Recaps

Ares endured Rocks’s darkness and burst out to strike Rocks, leaving Shiki and Captain John stunned. Rocks was injured, while Ares remained standing despite his battered body.

• Ares steadied himself and unleashed a barrage of punches against Rocks’s darkness, but the black sphere swallowed him.
• Captain John told Slada that Ares had lost, but Slada refused to believe Ares could be defeated.
• Shiki arrived and learned that Ares was trapped inside Rocks’s sphere of darkness.
• Ares burst out of the sphere and punched Rocks, sending him flying and breaking his ribs.
• Shiki asked if Ares was all right, and Ares said he was fine as Slada celebrated his survival.

Ares survived Rocks’s Dark Star and fought him over exchanging a Celestial Dragon for Katakuri, but Shiki intervened before Rocks could attack again. Rocks revoked Ares’s division captaincy and planned to exploit a World Government trap to eliminate him.

• Ares explained that he had fought Rocks because he wanted to exchange a Celestial Dragon for Katakuri, while Shiki warned him about defying the captain.
• Rocks recognized Ares’s rapid growth as a threat and charged at him, but Shiki stepped between them and urged Rocks to stop.
• Shiki persuaded Ares to end the conflict and suggested that everyone search the island for Katakuri.
• Rocks decided to use the World Government’s trap to eliminate Ares and others he considered disloyal.
• Rocks revoked Ares’s position and authority as a Division Captain and ordered him to join the new recruits’ camp to atone.

Rocks checked on the imprisoned Celestial Dragons while Ares reunited with Katakuri and recovered from his fight with Rocks. At the feast, Kaido proposed that Ares form his own crew, but Ares declined for now and ended the chapter planning a new training regimen.

• Rocks visited Charcoal Higurashi and confirmed that Semi-maru's barrier still held Egbert and his family captive.
• Katakuri returned to Ares, apologized for being captured, and said he wanted to become strong enough to protect his younger siblings.
• Ares reassured Katakuri, learned that Cloud of CP0 had released him, and joined the others in preparing a feast.
• Kaido praised Ares's recovery, and Whitebeard explained the Dark-Dark Fruit's powers and warned Ares that Rocks might seek revenge.
• Kaido suggested Ares form his own pirate crew, but Ares said he had no such plans for now.
• Ares returned to his room and began considering a new training plan to address the weaknesses he had discovered fighting Rocks.

After his defeat by Rocks, Ares planned to improve his fighting skills, Devil Fruit powers, and Haki while continuing his relentless body training. When Shimotsuki Kozaburo came to say goodbye, he witnessed Ares striking his own body with Armament Haki and was stunned by his training method.

• Ares resolved to develop combat techniques suited to himself and train his Azure Dragon Fruit powers alongside his body and Haki.
• Ares followed a new training plan, mastered Armament Haki hardening, emission, and flowing, and recognized similarities between flowing Armament and Conqueror's Haki.
• Shimotsuki Kozaburo decided to leave Hachinosu Island because he expected major trouble and planned to say goodbye to Ares.
• Shimotsuki Kozaburo found Ares hammering his own body with Armament-coated fists and was shocked by the intensity of his training.

Kozaburo taught Ares how to use Ryuo, the Wano technique that makes Armament Haki flow through a target and destroy it from within. After experiencing the technique firsthand, Ares quickly learned to channel it into his fist.

• Kozaburo watched Ares train and learned that Ares had only recently started practicing Armament Haki.
• Kozaburo explained that Ryuo let Armament Haki flow outward and penetrate an object to damage it internally.
• Ares asked Kozaburo to demonstrate Ryuo by punching him in the abdomen, and the blow made him spit blood.
• Ares enthusiastically studied Kozaburo's technique, hoping to use Ryuo to train his body's insides.
• Ares gathered his Haki into his fist and formed red flames around it, then asked Kozaburo whether he had learned Ryuo.

Ares learned Ryuo from Kozaburo and tested its power, while Rocks publicly condemned the Celestial Dragons on Hachinosu. Rocks announced that the Rocks Pirates would wage all-out war against the World Government, leaving the pirates to decide whether to join him.

• Ares learned Ryuo from Kozaburo and punched through several trees without touching them.
• Kong received an order from the Five Elders to come to Mary Geoise, and he told Garp to remain at Marine Headquarters.
• Rocks addressed the pirates gathered on Hachinosu, denounced the Celestial Dragons and the World Government, and had the Egbert family brought to the execution platform.
• The pirates pelted the Celestial Dragons with filth, and Rocks ordered his men to revive them with cold water.
• Rocks announced that the Rocks Pirates would launch an all-out war against the World Government and invited the pirates to join him in creating a world ruled by pirates.

Rocks rallied the pirates on Hachinosu and executed the Celestial Dragons, while the World Government prepared to destroy his crew. Ares learned that Shiki would lead an attack on Navy G-1 Base, where the Marines were laying a trap for the Rocks Pirates.

• Rocks declared that pirates were masters of the sea, and the gathered pirates roared in response.
• Rocks ordered the execution of the Celestial Dragons, and the pirates celebrated as the World Government planned its counterattack.
• Kaido told Ares that Shiki would lead a mission to destroy Navy G-1 Base in about a week.
• Kong gathered the Marine commanders at G-1 Base and announced that they would use the prepared defenses to annihilate the Rocks Pirates.
• Kong reviewed wanted posters of the Rocks captains and identified Blood Hand - Ares, with a 2.2 billion Berry bounty, as a major threat.

The Marines prepared for the Rocks Pirates’ expected attack on Marine G1 Base, treating Ares as a major threat. Rocks planned to use the battle as a diversion to raid God Valley, and both fleets sailed toward their targets as the Marines braced for combat.

• Kong warned the Marine officers that Ares was a nearly indestructible powerhouse whose strength rivaled or exceeded Whitebeard and the Golden Lion, while Garp and Zephyr avoided reacting to his claim that the Marines’ strongest force could not defeat him.
• Rocks revealed that Charcoal Higurashi had exposed the World Government’s trap at Marine G1 Base, and he planned to exploit the Marines’ focus on Ares to raid God Valley, seize its treasure and slaves, and eliminate rivals within the Rocks Pirates.
• Over the following week, the Rocks Pirates recruited many pirates, expanded their fleet, and prepared to attack Marine G1 Base while Rocks secretly intended to lead the larger force to God Valley.
• Shiki the Golden Lion departed with part of the fleet to attack Marine G1 Base, while Rocks led the remaining ships out to sea.
• At Marine G1 Base, Prody checked that cannon ammunition was ready and ordered the Marines to maintain discipline, while Tsuru advised Gion to stay calm and Garp reassured her that he would stand at the front.

Kaido volunteered to lead the Rocks Pirates’ assault on Marine G1 Base, while Ares used his Azure Dragon powers to attack the fortress. Sengoku blocked Ares’s Dragon Breath, but the battle intensified as the pirate fleet reached shore.

• Kong ordered the Marines to hold their positions and wait until the Rocks Pirates entered cannon range.
• Kaido volunteered to lead the vanguard, and Shiki the Golden Lion agreed as the fleet advanced under cannon fire.
• Shiki ordered Ares to retaliate, and Ares transformed into an Azure Dragon and unleashed Dragon Breath at G1 Base.
• Sengoku transformed into a golden Buddha and countered the Dragon Breath with his Shockwave, while falling flames killed some Marines.
• Tsuru warned Gion to protect herself, and Kong announced that the enemy ships had reached the shore.

Kaido and Shiki led the pirate assault on the Marine G1 Base as Ares attacked its defenses and Sengoku blocked his strikes. Kaido shattered the gate and called the pirates to charge inside, while Fleet Admiral Kong continued waiting for the Rocks Pirates' main force.

• Shiki learned that Sengoku was at the base and flew toward the battle after Ares.
• Kaido charged through the cannon barrage unharmed, while the artillery killed more than a thousand pirates.
• Ares fired Bad--Wind at the base's cannons, and Sengoku blocked many of his slashes with shockwaves.
• Kaido defeated the Giant Vice Admiral with Thunder Bagua and shattered the city gate with another strike.
• Shiki destroyed cannons with sword slashes as Kaido urged the pirates to charge into the base.

Ares and Marine Admiral Sengoku fought at the G1 Base as Kaido and Shiki’s pirates stormed through the gates. Ares unleashed his newly learned Ryuo, sending Sengoku crashing into a city wall.

• Kaido slaughtered marines at the breached gate, and Shiki’s pirates poured into the G1 Base behind him.
• Sengoku challenged Ares, who returned to human form and landed on the battlefield.
• Sengoku evaded the fighting pirates and killed hundreds while approaching Ares.
• Ares and Sengoku exchanged punches, and Ares’s strength forced Sengoku backward.
• Ares used Ryuo in his Tiger Warrior King Fist, blasting Sengoku into a city wall and leaving him stunned by the attack’s power.

Ares overwhelmed Sengoku with a punch, forcing Sengoku to transform into his Buddha form and fight at full strength. While they battled at G1 Base, Garp confronted Golden Lion, who had been cutting through the Marines.

• Sengoku realized Ares had used a novel Armament Haki technique to strike him from within, and Marines were shaken by Ares's strength.
• Sengoku transformed into his golden Buddha form and clashed with Ares, using powerful shockwaves while Ares tried to understand the ability.
• Ares dodged Sengoku's attacks with Paper Arts and countered with powerful blows, but Sengoku kept him occupied as ordered by Fleet Admiral Kong.
• At G1 Base, Golden Lion fought through waves of Marines and complained about their numbers.
• Garp arrived and challenged Golden Lion, who recognized him and raised his twin blades.

Garp fought Shiki the Golden Lion at Marine G1 Base while Fleet Admiral Kong wondered why Rocks's main force had not appeared. At God Valley, the Human Hunting Tournament began, and young Ivankov promised Ginny he would protect her as they searched for a Devil Fruit and freedom.

• Garp struck Shiki with a powerful punch, then shattered the Sword Qi Shiki sent at him.
• Shiki questioned why Garp and Sengoku were both at Marine G1 Base and suspected the Marines had prepared a trap.
• Fleet Admiral Kong wondered why Rocks's main force had not appeared despite the news about the Devil Fruit.
• At God Valley, young Ivankov reassured Ginny that he would protect her and urged her to stay close while they searched for a Devil Fruit.
• A Celestial Dragon explained the tournament rules, including six Devil Fruit boxes and points for killing slaves, while the Holy Knights eagerly listened.
• Figarland Garling ordered the tournament to begin, and the slaves scattered across the island before the Celestial Dragons set out.

Saint Garling led the Holy Knights and Celestial Dragons into the Human Hunting Tournament on God Valley, beginning a one-sided slaughter of the slaves. Bartholomew Kuma tried to survive by holding onto his father’s hope, but other slaves beat and threatened him for attempting to flee.

• Saint Saturn praised Saint Garling and sent the Holy Knights and participating Celestial Dragons to hunt the slaves for points and Devil Fruits.
• Saint Garling charged onto God Valley, killed slaves who were hiding, and earned points with his attacks.
• Bartholomew Kuma watched slaves fight one another, then left while reminding himself that he had to survive until the warrior of liberation appeared.
• Several slaves struck Kuma with a club and threatened to break his legs if he tried to escape alone again.

Ivankov and Ginny searched God Valley for the six Devil Fruits and decided to find companions, while the Roger Pirates planned to infiltrate the palace and claim the fruits. Roger ended the chapter by declaring that they would take all six.

• Ivankov told Ginny that finding the Devil Fruits alone would be difficult, so they agreed to look for companions.
• Roger, Rayleigh, Gaban, and the other Roger Pirates discussed searching the palace for information about the Void Century and deciphering the inscriptions.
• Gaban and the crew urged Roger to seize the six powerful Devil Fruits to strengthen their crew against the Rocks Pirates.
• Shakky warned the crew about Ares's growing strength, and Rayleigh agreed that they should carefully seek the Devil Fruits.
• Roger declared that the Roger Pirates would take all six Devil Fruits.

The Roger Pirates disguised themselves as Celestial Dragons to seize a Devil Fruit, and Roger reluctantly shaved his beard to avoid recognition. At Marine G1 Base, Sengoku used Conqueror’s Haki to resist Ares, whose Advanced Armament Haki shocked the watching Marines; the battle remained unresolved.

• Rayleigh prepared Celestial Dragon disguises for the Roger Pirates, and Roger reluctantly shaved his beard so he would not be recognized.
• Sengoku evaded Ares’s powerful attacks and tried to recruit him into the Marines, but Ares refused and released his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Sengoku countered Ares’s Conqueror’s Haki with his own, surprising Ares and the other pirates who believed Marines could not possess it.
• Ares displayed Advanced Armament Haki, and Sengoku realized he had likely mastered it only recently while struggling to find a way to defeat him.
• Kong, Zephyr, Tsuru, and Gion reacted with alarm to Ares’s growing strength, and Tsuru explained that his technique used Conqueror’s Haki to strengthen attacks.

Gion recovered her resolve after Tsuru reminded her of her duty, while Ares’s fight with Sengoku was interrupted when a painful surge of memories left him unable to react. As Kaido rampaged inside Marine G1, Kong sent Black Arm Zephyr to stop him.

• Gion felt inferior after seeing Ares fight, but Tsuru encouraged her to keep pursuing her own justice, and Gion vowed to protect the weak with her sword.
• Ares used his speed and strength to overwhelm Sengoku, who defended himself with a golden shield and launched a Buddha Shockwave.
• A sudden flood of memories incapacitated Ares, leaving him standing still as Sengoku’s shockwave battered him and Sengoku prepared another attack.
• Kaido continued defeating Marines and several Marine Vice Admirals inside the fortress while Golden Lion fought Garp.
• Kong worried that the main force of the Rocks Pirates had not appeared and ordered Black Arm Zephyr to stop Kaido.

Zephyr fought Kaido at Marine G1, but Kaido revealed the growing power of his Hanuman Mythical Zoan and threatened to destroy the base. Fleet Admiral Kong shattered the mountain Kaido hurled at the fortress, leaving Kaido convinced the Marines had prepared an ambush.

• Zephyr attacked Kaido, who transformed into a many-armed demon ape and blocked Zephyr’s strongest Punch Wave without injury.
• Kaido used his speed and strength to overwhelm Zephyr, then tore a massive stone mountain from the earth and hurled it at Marine G1.
• Zephyr raced to stop the mountain while Gion drew Kompira and Vice Admiral Tsuru tried to calm the Marines.
• Fleet Admiral Kong punched the mountain apart before it could crush Marine G1.
• Golden Lion lost focus against Garp and was punched through a wall, while Kaido realized Kong, Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr had gathered at Marine G1 and suspected the pirates had been lured into an ambush.

The Marines’ ambush forced the Rocks Pirates to retreat, while Fleet Admiral Kong activated CP0 and warned the Five Elders that Rocks might be targeting the World Government. At the battlefield, Garp badly injured Shiki, who saw Ares unconscious and critically wounded as Sengoku prepared to finish him despite Slada’s desperate defense.

• Shiki ordered the Rocks Pirates to retreat, and Kaido tried to flee until Zephyr blocked his path.
• Fleet Admiral Kong ordered the Marines to attack, activated CP0, and told Saint Warcury that Rocks might be planning to strike the World Government.
• Garp chased Shiki, who used his Float-Float Fruit to raise a stone lion and briefly obstruct him.
• Shiki saw Ares bloodied and unconscious after Sengoku’s attack, then Garp struck Shiki from behind and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Slada defended Ares against Sengoku, but Sengoku broke his trident and knocked him down before preparing another attack.

Golden Lion Shiki fought Garp and Sengoku alone to protect the unconscious Ares, while CP0 joined the battle and surrounded Kaido. The chapter ended with Kaido trying to break through their coordinated assault.

• Shiki used his swords and Float-Float Fruit powers to hold off Garp and Sengoku while buying time for Ares to recover.
• CP0 arrived under Cloud's command and sent several members to capture Kaido, who was fighting Zephyr.
• Kaido recognized CP0 and charged at them with his kanabo, determined to escape the encirclement.
• A CP0 member braced himself with Iron Body as the others attacked Kaido with Finger Pistol, flying kicks, and close-combat techniques.
• Kaido blocked the air bullets with his hands and caught and crushed the flying slashes.

Kaido broke through Marine G1 Base’s wall and found Ares badly injured, leading him to suspect Rocks had betrayed the crew and set them up for a Marine ambush. As CP0 and Zephyr pressed their attack on Kaido, Ares’s unconscious mind heard a voice identify itself as Li Yang.

• Kaido blocked CP0’s attacks, struck down one agent, and smashed through the city wall with Thunder Bagua.
• Kaido saw Ares bloodied beside Slada and struggled to believe that Ares had lost.
• Zephyr’s attack briefly sent Kaido flying, but Kaido defended himself and then accused Rocks of not coming to G1 Base.
• Zephyr and the CP0 Chief feared Rocks might attack elsewhere, while Cloud received the Five Elders’ order to eliminate Ares and the other Rocks Pirates at the base.
• CP0 agents attacked the pirates and surrounded Kaido with Zephyr, forcing him into a desperate fight.
• Inside Ares’s mind, an echoing voice said it was Li Yang and that the two of them were now each other.

Ares confronted Li Yang, who revealed memories of his distant home and said he wanted his soul to find rest. Li Yang merged with Ares and left him overwhelmed by pain and memories, while an author’s note said the story might continue with Ares heading to the Land of Wano to become shogun.

• Ares resisted Li Yang’s voice in his mind until Li Yang explained that Ares’s father had named him after the War God to protect the Land of Wano.
• Li Yang told Ares that he was a dead soul named Li Yang who did not belong in this world and missed his home.
• Li Yang showed Ares memories of his rural childhood and the modern world he had come from.
• Ares realized Li Yang was preparing to leave, but Li Yang merged into his consciousness and said they were each other.
• Ares called for Li Yang as his memories flooded in and caused him intense pain.
• The author said the story might resume with Ares traveling to the Land of Wano and becoming shogun.

Ares awakened after sensing that Slada had fallen while protecting him, and he vowed to protect the injured Fish-Man Guard. He rejoined the battle against Sengoku as Shiki warned him that the Marines and CP0 had set a trap, leaving Ares confronting Sengoku while Garp attacked Shiki.

• Ares sensed that Slada was gravely wounded and unconscious after enduring Sengoku's attacks to guard him.
• Ares comforted Slada, promised to protect him, and rose to challenge Sengoku again.
• Staff Officer Tsuru, Gion, and Kong witnessed Ares's awakening and feared his monstrous strength and ability to grow during battle.
• Ares attacked Sengoku with Azure Dragon's Claw—Slashing Waves, but Sengoku dodged the slashes.
• Ares joined Shiki and agreed to face Sengoku while Shiki handled Garp, but Shiki warned that the battle was a trap involving CP0.
• Sengoku and Garp attacked, and Ares met Sengoku's Buddha Fist with Blood-colored Armament—Red Dragon's Roar.

Ares fought Sengoku at Marine G1 Base until Kong revealed that the Rocks Pirates had attacked God Valley and offered to release Kaido if Golden Lion transported the Marines there. Ares agreed to hear the Marines’ demand, then froze when he realized the God Valley incident had begun.

• Ares unleashed a furious barrage that forced Sengoku onto the defensive, while Kong prepared to join the fight.
• Saint Saturn told Kong that the Rocks Pirates had attacked God Valley, and Kong ordered support dispatched from G1 Base.
• The Marines captured Kaido with Seastone chains, and Kong used his capture to make Ares listen to a condition.
• Kong demanded that Golden Lion transport the Marines to God Valley in exchange for Kaido’s release, and Ares recognized the significance of the attack.
• Sengoku explained the plan to Garp, who loudly revealed that Rocks had attacked God Valley to everyone on the battlefield.

After learning that Rocks had attacked God Valley, Ares agreed to help the Marines in exchange for Kaido’s release and headed there, hoping to claim the island’s six top-tier Devil Fruits. Before the Rocks Pirates arrived, Charcoal Semimaru secretly failed to contact Ares and Shiki, and Rocks’s crew began its assault on God Valley.

• Golden Lion realized that Rocks’s attack on God Valley had prompted Kong to seek help, and Ares agreed to the deal after learning about the six Devil Fruits there.
• Kong halted the fighting, and the Marines escorted the unconscious Slada and shackled Kaido aboard a warship; Ares demanded that Kaido be released at God Valley.
• Rocks’s crew learned from a distress signal that the Celestial Dragons had hidden six top-tier Devil Fruits on God Valley as hunting prizes, and Rocks ordered his pirates to seize them.
• Whitebeard asked Rocks to notify Shiki and Ares, but Charcoal Semimaru secretly did not contact them and falsely claimed they would come after destroying Marine G1 Base.
• Rocks’s crew reached God Valley, and Rocks sent the pirates charging onto the island to claim the Devil Fruits.