Chapter Summaries

Gawain’s allies began fighting Mary Geoise’s elders as he rejected Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro’s offer to spare him and declared his ambition to take what no one would give him. Mihawk arrived to face Nusjuro, eager to test Black Blade Yoru against the legendary First Generation Kitetsu.

• Gelinggu attacked Gawain, but Gawain evaded him with his superior Observation Haki.
• Redfield intercepted Gelinggu and began fighting him, while Kong charged at Redfield.
• Gawain summoned Sengoku to stop Kong, and Sengoku fought his former teacher with Buddha Impact as Kong answered with Steel Bone Impact.
• Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro urged Gawain to avoid destroying Mary Geoise, but Gawain said he would seize what he wanted and would not abandon the people who looked to him as their sun.
• Nusjuro drew First Generation Kitetsu and challenged Gawain, but Mihawk appeared and struck the sword with Black Blade Yoru before challenging Nusjuro to a duel.

Gawain’s surprise assault on Mary Geoise brought the Marines and their allies into battle against the Five Elders, while the Celestial Dragons remained unaware of the danger inside the city. The chapter ended as Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan faced three Five Elders in their Mythical Zoan forms.

• Mihawk and Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro clashed, while Redfield fought Gelinggu and Sengoku battled Kong.
• Garp arrived to face Topman Warcury, recalled how he and Roger had once saved Warcury at God Valley, and traded blows with him in his Minotauros form.
• Gawain advanced toward Pangea Castle’s inner city as Shepherd Ju Peter, Saturn, and Mars pursued him and warned him not to endanger the Celestial Dragons inside.
• Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan appeared to stop the three Five Elders, who transformed into Mythical Zoans.
• Shepherd Ju Peter accused the three admirals of betraying their original purpose, and Borsalino dismissed the idea of holding to one’s original intentions.

Kuzan, Sakazuki, and Gawain’s allies broke through Mary Geoise and fought their way toward Sabaody Castle. Gawain entered the Flower Room and came face to face with Imu.

• Kuzan froze Pangea Castle’s gates, and Sakazuki melted them with magma as Borsalino attacked Saint Marcus Mars with a rainbow whip.
• Gawain explained to Saint Marcus Mars that Mary Geoise’s destruction would inspire people worldwide and help him wage war against the world’s nobles.
• Gawain advanced through the gates and used his Conqueror’s Haki to knock down most of the soldiers and agents in his path.
• Ace, Issho, Kuma, Shiryu, Aramaki, Gion, Doflamingo, Crocodile, Jinbe, Hancock, Zephyr, and Crocus joined the battle and engaged God’s Knights.
• Bullet raised Gawain to Sabaody Castle while Rayleigh fought the enemy forces, and Sabo and the others cleared the castle’s interior.
• Gawain reached the Flower Room, where Imu turned to face him.

Imu told Gawain that she regretted failing to guide him and explained the history of the Moon People’s war against the ancient world. She revealed that the conflict began with the Moon People’s invasion and ended in a three-way balance among them, the giants, and the Fish-Man Tribe, leaving Gawain with the beginning of history as they prepared for their dangerous confrontation.

• Imu watched Mary Geoise collapse amid the battles and told Gawain she regretted that he had become a force opposing her.
• Imu explained how Mythical Zoan fruits influenced their users and described the opposing natures of Nika and Nidhogg.
• Imu told Gawain that the world’s will rejected humans because they depended on the world while the world did not need them.
• Imu recounted how she and other Moon People arrived on the ancient world, fought the giants, and used Uranus to poison the land and transform it into a world of seas.
• Imu explained that the Moon People created Devil Fruits and several peoples, and that the Fish-Man Tribe’s rise led the world’s will to establish a balance between the three groups.

Imu recounted the ancient history of the Moon People, Giants, fish-men, and the Ancient Weapons, explaining how peace repeatedly gave way to wars over resources and ideals. She revealed that she killed Joy during a conflict over slavery, after which Zunesha attacked Uranus and was ultimately condemned to wander the seas.

• Imu explained how the first-generation Poseidon commanded the Sea Kings, prompting humans and Giants to build the Red Line and use Uranus and Pluton to suppress the fish-men.
• Imu described how humans and Giants united under Joy, who ended a thirteen-thousand-year war and established an era of peace.
• Imu said that Nika and D joined the Giants after humanity resumed fighting over resources, and that she gave Joy part of Uranus's authority.
• Imu explained that Joy later opposed the enslavement of people across the seas, but she killed him after her people persuaded her to protect their system of slavery.
• Imu said Zunesha freed Pluton from its back and attacked Uranus, triggering catastrophic climate upheavals that nearly wiped out the world's population.
• Imu revealed that Joy Boy used part of the Sun Tree Adam to repair Uranus and banished Zunesha to wander until the master of the Drums of Liberation freed it.

Imu recounted how the loss of Adam destabilized the world, drove her war against the fish-men, and led her to plan humanity’s rule and the world’s submersion. She revealed that she had cloned and given birth to Gawain, then explained that her two remaining aims were to drown the world and cut down Eve if the fish-men became too powerful.

• Imu explained that the giants nearly vanished after Uranus’s disasters and the loss of Adam, and that her attempts to create a replacement tree failed to restore the world’s balance.
• Imu said she resumed war against the fish-men and Sea Kings, used Joy Boy’s Dark King to destroy roots of Eve, and expanded slavery as the conflict continued for millennia.
• Imu described how D rebuilt the Great Kingdom and sought freedom and equality, then said she gathered the royal families to tear up their pact and impose total rule over humanity.
• Imu revealed that the Celestial Dragons’ bubble helmets had once been spacesuits and that she planned to prepare for the world’s submersion, letting the sea erase their enemies.
• Imu explained that Laugh Tale’s craft contained the royal genes and revealed that she had cloned Gawain from his family’s genes and carried him herself.
• Imu recounted Joy Boy’s plan to break the Red Line and unite the islands, then said she killed Nika again and continued working to submerge the world and potentially cut down Eve.

Gawain rejected Imu’s plan to drown the world and fought her inside Sabaody Castle, which Imu’s sword energy split apart. Imu acknowledged Gawain as the descendant she should have feared, but the clash ended with her puzzled by the birdlike presence behind him.

• Gawain condemned Imu’s plan to destroy nearly all life and drew Shusui to challenge her.
• Imu spoke of Ryuma and cut through Sabaody Castle with a strike from her fingernail, halting Mihawk and Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro’s fight in Mary Geoise.
• Gawain struck at Imu, and she caught his sword energy between her fingers, blasting the buildings behind her into powder.
• Imu removed her hat and cloak, admitted she had overlooked Gawain, and said he was the descendant she should have feared.
• Gawain caught Imu’s golden chain as it lashed toward him, and Imu sensed a birdlike presence behind him and questioned what it was.

Im discovered a vast black bird’s will circling Gawain and guarding the territories under his control, while Gawain suspected it was the Dark Bird of Great Qin. As they fought, Gawain condemned Im for suppressing humanity’s progress, and Im warned him that unchecked technology had devastated the Moon.

• Im examined Gawain and saw a colossal black bird’s will circling him, with its feathers covering regions under his rule.
• Gawain considered whether the bird was the Dark Bird that had sheltered Great Qin, but could not sense its presence.
• Gawain attacked Im and argued that her control of humanity had stifled its potential and advancement.
• Im fought back with her wings, but Gawain dispersed into electricity and reassembled to strike at her neck.
• Im said Gawain’s resolve to kill her might have come from her own inheritance and warned that excessive technology had left the Moon barren and its people beastlike.

Gawain and Im fought at extreme speed, trading brutal close-range attacks as Im explained why she believed limiting a race’s freedom was necessary for its survival. Their battle carried them high above the clouds, where Im transformed into Nidhogg and pushed Gawain toward the moon.

• Im overpowered Gawain in strength and argued that technology and freedom could drive civilizations toward destruction.
• Im seized Gawain with her tail and dragged him into the sky, where they exchanged fierce punches and grapples.
• Gawain broke free, used electromagnetic force to spin Im, and launched her toward the moon.
• Im transformed into Nidhogg, forcing Gawain back against her expanding scales as the two drew closer to the moon.

Imu took Gawain to the Moon and recounted how its people had repeatedly rebuilt their home, only to destroy it through conflict after prosperity returned. She explained why she and the other leaders left the Moon for the Giant World and removed the Devil Fruit Tree, while Gawain listened and looked over their abandoned homeland.

• Imu and Gawain fought into space, where Imu asked him to look down at the Giant World and told him about the Moon People’s history.
• Imu invited Gawain to visit the Moon, and he agreed, wondering whether her trust in him came from maternal feelings or a scheme.
• Imu carried Gawain to the Moon, showed him its surviving structures, and landed beside a crater left by Uranus’s launch.
• Imu explained that the Moon had suffered sixty-two cycles of war and destruction after its people used Devil Fruits to transform the planet and grew divided once prosperity returned.
• Imu said she, Nika, D, and the other families had abandoned rebuilding the Moon, removed the Devil Fruit Tree, and sent most people to the Giant World.

On the moon, Gawain challenged Imu’s bleak view of humanity and insisted he could guide people where she had failed. Imu attacked him, and their battle began as Gawain revealed he had never trusted her arguments for remaking the world.

• Imu explained that humanity’s desires and creations would eventually lead it to destroy itself, while Gawain argued that people did not need to sacrifice themselves for humanity as a whole.
• Gawain criticized Imu for treating herself as a god, pointed to the Moon People’s survival without her guidance, and declared that he could solve the problems she could not.
• Imu laughed at Gawain’s confidence, called him a mere challenger, and smashed toward his chest; Gawain met her fist, and their clash flattened the Giant Animal Meteorite Crater.
• Gawain transformed into a giant of thunder and fought Imu in her Nidhogg form as the Moon People watched, believing the gods of legend had returned.
• Gawain recognized that Imu had concealed the views of Adam, Eve, and the Devil Fruit Tree, dismissed her speeches as biased, and relied on his own judgment.

Gawain and Imu fought on the moon while the battle at Mary Geoise continued, and Gawain’s allies and the Five Elders clashed with the World Government’s forces. The chapter left Garp pounding Saturn as the other battles continued without a decisive outcome.

• Aramaki and Issho realized that Gawain and Imu had gone to the moon, and Rayleigh spotted a small ring of dust caused by their clash.
• Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro and Mihawk resumed their sword fight as they discussed Gawain’s rapid rise and the limits of swordsmanship.
• Kong complained that the Five Elders were holding back, then pretended to fight Sengoku after Sengoku urged him to keep up appearances.
• Garp threw Saturn into the ground, mocked his Minotauros form, and demanded to know the abilities of the other Five Elders.

Gawain and Imu fought on the moon for days until both were nearly exhausted. Gawain unleashed the Eight Gates Released Formation and struck Imu with Night Guy, sending them both into a vast ravine and leaving their fate uncertain.

• Imu regretted not attacking Gawain earlier, then resumed their battle as Gawain struggled against her draining, decaying attacks.
• After another night of combat, Imu had lost a wing and foreclaw, while Gawain could no longer maintain his giant form.
• Imu gathered a breath attack and challenged Gawain, who used the Eight Gates Released Formation and struck her with Daytime Tiger and Evening Elephant.
• Imu's awakened power filled the battlefield with sorrow and rapidly aged Gawain, but he gathered his strength for Night Guy.
• Gawain sealed the space around Imu and charged at her in a black-and-white dragon of energy, creating a 300-kilometer ravine where they both disappeared.

Gawain defeated Imu on the moon but left her alive and carried her back toward Giant World, while the battle at Mary Geoise continued to grind both sides down. The Dark Bird Ship faction held off the ancient Five Elders with help from Vegapunk’s clones, but Homing’s arrival and Redfield’s death left the battlefield devastated.

• Gawain woke beside the unconscious Imu, checked that she was alive, and carried her toward Giant World after surveying the ravine his attack had carved into the moon.
• Garp defeated Saint Saturn, but nine former Five Elders emerged from beneath Mary Geoise and forced Garp, Sengoku, Kong, Sakazuki, and Kuzan into a desperate fight; Kong defected to help the Dark Bird Ship faction.
• Vegapunk’s clones rebelled against his decision to stay out of the war, seized control of him, and sent Kuma robots and Mihawk, Hancock, and Crocodile clones to reinforce the battlefield.
• Bullet and Issho defeated their opponents, but Redfield lost to Homing and died; he then awakened in Xianyang Palace and cursed Gawain, prompting Whitebeard and Kaido to beat him.
• Homing ambushed several fighters and helped leave most of the battlefield incapacitated, while Kuma was rescued for treatment, Hancock and Doflamingo survived, and Crocodile died.

Garp defeated Homing in a fatal struggle, then urged Mihawk to win the duel against Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro and carry the hopes of their allies. Mihawk and Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro both resolved that they could not lose.

• Garp condemned Homing's tactics and renewed his determination to fight, while Homing declared that he would kill Garp.
• Garp charged through Homing's Haki and let Homing's sword pierce his chest so he could seize Homing's head.
• Homing unleashed the rest of his Haki through the blade, but Garp tore his head from his neck and won the fight.
• Garp, pinned to the ground and near death, called on Mihawk to defeat Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro and make himself the world's strongest swordsman.
• Mihawk refused to accept defeat, and Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro likewise resolved that he would not lose.

Gawain returned carrying the defeated Imu, and Nusjuro declared the World Government’s surrender before pledging his service to Gawain as king. With Mary Geoise in ruins, Gawain summoned medical aid and assigned Nusjuro to oversee relief and reconstruction, while he and Mihawk looked toward the new era.

• Gawain returned to the ruined Mary Geoise with Imu, while slaves and other refugees overwhelmed the Celestial Dragons’ evacuation efforts.
• Mihawk stopped fighting Nusjuro after learning Gawain had won, and Nusjuro explained that Gawain was Imu’s son and had claimed the world’s future for himself.
• Nusjuro surrendered the World Government to Gawain, who accepted Kitetsu and told him to address him as king.
• Gawain ordered Nusjuro to manage Mary Geoise’s recovery and summoned Chopper, Dr. Kureha, Crocus, Law, and other medics to treat the wounded.
• Mihawk agreed to keep helping Gawain, then learned from him that Imu was his mother and said she deserved respect despite being their enemy.

After defeating Imu, Gawain brought her to his ship, where she revealed that she was his mother and reflected on the burdens of ruling. That evening, Gawain convened a meeting with the Marines, his allies, and the defeated Mary Geoise forces, which began with Mjosgard asking whether they had truly breached Mary Geoise.

• Gawain ordered Mihawk to fetch Seastone shackles, then bound Imu and announced a half-day rest before an eight o'clock meeting.
• Gawain carried Imu to Sabaody, told Tsuru that Imu ruled from behind Mary Geoise and was his mother, and instructed Tsuru to coordinate with Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro and house the evacuated Celestial Dragons.
• Aboard the Dark Bird Ship, Shirahoshi and Uta tended Gawain's wounds as Imu woke and called Gawain her son, shocking Shirahoshi.
• Imu advised Gawain to rest and warned that people might resent even noble rule if they lacked a say in decisions; Gawain and his companions watched the sunset together.
• At eight that night, Gawain held a meeting with the Dark Bird faction, Marines, Five Elders, Knights of God, and Celestial Dragons, and Mjosgard asked whether they had breached Mary Geoise.

After defeating Mary Geoise, Gawain thanked his allies and laid out plans to take control of its authority, weapons, and institutions while unifying the world. He ordered the Five Elders to help maintain the World Government’s rule and use a fabricated account of Redfield’s attack to bring allied nations under his control.

• Imu wondered why the Celestial Dragons were so foolish, and Gawain explained that Mjosgard was among Mary Geoise’s best because he had learned and gained knowledge.
• Gawain thanked his injured allies for helping him defeat Imu, then ordered Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro to transfer supreme authority to the Dark Bird Ship Cabinet while temporarily retaining the names Mary Geoise and World Government.
• Gawain declared his goal of unifying the world and ending war, claimed legal ownership of everyone and everything, ordered Sakazuki to exterminate pirates, and demanded that the Five Elders hand over Uranus and the Devil Fruit Tree.
• Imu agreed to give Gawain Uranus and asked for an island of flowers; Rayleigh proposed building one near the Sabaody Archipelago, and Gawain accepted the idea.
• Gawain assigned Robin, Borsalino, Franky, and Dr. Vegapunk to help him study Mary Geoise’s history and Uranus, and instructed Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro to keep issuing orders in the World Government’s name.
• Gawain ordered Kuzan to capture Morgans and told the Five Elders to claim that Redfield’s attack had destroyed two Celestial Dragon families, offering allied nations Celestial Dragon status if they surrendered their territories.

Gawain explained that he would pursue world unification even if it required more war, hoping that rule under one authority could bring lasting peace. Rayleigh rallied the divided leaders behind that goal, and Sakazuki and Kuzan each asked to form separate forces to serve it.

• Garp and Kong reflected on Redfield and Homing as the remaining God's Knights lowered their heads.
• Nusjuro endorsed Gawain's plan to lure powerful kingdoms with the promise of Celestial Dragon status and urged Kuzan to seize Morgans before the truth about Mary Geoise spread.
• Kuzan asked whether Gawain would wage war against nations that rejected unification, and Gawain confirmed that he would pursue it despite the deaths it would cause.
• Gawain explained that he wanted to gather all authority under one ruler and test whether a world without other nobles or kings could become peaceful.
• Rayleigh chastised Issho and Zephyr, then called on the factions to unite behind Gawain and promised both hawks and doves a place in the newborn empire.
• Sakazuki requested a separate army dedicated to unification, while Kuzan asked to form a force focused on protecting civilians and begged Gawain to give him a direction.

Gawain sealed Uranus, prepared to establish the Great Qin Empire, and entered a new world to recover from the strain of ruling. He arrived in Q City, where Watchdog Man noticed him falling from the sky and then confronted him in an alley.

• Gawain learned that Laugh Tale was the island where Imu had hidden Uranus, sealed the unstable device, and discovered Roger had learned its secrets through the Voice of All Things.
• Gawain sent Sakazuki to reclaim Gild Tesoro, who joined Nami's Ministry of Finance, while Kuzan established the Great Qin Public Security Force and pursued Dragon's Revolutionary Army.
• Gawain and his allies spent months drafting the First Great Qin Code, then elevated the royal families of sixteen great nations into great Celestial Dragons and began taking over their territories.
• Overwhelmed by the work of governing, Gawain returned to the Golden Throne and entered a new world, hoping to find a way to withstand the Voice of All Things.
• A meteor appeared to fall toward Q City, and Watchdog Man watched it descend before Gawain vanished into an alley and encountered him.