Chapter Summaries

Maud ended the war by crushing Akainu and forcing the remaining Marines, World Government forces, and guards to surrender. As the Revolutionaries returned and Dragon considered what should come next, Maud joined Smoker and Hina in rescuing survivors by turning the rubble across the Holy Land into shadows.

• Maud gave the battlefield one minute to surrender, and more than half the forces laid down their weapons.
• Akainu attacked Maud with Great Eruption, but Maud shattered the magma fist and defeated him with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Sunny and the Maud Pirates arrived as Maud waited above the battlefield, and Tesoro brought the wounded Ryokugyu into view.
• The remaining fighters surrendered, ending the war, and the Revolutionaries emerged from the Mirror World with Dragon, Luo, and Princess Mansherry.
• Dragon watched Maud and considered how the Revolutionaries should shape the world, while Smoker and Hina searched the ruins for survivors.
• Maud joined Smoker and Hina, then transformed the rubble across the Holy Land into shadows to help rescue the people buried beneath it.

After Maud used his awakened ability to clear the ruins and flatten the Holy Land, he turned to the war’s aftermath and left the injured Ryokugyu in Fujitora’s care. Meanwhile, the Red-Haired Pirates and Straw Hat Pirates reached Red Port and saw the enormous slash through the Red Line.

• Maud turned the debris covering the battlefield into shadows, clearing it away and revealing entrances beneath the Holy Land.
• Maud thanked Smoker and Hina by joking that they were even over the ticket he had owed, then returned to his companions and proposed eating charcoal-grilled lobster.
• Jinbe went to catch lobsters, while Sunny promised to peel Beli’s lobster for him.
• Tesoro asked what to do about the gravely injured Ryokugyu, and Mansherry healed him before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Maud asked Fujitora to convince Ryokugyu to join the new order, then went with Dragon to discuss the spoils of war.
• The Red-Haired Pirates and Straw Hat Pirates arrived at Red Port and stared in shock at the slash through the Red Line.

Maud and Dragon argued over who should lead the world after the war, and Maud claimed he could reshape it faster than Dragon could. The chapter ended with a former servant of Imu holding a mysterious Devil Fruit on Sabaody Archipelago.

• Shanks and Beckman realized the slash through the Red Line could transform the seas, while Zoro suspected Maud had made it.
• Maud and Dragon explored an ancient underground city beneath the Holy Land and found a mural that Dragon believed recorded ancient history.
• Dragon asked what kind of world Maud wanted to create, and Maud answered that he wanted equality and freedom through reputation and power.
• Maud challenged Dragon’s claim to leadership by asking whether he could end piracy, underground dealings, and the separation of the world’s islands within a year.
• Aokiji, Fujitora, Kuma, Sabo, and Shanks arrived as Maud declared that only he could take the position, though Dragon could challenge him for it.
• On Sabaody Archipelago, a young man who had once served Imu opened a box containing a Devil Fruit.

After the World Government fell, Maud emerged from the ancient underground city and agreed to Dragon’s challenge to decide who would shape the future. As Morgans prepared to interview him, Maud said he would settle the fight within one minute and invited Dragon’s executives to join in.

• Maud and Dragon emerged from the ancient underground city with Aokiji, Sabo, and the others after Dragon accepted Maud’s challenge.
• The Maud Pirates, Red-Haired Pirates, Straw Hat Pirates, and Morgans’s newspaper staff gathered around Maud.
• Morgans praised Maud for toppling the World Government and asked to interview him before dawn.
• Maud postponed the interview and told Dragon he would resolve their conflict within one minute.
• Maud invited Dragon’s executives to join the fight, while Luffy eagerly asked to take part.

Maud agreed to face Luffy and Zoro, but one by one, pirates and Revolutionary Army members joined the challenge. As Morgans considered turning the gathering into a public spectacle, Maud remained ready to defeat them all and prove his strength to Dragon.

• Luffy and Zoro declared they would fight Maud, and Sanji joined them despite the Straw Hats' protests.
• Bartholomew and Franky joined the challenge, while Betty asked Maud for permission to support the fighters and he agreed.
• Dragon and the Revolutionary Army executives moved toward the field, deciding to wager their available fighters against Maud.
• Cavendish, Urouge, and Luo entered the fight, followed by Yasopp and Hawkins.
• Bonney shoved Hawkins aside and joined because Kuma was fighting, as more challengers gathered around Maud.
• Morgans grew excited by the growing spectacle, and Dada suggested imitating Festa's event on Water Seven Island.

Morgans organized a worldwide live broadcast of Maud facing a massive group of powerful challengers on the Red Line. Maud effortlessly shattered their opening assault and engulfed them in his Eternal Night technique, leaving the onlookers unable to see what happened inside.

• Morgans mobilized other news agencies to set up global relays while Dada prepared the broadcast equipment.
• Dragon, Luffy, the Straw Hat Pirates, Red-Haired Pirates officers, Shiryu's group, and other fighters gathered to attack Maud, while Philo suggested they move the battle to the Mirror World and Maud refused.
• Morgans began broadcasting Maud's confrontation worldwide, introducing it as the birth of a brand-new era.
• Maud drew Shusui, darkened the sky, and faced the challengers as Betty inspired them to attack.
• Luo used Room and Shambles to send the fighters' combined attacks toward Maud, but Maud destroyed them without moving.
• Maud named his power Infinite and unleashed Eternal Night, swallowing the challengers inside an impenetrable sphere of shadow.

Maud defeated the Revolutionary Army leader and the other challengers in under a minute, proving his overwhelming strength to the spectators and live broadcast viewers. Morgans ended the broadcast and chose a headline calling Maud the undisputed strongest in the world.

• Brook wrote that Maud was the undisputed strongest before the battle's outcome was clear.
• Maud shattered the shadow sphere trapping the challengers, then stored its remaining destructive energy in a Shadow Box.
• The challengers fell unconscious into the pit, and the observers confirmed that the battle was over.
• Morgans cut off the live broadcast after its brief transmission and explained his approach to journalism to Dada.
• Morgans told Dada to prepare the headline, “Bajac D. Maud! The undisputed strongest in the world!”

After Maud defeated Dragon, Dragon struggled to accept the loss while Sabo said he believed Maud could fulfill his promises to change the world. Dragon left the tent as Sabo joined Luffy at the banquet, where Maud and the others celebrated over lobsters.

• Dragon awoke after his defeat and told Sabo he would give Maud one year to see what changes he brought to the world.
• Sabo said he believed Maud could end the pirate era and underground dealings, though he doubted Maud could connect the world's islands in a year.
• Luffy called Sabo to the banquet, and Dragon slipped away from the tent rather than face Luffy.
• Sabo and Luffy headed to the outdoor feast, where Maud peeled lobster for Shusui beside the Red-Haired Pirates and his crew.
• Beli mocked Shusui for needing Maud to peel her lobster, and Chopper translated Shusui's insult about Beli being a poor loser.

After the World Government fell, Maud erased the Red Line and set out with the Maud Pirates toward the end of their journey. The chapter closed with Brook finishing a book as Maud’s crew sailed on.

• At the feast, Maud fed Shusui lobster while Hancock, Perona, and Sunny asked him to peel theirs; Robin used her ability to separate the meat from the shells.
• Robin explored the underground ancient city and found murals of distant history, but Maud questioned the importance of uncovering the past after the World Government’s fall.
• The next morning, newspapers announced the destruction of the Celestial Dragons and the World Government, alongside Maud’s declaration that the Great Pirate Era and the slave trade were over.
• At Red Port, Maud used his shadow power to transform the Red Line into shadows and reveal the sea beyond it.
• Maud ordered the Netherworld to raise its sails and head for the end of the journey as the Maud Pirates watched him depart.

Six months after the war, visitors attended Brook’s Soul Funeral in Sky City, where Maud briefly appeared and vanished. After the funeral, an angry newcomer arrived demanding to know where Maud had gone.

• An old man followed a brochure through Sky City and bought a white flower from Perona outside the church.
• The old man placed the flower in Brook’s coffin and felt the Soul Funeral’s calming effect.
• A black-haired young man offered the old man shaved ice from Aokiji Island, then disappeared before he could ask how it had appeared.
• After the funeral ended, Perona praised Brook’s performance, and Brook sat up in his coffin.
• A short figure with a flintlock gun entered the church and angrily demanded to know where Maud had gone; Perona and Brook found Maud’s seat empty.

Maud decided to have Luo study Brook’s body in hopes of making resurrection easier, then evaded Saul, who wanted to discuss his marriage. After Maud left to see Hancock, Saul arrived at Lafitte’s office and revealed he had failed to understand the investment mechanism and had passed out.

• Maud considered Brook’s growing Underworld ability and decided to have Luo study him, hoping Brook could combine it with the Soul-Soul Fruit to aid resurrection.
• Saul rushed after Maud to discuss marriage, but Maud used Shadow Shift to escape him.
• Maud appeared at Lafitte’s office, praised him, and collected intelligence about renewed slave trading before leaving to see Hancock.
• Saul arrived at the office and urged Lafitte to set aside paperwork for something more important.
• Saul admitted that he had been pinned to his bed by his blankets, failed to understand the investment mechanism, and passed out.

Maud teleported into Hancock’s bath and reunited with her before reading Lafitte’s intelligence on the slave trade. Afterward, he invited Hancock to come with him, and she agreed to follow him anywhere.

• Maud used the Shadow Mark to teleport to Hancock and arrived in her bath.
• Hancock recognized Maud, embraced him, and stayed with him in the bath for several hours.
• Maud read Lafitte’s intelligence and noted that the slave trade persisted despite half a year of suppression and strikes.
• Maud asked Hancock to come with him, and Hancock agreed to follow him wherever he went.

Handar’s slave-hunting crew loaded captives onto their ship and caught Roen and Duoduo trying to escape. Handar was about to seize Duoduo when Maud appeared and caught her.

• Handar’s sailors loaded cages of captives onto their ship while Handar watched the port with Observation Haki.
• Handar exposed Roen and Duoduo hiding among crates and rushed to stop them as they fled.
• Roen threw glass shards at Handar, then attacked him to give Duoduo time to escape.
• Handar captured Roen and chased Duoduo, threatening to make both children merchandise.
• Maud appeared and caught Duoduo before she fell, terrifying Handar and the slave hunters.

Maud appeared at the harbor and killed Handar and the slave-hunting crew, then left Sabo to handle the cleanup. He called Hancock and told her they would go home, while resolving to keep fighting slavery and the pirate era.

• Maud appeared with the little girl and confronted Handar at the harbor.
• Maud used Shadow Kill to kill Handar and several hundred slave hunters.
• Sabo approached Maud, who left him to handle the cleanup and reaffirmed that he would keep killing outlaws.
• Maud called Hancock, learned she had finished her work, and told her they would go home.
• Maud reflected on building connections across the world, ending the pirate era, and eradicating slavery.

A year after Saul’s resurrection, Maud began the World Bridge plan to connect the world after ending the Great Pirate Era and destroying the underground trade empires. The chapter ended as an airborne bridge rose above the sea.

• Saul reflected that his return from death had felt like closing his eyes and opening them a second later, while Sunny cooked lamb chops and Beli served him wine.
• Maud used his overwhelming power to end the pirate era and eliminate the underground world’s illegal traders and slaveholders.
• Dragon accepted the new situation and led the Revolutionary Army in assisting Maud’s team.
• Maud announced the start of the World Bridge plan, and Sabo said that humanity’s wildest dreams could now become reality.
• An airborne bridge rose above the sea as people across the world watched Maud.

Years after the World Bridge project began, Maud and Brook stood at Twin Cape as the connected world flourished. They watched Laboon and its pod reunite across the now-vanished Red Line, while Crocas reflected on Maud’s impact.

• The World Bridge linked the regions of the world and helped spread Sea Trains and new progress.
• Maud stood atop the preserved lighthouse at Twin Cape with Brook, who held a book bearing Maud’s name and asked about its ending.
• Maud told Brook to leave the book as it was, and Brook said he did not want to see the ending yet.
• Laboon and a pod of scarred whales surfaced and sang in the sea now that the Red Line was gone.
• Brook recognized Laboon, while Crocas watched the whales from beneath the lighthouse and reflected on Maud.

Maud and Perona affirmed their relationship before heading to a banquet celebrating Maud’s companions. The banquet fell silent when Maud arrived, and Sunny and Hancock both invited him to sit beside them.

• Perona clung to Maud and kissed his neck, while Maud let her keep calling him “Lord Maud.”
• Perona helped Maud straighten his collar, then floated beside him as they went to the banquet hall.
• Maud entered the hall, where more than a thousand guests fell silent before laughing at his joke about Kuzan.
• Sunny waved Maud over to the empty seat she had saved beside her, while Hancock had also saved him a seat at the neighboring table.

At a banquet, Sunny and Hancock both tried to get Maud to sit beside them, leaving him unable to choose. Just as he was forced to respond, Law arrived and used Room.

• Sunny and Hancock each stood and invited Maud to take the seat beside her, drawing the crew's attention.
• Maud sought help from Lafitte, but Saul stopped him; Jaya, Jim, and Aokiji also declined to intervene.
• Maud looked around for someone to call him away, but realized the others would only enjoy watching the spectacle.
• Law entered the banquet hall and abruptly unfolded his white-glowing Room domain.

At the banquet, Maud drank with his companions before escaping to the balcony, where Sunny spoke of Saul’s final wish for them to have a child. The story ended with Maud and Sunny smiling together as Beli ran to them for help from a drunken Shusui.

• Luo teleported Maud to the drinking table, and Maud chose to sit beside him rather than Sunny and Hancock.
• Hawkins gave up his seat to Urouge, but Perona knocked Urouge down and took the seat beside Maud.
• Shanks and the other guests tried to get Maud drunk, so Maud used a Shadow Clone and slipped away to the balcony.
• Sunny brought Maud honey water, and they quietly recalled the past together.
• Sunny told Maud that Saul’s final wish was to see her have a child with him, making Maud choke on his drink.
• Beli ran to Maud and Sunny for help as a drunken Shusui attacked him with flames and thunder.

A black-robed traveler in the Dark Continent was saved from a sandworm by a violin-playing skeleton, while Gin met Mate and read her family's ancient book, D. Maud. In the present, the Twelve Zodiacs examined a dangerous longblade, and Maud opened his eyes in darkness as he sensed a distant fight and killing intent.

• A sandworm made of sand attacked the black-robed figure, but a violin melody destroyed the Gaseous lifeform and revealed a tall skeleton.
• Gin refused Mate's invitation to play, then showed her that he had translated the title of her family's ancient book, D. Maud.
• Tiger Kansai told the Twelve Zodiacs that he had collapsed a tomb and found a strange longblade inside.
• Gin questioned Kansai about the ruined tomb, and Dog Kido stopped Gin from attacking him.
• The Twelve Zodiacs debated whether to hand the ominous longblade to an exorcist.
• Maud opened his eyes in darkness and sensed an argument, a fight, and killing intent on the breeze.