Chapter Summaries

Sugar turned Koala and the other Revolutionary Army members into toy slaves, while Maud and Luo obtained the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and went to Toy House. Maud recognized Sugar's trap and severed her arms and legs, leaving Luo, Tatam, and the toy prisoners shocked.

• Sugar deceived Koala and the Revolutionary Army members, turned them into toys, and forced them into a silent contract to serve the Family.
• Maud received the Tremor-Tremor Fruit from Luo and stored it with six other Devil Fruits in the Shadow Box.
• Maud and Luo headed to Toy House to find the Donquixote Family's remaining officers, and Tatam joined them along the way.
• Inside Toy House, Maud found Sugar tied to a rack and being whipped by the toy-form Revolutionary Army members.
• Maud stopped Luo and Tatam from intervening, then cut off Sugar's arms and legs instead of falling for her trap.

Maud freed the Revolutionaries and Violet from Sugar’s toys, then reunited with Sunny, who had eaten the Slick-Slick Fruit. At the port, Aokiji defeated Jack, Jaya gained the upper hand against Ulti, and Lafitte rescued two children while fighting Drake.

• Maud tortured Sugar until she fainted, restoring Koala, Molly, Haku, Violet, and the other toy prisoners to human form.
• Koala explained the Revolutionaries had come to Dressrosa to disrupt the Donquixote Family’s weapons supply, and Maud discovered Sunny among them after she ate the Slick-Slick Fruit.
• Luo treated Sugar, and Maud told the Revolutionaries that Violet was not a Donquixote Family commander.
• Aokiji defeated Jack, while Jaya used her Devil Fruit powers to unbalance Ulti and wound her in the chest.
• Lafitte rescued two children from a collapsing house during his fight with Drake, then refused to explain his actions before resuming the battle.

Maud’s crew escaped the Toy House after destroying the factory and taking Sugar’s Devil Fruit, while Lafitte defeated Drake and Maud captured him with Luo’s help. Aokiji persuaded Maud to let Drake go, and as the crew finished off the unconscious pirates at the harbor, a purple figure flew toward them from an approaching warship.

• Lafitte used his Phantom Sword to fatally wound Drake, but Drake fled toward town and Lafitte chased him.
• Maud and Luo left the Toy House after extracting Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit and destroying the underground factory, then Maud killed a freed pirate who threatened a civilian couple.
• Maud and Luo captured Drake by using Luo’s Room to swap him with shadow matter, but Aokiji arrived and asked to take charge of him.
• Maud allowed Aokiji to release Drake, then continued to the harbor with Lafitte and Luo while Drake escaped.
• Maud ordered Luo to take Jack’s and Ulti’s hearts and directed the crew to finish off the unconscious enemies as Marines watched.
• A top-of-the-line warship approached the harbor, and a purple figure flew ahead of it toward the gathered pirates and Marines.

Maud faced Admiral Fujitora at Dressrosa’s port until Aokiji intervened, while a sudden storm brought the Blackbeard Pirates and the pursuing Whitebeard Pirates into the same confrontation. The chapter left Maud addressing the gathered forces as the Marines, pirates, and former allies stood poised for a fight.

• Fujitora arrived at the port and used his gravity to scatter Urouge and the others before confronting Maud.
• Fujitora attacked Maud, but Aokiji blocked him with Ice Age and then stood protectively in front of Maud.
• Maud ordered Kuzan and the others to leave as the storm worsened, but Aokiji chose to stay and face Fujitora.
• A tornado swept Blackbeard and his crew into Dressrosa, where they landed near Maud, Aokiji, and Fujitora.
• Marco, Ace, and Vista arrived while pursuing Blackbeard, bringing the Whitebeard Pirates into the tense standoff.
• Maud unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocked several Marines unconscious, and asked whether everyone intended to settle things there.

Maud tried to force a decisive battle between his crew, Blackbeard’s Pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates’ remnants, and Fujitora’s Marines. The chapter ended with Aokiji attacking Blackbeard after Ace’s Great Flame Emperor was absorbed by the Dark-Dark Fruit.

• Maud declared that the gathered crews should fight until one side died, while Vista and Marco urged Ace to withdraw because staying would help Blackbeard.
• Blackbeard tried to keep Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates’ remnants in the conflict by proposing they join forces against Maud.
• Ace refused to retreat and hurled his Great Flame Emperor at Blackbeard’s crew, but Blackbeard absorbed it with Dark Water.
• Aokiji sensed that Blackbeard was dangerous and, after Maud nodded his approval, attacked him with Ice Bird Strike.

Blackbeard used the Dark-Dark Fruit to absorb attacks from Aokiji and Fujitora, then caught what he believed was Maud and ordered his crew to kill him. Maud revealed he had used a shadow as bait and struck Blackbeard and his companions, leaving them bleeding and stunned.

• Blackbeard absorbed Aokiji's Ice Bird Attack and taunted Ace, Marco, and Vista about killing Thatch to obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Fujitora brought down a meteor, but Blackbeard swallowed it with Dark Hole while Aokiji and Fujitora recognized that his darkness absorbed both attacks and impact force.
• Maud fired at Blackbeard as Van Augur and Shiryu intercepted his shots and Heaven-Cleaving Slash, then used Shadow Shift to attack Blackbeard at close range.
• Blackbeard used Dark Water to seize Maud's wrist and suppress his ability, prompting Van Augur, Shiryu, and Doc Q to attack while Ace's Fire Fist was blocked by Jaya.
• The Blackbeard Pirates tore apart Maud's apparent body, only for it to dissolve into black fragments and reveal that Blackbeard had grabbed a shadow.
• Maud appeared behind Blackbeard and his crew, slashed them with Blade Wheel Slash, and left them bleeding as Blackbeard realized he had seized a shadow.

Maud used Shadow Demon Form to strike the Blackbeard Pirates a second time, though Shiryu managed to wound him with his poisoned blade. Maud cut off his injured right hand, leaving the battlefield stunned.

• Maud’s Blade Wheel Slash wounded every member of the Blackbeard Pirates, but their Observation and Armament Haki kept the injuries shallow.
• Blackbeard cursed Maud, while Shiryu vowed to cut him and Van Augur blamed Maud’s special weapon for his setbacks.
• Maud sheathed Shusui and transformed into Shadow Demon Form, merging his Observation Haki’s outward manifestation into the form.
• Maud vanished and struck the Blackbeard Pirates again, leaving them bleeding and staggered.
• Shiryu revealed that his Rainstorm Saber had cut Maud and poisoned his right hand, so Maud calmly severed his own palm.

Maud survived Shiryu’s venomous strike by cutting off his poisoned hand, then regrew it and used his shadows to block Shiryu’s attacks. Shiryu unleashed a Poisonous Hellhound across the harbor, but Maud sealed it inside shadows that the venom could not corrode.

• Shiryu expected his venom to kill Maud, but Maud cut off his poisoned hand before the poison could spread.
• Maud instantly regrew his hand, covered it with shadows, and taunted Shiryu for what he had been about to say.
• Shiryu released poisonous fog, forcing Blackbeard and his crew to retreat while Luo, Philo, and the Marines assessed the danger.
• Shiryu formed a three-headed Poisonous Hellhound from venom and sent it charging toward Maud and the harbor.
• Maud gathered nearby shadows and sealed the hellhound inside them, leaving Shiryu shocked that his venom could not harm the shadows.

Maud and his allies attacked the Blackbeard Pirates while the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates held back, tacitly prioritizing Blackbeard as their target. Fujitora left the battlefield to protect Dressrosa’s civilians, while Maud remained determined to defeat Blackbeard.

• Maud crushed the Poisonous Hellhound inside a mass of shadows and dropped its poison over Blackbeard and his retreating crew.
• Jaya used the Float-Float Fruit to attack Shiryu with rock pillars, forcing him to retreat beside Maud.
• Lafitte, Luo, and Perona joined Maud as the other pirates, Whitebeard Pirates, and Marines maintained a tense standoff.
• Chaton considered using the clash to eliminate the Blackbeard and Maud Pirates, but Fujitora chose to prioritize civilians threatened by the battle and the chaos in Dressrosa.
• Chaton redeployed the Marines to protect civilians, while Maud kept his attention on Blackbeard and Blackbeard watched Fujitora withdraw.

With Fujitora withdrawing, Maud renewed his assault on the Blackbeard Pirates while his crew debated Philo joining the fight. The chapter ended with Maud and Fujitora striking Blackbeard in a two-hit combo that buried him in the ground.

• Blackbeard reconsidered fleeing after Fujitora left, then remembered he had come to Dressrosa for Vergo and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, unaware both were already out of reach.
• Aokiji asked Ace, Marco, and Vista what role the Whitebeard Pirates would play, while they weighed joining forces against Blackbeard.
• Maud assigned his crew to handle the other enemies, and Philo insisted on fighting despite Brook, Jim, and Perona urging her to stay back.
• Hawkins said Philo had no death flag that day, while the crew repeatedly ignored Luo as he tried to warn them about Shiryu.
• Maud transformed into a black bolt of lightning and hit Blackbeard, and Fujitora used gravity to slam him into the ground before he could reach Dressrosa.

Blackbeard used the Dark-Dark Fruit’s gravitational pull to draw Maud, his shadow, and their attacks toward him. The chapter ended with Maud and Beli being pulled toward Blackbeard as Beli reverted to his original form.

• Blackbeard rose from Fujitora’s gravity attack and used Black Hole to dissolve Hell Journey, abandoning his plan to use Dressrosa’s people and buildings as weapons.
• Maud recognized the danger of Blackbeard’s ability to pull Devil Fruit users toward him and watched for its use.
• Blackbeard approached Maud while trying to avoid being knocked toward the town, but Maud repositioned himself to keep Blackbeard between him and Fujitora.
• Blackbeard unleashed Dark Vortex, pulling Maud’s shadow, Maud, and his Haki-coated bullets toward the vortex.
• Beli’s weapon-transformation ability was disrupted, returning him to his original form as Maud continued to be drawn toward Blackbeard.

Maud survived Blackbeard’s Dark Vortex by releasing his shadow and using a seastone bullet to disable Blackbeard’s Devil Fruit. He captured the defeated Blackbeard as Beli and the Marines watched.

• Blackbeard trapped Maud with gravity and tried to pull him into the black hole, believing he could kill him before Maud escaped.
• Maud ordered his shadow to return to its normal state, letting it slip free of the Dark-Dark Fruit’s gravity.
• Blackbeard caught Maud by the throat and punched him twice while the black mist began to swallow him.
• Maud fired a seastone bullet into Blackbeard’s abdomen, weakening him and making the black mist vanish.
• Maud seized Blackbeard by the throat as Beli ran to his shoulder and the Marines watched in shock.

Maud defeated Blackbeard in a dangerous fight that lasted less than ten seconds, leaving him unconscious and in custody. As Shiryu tried to rescue him, Luo and Brook stopped his advance, and the rest of Blackbeard's crew remained under attack from the Maud Pirates.

• Maud used Saul's Seastone bullet to defeat Blackbeard, then punched him unconscious after revealing that he had the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and knew about Blackbeard's background.
• Shiryu charged to rescue Blackbeard, but Luo used Room to return him to his original position and confronted him.
• Shiryu attacked Luo with venom-coated Soaring Slashes, but Brook blocked them with his Snowfall Slash.
• Shiryu's venom hound knocked Brook down and covered him in poison, but Brook proved immune to toxins and got back up.
• Luo teleported Brook away from Shiryu's attempted neck slash, while Shiryu saw that his crew was losing ground to the Maud Pirates.

After Maud defeated Blackbeard, the Maud Pirates fought the remaining Blackbeard Pirates across the battlefield. Shiryu, Van Augur, Moonfang Hunter, and Doc Q were left struggling against opponents whose abilities and teamwork steadily turned the odds against them.

• Lafitte taunted Shiryu about backing the wrong leader, while he, Luo, and Brook prepared to face him.
• Moonfang Hunter transformed into Jaya and mocked her, but Jaya asked whether she could turn into an ingredient before raising her axe.
• Van Augur's Armament Haki bullets struck Hawkins, who transferred the damage to substitute dolls and declared Van Augur unable to win; Urouge backed him up.
• Doc Q struck Philo with his scythe, but Jim took the blade into his body and Perona tried to ambush Doc Q with Negativity Ghosts.
• Jim broke Doc Q's scythe and revealed that his poison resistance came from Philo's training and the crew's doctors, as Philo and Perona joined him against Doc Q.

Maud and Aokiji overwhelmed Ace, Marco, and Vista while the Maud Pirates gained the upper hand against the Blackbeard Pirates. After Ace revealed they had come to reclaim Whitebeard's body, Maud slammed him into the ice and challenged the group to take it from him.

• Aokiji attacked Ace, Marco, and Vista with Ice Age, but they evaded the glacier and counterattacked with fire and sword techniques.
• Marco struck Aokiji with Phoenix Brand, but Aokiji regenerated from the shattered ice and remained unharmed.
• Maud interrupted Ace and Vista's simultaneous attack with Haeguk, breaking Ace apart into flames and sending Vista flying with a serious injury.
• Maud explained that he was letting the crew fight the Blackbeard Pirates for combat experience, then asked Marco, Ace, and Vista why they had stayed.
• Ace said they had come to reclaim Whitebeard's body, and Maud swiftly stomped him into the ice before asking whether they thought they could take it.

Maud overwhelmed Ace and Vista while Aokiji intercepted Marco, and Vista was badly wounded. Ace awakened his Devil Fruit and unleashed towering flames, but Maud used the shadow pillars to appear beside him and knock him down, leaving the battlefield stunned.

• Ace broke free from Maud's pin with a burst of flames, but Maud repelled his attacks and Aokiji moved to fight Marco.
• Marco attacked Maud and Aokiji from the sky, and Aokiji met Marco's flames with his ice technique.
• Maud shot Ace through his wall of fire, destroyed the flames with Conqueror's Country, and turned to face Vista's sword attack.
• Maud gained the advantage over Vista and slashed across his chest despite Ace's attempts to help.
• Ace awakened his Devil Fruit and spread flames across the battlefield, but Maud used a shadow pillar to teleport beside him and strike him down with a knee.

Maud’s side overwhelmed the Blackbeard and Whitebeard Pirates, leaving their remaining fighters surrounded and the battle’s outcome decided. As the Maud Pirates prepared to collect their prisoners and spoils, a reporter watched from hiding and realized the clash would become major news.

• Ace awakened his Flame-Flame Fruit ability, but Maud gravely wounded him and sealed him with shadow pillars.
• Maud shot Van Augur through the heart, while Perona and Philo helped defeat Doc Q, whom Philo dissolved with a corrosive liquid.
• Jim, Perona, Hawkins, and Urouge joined the fight against Shiryu and Moonfang Hunter Catarina Devon, while Maud severed and stored the shadows of Jack, Ulti, and Blackbeard.
• Fujitora observed the Maud Pirates’ victory, and Maud remained ready to retreat safely if Fujitora intervened.
• Arthur rushed into the battle but was quickly knocked out by Moonfang Hunter and carried back for Philo to treat.
• A middle-aged reporter watched from a secluded rock and recognized that the defeat of the famous pirates would make explosive news.

Maud defeated the Blackbeard Pirates’ fighters in Dressrosa while arranging for news of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to spread worldwide. With Catarina Devon and Shiryu down, only Marco remained on the battlefield, and the Blackbeard Pirates’ destruction seemed imminent.

• A middle-aged World Economic News reporter watched Maud’s battle and was startled when Maud appeared behind him.
• Maud showed the reporter the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and ordered him to publish that it was in his possession.
• The reporter photographed Maud with the fruit, and Maud returned to the harbor by switching places with his shadow.
• Perona used a Negativity Ghost to defeat Catarina Devon after Maud’s crew forced her to reveal an opening.
• Maud’s crew overwhelmed Shiryu, whose Venom-Venom Fruit and swordsmanship could not overcome their coordinated attacks.
• Perona’s Negativity Ghost brought Shiryu down, leaving Marco as the last enemy still fighting.

Maud prepared to recover corpses for his planned Zombie Army, secured Fujitora’s agreement to remove the gravity restraining Thriller Bark, then rushed into Dressrosa to stop the chaos. He rescued Violet from rampaging criminals and left her stunned by how easily he defeated them.

• Maud ordered his crew to recover corpses from the Donquixote Family and Beasts Pirates, then had Luo extract Blackbeard and the others’ hearts as an extra safeguard.
• Maud persuaded Fujitora to lift the gravity on Thriller Bark, but Fujitora rejected Maud’s offer to handle the criminals in town, so Maud dashed past him toward Dressrosa.
• Pirates and criminals rampaged through Dressrosa while the army and Chaton’s Marines struggled to contain them; Violet headed for the Corrida Colosseum to find Rebecca.
• Violet attacked a group of armed brutes who had killed residents and soldiers, but they wounded her and tore open her dress.
• Maud killed one brute with a shadow pillar, then knocked down the remaining four without looking at them; Violet stared at him in surprise.

After Dressrosa’s fighting subsided, Maud gathered hundreds of criminals and corpses before leaving with his crew, while Marco struggled to save Vista and Ace discovered his heart had been taken. Back aboard Thriller Bark, Maud extracted the Devil Fruits from Calamity Jack and Catarina Devon, reached four nine-star abilities, and unleashed an overwhelming burst of Conqueror’s Haki.

• Maud left Violet, extinguished a burning shop to save two trapped residents, and captured or killed lawless fighters until he had gathered 500 laborers.
• Maud’s crew collected 200 bodies, Jaya lifted them and the laborers toward Thriller Bark, and Maud ended Aokiji and Marco’s fight before departing with his companions.
• As Maud’s crew sailed away in the rain, Marco treated the unconscious Vista while Ace woke and realized his heart had been taken.
• Maud extracted the Devil Fruits from Calamity Jack and Catarina Devon, and the experience raised his swordsmanship, Haki, and Devil Fruit ability to nine stars.
• Maud released a powerful aura and Conqueror’s Haki across Thriller Bark, knocking weaker crew members unconscious.