Recaps

The Navy raised the Straw Hat Pirates’ bounties and sent Sakazuki to capture Luffy, while Garp warned his grandson to flee Water Seven. Garp helped the crew escape Sakazuki’s warship, leaving Sakazuki furious with him.

• The Five Elders ordered Luffy’s bounty raised to 300 million berries and assigned Sakazuki to capture the Straw Hat Pirates; Sengoku then learned Garp had been missing for two days.
• At Water Seven, the crew read their new bounties, and Garp burst in and beat Luffy before warning him that Sakazuki was coming.
• Garp urged Luffy and his crew to leave before their ship was finished, explaining that Sakazuki was an admiral who would not spare him.
• Koby warned Luffy that Sakazuki’s warship had arrived, and Luffy led the crew out of Water Seven after telling Garp he had seen his father.
• Garp threw an iron ball to block Sakazuki’s attack and let the Straw Hat Pirates escape, prompting Sakazuki to angrily confront him.

Betty returned to Gold City after capturing Perona and Absalom, but failed to extract their Devil Fruit powers. She went to the Calm Belt with Stussy and Caesar to watch Archino battle Chaos, where Archino gained the upper hand until Chaos activated Future Prediction.

• Betty sent Perona and Absalom to Caesar for power extraction, but both extractions failed.
• Betty learned Archino, Enel, and Crocodile had gone to the Calm Belt to challenge Chaos and went there with Stussy and Caesar.
• The group watched Archino and Chaos fight for two days, with Archino's boosted Heat-Heat Fruit powers gradually pushing Chaos back.
• Archino and Chaos's battle devastated the Calm Belt for several more days as Chaos began to fall behind.
• Chaos finally used Future Prediction to try to keep up with Archino.

Chaos fought Archino to a near-draw and left for the moon to train in seclusion, while Stussy warned the Richest Group that the Golden Lion might retaliate. Meanwhile, Whitebeard’s worsening health and the Whitebeard Pirates’ losses left Marco and the others searching for a way to save him.

• Chaos and Archino fought with their strongest attacks until both were badly injured and nearly out of strength, and Kuma treated them afterward.
• Chaos announced he would train in seclusion, then traveled through a mirror to the moon with Zeus and Prometheus.
• At a rooftop gathering, Stussy warned the Richest Group to stay put because the Golden Lion might attack over Grakas’s death, and Archino and Crocodile agreed to remain.
• Marco, Ace, Jozu, and Vista saw Whitebeard’s failing condition and reflected on the heavy losses the Whitebeard Pirates had suffered.
• Marco and the others decided to search for Devil Fruits, legends, and medical help that might restore Whitebeard’s health.

Golden Lion challenged Enel and retreated after Enel’s Return-Return Fruit steadily reversed his age during their seven-day battle. Back at Gold City, Enel returned gravely injured but in high spirits, while Chaos faced the growing power of his subordinates and feared his rule was in danger.

• Kuma became inactive, and the chapter noted that the Whitebeard Pirates’ defeat had left their territory under attack while the Navy investigated the Richest Group.
• Golden Lion arrived alone at Gold City looking for a fight, and Enel faced him after winning rock, paper, scissors against Crocodile.
• Enel and Golden Lion fought for seven days and seven nights before Enel returned gravely injured and Golden Lion retreated, having been made younger by the Return-Return Fruit.
• Golden Lion explained to his crew that Enel’s age-reversal power could wear him down despite Haki, and he had fled to avoid being erased by further attacks.
• Chaos considered how Enel, Archino, and the other Devil Fruit users were growing more dangerous and worried that his position as ruler was under threat.

After meeting Brook and learning that Gecko Moria had stolen his shadow, Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates fought Moria to reclaim it. Moria absorbed hundreds of shadows and grew enormous, preparing to attack the crew and seek revenge on the Richest Group.

• Sakazuki pursued the Straw Hat Pirates while Tiger used his control of seawater to delay her.
• The Straw Hat Pirates met Brook in a gloomy sea and Luffy invited him to join the crew.
• Brook told the crew that Gecko Moria had stolen his shadow and that a mysterious woman had devastated Thriller Bark while Moria was away.
• Luffy fought Moria at Thriller Bark, but Moria trapped him in a Shadow Box before Robin, Zoro, Sanji, and Brook freed him.
• Moria absorbed five hundred shadows, grew to gigantic size, and attacked Luffy and the others while declaring that he would find the Richest Group for revenge.

The world’s Supernovas converged on the Sabaody Archipelago as a major auction backed by JOKER approached, while the Richest Group remained mysteriously quiet. The chapter ended on Jupiter, where Gai’s golden landscape rose into a colossal tree with a figure floating atop it.

• Sakazuki continued pursuing the Straw Hat Pirates, but the Revolutionary Army repeatedly intervened, and the Marines concealed Moria’s defeat while seeking a replacement Shichibukai.
• The Whitebeard Pirates lost most of their territory to the Beasts Pirates, the Blackbeard Pirates, and other factions as Whitebeard’s strength faded.
• News reports listed the eleven Worst Generation Supernovas and announced that they were heading toward Sabaody for an auction backed by JOKER.
• Pirates in Sabaody discussed the auction, the Richest Group’s weapons, and the arrival of several Supernovas, including Kidd, Apoo, and Hawkins.
• On Jupiter, a vast glittering golden expanse rose into an immense tree, with a bare-chested figure floating at its crown.

Caesar told Chaos that Cosmic Detector One had found a potentially life-bearing planet beyond a black hole, but the detector had lost contact before sending usable coordinates. Chaos agreed to help Caesar acquire new scientific talent, then returned from Jupiter to Gold City and sought out Borsalino, Queen, and Vinsmoke Judge.

• Caesar showed Chaos the detector’s blurry image of a huge planet and explained that Detector One had gone silent after possibly passing through a black hole.
• Caesar asked Chaos to secure Germa 66’s cloning and Bloodline Factor technology, Queen’s expertise, and Borsalino for the science division.
• Chaos reviewed his gains from eight months of training on Jupiter, including a hundred-kilometer awakening range and four-second Future Prediction, before returning to the Mirror World with Caesar.
• Chaos asked Stussy to locate Borsalino, Queen, and Vinsmoke Judge, then left to find them after learning Betty had gone to the Sabaody Archipelago for a lead on her second Devil Fruit.

Gild Tesoro made a spectacular meteor-shower entrance over Sabaody, startling its gathered pirates and drawing the attention of Ace, Marco, the Straw Hats, and other legends. Meanwhile, the chapter outlined the Germa Kingdom’s history and Judge’s ambitions before revealing that the Vinsmoke Family faced possible annihilation.

• Gild Tesoro crossed Sabaody on a Golden Throne amid a meteor shower, and the island’s powerful figures recognized him.
• Ace and Marco told Rayleigh they had come to find the Death Surgeon in hopes of helping Whitebeard, whose health was worsening.
• Betty watched Tesoro’s passing and planned to return after obtaining the Spirit-Spirit Fruit, while Nami recognized him and Luffy silently vowed to knock him flying.
• The Supernovas across Sabaody watched Tesoro’s entrance and were overwhelmed by his fame and power.
• The chapter described the Germa Kingdom’s decline, Judge’s scientific achievements, and his drive to restore the Vinsmoke Family’s rule over the North Blue.
• Judge and the Germa Kingdom faced a threat that could wipe out the Vinsmoke Family.

Chaos defeated Judge and the Vinsmoke family, then arrived in the Beasts Pirates’ territory, where his approach threw the crew into alarm. Yamato vouched that Kaido had not provoked the Richest Group, but the chapter ended before Chaos reached New Onigashima.

• Chaos defeated Judge and left him and the Vinsmoke family incapacitated before pulling them into a mirror and transporting them to Cake Island.
• Chaos emerged from a mirror at Cake Island with a spectacular meteor shower and traveled toward the Beasts Pirates’ waters.
• A lookout warned King that the Golden Emperor was approaching, prompting the Beasts Pirates to mobilize and Kaido to wake in alarm.
• The Beasts Pirates suspected Kaido had angered the Richest Group, and Kaido himself wondered whether he had caused trouble during his recent outings.
• Kaido’s secretary Queen and his daughter Yamato arrived, and Yamato insisted that Kaido had not caused the Golden Emperor’s visit.

Chaos arrived at Onigashima to take Queen, and his Conqueror’s Haki and Soul-Soul Fruit power overwhelmed the Beasts Pirates. After Kaido attacked, Chaos unleashed Almighty Push and obliterated the island, leaving the crew defeated around him.

• Chaos appeared above Onigashima, and Kaido confronted him with the Beasts Pirates gathered behind him.
• Chaos announced that he had come to take Queen, prompting Queen to beg Kaido for protection.
• Chaos’s Conqueror’s Haki overwhelmed most of the crew, while soul mist streamed from the weaker members toward him.
• Kaido attacked Chaos with Thunder Bagua, but Chaos countered with Almighty Push.
• Chaos’s blast tore apart New Onigashima and sent Kaido, King, Queen, the Flying Six, and Yamato flying; when the destruction settled, Chaos stood over a vast crater.

Gild Tesoro overwhelmed Kaido and the Beasts Pirates, using his powers to repel their attacks and pin the crew to a mountain with golden spears. Kaido summoned a colossal golden Shakyamuni that towered over New Onigashima.

• Kaido attacked Chaos with Polar Day, but Chaos countered with Golden Divine Fire while King and Yamato joined the assault.
• Queen, Ulti, and the other Beasts Pirates attacked Chaos, who used Almighty Push to blast them away and devastate New Onigashima.
• Chaos sent lightning-and-fire spears after the injured crew, piercing Foz F, Queen, Jack, and Ulti.
• Chaos appeared before King, Ulti, and Page One, incapacitated them, and pinned them and the other Beasts Pirates in a row against a mountain.
• Kaido watched his allies fall, then gathered golden fragments and meteorites into a gigantic Shakyamuni that blotted out the sky.

Chaos crushed Kaido with Shakyamuni’s seven-colored palm, but a mysterious angel then arrived and began attacking him with relentless, destructive beams. After an hour of fighting, Chaos recognized that the angel was tied to the hidden forces behind the world, leaving him unsure how he could grow strong enough to overcome them.

• Chaos used Shakyamuni’s enormous seven-colored palm to crush Kaido into the earth, leaving him gravely injured.
• A white orb descended and announced that it would retrieve Experimental Subject No. 5, then activated Heavenly King Form, Stage One: Assimilation.
• When assimilation failed, the angel transformed into a dark, destructive form and blasted New Onigashima with beams that devastated the island.
• The angel targeted Chaos for his demigod energy, and he evaded her Great Ivan-level beams while countering with conjured weapons.
• After an hour of continuous attacks, Chaos realized the angel was likely connected to the powerful hidden forces stirred by the Child of Destiny’s arrival.

After returning from the Beasts Pirates’ territory with Queen, Chaos told Stussy and Baccarat he had encountered Uranus, an angel-like weapon that had tried to capture Kaido. He analyzed what its commands implied about Kaido being a test subject and a hidden power behind Uranus, then left the truth uncertain while declaring himself a demigod.

• Baccarat and Stussy found Chaos sitting in the Gaia Building, battered and lost in thought after returning through a mirror with Queen.
• Chaos told Stussy and Baccarat that he had fought a powerful enemy he believed was Uranus, one of the Three Ancient Weapons.
• Chaos analyzed Uranus’s commands and concluded that it was controlled by someone, that Kaido might be Test Subject No. 5, and that the angel had tried to assimilate its enemies before switching to a destructive form.
• Chaos reasoned that Uranus had taken Kaido and the others away because Kaido was still valuable, while he had managed to seize Queen during the battle.
• Chaos guessed that Im or the Clan of D might be behind Uranus, labeled himself a demigod, and decided he wanted to take the beautiful angel away next time they met.

Chaos discussed the threat posed by powerful enemies and said he would avoid destroying Seastar unless there was no other choice. Meanwhile, news that Gild Tesoro had wiped out the Beasts Pirates shocked the world, and the Sabaody auction opened with the supernovas gathering.

• Stussy and Baccarat reacted with alarm to Holmes Gaiya's assessment, while Chaos said becoming a god would solve their problems and went to rest.
• Inside the Mirror World, Queen raged at Gild Tesoro for stealing his lifespan, while Judge and his family obeyed orders to build equipment and vessels for clones.
• In a secret underground laboratory, an unknown figure modified Kaido and his crew as an angel suspected to be Uranus remained suspended in a nutrient tank.
• News spread that Gild Tesoro had wiped out New Onigashima and the Beasts Pirates, shocking people and major powers across the world.
• At the Sabaody Archipelago, Betty read the news and planned to attend the auction, while Vivi blamed herself for Alabasta's destruction and the Straw Hat crew reacted to the report.
• The auction began, drawing the supernovas, including Kid, Hawkins, Drake, Apoo, Bonney, Luffy, Zoro, Urouge, and the Death Surgeon, as Nami and the others watched from the crowd.

Belo Betty arrived at the Sabaody auction hall, where several legendary fighters gathered and appeared to target her. She boldly challenged them, confident that the Richest Group would back her up.

• Luffy grew furious when Betty showed contempt for him, but Nami, Usopp, and Chopper calmed him down.
• Douglas Bullet entered the auction hall and took a seat near Betty, sizing her up as a possible opponent.
• Patrick Redfield arrived and focused on Betty, hoping to learn how she could eat a second Devil Fruit.
• Ochoku joined the other legendary fighters and also fixed his attention on Betty.
• Betty confronted Bullet, Redfield, and Ochoku, daring them to fight her and threatening to call in backup.

Betty attended the Sabaody Archipelago auction and used the Richest Group’s wealth to outbid the Celestial Dragons and buy several Devil Fruits, including the Spirit-Spirit Fruit she wanted. She confirmed the fruit’s identity and ate it, while Saint Peters backed down from confronting her.

• Saint Peters and Anri Palace arrived at the auction, and Peters took an interest in Betty.
• Betty outbid Saint Peters for the Octopus Fruit with a bid of one billion berries, and he abandoned his challenge after learning Lone Red was nearby.
• Betty bought the Cow, Donkey, Sheep, Teddy Bear, Mantis, and Spirit-Spirit Fruits for one billion berries apiece.
• Betty verified that the Paramecia she had bought was the Spirit-Spirit Fruit and ate it.

Betty ate the Spirit-Spirit Fruit as the auction continued, while Luffy’s crew tried to save Keimi from a Celestial Dragon. After Saint Peters shot Hachi, Luffy killed him, prompting the Navy to respond and Mary Geoise to prepare to move against the Richest Group.

• Betty ate the Spirit-Spirit Fruit, and the auction continued toward its main event.
• Saint Peters won Keimi for one billion berries, and Hachi revealed himself while trying to intervene.
• Saint Peters shot Hachi, so Luffy punched the Celestial Dragon and killed him.
• Sanji, Zoro, and Robin rushed to save Keimi as the auction house descended into panic and the other Supernovas fled.
• Sengoku learned that a Celestial Dragon had been killed on Sabaody Archipelago and that Mary Geoise was preparing to move against the Richest Group.

Sengoku told the Marine officers that the Five Elders had ordered a strike against the Richest Group, using Dancing Queen’s capture and public execution to lure the Golden Emperor into a trap. A flashback revealed that the Five Elders chose this moment after learning the Golden Emperor had taken Germa 66’s Bloodline Factor research and acquired the Pure Gold.

• Sengoku summoned Tsuru, Zephyr, Garp, Borsalino, and Issho, then reported the Sabaody killings and the order to capture Dancing Queen and the other targets.
• Sengoku explained that the Marines would execute Dancing Queen publicly to draw out the Golden Emperor and destroy the Richest Group; Zephyr took command of the mission.
• Sengoku warned Garp to obey Zephyr, while Tsuru began assembling Marine officers for the operation.
• A CP0 agent reported to the Five Elders that Germa 66 had fallen, the Vinsmoke Family had vanished, and the Beasts Pirates were presumed killed by the Golden Emperor.
• The Five Elders learned that the Richest Group had obtained the Pure Gold from information tied to Explosion Monarch Gottdi, explaining why its members had not aged.
• The Five Elders decided that the weakened balance of power and the Richest Group’s many enemies made this the ideal time to seize the Pure Gold and destroy the group.

After a Celestial Dragon’s death threw Sabaody Archipelago into chaos, Betty confronted Lone Red and revealed overwhelming power. She struck him with seawater, petrified him, and unleashed a finishing attack, leaving his fate unclear.

• Ace learned that Luffy had killed a Celestial Dragon and rushed to the auction house while Marco continued searching for the Death Surgeon.
• Betty tried to return to Gold City through the Mirror World, but Lone Red shattered her mirror and blocked her escape.
• Betty’s aura devastated the auction house, and Ace caught Nami and the others with a net of flames before warning Luffy to leave the island.
• Luffy reunited with Ace, then took his crew away while Ace stayed behind to watch Betty face Lone Red.
• Betty used Poseidon (Seawater) to nullify Lone Red’s Devil Fruit powers, pierced his heart with Geb (Earth and Stone), and followed with a Negative Ghost and her Grand Dance: Fatal Blow.

Betty continued her fierce battle with Lone Red, who wanted to learn the secret of consuming two Devil Fruits, while both fighters declared their loyalty and ambitions. As the battle sent people fleeing across Sabaody, Doflamingo found Trafalgar Law and confronted him.

• Betty struck Lone Red with water and Negative Ghost attacks, but he recovered, healed rapidly, and countered with powerful slashes.
• Lone Red attacked Betty at close range, and she fought back with stone, water, and Haki before the two escalated their battle.
• Betty declared that the era belonged to Gaia Chaos, and she flew into a rage when Lone Red insulted him.
• Betty and Lone Red resumed their fight as their companions clashed, and people across Sabaody fled in fear of the destruction and an approaching Marine Admiral.
• At Grove 49, Doflamingo appeared before Trafalgar Law and his Heart Pirates, and Law drew his sword in alarm.

Doflamingo attacked Luo over the Op-Op Fruit, but Marco and Ace intervened to rescue him. Ace confronted Doflamingo, and Bullet arrived, criticizing how weak Roger’s son had become under Garp and Newgate’s care.

• Luo sent his crew away and fought Doflamingo, but Doflamingo badly wounded him as he tried to escape.
• Marco and Ace arrived, and Marco carried the injured Luo away while Ace stayed behind to hold off Doflamingo.
• Ace and Doflamingo clashed with Conqueror’s Haki and began fighting as pirates across Sabaody turned back, hoping to capture Ace.
• Bullet and Ochoku arrived at the fight, and Bullet’s overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki forced Ace and Doflamingo to stop and face him.
• Bullet recognized Ace as Roger’s son, questioned his strength, and blamed Garp and Newgate for failing to develop his talent.

Douglas Bullet confronted Ace on Sabaody Archipelago and demanded to train him, then challenged him to fight when Ace refused. Ace awakened Roger’s Listening to the Voice of All Things during their battle, and Bullet became determined to help him master it.

• Ace defended Garp and Newgate after Bullet mocked them, but Bullet insisted Ace should come with him and become stronger than Roger.
• Ace refused to leave with Bullet, so Bullet attacked him and easily overwhelmed his Fire Fist.
• Ace unleashed Flame Emperor, but Bullet shattered it with a punch that carved a path through the landscape.
• Bullet ordered Ace to attack with his strongest power, and Ace entered a state that Bullet recognized as Roger’s Listening to the Voice of All Things.
• Ace used the ability to evade Bullet’s strikes and attack with a flaming spear, while Bullet promised to help him surpass Roger; Ace affirmed that he was his own person.

Kizaru confronted Hawkins while Pacifistas modeled after Buffalo Aquit attacked the Supernovas across Sabaody. Hawkins, Urouge, Drake, and Apoo gathered amid the chaos as Kizaru and a Pacifista closed in.

• Kizaru appeared before Hawkins, asked about Sentomaru, and attacked him, but Hawkins survived by sacrificing a straw doll.
• The Straw Hat Pirates recognized a Buffalo Aquit-like Pacifista and attacked it together, hoping to escape before the Admiral arrived.
• Urouge fought a Pacifista and, battered and bleeding, encountered Hawkins and Kizaru among the ruins.
• Drake appeared and identified Kizaru, while Apoo watched nearby and reacted to the gathering of Supernovas.

Kizaru overwhelmed the Supernovas and cornered the Straw Hat Pirates until Silvers Rayleigh intervened, while the Marine Main Force landed at Sabaody and Garp went to meet an old friend. Elsewhere, Lone Red continued his fight with Betty as Marine reinforcements approached.

• Kizaru defeated Urouge, Hawkins, Drake, and Scratchmen Apoo, then headed toward another battle.
• Luffy and the others defeated a Pacifista but were surrounded by Kid, Bonney, two more Pacifista, and Kizaru.
• Kizaru scattered the Straw Hat Pirates and nearly killed Zoro, but Silvers Rayleigh blocked his attack and fought Kizaru so the crew could escape.
• Three warships carrying the Marine Main Force arrived at Grove 9, and Garp left Zephyr and Fujitora to go see an old friend.
• Lone Red sensed Garp and other familiar presences, then resumed his full-force attack on Betty while Geb and Poseidon fought the Blood Clone.

Lone Red defeated Betty and handed her over to Zephyr, intending to use the Navy’s capture of Dancing Queen to draw the Richest Group into a conflict. As the Marines secured their objective on Sabaody Archipelago, Garp rescued Luffy’s crew from Pacifistas, while Bullet took down Ace and left with him.

• Lone Red defeated Betty, subdued Geb (Stone Earth) and Poseidon (Sea Water), and ordered Pajon to record the scene.
• Zephyr and Fujitora arrived, and Lone Red handed Betty to Zephyr before leaving without fighting Fujitora.
• Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates destroyed three Pacifistas, but two more attacked and injured several crew members.
• Garp secretly destroyed the two Pacifistas and helped the Straw Hat Pirates escape.
• Bullet defeated Ace and carried him away, while Doflamingo and Ochoku also withdrew.
• Rayleigh left after keeping Borsalino occupied, and the Marines regrouped with Garp and Borsalino after completing their objective.