Chapter Summaries

Big Mom attacked Ling Xuan with Prometheus’s Heavenly Fire, unleashing a blazing sun and then a devastating impact that shook Wano. Dust obscured the battlefield, leaving Kanjuro, Smoker, and the Scabbards unable to see who had prevailed.

• Big Mom gave up on Zeus’s lightning and ordered Prometheus to attack Ling Xuan.
• Big Mom used Heavenly Fire to send Prometheus into the sky, evaporating the clouds and raising the temperature across the battlefield.
• Prometheus plunged toward the ground as the Scabbards sweated in the heat, while Smoker transformed into smoke to cope with it.
• The Scabbards questioned Kanjuro’s lack of worry, and he said they would understand if they kept watching because he trusted Ling Xuan to defeat Big Mom.
• Prometheus’s attack caused a violent explosion and shockwave that swept away debris and filled the sky with dust.
• Kanjuro told the Scabbards they could not see what had happened because the battlefield remained obscured.

Ling Xuan survived Big Mom’s attacks unharmed, while Smoker and the others were stunned by his strength. Big Mom then sent Zeus and Prometheus to combine lightning and fire in a devastating assault across Wano Country’s sky.

• Smoker watched Ling Xuan’s battle with Big Mom and worried that the Navy could not easily defeat the Yonko.
• When the smoke cleared, Big Mom saw that Ling Xuan was unharmed, and he judged her Homies’ attacks ineffective against him.
• The Scabbards and Kanjuro celebrated Ling Xuan’s survival, while Smoker wondered whether Ling Xuan had already defeated Kaido.
• Big Mom, shaken by Ling Xuan’s resilience, ordered Zeus and Prometheus to attack and spread lightning and extreme heat across the sky above Wano Country.
• Tashigi and Smoothie watched the strange sky from the coast, and Big Mom launched her Lightning Fire Combination Attack at Ling Xuan.

Big Mom fused Zeus and Prometheus into a colossal Thunder Fire Phoenix and sent it crashing toward Ling Xuan. As the Scabbards and Smoker feared for him, Ling Xuan sheathed his sword and flew straight at the monster.

• Big Mom combined Zeus's lightning with Prometheus's flames to create a Thunder Fire Phoenix more than a dozen kilometers long.
• The Scabbards feared for Ling Xuan, while Kanjuro remained confident and Smoker's worry briefly faded.
• Big Mom ordered the Thunder Fire Phoenix to attack Ling Xuan, who welcomed the challenge and sheathed Wado Ichimonji.
• The Thunder Fire Phoenix grew to dozens of kilometers long, terrifying the Scabbards and making Smoker urge Ling Xuan to run.
• Ling Xuan flew directly toward the massive phoenix as Big Mom laughed and watched from the ground.

Ling Xuan confronted Big Mom’s enormous Thunder Fire Phoenix with his bare hands and survived its beak strike. As he coated his hands with Armament and Conqueror’s Haki, he began lifting the giant creature, leaving the Scabbards and Smoker stunned.

• Ling Xuan abandoned his sword and struck the Thunder Fire Phoenix’s beak with his Haki-covered fist, creating a collision that sent a devastating shockwave and hurricane across Wano.
• Smoker and the Scabbards clung to the ground while the storm swept over them, and Momonosuke woke to witness the battle.
• The onlookers saw Ling Xuan emerge unharmed and grasp the Thunder Fire Phoenix’s beak with both hands.
• Big Mom mocked Ling Xuan and urged her Thunder Fire Phoenix to attack as it prepared to flap its wings.
• Ling Xuan coated his hands with Armament and Conqueror’s Haki, then began lifting the Thunder Fire Phoenix as the Scabbards cried out in disbelief.

Ling Xuan overwhelmed Big Mom by battering her Thunder Fire Phoenix and hurling it toward the sea, then crushed her Conqueror’s Haki in their clash. Big Mom refused to accept defeat and unleashed Soul Ferry, sending green light through Ling Xuan and the onlookers.

• Ling Xuan repeatedly slammed the unconscious Thunder Fire Phoenix into the ground while the Scabbards, Smoker, and Momonosuke watched in shock.
• Ling Xuan threw the Thunder Fire Phoenix toward the distant ocean, stunning Tashigi and the Big Mom Pirates, including Smoothie.
• Big Mom questioned how Ling Xuan could wield such strength, then attacked him with Conqueror’s Haki, which Ling Xuan overwhelmed.
• Ling Xuan calmly asked Big Mom whether she would continue, but she insisted she would not lose.
• Big Mom used Soul Ferry, sending green rays through Ling Xuan, Smoker, Kanjuro, and the others.

Big Mom used her awakened Soul-Soul Fruit to extract the souls of everyone across half of Wano, but Ling Xuan resisted the ability and defeated her. As Big Mom lay defeated, she asked whether he had held back, and he admitted he had, while wondering what new changes had appeared on his system panel.

• Big Mom’s green light swept across half of Wano, and she extracted the souls of the Scabbards, Smoker, and Momonosuke.
• Smoker identified Big Mom’s Soul-Soul Fruit ability, while Kanjuro urged the others to look at Ling Xuan, whose soul had not been extracted.
• Big Mom was shocked that her ability had failed against Ling Xuan, who realized his system panel had protected his soul and noticed it changing.
• Ling Xuan overwhelmed Big Mom with repeated attacks, leaving her unable to rise in a ten-kilometer-wide crater.
• Big Mom acknowledged Ling Xuan’s strength and asked whether he had used his full power; Ling Xuan replied that he had more or less held back.

After defeating Big Mom, Ling Xuan took her prisoner and left to collect Tashigi and the other Navy soldiers. Kanjuro revealed that Ling Xuan had already defeated Kaido, leaving the Scabbards stunned.

• Big Mom realized Ling Xuan had defeated Kaido as well as her, and reflected on his power and her childhood dream.
• Smoker and the Scabbards praised Ling Xuan, then pleaded with him to defeat Kaido and help Wano Country.
• Ling Xuan told Kanjuro to explain the situation, took Big Mom with him, and left to handle loose ends and retrieve the Navy soldiers.
• The Scabbards and Smoker pressed Kanjuro to explain Ling Xuan's remark, and Kanjuro pointed out that Kaido and the Beasts Pirates had never appeared.
• Kanjuro revealed that Ling Xuan had defeated Kaido long before, shocking the Scabbards.

After confirming that Ling Xuan had defeated Kaido and the Beasts Pirates, Kanjuro and the Scabbards celebrated Kaido’s fall and went to find Momonosuke. Ling Xuan rescued the surviving G3 Branch soldiers, then tracked down the Big Mom Pirates and confronted them while dragging their defeated captain.

• Captain Smoker learned from Kanjuro that Ling Xuan had defeated Kaido and the Beasts Pirates, and decided to report the news to Navy Headquarters.
• Kanjuro and the Scabbards wept with joy over Kaido’s defeat, then realized Momonosuke was still at the place where he had been watching.
• Ling Xuan brought the unconscious Big Mom to Tashigi and the surviving G3 Branch soldiers, checked that they were safe, and left them to find Captain Smoker.
• Tashigi led the Navy soldiers back toward Captain Smoker while Ling Xuan used Observation Haki to locate the Big Mom Pirates.
• Ling Xuan arrived at the shoreline with Big Mom, threw her down before Smoothie and the crew, and greeted Smoothie.

After defeating Big Mom, Ling Xuan ordered Smoothie and the Big Mom Pirates to cooperate with him. He returned to Wano Country with Big Mom and found Yamato beside the captured Kaido, leaving both Emperors in Navy custody as they awaited Navy Headquarters’ response.

• Ling Xuan told Smoothie that Whole Cake Island no longer needed to exist and ordered the Big Mom Pirates to cooperate, and Smoothie accepted that they had no choice.
• At the quarry, Kaido advised Yamato to follow Ling Xuan, but she dismissed him and ignored him.
• Ling Xuan arrived with Big Mom and threw her beside the Seastone-bound Kaido, while Yamato greeted him excitedly.
• Kaido learned that Big Mom had also lost to Ling Xuan and laughed when Ling Xuan said Kaido was stronger than her.
• Ling Xuan said the Navy would escort Kaido and Big Mom to face punishment under the law, then chatted with Yamato.

After reuniting with Smoker, Tashigi learned that Momonosuke’s soul could not return to his body and that he might die. Smoker called Navy Headquarters to report in, but Vice Admiral Hiken assumed the call was a hoax and went to confront the caller.

• Tashigi and the G3 Branch soldiers reunited with Smoker, who told them Momonosuke might die because Big Mom’s Devil Fruit ability had left his soul outside his body.
• Smoker led Tashigi’s group away from the grieving Scabbards and asked her for the Den Den Mushi.
• Smoker called Navy Headquarters, where a soldier told Vice Admiral Hiken that Captain Smoker from G3 Branch had reported in.
• Hiken rejected the report as a lie, believing everyone at G3 Branch had been killed, and headed to the communications department.
• Hiken found the Den Den Mushi and ordered the other soldiers away, while Cheese Ichiro struggled to explain what had happened to his curious colleagues.

Cheese Ichiro’s report about Ling Xuan was mocked until Vice Admiral Hiken received confirmation that Big Mom and Kaido were involved, leaving him racing to tell Fleet Admiral Sengoku. In Wano Country, Smoker and Tashigi reflected on the rescue while Hiken hurried toward Sengoku’s office.

• Cheese Ichiro told his fellow Navy Headquarters soldiers about Ling Xuan’s shocking feat, but they laughed at him.
• Vice Admiral Hiken received news that stunned him and ordered the communications department to report it to Fleet Admiral Sengoku.
• Hiken rushed out to report personally, while the Den Den Mushi caller urged him to bring more warships because Big Mom and Kaido needed room.
• Smoker told Tashigi that Navy Headquarters could disbelieve the news if it wanted, then grew angry over the Navy’s failure to rescue them before Ling Xuan arrived.
• Hiken ignored colleagues who tried to stop him and hurried toward Fleet Admiral Sengoku’s office.

Sengoku decided to defy the Five Elders and send the Navy to support Ling Xuan against Big Mom and Kaido. As the officers prepared to move out, Vice Admiral Hiken arrived with urgent intelligence, but the chapter ended before he could deliver it.

• Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru urged Sengoku to send support to Ling Xuan in Wano Country.
• Garp, Zephyr, and Tsuru weighed the consequences of defying the Five Elders while waiting for Sengoku's decision.
• Sengoku ordered the Navy to gather available Headquarters members and fight to support Ling Xuan, accepting that he might have to resign afterward.
• The officers welcomed Sengoku's decision and prepared to set out.
• Vice Admiral Hiken rushed into Sengoku's office to report urgent intelligence, then paused upon seeing the gathered senior officers.

Vice Admiral Hiken tried to report that Captain Smoker had contacted Marine Headquarters from within Wano Country, but Sengoku kept interrupting him to speculate about Ling Xuan and plan an assault. With the Marines assembled to attack the Beasts Pirates, Hiken finally shouted that Sengoku had misunderstood the news.

• Akainu, Aokiji, Garp, and the others left Sengoku's office to gather their forces and prepare for Wano Country.
• Vice Admiral Hiken told Sengoku that Captain Smoker had sent a message from within Wano Country, shocking Sengoku because the G3 Branch base had no survivors.
• Sengoku speculated that Ling Xuan had rescued the Marines in Wano Country and repeatedly interrupted Hiken before he could explain further.
• The Three Admirals, Garp, Zephyr, and Tsuru returned and announced that Headquarters personnel were assembled for the attack.
• After everyone urged him to prepare, Hiken snapped out of his silence and shouted that Sengoku had gotten it wrong.

Vice Admiral Hiken reported that Admiral Ling Xuan had defeated Kaido and Big Mom in Wano Country, leaving Navy Headquarters in shock before Sengoku ordered the three Admirals to retrieve them. The Navy prepared to keep the news confidential as Sengoku imagined a new era approaching.

• Vice Admiral Hiken told Navy Headquarters that Smoker had reported Ling Xuan defeated Kaido and Big Mom and requested a large warship to transport them.
• Sengoku, Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji reacted with disbelief, while Aokiji recalled Ling Xuan’s earlier achievements.
• Zephyr confirmed that Smoker would not lie, and Garp celebrated Ling Xuan’s victory and teased Zephyr about teaching him.
• Sengoku ordered Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru to go to Wano Country aboard Zeus and told the others to keep the news confidential.

Sengoku considered whether to step down as Fleet Admiral after Ling Xuan defeated Kaido and Big Mom, then resolved with Tsuru, Garp, and Zephyr to clear obstacles for the coming era. Three days later, Akainu, Aokiji, and the third Admiral reached Wano Country and surveyed the devastation left by the battle.

• Sengoku sent Vice Admiral Hiken away, then discussed the changing world balance with Tsuru, Garp, and Zephyr.
• Tsuru asked whether Sengoku would still step down, and Sengoku briefly struggled with the choice before deciding to help prepare the way for a new generation.
• Sengoku, Garp, Zephyr, and Tsuru joined hands in their old gesture and set out to clear obstacles for the new era.
• Akainu and the other two Admirals sailed to Wano Country aboard three super-large warships and reached its shores three days later.
• Aokiji and Akainu examined Wano Country's devastated roads and wondered how powerful the battle had been.

Wano celebrated Kurozumi Orochi’s death and Lady Kōzuki Hiyori’s new rule while preparing to honor Ling Xuan, but Ling Xuan confirmed that Momonosuke could not be saved. As Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru approached, Ling Xuan returned to the banquet and met Tashigi and Yamato.

• Kizaru left ahead of Aokiji and Akainu, who led Navy soldiers toward central Wano Country.
• Wano’s people celebrated Orochi’s death and Hiyori’s rise as daimyo, while Smoker and Tashigi waited at the banquet for the Admirals.
• Hiyori, Kanjuro, and the Scabbards asked Ling Xuan to save Momonosuke, but he said he could do nothing as Momonosuke’s soul faded.
• Ling Xuan recalled that Momonosuke’s Artificial Devil Fruit had left his soul incomplete and that even Big Mom could not help him.
• Ling Xuan returned to the outer courtyard, where Tashigi and Yamato greeted him, and he praised their outfits.

Ling Xuan left the banquet with Tashigi and Yamato to meet the Marines escorting Kaido and Big Mom from Wano Country. At the quarry, Kizaru, Akainu, and Aokiji gathered to take custody of the imprisoned rulers.

• Ling Xuan invited Tashigi and Yamato to the quarry after learning Kizaru had arrived, and the three flew there together.
• Banquet guests who considered stopping Ling Xuan learned he was the Admiral who had saved Wano Country and defeated Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido, then backed down in fear.
• Kizaru told the imprisoned Kaido and Big Mom that the three Admirals would escort them, and the two rulers accepted that the Marines were taking them away.
• Akainu and Aokiji arrived at the quarry with Navy Headquarters soldiers, and Aokiji checked on Smoker, who credited Ling Xuan with arriving in time.
• Akainu asked Kizaru to confirm Kaido and Big Mom were imprisoned inside, then proposed that they go see them.

Akainu and Aokiji confirmed that Kaido and Big Mom were imprisoned, then released them in Seastone restraints to accompany Ling Xuan. Sengoku began arranging publicity to build Ling Xuan’s image as the Navy’s new face, while Ling Xuan arrived at the Wano quarry and reunited with the other admirals.

• Akainu and Aokiji entered the prison and found Kaido and Big Mom, whose calm acceptance of their situation revealed how greatly they feared Ling Xuan’s power.
• Aokiji confirmed Kaido and Big Mom’s identities to Sengoku, and Akainu opened the prison to release them in Seastone restraints.
• Sengoku summoned Vice Admiral Hiken and tasked him with preparing an article to promote Ling Xuan’s image.
• Sengoku considered reporting the news to the Five Elders but decided to wait.
• Ling Xuan arrived at the Wano quarry with Dasimus and Yamato, where Kizaru, Smoker, Akainu, and Aokiji greeted him alongside Kaido and Big Mom.

After defeating Kaido and Big Mom in Wano Country, Ling Xuan received praise from Akainu and Aokiji as the Navy took the prisoners away. Morgans confirmed the Navy’s report and prepared to publish news of Ling Xuan’s victories, leaving the world on the verge of learning of the upheaval.

• Akainu and Aokiji praised Ling Xuan for defeating Kaido and Big Mom.
• The Three Admirals led Kaido and Big Mom away while Ling Xuan, Smoker, and the others remained in Wano Country.
• Vice Admiral Hiken sent the Navy’s report to the World Economy News Agency for publication.
• Morgans read the report that Ling Xuan had defeated Kaido and Big Mom, then questioned Vice President Jeffery about its accuracy.
• Morgans used a green Den Den Mushi to verify the report and learned that the Navy confirmed it was true.
• Morgans ordered his staff to print and distribute the news across the world.

After Momonosuke’s death, Kōzuki Hiyori resolved to rule Wano and considered how to build ties with Admiral Ling Xuan. Meanwhile, Morgans rushed out a special issue of the World Economy News, sending its shocking news around the world.

• Kōzuki Hiyori mourned Momonosuke’s death in private, then vowed to fulfill her responsibilities as Wano’s daimyo.
• Kanjuro advised Hiyori to build a good relationship with Admiral Ling Xuan because his victory over Kaido and Big Mom would make him a powerful figure.
• Kanjuro’s questions about Ling Xuan’s appearance and character led Hiyori to realize he was suggesting she pursue a personal bond with him.
• Morgans and Vice President Jeffery oversaw the nonstop printing of a special issue of the World Economy News.
• Morgans sent the newspaper carriers out to distribute the issue across the world.