Chapter Summaries

After Big Mom threatened the Richest Group over its share of Charming Woman’s territory, Chaos decided to attack Whole Cake Island during her tea party in ten days. He planned to use the confrontation to test his strength, deter rival underworld factions, and regain attention, while the person he called prepared to bring their people along.

• Stussy told Chaos that Big Mom had demanded half the Richest Group’s profits and threatened to destroy them if they refused.
• Betty proposed attacking Whole Cake Island during Big Mom’s tea party in ten days, and Chaos agreed to make a spectacle of it.
• Chaos called an unnamed associate and ordered them to bring their people to Whole Cake Island in ten days.
• After ending the call, Chaos considered his reasons for targeting Big Mom, including testing his strength, intimidating rivals, and returning to the trending searches.
• The people with the associate wondered whether Chaos was the elusive Emperor and realized they might soon meet him.

As Big Mom prepared for her tea party on Cake Island, she remained furious that the Golden Emperor had wounded Katakuri and failed to apologize. The guests assembled and Big Mom arrived with Zeus, Prometheus, and Napoleon, while Chaos’s knowledge of her weakness suggested she might be vulnerable after all.

• Totto Land’s chess soldiers and Cracker’s Biscuit Soldiers patrolled the islands as crews arrived for Big Mom’s tea party.
• Bobbin ordered his subordinates to monitor the guests and ensure the tea party was not disturbed.
• Big Mom asked Baron Tamago whether the Golden Emperor had come to apologize for wounding Katakuri, and Tamago said he had not.
• The tea party began on Cake Island, and the guests stood as Big Mom arrived with Zeus, Prometheus, and Napoleon.
• The narration explained that Chaos knew breaking Big Mom’s photo of the nun could weaken her defenses.

At Big Mom’s tea party, she executed island rulers who failed their quotas and reprimanded Katakuri for losing to the Golden Emperor. A golden spear struck the banquet, and a colossal Buddha appeared in a storm, sentencing Charlotte Linlin to death.

• Big Mom began the tea party’s annual review and ordered Mond to name those who had failed their quotas.
• Big Mom pulled the life from several kneeling island rulers and killed them for failing to meet their tributes.
• Big Mom confronted Katakuri over his defeat by the Golden Emperor, and Katakuri apologized without making excuses.
• A golden spear tore through the banquet and exploded behind Big Mom, destroying the venue and leaving a crater.
• A colossal Buddha emerged from a storm, declared that Charlotte Linlin was sentenced to death, and brought its hand down toward Cake Castle.

BIG MOM fought off the Golden Emperor’s enormous Buddha attack before Gaia Chaos arrived with the Richest Group and confronted her. Their Conqueror’s Haki clashed in the sky as Chaos faced BIG MOM at close range.

• BIG MOM mounted Zeus and used Napoleon to split the Buddha’s giant palm, then slashed open its chest, but the wounds healed in black clouds.
• A golden platform descended through a vortex as Gaia Chaos and the seven Richest Group representatives made their entrance.
• The crowd recognized the Richest Group members, including the new Heavenly Punishment Representative, Thunder God Enel.
• BIG MOM unleashed her Conqueror’s Haki at Chaos and his companions, but most of them remained unmoved.
• Chaos stepped into the air and met BIG MOM’s Haki with his own, splitting the stormy sky as he insulted her.
• Chaos stopped five meters from BIG MOM, and the two faced each other amid black-red lightning.

Chaos challenged Big Mom, and their clash devastated the central castle and battlefield. After Chaos sent Big Mom flying with a powerful kick, the Charlotte Family charged him, but his crew stepped in to block them.

• Chaos revealed his Golden Armor, summoned a spiked club, and challenged Big Mom to submit to him.
• Big Mom and Chaos collided in a devastating clash that destroyed the central castle and left Chaos bleeding while Big Mom appeared uninjured.
• Chaos transformed and struck Big Mom in the abdomen with a powerful kick, sending her flying through the ruins.
• Katakuri and other Charlotte Family members charged at Chaos after he attacked Big Mom.
• Enel, Crocodile, Stussy, Archino, Kuma, Ivankov, and Betty arrived to face the Charlotte Family and protect Chaos.

Chaos and Big Mom fought fiercely while their crews clashed around them. Chaos’s strongest Rokushiki attack barely weakened Big Mom, leaving him considering a trip to Wano Country to improve his Armament Haki.

• Katakuri, Crocodile, Enel, and the others began fighting as the Charlotte family’s weaker members were scattered.
• Chaos and Big Mom exchanged devastating attacks that carved a vast basin into the battlefield.
• Big Mom unleashed a Conqueror’s Haki-enhanced roar, and Chaos answered with his Hellfire: Emperor’s Spear.
• Chaos saw that Big Mom had barely been weakened and decided he would have to visit Wano Country to strengthen his Haki.

Chaos fought Big Mom across Cake Island, but even Betty’s strength-enhancing ability could not give him the advantage. He unleashed a final attack from Shakyamuni as the surrounding fighters retreated from the coming blast.

• Big Mom overwhelmed Chaos in their initial clash, so Chaos called for Betty to boost his strength.
• Betty used her Inspiration-Inspiration Fruit ability to draw out the power of Chaos and the nearby fighters.
• Chaos struck Big Mom with Karmic Fire: Emperor's Spear, but she survived with only moderate injuries and retaliated with powerful attacks.
• Chaos and Big Mom traded blows, with Chaos suffering more damage as his Armament Haki ran low.
• Chaos merged with Shakyamuni and fired Golden Karmic Fire at Big Mom, who countered with Emperor Sword: Ikoku Breaker Blade.
• Crocodile, Archino, Stussy, and the others retreated as the attacks created a vast explosion, while Katakuri could not stop them.

After retreating from Totto Land, Chaos and his crew recovered and compared their fights with Big Mom’s forces. Chaos admitted he was not yet strong enough to challenge Big Mom and announced he would withdraw from the world to consolidate his training.

• Kuma and Ivankov helped restore Chaos’s strength while the crew escaped Totto Land on a cloud.
• Chaos said he had underestimated Big Mom and discussed the limits of his Armament Haki and Golden Molten Fire mode.
• Crocodile boasted about his fight with Katakuri, but Chaos and Betty mocked his claim.
• Stussy, Archino, Betty, Kuma, and Ivankov recounted their opponents, while Enel bragged that he had fought only weak enemies.
• Chaos stopped the crew’s quarrel and announced that he would retire from the world for a while to focus on training.
• Crocodile objected, saying they had only just finished training and still had unfinished business in the underworld.

Chaos announced that he was going to Wano Country to train in Ryuo, leaving his organization to act independently while he traveled under a new appearance. After Dragon confronted him for ending the battle before the Revolutionary Army arrived, Chaos compensated him with one hundred billion, and Dragon expected Chaos's name to dominate the news.

• Chaos told his group he was leaving for Wano Country to train and said they could choose whether to train or pursue their own plans.
• Chaos rejected Betty's request to accompany him, changed his appearance with Life Return, and promised to teach the group the technique when he returned.
• Stussy answered Dragon's call, and Dragon angrily complained that the battle had ended before he could help.
• Chaos offered Dragon one hundred billion for making the trip, and Dragon accepted the payment.
• Dragon's companions realized that Golden Emperor was the benefactor who had funded the Revolutionary Army, and Dragon predicted Chaos would make the front page after Big Mom's defeat.

After the Richest Group’s attack on Totto Land made headlines, its representatives went their separate ways from Poppy Island while Stussy and Betty stayed behind to manage affairs. Chaos arrived in Wano Country disguised and determined to secretly learn Flowing Cherry, convinced his talent would make the training quick.

• Newspapers reported that Gaia Chaos and seven representatives had devastated Cake Island and wounded Big Mom, bringing the Richest Group renewed fame.
• At Marineford, Sakazuki burned the newspaper and vowed to kill Chaos and Ivankov after becoming a man again.
• In the ruins of Cake Island, Big Mom raged and ordered her crew to find Chaos so she could drain his soul.
• On Poppy Island, Enel, Kuma, and Crocodile departed, while Ivankov and Archino stayed briefly and Stussy and Betty remained to handle the business.
• Stussy recalled Chaos's instructions to keep a low profile and focus on training while he was away studying.
• Chaos went undercover in Wano Country to learn Flowing Cherry, estimating that it would take him no more than three months.

Crocodile encountered Douglas Bullet on Golt Island, and their clash began after Bullet challenged him. The chapter left their fight unresolved and recounted Bullet’s brutal childhood and rise as a boy soldier before he went to sea.

• Crocodile killed more than thirty Aquite Pirates who came after him, hoping to learn the Golden Emperor’s whereabouts.
• Douglas Bullet entered the tavern, identified Crocodile, and released his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking everyone within a thousand meters unconscious.
• Bullet challenged Crocodile, who dismissed him, and the two collided, destroying the tavern and starting their battle.
• Bullet’s past revealed that he was abandoned as a baby, betrayed by his comrades and later by General Douglas, then destroyed his country and army before fleeing to sea.

Crocodile and Douglas Bullet fought across the ruins, trading powerful Haki-coated attacks until Crocodile decided to use his full strength. Crocodile transformed the surrounding land into a vast desert and unleashed his ultimate move against Bullet.

• Bullet's history, Devil Fruit, combat skills, and Haki were described as Crocodile faced him in battle.
• Bullet attacked Crocodile with his ring-blade, but Crocodile parried and countered with sand spears and a giant Desert Treasure Blade.
• Bullet broke through Crocodile's attacks and struck him in the stomach before Crocodile escaped with Elementalization.
• Crocodile hit Bullet with a massive Sand Fist, then acknowledged that Bullet had earned a fight at full strength.
• Crocodile turned the land within a thousand meters into sand and unleashed Erosion Samsara: Great World against Bullet.

Ivankov continued fleeing Sakazuki across the Grand Line while Sakazuki ignored orders to hunt him. Elsewhere, Richest Group representatives clashed with powerful opponents, and Enel faced the young Dracule Mihawk in a contest.

• Ivankov used his hormones and improved movement techniques to escape Sakazuki, who continued pursuing him and was ridiculed in the News Paper.
• Kuzan and Don Archino met in the New World and began fighting with ice and heat.
• Tyrant Bartholomew Kuma fought Jozu in Whitebeard's territory, while Marco, Vista, and others watched and questioned Kuma's low bounty.
• Enel and Dracule Mihawk, after taking a dislike to each other in a tavern, prepared to settle their dispute with a contest.

Over six months, the Richest Group members made waves across the seas while Chaos trained in Wano Country. After mastering the Flowing Sakura technique and advancing his Armament Haki to its third stage, Chaos celebrated his progress at a teahouse.

• Crocodile recovered from his defeats by Bullet and Whitebeard, returned to spreading his ideas, and saw his bounty rise to 630 million.
• Archino escaped Kuzan, mastered all six techniques, awakened Life Return, and raised his bounty to 513 million while rampaging across the seas.
• Kuma, Ivankov, and Enel each grew stronger and gained higher bounties as they fought, fled, or challenged powerful opponents.
• Chaos spent six months in Wano Country and learned the Flowing Sakura technique four months into his stay.
• Chaos trained his Armament Haki to the third stage the day before visiting a teahouse in Kuri to celebrate.

The Marines mobilized to prevent the Roger, Flying, and Whitebeard Pirates from converging, but Roger and Golden Lion Shiki met in the Edowar Sea before the Marine forces arrived. Zephyr confronted Whitebeard to keep him away, then retreated as Whitebeard unleashed a massive attack that sent towering tsunamis toward the sea.

• Kong ordered Garp and Sengoku to the New World, assigned Zephyr to block Whitebeard, and later sent Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan as well.
• Roger and Golden Lion Shiki met in the Edowar Sea and clashed with Conqueror's Haki as Sengoku and Garp approached aboard Marine warships.
• Zephyr's fleet intercepted Whitebeard, who announced that he intended to send Roger and Shiki a present rather than fight Zephyr directly.
• Whitebeard struck the air with his power, prompting Zephyr to order the Marine ships to retreat.
• Whitebeard's attack split the sea and raised tsunami waves more than ten thousand meters high.

Chaos arrived at the Battle of Edowar Sea with an extravagant golden-flower avenue and musical fanfare, stunning Roger, Shiki, the Marines, and the watching pirates. Sakazuki recognized Chaos and blamed him for his present condition.

• Shiki invited Roger to join him in overthrowing the World Government, but Roger refused and declared he had his own dream.
• Shiki and Roger prepared to fight as Garp, Sengoku, and the Marines watched, fearing the Roger Pirates would be overwhelmed.
• Chaos sensed the powerful presences and used Pure Gold to make a grand entrance above the battlefield.
• Chaos recognized the scene as the Battle of Edowar Sea and savored the attention his entrance drew.
• Buggy and the others wondered who Chaos was, while Sakazuki identified him and seethed with hatred.

Gaia Chaos made a grand return during the confrontation between the Roger Pirates and the Flying Pirates, revealing himself to both crews and refusing Golden Lion Shiki's offer to join him. As Chaos prepared to leave the Edowar Sea incident, a colossal tsunami swept toward the gathered forces.

• Sengoku recognized the returning Golden Emperor, while Garp stopped Sakazuki from charging at him.
• Chaos's Conqueror's Haki joined the clash between Roger and Golden Lion Shiki, and Shiki identified him as Gaia Chaos.
• Chaos revealed his appearance, and Shiki offered to make him a subordinate; Chaos mocked the offer and refused.
• Chaos warned Roger that he would survive the day and urged Shiki to leave, then started to depart without fighting.
• A massive tsunami blotted out the horizon and destroyed pirate ships, prompting Sengoku and the crews to order a retreat.

After six months of training, Chaos returned to Poppy Island, where Stussy and Betty had kept the Richest Group’s operations running. He reunited with them and told Stussy to summon the others, then went to take a bath.

• Chaos arrived at Poppy Island on a golden avenue of flowers, alerting spies and reporters that the Golden Emperor had returned.
• Stussy welcomed Chaos at the manor, and they discussed his training and the island’s affairs over coffee.
• Betty burst into Stussy’s office and complained that she had been stuck handling business and training for six months.
• Betty climbed into Chaos’s lap, but he showed no interest in her advances, and she climbed off in disgust.
• Chaos told Stussy to notify the others, then went to take a bath while Betty cursed him for rejecting her offer to join him.

After the Edowar Sea battle made headlines, Roger wondered about Gaia Chaos and his claims about the future. Chaos learned that Ivankov was in danger at Whiskey Peak and set out to help him.

• The newspaper reported that the Roger Pirates and Flying Pirates had vanished after clashing in severe weather, while Golden Lion survived by sending much of his fleet into the sky.
• Roger discussed Gaia Chaos with Rayleigh and said he looked forward to meeting him again before heading off to a banquet.
• Stussy told Chaos that Ivankov had sent a distress call from Whiskey Peak, where Sakazuki had cornered him.
• Chaos took the visual Den Den Mushi and chart from Stussy, then flew away along a golden avenue toward Whiskey Peak.

On Whiskey Peak, Sakazuki cornered Ivankov after pursuing him for six months, but Chaos arrived and defeated Sakazuki with a single punch. Chaos left Sakazuki alive, and the furious Marine roared his name as Chaos departed.

• Sakazuki's Marines surrounded Ivankov in Whiskey Peak, and Sakazuki struck him down with Hell Hound.
• Sakazuki threatened to kill Ivankov regardless of whether Ivankov turned him back into a man.
• Chaos made a dramatic entrance, and his Conqueror's Haki knocked out many Marines and onlookers.
• Sakazuki attacked Chaos, but Chaos dodged and hit him with a Flowing Cherry Serious Punch that severely damaged his internal organs.
• Chaos spared Sakazuki and left, while Sakazuki shouted Gaia's name in rage.