Chapter Summaries

After Gild Tesoro and Kuma helped the Roger Pirates escape, the Marines and Roger's crew recovered from the battle while wondering why Tesoro intervened. Chaos and Kuma returned to Sky Island, where Stussy suspected the Marines would come after them.

• Kong learned from Tsuru that Gild Tesoro and the BUG Representative had attacked the Marines and helped the Roger Pirates escape, then ordered Sengoku and Garp to resume the pursuit after resting.
• The injured Roger Pirates escaped Meteor Island, and Croccus confirmed that everyone had survived, though some remained gravely wounded and unconscious.
• Roger and Rayleigh wondered why Gild Tesoro had helped them, and Roger recalled that Tesoro had once warned them and claimed the world rejected him.
• Croccus asked whether Kuma could treat Roger's illness, but Roger avoided answering and went to sleep; Toki resolved to protect Momonosuke and Hiyori.
• Chaos and Kuma returned to Sky Island, where Stussy guessed that the Marines would seek revenge on Chaos for disrupting their capture.

Chaos discussed why he would let Gol D. Roger become Pirate King, deciding that challenging the World Government before he was strong enough would be suicidal. He then remembered he had left Baccarat and Bonis in the Calm Belt and chose to let them toughen themselves there.

• Stussy asked why Chaos would not become Pirate King himself, and he explained that claiming the title would provoke the World Government into hunting him down.
• Chaos decided he would let Roger claim the title and avoided using the Gold-Gold Fruit's wealth to disrupt the balance of power.
• Stussy asked about Baccarat and Bonis, and Chaos realized he had left them in the Calm Belt after the fighting on Meteor Island.
• Chaos said Baccarat and Bonis could use the harsh environment to strengthen themselves rather than being brought back.
• Stussy reminded Kuma that he owed the casino five hundred million berries plus interest, and Kuma left after acknowledging the debt.
• Chaos learned Crocodile and the others were doing well, then planned to visit the Pleasure District and rest.

Chaos discussed plans to build Gold City and ordered the Richest Group to keep harassing the Flying Pirates rather than rush to reclaim Poppy Island. On Gore Island, Betty investigated suspicious revenue drops and discovered that a hidden force had taken control of the Richest Group’s businesses there.

• Stussy reminded Chaos that Poppy Island remained under the Flying Pirates’ control and reported that Consort Jessica had restored order there.
• Chaos recalled his plan for Gold City, said it needed a detailed plan, and told Stussy to leave Jessica in charge while the Richest Group continued attacking the Flying Pirates.
• Betty arrived on Gore Island to investigate the casino, pharmaceutical store, and Red Light District after the Richest Group’s reported earnings fell.
• Betty charmed a casino server into answering questions and learned that the people managing the island’s three businesses had been controlled or replaced.
• Betty concluded that the revenue losses were not genuine business troubles and set out to find whoever was behind the takeover.

Belo Betty discovered Jora’s operation to secretly take over the Richest Group’s businesses on Gore Island and confronted her while questioning the organization’s leader over a Den Den Mushi. The leader recognized Betty, and she prepared to kill Jora’s group to learn more about their young master.

• Jora reviewed the profits from her group’s two-month takeover of businesses on Gore Island and urged the caller to take all the money.
• The caller refused, insisting they protect their plan to use the Richest Group’s businesses as a foothold in the Grand Line.
• Belo Betty appeared in Jora’s office, asked what force she represented, and praised the Dancing Queen.
• Betty dodged Jora’s attack, knocked down five guards with Finger Pistols, and took the Den Den Mushi to question the caller.
• The caller recognized Betty as a representative of the Richest Group, while a scruffy man in the North Blue hurried toward a nearby hall.
• Betty revealed her identity, threatened to kill everyone, and demanded the name of their organization.

Betty pursued Jora on Gore Island and defeated her Art Fruit attacks with speed and Armament Haki. Jora was left battered and unable to affect Betty, while Doflamingo and Trebol learned the Richest Group had uncovered their operation.

• Trebol warned Jora to flee after Betty revealed herself, and Jora escaped through a window while Betty demanded to know who she was.
• Trebol told Doflamingo that Jora had been discovered by Betty, the Richest Group's Sexy Representative, on Gore Island.
• Jora reached her prepared boat, but Betty appeared there and dodged Jora's Art Fruit attacks with Geppo, Soru, and Tempest Kicks.
• Betty struck Jora across the shore and asked her to identify herself, but Jora attacked again with colorful clouds.
• Betty emerged unharmed by using Armament Haki emission to repel the clouds, leaving Jora stunned.

Betty defeated and killed Jora, then identified Donquixote Doflamingo as the man behind her and ordered Cocoss to investigate the Donquixote Family. Doflamingo realized the Gild Tesoro had been watching his family and feared trouble was coming.

• Betty swiftly defeated Jora on Gore Island and injured her while trying to learn where the Donquixote Family was based.
• Jora refused to betray the young master and vowed that Doflamingo would avenge her.
• Betty recognized Doflamingo from her boss’s predictions and challenged him over the Den Den Mushi, but he stayed silent.
• Betty killed Jora after she refused to reveal the family’s stronghold.
• Betty asked Cocoss to investigate Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family, while Doflamingo and his family worried that the Gild Tesoro had been watching them.

Don Archino attacked Poppy Island and fought Consort Jessica, the Flying Pirates’ 11th Fleet captain. He overwhelmed her with blazing attacks and left the island’s mountainside buried beneath magma before flying away.

• Consort Jessica waited on Poppy Island for a chance to capture a Burning Representative while continuing her daily killings.
• Don Archino arrived in a blazing attack that destroyed the harbor and confronted Jessica.
• Archino hurled his Cruel Sun at Jessica, then countered her Golden Bubble with Solar Storm.
• Archino overwhelmed Jessica with repeated Solar Storms, Sun Apollo, and Sun Garuda attacks.
• Archino flew away, and islanders found a vast magma basin where the mountainside had been, with no trace of Jessica.

Chaos left to meet Doflamingo after learning the Donquixote Family was interfering with the Richest Group’s business on Gore Island. Meanwhile, Betty traveled toward her destination aboard a pirate ship whose crew she had beaten into obedience.

• Archino reported that Consort Jessica had been taken care of, and Stussy sent him to deal with the royal family in the Kingdom of Utaraso.
• Stussy told Chaos that the Donquixote Family was behind the trouble on Gore Island, and Chaos left to meet Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo and his executives discussed allying with the Richest Group and expanding from the North Blue, while Rosinante and Vergo stayed silent.
• Betty ordered a bruised pirate crew to take her to her destination and complained about the food and lack of fruit aboard their ship.

Chaos arrived at the island above the North Blue, where Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family had been preparing to negotiate with Dancing Queen. He overwhelmed the town with his display of power, then confronted Doflamingo in a clash of Conqueror’s Haki that left Doflamingo outmatched but refusing to yield.

• Chaos’s golden sea-of-flowers road appeared above the North Blue, alerting the Marines and other forces to his arrival.
• Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family saw Chaos approaching and realized he had come in person.
• Chaos formed a thousand-meter golden fairy statue above the town, causing civilians to mistake him for a god.
• Chaos unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out the townspeople and forcing Trebol, Diamante, and the others to their knees.
• Doflamingo resisted Chaos’s Haki, and their close-range clash tore through the surrounding buildings.
• Doflamingo remained standing despite being outmatched, and Chaos admired his defiant spirit.

Chaos overpowered Doflamingo and his crew, then held Doflamingo captive as Betty arrived. Betty protested that Chaos had interfered with her deal and called it market disruption.

• Chaos confronted Doflamingo with his Conqueror's Haki, forcing Doflamingo to struggle against the overwhelming pressure.
• Doflamingo attacked Chaos with Leg Soru, but Chaos blocked the strike with his golden left hand without being harmed.
• Chaos struck Doflamingo down, crushed his abdomen, and lifted him by the throat while taunting him.
• Chaos focused his Conqueror's Haki on Trebol and the others, knocking them back down as they tried to reach Doflamingo.
• Betty arrived and scolded Chaos for interfering in her deal, calling his actions market disruption.

Chaos and Betty humiliated Doflamingo, then caused havoc across the seas on their return to Sky Island. There, Stussy reported that Little Ai had been captured by Edward Newgate.

• Chaos tossed aside the battered Doflamingo, and he and Betty traded flattery before leaving Doflamingo and his crew fuming and afraid.
• Chaos and Betty spent two days on Sabaody Archipelago, then unleashed their Conqueror's Haki at a Marine base before departing.
• Chaos used his Conqueror's Haki without restraint during the three-day journey back to Sky Island, incapacitating people aboard ships and in island kingdoms.
• Stussy told Chaos and Betty that Crocodile was being hunted by the Flying Pirates' fleet captain and Ivankov was being pursued by Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan.
• Stussy received an urgent report that Edward Newgate had captured Little Ai.

Whitebeard’s crew waited for Gild Tesoro to respond to Enel’s capture, while Marines led by Kuzan and Sakazuki searched Paladi Island for Ivankov. Sakazuki continued inspecting the gathered crowd as the hunt for the Okama King intensified.

• Enel calmly ate and stayed aboard the Moby Dick after Whitebeard defeated her, puzzling Marco and the other crew members.
• Marco predicted that Gild Tesoro would come to rescue Enel, and Whitebeard waited for a chance to recruit him.
• Kuzan sealed off Paladi Island’s harbor and exits while Sakazuki searched the town for the fleeing Okama King, Ivankov.
• Sakazuki inspected the island’s assembled civilians and pirates, and Marines subdued a pirate who tried to fight back.

Ivankov disguised herself as an ordinary woman, but Sakazuki recognized and attacked her, with Kuzan helping to capture her. After defeating Ivankov, Sakazuki demanded that she turn them back into men, while Ivankov refused and challenged her to capture Gild Tesoro too.

• Ivankov disguised herself as a middle-aged woman and waited in line, hoping to pass Sakazuki unnoticed.
• Sakazuki recognized Ivankov and struck her with Hell Hound, then pursued her as Ivankov fled through the burning town.
• Kuzan blocked Ivankov's escape, and he and Sakazuki attacked her together until she collapsed after three minutes.
• Sakazuki grabbed the wounded Ivankov and demanded that she turn them back into men, but Ivankov refused and taunted her to capture Gild Tesoro.
• Sakazuki threatened Ivankov with pain while Kuzan stood silently beside her.

Chaos and his officers arrived to rescue Ivankov from Sakazuki and Kuzan, igniting a clash with the Marines. They secured Ivankov, but the battle escalated as Stussy and Betty engaged Kuzan and Borsalino arrived.

• Four enormous golden statues descended from the storm clouds, carrying Chaos, Kuma, Stussy, and Betty to the island.
• Chaos taunted Sakazuki and Kuzan, whose attacks clashed with the fairy and angel guarding him.
• Chaos seized Ivankov during a clash with Sakazuki, and Kuma took Ivankov to heal him.
• Stussy and Betty confronted Kuzan, and the three women began fighting.
• Borsalino arrived as a warship raced toward the island.

Gaia Chaos fought Borsalino while Kuma held off Sakazuki, and Borsalino’s overwhelming attacks injured Chaos despite his defenses. Borsalino ended the chapter still facing Chaos, furious and determined to kill him.

• Chaos emerged from Borsalino’s explosion and invited him to join his crew, while Sakazuki charged and Kuma intercepted him.
• Chaos renewed his invitation to Borsalino as they clashed, with Chaos’s five golden swords deflecting Borsalino’s attacks.
• Borsalino unleashed Yasakani no Magatama and a light-speed kick that struck Chaos and sent him crashing through a mountain wall.
• Borsalino bombarded Chaos with a minute-long meteor shower, shaking the island and battering the surrounding land.
• Chaos blocked the bombardment with a Golden Shield but emerged with blood at his mouth, recognizing how much the Marine Sisters’ strength had increased.

Chaos unleashed the full power of the Gold-Gold Fruit and fought Borsalino across the sky, but Borsalino’s new Light God form badly wounded him. Chaos countered Borsalino’s Divine Impact with a combined attack, and the chapter ended as a massive blast forced everyone to stop fighting and defend themselves.

• Chaos transformed and used his Gold-Gold Fruit and Conqueror’s Haki to send streams of gold and the four statues’ Gatling barrage after Borsalino.
• Borsalino escaped to ten thousand meters and bombarded the battlefield with Yasakani no Magatama, devastating the terrain and damaging the four statues.
• Borsalino entered Light God mode and used Divine Impact to pierce Chaos’s golden defenses, shattering his Golden Left Hand and badly injuring him.
• Chaos restored his Golden Left Hand and attacked with Golden Molten Fire: Thunder Bagua, but Borsalino dodged and thrust at him with another Divine Impact.
• Chaos blocked Borsalino with Almighty Push and launched Emperor’s Spear; a vast explosion halted the other battles as everyone moved to defend themselves.

Chaos defeated Borsalino after a devastating clash, then joined Stussy and Betty against Kuzan. With Betty’s Buff strengthening him, Chaos and the others overwhelmed Kuzan, and he struck her with another Golden Molten Fire Bagua as the chapter ended.

• Borsalino rose from the ruins and launched a final attack, but Chaos defeated her and sensed she was unconscious beneath the rubble.
• Chaos flew to the battle between Stussy, Betty, and Kuzan, then asked Betty to add a Buff.
• Kuzan unleashed Ice Age, but Chaos broke free from the ice and blasted her with Golden Molten Fire Bagua.
• Stussy attacked Kuzan with Excalibur, and Betty followed with Grand Dance Strike, sending Kuzan tumbling into a ravine.
• Chaos appeared beside the injured Kuzan and struck her with another Golden Molten Fire Bagua.

Chaos and the Richest Group defeated Sakazuki, Kuzan, and Borsalino, then spared them and left them furious and humiliated. Sakazuki vowed to hunt Chaos down as he passed out.

• Stussy carried the defeated Kuzan away while Chaos and Betty went to help Kuma and Ivankov fight Sakazuki.
• Chaos, Betty, Kuma, and Ivankov joined forces against Sakazuki and overwhelmed him in a devastating battle that split the island apart.
• Kuma bounced away the group’s injuries, Ivankov healed them, and Stussy brought the unconscious Borsalino and dying Kuzan to Sakazuki.
• Chaos told the three defeated men he would spare them again and urged them to get stronger before he departed on a golden platform.
• Sakazuki roared that he would hunt Chaos down, then lost consciousness, while Kuzan and Borsalino watched Chaos leave in furious silence.

Chaos gathered the Richest Group and confronted Whitebeard on Spectacles Island, where their first clash shook the island and split the sky. The battle began with both men unleashing their overwhelming power against each other.

• Kong visited the injured Sakazuki sisters and believed their defeat by Chaos would spur them to grow stronger, while they screamed Gaia's name in fury.
• Chaos met up with Archino and Crocodile, then led the assembled Richest Group toward Whitebeard's territory.
• Whitebeard and the Whitebeard Pirates waited on Spectacles Island, having deliberately made their location easy to find.
• Chaos arrived with the Richest Group and demanded that Whitebeard produce the Heavenly Punishment Representative.
• Chaos and Whitebeard launched simultaneous attacks, and their clash unleashed Conqueror's Haki that battered the island and split the sky.

Chaos and the Richest Group launched a full-scale attack on the Whitebeard Pirates, with Betty empowering her allies as they overwhelmed their opponents. Chaos and Whitebeard continued their fierce clash, and neither showed signs of yielding.

• Chaos blocked Whitebeard's punch head-on, shocking Marco and the other Whitebeard Pirates.
• Crocodile, Betty, Ivankov, Archino, and Kuma left to attack the Whitebeard Pirates and reach Enel on the Moby Dick.
• Archino struck Marco with a blazing sun and defeated him in their first clash.
• Crocodile and the others engaged the Whitebeard Pirates, while Betty's buff strengthened the Richest Group's fighters.
• Chaos and Whitebeard exchanged powerful blows that split the sky and blasted a vast crater into the battlefield.