Chapter Summaries

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.

After Maud defeated Imu, he fell unconscious and gravely wounded in Anthem Square, where a Marine force found him. As Marines led by Major General Brown tried to execute him, Hina and Smoker defended him, and a purple figure stopped Brown’s blade at the last moment.

• The Five Elders tried to reach Maud, but Shiryu, Cavendish, and Aokiji blocked them as Maud fell into Anthem Square.
• A Marine force led by Vice Admiral Bennet found Maud, and Bennet ordered his soldiers to put Seastone Cuffs on him.
• Major General Brown defied Bennet and led Marines in firing at Maud, but Hina blocked the bullets with her Black Cage Wall.
• Hina and Smoker tried to hold back the Marines as Brown charged Maud and swung his blade at him.
• A purple figure used gravity to stop Brown’s blade just before it struck Maud.

Fujitora protected the gravely wounded Maud from Brown and the Marines, while Luo used his Room ability to rescue Maud when the Marines broke through Fujitora’s defense. Maud reunited with Luo as Sunny and Philo arrived, but Maud remained critically injured and Luo showed signs of strain.

• Fujitora stopped Brown from killing Maud and refused to explain why he was protecting him.
• Brown urged the Marines to kill Maud, but Maud woke and thanked Fujitora while revealing how badly the battle and vicious drug had damaged him.
• The Marines attacked Maud, and Fujitora blocked their strikes while avoiding harm to his former comrades.
• Tesoro and Ryokugyu continued their fierce fight near the Holy Land’s city gate, with Tesoro launching a surge of liquid gold at Ryokugyu.
• Brown led another assault that broke through Fujitora’s protection, but Luo used Room and Shambles to move Maud to safety.
• Luo caught Maud on a nearby rooftop and treated his wounds, then criticized Sunny and Philo when they arrived through a transparent door.

After Maud survived his near-fatal injuries, Luo, Philo, Sunny, and Fujitora escaped the Marine siege through Sunny’s door. In the alternate space, Maud recovered enough to discuss Imu’s identity with Fujitora, who asked what Maud wanted the future world to become.

• Luo scolded Sunny and Philo for arriving late, then used his domain to slow Maud’s bleeding while Philo treated his wounds.
• Maud comforted Sunny and told her that securing victory would clear the way for her dream.
• As Marines overwhelmed Fujitora in Anthem Square, Maud asked Sunny to open a door and Luo used Room to transfer Fujitora and the group away.
• The Marines watched Maud and the others vanish, while Hina and Smoker discussed their concern about Maud’s escape and Aokiji continued fighting the Five Elders.
• In the Door-Door alternate space, Philo gave Maud medicine, and Fujitora asked about the being Maud had defeated before asking what he thought the world should become.

Maud weighed withdrawing from the battle after learning that his side faced a major numerical disadvantage and that Akainu had arrived with reinforcements. As Maud prepared to order a retreat, Sunny received a call on a private Den Den Mushi.

• Fujitora asked Maud about the future leadership of the world, and Maud said they would discuss it after the war.
• After recovering enough to stand, Maud called Violet and asked about the battlefield.
• Violet told Maud that the enemy had nearly fifty thousand more troops and almost a hundred new-model Pacifistas.
• Violet reported that Akainu was heading to Red Port with five warships, and Maud decided they had to retreat.
• Sunny received an incoming call on a dedicated Den Den Mushi known to only a few people, including Maud.

Akainu arrived at Red Port and saw that the Red Line had been split open before joining the fierce battle in the Holy Land. Fujitora’s meteors briefly gave the struggling Revolutionary Army hope, but Akainu countered them with magma, leaving Dragon convinced the battle was lost.

• Akainu reached the Red Line with elite Marines and saw a vast fissure running up its cliff face.
• The Revolutionary Army fought at a severe disadvantage as the World Government’s forces and new Pacifistas pressed their attack.
• Dragon directed the battle while Lindbergh fought with his experimental freezing firearm, but the Revolutionary Army continued to lose ground.
• Fujitora arrived and sent three flaming meteors toward the World Government’s formation.
• Akainu appeared and launched three magma fists at the meteors, prompting Dragon to murmur that it was over.

Akainu’s arrival turned the battle against the Revolutionary Army, and Dragon ordered a retreat while Sabo stayed behind to cover it. In an alternate space, Maud prepared to have Mansherry heal him and then return to the fight, while directing Sunny and Philo to help the retreat.

• Akainu shattered Fujitora’s meteorites, then fought him with magma attacks as Fujitora answered with gravity slashes.
• The World Government’s reinforcements overwhelmed the Revolutionary Army, and Hawkins relayed the retreat order to the Maud Pirates.
• Dragon and Sabo argued over who would stay as the rear guard, until Dragon accepted Sabo’s offer and entered the Mirror World.
• Maud learned that Jaya had brought Mansherry to help heal him and told Jaya not to act without his permission again.
• Luo warned Maud that returning to battle could expose him to a fatal attack, but Maud insisted he was the strongest in the world.
• Mansherry, Jaya, Sunny, and Philo arrived, and Maud asked Mansherry to heal him before instructing Sunny and Philo to move them to the Mirror World and aid the retreat.

Maud recovered from his catastrophic injuries and waited in the Mirror World while the Revolutionary Army retreated under attack. The World Government pursued them into the Mirror World, and as seven floating islands descended over the Holy Land, Maud opened blood-red eyes.

• Princess Mansherry healed Maud, who then told Violet to keep him informed and ensure Aokiji and the others withdrew.
• Philo and Sunny deployed mirror passages, but World Government forces seized one and followed the Revolutionary Army into the Mirror World, where fighting resumed.
• Aokiji took over Fujitora's fight against Akainu, allowing Fujitora to leave and restrain the new Pacifistas.
• The Revolutionary Army's rearguard fought on as seven floating islands appeared above the Holy Land and began descending.
• Maud opened his eyes inside the Mirror World, and his pupils turned blood red.

Maud left Luo and Mansherry behind to protect the medical zone while he slowly recovered his Haki on the way back to the battlefield. He effortlessly killed the CP agents attacking the wounded and destroyed seven or eight new Pacifistas in seconds, leaving both armies stunned as he turned toward the Mirror World passage.

• Maud asked Luo how much stamina he had recovered, then left him to protect Mansherry while he returned to the battlefield.
• Luo used Room to clean the blood and grime from Maud, and Maud set off slowly to recover his Haki and stamina.
• CP agents attacked the medical zone and forced Revolutionary Army fighters to shield the wounded from their Tempest Kicks.
• Maud arrived, shattered the incoming Tempest Kicks, and used his shadows to make the CP agents snap their own necks.
• Maud destroyed seven or eight new Pacifistas in roughly two seconds, stunning both sides and opening a path through the battlefield.
• Maud looked toward the Mirror World passage and said he had not been in a hurry to deal with the enemies who had entered it.

Maud helped the Revolutionary Army win the battle in the Mirror World, then left Dragon to decide whether to sacrifice the rear guard as seven islands descended on the Holy Land. After the islands devastated the battlefield, Maud arrived and struck down the Bald Five Elders before the World Government could pursue the survivors.

• Maud cut down World Government forces at the Mirror World passage, turning the battle in the Revolutionary Army's favor and forcing the enemy to collapse.
• Maud asked Violet how many mirrors the enemy had taken, then left the decision about the stranded rear guard to Dragon.
• Dragon released the islands' buoyancy, and the World Government forces shattered them with attacks as the Revolutionary Army rear guard fought on beneath the falling debris.
• Akainu destroyed one island to protect his Marines, while Fujitora and Akainu argued over who could change the world.
• The islands crashed into the Holy Land, devastating both sides; Smoker called for rescuers to find survivors, while the Five Elders prepared to advance through the mirrors.
• Maud suddenly appeared and wounded the Bald Five Elders with his swords, declaring that the enemy did not need to enter the Mirror World because he was there.

Maud appeared unharmed, killed the Five Elders with overwhelming speed, and broke the enemy army’s will. As the Marines began rescuing the wounded and Tesoro’s fight was decided by Maud’s intervention, Maud offered the remaining forces a chance to surrender and live.

• Maud caught the First Generation Kikoku after killing the Bald Five Elders with a single slash.
• Maud hurled the First Generation Kikoku at the Mustache Five Elder, killing him, while Smoker and Hina chose to rescue the wounded.
• Maud’s Whistling Arrow struck Ryokugu during his clash with Tesoro, destroying the green forest and shattering Ryokugu’s legs.
• Maud killed the Braided Hair Five Elder and the Goatee Five Elder with a swift sword strike, leaving all Five Elders dead.
• Maud told the remaining forces to surrender and they would live.