Chapter Summaries

Chaos rescued Ivankov and learned that Borsalino had captured Enel, so he intercepted the Marine warship carrying her. Chaos trapped Borsalino and the Marines in a golden Birdcage and sent the unconscious Enel to Ivankov.

• Chaos questioned Ivankov about his six months of training and judged that his combat strength had doubled.
• Stussy told Chaos that Borsalino had captured Enel and was taking her to Marineford.
• Chaos decided to go after Borsalino and set out with Ivankov.
• Borsalino learned that the Marines hoped to recruit Enel, who remained unconscious aboard the warship.
• Chaos and Gild Tesoro trapped the warship in a golden Birdcage and turned its Marines to gold dust.
• Chaos found Enel in Seastone handcuffs and sent her to Ivankov, who jabbed her in the kidney.

Chaos defeated Borsalino by trapping him in the Birdcage, then had Ivankov transform him into a woman by changing only two body parts. Borsalino and Sakazuki ended up in the Marine infirmary, where Kong and Tsuru wondered how Borsalino would react.

• Borsalino failed to escape Chaos's contracting Birdcage, and Chaos stabbed him before knocking him unconscious.
• Enel woke up in Seastone handcuffs, and Chaos ordered Ivankov to alter Borsalino's body.
• Ivankov changed Borsalino into a woman while leaving his face and the rest of his body untouched.
• The Marines took the unconscious Borsalino back to Marineford, worried about what he would do when he woke.
• Kong and Tsuru examined Borsalino and Sakazuki in the infirmary as other Marines gathered to see Borsalino's transformation.

Borsalino woke in the infirmary transformed by Gaia Chaos and unleashed a destructive rampage across Marineford. After Kong and Tsuru restrained him, Sakazuki and Borsalino discussed Gild Tesoro’s advanced Armament Haki and decided they needed to train.

• Borsalino woke beside Sakazuki, saw his transformed body, and erupted in rage, shouting Gaia Chaos’s name.
• Borsalino fired lasers indiscriminately through Marineford until Kong struck him and stopped his rampage.
• Kong, Tsuru, Sakazuki, and Borsalino regrouped in the Fleet Admiral’s office, where Tsuru urged them to reassess Gild Tesoro’s strength.
• Sakazuki explained that Gild Tesoro’s Haki had struck through his defense, and Tsuru concluded that he had mastered advanced Armament Haki techniques.
• Sakazuki asked Kong for several months’ leave to train, and Borsalino said he intended to do the same.

Chaos reunited with his crew on Poppy Island and learned that no one had heard from Archino, who Betty feared had been beaten to death. The next day, Enel challenged Ivankov but lost after three hours of fighting, leaving both injured and showing how much they had grown stronger.

• Chaos returned to Poppy Island with Enel and Ivankov, where Kuma, Stussy, and Betty were waiting.
• Stussy said Archino had not been in contact, and Betty suspected he had been beaten to death.
• The next morning, Enel challenged Ivankov, Betty, and Chaos to prove his strength, then fought Ivankov in a fierce battle.
• Ivankov taunted Enel into close combat and used underhanded tactics to gain the upper hand after three hours.
• Kuma expelled their injuries while Chaos praised both fighters' progress.

Betty challenged Chaos, who answered with a devastating Armament Haki shock wave and left her gravely injured before Kuma and Ivankov treated her. After explaining the move’s limits, Chaos inspired Enel to retreat into the mountains to develop his own version.

• Betty challenged Chaos and asked him not to use his Devil Fruit powers, and he agreed to fight her in the ruins.
• Chaos unleashed his Almighty Push shock wave three times, smashing Betty into the rubble and leaving her unconscious with severe internal injuries.
• Kuma and Ivankov treated Betty and brought her back from the brink of death.
• Chaos explained that Almighty Push was a pure Armament Haki attack that consumed too much Haki to use more than once at full strength.
• Enel became excited by the move and flew into the mountains to train and try to imitate it with his Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Chaos explained that Crocodile had brought back Zou’s Road Poneglyph, which could help locate Laugh Tale and would become important when the Roger Pirates found the island. He also revealed what he knew about the Ancient Weapons before leaving the others to ponder his predictions.

• Crocodile returned to Poppy Island with a crimson Road Poneglyph, and Chaos recognized it as the stone protected by the Mink Tribe of Zou.
• Chaos explained that four Road Poneglyphs could reveal Laugh Tale’s location and predicted that Roger would find it, be executed, and spark the Great Pirate Era.
• Chaos told Crocodile and the others that Pluton’s blueprints were in Water Seven, while the actual battleship was elsewhere.
• Chaos said Poseidon would be born as Shirahoshi, the mermaid princess of Fish-Man Island, but admitted he did not know where Uranus was.
• Chaos ordered Stussy to store the Poneglyph and left, while Crocodile and the others wondered how much he knew.

Crocodile challenged Chaos for leadership of the Richest Group, but Chaos defeated him with a devastating Flowing Sakura: Thunder Bagua. After Crocodile received treatment, Chaos prepared to explain Flowing Sakura to the group.

• Ivankov, Enel, Betty, Kuma, and Stussy discussed who could challenge Chaos as Crocodile prepared to fight him.
• Crocodile transformed the surrounding land into a desert and attacked with Tsar and Desert Strangulation.
• Chaos unleashed Golden Molten Fire: Flowing Sakura: Thunder Bagua, overwhelming Crocodile and carving a vast canyon through the land and sea.
• Chaos carried the badly injured Crocodile back, and Kuma and Ivankov treated him while Betty complained about Chaos's earlier treatment of her.
• Chaos said he would explain Flowing Sakura, and Crocodile pointed out that Old Don was absent.

Chaos demonstrated Ryuō Haki to his crew and planned to rescue Archino, who had been captured by Kaido. He said he would leave the next day and announced his return to the world.

• Chaos used Ryuō Haki to destroy a rock from the inside, then taught the technique to his crew.
• Two days earlier, Archino fought Kaido on Granitz Island, but Kaido defeated and captured him.
• Stussy learned from Cocoss that Archino was being held on Onigashima.
• Chaos said he would leave the next day, suspecting Kaido had either recruited Archino or used him as bait.
• Chaos declared that he, the Golden Emperor, Gaia Chaos, had returned to the scene.

Gaia Chaos arrived at Onigashima and devastated much of the island with a giant Buddha-shaped attack before confronting Kaido. Their first clash shook the sky and sea, leaving the fight unresolved.

• A vast Buddha-shaped attack struck Onigashima, destroying buildings and mountains and leaving a huge handprint in the ground.
• Kaido woke amid the ruins, and Gaia Chaos appeared with six figures of light as the surviving Beasts Pirates watched.
• Chaos approached Kaido while his BGM played, and Kaido attacked him without warning.
• Chaos and Kaido exchanged blows, each staggering the other as their clash split the sky and churned the sea.
• Crocodile and the others watched the battle from midair and moved away from its center.

Chaos and Kaido fought a devastating hand-to-hand battle, each trading powerful blows across the island. Chaos managed to injure Kaido with Ryuō Haki and throw him to the ground, but both fighters remained battered and ready to continue.

• Chaos and Kaido exchanged blows that shattered hills and carved ravines across the island.
• Kaido grabbed Chaos by the foot and taunted him, but Chaos struck Kaido in the chest hard enough to injure his internal organs.
• Chaos and Kaido resumed their clash, trading Haki-coated punches and kicks as shockwaves devastated the battlefield.
• Chaos grabbed Kaido by the horns, threw him over his shoulder, and slammed him into the ground before Kaido retaliated and sent him flying.
• Chaos and Kaido continued fighting at full strength, both bleeding and injured but rapidly recovering.

Chaos fought Kaido, first overpowering him with a new transformation and devastating secret technique before Kaido recovered in his humanoid dragon form. Their battle moved out to sea, where Chaos slammed Kaido into a deep abyss in the split ocean.

• Chaos transformed, dodged Kaido’s attacks, and battered him with Ryuō-infused strikes.
• Chaos unleashed Infernal Ryuō: Emperor’s Spear, blasting Kaido across the island and carving a vast canyon.
• Kaido emerged in a partially bestial dragon form, healed his wound, and clashed wills with Chaos as the battle moved onto the sea.
• Chaos and Kaido traded fierce blows over the water, and Kaido’s claws dug into Chaos’s arm.
• Chaos kicked Kaido in the chin, seized his Dragon Claw, and slammed him into the sea, opening a pitch-black abyss beneath him.

Chaos and Kaido continued their brutal battle, tearing apart the island with increasingly powerful attacks. After Kaido transformed into his dragon form, Chaos blocked his dragon breath with a black-and-gold barrier, but Kaido’s renewed blast shattered it.

• Chaos and Kaido traded devastating blows that split mountains and shattered the battlefield while Crocodile, the others, and the Beasts Pirates watched in terror.
• Chaos struck Kaido with a Golden Molten Fire Cherry Blossom Kick, breaking Kaido’s right arm and blasting him into a vast basin.
• Kaido transformed into his full dragon form and attacked Chaos with a torrent of dragon breath.
• Chaos dodged Kaido’s breath, countered with two enormous Slash attacks, and met the dragon’s charge with a serious punch.
• Chaos used Rokushiki Secret Technique's Spear, then raised an Almighty Push barrier against Kaido’s dragon breath, but Kaido’s renewed blast broke through it.

Chaos defeated Kaido in a devastating battle on Onigashima, then had Kuma and Ivankov heal him. He chose to spare Kaido for future fights and ordered his crew to retreat after they rescued Archino.

• Chaos and Kaido traded devastating attacks until both were badly wounded and collapsed in the abyss.
• Kuma and Ivankov arrived, and Kuma removed Chaos's injuries before Ivankov sped up his recovery with hormones.
• Chaos rejected Ivankov's suggestions to kill or transform Kaido, deciding to leave him alive as a future opponent.
• Chaos gathered his scattered gold to reform Shakyamuni, then flew away with Kuma and Ivankov.
• After Enel and the others fought the Beasts Pirates and rescued Archino, Chaos ordered everyone to retreat.
• Chaos broke Archino's Seastone slave collar, while Crocodile complained that the group had come all that way without getting to fight.

Chaos and the Richest Group defeated Kuzan and transformed him into a woman before the Marines learned that Chaos had beaten Kaido. Meanwhile, Roger’s crew struggled through a storm as they neared Water Seven Island.

• Chaos redirected the sea of clouds, and the Richest Group encountered Kuzan riding his bicycle.
• Chaos ordered the group to attack Kuzan, who was overwhelmed and collapsed after using Ice Age.
• Kuzan woke in the infirmary and discovered that his body had been changed; Kong restrained him as he roared at Chaos and Gaia.
• An officer brought news that the Richest Group had clashed with the Beasts Pirates and Chaos had defeated Kaido, prompting Sakazuki and Borsalino to leave in anger.
• Roger’s crew battled tsunamis and heavy rain as they approached Water Seven Island.

Explosion Monarch Gottdi prepared to move against Gild Tesoro over the Pure Gold, while Chaos returned to Poppy Island unaware of the brewing conflict. At Marineford, Garp learned the Roger Pirates might have reached Water Seven Island and found Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan training under Zephyr.

• Gottdi learned that Nirudall remained alive inside the Lantern Fish and ordered Coans and the other division commanders to return so the Explosion Pirates could act against Gild Tesoro.
• Chaos returned to Poppy Island after defeating Kaido and learned Betty and the old bear had gone to investigate a problem in the medical district.
• Garp returned to Marineford and told Kong that the Roger Pirates might have reached the final island, Water Seven Island.
• Garp went looking for Kuzan but found her training with Sakazuki and Borsalino under Zephyr in the hills behind Marineford.
• Sakazuki sparred with Borsalino without Devil Fruit powers while Zephyr overpowered Kuzan and trained her.

Garp returned to the training grounds, sparred with Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan, and then learned that the Explosion Pirates had begun moving. The fleet arrived near Poppy Island, and Chaos detected Gotdi’s forces as they approached the Richest Group.

• Garp found Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan training, teased Kuzan, and fought Sakazuki and the others for three hours.
• Tsuru told Garp, Zephyr, Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan that Gotdi had recalled the Explosion Pirates’ captains and taken his forces out to sea.
• Morgans learned that the Explosion Pirates were heading for the Richest Group and sent reporters to Poppy Island.
• Stussy found Chaos at a brothel and told him that a large pirate fleet was approaching Poppy Island.
• Chaos used his Observation Haki to locate Gotdi’s fleet, while Gotdi and his captains acknowledged that the Richest Group had noticed them and continued toward the island.

Chaos confronted Explosion Monarch Gottdi and drew him toward deserted islands, while the Richest Group’s fighters attacked the incoming Explosion Pirates fleet. Betina led the remaining fleet toward Poppy Island, believing the island was undefended.

• Stussy learned that the Explosion Pirates were attacking and mobilized Poppy Island’s forces while contacting Dragon for backup.
• Chaos appeared above the fleet, challenged Gottdi, and flew east toward deserted islands with him following.
• Enel struck the fleet with Divine Punishment, destroying ships and fighting Great Axe Master Gantes.
• Crocodile, Archino, and Ivankov arrived to join Enel, while the Explosion Pirates’ captains rose to meet them.
• Betina led a large fleet toward Poppy Island, reasoning that the island had been left defenseless.

Chaos and Gotdi fought a devastating battle across a deserted island, each testing the other's strength as Chaos sought to improve through combat. Meanwhile, Bettina led her fleet to Poppy Island, where Stussy's bounty had turned the island's civilians against the approaching Explosion Pirates.

• Gotdi invited Chaos to work for him, but Chaos demanded that Gotdi defeat him to get an answer about the Pure Gold.
• Chaos and Gotdi traded fierce blows, unleashing black-red lightning and reshaping the island as Chaos entered Life Return.
• Gotdi revealed the destructive power of his Explosion-Explosion Fruit and sent Chaos tumbling through the air.
• Gotdi brushed himself off and prepared to fight seriously while Chaos recovered from their clash.
• Stussy offered one million berries for every Explosion Pirate's head, and civilians on Poppy Island joined the hunt.
• Bettina led her fleet ashore at Poppy Island and found the island's welcome unlike what she had expected.

Stussy attacked the Explosion Pirates on Poppy Island after the Richest Group raised their bounties fivefold, forcing Battle Princess Bettina into a fight amid the island’s chaos. Stussy gained the upper hand with her thundercloud domain, while Bettina survived her assaults and prepared to continue fighting.

• Stussy’s bounty announcement sent the pirates, thugs, and civilians of Poppy Island rushing to attack the Explosion Pirates as they came ashore.
• Battle Princess Bettina confronted Stussy, who identified Bettina as the Explosion Pirates’ fourth division commander and intelligence overseer.
• Stussy summoned a vast thundercloud pillar as Bettina created a hundred-meter spear and pierced into the clouds without stopping them.
• Stussy used thunderclouds, lightning, and surprise attacks to hinder Bettina’s senses and batter her with Armament Haki strikes.
• Bettina blocked Stussy’s attacks with spears, endured being blasted through buildings and rubble, and narrowly dodged her Spear Rain before realizing she had underestimated Stussy.

Betina and Stussy traded devastating attacks, while Archino fought the Savage King Hakun on a lava-covered island. Both battles left the fighters badly wounded, but neither had reached a victor.

• Betina swept Stussy with a summoned spear and peppered the thunderclouds with more spears, but Stussy dodged and counterattacked with lightning and slashes.
• Stussy struck Betina in the abdomen, and Betina pierced Stussy through the chest; both women survived and prepared to continue fighting.
• Archino confronted Savage King Hakun and exchanged life-threatening blows with him, scorching Hakun with two finger strikes while being knocked beneath the lava.
• Archino unleashed Garuda and charged Hakun again, and their clash shook the island as their battle continued without a clear winner.