Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye destroyed the Cipher Pol airship pursuing Big Morgans and revealed that he was gathering the New World’s islands before going to war with the World Government. Big Morgans chose to travel with Bai Ye toward Wano Country.

• Bai Ye inferred that the World Government had developed aerial forces and formed a plan while Big Morgans warned him that Cipher Pol had caught up.
• The Cipher Pol agents prepared to attack Big Morgans, but Bai Ye struck their airship with a Haki-infused slash and wiped out everyone aboard.
• Big Morgans praised Bai Ye’s strength and wondered why he had appeared, then realized he could have used Big Mom’s Den Den Mushi to ask for help.
• Bai Ye told Big Morgans that he was gathering the New World’s islands to prepare for war with the World Government.
• Bai Ye offered to take Big Morgans with him or let him travel alone, and Big Morgans chose to follow him.

Bai Ye gathered the New World's islands around Wano Country and convened the allied forces to plan an attack on the World Government. He assigned roles for the coming war, but Big Mom objected to her forces being given logistics duties.

• Bai Ye reassured Big Morgans that he would protect him and told him to look around the crowded island.
• Bai Ye moved the New World's islands to Wano Country, then announced that the alliance would march on Mary Geoise.
• Big Morgans attended the war council and prepared to record Bai Ye's plans for a later report.
• Bai Ye and the allies discussed dividing their forces, and Whitebeard supported splitting up because the World Government's troops were spread across many places.
• The allies assigned the Giant tribe and Red-Haired Pirates to attack the Holy Land, the Revolutionary Army to rally member nations and resistance groups, and Vegapunk to investigate the World Government's weapons.
• Bai Ye assigned the main assault to himself, the Breaking Dawn Pirates, the Giant tribe, and the Red-Haired Pirates, while the Big Mom Pirates received logistics duties; Big Mom angrily demanded an explanation.

Bai Ye explained his war deployment, including why Big Mom would handle logistics, and warned everyone that the Knights of God could regenerate unless struck with powerful Advanced Armament Haki. The group agreed to proceed with the war, leaving participants to join Bai Ye while others stayed in Wano Country.

• Big Mom questioned Bai Ye's decision to assign her logistics, and Bai Ye explained that her crew's abilities suited the role and that logistics could be crucial to the war.
• Big Mom took Bai Ye's explanation as proof of how important she was to him, while Old John and the others quietly watched their exchange.
• Shanks asked whether Bai Ye's deployment plan was final, and Bai Ye said the details could be settled later as the group prepared to fight the World Government.
• Dragon asked about investigating the World Government, and Bai Ye warned that the Knights of God had immortal bodies that powerful Advanced Armament Haki could break.
• Bai Ye decided they should go to war after deployment, inviting anyone who wanted to fight to join him and allowing the others to remain in Wano Country.

After a meeting, Bai Ye defended his improvised war arrangements against Old John's fears that he was repeating Rocks's fatal overconfidence. Old John accepted Bai Ye's confidence but urged him to use Loki's strength, and Bai Ye began considering how Shanks and Elbaf's elders could persuade Loki to join them.

• Old John challenged Bai Ye's hastily made arrangements, and Bai Ye admitted he had not planned them in advance.
• Old John warned Bai Ye that Rocks's lack of preparation and arrogance had led to the Rocks Pirates' downfall, but Bai Ye claimed he was thinking several steps ahead.
• Old John worried that the Alliance would collapse if Bai Ye died, while Bai Ye insisted he had already explained why the war would not end like Rocks's.
• Old John asked why Loki had been left out of the battle plans and argued that his strength should not be wasted.
• Bai Ye agreed that Loki could be an asset and asked Old John whether Shanks and Elbaf's elders should speak with him.

Bai Ye decided to leave Elbaf’s dispute with Loki and Red-Hair to the people involved while he dealt with Ochoku on Hachinosu Island. Old John explained that Ochoku had betrayed the Rocks Pirates, and Bai Ye prepared to eliminate the threat before it could aid the World Government.

• Bai Ye refused to intervene in the conflict between Loki, Red-Hair, and Elbaf, telling Old John that Whitebeard and the others could keep watch.
• Old John guessed that Bai Ye planned to go to Hachinosu Island and confront Ochoku, who had occupied the former Rocks Pirates’ headquarters.
• Bai Ye confirmed he intended to settle matters with Ochoku and asked Old John what had driven his betrayal.
• Old John recounted that Ochoku had stolen Devil Fruits for the World Government and kidnapped Shakky, actions that helped lead to the God Valley incident.
• Bai Ye explained that Rocks had returned to God Valley to save his wife, child, and homeland, and decided Ochoku had to be taken down before he could threaten them again.

Bai Ye decided to go alone to Hachinosu Island to eliminate Ochoku, while the others discussed Rocks’s past and his connection to Blackbeard. The chapter ended with Bai Ye revealing that Rocks had wielded the Op-Op Fruit and had likely given Blackbeard his unusual hearts.

• Old John offered to help Bai Ye deal with Ochoku, and Kaido and Golden Lion also showed interest in joining him.
• Bai Ye refused their help, explaining that he was going alone to eliminate a hidden danger rather than stage a show of loyalty to the Rocks Pirates.
• Whitebeard and Big Mom connected Rocks’s trip to God Valley with his wife and child, and the group wondered whether the World Government had targeted him there.
• Bai Ye said Rocks’s lack of strength had led to his death at God Valley, then set out to finish what Rocks had failed to accomplish.
• Bai Ye revealed that Rocks had been the previous Op-Op Fruit user and had likely used its power to place the other two hearts in Blackbeard’s body.

Bai Ye dismissed the threat of Rocks and left Wano Country with Big Morgans to confront Ochoku on Hachinosu Island. Ochoku realized Bai Ye had come to kill him, while the World Government’s demand that he infiltrate and betray Bai Ye had left him with no acceptable choices.

• Bai Ye said Rocks no longer mattered to him, and Whitebeard and Golden Lion asked what he would do if Rocks survived inside Teach.
• Big Mom said Rocks’ era was over, and the former Rocks Pirates agreed they no longer needed to concern themselves with him.
• Big Morgans asked to accompany Bai Ye to Hachinosu Island, and Bai Ye agreed so Morgans could report Ochoku’s execution.
• Bai Ye and Big Morgans left Wano Country for Hachinosu Island.
• Ochoku sensed Bai Ye’s arrival and realized he would die if Bai Ye had come for him.
• Ochoku recalled that the World Government had demanded he join Bai Ye and betray him later, a plan he had refused to accept.

Ochoku tried to negotiate cooperation with Bai Ye, hoping to avoid a fight and later betray him if needed. Bai Ye rejected the offer and declared that Ochoku had become an obstacle, leaving their confrontation imminent.

• Ochoku realized Bai Ye had come to him alone and wondered whether there was room to negotiate.
• Ochoku proposed cooperating, but Bai Ye mocked him and brought up his betrayal of Rocks at God Valley.
• Ochoku defended his actions and argued that the Rocks Pirates had only ever been an alliance of convenience.
• Ochoku urged Bai Ye to work with him against the World Government, offering the Rocks Pirates’ fighting strength.
• Bai Ye said no one could trust a traitor, that the Rocks Pirates had long since ended, and that Ochoku was now standing in his way.

Bai Ye confronted Ochoku over his role in Rocks's downfall, and Ochoku admitted that the World Government had recruited him to betray Rocks. The chapter ended with Ochoku realizing Bai Ye already knew that God Valley was Rocks's hometown and that his family was there.

• Ochoku hesitated to attack Bai Ye, recognizing that fighting or refusing to act could both lead to his death.
• Bai Ye challenged Ochoku over kidnapping Shakky and taking the Devil Fruits at God Valley, which had helped draw Roger and Garp into the conflict.
• Ochoku said God Valley was Rocks's hometown, trying to explain why Rocks had returned there.
• Bai Ye revealed that he knew Rocks's wife and children were on God Valley and that the World Government had arranged the hunt there to bring Rocks down.
• Ochoku acknowledged that the World Government had approached him and that he had betrayed Rocks in hopes of gaining Hachinosu Island and other benefits.

Bai Ye killed Ochoku and destroyed Hachinosu Island, while Big Morgans reported that he would end the pirate era. Back in Wano Country, Bai Ye gathered his allies and began mobilizing for the final assault on the World Government as Blackbeard prepared for war.

• Ochoku attacked Bai Ye, but Bai Ye subdued and killed him as Hachinosu Island sank.
• Bai Ye told Big Morgans he had no use for Hachinosu Island or its pirates and intended to erase them.
• Big Morgans returned to Wano Country and published a report portraying Bai Ye as the terminator of pirates and gods.
• Bai Ye prepared to move against the World Government after Shanks reported a temporary agreement with Loki over their unresolved grudge.
• Akainu agreed to cooperate after reading Big Morgans's report, while Bai Ye arranged to transfer Dragon and others for the coming war.
• Blackbeard celebrated Ochoku's death and ordered his men to prepare for battle.

The Five Elders accepted Ochoku’s death and prepared for war, believing Bai Ye had no exploitable weaknesses. Bai Ye’s forces left Wano Country and arrived near Mary Geoise, where the World Government and pirates awaited them.

• The Five Elders concluded Ochoku had little value and ordered preparations for the coming war against Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye’s assembled forces departed Wano Country as its people gathered to see them off, while Golden Lion reflected on his new life and Whitebeard teased him.
• Bai Ye left Big Mom in charge of the rear and promised she could contact him by Den Den Mushi, then departed before she could clarify what he meant.
• Bai Ye used Kamui to bring the ship to the vanguard near Mary Geoise, where the World Government’s forces and pirates gathered for battle.

As Bai Ye’s forces approached, Blackbeard’s allies realized the World Government had placed them on the front line to serve as a barrier. Doflamingo warned that retreating toward the Holy Land would be even more dangerous, leaving Blackbeard’s group stuck facing the vanguard.

• Blackbeard envied Bai Ye’s ability to unite powerful allies, but recognized that his own goal of becoming a Celestial Dragon would prevent others from following him.
• Shiryu grew nervous at the approaching forces, while Burgess realized the World Government had put their group at the front to take the first attack.
• Doflamingo explained that the World Government treated even the Celestial Dragons as expendable, and suspected that a hidden ruler stood behind the Five Elders.
• Lafitte concluded that Blackbeard’s group had been made the first barrier, and Evil Governor King cursed the World Government for sending them to die.
• Blackbeard suggested retreating, but Doflamingo argued that the rear and the Holy Land were more dangerous, so the front line was the safer position.

Blackbeard’s forces debated whether they could safely avoid facing Bai Ye, while Doflamingo withdrew from their Alliance and left Blackbeard to handle the threat himself. The Evil Governor King tried to split from the Blackbeard Pirates, but when Blackbeard’s crew turned against him, he backed down and agreed to fight.

• Lafitte realized that Bai Ye’s abilities made the rear unsafe, and Blackbeard warned that even a fraction of the enemy’s forces would be formidable.
• Doflamingo announced that he was leaving the battlefield, telling Blackbeard that their Alliance depended on Blackbeard handling his own enemy.
• The Evil Governor King urged the crew to disband and leave Blackbeard to face Bai Ye alone.
• Blackbeard challenged the Evil Governor King and warned that he could leave only by himself, as the crew sided with Blackbeard.
• The Evil Governor King saw that the others would not follow him and agreed to stay and fight.

Blackbeard prepared to face Marco and the approaching Whitebeard Pirates as Bai Ye divided the forces for the battle. Bai Ye left Whitebeard and the Marines to handle the pirates while he took Shanks and Elbaf’s giants toward the World Government forces, and Whitebeard insisted on confronting Teach himself.

• Shiryu and Blackbeard recognized that their next enemies were the Whitebeard Pirates, and Marco arrived ahead of the others to confront Teach.
• Marco questioned Teach for betraying Whitebeard and cooperating with the World Government, while Teach declared that he would seize his long-awaited chance and would not lose.
• Bai Ye assigned the Marines and Whitebeard’s forces to fight the pirates while he took Shanks, his crew, and Elbaf’s giants toward the World Government forces above.
• Sengoku questioned whether Bai Ye was taking enough people, but Bai Ye said the forces going with him were sufficient and the Marines could join later.
• Whitebeard said he would settle things with Teach himself, and he angrily rejected Sengoku’s offer to handle the matter for him.

Whitebeard rejected Sengoku’s offer to help and led his crew to confront Blackbeard while the Marines attacked the other pirates. Facing Teach, Whitebeard asked whether the ambition behind his betrayal was worth it, and Blackbeard began explaining why he had seized his opportunity.

• Whitebeard refused Sengoku’s offer to settle the matter and agreed with Ace that they should go confront Blackbeard.
• Tsuru split the forces, leaving Blackbeard to Whitebeard while the Marines prepared to handle the other pirates.
• Whitebeard’s ship reached Blackbeard’s main ship without resistance as Akainu ordered the Marines to attack the pirates.
• Whitebeard faced Teach and said he would not forgive the man who killed Thatch, despite understanding some of his motives.
• Whitebeard asked whether Teach’s actions were the ambition he had wanted, and Teach began explaining that he had seized the opportunity before him.

Ace confronted Blackbeard over killing Thatch, but Blackbeard defended his choice to take the Dark-Dark Fruit as an opportunity he had waited years for. Whitebeard stopped Ace from arguing further, explaining that Blackbeard had inherited Rocks's will and that nothing said now could change what had happened.

• Ace accused Blackbeard of killing Thatch for an opportunity, and Blackbeard admitted he had been waiting for a chance to pursue his ambition.
• Blackbeard explained that he killed Thatch to take the Dark-Dark Fruit, claiming the fruit had chosen him and that Thatch would have wasted its potential.
• Ace grew angrier at Blackbeard's lack of remorse, but Whitebeard told him to stop.
• Ace protested that Blackbeard had killed Thatch, and Whitebeard said pursuing the argument would accomplish little.
• Whitebeard told Ace that Blackbeard had inherited Rocks's ambition and will, so Ace could not change what had already happened.

Blackbeard confronted Whitebeard and confirmed he was prepared to die, while the pirates around him realized they were trapped between the Marines and the Holy Land. Whitebeard let Ace face Teach over Thatch’s murder, as Shiryu learned Blackbeard had a plan for the battle.

• Blackbeard admitted his ambitions depended on the modifications Rocks had made to his body, and Whitebeard challenged him to accept the consequences of his actions.
• The Blackbeard Pirates panicked at the prospect of fighting Whitebeard and the Marines, while Evil Governor King decided to endure the battle and wait for a chance to escape.
• Ace asked Whitebeard to let him fight Teach and avenge Thatch, and Whitebeard agreed.
• Ace and Teach acknowledged that they had become enemies, while Whitebeard reflected that he had never wronged Teach or Rocks.
• Shiryu questioned whether Blackbeard intended to fight to the death, and Blackbeard assured him that he had a plan.

Blackbeard prepared to use his recruited pirates as expendable cover while keeping an escape option open, then faced Ace and attacked first with Dark Water. Ace was dragged toward Blackbeard as the confrontation began.

• Blackbeard told Shiryu and Lafitte that he planned to retreat if necessary and would leave the recruited pirates to fend for themselves.
• Shiryu doubted they could escape, while Lafitte reminded him that they had come prepared to die.
• Blackbeard rallied the pirates by appealing to their greed, and they grew confident that they could win and claim their rewards.
• Blackbeard confronted Ace and claimed Roger had defeated his father only with Garp and the World Government's help.
• Ace vowed to avenge Thatch, but Blackbeard unleashed Dark Water and pulled him toward the vortex.

Blackbeard’s surprise attack failed to capture Ace, who countered the Dark-Dark Fruit with his flames, while Jozu fought Shiryu. Blackbeard still hoped to seize a commander and use him as leverage against Whitebeard, but Shiryu began doubting the plan as the battle turned against them.

• Shiryu blocked Jozu from intervening in Blackbeard and Ace’s fight, choosing to help Blackbeard after deciding his attack showed some promise.
• Jozu recognized Shiryu as Blackbeard’s ally and relied on his diamond body to withstand Shiryu’s sword strike.
• Ace used a blazing-white spear and Flame Net to break Blackbeard’s pull, then burned Blackbeard’s left cheek with flaming blades.
• Jozu caught Shiryu distracted by Blackbeard’s plan and struck him with enough force to send him flying.
• Shiryu decided to focus on fighting Jozu, while Blackbeard regretted failing to capture Ace and considered him the ideal hostage to restrain Whitebeard.

Ace used his knowledge of the Dark-Dark Fruit to injure Blackbeard and exploit its pain drawback, but Blackbeard revealed the Munch-Munch Fruit as another trump card. He transformed debris and bodies into a massive cannon and prepared to continue the fight.

• Ace told Blackbeard he knew the Dark-Dark Fruit's abilities and identified Teach's arrogance as a weakness.
• Ace used a flaming spear to pierce Blackbeard, whose Dark-Dark Fruit caused him to suffer extreme pain from the injury.
• Blackbeard recovered and revealed that he had also obtained Wapol's Munch-Munch Fruit.
• Blackbeard activated Munch-Munch Factory, swallowed nearby rubble, weapons, and pirate corpses, and transformed his dark-covered arm into a gigantic cannon.