Chapter Summaries

Vivi was saved from execution when Marco and Katakuri arrived as reinforcements, but the battlefield grew more chaotic as powerful fighters clashed. Marco faced Southern Bright God Charlose, Katakuri engaged Garp, and Ace confronted Sakazuki while Doflamingo pursued Luffy.

• A Marine major nearly killed Vivi, but Katakuri's Conqueror's Haki knocked him unconscious as Marco and Katakuri arrived to protect Ace's friends.
• Katakuri blocked Sakazuki's lava fist with a massive mochi strike while Marco confronted Southern Bright God Charlose, and the two bird fighters clashed before flying away.
• Katakuri told Ace that Whitebeard had expected him to come, then challenged Garp and drew him away from the others.
• Ace blocked Sakazuki's attack to protect Luffy and fought him with Fire Fist against Hell Hound.
• Doflamingo set his sights on Luffy again, seeking to settle their score from Dressrosa.

Luffy and the injured Straw Hat crew were nearly killed by Doflamingo and the Marines until Jinbe intervened, exposing his Revolutionary Army ties. As Jinbe held off Doflamingo and the crew struggled to escape, eight powerful figures approached the plaza and stopped the battle.

• Luffy and the Straw Hat crew were overwhelmed by Doflamingo and the Marines, and Doflamingo nearly engulfed them in razor-sharp threads.
• Jinbe stopped Doflamingo’s attack with a Fish-Man Karate punch, then urged Luffy and the others to flee.
• Doflamingo identified Jinbe as a Revolutionary Army member, and Jinbe fought him while Marines attacked the Straw Hats.
• Vivi’s injuries worsened as Luffy and the others continued resisting, while battles raged between Ace and Sakazuki, Dragon and Borsalino and Zephyr, and other powerful fighters.
• Eight powerful presences approached the plaza, bringing the battlefield to a sudden halt.

The Five Elders’ intervention turned the battle against the Revolutionary Army, but Silvers Rayleigh arrived to protect Ace and made the outcome uncertain again. As the World Government’s leaders and CPO agents joined the fighting, the Revolutionary Army’s commanders and allies were pushed into increasingly dire battles.

• The Flat Hat Five Elder, Sky God Kamal El, Illusion God Shalulia, and five CPO agents appeared at Marineford, and the Flat Hat Five Elder demanded that Monkey D. Dragon surrender.
• A Great Swordsman’s enormous Slash attacked the newcomers, but the Flat Hat Five Elder casually redirected it.
• Silvers Rayleigh arrived and said he had come alone to keep the captain’s bloodline from dying there.
• The Flat Hat Five Elder ordered the attack, and Sky God Kamal El struck at Dragon with a compressed sphere of air while Shalulia engaged Rayleigh.
• The CPO agents joined the fights across the battlefield, leaving Veiled Night Jade, Empress Khel, Sound Empress Coans, Koshiro, and Fisher Tiger facing additional opponents.

The Revolutionary Army continued to fall behind as Ace struggled against Sakazuki and Khel fought Ryokugyu and a CPO agent. Zephyr defeated Khel’s gigantic Skeleton King but left her alive, and the chapter ended as a powerful, familiar presence arrived over the battlefield.

• The Straw Hat Pirates fled as the Marines and World Government forces overwhelmed the Revolutionary Army, while Ace fought Sakazuki and resolved to grow stronger after the war.
• Khel summoned a colossal Skeleton King, which struck at Ryokugyu and a CPO agent and devastated the battlefield.
• Zephyr attacked the Skeleton King and pierced through its arm, severely injuring Khel and splitting open Marineford.
• Ryokugyu and the CPO agent thanked Zephyr, but Khel dragged herself from the chasm and challenged all three to fight her together.
• A supreme will and blazing sword energy swept across the battlefield, prompting the assembled powerhouses to recognize the approaching figure.

Golden Lion Shiki arrived at the battlefield with four Flying Pirates captains and rescued Khel, then declared he would destroy New Marineford with a falling island. The Navy and Revolutionary Army joined forces to break the island apart, but fragments still struck the battlefield.

• Golden Lion Shiki appeared with Axios, Rubit, Paster, and Annie, shocking the forces at the battlefield and viewers around the world.
• Shiki confronted Khel over her betrayal, then ordered Annie to pull the injured East Army Commander away from Zephyr, Ryokugyu, and CPO.
• Shiki said he would attack neither side and instead vowed to destroy New Marineford as Gaia had destroyed Marineford.
• Shiki used his power to bring down a lightning-wreathed island, while fighters and young pirates across the world reevaluated their assumptions about the old generation.
• Borsalino, Sakazuki, the Navy, and the Revolutionary Army attacked the island together, breaking it into a meteor shower that still caused casualties.

The Flat Hat Five Elder used Moon Gravity and Universal Gravity to send Shiki’s falling islands into space, while the Navy and Revolutionary Army continued fighting below. Dragon ordered a retreat after Luffy was rescued, but Sakazuki pressed the attack and badly wounded Ace, whose Flame Emperor collided with Sakazuki’s Great Eruption.

• Shiki attacked New Marineford and the Revolutionary Army with a meteor shower and a falling island.
• The Flat Hat Five Elder used Moon Gravity to launch the island into space, then used Universal Gravity to pull Shiki’s other falling islands skyward.
• Shiki fought the Five Elder for control of the islands as Dragon ordered the Revolutionary Army to retreat and Sakazuki ordered the Navy to pursue them.
• Ace interrupted Sakazuki’s Meteor Volcano attack, but Sakazuki struck him down with Hell Hound and followed up with Great Eruption.
• Ace countered with Great Flame Ring: Flame Emperor, and the two attacks collided in a blinding explosion.

Ace and Sabo fought to protect each other as Sakazuki overwhelmed the Straw Hat Pirates. Just as Sakazuki moved to finish them off, Garp intervened, leaving the wounded Luffy staring at his grandfather.

• Sakazuki ordered Zephyr and Ryokugyu to attack Ace while he rushed toward Luffy.
• Zephyr, Ryokugyu, and a CPO agent confronted Ace, but Predator Axios, Narwhal King Rubit, and Strong Man Paster stepped in to protect him.
• Ace rescued the badly injured Sabo from Buffalo Aquit and Tsuru, and the brothers charged into battle together.
• Sakazuki defeated Luffy and prepared to kill the Straw Hat Pirates with a magma fist.
• Garp intercepted Sakazuki's attack, and the badly wounded Luffy recognized his grandfather standing between the crew and the magma.

Garp held off Sakazuki to let Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates escape as the battlefield grew even more chaotic. Blackbeard arrived with his crew and Impel Down prisoners, then considered Dragon’s offer to help the Revolutionary Army in exchange for substantial rewards and future support.

• Sakazuki attacked Garp, who blocked her magma fist and urged Luffy to escape with the others.
• The Flat Hat Five Elders used gravity to send island fragments raining down on the Revolutionary Army while battling Golden Lion.
• Blackbeard and the Blackbeard Pirates arrived after attacking Impel Down, bringing Shiliew of the Rain and other prisoners with them.
• Sakazuki attacked the newcomers, but Blackbeard countered her magma fist with explosive power and said he had only come to show himself.
• Dragon offered Blackbeard one trillion, ten Devil Fruits, and the Revolutionary Army’s unconditional support twice in exchange for help.

Blackbeard joined forces with Dragon and attacked the Navy, prompting two more Five Elders to arrive at New Marineford. The Golden Haired Five Elder overwhelmed the Blackbeard Pirates with powerful clones, while the Long Haired Five Elder demanded that the hidden force behind Dragon reveal itself.

• Blackbeard agreed to help the Revolutionary Army in exchange for support against the Richest Group, and Dragon accepted the deal.
• Blackbeard ordered his pirates to hunt the Navy, shifting the battle in the Navy's favor.
• The Golden Haired Five Elder and the Long Haired Five Elder left Mary Geoise and appeared above the battlefield.
• The Golden Haired Five Elder created more than thirty powerful clones, which attacked and suppressed the Blackbeard Pirates.
• The Long Haired Five Elder warned Dragon that the Revolutionary Army would be wiped out unless the person backing him appeared.
• The Long Haired Five Elder spoke of the Clan of D and an Emperor who had helped the Revolutionary Army grow, leaving the watching world to speculate about the secret force behind Dragon.

Gaia Chaos made a dramatic entrance at New Marineford, where his overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki began killing fighters and tearing souls from their bodies. Luffy and Ace joined forces to protect the Straw Hat crew, while powerful fighters across the battlefield resisted the spreading Haki.

• The battlefield fell silent as a grand musical entrance revealed Gaia Chaos descending amid an imperial vision and apocalyptic spectacle.
• Golden Lion greeted Gaia, and Gaia declared that he would greet the familiar faces before unleashing a wave of black-and-red Conqueror’s Haki.
• Gaia’s Haki killed Revolutionary Army fighters and Marines while pulling their souls toward its center, shocking the survivors with its lethal power.
• Luffy tried to shield the Straw Hats, but Vivi died as her soul was drawn from her body, and the others began to lose their souls.
• Ace added his Conqueror’s Haki to Luffy’s, helping return the Straw Hats’ souls to their bodies as other powerful fighters protected those around them.

Gaia unleashed Almighty Push, devastating New Marineford and killing three-fifths of the battlefield’s fighters, including Usopp and Chopper. Luffy attacked Gaia in grief, but Gaia seized him and revealed his youthful, divine-looking face to the world.

• Gaia unleashed Almighty Push, creating a hundred-kilometer crater and wiping out most of the fighters at New Marineford.
• Luffy found Usopp and Chopper dead beneath the rubble, while Zoro, Sanji, Robin, Nami, and Brook survived with severe injuries.
• Luffy entered Gear Fourth: Snake Man and attacked Gaia, but Gaia caught him by the neck and stopped him effortlessly.
• Gaia addressed Luffy as the future Pirate King and let the rainbow flames recede, revealing his youthful appearance to the world.
• The three Five Elders recognized that Gaia possessed Pure Gold and resolved to deal with him.

Chaos killed Luffy after Dragon failed to defuse the confrontation, then overwhelmed the Straw Hat Pirates and the fighters who tried to protect them. After a devastating barrage across the battlefield, Chaos stopped Ace's charge, leaving him restrained as the battle turned against him.

• Ace threatened Chaos, and Dragon tried to redirect the confrontation by asking whether he planned to destroy the Richest Group with Blackbeard.
• Chaos crushed Luffy's throat and dropped his body into the crater, stunning Dragon, Garp, Ace, Sabo, and the surviving Straw Hat Pirates.
• Zoro and the Straw Hat Pirates attacked Chaos, but he used Stop Breathing to make them suffocate until the Revolutionary Army intervened and broke his command.
• Chaos blocked the fighters' attacks with a golden shield, then unleashed a huge rain of golden weapons that devastated the battlefield and killed many Marines and Revolutionary Army fighters.
• Ace charged Chaos in grief and rage, but Chaos commanded him to stop, briefly restraining him despite Ace's struggling will.

Chaos struck Ace and unleashed a massive explosion that destroyed New Marineford, leaving the Revolutionary Army and Marines nearly wiped out. As Marco fled with the barely living Ace, Chaos swiftly defeated Rayleigh and Bullet and declared himself Heaven’s chosen.

• Chaos pierced Ace through the chest with a golden spear and sword, and Marco caught him as he fell.
• Rayleigh ordered Marco to get Ace out while Chaos summoned a hundred-thousand-meter seven-colored sun and sent it crashing down.
• Chaos detonated the sun, destroying New Marineford and devastating the Marines and Revolutionary Army.
• Marco left with the unconscious Ace and Katakuri while Rayleigh and Bullet prepared to fight Chaos.
• Chaos sent Rayleigh and Bullet flying, then stood above them and declared, “This Emperor is Heaven’s chosen!”

Chaos fought Bullet, Garp, Rayleigh, and Dragon while the Five Elders seized the chance to renew their attack on the Revolutionary Army. With Golden Lion retreating and Khel taken away, the Navy held an overwhelming advantage as the battle turned against the rebels.

• Chaos dodged Bullet's punch, but Rayleigh and Bullet attacked him together until Garp and Dragon joined them and helped break through his Almighty Push.
• Chaos was blasted into a basin, recovered from his injuries, and returned to battle with two living Golden Warriors, sending them to fight Rayleigh and Dragon while he faced Bullet and Garp.
• The Five Elders ordered their forces to attack the Revolutionary Army, and Dragon left his Golden Warrior opponent to confront Sky God Kong as Rayleigh faced both warriors alone.
• Blackbeard tried to retreat, but the Southern Bright God, Illusion God, Ryokugyu, and two Shichibukai blocked his crew and forced them to fight their way out.
• Golden Lion withdrew with Khel and his crew, leaving the Revolutionary Army outnumbered by the Navy's many top fighters.

Sakazuki overwhelmed the Revolutionary Army until the Heavenly King appeared as a sacred angel, healing Dragon’s forces before unleashing a devastating attack on the Navy. Dragon tried to lead the survivors away, but two Five Elders blocked their escape.

• Koala took Sakazuki’s attack while shielding Sabo, and Sabo stayed behind as Ashiru led the survivors away.
• A barrage of missiles devastated New Marineford, and a sacred white orb appeared above the battlefield.
• The orb transformed into an angel whose feathers healed Revolutionary Army survivors and caused some Marines to defect.
• The angel shifted into a destructive form and bombarded the Navy with black beams as Dragon began evacuating the survivors.
• The Flat Hat Five Elders redirected the beams while the Golden Haired and Long Haired Five Elders intercepted Dragon’s group and cut off their escape.

The Navy’s reinforcements overwhelmed the Revolutionary Army and its allies, forcing them into a desperate retreat while the angel’s bombardment devastated the battlefield. Blackbeard suspected the angel was connected to whoever had manipulated him, and the chapter ended with Koshiro sacrificing his life to help Zoro, Nami, and Robin escape as the final defenders held the Navy back.

• The Long Haired Five Elders teleported Fleet Admiral Sky God, Sakazuki, Illusion God, Southern Bright God, Sengoku, Kuzan, Fujitora, and Borsalino behind the angels to attack Dragon’s forces.
• The Golden Haired Five Elders held off the retreating Revolutionary Army while the Flat Hat Five Elders and Chaos endured the angel’s relentless bombardment, and the battered Shichibukai banded together to escape the explosions.
• The angel healed and spared the Blackbeard Pirates, leading Blackbeard to suspect it had been created by the person behind him; he ordered his crew to leave the battlefield.
• Sky God, Sakazuki, and the Navy’s other fighters killed Imazuna, Haku, and Telly as the Revolutionary Army struggled to retreat.
• Koshiro spent his life force to hold off Sakazuki and kill a pursuing CPO agent, allowing Zoro to carry Nami and help Robin flee.
• Rayleigh, Bullet, Dragon, Garp, and others formed a final defensive line while the Navy attacked them and the Revolutionary Army retreated.

Chaos joined the battle, killed Veiled Night Jade with one punch, and turned his attention to Borsalino. After Chaos repeatedly cornered and wounded her, Borsalino entered her strongest form and vowed to kill him.

• Chaos used Shinra Tensei to repel the attacks around him, then left the battlefield to target Veiled Night Jade.
• Chaos kicked Borsalino away and killed Veiled Night Jade with a serious punch, after which Zeus ate her soul.
• Chaos pursued Borsalino, predicted her escape, and struck her with Thunder Bagua, breaking her Heavenly Cloud Sword.
• Borsalino escaped Chaos's flaming chains with Yasakani no Magatama and transformed into a humanoid beacon of light.
• Borsalino threatened to kill Chaos as her aura rose into its strongest form.

Chaos overwhelmed Borsalino in their battle, countering his Light God Mode with Future Prediction and leaving him buried in an iceberg. Borsalino was badly injured but still unconvinced as Chaos pulled him out and examined him.

• Borsalino activated Light God Mode and attacked Chaos with the Heavenly Cloud Sword, but Chaos predicted the strike and punched him across the ice.
• Borsalino unleashed Super Yasakani no Magatama, and Chaos met the barrage with Golden Molten Fire Thunder Bagua.
• Borsalino charged through the explosion with Divine Impact, but Chaos used Future Prediction to dodge and countered with Emperor's Spear.
• The counter sent Borsalino crashing into an iceberg, bloodied and barely able to speak.
• Chaos pulled Borsalino from the iceberg by the neck and commented on his figure.

Chaos rescued Borsalino from Fleet Admiral Kamael, then fought the Air-Air Fruit user and proved immune to his air-draining ability. Kamael survived Chaos’s counterattacks but was left wounded and surrounded by weapons.

• Chaos foresaw Kamael’s surprise attack and blocked it before identifying him as Fleet Admiral Sky God Kamael El.
• Chaos summoned a door, and Ivankov and Kuma took Borsalino away through Kuma’s mirror.
• Kamael used his Air-Air Fruit to siphon the air from a vast area, but Chaos remained unaffected and struck him with a Serious Punch.
• Kamael reappeared behind Chaos with a lethal attack, but Chaos foresaw it, dodged, and stabbed at his kidney.
• Kamael turned to air to evade the weapons Chaos sent after him, then reappeared wounded and surrounded by blades and spears.

Chaos defeated Kamael after countering his attacks, but the Long Haired Five Elders rescued the dying Kamael and revealed true teleportation. Chaos and the Elder exchanged attacks without gaining an advantage, then faced off at a distance as Chaos spread golden dust across the battlefield.

• Chaos used Future Prediction to anticipate Kamael's movements and struck him with a series of attacks that left him near death.
• The Long Haired Five Elders appeared and transported Kamael to Mary Geoise before Chaos could stop him.
• Chaos and the Long Haired Five Elders tested their Future Prediction and true teleportation against each other, but neither landed a decisive blow.
• Chaos spread golden dust across a ten-thousand-meter area, and the Long Haired Five Elders teleported out of its reach.