as the key to attracting an audience for the event, and Bullet showed interest if Festa could deliver.

• Festa approached Bullet, who had just thrown away a newspaper, and proposed planning a war to overturn the era Roger created.
• Bullet rejected Festa’s proposal, saying he planned to surpass Roger by defeating top-tier opponents through his own strength.
• Festa offered Bullet a stage where he could fight powerful opponents, which caught Bullet’s attention.
• Festa showed Bullet a Log Pose to Raftel and explained that it would draw an audience to their celebration.
• Bullet said he would consider working with Festa if Festa could make his plan happen.

While the Polar Dive continued toward its destination, Maud reassured his crew about the Holy Land incident and protected them from Sea Kings. Elsewhere, Luo and Sabo traveled through the sky with their companions, and Brook began planning a biography of Maud that could preserve his story far into the future.

• Lafitte called Maud about the newspaper report on the Holy Land attack, and Maud confirmed the report was accurate and said the rescue mission had gone smoothly.
• Maud told Lafitte that construction in their territory was progressing well, then told Perona he would be away for at least another month.
• Three Sea Kings approached the Polar Dive, but Maud drove them away with his Conqueror's Haki.
• Luo traveled through the sky with Molly, who kept crying over Maud's safety, while Luo failed to reach Maud or the other crew by Den Den Mushi.
• Sabo traveled with Brook, who explained that he wanted to write Maud's biography so his story could endure for thousands of years.
• Sabo asked Brook how he and Maud had met, and Brook began recalling the foggy day they first encountered each other.

After returning to White Soil Island, Maud reunited with the Revolutionary Army and described the mysterious enemy who had gravely wounded him at the Holy Land. The next morning, the Revolutionary Army received news that Douglas Bullet possessed a Log Pose pointing toward Raftel.

• Brook began writing Maud's biography while Sabo watched and offered encouragement.
• Sabo, Luo, and the others landed safely on White Soil Island, and Luo began working on his Chimera Research in a laboratory provided by the Revolutionary Army.
• Maud arrived at White Soil Island aboard the Polar Dive, where the Revolutionary Army welcomed Kuma and Maud reunited with his companions.
• Kuma asked Maud to look after Bonney, and Maud agreed as long as Bonney was willing.
• At Dragon's banquet, Maud recounted the Holy Land incident and warned that the unknown person who wounded him might be the Revolutionary Army's true enemy.
• The next morning, the Revolutionary Army received a newspaper report that Douglas Bullet owned a Log Pose pointing toward Raftel.

Maud returned to Thriller Bark as the world focused on Bullet’s claim that he possessed Raftel’s Log Pose, and learned from Rayleigh and Gaban that a Roger Pirate named Festa might have kept the secretly made Log Pose. The chapter ended with Bullet livestreaming an attack on World Government ships carrying Celestial Gold.

• Maud decided to hunt Bullet to raise his ability star ratings, and said he would obtain Raftel’s Log Pose if it proved real because of Brook and Laboon’s promise.
• Maud and his crew left White Soil Island aboard the Polar Dive and reached Thriller Bark ten days later, where their companions welcomed them with a banquet.
• At the banquet, Rayleigh told Maud that a Roger Pirate had secretly made a Log Pose for Raftel, which Roger threw into the sea along with Festa.
• Gaban said Festa might have survived and preserved the Log Pose, leaving open the possibility that it still existed.
• Lafitte showed Maud and the banquet guests Bullet’s live broadcast of him attacking World Government ships carrying Celestial Gold.

Bullet livestreamed his destruction of the Celestial Gold’s escort fleet and seized the treasure, while Festa announced a pirate festival offering the gold and a Log Pose marked Raftel as prizes. Maud decided to add his own spark to the coming conflict and asked Rayleigh and Gaban to grant him a request.

• Bullet destroyed more than a dozen Marine escort ships, then caught up with the ships carrying the Celestial Gold and killed everyone aboard.
• Festa appeared on the livestream with a Log Pose marked Raftel and announced a grand pirate festival offering it and the Celestial Gold as prizes.
• At a banquet, the Charlotte Family watched the broadcast as Charlotte Linlin dismissed Bullet as a lesser threat than Maud and the Red-Haired Pirates.
• The Red-Haired Pirates debated whether the Log Pose was real, and Shanks recalled Festa’s earlier talk of holding a grand festival.
• Maud recognized that the festival could ignite conflicts worldwide and asked Rayleigh and Gaban to agree to a request.

Maud planned to use Rayleigh and Gaban to confirm the Great Treasure and Raftel Log Pose, while Luo reported progress on the Chimera Research. Maud also set terms for Hiyori’s work in Wano, and Tesoro brought news about the Pure Gold’s whereabouts.

• Maud asked Rayleigh and Gaban to publicly confirm that the Great Treasure and Raftel Log Pose were real, and they agreed.
• After the livestream ended, Maud visited Luo, who said the Chimera Research could begin experiments in less than half a month.
• Hiyori told Maud she had organized refugees and reconstruction in Wano, and Maud promised her freedom and protection in exchange for restraint.
• Hiyori told Yamato that Maud had given Wano its freedom rather than intending to govern it.
• Tesoro told Maud that the pirate crew he had hired had found the Pure Gold’s whereabouts.

Maud agreed to let Tesoro search for Pure Gold and considered which Devil Fruits he might eat if Luo's Chimera Research succeeded. The next morning, the crew read the news about Bullet and Festa's festival, and Morgans called Maud to ask when the interview would take place.

• Tesoro told Maud he had found information about Pure Gold, and Maud agreed to send him with Bepo and other Heart Pirates members the next day.
• Maud examined his collection of twenty-four Devil Fruits and weighed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Dark-Dark Fruit, and Yamata no Orochi Fruit as possible second abilities.
• A news coo accused Luo of stealing two newspapers, and the crew teased him until he paid the bird back.
• Maud read the newspaper coverage of Bullet and Festa's livestream and festival, then reflected that Rayleigh and Gaban's upcoming interview would strengthen Festa's claims.
• Morgans called Maud and asked whether he had set a time for the interview.

Maud arranged a live interview with Rayleigh and Gaban to lend credibility to the Log Pose leading to Raftel and the existence of the great treasure, stirring the world into a frenzy. Ten days later, Luo’s research was ready for experiments that could let Maud consume a second Devil Fruit.

• Maud arranged for Morgans to interview Rayleigh and Gaban, and the two former Roger Pirates appeared live before the world.
• Maud spoke with Shakky while the interview continued, and she agreed to gather intelligence on underworld forces that might attend the festival.
• Morgans left Thriller Bark after the interview, while Dada advised Brook on writing a biography praising Maud.
• Festa worried over Maud’s motives but decided to press ahead with the festival and build its stage as quickly as possible.
• Rayleigh and Gaban’s appearance confirmed the Log Pose’s authenticity and the great treasure’s existence, prompting people across the world to flock toward it.
• Ten days passed without news from Tesoro, while Luo’s research advanced to the experimental stage for Maud’s potential second Devil Fruit.