Chapter Summaries

After Betty was badly wounded by Lone Red and taken by the Marines, Chaos and the Richest Group rushed to Sabaody Archipelago and concluded the World Government was targeting them. Chaos vowed to play along, but first demanded that Lone Red be killed, giving Stussy one day to find him.

• Stussy told Chaos that Lone Red had gravely wounded Betty and that Garp, Zephyr, Fujitora, and Borsalino had taken her away, so Chaos and his allies flew to Sabaody Archipelago.
• Chaos revived Geb and Poseidon with stored souls, and the two Homies told him that Betty had been captured.
• Stussy ordered the Richest Group’s network to locate Lone Red, while Enel, Archino, and Crocodile arrived at Sabaody Archipelago.
• At the Gaia Building, the group agreed that the Marines were likely targeting the Richest Group and might announce Betty’s execution soon.
• Chaos declared that the Richest Group would meet the World Government’s challenge and ordered Lone Red killed; Stussy gave herself one day to find him.

The Navy announced that it would execute Dancing Queen Belo Betty at Marineford in ten days, openly challenging the Richest Group. As the world’s factions considered how to profit from the conflict, Gild Tesoro and his key members found Lone Red on Turtle Island and confronted him.

• The Navy’s newspaper announced that it would publicly execute Dancing Queen Belo Betty at Marineford in ten days, prompting the Red-Haired Pirates, Blackbeard Pirates, Whitebeard Pirates, and Revolutionary Army to consider the consequences.
• Dragon told Telly to call a meeting so the Revolutionary Army could assess how to benefit from a Navy–Richest Group conflict.
• Stussy informed Chaos that the Richest Group had found Lone Red.
• Lone Red waited on Turtle Island, planning to target a Munch-Munch Fruit user after the Navy and Richest Group began fighting.
• Chaos, Thunder God, Tsar, Sun King, Tyrant, and Queen of Joy arrived above Turtle Island, and their overwhelming presence forced everyone below to their knees.

Chaos’s forces defeated Lone Red and captured Pajon, while the Navy finished preparing for Betty’s execution and its expected battle with the Richest Group. The chapter ended with Tsuru questioning Betty’s confidence as she waited in her Seastone cell for the execution.

• Chaos ordered Enel, Crocodile, Archino, and Kuma to attack Lone Red, while his command forced Pajon to walk to him.
• Chaos identified Pajon’s Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit and discussed giving it to Caesar if its power could be extracted.
• The four fighters defeated Lone Red in five minutes and carried him away from Turtle Island.
• Sengoku confirmed the Navy’s preparations for the execution, including the arrival of all seven Shichibukai and possible support from the Army and CP0.
• Doflamingo looked forward to the Richest Group’s defeat, Hancock hoped to end Nine Snake Island’s compensation payments, and Moria wanted revenge.
• Tsuru asked Betty why she seemed so confident in her cell, and Betty replied that the Marines could not kill her queen.

Betty told Tsuru that she trusted Gaia to rescue her, while Chaos and the Richest Group prepared their operation. The Navy assembled an unprecedented force at Marineford as the worldwide broadcast began, and Zephyr took the first of five prominent seats.

• Betty insisted that Gaia would rescue her and angrily complained that he showed no interest in her as a woman, leaving Tsuru and Zephyr speechless.
• At Gaia Building, Chaos told Baccarat and Stussy that the rescue plan was ready, assigned Xixi, Bonis, and Caesar to guard Gold City, and promised the Navy would suffer heavy losses.
• Other forces began stirring as the Richest Group's enemies anticipated the coming conflict.
• The worldwide broadcast showed Marineford filled with hundreds of thousands of Marines, more than ten thousand Pacifista, over three hundred Vice Admirals, and the assembled Shichibukai.
• Former Marine Admiral Black Arm Zephyr emerged and took the first of five seats near the execution platform.

Sengoku began the public execution of Belo Betty as Marineford and the watching world awaited the arrival of the World's Strongest Man. Gild Tesoro appeared amid an apocalyptic storm, and his Conqueror's Haki clashed with Sengoku's will outside the harbor.

• Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Fujitora took their seats on the execution platform before Sengoku and Garp arrived.
• Sengoku ordered the prisoner brought out, and Belo Betty appeared in chains, sat down, and rejected the Navy's accusations.
• The sky and sea erupted into a storm of lightning, tsunamis, and tornadoes as Sengoku and Garp recognized the World's Strongest Man's arrival.
• Aokiji froze the sea and the oncoming waterspouts with Ice Age, but the storm continued to intensify.
• Gild Tesoro descended through a beam of light and unleashed Conqueror's Haki, which Sengoku met with his own will outside the harbor.

Chaos confronted Sengoku at Marineford and demanded that the Marines release Betty, then placed permanent bounties on Marine officers and their families. As Sengoku and Garp erupted in anger, a mysterious door whisked Betty away from the execution platform; the rest of the chapter was an author’s Mid-Autumn Festival notice.

• Chaos’s Conqueror’s Haki clash forced Sengoku onto the defensive, and Chaos taunted him before asking Betty whether the Marines had mistreated her.
• Chaos summoned Golden Warriors and demanded that the Marines release Betty, threatening their destruction if they refused.
• Chaos announced permanent bounties on Marine officers and their families, prompting the Five Elders to order Kong, Kamael, and the four Army Admirals to Marineford.
• Sengoku and Garp grew furious over Chaos’s bounty declaration, but a door appeared behind Betty, broke her Seastone shackles, and pulled her away, leaving the execution platform empty.

Betty escaped Marineford into the Door-Door Fruit’s alternate dimension as Chaos’s Golden Warriors detonated Great Ivans and Super Great Ivans, destroying the island in a nuclear blast. Chaos and his group withdrew before forces from Mary Geoise arrived, while Blackbeard, the Red-Haired Pirates, and the Revolutionary Army abandoned their plans and turned back.

• Betty appeared in the alternate dimension, where Crocodile and Ivankov explained that rescuing her and destroying Marineford had been the BOSS’s plan.
• Chaos’s Golden Warrior announced Marineford’s destruction as all 130 Golden Warriors activated their Great Ivans and Super Great Ivans.
• The blast engulfed Marineford, raised a vast mushroom cloud, and sent a towering tsunami across the sea.
• Chaos refused to wait for survivors to emerge because powerful presences were approaching from Mary Geoise, and Kuma opened a mirror for the group to escape through.
• Blackbeard abandoned his plan to raid Gold City, and the Red-Haired Pirates and Revolutionary Army also turned back.

After Gaea’s attack erased Marineford, Fleet Admiral Kong found a handful of badly injured Navy survivors, while Morgans’s report convinced the world that the Navy had been destroyed. The Revolutionary Army, Blackbeard Pirates, and Whitebeard Pirates feared the Golden Emperor’s power and reconsidered their plans against the Richest Group.

• Steel Bone Kong and the four Army Admirals reached the crater where Marineford had stood and discovered a handful of survivors inside an Armament Haki barrier.
• Sengoku and the other survivors passed out after Kong arrived, and Kong ordered them to be rescued.
• Morgans published a newspaper showing the destroyed Marineford, and the world reacted with shock to the reported destruction of the Navy.
• Dragon regretted planning to attack Gold City and grew wary of the Richest Group after reading the newspaper.
• Blackbeard’s crew feared Gaea’s power and lamented that their chances of revenge had diminished.
• Whitebeard, Marco, Jozu, Vista, and Luo feared that they could no longer take revenge on Gaea, despite Whitebeard’s recovery.

After the Navy’s destruction, the Five Elders reported the disaster to Im, who ordered them to rebuild the Navy. Back at Gold City, Chaos told his crew to hide in outer space because he feared Im would come after them.

• On a technologically advanced island, an unnamed speaker celebrated the Navy’s destruction and revealed that Kaido, Yamato, King, Jack, and the Flying Six were alive in incubation pods after undergoing modifications.
• The Five Elders went to Im and confessed that the Great Ivan had destroyed Marineford and nearly wiped out the Navy.
• Im read the Five Elders’ memories, then ordered them to leave and rebuild the Navy.
• Chaos summoned his crew at Gold City and said they should hide in outer space to avoid Im.
• Chaos explained that he believed Im was the World Government’s true ruler and too powerful for them to fight.

Chaos’s group debated retreating from the threat of Im, and Crocodile defended the decision by lecturing them that survival was the foundation of their principles. Chaos then ordered the Richest Group to withdraw to the Calm Belt and prepare their bases and Gold City for escape while they waited for stronger allies and a chance to return.

• The Richest Group questioned Chaos’s decision to retreat before seeing Im, and Betty urged Crocodile to challenge him.
• Crocodile backed Chaos and began teaching the group’s principles, arguing that survival came before pride, freedom, and ambition.
• Chaos startled the room by applauding Crocodile’s lecture, and the group reluctantly accepted that they would retreat.
• Chaos ordered preparations to move to the Calm Belt, preserve Gold City as a spaceship, and set traps on the moon.
• Chaos planned to wait for Monkey D. Luffy to grow stronger, since he lacked the power and Great Ivans needed to face Im directly.

After Gai destroyed Marineford, the Five Elders and surviving leaders discussed rebuilding the Marines and choosing a new Fleet Admiral. Sengoku resigned, and Issho announced that he would seek the post and reform the Marines.

• The Five Elders summoned Sengoku, Kong, the Army leaders, and the surviving Marine Admirals to discuss rebuilding the Marines.
• A mysterious humanoid shadow searched Gold City but found none of the Richest Group there, then vanished without attacking it.
• Sengoku offered to resign as Fleet Admiral and train new recruits, arguing that the Marines needed a fresh start.
• The Five Elders accepted that Sengoku should step down, and Borsalino declined to become the next Fleet Admiral.
• Issho declared that he would seek the Fleet Admiral position and reform the Marines to serve the people.

The Five Elders decided that Sakazuki, Kuzan, and Issho would fight for the Fleet Admiral position. The Straw Hat Crew reached Fish-Man Island, while Bullet began harshly training Ace on a deserted island.

• The Five Elders arranged a fight between Sakazuki, Kuzan, and Issho to choose the next Fleet Admiral.
• The Straw Hat Crew descended beneath the sea aboard the Thousand Sunny, and Nami stopped Luffy from damaging the ship’s coating.
• The Straw Hat Crew arrived at Fish-Man Island and explored its beautiful harbor and streets.
• Sanji repeatedly fainted from blood loss after seeing mermaids, leaving Chopper to treat him.
• Bullet defeated Ace in training, criticized his weaknesses, and forbade him from using his Devil Fruit until he met Bullet’s standards.

Chaos visited the Science Division’s newly completed artificial ecosystem on Saturn, then returned to Gold City and learned the Sea Star was in turmoil after the Navy’s Destruction War. He wondered why Imu had not acted, unaware that she had already visited Gold City without being detected.

• Caesar showed Chaos the successful Saturn ecosystem, built by the Science Division with help from Archino, Stussy, and Gai.
• Caesar credited the Science Division’s tens of thousands of scientists and its advanced, unreleased technology for the project’s success.
• Betty pranked Chaos with the Spirit-Spirit Fruit, humiliating him before fleeing through a mirror as he vowed to punish her.
• Chaos returned to the castle, where Stussy reported that the Navy’s Destruction War had thrown the four seas and Grand Line into chaos, though Sengoku, Garp, and Sakazuki had survived.
• Stussy told Chaos that Gold City was quiet and Imu had not appeared, while the narration revealed that Imu had already visited undetected.

Luffy defeated Hody Jones and learned that the Blackbeard Pirates had been oppressing Fish-Man Island. He declared the island his territory and challenged Blackbeard, who told him to come to the New World.

• Luffy defeated Hody Jones after he swallowed large quantities of ES pills, while the Straw Hats freed Neptune and defeated the remaining pirates.
• Hody revealed that the Blackbeard Pirates had forced Fish-Man Island to pay them tribute, and Neptune confirmed the island had submitted to their power.
• Luffy dismissed Hody’s warning about Blackbeard and insisted he would save Fish-Man Island.
• During the banquet, Neptune received a call from the Blackbeard Pirates demanding confirmation of their next tribute payment.
• Luffy took the Den Den Mushi, declared Fish-Man Island his territory, and challenged Blackbeard to a fight in the New World.

After Sakazuki defeated Issho in the Fleet Admiral contest, the resurrected, awakened Beasts Pirates confronted Blackbeard's crew over their seized territory. Kaido and Blackbeard clashed, and the chapter ended as their attacks erupted into a huge mushroom cloud.

• Sakazuki defeated Issho after a six-day battle and claimed she would become the Navy's Fleet Admiral.
• Kaido and the Beasts Pirates confronted Marshall D. Teach and the Blackbeard Pirates, who had taken most of their territory.
• The Beasts Pirates revealed that their core members had awakened their Devil Fruits and began fighting Blackbeard's crew.
• Ulti attacked Blackbeard, but he blasted her away before she got back up and Kaido joined the fight.
• Kaido struck Blackbeard with Thunder Bagua as Blackbeard used Dark Water, and their attacks erupted into a huge mushroom cloud.

Whitebeard and Katakuri agreed to unite their surviving crews against Gild Tesoro and the Richest Group. Their alliance left the Whitebeard Pirates and Charlotte Family remnants with a stronger force for seeking revenge.

• Newspapers reported that Kaido's Beasts Pirates had reclaimed their territory from the Blackbeard Pirates and that the Navy had been devastated.
• Whitebeard discussed the Whitebeard Pirates' losses and the search for Ace with Marco, then welcomed Katakuri and more than twenty Charlotte Family members.
• Katakuri explained that Gild Tesoro had destroyed Cake Island and asked Whitebeard to join forces against the Richest Group.
• Whitebeard agreed to the alliance, and he and Katakuri sealed it by sharing sake.

The Whitebeard Pirates joined forces with the surviving Charlotte Family and attacked the Blackbeard Pirates, triggering another Emperor-level war. After the Blackbeard Pirates withdrew, the New World’s powers appeared close to a new balance, though the Richest Group’s next move remained uncertain.

• The Whitebeard Pirates, led by a healthy-looking Whitebeard, confronted the Blackbeard Pirates with Katakuri and other Charlotte Family members at their side.
• Blackbeard and Whitebeard’s forces clashed, with Whitebeard striking first and Blackbeard answering with the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Red-Hair and Beckman read reports of the alliance and considered how it could restore the balance among the Four Emperors.
• Three days later, the Blackbeard Pirates withdrew after Blackbeard fought Whitebeard without either man gaining the upper hand.
• The chapter concluded that Kaido, Blackbeard, and Whitebeard had all become much stronger, and blamed Gai for it.

Sakazuki took command of the battered Navy, moved its headquarters to the New World, and launched a worldwide recruitment drive while the Four Emperors re-formed. Three months later, recruitment remained below ten percent, and Sakazuki blamed Gaia and threatened to restore the Navy’s prestige by defeating the Four Emperors.

• Sakazuki became Fleet Admiral and announced that New Marineford would be the Navy’s headquarters in the New World.
• Tsuru reported that the Whitebeard Pirates were fighting the Blackbeard Pirates and might be allied with remnants of the Big Mom Pirates.
• Sakazuki assigned new roles to Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr, kept several officers in their positions, and reserved a vacant Admiral post for a recruit.
• News spread that the Navy had begun worldwide recruitment as reports described the Whitebeard Pirates’ clash with the Blackbeard Pirates and the return of four Emperors.
• Over the next three months, the Navy’s recruitment drive failed to reach ten percent of its target because Gild Tesoro’s bounties made Navy personnel and their families targets.
• Sakazuki blamed Gaia, ordered the Navy to relax its recruitment requirements, and warned that it might have to defeat the Four Emperors to restore its prestige.

A year after the Navy’s destruction, the Richest Group finished a year of training on Neptune and discussed the unsettled world before considering a return. Elsewhere, Douglas Bullet continued training Ace, whose Conqueror’s Haki had gained a new power but who still could not defeat his mentor.

• The chapter recounted the world’s turmoil, including the Four Emperors’ conflicts, the Navy’s failed recruitment drive, and the arrival of the mysterious new admiral Ryokugyu.
• On Neptune, Chaos and the Richest Group watched Chaos defeat Crocodile in their latest sparring match, then returned to their golden base.
• Baccarat urged the group to return after a year away, and Stussy reported that the Navy’s recruitment remained weak, Ryokugyu was mysterious, and Im had not appeared.
• On a brutal island, Douglas Bullet praised Ace for combining Conqueror’s Haki with the Voice of All Things, but Ace remained unable to defeat him.

Doflamingo faced a rebellion in Dressrosa as Monkey D. Luffy led the uprising, while Sakazuki sent Fujitora to capture Luffy and revealed her plan to attack the Revolutionary Army. The chapter left Fujitora heading to Dressrosa as Sakazuki prepared to consolidate control of the Navy.

• Doflamingo offered wealth, power, and a bounty to anyone who helped him crush the uprising in Dressrosa.
• Monkey D. Luffy rallied pirates and oppressed people in the central plaza to fight the Donquixote Family.
• Sakazuki summoned Fujitora and ordered him to capture Luffy in Dressrosa, warning him not to spare Luffy’s supporters or Navy veterans.
• Sakazuki told Fujitora that she had abandoned the plan to target a Four Emperor and would instead strike at the Revolutionary Army with the Five Elders’ approval.
• Fujitora agreed to the mission and left to reach Dressrosa, while Sakazuki planned to keep Luffy’s capture secret and strengthen her command of the Navy.