Recaps

A confrontation between Chinjao, Perospero, Mihawk, and Katakuri shook a Loguetown hotel before the arrival of Whitebeard Pirates commanders diverted the fight. The Navy then brought the Pirate King to Loguetown under arrest, drawing everyone outside.

• Chinjao and Perospero fought until Mihawk's sword slash split the hotel floor and forced them apart.
• Mihawk challenged Vista to a match, and the two swordsmen vanished to fight elsewhere.
• Katakuri confronted Chinjao, and their Conqueror's Haki clashed before they withdrew it without fighting.
• Marco and Queen remained unfazed as the clash caused pirates in the hotel and people in the streets to pass out.
• The Navy arrived with thirty warships and brought the Pirate King to Loguetown under arrest, prompting everyone in the hotel to leave and watch.

The Navy escorted the shackled Pirate King Roger into Loguetown, drawing crowds of pirates and civilians as the world’s powers gathered to watch. After the procession entered the Navy branch without incident, news of Roger’s early arrival spread across the seas.

• Six headquarters Vice Admirals and more than thirty Rear Admirals gathered in Loguetown as pirates and other onlookers filled the streets.
• Sengoku, Zephyr, Garp, and other Marines arrived with more than thirty warships and brought Roger ashore in chains.
• Garp spotted Marco, Katakuri, and Queen among the pirates and taunted them as the procession moved toward the Navy branch.
• The Marine procession reached the branch without any pirate daring to attack, while reporters sent news of Roger’s arrival across the world.
• News reports announced that the Navy had brought Roger to Loguetown a day early, drawing the world’s attention to the town.

Loguetown gathered the world to witness Gold Roger's execution, but a sudden storm and overwhelming music announced the arrival of Gaia Chaos and eight powerful figures. Their appearance eclipsed the execution as people worldwide recognized the Golden Emperor, whom many regarded as a savior and hero.

• Doflamingo and Diamante discussed why the Roger Pirates had not rescued Roger, while Marco and Jozu questioned his decision to surrender.
• People from around the world watched as prominent pirates gathered in Loguetown for Gold Roger's execution.
• A Vice Admiral denounced Roger and praised the World Government and Marines before Roger was brought to the platform.
• As Roger prepared to address the world, a storm and deafening music swept over Loguetown, filling the crowd with dread.
• Sengoku recognized the approaching presence as Gaia Chaos, who arrived on a golden avenue with eight figures.
• Viewers around the world identified the nine arrivals, including the Golden Emperor, Gaia Chaos, and the Sand Emperor, Thunder God, Sun King, Tyrant, Okama King, Queen of Joy, Dancing Queen, and Queen of Luck.

Chaos interrupted Roger’s execution in Loguetown, blocked Sakazuki’s attack, and exchanged cryptic words with Roger before leaving with the Richest Group. Roger then announced that he had left all the world’s treasure in one place, igniting a new wave of excitement across the world.

• Sakazuki attacked Chaos, but Archino blocked the magma strike while Enel prepared to retaliate.
• Chaos told Sengoku he was only passing through, then approached Roger and claimed he had beaten him and knew what was coming.
• Roger acknowledged Chaos’s claims and predicted the coming era would belong to the Golden Emperor, while Chaos declared himself the Chosen One with cheats.
• Chaos and Roger secretly exchanged warnings about the world rejecting Chaos before Chaos left Loguetown with the Richest Group.
• Roger announced that he had left all the world’s treasure in one place, and people across the world erupted into cheers for both Roger and the Golden Emperor.

Roger’s execution unleashed a worldwide rush to find One Piece, worsening the chaos already stirred by Gild Tesoro and the Cultivation Era. As Marines were dispatched to contain uprisings, Shanks invited Buggy to join his crew, but Buggy refused and chose to pursue the treasure on his own.

• Roger died after declaring that his treasure could be found, sending pirates and kingdoms into a frenzy and making Gild Tesoro’s fame soar further.
• The Five Elders blamed Roger and Gild Tesoro for destabilizing the world and discussed strengthening their forces.
• People across the seas abandoned their families or turned to violence to pursue their ambitions, while pirates began leaving Loguetown.
• Sengoku rejected Sakazuki’s demand to attack the departing pirates and ordered Marines to respond to reports of uprisings and attacks on branches.
• Shanks asked Buggy to join his new pirate crew, but Buggy refused and said he would form his own crew to search for the treasure.

Gaia Chaos and the Richest Group stormed Impel Down to rescue Golden Lion, smashing through the prison’s levels with overwhelming force. They reached the Infinite Hell, where Chaos headed deeper while imprisoned pirates begged him to free them.

• Chaos led Betty and the others from Loguetown to Impel Down to rescue Golden Lion.
• Chaos used his Conqueror's Haki to incapacitate the guards and prisoners on the upper levels, then smashed through the floors to descend.
• Impel Down's guards identified the attackers as the Richest Group and alerted Deputy Warden Magellan while he was in the bathroom.
• Magellan ordered a Level One Alert and called for help from Marineford and Mary Geoise as Chaos and his group broke through to the Extreme Cold Hell.
• Chaos smashed into the Infinite Hell and flew deeper into the prison while its inmates pleaded with him to free them.

Chaos and the Richest Group broke prisoners out of Impel Down, including the Golden Lion, while Magellan tried to suppress the riot. After the escapees from the lower levels emerged, Shiryu realized the prison had fallen into chaos.

• Chaos freed the Level Six prisoners and released the Golden Lion from his cell, then told him Roger was likely dead.
• Kong learned that Chaos and the Richest Group had attacked Impel Down and ordered Sengoku to respond as he set out himself.
• Prisoners throughout Impel Down woke and rioted, but Magellan arrived and began overwhelming them with his poison.
• Magellan learned Chaos had gone to Level Six and headed toward the disturbance with Shiryu.
• Chaos's group and escaped monsters, including the Golden Lion, the Jelly Queen, the Lone Red, and the World Destroyer, rose from the shattered ground and disappeared, leaving Shiryu shaken by the figure he felt watching them.

After the Golden Emperor’s raid on Impel Down made the Richest Group famous across the seas, Chaos considered the World Government’s likely response and decided the group should keep a low profile. He sent Enel to retrieve Caesar Clown while the search for Vegapunk and Vinsmoke Judge remained unresolved.

• Kong ordered the Navy to find Gold City and vowed to execute the Richest Group after the criminals escaped Impel Down.
• News of Impel Down’s fall spread, and the Golden Emperor and Richest Group became the era’s most celebrated names.
• Chaos enjoyed the newspapers at Gold City while Betty complained and Stussy asked about the group’s next move.
• Stussy warned that the World Government would target the Richest Group, and Chaos agreed they should lie low while he pursued greater strength and studied Devil Fruits.
• Stussy reported that they had found Caesar Clown but not Vegapunk or Vinsmoke Judge, and Chaos wondered whether events had changed their paths.
• Chaos sent Enel to bring back Caesar Clown and warned him not to wander before Enel vanished as lightning.

Chaos and the Richest Group recruited Caesar Clown as their ninth Representative after Enel brought him to the Gaia Building. At the banquet, the other Representatives accepted Caesar, and Chaos ordered them to train him starting the next day.

• Chaos played mahjong with Betty, Kuma, and Ivankov on the Gaia Building rooftop, and they traded insults over the game.
• Enel arrived with Caesar, whom he had captured after defeating the Marines escorting him.
• Chaos recognized Caesar’s Gas Fruit and offered him the position of the Richest Group’s ninth Representative; Caesar accepted.
• Chaos had Kuma treat Caesar and invited him to meet the other Representatives at the evening banquet.
• Crocodile and the other Representatives approved of Caesar’s potential but agreed he needed training.
• Chaos named Caesar the Science Representative and ordered the Representatives to take turns training him.

A month after the Impel Down incident, the Richest Group gathered to watch Enel fight Ivankov, whose unexpected endurance and uncanny dodges made Chaos suspect he had mastered a rare ability. The chapter ended with Chaos realizing Ivankov had developed the ability he had been nurturing Katakuri to achieve.

• The Navy spent a month searching unsuccessfully for the mobile Gold City in the Calm Belt as chaos spread during the Great Pirate Cultivation Era.
• Golden Lion dealt with traitorous fleet captains and gave Jelly Queen, Witch Roria, and Lone Wolf Spand positions of trust among the rebuilt Flying Pirates.
• Enel challenged Ivankov and planned to punish the Richest Group members who had supported turning him into a girl.
• Enel and Ivankov fought for a day, with Enel holding the advantage but Ivankov enduring the attacks and evading them with uncanny precision.
• Chaos watched Ivankov dodge and realized he might have mastered the ability Chaos had been cultivating Katakuri to develop.

Chaos stopped Enel and Ivankov’s fight after suspecting Ivankov had awakened Future Prediction, then confirmed it with a sudden attack. After questioning Ivankov about the ability, Chaos and the others left to train in hopes of awakening advanced Observation Haki.

• Chaos halted the fight between Enel and Ivankov and asked Ivankov whether he had mastered Future Prediction.
• Ivankov explained that he had begun seeing glimpses of the future while being hunted by Sakazuki.
• Chaos attacked Ivankov without warning, and Ivankov dodged by predicting the attack, confirming his ability.
• Chaos questioned Ivankov in detail for an hour about his visions and considered how advanced Observation Haki could strengthen him.
• Chaos went into seclusion to train, while Crocodile and the others also left to train for a chance to awaken an advanced ability.

After four years of keeping a low profile in Gold City, Chaos decided to return to the world’s attention when Baccarat reported that the woman he had his eye on in Wano Country might be in danger. He postponed dealing with Wano until after a banquet and went to relax with Caesar and Bonis.

• Baccarat entered Chaos’s Conqueror’s Haki training domain and told him that a married woman in Wano Country might be in danger.
• Chaos ended his training and declared that it was time to go out and make waves again.
• The chapter described how Bonis, Caesar, and Baccarat had grown stronger over four years, with Baccarat’s Lucky-Lucky Fruit making her exceptionally difficult to hit.
• Chaos decided to hold a banquet that night and said the Wano matter could wait until afterward.
• Chaos took Caesar and Bonis to have a bath while Baccarat prepared for the banquet.

Toki prepared to use the last of her life to change Wano Country’s fate as Oden launched his rebellion against Kaido. Chaos arrived at Oden Castle while the Oniwabanshu tried to seize Toki and her children, and Toki offered to go with him on one condition.

• Toki learned that Oden had gone to the Flower Capital to fight Kaido and believed Chaos was the only person who could change Wano Country’s future.
• Three Golden Thrones carrying Chaos and his companions flew toward Wano Country as Oden and the Nine Red Scabbards began their attack on Kaido.
• Kurozumi Orochi sent Fukurokuju and the Oniwabanshu to capture Toki, Momonosuke, and Hiyori at Oden Castle.
• Chaos arrived above Oden Castle, terrifying the Oniwabanshu with his overwhelming presence.
• Toki told Chaos she would go with him if he agreed to one condition.

Toki surrendered herself to Chaos and begged him to drive the Beasts Pirates out of Wano Country, while Chaos threatened to destroy the country. As Chaos carried Toki toward the battlefield, Oden and Kaido’s clash left Oden’s forces on the brink of defeat, and an ominous arrival drew everyone’s attention.

• Toki asked Chaos to drive out the Beasts Pirates and keep them from attacking Wano Country for twenty years, but Chaos threatened to destroy Wano instead.
• Toki lowered her demand to simply driving out the Beasts Pirates and put on Seastone handcuffs, after which Chaos carried her away on the Golden Throne.
• Fukurokuju ordered the Oniwabanshu to retreat and inform Orochi, leaving Momonosuke and Hiyori behind as they cried.
• Oden struck Kaido with Two-Sword Style: Paradise Totsuka, but Kaido recovered while Oden crashed through mountains and fell among the rubble.
• The Nine Red Scabbards fought King, Queen, and the other Beasts Pirates as Oden’s side fell behind, until an oppressive musical rhythm announced an approaching figure.

Chaos confronted Oden after Oden saw Toki bound beside the Golden Throne, overpowering his attacks with devastating force. The battle continued as Chaos revealed his increased strength and began forming a colossal golden Shakyamuni statue.

• Oden charged Chaos to rescue Toki, but Chaos's Almighty Push blasted him across the battlefield and devastated the Beasts Pirates.
• Despite Toki's pleas, Oden attacked again, and Chaos met him with a Golden Molten Fire kick that forced their Haki into a violent clash.
• Chaos and Oden traded devastating blows, and Chaos struck with Golden Molten Fire: Thunder Bagua, carving a vast canyon and leaving Oden bloodied.
• Kaido watched Chaos and recognized that he had grown stronger during the four years since their last encounter.
• Chaos turned the surrounding ground into gold and raised a thousand-meter Shakyamuni statue, whose glowing eye gathered immense destructive power.

Chaos tested his awakened Gold-Gold Fruit powers by overwhelming Oden with destructive attacks and golden constructs. As Oden struggled to reach him, Caesar and Bonis crushed the Nine Red Scabbards’ attempt to rescue Toki.

• Chaos repeatedly attacked Oden with Golden Divine Fire, golden weapons, and a tornado of gold, badly injuring him.
• Oden fought through the Goddess of the Heavens, the fairy, and the angel, but Chaos turned their remains into golden streams that blocked his advance.
• Chaos used Oden as a test subject to measure how much his awakened Gold-Gold Fruit had improved over four years.
• Kin'emon led the Nine Red Scabbards toward Toki, and they realized the figure on the Golden Throne was not a Richest Group Stand-in.
• Caesar removed the air from the area while Bonis struck the Nine Red Scabbards with a massive slash, sending them crashing away and leaving them badly injured.

Caesar and Bonis revealed their overwhelming power as the Nine Red Scabbards attacked them. Caesar devastated the battlefield with explosive gas techniques, while Bonis continued cutting down his opponents with immense slashes.

• The Nine Red Scabbards split into two groups and charged Caesar and Bonis to rescue the lady.
• Caesar drained the air around Kin'emon and four others, then detonated his body and blasted them away.
• Caesar bound his injured opponents with gas ropes, poisoned Raizo and Kanjuro, and unleashed a thousand-meter Death Domain that erupted into a vast explosion.
• Queen and Kaido were shaken by Caesar's destructive power and suspected he was a new Science Representative of the Richest Group.
• Bonis used enormous sword slashes against Ashura Doji, Kawamatsu, Inuarashi, and Nekomamushi, while remaining devoted to following Crocodile.

Oden exhausted himself trying to reach Chaos, but Chaos defeated him and left him alive. Chaos then challenged Kaido, and their clash left the Beasts Pirates watching as Kaido appeared to be losing ground.

• Oden broke through Chaos’s golden statues and attacked him with Paradise Totsuka, but Chaos repelled him and left him gravely injured.
• A Golden Warrior stomped Oden into the ground, and Chaos told Kaido to leave Wano Country while sparing Oden’s life.
• Kaido entered Hybrid Form and accepted Chaos’s challenge to fight.
• Chaos and Kaido clashed in midair, destroying the surrounding terrain with their speed and Haki.
• Queen and the other Beasts Pirates watched as Chaos suppressed Kaido despite Kaido’s Hybrid Form.

Chaos and Kaido fought an exhausting battle of physical strength, tearing apart the island as they traded brutal blows. Kaido blasted Chaos into an abyss, but Chaos rose with a haughty smile that sent Kaido into a rage.

• Chaos and Kaido continued their day-and-night battle without using Devil Fruit powers or weapons, exchanging powerful blows across the ruined island.
• Chaos drove Kaido into the ground with a Serious Kick and followed with more attacks, while Kaido repeatedly recovered and countered.
• The two clashed with Serious Punch and Thunder Bagua, then traded blows that collapsed mountains and carved ravines through the island.
• Kaido caught Chaos's foot, tore away flesh, broke his ribs, and blasted him with a massive breath attack that erased a vast stretch of land.
• Chaos rose from the abyss, flashed Kaido a disdainful, arrogant smile, and provoked Kaido's fury.

Chaos and Kaido fought a devastating battle that left both severely injured, with Kaido unable to continue. When their crews arrived, Chaos demanded that the Beasts Pirates yield, and Kaido chose to withdraw from Wano Country.

• Kaido transformed into his dragon form and unleashed a torrent of dragon's breath, but Chaos countered with his strongest attack, piercing Kaido's belly.
• Kaido struck back with another blast of dragon's breath, leaving Chaos buried and badly burned in a deep chasm.
• Chaos and Kaido recovered for three hours as their crews gathered on opposite sides of the chasm.
• Chaos emerged and threatened to kill the Beasts Pirates unless they showed him respect and yielded.
• Queen urged Kaido not to fight while injured, and Kaido left Wano Country without making threats.

Chaos took Toki from Oden and brought her to Gold City, where he prepared to test the Richest Group’s breakthrough method for removing Devil Fruit powers. The chapter ended with Chaos planning to give Blackbeard the Dark-Dark Fruit while continuing research into whether someone could eat two Devil Fruits.

• Chaos took Toki away from the poisoned Oden, who begged him to let her go, while Toki urged Oden not to seek revenge and to protect Wano and their children.
• Chaos, Bonis, and Toki returned to Gold City, where Stussy, Betty, and Baccarat inspected Toki and teased Chaos.
• Chaos and the others descended to Caesar’s laboratory, located in the underground levels of the expanded Gold City.
• Chaos explained that experiments had shown Devil Fruit powers could sometimes be removed by sealing a user with fruit, with Seastone chambers offering the best chance of success.
• Chaos planned to give Blackbeard the Dark-Dark Fruit when the Richest Group found it, while preparing to keep him under control if he gained a second Devil Fruit power.

Chaos had Toki put to sleep for Devil Fruit extraction, but Caesar reported that the attempt failed. Five days later, Oden and the Nine Red Scabbards planned to rescue Toki, and Kikunojo revealed that the Whitebeard Pirates were already heading to Wano.

• Chaos dismissed Betty’s teasing and said women would distract him from becoming the BUG Representative.
• Caesar reported that extracting Toki’s Time-Time Fruit had failed despite Chaos boosting his luck with Baccarat’s ability.
• Chaos and the Richest Group members went their separate ways, while Bonis left Gold City to seek a breakthrough as a swordsman.
• Five days later, Oden and the bandaged Nine Red Scabbards gathered in Oden Castle and resolved to save Toki.
• Kikunojo told Oden that he had contacted his brother Izo, and the Whitebeard Pirates were on their way to Wano Country.

Oden and the Nine Red Scabbards asked Whitebeard and the Whitebeard Pirates to help rescue Toki from Gild Tesoro, and the crew rallied around Oden. After a month of searching for Gold City, Oden and two division commanders tracked Betty to a hotel on Albert Island, where the two sides faced off.

• Oden accepted that he needed outside help to rescue Toki, and Kikunojo told him the Whitebeard Pirates were already heading to Wano Country.
• Whitebeard and his crew arrived in Wano Country, reunited with Oden, and welcomed him with a feast.
• Marco asked Oden about Toki's kidnapping, and Oden and the Nine Red Scabbards begged the Whitebeard Pirates for help.
• Whitebeard reassured Oden that he remained family and ordered Marco to find Gold City.
• After a month of searching, Oden, the Nine Red Scabbards, Bluhm, and Curiel tracked Betty to a Richest Group hotel on Albert Island.
• Oden and his companions confronted Betty, bringing the situation to the brink of an explosion.

Betty confronted Oden and the Nine Red Scabbards after they came looking for Toki, while Bluhm and Curiel tried to negotiate her release. The confrontation erupted into a battle between Betty and Oden’s group, and news of the clash spread beyond the island.

• Oden demanded that Betty tell him where Toki was, and Kin'emon proposed capturing Betty to draw out Gild Tesoro.
• Bluhm asked Betty to release Toki, but Betty revealed she would not hand her over and mocked the group’s plan.
• Oden’s group attacked, and Betty’s suited forces surrounded them before she ordered the thugs to fight.
• Betty used the Inspiration-Inspiration Fruit to empower her men and boosted herself with Life Return as she faced Oden, Bluhm, Curiel, and Denjiro.
• Betty fought all four opponents amid widespread destruction while the other Nine Red Scabbards battled her forces.
• Onlookers recognized Betty and the Whitebeard Pirates commanders, and news of the battle quickly spread beyond the island.

After learning that the Whitebeard Pirates had left Dancing Queen Belo Betty near death on Albert Island, the Navy and other factions prepared for the conflict they expected to follow. Stussy reached the Richest Group’s Red Light District and found the sleeping figure she had come to confront.

• Tsuru told Kong that Oden and several Whitebeard Pirates had attacked Dancing Queen Belo Betty, leaving her presumed dead, and Kong ordered Garp, Sengoku, Sakazuki, and others to return.
• Dragon received news of the attack and summoned Mori, Karas, Lindberg, and Khel to return.
• Annie warned the Golden Lion that the Richest Group and Whitebeard Pirates might go to war, while Sound Empress Koans reported the attack to her lord.
• News of the Albert Island incident spread among the major pirate crews, including the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates.
• Stussy arrived at the Red Light District, frightened the people there with her killing intent, and entered a lavish room where she found a naked figure sleeping beside a large bed.