Recaps

The Richest Group’s attack on the Beasts Pirates ended with Gaia Chaos badly wounded and retreating after Whitebeard and Red-Hair joined Kaido, but the footage made the Golden Emperor’s power famous worldwide. The Richest Group disappeared into the Calm Belt while the Navy waited, and the battered Beasts, Whitebeard, and Red-Haired Pirates braced for what would come next.

• Newspaper reports and widely copied battle footage described Gaia Chaos fighting Kaido, Whitebeard, and Red-Hair before escaping, stirring worldwide awe and alarm.
• Sengoku learned that the Richest Group and Golden City had vanished into the Calm Belt and decided the Navy should let the Richest Group deal with its rivals.
• Red-Hair and Beckman faced their crew’s likely conflict with the Richest Group after Red-Hair’s intervention at Onigashima.
• Whitebeard returned gravely weakened, while Kaido and the Beasts Pirates suffered severe injuries and losses, including King, Queen, and Jack having broken legs.

After recovering from his injuries, Chaos ordered the Richest Group to harass the Beasts, Whitebeard, and Red-Haired Pirates. A year of repeated attacks left all three crews battered, while another pirate ship approached an island under bombardment.

• Chaos woke in Caesar's nutrient pod, fashioned golden arms, and joked with Stussy before joining the others for a meal.
• Stussy reported that Chaos's battle against Whitebeard, Kaido, and the Red-Haired Pirates had made the operation a success despite the Beasts Pirates escaping.
• Chaos ordered Caesar to make Great Ivans and Super Great Ivans and vowed to keep the three pirate crews under relentless attack.
• Over the following year, the Richest Group repeatedly bombarded New Onigashima, forcing Kaido's Beasts Pirates to rebuild their base again and again.
• The Richest Group's attacks also devastated the Whitebeard Pirates' base and worsened Whitebeard's health, while Archino repeatedly attacked the Red-Haired Pirates' island.
• A pirate ship headed toward an island as it witnessed the bombardment from afar.

The Red-Haired Pirates continued to suffer attacks from the Richest Group, and Shanks met Ace, who announced plans to challenge Whitebeard and then the Golden Emperor. As reports of the raids lost readers, Morgans shifted the World Economic Journal’s coverage toward Golden Lion’s returning Flying Pirates and the Blackbeard and Whitebeard Pirates.

• Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates lamented a year of relentless Richest Group attacks and worried that a larger assault was still to come.
• Ace visited Shanks to thank him for saving Luffy, then said he intended to defeat Whitebeard Edward Newgate before challenging the Golden Emperor.
• Shanks tried to dissuade Ace from his plan, but Ace left after five hours, reminding Shanks of Captain Roger.
• Newspapers reported another Richest Group attack on the territories of the Beasts Pirates, the Red-Haired Pirates, and the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Morgans agreed to reduce coverage of the repetitive raids and planned stories about Golden Lion’s Flying Pirates and the Blackbeard Pirates’ bid to be recognized as a Four Emperor crew.

The news that Whitebeard and Blackbeard had become the new Four Emperors sparked outrage and drew pirate crews into their territories to challenge them. Golden Lion welcomed his returning fleet captains at a tense banquet, while Blackbeard celebrated his new title with a powerful crew.

• Reports of Golden Lion’s returning Flying Pirates and other major developments circulated, but news of Whitebeard and Blackbeard becoming Four Emperors caused the greatest uproar.
• Pirate crews entered Whitebeard and Blackbeard territory, hoping to defeat them and prove they deserved the titles.
• Golden Lion left to join a banquet with Annie and said he trusted her, Loria, and Spand most among the returning Flying Pirates.
• Golden Lion’s fleet captains gathered for the banquet, where they remembered how he had nearly killed Strong Man Paster for disrespecting him and understood his renewed rule was strict.
• Blackbeard celebrated becoming a Four Emperor with his crew, including Laffitte, Van Augur, Jesus Burgess, Catarina Devon, and the other members of his strengthened crew.

Chaos and the Richest Group continued to grow their powers and territory while discussing a captured Marine’s Rust-Rust Fruit and their Devil Fruit collection. Chaos learned the group controlled 67 kingdoms and became fascinated by the Germ-Germ Fruit, whose potential remained to be explored.

• Chaos played mahjong with Ivankov, Kuma, and Betty while continuing to recover from the loss of his arms and reflecting on his progress with Future Prediction.
• Bonis returned with the unconscious Marine captain Shu, whose Rust-Rust Fruit interested Chaos for its potential to affect time if developed creatively.
• Chaos ordered Bonis to extract Shu’s Fruit, then read that Archino had become one of the Four Emperors while the Richest Group continued harassing rival pirate crews.
• Stussy and Baccarat explained that the Richest Group controlled 67 kingdoms and included 37 races, prompting Chaos to approve Stussy’s plan for a territory-wide meeting.
• Caesar reported that the group had six Devil Fruits in stock, including the newly extracted Rust-Rust Fruit and the Germ-Germ Fruit, which left Chaos excited by its possible uses.

Chaos arranged for Baccarat and Bonis to gain the Germ-Germ Fruit and Rust-Rust Fruit, making them the world’s third and fourth double Devil Fruit users. In Whitebeard’s territory, Ace fought Diamond Jozu for two days and nights, with neither pirate yet winning.

• Chaos explained the potential of the Germ-Germ Fruit, Rust-Rust Fruit, and Warp-Warp Fruit, and Baccarat chose the Germ-Germ Fruit while Bonis chose the Rust-Rust Fruit.
• Baccarat and Bonis underwent surgery and successfully gained their new Devil Fruit powers.
• Baccarat devoted herself to studying microorganisms with Caesar and neglected her duties, prompting Betty to scold her.
• Marco told Whitebeard that Ace had challenged Jozu and declared he would defeat Whitebeard, so Whitebeard set out to meet the young pirate.
• On Ulysses Island, Ace battled Jozu for two days and nights, enduring Jozu’s powerful attacks and continuing to fight without a decisive winner.

Ace challenged Whitebeard but was decisively defeated, and Whitebeard recognized him by his name and the Voice of All Things. After bringing Ace aboard the Moby Dick and asking him to be his son, Whitebeard left Ace furious and repeatedly attempting to attack him.

• Ace fought Jozu until Whitebeard arrived and defeated Ace’s strongest attacks with ease.
• Ace unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and the Voice of All Things, but Whitebeard overpowered him and again asked him to be his son.
• Whitebeard recognized Portgas D. Ace and ordered Marco to carry the unconscious Ace aboard the Moby Dick.
• Ace woke aboard the ship, tried to attack Whitebeard in his quarters, and was punched into the treasure room.
• Ace kept trying to ambush Whitebeard, but each attempt failed.

The Richest Group summoned its territories and affiliated leaders to a Gaia Conference on Cake Island, forcing debt-burdened Alabasta and Nine Snake Island to decide how to attend. As the Navy and other powers watched the gathering closely, Doflamingo, Hancock, and Orochi also prepared to go.

• King Cobra read the Richest Group’s invitation and decided to attend the Gaia Conference despite Alabasta’s financial crisis and domestic rebellion.
• Gloriosa overruled Hancock’s refusal to attend, and a Shandia warrior warned that the Richest Group could easily crush the Shichibukai.
• Doflamingo agreed to attend the conference, while the Revolutionary Army, Four Emperors, World Government, and Navy took notice of the gathering.
• Sengoku discussed the conference with Garp, Tsuru, and Fujitora and noted that Hancock and Doflamingo had been invited and would attend.
• Kurozumi Orochi accepted his invitation and ordered preparations for a grand gift to impress the Richest Group.

Chaos became inexplicably listless during his break, worrying the people around him as Gold City prepared for the Gaia Summit. When Baccarat and Bonis arrived, Chaos remained uninterested in everything and learned that they had something to tell him.

• Chaos spent his days off sprawled around the office, bored despite Stussy and Betty's attempts to figure out what was wrong.
• Stussy gave Chaos a massage while Betty teased him about menopause and possible health problems.
• Baccarat and Bonis entered the office and found Stussy massaging Chaos, who still looked dejected.
• Baccarat checked Chaos with her Germ-Germ Fruit and found his white blood cells and beneficial fungi functioning normally.
• Chaos told Baccarat that she smelled, provoking her anger, and Stussy urged Bonis to explain why they had come.

Chaos lost interest in everything despite being physically healthy, alarming the Richest Group, whose members decided to take him to battle the Red-Haired Pirates. The group set out without Kuma, while Chaos remained listless and fell asleep, and Stussy suspected something was wrong despite the normal examinations.

• Bonis told Chaos that the group wanted him to watch while they fought the Red-Haired Pirates and tested their Devil Fruits, but Chaos refused.
• Betty gathered the Richest Group's leaders and announced that their Boss had become a good-for-nothing; Enel initially thought someone had crippled him.
• Stussy, Caesar, and Baccarat examined Chaos and found his health normal, leaving the group unable to explain his apathy.
• The group decided to take Chaos to battle one of the Four Emperors in hopes of restoring his interest, and everyone except Kuma left Gold City.
• Chaos questioned the group's decision to leave, then said he could not be bothered to move and fell asleep on the cloud bed.
• Stussy watched Chaos sleep and remained concerned that he had become a different person despite the normal examinations.

The Richest Group arrived at the Red-Haired Pirates’ base, where Chaos’s bizarrely casual entrance and harsh demands turned negotiations into a confrontation. Shanks refused to sacrifice his crew, and both sides prepared to fight.

• Morgans rushed to Gold City after learning that eight A-level Great Swordsmen from the Richest Group were heading for the Red-Haired Pirates.
• Shanks and his officers prepared for battle, believing the Richest Group could wipe them out.
• Enel brought the Richest Group to the base on a Thunder Dragon, while Chaos arrived asleep on a cloud bed.
• Chaos woke and demanded Shanks’s remaining arm, more arms from his crew, and another two hundred billion berries.
• Beckman’s attempt to bargain failed when Chaos saw through his plan and increased his demands.
• Shanks rejected the demands and declared that the Red-Haired Pirates would fight.

Chaos forced Beckman, Lucky Roo, and another Red-Haired Pirates crewman to surrender their arms and demand two hundred billion within three days, then led the Richest Group to New Onigashima. There, Kaido mistook Chaos's relaxed pose and the group's arrival for evidence that his subordinates had betrayed him, leaving Chaos and the others baffled.

• Chaos severed three arms from Beckman, Lucky Roo, and another crewman, demanded two hundred billion within three days, and invited them to join him; Lucky Roo refused on behalf of the Red-Haired Pirates.
• Beckman explained to Red-Hair that they had surrendered because the Richest Group was too powerful to fight, and he stopped the crew from reattaching the severed arms.
• The Richest Group arrived at New Onigashima, where Kaido and the battered Beasts Pirates prepared for battle.
• Stussy brought Chaos, who lay under a blanket on his cloud bed, before Kaido, and Kaido concluded that the Richest Group had betrayed him.
• Kaido celebrated what he believed was Chaos's betrayal, while Chaos, Stussy, and the others exchanged bewildered looks and ruled out a traitor among themselves.

Chaos fought Kaido, using Future Prediction to stab and overpower him while Kaido mistook the situation for a betrayal and a trap. As King, Queen, and the others tried to rescue Kaido, Chaos unleashed Almighty Push and erased them from the battlefield.

• Kaido attacked Chaos with Thunder Bagua, believing Chaos had been weakened, but Chaos dodged and confused him.
• Chaos used Future Prediction to anticipate Kaido’s next Thunder Bagua and pierce his body with a golden blade.
• Chaos restrained Kaido and repeatedly stabbed him until Kaido begged for his life.
• King, Queen, and the others rushed in to save Kaido, and Chaos blasted them away with Almighty Push.

Chaos and the Beasts Pirates’ battle ended when a mysterious figure’s presence drove Chaos to flee into space, leaving Kaido and his crew alive. Back in Gold City, Chaos suspected the figure was an ancient enemy of Imu who had made him a pawn, and he considered the possible endings awaiting him.

• Chaos prepared to unleash Taiyi: Emperor's Wrath against Kaido and the Beasts Pirates, but sensed a terrifying presence and fled into space with his allies.
• A figure of light watched the group from the sea, called the encounter Experiment No. 5 a success, and vanished.
• Chaos and his crew returned to Gold City, where Kuma asked why they had come back so soon.
• Chaos told his allies that the person who had once defeated him had appeared again, while Stussy, Betty, and Enel questioned why the figure had intervened.
• Chaos theorized that the mysterious figure was an ancient enemy of Imu tied to the Clan of D, and that both he and powerful figures such as Blackbeard and Kaido might be part of the figure’s plans.
• Chaos weighed five possible endings for himself and rejected all but the ones where he survived and prevailed.

Chaos approved the Gaia Plan as a last resort while Gild Tesoro’s clash with the Red-Haired and Beasts Pirates drew worldwide attention. In Foosha Village, Luffy learned from a newspaper that Shanks’s crew had surrendered to the Richest Group and reacted in anger.

• Chaos told his allies he would blow up the planet if he could not defeat the mysterious enemy and Imu, and asked Caesar about preparations for the Gaia Plan and Great Ivan.
• Caesar said the Gaia Plan proposal had been revised but still needed time before Gold City’s conversion could begin.
• Reports showed the Red-Haired Pirates surrendering and giving up three arms and two hundred billion berries, while Gild Tesoro stabbed Kaido before abruptly leaving.
• Luffy trained in the back mountain, using Gear Second and Gum-Gum Jet Pistol, and planned to check for news about Ace and Shanks.
• At Makino’s bar, Luffy read that Shanks and his crew had surrendered to the Richest Group and became furious at Gild Tesoro.

The Gaia Conference began as kings, nobles, and other guests arrived at Gold City and marveled at the Richest Group’s vast, luxurious headquarters. With the conference still half a month away, the visitors settled into the Betty Hotel and explored the city, while Hancock struggled with having to visit an enemy’s territory.

• Cobra and Alabasta’s delegation reached Cake Island after surviving dangers in the New World, and they saw Gold City floating above it.
• Kurozumi Orochi, Hancock, Doflamingo, and other rulers arrived by cloud routes and viewed the White White Sea and Gold City’s living, bustling streets.
• The guests were assigned rooms at the Betty Hotel and were told they could enjoy Gold City until the Gaia Conference began in half a month.
• Doflamingo relaxed in his suite while Baby-5 and Sugar explored it, and Hancock watched the city with anger, hatred, and fear as Gloriosa kept guard.
• Kurozumi Orochi urged the visitors to see Gold City’s attractions, and the rulers and nobles left the hotel to explore.

Doflamingo, Kuma, and other powerful figures gathered at Gold City's casino, where Kuma joined a high-stakes mahjong game. At the Gaia Building, Betty, Stussy, and Baccarat discussed Chaos’s months-long sleep and growing appetite for sweets while they worked.

• Doflamingo and his crew visited the casino’s upper floor, where they encountered prominent pirates, kings, Revolutionary Army members, and Marines.
• Kurozumi Orochi arrived, and Sabo, Koala, and Veiled Night Jade gambled while keeping watch on the powerful guests.
• Kuma entered the casino and took Kurozumi Orochi’s place at the mahjong table with Mysterious Woman Kaismi, Ali the Direwolf, and Sabo.
• Doflamingo offered to replace Kaismi or Sabo, but they declined, and the mahjong game began with a ten-million-berry stake.
• At the Gaia Building, Betty, Stussy, and Baccarat prepared coffee and paperwork while Chaos slept on Zeus, and they remarked on his long sleep and taste for sweets.

At the Gaia Conference, Stussy used the Richest Group’s overwhelming power to punish managers and kingdoms, then rejected Cobra’s plea to lower Alabasta’s tribute. News of the orders spread across the seas, leaving twenty kingdoms burdened with payments and seven facing destruction in ten days.

• Stussy announced that thousands of managers and department heads had colluded against the Richest Group, and Enel struck them down with lightning in the conference hall.
• Stussy ordered twenty kingdoms to pay the Richest Group 100 billion Berries annually and declared that seven kings who had skipped the conference would be eliminated in ten days.
• The six-hour conference ended with attendees confronted by the Richest Group’s absolute authority.
• Several impoverished kings met Stussy that night and received reduced tributes, but she rejected Cobra’s request and had him thrown out.
• News of the punishments spread across the seas, prompting residents of the seven condemned kingdoms to flee and people in the twenty penalized kingdoms to blame their leaders.

Eight months after the first Gaia Summit, the Richest Group had expanded its rule while major pirate powers clashed and the underworld’s balance shifted. The chapter ended with the underworld divided among eight kings, who controlled forty percent of its business outside the Richest Group.

• The Richest Group erased seven kingdoms with the Great Mushroom, and twenty other kingdoms paid tribute to avoid the same fate.
• The Flying Pirates attacked Marineford with falling islands, and Golden Lion later fought to rescue Spand after Aokiji captured him; both sides suffered heavy losses.
• Blackbeard defeated Buffalo Aquit after Aquit challenged the Blackbeard Pirates, but Aquit retained his Shichibukai title.
• The Blackbeard Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates skirmished as Blackbeard's resentment toward Whitebeard's crew deepened.
• The Richest Group openly controlled major underworld businesses, while eight underworld kings controlled forty percent of the remaining business.

Chaos broke free of the lazy-fish seal and, eager to stir up trouble, chose the Whitebeard Pirates as his next target. Meanwhile, Luffy and his crew attacked Arlong’s base in Cocoyasi Village, where Luffy overwhelmingly defeated Arlong.

• Baccarat remained a boneless heap after the aftereffects of eating a second Devil Fruit, while Betsy and Stussy handled more work.
• Chaos returned to the Gaia Building full of energy, teased Prometheus, and announced that he would make Whitebeard the star of his next confrontation.
• In Cocoyasi Village, Luffy and his companions launched an assault on Arlong’s castle to free the village and avenge Bellemere’s suffering.
• Luffy used his advanced abilities to batter Arlong with powerful attacks, leaving the fishman badly injured amid the ruins.

The Richest Group arrived at Whitebeard’s territory, where Chaos confronted Whitebeard and Ace. Chaos exposed Ace as Gol D. Roger’s son, making him a target as another living One Piece.

• News spread that Chaos was heading to Whitebeard’s territory, while Kaido, Red-Hair, and Blackbeard each chose not to intervene.
• Whitebeard prepared to face the Richest Group, hiding his poor health, as Chaos arrived with Ivankov, Kuma, Archino, and Crocodile.
• Chaos and Whitebeard clashed with Conqueror’s Haki, and Ace joined Whitebeard in resisting Chaos’s will.
• Chaos recognized Ace and revealed his family ties to Gol D. Roger, Monkey D. Garp, Sabo, and Luffy.
• Whitebeard and the others realized that exposing Ace as Roger’s son could make him a target for Marines, pirates, and other powers seeking Roger’s One Piece.

Chaos confronted Whitebeard and threatened to kill him and Ace, but Patrick Redfield arrived and challenged Chaos to repay a favor he owed Newgate. As Chaos and Redfield fought across deserted islands, the Richest Group's remaining fighters engaged the Whitebeard Pirates.

• Chaos revealed that he knew Ace's identity and Sabo was alive, then announced he had come to wipe out the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Whitebeard confronted Chaos, who attacked him and traded a punch with him before sensing someone approaching.
• Patrick Redfield arrived and told Chaos to leave or fight him, invoking the favor he owed Newgate.
• Chaos accepted Redfield's challenge, and the two fought fiercely across a group of deserted islands.
• Archino charged at Whitebeard while Crocodile, Kuma, and Ivankov joined the battle against the Whitebeard Pirates.

Archino and Whitebeard fought amid a vast sea of magma while Crocodile overwhelmed Ace and Marco with his sand powers and the gigantic Tsar. The chapter ended as Marco charged Crocodile and Ace raised another pillar of fire to confront the Tsar’s descending hand.

• Archino and Whitebeard exchanged powerful attacks in the magma, with Whitebeard’s Haki draining as the battle continued.
• Crocodile taunted Ace and Marco, then turned the landscape into a desert and defeated Ace’s Great Flame Ring with a sea of sand.
• Crocodile raised a ten-thousand-meter Tsar, whose massive hand struck the land, but Ace and Marco pierced through it with combined flames and Haki.
• Crocodile trapped Ace and Marco beneath a crushing desert and tried to drag them toward the planet’s core.
• Ace detonated Flame Emperor to escape the sand, then Marco charged Crocodile while Ace raised another towering pillar of fire.

Vista and Jozu faced Kuma while Ivankov fought Whitebeard’s division commanders, and Chaos battled Lone Red in a destructive duel. Chaos used the fight to hone his Future Prediction, leaving Lone Red battered and furious at being treated as a training partner.

• Vista and Jozu charged Kuma together, while Kuma judged the two commanders a serious threat as a team.
• Ivankov fought Thatch, Whitey Bay, the Dikalban Brothers, and the other commanders with Kutapa and Set, using Future Prediction to avoid their attacks.
• Ivankov’s Face Replicas: Death Finger Gun gravely injured the Dikalban Brothers and knocked them out of the fight.
• Chaos and Lone Red clashed across the sky and a deserted island, tearing apart the landscape with their speed, Haki, slashes, lightning, and flames.
• Lone Red was battered and realized Chaos could read his attacks, while Chaos used their duel to improve his Future Prediction.

Lone Red discovered that Chaos had mastered Future Prediction, wielded two Devil Fruit powers, and had been defeated by a mysterious man, then launched a desperate assault after realizing his memories had exposed dangerous secrets. Chaos pressed the attack with his Golden Warriors and soul-inflicting powers, leaving Lone Red wounded and struggling to recover.

• Lone Red created Blood Clones and attacked Chaos, but Chaos used Future Prediction to evade and block their strikes.
• Lone Red summoned a second clone, overwhelmed Chaos's defenses, and briefly touched his head, reading fragments of Chaos's memories.
• Lone Red learned that Chaos had mastered Future Prediction, possessed two Devil Fruit powers, and had once been defeated by a mysterious man; Chaos realized Lone Red could read memories and decided to kill him.
• Chaos struck Lone Red with Thunder Bagua and Golden Divine Fire, badly wounding his shoulder and damaging his soul.
• Lone Red sent another Blood Clone against Chaos, but a Golden Warrior suppressed it as Chaos continued his assault with Super Thunder Bagua.