Chapter Summaries

Sakazuki fought Charlotte Linlin and the Beasts Pirates while Namikaze Minato's team launched a surprise attack on Aramaki's forces. Sakazuki called for a retreat after the battle turned against him, and Warring States Period sent Kuzan and Kizaru as reinforcements.

• Sakazuki and Aramaki engaged the Beasts Pirates in a naval artillery battle, while King and Queen coordinated their fleets and stalled for Charlotte Linlin's arrival.
• Charlotte Linlin arrived with her Homies and attacked Sakazuki, who ordered his other warships to leave and fought her with Aramaki's support.
• Namikaze Minato sent Aburame Shikuroo and Akimichi Dōtō into battle, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to seal Aramaki's left leg as Queen and King attacked him.
• Charlotte Linlin's attacks forced Sakazuki into a disadvantage after a huge fat man broke through the Navy flagship's deck, and Sakazuki ordered a retreat.
• Warring States Period learned Sakazuki was tied down and ordered Kuzan and Kizaru to reinforce him, while Kuzan raced across a frozen sea.

Namikaze Minato lured Marine reinforcements into a trap, then used the chaos to teleport Charlotte Linlin away from Warring States Period and the three Admirals. The Marines were left with only Minato’s fallen Trident Kunai as the pirates escaped.

• Kuzan arrived to reinforce Sakazuki, and his ice path extinguished fires as the battle with Charlotte Linlin continued.
• Sakazuki and Kuzan fought Big Mom together, but their opposing Devil Fruit powers disrupted their coordination, while Minato briefly sealed Sakazuki’s magma power.
• Charlotte Linlin sensed an ambush and warned King and Queen to withdraw as Borsalino and Warring States Period arrived with Marine warships.
• Inuzuka Kiba and Konan escaped underwater with their group, while Minato stayed behind as the Marines surrounded Big Mom.
• Minato used darkness and seawater to disrupt the Marines, then activated the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport himself and Charlotte Linlin away.

Kaido agreed to send the Beasts Pirates after Charlotte Linlin escaped, while Hanzō of the Salamander’s forces breached Impel Down and flooded its upper levels. The siege reached the second underground level, where Hanzō authorized further attacks as Magellan continued killing prisoners below.

• Charlotte Linlin took Namikaze Minato’s Den Den Mushi, secured Kaido’s promise to send his fleet the next day, and learned Whitebeard would likely follow a day later.
• X Drake told his Marine contact that he could no longer delay the Beasts Pirates without risking exposure.
• Hanzō of the Salamander used Karatachi Yagura’s Tailed Beast Balls to drive Impel Down’s defenders underground and destroy those who emerged to fight.
• Magellan continued his purge through the prison levels, killing prisoners while searching the scorching fourth level for survivors.
• Hanzō’s forces blasted away Impel Down’s surface covering, breached the first-level wall with torpedoes, and flooded the level with seawater after another Tailed Beast Ball struck inside.
• Hannyabal retreated to the second level past piles of dead prisoners, and Hanzō authorized his troops to breach its waterproof metal wall.

Uchiha Tokimitsu sent the Fourth and Fifth Legions to the Pirate World as the Ninja World Government prepared to support the Four Emperors in their war against the Marines. As the decisive battle approached, Warring States Period learned that the Mist Pirate Group had destroyed Water 7’s shipyard and thirty warships, adding another crisis for the World Government.

• Hanzō of the Salamander continued demolishing Impel Down and eliminating its defenders while Karatachi Yagura assisted with the destruction.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu formed the Fourth and Fifth Legions, assigned Uchiha Kamon and Speaker Sakumo to command them, and led them through the World Gate to Divine Tree Island.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu inspected Kakuzu’s Devil Fruit-powered Earth Grudge Fear, then sent Namikaze Minato permission to provide the Four Emperors with unlimited military trade support.
• Namikaze Minato told Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and Shanks that Impel Down was being cleared, promised weapons and artillery support, and discussed their plans for the coming war.
• Warring States Period received word that the Mist Pirate Group had burned Water 7’s shipyard and thirty New Ninja Tool warships, while several Galley-La Company shipwrights went missing.

Vice Admiral Garp faced mounting pressure in Loguetown as the Second Legion destroyed the port and prepared to seize the city, while the Navy ordered him to withdraw. After Garp left with the Haki-capable troops, Uchiha Fugaku captured Loguetown and led the Second Legion toward the Sabaody Archipelago, where it reunited with Hanzō of the Salamander's victorious forces.

• Garp learned that the Five Elders had reclassified the Great Kingdom Remnants as a rebellious member nation, then welcomed what he believed were supply ships from the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Uchiha Nobutora's infiltrators detonated two million Explosive Tags aboard the disguised ships, destroying Loguetown's port facilities and nearly all the Navy's ships in East Blue.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered the Second Legion to surround Loguetown, but the Navy's stubborn defense made the landing costly, prompting Uchiha Shiina and Uzumaki Ichiraku to urge a swift decision.
• Sengoku ordered Garp to withdraw the Haki-capable officers to the Sabaody Archipelago and abandon the Devil Fruit Users defending Loguetown, and Garp reluctantly obeyed.
• The Second Legion captured Loguetown after discovering Garp had withdrawn, then Uchiha Fugaku led it into the Grand Line and reunited with Hanzō of the Salamander's forces near the Sabaody Archipelago.

Thatch captured a Navy transport ship carrying the Dark-Dark Fruit, but Marshall D. Teach killed him and fled with the fruit as Ace arrived. At Marine G1 Branch, Fleet Admiral Warring States revealed that the events had been part of a plan to break apart the Whitebeard Pirates.

• The First and Second Legions blockaded sea routes, while the gathered pirate crews struggled with supply shortages and internal brawls.
• Thatch captured a Navy transport ship and found the Dark-Dark Fruit, then decided to give it to Whitebeard in hopes of securing forgiveness for his fighting subordinates.
• Fearing Whitebeard's punishment, Thatch's subordinates contacted Marshall D. Teach, who wanted the fruit, and Teach approached Thatch's ship.
• Teach stabbed Thatch, took the Dark-Dark Fruit, and escaped into the sea as Ace arrived and pursued him.
• Warring States heard the reports at Marine G1 Branch and ordered preparations, revealing that the transport ship, fruit, and spy had been part of his plan against the Whitebeard Pirates.

After Marshall D. Teach murdered Thatch and escaped underwater, Ace pursued him but faced the arrival of the Navy. In the East Blue, Issho demonstrated his strength and joined the Republic Alliance’s service troops, while Sakazuki ordered men to force Teach out of the sea.

• Ace reported Thatch’s murder to Whitebeard, who ordered him to capture Teach and sent Marco and Vista to help.
• Ace interrogated suspected pirates and bombarded the sea, but Teach remained submerged and several of his trusted men had disappeared.
• At the Goa Kingdom recruitment station, Issho proved his strength with a powerful sword slash and was accepted into the service troops.
• Sakazuki and Kizaru led fleets to intercept Ace, whose Den Den Mushi communications were blocked; Ace ordered his ships to retreat.
• Sakazuki located Teach beneath the sea with Observation Haki and ordered his men to make him surface.

Warring States suspected the Five Elders were weakening the Marines and building a more obedient force, while Sakazuki used the captured Marshall D. Teach to secure the Dark-Dark Fruit and recruit him as a prospective Seven Warlord of the Sea. As Kizaru’s fleet trapped Ace’s ships, reinforcements appeared from both sides, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Warring States explained his suspicions about the Five Elders and persuaded Sakazuki and the Marine Radical Faction to accept the Dark-Dark Fruit operation.
• Sakazuki mocked Marshall D. Teach, took the Dark-Dark Fruit, and offered it back as a reward if Teach became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
• Marshall D. Teach swore loyalty to Sakazuki and agreed to handle matters for him in exchange for the fruit.
• Kizaru led eight warships to encircle Ace’s retreating force and began bombarding the pirate ships.
• Masskud D. Deus urged Ace to flee, but Ace persisted until another eight Navy Warships appeared and blocked their escape.
• Whitebeard’s fleet appeared on the opposite side, and Marshall D. Teach shouted that Whitebeard had arrived.

Sakazuki forced Marshall D. Teach to prove his loyalty by attacking Ace while Navy fleets trapped both Ace’s ships and the reinforcements led by Marco and Vista. Elsewhere, Uchiha Tokimitsu recruited Issho after testing his ideals and strength, then invited him to join the campaign to capture Loguetown.

• Sakazuki praised Marshall D. Teach for identifying Marco and Vista’s fleet, then ordered the Navy to disable Den Den Mushi interference and surround the pirates.
• Ace warned Marco that Sakazuki and Kizaru were present, and Marco agreed to retreat, but Navy artillery blocked the reinforcements and cut off their communications.
• Sakazuki ordered Marshall D. Teach to capture Ace as proof of loyalty, promising him a position among the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
• Marshall D. Teach boarded Ace’s flagship with Navy support and killed a former companion, while Navy bombardment burned the other pirate ships.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu interviewed Issho about justice and his purpose, tested their powers, and invited him to join Hatake Sakumo’s campaign to capture Loguetown.
• Issho pledged to fight for Uchiha Tokimitsu and help the campaign against Loguetown.

Ace fought Marshall D. Teach and the Navy, but Sakazuki defeated and captured him as part of a plan to lure Whitebeard into battle. Whitebeard hurried toward the Navy fleet, troubled by Sakazuki’s taunts and the danger to Ace.

• Ace charged Marshall D. Teach after witnessing him kill their companions, while Navy officers and Teach’s forces overwhelmed Ace’s crew and Marco and Vista were kept at bay by Kizaru.
• Marco sent a subordinate beyond the signal-jamming range to contact Whitebeard, and Sakazuki allowed the call to go through before joining the battle.
• Sakazuki confronted Ace, exchanged blows with him, then overwhelmed him with magma attacks and ordered Navy officers to restrain him with Seastone.
• Sakazuki ordered Marshall D. Teach to hang the unconscious Ace from a mast, taunted Whitebeard over an amplifier, and withdrew the Navy fleet to lure him into battle.
• Whitebeard heard Sakazuki’s taunts as his ship rushed toward Ace, then remarked coldly that they should buy faster ironclad ships from the remnants of the Great Kingdom.

Issho accepted a senior training post in the Dynasty forces as the Navy and World Government prepared for a widening confrontation. Warring States defied the Five Elders, Whitebeard retreated from a Navy trap, and Kizaru prepared to broadcast Ace’s public execution.

• Hatake Sakumo appointed Issho East Sea General Sergeant Major and explained that Loguetown would host a training base for the Dynasty forces and Republic armies.
• Warring States told the Five Elders that the Navy had a will of its own, then ended their video conference to respond to Sakazuki’s report about a Navy trap.
• The Five Elders agreed to use a secret weapon and went to seek Im-sama after deciding Warring States could no longer be trusted.
• Marco persuaded Whitebeard to turn back and gather the Three Emperor Fleet after their Den Den Mushi communications failed and their ships fell behind.
• Kizaru ordered the Navy to restore communications and prepare Ace’s public execution broadcast, while declaring that the Navy did not need Holy Land Mary Geoise’s approval to act.

Whitebeard launched the Summit War after learning that Ace would be publicly executed and Teach had become a Seven Warlord of the Sea, drawing Kaido and Charlotte Linlin into the attack. As the Marines prepared to meet the assault at G1 Branch, Whitebeard's direct ships appeared on the horizon and Warring States Period ordered the forces deployed.

• Whitebeard ordered his fleet and forty-three Vassal pirate groups to attack, then persuaded Charlotte Linlin to join and prompted Kaido to mobilize his forces.
• Warring States Period monitored the Four Emperors' plans and summoned Boa Hancock and Donquixote Doflamingo to support the Marines, while declining to call Garp away from other threats.
• Whitebeard asked Namikaze Minato for a coordinated offensive, and Minato agreed to have the Kingdom fleet besieging the Sabaody Archipelago attack.
• At Marine G1 Branch, Warring States Period publicly appointed Marshall D. Teach a Seven Warlord of the Sea while Ace remained bound for execution.
• Boa Hancock's fleet was repelled outside Sabaody, and Donquixote Doflamingo tried to divert his forces toward the Four Emperors' anchorage before Warring States Period ordered him to headquarters.
• Whitebeard's direct ships appeared off G1 Branch, and Warring States Period ordered the hundred thousand Marines to deploy.

Whitebeard’s forces and the Navy launched a fierce battle at Marine G1 Branch while allied forces attacked the Sabaody Archipelago. As Warring States Period, Kizaru, and Sakazuki coordinated an assault that wounded Whitebeard, Donquixote Doflamingo’s fleet arrived to join the fighting.

• Whitebeard rallied his pirates as his forty-three vassal groups arrived, and Warring States Period ordered Gion, Kake, and Tsuru to intercept them.
• Kuzan froze the sea to halt Whitebeard’s advance, and the Navy attacked while Whitebeard shattered the ice and unleashed a tsunami.
• Hanzō of the Salamander and Uchiha Fugaku’s forces bombarded the Sabaody Archipelago as intelligence ninjas sabotaged its Navy garrison.
• East Blue Headquarters ordered the First and Second Legions to launch a general offensive, then proceed toward Marine Headquarters with the incoming Fifth Legion.
• Warring States Period, Kizaru, and Sakazuki combined their attacks against Whitebeard, and Kizaru wounded his left arm.
• Donquixote Doflamingo arrived with his fleet behind the vassal pirate groups, which split their ships to face him.

Whitebeard broke through the Navy’s siege and charged alone into the G1 Branch, where Sengoku and the Admirals surrounded him again. Meanwhile, the Remnant Fleet’s bombardment devastated Sabaody Archipelago, and Garp realized the ground assault was about to begin.

• Whitebeard used the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to escape beneath the ice, then fought through Kizaru’s light attacks and reached the G1 Branch port alone in pursuit of Ace.
• Kuzan froze the live broadcast, and Momonga’s Marines trapped Whitebeard with Seastone volleys before Sengoku, Sakazuki, Kizaru, and Kuzan surrounded him.
• Whitebeard charged at Sakazuki as the Navy’s elite gathered around him, refusing to back down despite being isolated.
• Garp waited as the Remnant Fleet’s bombardment destroyed Islands 60 through 69, while Hanzō rejected Fugaku’s proposal to land before the Marines’ fighting spirit had been crushed.
• Fugaku took his troops toward Marineford’s outer sea, and Hatake Sakumo’s Fifth Legion arrived after another hour of bombardment.
• Garp learned that Remnant spies and scouts had helped collapse the garrison’s command, then saw the fleet lower boats for the coming ground assault.

Whitebeard fought through Sengoku and the Admirals’ attacks to reach Ace on the execution platform, but his injuries and exhaustion left him unable to guarantee Ace’s rescue. At the G1 Branch, Marco briefly aided Whitebeard before King arrived to turn the Marines’ fire away from him.

• Whitebeard killed Marine officers as he charged toward the execution platform, but Sengoku and the Admirals repeatedly stopped his advance and Sakazuki lost his right hand.
• At Sabaody, Garp learned the Giant Unit had been wiped out and encouraged the remaining Marines before Hyuga Shinki exposed their position with a Signal Flare.
• Hatake Sakumo ordered a bombardment of Garp’s position, then led the Fifth Legion’s landing; Issho prepared to face Garp himself.
• Whitebeard fought his way onto the execution platform, shattered Ace’s Seastone restraints, and apologized that he might not be able to get him out.
• Marco healed Whitebeard and fought off the Marines’ attacks, but withdrew when Vice Admirals repositioned and Whitebeard was left facing Sengoku and the Admirals again.
• King the Flame Calamity arrived and rained flaming bullets on the Spear Marines firing at Marco.

Sengoku’s forces battered Whitebeard until he sacrificed himself in a final shockwave, while the Expeditionary Force attacked the Navy at Sabaody and moved to confront Garp. As Sengoku prepared to finish off the remaining pirates, the fleets of Charlotte Linlin, the Red Hair Pirates, and the Beasts Pirates arrived.

• King’s aerial attack let Marco heal Whitebeard and Kizaru, but Sengoku and the Admirals overwhelmed Whitebeard and Kizaru captured Ace.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu sent the Expeditionary Force fleet toward the war, while Karatachi Yagura’s Tailed Beast Ball devastated the Navy at Sabaody.
• Hatake Sakumo, Hanzō of the Salamander, and Issho cornered Vice Admiral Garp, poisoned him, and struck him down with combined attacks.
• Sengoku froze and battered Whitebeard, and Kuzan and Kizaru impaled him as he dropped Cloud-Piercer.
• Whitebeard unleashed Air Tremor, sacrificing himself and blasting Kuzan and Kizaru away.
• Sengoku saw the Queen Mama Chant, the Red Force, and the Beasts Pirates’ fleet appear on the horizon.

After Whitebeard’s death, Kaido and Charlotte Linlin joined the battle and helped the Whitebeard Pirates advance on G1 Branch, while the Navy tried to split and repel the attacking forces. As both sides fought over the ice and harbor, Im-sama watched the battles and hinted at a coming punishment for the world’s growing disorder.

• Kaido told Charlotte Linlin that Edward Newgate had died, and the two launched a devastating attack that destroyed the Navy Sniper Fleet.
• The Whitebeard Pirates and their forty-three allied crews charged toward G1 Branch as Warring States ordered the Navy to retreat and regroup.
• Warring States sent Momonga’s Spear Marines to support the defense, while Sakazuki agreed to detonate the Underwater Volcano after Kuzan withdrew the ice.
• Kuzan and Sakazuki broke up the advancing pirate forces, and Warring States blocked Kaido and Charlotte Linlin’s combined attack as the Navy counterattacked.
• Sakazuki told Aramaki to earn battlefield merit by attacking Whitebeard’s remnants, then stayed behind to fight Jozu.
• In the Flower Chamber, Im-sama watched the battles with the Five Elders and said the world’s growing instability called for a shock.

The Navy and the Three Emperors Alliance remained locked in a devastating battle at Marine G1 Branch as Shanks and Kuzan began fighting. In Mary Geoise, Im-sama ordered Poseidon deployed against both sides, and Topman Worchury Saint set out for Ryugu Kingdom.

• Warring States Period sent Sakazuki to reinforce the Marines fighting Marco and King, and Sakazuki struck Marco down with magma before Navy officers swarmed him.
• Shanks confronted Kuzan to avenge Edward Newgate, and their clash unleashed powerful sword attacks, ice techniques, and Conqueror's Haki.
• Sakazuki lamented that Kuzan had surpassed him, then attacked Marco and ordered the Marines to surround him while King prepared to intervene.
• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin combined their power against Warring States Period, who answered with a shockwave as the battle shook G1 Branch and the surrounding sea.
• Im-sama chose Sea King Poseidon to attack the gathered forces at G1 Branch, and Topman Worchury Saint volunteered to go to Ryugu Kingdom.

Kuzan and Shanks fought to a standstill while the Navy and Kaido’s forces battled across G1 Branch. The Five Elders’ Sea King weapon attacked both sides, forcing them to stop fighting and defend themselves as Kuzan questioned the Navy’s role.

• Kuzan fell behind Shanks and used ice walls to slow him, while Sakazuki ordered T. Pengen to join the siege of Marco.
• King exploited the disruption in the Navy’s firing lines, wounded Sakazuki, and attacked the Marines surrounding Marco until Sengoku intervened.
• Kaido broke from his joint assault with Charlotte Linlin and battered Sengoku, prompting Sengoku and Kizaru to fight both Emperors in earnest.
• As Kuzan’s ice cracked, Sea King Monsters attacked Marines and pirates, dragging soldiers and ships beneath the sea while Sengoku recognized the Five Elders’ Secret Weapon: Sea King.
• Sengoku ordered Sakazuki to release Marco and commanded the Navy to withdraw and defend the land, while Kaido and Charlotte Linlin rescued their crews and Shanks ended his fight with Kuzan.
• Kuzan watched the battle halt and remarked that the Navy was nothing more than a chamber pot.

Garp was poisoned and defeated on Sabaody, but the ninja forces stopped fighting after learning the World Government had attacked the Marines and their allies near Marine G1. Sengoku and Sakazuki considered joining forces against the false government as Sea Kings devastated the fleet, while Minato’s group began producing supplies through a strange technique.

• Issho urged Garp to surrender, but Garp chose to keep fighting until the poison overwhelmed him.
• Shiina delivered the order to cease hostilities after reporting that the false government had attacked the Marines and Emperor Allied Forces near Marine G1.
• Sakumo and Hanzō detained the unconscious Garp and gave him an antidote, while Sengoku learned from Garp’s Den Den Mushi that the ninja forces would not harm him.
• Sengoku surveyed the catastrophic Sea King assault at Marine G1 as Marines and pirates worked together to defend the shore.
• Sakazuki urged Sengoku to broadcast the government’s betrayal and rally forces against it, and Sengoku hesitated to contact the Five Elders.
• Minato and several remnants used a strange technique to make supplies appear, drawing Sengoku’s attention.