Recaps

After the Richest Group destroyed Marineford to rescue Betty, Chaos withdrew from Im while the Navy rebuilt and the Four Emperors battled for power. Years of upheaval culminated in Dressrosa, where Bonis exposed and pursued Catarina Devon disguised as Chaos.

• Chaos rescued Betty by destroying Marineford with the Great Ivans, then retreated with the Richest Group to avoid confronting Im.
• The Navy chose Sakazuki as Fleet Admiral, while Issho sought to reform the Marines and the World Government rebuilt its forces.
• Luffy defeated Hody Jones and declared Fish-Man Island his territory, challenging Blackbeard after learning the island paid him tribute.
• Kaido reclaimed territory from Blackbeard, and Whitebeard allied with Katakuri before fighting the Blackbeard Pirates.
• Sakazuki struggled to recruit Marines as Tesoro’s bounties threatened Navy personnel and their families, while Chaos kept the Richest Group away from the world.
• Luffy fought Doflamingo in Dressrosa as Sakazuki sent Fujitora to capture him and Blackbeard ordered Catarina Devon to take him alive.
• Devon impersonated Chaos in Dressrosa, but Bonis exposed her Nine-Tails Fox form and cut off several of her tails as she fled.

Sakazuki’s planned execution of Luffy drew the Revolutionary Army and a host of powerful allies into a war at New Marineford. Gaia Chaos arrived as the battle’s forces converged, unleashing Haki that killed fighters and began pulling souls from the survivors.

• Sakazuki blamed Garp, Kuzan, and other officers for the Marines’ disgrace, confined Garp and Kuzan, and secured support for Luffy’s public execution from the officers and the Five Elders.
• Sabo resigned from the Revolutionary Army’s chief of staff position to save Luffy, while Sakazuki prepared New Marineford for an attack and Garp visited Luffy in prison.
• Dragon and the Revolutionary Army attacked New Marineford as Luffy’s friends fought to reach the execution platform, and Luffy’s Conqueror’s Haki stopped Marines from killing Nami.
• Sabo and Ace each reached the platform in turn, but Sakazuki attacked them and Luffy, while Douglas Bullet confronted Sengoku and Garp and the war spread across the battlefield.
• Katakuri, Marco, Jinbe, and other allies entered the fighting as the Straw Hats tried to escape, then the Flat Hat Five Elder and other World Government forces arrived to confront Dragon and his allies.
• Golden Lion Shiki attacked New Marineford with falling islands, while the Flat Hat Five Elder used gravity against him and the Revolutionary Army retreated under Sakazuki’s orders.
• Blackbeard arrived after attacking Impel Down and agreed to help Dragon in exchange for support against the Richest Group, but two Five Elders appeared and threatened to destroy the Revolutionary Army.
• Gaia Chaos descended at New Marineford and unleashed black-and-red Conqueror’s Haki that killed Marines and Revolutionary Army fighters and began pulling souls from the survivors, while Ace helped Luffy return the Straw Hats’ souls to their bodies.

Chaos died fighting Imu, and the war left the Richest Group, the Revolutionary Army, and the world’s powers grappling with their losses. Brook revived Luffy at the cost of his own life, and the Richest Group later found the Revive-Revive Fruit as the Straw Hat Pirates prepared to sail again.

• Gaia devastated New Marineford, killed Luffy, and revealed his youthful appearance before fighting the Navy and Revolutionary Army alongside the other powers.
• Chaos killed Veiled Night Jade and battled Borsalino, Sky God Kamael El, and the Long Haired Five Elders before D intervened and Imu appeared.
• Imu nullified Devil Fruit powers and killed Chaos, after which the Richest Group mourned him and learned his soul was gone.
• Brook used the Revive-Revive Fruit to return Luffy to life, sacrificing himself, and Luffy mourned him alongside the surviving Straw Hats and Sabo.
• Luffy ate the Rubber-Rubber Fruit and asked for two years to grow stronger while Sakazuki announced a World Military Draft and new orders.
• Baccarat seized the Gold-Gold Fruit from the Insect Pirates after Kevin ate it, and the survivors began training during a three-year period of relative quiet.
• The Richest Group confronted Luffy at Sabaody, then withdrew after he explained Brook had sacrificed himself to revive him.
• Shirahoshi joined the Straw Hat Pirates, and Enel and Crocodile found the Revive-Revive Fruit in the Kingdom of Mobike and took it for the Richest Group.

Stussy restored Chaos by finding his final soul fragment, then died as his soul disappeared. Chaos revived with the Revive-Revive Fruit and turned Gold City’s return into a gathering of rival powers, leaving the Richest Group fighting Whitebeard’s forces while Chaos’s survival was revealed.

• Stussy found Chaos’s last soul fragment on Goat Island and returned him to life, then collapsed as her soul vanished.
• Chaos searched for the Revive-Revive Fruit, revived Zeus and Prometheus, and defeated Borsalino before making her a Richest Group executive.
• The Richest Group attacked the Red-Haired Pirates, killed Shanks and Beckman, and recovered the Revive-Revive Fruit, which Chaos used to revive his clone.
• As Gold City reappeared, the Navy, Blackbeard Pirates, Beasts Pirates, Whitebeard’s forces, and other factions converged on it.
• Archino fought the arriving forces with Enel, Crocodile, and Kuma, while Chaos shielded Gold City and let the rival factions enter.
• Crocodile and Bonis repelled Golden Lion Shiki’s attacks, then Crocodile fought Blackbeard and was overwhelmed by his crew.
• Chaos protected Crocodile and repaired Gold City during Blackbeard’s assault, while Borsalino revealed she had joined the Richest Group.
• A golden throne appeared as Whitebeard attacked, and Betty’s ghosts struck the Whitebeard Pirates and Charlotte Family.