Recaps

Chaos fought Kaido, first overpowering him with a new transformation and devastating secret technique before Kaido recovered in his humanoid dragon form. Their battle moved out to sea, where Chaos slammed Kaido into a deep abyss in the split ocean.

• Chaos transformed, dodged Kaido’s attacks, and battered him with Ryuō-infused strikes.
• Chaos unleashed Infernal Ryuō: Emperor’s Spear, blasting Kaido across the island and carving a vast canyon.
• Kaido emerged in a partially bestial dragon form, healed his wound, and clashed wills with Chaos as the battle moved onto the sea.
• Chaos and Kaido traded fierce blows over the water, and Kaido’s claws dug into Chaos’s arm.
• Chaos kicked Kaido in the chin, seized his Dragon Claw, and slammed him into the sea, opening a pitch-black abyss beneath him.

Chaos and Kaido continued their brutal battle, tearing apart the island with increasingly powerful attacks. After Kaido transformed into his dragon form, Chaos blocked his dragon breath with a black-and-gold barrier, but Kaido’s renewed blast shattered it.

• Chaos and Kaido traded devastating blows that split mountains and shattered the battlefield while Crocodile, the others, and the Beasts Pirates watched in terror.
• Chaos struck Kaido with a Golden Molten Fire Cherry Blossom Kick, breaking Kaido’s right arm and blasting him into a vast basin.
• Kaido transformed into his full dragon form and attacked Chaos with a torrent of dragon breath.
• Chaos dodged Kaido’s breath, countered with two enormous Slash attacks, and met the dragon’s charge with a serious punch.
• Chaos used Rokushiki Secret Technique's Spear, then raised an Almighty Push barrier against Kaido’s dragon breath, but Kaido’s renewed blast broke through it.

Chaos defeated Kaido in a devastating battle on Onigashima, then had Kuma and Ivankov heal him. He chose to spare Kaido for future fights and ordered his crew to retreat after they rescued Archino.

• Chaos and Kaido traded devastating attacks until both were badly wounded and collapsed in the abyss.
• Kuma and Ivankov arrived, and Kuma removed Chaos's injuries before Ivankov sped up his recovery with hormones.
• Chaos rejected Ivankov's suggestions to kill or transform Kaido, deciding to leave him alive as a future opponent.
• Chaos gathered his scattered gold to reform Shakyamuni, then flew away with Kuma and Ivankov.
• After Enel and the others fought the Beasts Pirates and rescued Archino, Chaos ordered everyone to retreat.
• Chaos broke Archino's Seastone slave collar, while Crocodile complained that the group had come all that way without getting to fight.

Chaos and the Richest Group defeated Kuzan and transformed him into a woman before the Marines learned that Chaos had beaten Kaido. Meanwhile, Roger’s crew struggled through a storm as they neared Water Seven Island.

• Chaos redirected the sea of clouds, and the Richest Group encountered Kuzan riding his bicycle.
• Chaos ordered the group to attack Kuzan, who was overwhelmed and collapsed after using Ice Age.
• Kuzan woke in the infirmary and discovered that his body had been changed; Kong restrained him as he roared at Chaos and Gaia.
• An officer brought news that the Richest Group had clashed with the Beasts Pirates and Chaos had defeated Kaido, prompting Sakazuki and Borsalino to leave in anger.
• Roger’s crew battled tsunamis and heavy rain as they approached Water Seven Island.

Explosion Monarch Gottdi prepared to move against Gild Tesoro over the Pure Gold, while Chaos returned to Poppy Island unaware of the brewing conflict. At Marineford, Garp learned the Roger Pirates might have reached Water Seven Island and found Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan training under Zephyr.

• Gottdi learned that Nirudall remained alive inside the Lantern Fish and ordered Coans and the other division commanders to return so the Explosion Pirates could act against Gild Tesoro.
• Chaos returned to Poppy Island after defeating Kaido and learned Betty and the old bear had gone to investigate a problem in the medical district.
• Garp returned to Marineford and told Kong that the Roger Pirates might have reached the final island, Water Seven Island.
• Garp went looking for Kuzan but found her training with Sakazuki and Borsalino under Zephyr in the hills behind Marineford.
• Sakazuki sparred with Borsalino without Devil Fruit powers while Zephyr overpowered Kuzan and trained her.

Garp returned to the training grounds, sparred with Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan, and then learned that the Explosion Pirates had begun moving. The fleet arrived near Poppy Island, and Chaos detected Gotdi’s forces as they approached the Richest Group.

• Garp found Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan training, teased Kuzan, and fought Sakazuki and the others for three hours.
• Tsuru told Garp, Zephyr, Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan that Gotdi had recalled the Explosion Pirates’ captains and taken his forces out to sea.
• Morgans learned that the Explosion Pirates were heading for the Richest Group and sent reporters to Poppy Island.
• Stussy found Chaos at a brothel and told him that a large pirate fleet was approaching Poppy Island.
• Chaos used his Observation Haki to locate Gotdi’s fleet, while Gotdi and his captains acknowledged that the Richest Group had noticed them and continued toward the island.

Chaos confronted Explosion Monarch Gottdi and drew him toward deserted islands, while the Richest Group’s fighters attacked the incoming Explosion Pirates fleet. Betina led the remaining fleet toward Poppy Island, believing the island was undefended.

• Stussy learned that the Explosion Pirates were attacking and mobilized Poppy Island’s forces while contacting Dragon for backup.
• Chaos appeared above the fleet, challenged Gottdi, and flew east toward deserted islands with him following.
• Enel struck the fleet with Divine Punishment, destroying ships and fighting Great Axe Master Gantes.
• Crocodile, Archino, and Ivankov arrived to join Enel, while the Explosion Pirates’ captains rose to meet them.
• Betina led a large fleet toward Poppy Island, reasoning that the island had been left defenseless.

Chaos and Gotdi fought a devastating battle across a deserted island, each testing the other's strength as Chaos sought to improve through combat. Meanwhile, Bettina led her fleet to Poppy Island, where Stussy's bounty had turned the island's civilians against the approaching Explosion Pirates.

• Gotdi invited Chaos to work for him, but Chaos demanded that Gotdi defeat him to get an answer about the Pure Gold.
• Chaos and Gotdi traded fierce blows, unleashing black-red lightning and reshaping the island as Chaos entered Life Return.
• Gotdi revealed the destructive power of his Explosion-Explosion Fruit and sent Chaos tumbling through the air.
• Gotdi brushed himself off and prepared to fight seriously while Chaos recovered from their clash.
• Stussy offered one million berries for every Explosion Pirate's head, and civilians on Poppy Island joined the hunt.
• Bettina led her fleet ashore at Poppy Island and found the island's welcome unlike what she had expected.

Stussy attacked the Explosion Pirates on Poppy Island after the Richest Group raised their bounties fivefold, forcing Battle Princess Bettina into a fight amid the island’s chaos. Stussy gained the upper hand with her thundercloud domain, while Bettina survived her assaults and prepared to continue fighting.

• Stussy’s bounty announcement sent the pirates, thugs, and civilians of Poppy Island rushing to attack the Explosion Pirates as they came ashore.
• Battle Princess Bettina confronted Stussy, who identified Bettina as the Explosion Pirates’ fourth division commander and intelligence overseer.
• Stussy summoned a vast thundercloud pillar as Bettina created a hundred-meter spear and pierced into the clouds without stopping them.
• Stussy used thunderclouds, lightning, and surprise attacks to hinder Bettina’s senses and batter her with Armament Haki strikes.
• Bettina blocked Stussy’s attacks with spears, endured being blasted through buildings and rubble, and narrowly dodged her Spear Rain before realizing she had underestimated Stussy.

Betina and Stussy traded devastating attacks, while Archino fought the Savage King Hakun on a lava-covered island. Both battles left the fighters badly wounded, but neither had reached a victor.

• Betina swept Stussy with a summoned spear and peppered the thunderclouds with more spears, but Stussy dodged and counterattacked with lightning and slashes.
• Stussy struck Betina in the abdomen, and Betina pierced Stussy through the chest; both women survived and prepared to continue fighting.
• Archino confronted Savage King Hakun and exchanged life-threatening blows with him, scorching Hakun with two finger strikes while being knocked beneath the lava.
• Archino unleashed Garuda and charged Hakun again, and their clash shook the island as their battle continued without a clear winner.

Kong ordered Sengoku to head for Poppy Island and capture Gild Tesoro if the Marines had a clear chance, while Kaido, Big Mom, and Katakuri also reacted to the conflict between the Explosion Pirates and the Richest Group. On a deserted island, Crocodile faced the Explosion Pirates’ first division commander, Sound Empress Koans, and dismissed her attempt to bewitch him.

• Kong learned that the Explosion Pirates were targeting the Richest Group and told Tsuru to send Sengoku to Poppy Island to target Gild Tesoro if success seemed likely.
• Kaido heard that the Explosion Pirates and the Richest Group had gone to war, transformed into a dragon, and flew toward Poppy Island.
• Big Mom learned of the conflict and flew out with Zeus and Prometheus to seek revenge on Gild Tesoro.
• Efilé alerted Katakuri, who ordered his brothers to prepare a ship and head for Poppy Island.
• Sengoku set out with five warships after receiving Kong’s orders from Tsuru.
• Crocodile confronted Sound Empress Koans, resisted her bewitching voice, and challenged her to fight.

Coans battled Crocodile across a transformed desert, trading powerful sound attacks with his sand constructs and elemental defenses. Elsewhere, Lasa struggled to land a hit on a much faster opponent who taunted him.

• Coans attacked Crocodile with sound waves, but he turned the surrounding earth into a desert and sent sand skeletons after her.
• Coans destroyed the skeletons and blasted Crocodile with a Sonic Laser Cannon, but he emerged disheveled and continued fighting.
• Coans struck Crocodile with Piercing Sound and a Sonic Shockwave, then he summoned the giant Tsar and swung a massive Desert Treasure Blade at her.
• Coans unleashed Great World: Sound Annihilation, shattering the Tsar and injuring Crocodile, who raised desert walls to block her next beam.
• Lasa fought a fast opponent who dodged his slashes and taunted him, wearing down the Cutting King's resolve.

Chaos and Gotdi fought a devastating battle across the island chain, pushing each other to the brink with their powers and rapid regeneration. After surviving Gotdi’s Full-Body Explosion, Chaos regained his imperial composure, but Gotdi climbed out of the abyss still alive and ready to continue.

• Chaos and Gotdi exchanged brutal attacks, suffering severe injuries as their clash shattered cliffs and widened an abyss.
• Gotdi used explosions to catch Chaos off guard, then seized him and drove him into the ground.
• Chaos unleashed Blazing Sakura—Emperor's Spear, and Gotdi countered with Full-Body Explosion, devastating the island chain.
• Chaos survived the blast, healed with Life Return, and restored his golden armor and halo while striking an imperious pose.
• Gotdi climbed from the abyss and regenerated, leaving Chaos to recognize the danger posed by his formidable opponent.

Betty and Bear raced back to Poppy Island as the Richest Group and the Explosion Pirates continued their battle. On a distant island, Chaos and Gotdi fought for a full day before their invisible, high-speed clashes sent both men crashing into the mountains.

• Betty urged Bear to move faster as they hurried toward Poppy Island, where the battle had continued for a day.
• The Richest Group held the advantage on Poppy Island while its representatives and the Explosion Pirates’ captains remained locked in combat.
• Morgans recorded Chaos and Gotdi’s battle from afar as both men recognized each other’s strength and vowed to fight at full power.
• Chaos and Gotdi exchanged invisible blows at high speed, damaging their armor and injuring each other.
• Chaos was blasted through several mountains and buried under rubble, while Gotdi was struck by an invisible shockwave and hurled into a mountainside.

Kaido and Big Mom arrived during Chaos and Gotdi’s battle, turning the battlefield into a clash among four powerful fighters. Chaos struggled against Big Mom while Gotdi fell behind against Kaido, leaving Chaos especially vulnerable if the fighting continued or another enemy arrived.

• Chaos and Gotdi emerged from the rubble, then sensed Kaido approaching the battlefield.
• Kaido arrived and challenged Gotdi, while Big Mom appeared and attacked Chaos with Villeneuve.
• Kaido swung at Gotdi and Big Mom, and Gotdi fought Kaido as Big Mom turned her attention back to Chaos.
• Chaos fought Big Mom with his Gold-Gold Fruit, but her lightning, flames, and sword strikes countered his attacks.
• Gotdi fell into a disadvantage against Kaido, while Chaos remained in danger as both opponents were still at full strength.

Chaos and Big Mom unleashed their ultimate attacks, devastating the island chain before resuming their fight. On Poppy Island, Stussy, Belo Betty, and Kuma defeated Bettina, then headed to support the Boss.

• Chaos and Big Mom's attacks collided, destroying a fifth of the island chain and leaving both fighters battered before Big Mom attacked again.
• Gotdi used explosive drops of blood and powerful kicks against Kaido, but Kaido remained unharmed and kept fighting.
• The Explosion Pirates overwhelmed Bettina's forces on Poppy Island while Stussy trapped Bettina in thunderclouds.
• Kuma and Belo Betty arrived and joined Stussy in attacking Bettina, who died after their combined blows.
• Stussy cleared the thunderclouds, and she and Belo Betty went to support the Boss with Kuma.

Chaos was badly injured and exhausted after fighting Big Mom, but Kuma and Betty arrived to help him escape her attacks. As Chaos recovered, Betty and Kuma fought together to hold Big Mom off for ten minutes.

• Big Mom relentlessly attacked Chaos, who grew weaker and decided he needed to retreat.
• Kuma and Betty arrived, and Chaos used golden weapons to slow Big Mom while Kuma repelled his injuries and fatigue.
• Betty charged Big Mom repeatedly but was knocked back each time.
• Kuma struck Big Mom with the damage repelled from Chaos, while Chaos sat down to recover his strength and Armament Haki.
• Betty gave Kuma a Buff, and the two fought Big Mom together while Betty insulted her to keep her furious.

Chaos recovered and launched a devastating assault on BIG MOM, overpowering her with speed and repeated blows. The chapter ended with Chaos unleashing his Emperor’s Spear as the attack tore through the coastline and sent enormous waves surging across the sea.

• After Betty and Kuma held BIG MOM off for ten minutes, Chaos recovered his strength and returned to the fight.
• Chaos struck BIG MOM with a powerful kick, then challenged her as his Golden Armor and halos returned.
• BIG MOM and Chaos traded fiery, Haki-coated attacks that devastated the island, and both were injured in their clash.
• Chaos dodged BIG MOM’s attacks and repeatedly battered her, sending her crashing through mountains.
• Chaos used the Emperor’s Spear against BIG MOM, creating a massive crater, shattering the coastline, and raising hundred-meter waves.

After Big Mom miscarried, she entered a crazed hunger-pang state that made her slimmer and far stronger, and she fought Chaos with her Homies. Chaos focused on separating her from them and tore Prometheus away, but Prometheus engulfed him in flames.

• Big Mom emerged from the crater after losing her child and attacked Chaos in a rage.
• Big Mom’s hunger pangs struck, transforming her appearance and greatly increasing her strength as she fought Chaos.
• Chaos realized Big Mom’s three Homies were wearing him down and decided to target them.
• Chaos grabbed Prometheus and ripped it away from Big Mom, but Prometheus expanded into a sea of flames around him.

Chaos fought Big Mom and her Homies, Prometheus and Zeus, in a battle that devastated the island chain. After disabling the Homies, he gained the upper hand over Big Mom and left her battered in the ruins.

• Chaos used Almighty Push to repel Prometheus and Zeus, then knocked Big Mom back when she attacked with Napoleon.
• Chaos and Big Mom clashed with their named attacks, creating a vast explosion that formed a lava-filled basin; both survived, though Chaos coughed up blood and Big Mom was badly hurt.
• Prometheus and Zeus tried to delay Chaos, but his Almighty Push weakened them until they could no longer fight.
• Big Mom attacked Chaos again, but he broke her stride and battered her while she was separated from her Homies.
• Big Mom brought the earth to life with Soul Roar, but Chaos evaded the stone giant, seized her, and smashed her into the ground before hurling her across the valley.

Chaos defeated and fatally wounded Big Mom, then faced Katakuri and the arriving Charlotte family as the Navy approached the island. With the forces poised to clash, Chaos began transforming golden fragments into a Buddha.

• Chaos used his weapons to pin down Napoleon and stabbed Big Mom with a black-and-gold sword.
• Chaos overpowered Big Mom in a clash of fists and proclaimed himself the Chosen One.
• Katakuri arrived with Perospero, Oven, Daifuku, Cracker, and other Charlotte family members to protect Big Mom.
• Chaos sensed Sengoku and the Navy approaching by warship, while the exhausted Gotdi fled after threatening Kaido.
• Kaido withdrew into the storm clouds, and Chaos challenged Katakuri and the Charlotte family as Kuma and Betty joined him.
• Golden fragments rose and began forming a solemn Buddha as the opposing forces prepared to fight.

Chaos withdrew from the battle with the BIG MOM Pirates, then regrouped with his injured crew on Poppy Island as Sengoku’s Marines arrived. Chaos prepared to face the Marines in a second round of fighting.

• Chaos let Katakuri and the BIG MOM Pirates retreat, and Sengoku arrived too late to catch them.
• Chaos told Betty he had spared Katakuri because he wanted to learn how to awaken combat-focused Future Prediction.
• Enel returned injured and said the Explosion Monarch had rescued his opponent before Enel could finish the fight.
• Chaos’s crew regrouped on Poppy Island, where Kuma drew out their injuries and Stussy arranged food and rest.
• Sengoku led nearly a hundred elite Marines ashore at Poppy Island, while Chaos and his crew prepared to meet them.

The Marines withdrew from Poppy Island after Sengoku judged that fighting Gaia Chaos was not worth the risk, and news of the battle spread across the sea. Meanwhile, the Roger Pirates learned that Water Seven Island was not the real final island and decided to continue their voyage.

• Sengoku confronted a golden puppet controlled by Gaia Chaos, then abandoned the chance to fight and ordered the Marines to leave Poppy Island.
• Chaos told Crocodile, Enel, Archino, Betty, and the others that he was not ready to fight Sengoku and that a battle on Poppy Island would be too costly.
• Newspapers reported the Richest Group's victory over the Explosion Pirates, Chaos's fight with Gottdi and Big Mom, and the Marines' arrival at Poppy Island.
• Big News Morgans profited from selling the reports, while Monkey D. Dragon left with a hundred billion berries' worth of gold.
• The Roger Pirates discussed clues revealing that Water Seven Island was not the real final island, and Roger said they would go find it.

After Chaos returned from his battles with the Explosion Monarch and Big Mom, the newspapers sparked reactions among Roger, Golden Lion, and Big Mom, while Chaos's crew complained about their small headlines. Chaos dismissed their plans to target Morgans and focused on recovering and studying Life Return, as a cloaked visitor arrived at Morgans's office and revealed a face that shocked him.

• Roger read the news and recalled Gild Tesoro's predictions that he would survive and meet Tesoro again.
• Golden Lion and Annie read that Gotdi had failed to defeat Gild Tesoro, while Big Mom raged over the news on Whole Cake Island.
• Enel, Crocodile, and the others complained that the newspapers gave their exploits little coverage, and Chaos told them they could do what they wanted about Morgans while he recovered.
• A cloaked visitor entered Morgans's office at the World Economy News Paper headquarters and revealed a fierce, browless face that changed Morgans's expression.
• Chaos reviewed his recent battles on Poppy Island and experimented with Life Return, finding that focused control helped his palm wound heal faster.

Crocodile, Enel, and Archino attacked the World Economic Journal headquarters and demanded that Morgans submit to the Richest Group. Rather than surrender, Morgans called the man who had offered him a partnership, and Crocodile took the Den Den Mushi to hear the familiar voice.

• Enel’s lightning destroyed the World Economic Journal headquarters, leaving Morgans, Jaeger, Chenier, and the surviving employees in the ruins.
• Morgans recognized Crocodile, Archino, and Enel as Richest Group representatives and asked why they had attacked him.
• Enel offered to spare Morgans if he submitted, while Archino warned him that he had three seconds to choose.
• Morgans called the man who had approached him about working together and said he would join him if he could resolve the attack.
• The man told Morgans to hand the Den Den Mushi to Crocodile, who recognized the voice as familiar.