Recaps

Wounded and surrounded, Chaos used Saint Roswald and Princess Idoria as leverage while Tsuru and the Marines confronted him. After Stussy warned that Mary Geoise and Marine Headquarters made the situation too dangerous, Chaos chose to retreat, leaving Crocodile frustrated and still overconfident.

• Jelly Queen attacked Chaos, and Strong Man Paster, Charming Idol Groot, Consort Jessica, and Lone Wolf Spand joined the confrontation.
• Chaos threatened to kill Saint Roswald and Princess Idoria unless the Marines let him go, prompting Tsuru and the nearby Marines to face him.
• Stussy warned Chaos that the Celestial Dragons could be abandoned and that staying near Mary Geoise and Marine Headquarters put the crew at risk.
• Chaos accepted Stussy's advice and decided to retreat, while Crocodile resisted the decision and insisted he was not losing himself.
• Chaos reflected that the encounter had sharpened his Conqueror's Haki and confirmed that facing strong opponents and life-or-death situations would help him grow.

Chaos tried to leave Sabaody Archipelago, but the arrival of Zephyr, Kaido, and Explosion Monarch Gottdi brought more powerful fighters into the already chaotic standoff. Sengoku and Zephyr redirected Gottdi and Kaido’s explosive clash toward the sea and ordered the combatants to take their fight elsewhere, while the Celestial Dragons remained in Chaos’s hands.

• Chaos attempted to escape aboard the Goddess of the Heavens, but Marco the Phoenix blocked their path as Whitebeard’s allies watched from below.
• Zephyr arrived and confronted Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Lone Red, then Kaido descended from the storm clouds and attacked him with Thunder Bagua.
• Zephyr held his ground against Kaido, who laughed and prepared to continue fighting.
• Explosion Monarch Gottdi arrived, giving Nero Dal and Perospero’s group the backing they had been waiting for.
• Kaido attacked Gottdi, and their clash erupted into an explosion that Sengoku and Zephyr redirected out to sea.
• Sengoku warned the assembled fighters to leave Sabaody Archipelago if they wanted to continue fighting, noting that Chaos still held the Celestial Dragons.

The Five Elders ordered Kong and the Navy to contain the crisis on Sabaody Archipelago without provoking the gathered pirates, while Katakuri chose to withdraw. Chaos used Saint Roswald and Princess Idoria as hostages to escape Kaido, leaving Sengoku and the Marines to face the remaining threats.

• The Five Elders decided to let Gild Tesoro leave Sabaody Archipelago and sent Kong there to prevent the pirates from joining forces.
• Katakuri arrived, assessed the danger, and withdrew with Perospero, Cracker, and the others on Zeus.
• Kuzan arrived with Marines as Chaos tried to leave, but Jelly Queen and the others blocked him, and he placed the unconscious Saint Roswald and Princess Idoria beside himself as hostages.
• Kaido attacked Chaos, but Sengoku intercepted the blow to protect Saint Roswald.
• Chaos flew away with the hostages and promised to release them once he was safe, while Tsuru stopped Jelly Queen and Zephyr, Borsalino, Kuzan, and the Marines moved to act.
• Golden Lion urged Sengoku and Zephyr to leave the Navy and join him in overthrowing the World Government.

Gild Tesoro escaped the fighting at Sabaody Archipelago while the major pirate crews and Marines clashed, then headed for Sky Island with Stussy and Crocodile. News of the battle spread worldwide, and Zephyr returned to Marine Headquarters after recovering Saint Roswald and Princess Idoria.

• Golden Lion and Sengoku fought across the sea, while Kaido joined their battle; Whitebeard fought Lone Red, and their crews withdrew or were captured as the fighting continued.
• Gild Tesoro escaped the chaos with Stussy and Crocodile and chose to travel to Sky Island.
• News reports announced the destruction at Sabaody, the capture of several Flying Pirates, Golden Lion's escape, Kaido's disappearance, and Gild Tesoro's successful escape after kidnapping Celestial Dragons.
• Zephyr returned to Marine Headquarters, where Tsuru noted that Gild Tesoro had released Saint Roswald and Princess Idoria as promised.
• A Rear Admiral reported that CPO agents had taken Saint Roswald and Princess Idoria back to Mary Geoise.

Kong rejected trusting the Gold Emperor, while the Five Elders ordered Stussy and her Red Light District eliminated after learning she had betrayed them. When CP9 attacked Stussy’s organization, Chaos decided to retaliate and head to Enies Lobby to secure Pure Gold.

• Kong argued that the Marines still needed to control the Gold Emperor, and Tsuru noted that raising his bounty would not help.
• The Five Elders confirmed Stussy’s betrayal and ordered CP9 to dismantle her Red Light District.
• Stussy learned that CP9 was attacking her organization and went to Chaos for help.
• Chaos finished training on God Island Apis and ordered preparations to leave for Enies Lobby the next day.

Chaos changed his appearance and took Stussy and Crocodile to Music Island to find music for his entrance. After arriving, he saw that the Marines had raised only Stussy’s bounty, and his mood soured.

• Chaos showed off his new golden dragon tattoo and halo, then asked Stussy where music was popular.
• Chaos ordered Stussy to tell Dragon to meet them at Music Island, and Dragon agreed.
• Chaos, Crocodile, and Stussy arrived on Music Island, where Chaos’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out the people around them.
• Chaos took a newspaper from a struggling pirate and saw that only Stussy’s bounty had increased, leaving him angry that his own bounty remained unchanged.

After his bounty remained unchanged, Chaos went to Music Island and forced its musicians to arrange and record melodies he hummed. As Crocodile and Stussy fought off an attack outside, the musicians began working on his second piece.

• Crocodile and Chaos saw that their bounties had not increased, and Stussy discovered her new 360 million bounty in the newspaper.
• Chaos, Crocodile, and Stussy reached a concert on Music Island, where Chaos knocked out the audience with Conqueror's Haki and struck down a white-haired musician who challenged him.
• Chaos ordered the musicians to arrange four pieces he would hum, and Crocodile and Stussy brought more musicians to help complete the first arrangement.
• The musicians recorded the first piece on a Tone Dial, and Chaos rewarded them with gold coins.
• Pirates, island guards, and Marines arrived to attack, so Crocodile and Stussy left the hall while Chaos began humming his second piece.

Chaos had the musicians record four battle BGMs on Music Island, then met Dragon and gave him a mountain of gold. The chapter ended at Enies Lobby, where young trainees endured brutal CP9 training.

• Chaos praised the musicians after they performed the first new BGM and had them record two more, including the battle songs Flight of the Silverbird and Victory.
• Chaos paid the musicians with gold and left Music Island with Crocodile and Stussy after Dragon collected a mountain of gold.
• Dragon used Conqueror's Haki to knock down people who tried to approach the gold before leaving with it.
• At Enies Lobby, a CPO agent oversaw children undergoing punishing training, while the CP9 agents were away on missions against Stussy's influence.

Golden Emperor Gaia Chaos made a spectacular entrance at Enies Lobby and destroyed the Judicial Tower, then ordered Crocodile and Stussy to deal with the World Government’s forces. After Crocodile defeated the CPO, Chaos warned the Five Elders to leave the Red Light District alone, while the World Government ordered Sengoku to capture him.

• Chaos descended from the sky with Crocodile and Stussy as a colossal golden sword and the song “Victory” destroyed the Judicial Tower.
• Chaos sent Crocodile to defeat the CPO and told Stussy to deal with Oimo, Kashii, and the guards approaching from the second main gate.
• At Mary Geoise, the Five Elder with the flat cap ordered Sengoku to capture Chaos, allowing lethal force if necessary.
• Crocodile defeated the CPO within ten minutes and dragged him before Chaos, though Crocodile was injured too.
• Chaos told the CPO to warn the Five Elders that the Red Light District was under his protection and threatened to cut down any World Government agents who interfered.

After destroying Enies Lobby, Chaos headed for Water Seven with Stussy to meet her remaining trusted subordinates, while the World Government ordered Sengoku to capture him within a month. As Chaos approached Water Seven, an unnatural storm swept over the city.

• Stussy defeated two giants and several Enies Lobby guards, then left with Chaos and Crocodile aboard the Goddess of the Heavens.
• Stussy told Chaos that her three remaining trusted subordinates had arrived in Water Seven, and he agreed to meet them despite the possibility of a trap.
• A red-haired man at a Water Seven hotel sat with CPO and CP9 agents while Stussy's three female subordinates lay injured or dead nearby.
• Sengoku reported Enies Lobby's destruction to one of the Five Elders, who ordered him to capture the Golden Emperor within a month.
• A sudden, violent storm darkened Water Seven, alarming residents who wondered whether Aqua Laguna had arrived early.

Stussy arrived in Water 7 with a massive cloud-made Goddess of the Heavens looming over the city, then confronted the CPO agents who had been waiting for her. The agents demanded that she capture the Golden Emperor to redeem herself, while her badly injured allies watched with renewed hope.

• Stussy used the Kumo Kumo no Mi to form a colossal Goddess of the Heavens from storm clouds, terrifying Water 7 and ships far out at sea.
• Stussy and a Golden Warrior resembling Chaos landed outside the hotel and flew up to the balcony where the CPO agents waited.
• Stussy identified the agents as Sabertooth, Squirrel, Macaque, and Pangolin, while Kaismi, Lili, and Cocoss recognized her and regained hope.
• Squirrel accused Stussy of betraying the CPO for the Golden Emperor, and Macaque and Pangolin warned that Number 10 was furious and that capturing the Golden Emperor could redeem her.
• Stussy showed fear when Macaque mentioned Number 10.

The Golden Warrior and Stussy fought the CP agents, and Crocodile arrived to face Pangolin. Crocodile chose to test his trained physical skills against Pangolin without relying on his Sand-Sand Fruit.

• The Golden Warrior threatened Squirrel after she challenged him, but Squirrel attacked and he pierced her heart with a sudden golden spike.
• Sabertooth, Macaque, and Pangolin attacked the Golden Warrior, while Stussy blocked Pangolin; six more Golden Warriors arrived, and one carried Kaismi, Lili, and Cocoss away.
• Crocodile appeared and fought Pangolin, whose Zoan Hybrid Form and attacks forced Crocodile to take the battle seriously.
• Crocodile used Shave to engage Pangolin hand-to-hand, eager to prove himself without the Sand-Sand Fruit.

Chaos received Stussy’s three loyal workers, Cocoss, Lili, and Kaismi, while the Golden Warrior fought the CPO agent Sabertooth below. Sabertooth endured the Golden Warrior’s attacks and prepared to defend himself from Gild Tesoro’s gold dust.

• The Golden Warrior carried Cocoss, Lili, and Kaismi through the clouds to meet Chaos, whose divine appearance left them stunned.
• Chaos asked the three women to introduce themselves, and they identified themselves as Stussy’s workers.
• Chaos sent the women and the golden platform plunging toward the battle below, where Sabertooth fought the Golden Warrior.
• Sabertooth used his Ancient Zoan Saber-toothed Tiger form, Haki, and combat skills to withstand the Golden Warrior’s attacks and regenerate from his wounds.
• Sabertooth recognized Gild Tesoro’s gold dust gathering around him and used Life Return and Armament Haki to seal his body against it.

Sabertooth battled the Golden Emperor’s remote Goddess of the Heavens while Chaos visited Tom at Dock One to demand the Pluton blueprints. The chapter ended with Chaos threatening Tom and claiming that he knew Tom had the designs.

• The Goddess of the Heavens attacked Sabertooth with a storm of golden weapons and chains, but he dodged and fought his way toward the Golden Emperor’s sensed location.
• The chains tried to trap Sabertooth in a Birdcage, but he escaped before it closed and continued fighting as the Goddess re-formed.
• Chaos went to Dock One and met Tom and Iceburg, then asked Iceburg to leave so he could speak privately with Tom.
• Chaos dispersed his golden halo over Tom to prevent him from killing himself, then demanded the Pluton blueprints.
• Tom pretended not to know about the blueprints, while Chaos said he knew Tom had them and threatened him with calm, matter-of-fact violence.

Chaos attacked Tom and Iceburg to force Tom to reveal the location of the Pluton blueprints, but gave up when Tom refused to talk. Meanwhile, Stussy fought Macaque, using her Devil Fruit powers and lightning-filled clouds to wound him and keep him from escaping.

• Chaos pinned Tom and wounded Iceburg while demanding the Pluton blueprints, but Tom denied knowing anything about them.
• Chaos stopped his sword just short of Iceburg, released Tom, and vanished without taking the blueprints.
• Tom treated Iceburg, who survived but passed out, while Chaos decided to wait for a better chance to obtain the blueprints.
• Macaque confronted Stussy and demanded that she return with him, then attacked when she refused.
• Stussy evaded Macaque with Elementalization and filled the area with dark lightning clouds that followed him into the sky.
• Stussy struck Macaque with a Finger Pistol, leaving a bloody wound, while he tried unsuccessfully to escape the clouds.

Chaos appeared above the Goddess of the Heavens and used her True Thousand-Hand Guanyin form to overwhelm Sabertooth in Water Seven. Sabertooth pierced through five of her palms in an attempt to reach Chaos, but golden restraints captured him as the palms began to close around him.

• Chaos arrived above the Goddess of the Heavens, and his Conqueror's Haki knocked out nearby living creatures.
• Chaos transformed the Goddess of the Heavens into her True Thousand-Hand Guanyin form and sent her thirty-six Haki-coated arms against Sabertooth.
• The Goddess of the Heavens repeatedly struck and pursued Sabertooth, but her golden body repaired itself after his attacks damaged it.
• Sabertooth attacked Chaos from behind with his Rokushiki Secret Technique, Sabertooth Kill, and pierced five of the Goddess of the Heavens' palms.
• Golden restraints bound Sabertooth as the palms closed around him, leaving him facing capture and possible death.

Kaos defeated Sabertooth and the CP9 agents in Water Seven, then let Stussy decide to leave and restore the Red Light District while he continued opposing the World Government. The CPO’s Number 10 learned that Stussy had been branded a traitor and set course for Water Seven to deal with her.

• Kaos killed Sabertooth and used the Goddess of the Heavens’ weapons to kill the five CP9 agents fighting the Golden Warrior.
• Kaos waited at a café while Crocodile fought Stussy, then praised Stussy and listened as she reported on the Red Light District.
• Stussy decided to leave with Kaismi, Lili, and Cocoss to handle the Red Light District, while Kaos and Crocodile remained behind.
• Sengoku arrived in Water Seven and found the dead agents.
• Number 10 learned that Stussy was a traitor and that Sabertooth, Squirrel, Macaque, and the pangolin had died, then ordered the pteranodon to take him to Water Seven.

Chaos and Crocodile attacked Marine Branch 38 and Marine Branch 32, escalating their conflict with the World Government. Kong tried to force Chaos to speak first, but Chaos refused and sent Crocodile to strike another branch.

• Chaos and Gild Tesoro destroyed Marine Branch 38 with a golden halberd and a barrage of weapons, leaving the Rear Admiral alive to report the attack.
• The Rear Admiral contacted Marineford, and Kong ordered reinforcements to Branch 38.
• Kong called the number Chaos had left, but both men stayed silent until the calls disconnected, and Chaos ignored Kong’s repeated attempts to reach him.
• Three hours later, Crocodile asked Chaos to let him handle the attack on Marine Branch 32, and Chaos agreed.
• Crocodile unleashed two enormous sandstorms that rampaged through Branch 32 for ten minutes before he brought them under control.

Chaos warned Fleet Admiral Kong that the Red Light District belonged to him and threatened retaliation if the World Government interfered, prompting Kong to plan a Navy response. Meanwhile, the Explosion Pirates investigated Pure Gold on Momigert Island and learned that former Rocks Pirate Ochoku had arrived there.

• Chaos called Kong, claimed the Red Light District, and warned him not to interfere before heading toward another Navy branch.
• Kong dismissed Chaos as a clown and ordered Zephyr to come to his office, planning to send him and Sengoku to capture the Golden Emperor.
• On Momigert Island, Nero Dal told Ssubik that the Explosion Pirates had found no new information about Pure Gold and that the World Government had maintained a long-running investigation there.
• Nero Dal informed Ssubik that Ochoku had landed on the island, and both captains grew wary of the former Rocks Pirate.

After destroying Navy Branch 34, Chaos and Crocodile traveled to a volcanic island to rest while the Marines tried to predict their next move. Chaos killed a group of pirates who attacked them, and Reaper Tesys spotted the pair as news of their arrival unsettled the island.

• Borsalino reported to Sengoku that Chaos had already left the ruins of Navy Branch 34, and Sengoku ordered him to head for Branch 35.
• Chaos and Crocodile reached a volcanic island, where Chaos explained they would rest and vary their attacks to avoid Marine ambushes.
• Chaos and Crocodile walked conspicuously through the crowded streets, drawing wary and greedy attention from pirates and residents.
• More than thirty pirates attacked Chaos, and golden weapons pinned them to the ground before Chaos and Crocodile continued toward a hotel.
• Reaper Tesys recognized Chaos from a hotel balcony, and news of Chaos's arrival spread across the island.

Chaos and Crocodile investigated a volcano after its rising heat made their hot spring scalding, where they discovered Archino swimming in magma. Chaos revealed himself as the Golden Emperor, and Archino recognized him in shock and excitement.

• The Navy and the Flying Pirates learned that the Golden Emperor was on the volcanic island and began converging on it.
• Chaos and Crocodile soaked in a hot spring until the water grew dangerously hot, then flew toward the volcano.
• Chaos and Crocodile found Archino swimming in the magma and identified him as a user of the Heat-Heat Fruit.
• Archino grew wary of the two men, who descended to hover above the magma and watched him.
• Chaos revealed himself with a dramatic display, and Archino recognized the Golden Emperor with disbelief and excitement.

Chaos attacked Archino to recruit him, but Archino’s Heat-Heat Fruit powers made him a formidable opponent. After Archino tried to flee and Crocodile stopped him, Archino’s anger pushed his temperature higher, and he began trading blows with Crocodile.

• Chaos struck Archino with the Goddess of the Heavens, then used Armament Haki to seize him despite his Temperature Fist.
• Chaos offered Archino a choice between joining his group and becoming a corpse, while Crocodile objected to recruiting someone he considered weak.
• Archino fled, but Crocodile caught up and kicked him into a mountainside.
• Archino’s temperature broke through to a new level, and he attacked Crocodile, who met his punches head-on.
• Crocodile gained the upper hand in their exchange, though his Armament Haki was draining quickly.

After Crocodile defeated Archino, Chaos let him handle their new recruit and prepare him for joining the team. Crocodile’s passionate version of the team’s principles left Archino inspired and Chaos wondering if his respectable organization had become a cult.

• Crocodile beat Archino into submission, and Archino agreed to join Chaos’s side.
• Chaos ordered Crocodile to explain the team’s principles to Archino and train him, then went to rest while considering their next moves and the search for Pure Gold.
• Crocodile delivered an impassioned speech about ambition, freedom, and living boldly, leaving Archino reconsidering his life and imagining a greater future.
• Crocodile felt enlightened by his own speech, while Chaos listened from the next room and privately suspected the team’s principles sounded like a scam or a cult.
• Chaos recognized that Crocodile’s additions had made the team’s principles more compelling, but chose not to correct him.

Archino tried to escape after Crocodile challenged him to test the team's values, but he found himself conflicted as he fought off attackers. Crocodile crushed the pirates surrounding the hotel and caught Archino at the harbor, where he began a second lesson.

• Crocodile told Archino it was time to test him, and Archino jumped out the window to flee.
• Archino held back the attackers with his heat-based attacks, then ran off while Crocodile watched.
• Crocodile used Erosion Samsara to dry up the pirates charging the hotel, then flew off to find Archino.
• At the harbor, Archino prepared to steal a ship, but Crocodile caught up with him.
• Archino attacked Crocodile with Temperature Fist, and Crocodile coated his fist in Armament Haki to begin the next lesson.

After Crocodile spent the night fighting attackers and lecturing Archino, Chaos discovered that Crocodile had become an unusually persuasive Thinker. Meanwhile, two Flying Pirates fleet captains arrived seeking the Golden Emperor, who soon rode out in a conspicuous procession that drew the attention of nearby pirates.

• Crocodile told Chaos that he had killed hundreds of attackers overnight while forcing the exhausted Archino to listen to his lectures.
• Crocodile expanded Chaos’s team principles into a long argument about wealth, power, fame, and desire, and Chaos praised his talent for brainwashing.
• Chaos left Crocodile to continue lecturing Archino and went to wash up.
• Gunslinger Halbertsen and Mummy Al-Gao arrived at the port aboard Flying Pirates ships, intending to capture the Golden Emperor.
• Chaos rode away from the hotel on a Golden Throne carried by Golden Warriors, drawing greedy stares from pirates and thugs.