Recaps

Over six months, the Marines faced rising threats while Blackbeard recovered and plotted to capture a Richest Group executive. Blackbeard’s crew targeted Queen of Joy in Atororia, unaware Stussy was prepared for their arrival, and the chapter ended as they set out to seize her.

• Sengoku worried about Kuzan’s unusually calm and withdrawn behavior, while pirates and the Revolutionary Army caused growing trouble for the Marines.
• Blackbeard and his crew chose Queen of Joy as their target, hoping to capture her and use her to provoke a war between the Marines and the Richest Group.
• Lafitte reported that Queen of Joy was in the Kingdom of Atororia, and the crew decided to investigate whether she was alone.
• Stussy ignored Betty’s angry call from the Gaia Building while Crocodile briefly visited Betty and then left her to handle the administrative work.
• A mysterious man told Stussy that Clown Archie had targeted her and that they would arrive soon; Stussy recognized the plan as another part of his long-running game with Blackbeard.
• Blackbeard and his crew landed in Atororia and headed off under cover of night to capture Queen of Joy.

Blackbeard and his crew attacked Stussy, the Richest Group’s Queen of Joy, but Gai arrived and swiftly captured and punished them. He left Blackbeard and his crew alive, then dismissed them.

• Blackbeard and his crew destroyed the hotel while attacking Stussy, who revealed herself as the Richest Group’s Queen of Joy.
• Blackbeard identified himself and ordered his crew to attack Stussy as the crowd realized who she was.
• Gai appeared amid a terrifying storm, forcing the island’s people to their knees and sending Blackbeard’s crew fleeing.
• Gai trapped Blackbeard and his crew in a golden pillar, cut off Blackbeard’s pinky finger, and beat them for ten minutes.
• Gai spared the battered crew and let them leave.

After the Blackbeard Pirates were badly beaten in Atororia, Diga stirred up suspicions of a traitor while secretly steering the crew toward another attempt to seize the Gold-Gold Fruit. The crew turned over their Den Den Mushi to prove their loyalty, and Blackbeard trusted Diga more than ever as they prepared to set out again.

• News of Queen of Joy, Gild Tesoro, and the Blackbeard Pirates’ defeat spread across the seas, and Queen of Joy became the top trending topic.
• Three days after the defeat, Diga accused Lafitte of leaking their plans because Gild Tesoro had appeared before their operation began.
• Blackbeard prevented Diga and Lafitte from fighting, then agreed to consider another attempt against the Richest Group.
• Diga proposed that everyone hand over their Den Den Mushi until the next operation, then destroyed his own and stripped down to prove his innocence.
• Van Augur and the rest of the crew followed Diga’s example, and Blackbeard became more convinced that Diga was trustworthy.
• Blackbeard ordered the crew to rest before setting out again, determined that their next attempt would succeed.

Baccarat’s concert drew Blackbeard and his crew to Dressrosa, where they followed her toward the coast hoping to seize an opportunity. Gild Tesoro ambushed them, and Gaia Chaos’s appearance left Blackbeard and his crew trapped as witnesses gathered.

• Doflamingo and Trebol prepared the Colosseum for Baccarat’s concert, though Doflamingo resented the Richest Group’s demands.
• Baccarat performed for a packed crowd, while Blackbeard watched her from among the spectators.
• After the concert, Baccarat left the hotel and headed toward the coast, with Blackbeard and his crew following her.
• Gai noticed the situation seemed suspicious, and Blackbeard ordered his crew to retreat.
• Gild Tesoro appeared behind them, and Gai tried to hold him off while Blackbeard and the others fled.
• Gild Tesoro turned the surrounding ground and buildings to gold, trapping the Blackbeard Pirates as Gaia Chaos’s evil aura rose into the sky and drew Doflamingo and other onlookers.

Blackbeard and his crew were repeatedly ambushed and beaten by Gild Tesoro, leaving them terrified and unsure how he kept discovering their plans. Meanwhile, Nirudall escaped after years trapped inside the Lantern Fish and told Gotdi that the Pure Gold was in Gild Tesoro’s hands, prompting the Explosion Pirates to mobilize.

• Gild Tesoro beat Blackbeard, Lafitte, and the others again, then let them flee, while news of his appearance in Dressrosa spread.
• On a deserted island, Blackbeard agreed to make one last attempt against Gild Tesoro, but a streak of evil aura descended toward the crew.
• Two months later, a lizard escaped from the Lantern Fish and vowed to reclaim the Pure Gold from Gild Tesoro.
• Nirudall returned to Mushroom Island and told Gotdi that Gild Tesoro had killed Mantis King Ssubik and held the Pure Gold.
• Gotdi ordered Koans to summon the captains and investigate the Richest Group, setting the Explosion Pirates in motion and drawing the attention of other major forces.

The Explosion Pirates mobilized more than three hundred thousand pirates after Explosion Monarch Gottdi captured the Richest Group's mysterious Great Swordsman, prompting the Navy and other powers to prepare for a possible war. Blackbeard's battered crew saw the conflict as a chance to gain revenge on Gild Tesoro, and they decided to gamble on stealing a powerful ability.

• News reports revealed that Gottdi had captured the Richest Group's mysterious Great Swordsman and gathered the Explosion Pirates for war.
• The world reacted with alarm, while Sengoku ordered the Navy to recall Garp and Sakazuki and investigate the dispute between the two groups.
• Blackbeard and his crew, still traumatized after Gild Tesoro had beaten them every three days for two months, discussed whether the coming war could offer them a chance to strike.
• Gai urged Blackbeard to pursue Gild Tesoro's ability or Gottdi's power, then left to investigate the situation at Mushroom Island.
• After Gai left, Blackbeard and his crew agreed to take one last gamble and go after Dica.

Chaos learned the Explosion Pirates had captured Bonis over the Pure Gold and decided the Richest Group would destroy them the next day. Meanwhile, Gotdi gathered his forces on Mushroom Island and prepared for Gaia’s arrival, convinced the Pure Gold would let him rule the world.

• Stussy explained that Nero Dal’s escape from the Lantern Fish had led Gotdi to capture Bonis and target the Richest Group.
• Enel, Crocodile, and Archino arrived, and Chaos decided to rescue Bonis and wipe out the Explosion Pirates with the Great Ivans.
• Chaos told Stussy to find and capture Wapol, then left to visit the Red Light District.
• Gotdi examined the Pure Gold taken from Bonis while Nero Dal confirmed that the Golden Emperor possessed much more.
• Gotdi assembled over three hundred thousand fighters on Mushroom Island and prepared to face Gaia, confident that he would win.

Chaos rescued Bonis from the Explosion Pirates and unleashed a devastating attack on Mushroom Island. The island’s landscape was shattered, and ten Great Ivans began exploding as the battle continued.

• Chaos entered the castle, knocked out Yagri with Conqueror’s Haki, freed Bonis, and gave him a Life Potion.
• Chaos broke through the ceiling and announced that he would wipe out the Explosion Pirates in one night, drawing the crew into battle.
• Chaos repelled Gotdi and unleashed Almighty Push, destroying the surrounding area and killing a fifth of the three hundred thousand pirates.
• Chaos declared that the era belonged to Gaea, then sent ten Golden Warriors carrying Great Ivans across Mushroom Island.
• The Great Ivans detonated in multiple locations, raising mushroom clouds and causing Mushroom Island’s mountains and crust to collapse.

The Richest Group annihilated the Explosion Pirates and destroyed Mushroom Island, leaving only Gottdi alive and rescuing Coans and Veiled Night Jade. The next day, the world reeled at the news while Stussy sent Enel to find Wapol, King of Drum Kingdom.

• Chaos and the Richest Group launched overwhelming attacks that devastated Mushroom Island and killed most of the Explosion Pirates.
• A cloaked figure rescued Coans and Veiled Night Jade, and Chaos let them escape.
• Gottdi survived the destruction, but Chaos and the others battered him and erased the remaining island.
• News and footage of the Explosion Pirates' defeat spread worldwide, and people speculated about the Richest Group's power.
• Stussy told Enel to find Wapol and bring him back, and Enel reluctantly set out again.

The Navy commanders analyzed footage of the Richest Group wiping out the Explosion Pirates in a single night and recognized the group as a threat beyond the Four Emperors. At Mary Geoise, Sengoku joined the Five Elders, Kong, and the World Government Army’s Fleet Admiral and four admirals to discuss the battle.

• Sengoku, Tsuru, and the Navy commanders watched footage showing the Richest Group destroy the Explosion Pirates and Mushroom Island, while the Explosion Monarch survived and vanished with the Golden Emperor.
• The Navy commanders spent three hours assessing the Richest Group’s strength and investigating the ten unexplained mushroom clouds concealed in the footage.
• Sengoku arrived at Mary Geoise and joined Kong and the Five Elders in a conference room.
• Kamael entered with the Army’s four admirals—Rosinwald, Andre, Charlose, and Shalulia—and the gathering turned to the Richest Group’s battle.

The Richest Group defeated the Explosion Pirates, and Chaos secretly arranged for Blackbeard to obtain Gottdi’s Explosion-Explosion Fruit. Blackbeard emerged with two Devil Fruit powers, unaware that Chaos had orchestrated the encounter as part of a larger plan.

• The Charlotte Family, Red-Haired Pirates, Beasts Pirates, and factions across the world reacted with alarm to the Richest Group’s destruction of the Explosion Pirates.
• Chaos defeated Gottdi, took his Devil Fruit, and called Blackbeard while pretending to be Dijia, claiming he had found a huge treasure.
• Blackbeard and his crew met Chaos, who posed as Gai and claimed he had captured the barely living Explosion Monarch after the battle.
• Blackbeard went beneath a black cloth with Gottdi, and Chaos used his Observation Haki to monitor what happened.
• Blackbeard emerged with the Explosion-Explosion Fruit’s power and demonstrated that he could now wield both it and the Dark-Dark Fruit.

Chaos revealed himself as Gaia to Blackbeard and captured him after a devastating fight, leaving the Blackbeard Pirates broken. In Foosha Village, Ace set sail as a pirate, while Luffy vowed to surpass him and become Pirate King; Garp then confronted Sengoku to take leave.

• Chaos's call revealed that Blackbeard had eaten a second Devil Fruit, and Chaos transformed into Gaia before the stunned crew.
• Blackbeard attacked Chaos in fury, but Chaos defeated and captured him after destroying the island, then spared Lafitte and the others.
• Ace and Luffy visited Sabo's grave to share sake and talk about their promises before Ace's departure.
• Ace sailed from Foosha Village, and Luffy tearfully vowed to surpass him and become Pirate King.
• Garp learned Ace had become a pirate, then went to Sengoku's office and announced he was taking leave.

Chaos brought Blackbeard to Gold City to investigate how he had eaten two Devil Fruits and planned to test whether his officers could do the same. Caesar’s examination confirmed that Blackbeard had multiple Bloodline Factors, and Chaos ordered experiments to reproduce the condition.

• Chaos returned to Gold City with Blackbeard, confirmed that he had eaten the Dark-Dark Fruit and the Explosion-Explosion Fruit, and told Stussy, Baccarat, and Betty to consider a second Devil Fruit after the experiments proved safe.
• Chaos secured Blackbeard in Caesar’s laboratory, then visited Wapol and considered whether the Munch-Munch Fruit had altered Blackbeard’s body.
• Caesar returned the next evening and analyzed Blackbeard’s Bloodline Factor while Chaos reviewed theories about how Blackbeard could hold multiple Devil Fruit powers.
• Caesar found that Blackbeard had multiple Bloodline Factors that appeared deliberately separated and recombined or synthesized.
• Chaos ordered Caesar to use Wapol’s powers to create multiple Bloodline Factors in a human subject and test whether that would allow the subject to eat two Devil Fruits.

Chaos and his allies confirmed that people with multiple Bloodline Factor chains could eat two Devil Fruits without exploding, and they began considering second fruits. Chaos focused on the More-More Fruit after realizing its power to multiply attributes might boost Haki and fighting strength.

• Caesar tested a subject who had two Devil Fruits, and the subject survived and displayed traits from both Zoans.
• Caesar’s next tests succeeded with two Paramecia fruits and with a Paramecia and a Zoan, while Stussy cautioned that they still needed to monitor the subjects.
• Chaos told Caesar to keep researching whether more Bloodline Factor chains could allow people to eat three Devil Fruits and asked the others to bring back Devil Fruit users or fruits for experiments.
• Stussy, Baccarat, and Betty laid out Devil Fruit records so everyone could consider a second fruit that complemented their existing abilities.
• Chaos weighed several possible fruits, then became interested in the More-More Fruit because it could multiply strength, speed, and defense, possibly including Haki and fighting power.

Chaos concluded that his stalled growth might be caused by having exhausted his talent and potential, then identified Charlotte Linlin’s Soul-Soul Fruit as a possible way to enhance them. He ordered his crew to prepare to defeat Charlotte Linlin in three days and take her Devil Fruit.

• Chaos considered ways to break through his training bottlenecks and wondered whether a Devil Fruit could increase talent and potential.
• Chaos reasoned that the Soul-Soul Fruit might strengthen the soul and grant abilities involving souls, lifespans, Homies, and resurrection.
• Chaos decided to take down Charlotte Linlin in three days and seize the Soul-Soul Fruit.
• Betty and the other senior officers accepted Chaos’s plan, while he left to take a bath.
• Kuma abandoned the Devil Fruit discussion and suggested playing mahjong, leaving Stussy, Betty, and Baccarat to handle the crew’s unfinished territory work.

Dragon urgently asked the Richest Group to help the Revolutionary Army, which the World Government had attacked at the Vegeta Kingdom. Chaos sent Enel, Crocodile, and Archino to intervene, while the chapter revealed how Karas and Koans had been surrounded there.

• Dragon called Stussy and reported that the World Government had attacked the Revolutionary Army at the Vegeta Kingdom, asking the Richest Group to send everyone.
• Chaos decided the Army alone did not warrant a full mobilization and ordered Enel, Crocodile, and Archino to help, telling them to return by noon the next day for the planned attack on the Big Mom Pirates.
• Karas walked through the Vegeta Kingdom with Koans, who had joined the Revolutionary Army after the Explosion Pirates were destroyed.
• Karas sensed they were surrounded and fired a finger-pistol shockwave at a shopkeeper, who dodged it and revealed herself as a skilled enemy.
• Karas sent a distress signal using crows, but an enemy Slash attack wiped out the flock after the call had gone through.

Karas and Coans were ambushed by Army Admirals Rosinwald and Shalulia, who planned to lure in and destroy the Revolutionary Army. Karas and Coans fought back while both sides waited for reinforcements, and Coans discovered that her attacks had only struck Shalulia’s illusions.

• Shalulia dropped her illusion, revealing a wasteland surrounded by soldiers, and Karas identified her as an Army Admiral.
• Rosinwald arrived with five Army Vice Admirals and thousands of soldiers, explaining that the World Government intended to crush the Revolutionary Army.
• Shalulia recognized Coans as the Sound Empress and questioned how she had survived the Explosion Pirates’ destruction and joined the Revolutionary Army.
• Karas attacked Rosinwald but was repelled, then retreated as he and Rosinwald both stalled while waiting for reinforcements.
• Coans fought Shalulia with her Sound-Sound Fruit and Observation Haki, but learned that the body she had struck was an illusion.

Dragon and the Revolutionary Army rushed to the Vegeta Kingdom after Karas’s distress call, only to find that Rosinwald and Shalulia had staged a trap for them. Dragon attacked the apparently peaceful town, and his companions realized something was wrong.

• Dragon gathered the Revolutionary Army officers at headquarters and decided to lead Khel, Mori, Sabo, Tiger, and Night Jade to rescue Karas, with the Emperor as backup.
• Karas realized Rosinwald and Shalulia were deliberately stalling while waiting for reinforcements, but Rosinwald admitted Karas was bait for Dragon.
• Rosinwald and Shalulia fought in earnest, defeated Karas and Coans, and had Karas put in Seastone handcuffs.
• Shalulia restored the ruined battlefield with an illusion that made it appear to be a bustling town, while the two Admirals rested and waited for Dragon’s forces.
• Dragon and the others arrived half an hour later, and Dragon sent a slash toward the town below, prompting his companions to understand that the scene was an illusion.

Dragon and the Revolutionary Army’s rescue mission turned out to be a trap, and they faced the Army’s Fleet Admiral and four Admirals. As the battles began, the Revolutionary forces struggled against their opponents, while Dragon still appeared to have a backup plan.

• Dragon and his allies found Karas and Coans captured after the town vanished, revealing that the Army had staged the scene as a trap.
• Fleet Admiral Sky God Kamael, the four Army Admirals, and their forces confronted Dragon, who recognized the familiar enemies and assessed the odds against his small group.
• Kamael attacked with the Air-Air Fruit and ordered the Admirals to engage as Dragon’s allies scattered.
• Southern Bright God Charlose fought Kehila, whose awakened Bone-Bone Fruit ability raised a vast field of bones against his Mythical Zoan Suzaku form.
• Eliminate God Andre pressured Mori, Repel God Rosinwald pushed Tiger onto the defensive, and Shalulia’s illusions were countered by Veiled Night Jade’s acid rain.
• Sabo tried to hold off five Vice Admirals, while the Revolutionary Army fell behind and Dragon’s apparent confidence suggested he had a backup plan.

Dragon's forces neared defeat until Enel, Don Archino, and Tsar Crocodile arrived and challenged the Army's strongest fighters. Their arrival shifted the battle, giving Dragon's allies a chance to fight back and attempt to rescue Coans and Karas.

• Kamael and the Army's fighters pushed Dragon's side toward defeat, and Tiger and Sabo fell grievously wounded.
• Enel, Don Archino, and Tsar Crocodile arrived on a thunderbird, and Andre erased Enel's attack before Enel chose Kamael as her opponent.
• Enel sent Dragon away to fight Kamael, while Archino attacked Charlose and Crocodile targeted Rosinwald, leaving Khel caught in Archino's heat blast.
• Dragon, Khel, Mori, Tiger, and the others returned to the fight, with Dragon facing Andre, Khel and Veiled Night Jade confronting Shalulia, and Mori's group attacking the Vice Admirals to rescue Coans and Karas.

A mysterious figure with the Voice of All Things infiltrated Gold City, controlled its inhabitants, and took Blackbeard after declaring Experiment Four’s second phase successful. The figure overwhelmed Chaos in a brief clash, then left with Blackbeard, while Gold City’s people regained consciousness around their bloodied boss.

• The mysterious figure entered the Gaia Building unseen and controlled Stussy, Baccarat, Betty, Caesar, and the researchers, then examined Blackbeard.
• The figure brought Blackbeard and the others to the sky above the Red Light District and deliberately revealed their presence to Chaos.
• Chaos confronted the figure and attacked with Golden Molten Fire—Thunder Bagua, but the figure struck him down and pinned him beneath an unseen force.
• The mysterious figure praised Chaos’s strength and will, said they would meet again, and departed with Blackbeard.
• Gold City returned to normal, and Stussy, Baccarat, Betty, and Caesar found Chaos covered in blood without remembering what had happened.

After being defeated instantly by a mysterious enemy, Chaos resolved to strengthen himself before that foe could strike again. He ordered the Richest Group to prepare for Big Mom and to build spaceships as a possible escape, then regained his confidence and declared himself Emperor B.

• Chaos told the Richest Group that a powerful enemy had defeated him instantly and nearly wiped them out.
• Chaos said they would attack Totto Land and take Big Mom's Devil Fruit as soon as Old Sand and the others returned.
• Chaos rejected Caesar's plea to wait, explaining that he needed time to develop a second Devil Fruit's power.
• Chaos ordered Great Ivan to build spaceships and space bases so the group could escape into space or destroy the planet if necessary.
• Stussy, Baccarat, Betty, Caesar, Kuma, Ivankov, and Bonis left to resume their work, while Gai remained alone in the pavilion, confident he would become Emperor B.

The battle between the Revolutionary Army and the World Government remained unresolved as Enel and Crocodile fell behind while Archino held an advantage over Charlose. With CP0 agents approaching and reinforcements coming for both sides, the Revolutionary Army needed to end the fight quickly and retreat.

• Kamael overwhelmed Enel, then blasted her through mountains with a hidden air bullet after Enel wounded her with Thunder God Beam.
• Archino kept Charlose on the defensive with repeated high-temperature attacks and pressure fields, despite Charlose's speed and powerful flames.
• Rosinwald's Repulsion-Repulsion Fruit suppressed Crocodile, while Dragon gained the upper hand against Andre and Shalulia slipped slightly behind Nightglass and Kehila.
• Sabo, Tiger, and Mori fought five Vice Admirals, and Mori rescued the badly injured Coans and Karas.
• A warship carrying five CP0 agents approached as two powerful Revolutionary Army reinforcements drew near, leaving the Revolutionary Army needing to retreat before the battle escalated.

As the battle in the Vegeta Kingdom intensified, the Revolutionary Army and the World Government brought in powerful reinforcements, prompting the Navy to prepare a major deployment. With Enel, Crocodile, and Archino still missing, Chaos armed himself with Caesar’s new Super Great Ivans and set out to attack the BIG MOM Pirates alone.

• Two masked Revolutionary Army fighters and five CP0 agents arrived in the Vegeta Kingdom, and the battle resumed.
• Sengoku ordered Sakazuki and three other Marines to the Vegeta Kingdom, then decided to go himself with four female Marine Admirals.
• Tsuru worried that the combined World Government and Navy forces might still be outmatched if the Richest Group joined the battle in full.
• When Enel, Crocodile, and Archino failed to return, Chaos went to Caesar’s laboratory to obtain weapons for the planned attack on the BIG MOM Pirates.
• Caesar revealed that he had five Great Ivans and six Super Great Ivans, and Chaos took all but one Super Great Ivan before leaving to attack the BIG MOM Pirates alone.

Chaos launched a surprise attack on Big Mom’s Cake Chateau using ten Golden Warriors armed with Great Ivans and Super Great Ivans. After the blast devastated Cake Island, Chaos, Betty, and Kuma watched from above, unsure whether Big Mom had survived.

• Chaos hurried to Whole Cake Island with Betty and Kuma, intending to kill Big Mom with a surprise attack.
• Big Mom discussed the Star Island dispute with Perospero and ordered Katakuri, Cracker, and the others to return before her tea party.
• Ten Golden Warriors descended on Cake Chateau and surrounded Big Mom, who recognized their connection to Gaia.
• The Golden Warriors detonated their weapons, destroying Cake Chateau and unleashing a vast mushroom cloud across Cake Island.
• Chaos, Betty, and Kuma watched the destruction from the golden flower-lined road as the devastation continued for hours.