Recaps

Doflamingo brought the Donquixote Family to the Liquor Kingdom to negotiate with Slave King Coridas Tolo and Predator Axos, hoping to expand into the Richest Group’s business. As Doflamingo arrived, Coridas Tolo and the Liquor Kingdom’s eldest prince waited for Axos and discussed the new partnership.

• Doflamingo learned that Coridas Tolo, Predator Axos, and the Liquor Kingdom’s royal family had been working together to control the underworld and take over the Richest Group’s operations.
• Doflamingo planned to ally with them, exploit their expansion, and use the partnership to probe the Richest Group while keeping a way to retreat.
• Doflamingo disembarked with Diamante, Trebol, Bika, and the rest of the Donquixote Family to meet their prospective partners.
• Coridas Tolo and the eldest prince waited at a geisha house, where the prince complained that Axos had not arrived.
• Coridas Tolo told the eldest prince that the meeting was to welcome a new partner and that his father had approved the deal, angering the prince.

Predator Axos, Coridas Tolo, and Doflamingo began negotiations in the Liquor Kingdom, but a call announcing the Celestial Dragons’ arrival interrupted them. The next day, Saint Jegenos arrived with Marine protection and a chained female slave, while the king prepared to entertain him.

• Predator Axos arrived to meet Coridas Tolo and the First Prince, and waited with them for Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo joined the meeting and pitched cooperation, but Axos questioned whether they needed him and warned that the Celestial Dragons backed the Liquor Kingdom.
• The First Prince received a call ordering them to stop negotiations and prepare for the Celestial Dragons’ arrival the following day.
• Doflamingo stayed in the Liquor Kingdom, intent on learning which Celestial Dragon family was coming.
• The king and officials waited at the port for five hours before Saint Jegenos arrived aboard a luxurious vessel escorted by a Marine warship.
• The king welcomed Saint Jegenos and promised him a banquet and pretty slaves to dance.

Baccarat arrived at a lavish banquet in the Liquor Kingdom, where the king was entertaining Celestial Dragon Saint Jegenos, and drew attention with her beauty. After recognizing Doflamingo, the Slave King, and the Predator as her targets, she revealed she knew of Doflamingo’s involvement and left him fearing trouble.

• The king welcomed Saint Jegenos to an extravagant palace banquet, where nobles and wealthy guests gathered to win the Celestial Dragon’s favor.
• Doflamingo, the Slave King, and the Predator discussed their collaboration while dancers performed and the guests mingled.
• Baccarat entered the banquet, attracting the attention of the guests and making Doflamingo and his companions sense that she was dangerous.
• Saint Jegenos ordered the guards to bring Baccarat to him, but she approached on her own and spotted the three men.
• Baccarat named the Slave King Coridas Tolo and Predator Axios, called Doflamingo a Shichibukai, and mentioned that her boss had called him a spiritually hip guy.
• Doflamingo recognized Baccarat from the newspaper and realized his involvement with the others had put him in danger.

Baccarat, the Richest Group’s Luck Representative, attacked Saint Jegenos at a banquet in the Liquor Kingdom and fought off the forces sent to capture her. Sengoku dispatched Issho and Borsalino to respond as Baccarat continued battling the Marines and the king’s army.

• Baccarat declared that she would deal with Saint Jegenos before confronting Doflamingo, Coridas Tolo, and Axos.
• When Saint Jegenos tried to grope her, Baccarat cut off his arm, prompting panic and a rush to capture her.
• Baccarat called the Richest Group for backup while a golden streak launched from the moon toward the pirate planet.
• Sengoku sent Issho and Borsalino to the Liquor Kingdom after learning that Baccarat had attacked a Celestial Dragon.
• Baccarat used her Lucky Bullet to kill a Rear Admiral and evade the attackers’ strikes as she fought through the surrounding forces.
• The strongest Vice Admiral used a Rokushiki secret technique and appeared beside Baccarat to unleash his strongest attack.

Baccarat defeated a Marine Vice Admiral and slaughtered the guards protecting Saint Jegenos, then faced Predator Axios when he intervened. Their battle escalated, and Baccarat used Luck Deprivation on Axios, leaving him sensing that disaster was imminent.

• Baccarat blocked the Vice Admiral’s attack, shot down the gathered opponents, and defeated him with a Haki-coated kick.
• Baccarat approached Saint Jegenos and ruined his remaining arm after he pleaded for his life.
• Axios intervened to protect Saint Jegenos, hoping to make the Celestial Dragon indebted to him and use him as a bargaining chip.
• Baccarat declared that her boss would handle the consequences and attacked Axios, who identified himself as captain of the Predator Pirates.
• Baccarat tore off her skirt hem, stopped Axios with a Tempest Kick, then touched his arm with Luck Deprivation, causing him to fear impending disaster.

Baccarat used her luck-stealing ability to overwhelm Axos, while Doflamingo hesitated over whether to join the fight. Boa Hancock then arrived and struck Baccarat, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Baccarat stole Axos’s luck and repeatedly exploited bizarre mishaps to land damaging blows on him.
• After two hours of fighting, the Slavery King urged Doflamingo to join the attack, but Doflamingo chose to watch from the sidelines.
• As the Slavery King moved to attack Baccarat, a powerful Conqueror’s Haki swept in from the coast.
• Boa Hancock charged in and kicked Baccarat away, sending her through the ruins.
• Hancock stood amid black-and-red lightning and gale-force winds as the others recognized her.

Hancock fought Baccarat but was repeatedly hindered by her luck-based powers and fell into a disadvantage. Coridas Tolo seized an opening to capture Baccarat with his Pet Halo and began forcing her to obey him.

• Sandersonia and Marigold arrived as Hancock emerged from the ruins and confronted Baccarat over the Amazon warriors she had killed.
• Baccarat attacked Hancock with her luck-based powers, causing mishaps that repeatedly disrupted Hancock’s attacks and left her badly injured.
• Hancock and Baccarat continued fighting while Doflamingo, the Predators, and Coridas Tolo watched without intervening.
• Coridas Tolo attacked Baccarat from behind and trapped her with his Pet Halo, which made her unable to resist his commands.
• Coridas Tolo ordered Baccarat to approach and touched her while she warned him that he would die.

Boa Hancock fought Coridas Tolo while Baccarat remained under his control, until Borsalino arrived and struck Baccarat with a Light Speed Kick. Baccarat survived, and Borsalino turned against Coridas Tolo for enslaving a Richest Group representative, as Saint Jegenos claimed Baccarat for himself.

• Hancock attacked Coridas Tolo, who used his control over Baccarat to force her to fight Hancock.
• Hancock and Baccarat battled while Axos kept the wounded Saint Jegenos alive and the others waited for the Marines.
• Borsalino arrived and, at Saint Jegenos's command, kicked Baccarat at the speed of light, sending her into the ruins.
• Baccarat emerged from the rubble alive, and Coridas Tolo told Borsalino she was his slave.
• Borsalino condemned Coridas Tolo for humiliating a Richest Group representative, while Saint Jegenos demanded Baccarat as his own.
• Baccarat smiled and declared that she had powerful backing, too.

Gaia Great Emperor descended into the Liquor Kingdom like a comet, devastating the island and confronting Borsalino and the others. After Gaia tried to recruit Borsalino and joked about love turning to hate, the onlookers misinterpreted their history, setting off rumors about Borsalino, Sakazuki, and Kuzan.

• A meteor-like figure approached the Liquor Kingdom, and his overwhelming presence forced millions to their knees as Fujitora ordered his warship to speed toward the island and called for reinforcements.
• Gaia Great Emperor crashed into the Liquor Kingdom, unleashing a shock wave that killed or swept away countless people and reshaped the island into a vast crater.
• Borsalino, Doflamingo, Hancock, Coridas Tolo, and the others emerged from the destruction and faced Gaia, while Coridas Tolo eyed him as a potential slave.
• Gaia greeted Borsalino and once again invited him to join the Richest Group, but Borsalino drew the Heavenly Cloud Sword and said his dream was to kill him.
• Gaia joked that Borsalino had turned love into hate, prompting the onlookers to invent a story that Borsalino, Sakazuki, and Kuzan had changed gender because of their love for Gaia.
• The false explanation spread around the world, and people began believing it accounted for Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan becoming women.

Borsalino unleashed his new Light God Mode and battered Chaos with a succession of devastating attacks, but Chaos emerged unharmed each time. Coridas Tolo urged Hancock, Doflamingo, and the Predator to join the fight against the Golden Emperor, and they prepared to attack.

• Borsalino activated Light God Mode and blasted Chaos across the battlefield with Yasakani no Magatama.
• Borsalino kicked Chaos at the speed of light and struck him with Heavenly Cloud Sword: Divine Impact, but Chaos rose from the abyss unharmed.
• Borsalino repeatedly kicked and bombarded Chaos, yet Chaos remained unchanged even after being driven into a magma-filled crater.
• Coridas Tolo warned Hancock, Doflamingo, and the Predator that the Richest Group would punish them if Chaos survived.
• Hancock, Doflamingo, and the Predator exchanged glances and joined the attack, as killing intent filled the air.

Chaos survived Doflamingo’s beheading and overwhelmed the fighters around him with his Conqueror’s Haki. When Coridas Tolo threatened Baccarat, Chaos put on the control halo to save her, leaving everyone stunned by his choice.

• Doflamingo severed Chaos’s head while Borsalino attacked, but Chaos’s head reattached and he returned to normal.
• Chaos released overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki that forced most of the onlookers to the ground.
• Chaos struck Boa Hancock and Doflamingo so quickly that both were sent flying into the distance.
• Coridas Tolo seized Baccarat and threatened to make her kill herself unless Chaos wore a green Pet Halo.
• Chaos put the halo around his neck to save Baccarat, shocking the assembled fighters.

Coridas Tolo believed he had enslaved Chaos and seized the world, but Chaos revealed he had only been pretending and swiftly defeated him. Baccarat escaped the Pet Halo’s control and asked Chaos for a new pair of high heels.

• Coridas Tolo celebrated after placing the Pet Halo on Chaos, while Baccarat recognized that Chaos was likely pretending to be controlled.
• Coridas Tolo ordered Baccarat to strip and crawl, and Chaos unleashed his aura and snapped the Pet Halo around his neck.
• Chaos attacked Coridas Tolo and crushed him into the ground, while Baccarat removed her own Pet Halo and asked to deal with the defeated man herself.
• Baccarat reminded Chaos of her hard work and asked him to get her a pair of high heels, and Chaos agreed not to let her embarrassment happen again.

Chaos faced a coordinated attack from Axos, Borsalino, Doflamingo, and Hancock after Baccarat took the defeated Slavery King away. The four overwhelmed Chaos with successive attacks, and the chapter left him still standing amid their barrage.

• Chaos gave Baccarat new high heels, and she carried the defeated Slavery King away to consider how to use him.
• Chaos, Axos, Borsalino, Doflamingo, and Hancock faced off as the four opponents decided to attack Chaos together.
• Axos struck Chaos with a powerful spring-loaded punch while Borsalino, Doflamingo, and Hancock attacked from three directions, sending Chaos crashing through mountains.
• Borsalino, Axos, Doflamingo, and Hancock continued their assault with successive attacks, while Chaos endured the barrage.

Chaos survived the combined attack and overwhelmed Borsalino, Axos, Doflamingo, and Hancock with his Almighty Push and golden weapons. He crushed Hancock beneath his foot and prepared to stomp on her head, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Trebol and the others emerged from the rubble and saw Chaos standing unharmed after the first attack.
• Borsalino, Axos, Doflamingo, and Hancock attacked Chaos together, but he unleashed Almighty Push and sent three of them flying while Borsalino escaped.
• Chaos turned the surrounding area into a black-and-gold field and used golden weapons to occupy Borsalino, Axos, and Doflamingo.
• Chaos struck Hancock in the chest, then slammed her into the ground and planted his foot on her abdomen.
• Chaos lifted his foot and aimed it at Hancock's head, intending to crush her skull.

Gai fought Fujitora, Borsalino, Doflamingo, and Axos while Fujitora rescued the badly injured Hancock. The group thought they had finally defeated Gai, but discovered that the body they had attacked was only a powerful puppet, leaving the Golden Emperor's whereabouts unknown.

• Gai redirected his attack on Hancock to clash with Fujitora, who rescued her and sent her toward Marigold.
• Sandersonia and five Amazon warriors stayed behind to hold off Baccarat while Marigold carried the unconscious Hancock away.
• Fujitora, Borsalino, Doflamingo, and Axos joined forces to attack Gai, who endured their combined assault.
• Gai collapsed into pieces, and the attackers realized the fragments belonged to a puppet rather than his real body.

Chaos revealed himself in the Liquor Kingdom as the Richest Group’s return began, and his allies arrived to face Borsalino, Axos, Doflamingo, and Fujitora. Bonis challenged Doflamingo with powerful sword slashes, leaving Doflamingo struggling to defend himself.

• Chaos appeared in his true form, restored the Golden Warrior, and revealed its black-and-gold defenses and a fourth sword halo.
• Enel, Don Archino, and Bonis arrived as news of the Richest Group’s return spread beyond the Liquor Kingdom.
• Chaos reminded Fujitora Issho of what he had said seven years earlier, then sent Enel, Archino, and Bonis to fight the Marines and Doflamingo.
• Bonis identified himself as a future contender for the title of world’s greatest swordsman and attacked Doflamingo with a Vertical Slash.
• Doflamingo blocked Bonis’s Vertical Slash with his strings but was injured, then struggled to withstand Bonis’s Horizontal Slash and Shield White String.

Chaos fought Fujitora Issho, overpowering his gravity techniques while shielding the Liquor Kingdom’s refugees from falling meteorites. Issho was badly injured and sent flying as Chaos followed up with a spear made from a blade of grass.

• Chaos invited Fujitora Issho to join the Richest Group, but Issho refused and attacked with gravity.
• Chaos resisted Issho’s intensified gravity, struck him with a punch, and cut through a massive meteorite with Tempest Kick.
• Issho raised debris into a vast barrage, but Chaos evaded it and reached him, then broke through his gravity-enhanced sword strike and kicked him.
• Issho used Gravity Disorder to slam Chaos into the ground, then summoned dozens of meteorites with Fire Festival.
• Chaos split the meteorites with Tempest Kick, overwhelmed Issho with knees and kicks, and hurled a grass-blade spear at him.

Chaos defeated Issho and, after he refused to join the Richest Group, had Ivankov transform him into a woman. Borsalino arrived after his fight with Enel, and the Marines entered the era of four Female Admirals.

• Chaos pinned Issho to a mountain and offered him a place in the Richest Group, but Issho refused because he opposed its crimes and remained loyal to the Marines.
• Chaos summoned Ivankov, who agreed to transform Issho and joked that the change would add another Marine admirer to his list.
• Ivankov injected Issho with Female Hormone, turning him into a curvy woman while Chaos watched approvingly.
• Issho was overwhelmed by his new body and fell into a crisis of self-doubt.
• Enel brought the battered Borsalino to Chaos, and Borsalino saw the transformed Issho as the Marines' fourth Female Admiral.

Yixiao attacked Chaos in a fury after he humiliated her, while the Richest Group’s representatives continued fighting the Donquixote Family. Ivankov dodged the family’s attacks and injected Lao G with New Human Hormone, leaving him horrified by the change to his body.

• Yixiao unleashed a gravity attack on Chaos, who kicked the force back as Enel, Borsalino, and Ivankov moved away from the clash.
• Enel resumed his battle with Borsalino, while Ivankov headed toward the Donquixote Family’s core members.
• Trebol and the others attacked Ivankov together, but she used Future Prediction and her speed to evade them.
• Ivankov appeared behind the Donquixote Family and injected Lao G with New Human Hormone.
• Lao G’s chest swelled, and he feared he had lost his dignity as the others worried they would suffer the same fate.

The Richest Group’s return drew the attention of powerful factions, while Ivankov overwhelmed the Liquor Kingdom’s fighters. The Whitebeard Pirates’ surviving allies seized the Marines’ mobilization as a chance to rescue Whitebeard, and powerful figures arrived at the battle’s horizon.

• Annie told Golden Lion that the Richest Group had resurfaced, and Golden Lion set out to visit Gaia.
• Perospero informed Big Mom of the Richest Group’s return, which spread news of their appearance among the world’s major powers.
• Whitey Bay reported the Queen of Luck’s clash with the Liquor Kingdom’s forces and the Marines’ emergency mobilization, prompting Marco and the others to fly toward Impel Down to rescue Whitebeard.
• Ivankov defeated Trebol and the others after transforming them with hormone injections and evading their attacks.
• Several powerful presences appeared on the horizon near the Liquor Kingdom, with two figures standing out.

Chaos and the Richest Group confronted Zephyr’s Marine reinforcements after Baccarat killed Saint Jegenos. The fighters split into duels, while Betty and Baccarat faced the remaining Marines.

• Fujitora emerged battered after Chaos defeated her, and Zephyr arrived with Aokiji, Gion, Onigumo, and Momonga.
• Crocodile, Betty, and Kuma appeared, and Chaos invited Aokiji to join the Richest Group before Zephyr demanded the Celestial Dragon.
• Baccarat announced that she had killed Saint Jegenos, prompting Zephyr and the Marines to attack the Richest Group.
• Zephyr fought Chaos, Crocodile fought Aokiji, and Kuma struck Fujitora, taking their duels away from the battlefield.
• Betty and Baccarat argued over which Marines to fight, then clashed with Gion, Onigumo, and Momonga.

Chaos and Zephyr fought a savage battle that devastated the island, with Chaos relishing the pressure and using the fight to push his body's evolution. After their clash left Chaos battered, he sensed two powerful figures approaching and told Archino and Axos that new opponents had arrived.

• Chaos explained that seven years of isolation had left him eager for a hard fight, and that he was developing his body through Life Return and cellular evolution.
• Chaos and Zephyr exchanged powerful blows across the island, destroying mountains and opening a lava-filled abyss.
• Chaos unleashed his Emperor's Spear as Zephyr countered with Shatter: Tornado, and their collision devastated the surrounding land and sea.
• Chaos was blasted into lava, where Archino and Axos were also caught in the storm after evading the impact.
• Chaos emerged from the lava, sensed two familiar powerful presences approaching, and told Archino and Axos to prepare for their new opponents.

Archino overwhelmed Axos with repeated solar attacks, but Golden Lion arrived before he could finish him. Sakazuki then confronted Chaos after seven years, and her attack on him left the battlefield engulfed in an explosion.

• Archino repeatedly struck Axos with devastating solar attacks until Axos lay badly injured among the rubble.
• Golden Lion arrived, declared that he would handle his own subordinate, and challenged Chaos and Zephyr to fight.
• Golden Lion’s arrival stopped the fighting, and Loria carried the wounded Axos away.
• Sakazuki appeared and attacked Chaos with a gigantic magma fist, while Chaos greeted her as his close friend and praised her appearance.
• Archino intercepted Sakazuki’s attack, and their clash erupted in a blinding explosion as Chaos, Zephyr, Golden Lion, and Loria moved clear.

Chaos, Zephyr, and Shiki clashed in a battle that moved away from the Liquor Kingdom, while the other fighters continued their fierce fights. Betty overwhelmed Momonga and Onigumo, and Baccarat decided to capture Gion and send her to her BOSS.

• Chaos, Zephyr, and Shiki collided in a Conqueror’s Haki clash before their battle raced across the sea, leaving deep trenches behind.
• Kuzan and Crocodile spread ice and sand across the Liquor Kingdom, then fought beyond its shores as the sea froze beneath them.
• Betty used her golden flagpole and Inspiration-Inspiration Fruit to drive Momonga and Onigumo onto the defensive.
• Gion clashed with Baccarat, who decided she would capture the Navy officer and send her to her BOSS.

Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates stormed Impel Down while the Marines fought the Richest Group, fighting their way to the sixth level to rescue Whitebeard, Jozu, and Thatch. Marco and Vista freed Whitebeard from his Seastone chains, leaving the rescue mission underway as their comrades held off Magellan and Shiryu above.

• As the battle between the Richest Group and the Marines raged, Marco and seven Whitebeard Pirates used the distraction to invade Impel Down and rescue Whitebeard, Jozu, and Thatch.
• Marco and his group smashed through the prison floors until Magellan and Shiryu confronted them at Scorching Hell.
• Whitey Bay and the others stayed behind to hold off Magellan and Shiryu while Marco and Vista rushed toward the sixth level.
• Marco and Vista found Jozu and Thatch imprisoned in Infinite Hell, and Thatch directed them to Whitebeard's cell.
• Vista cut through Whitebeard's cell and Seastone restraints, freeing him.