Recaps

Ivankov, Ginny, and Kuma discovered that the apparent rescuers were pirates slaughtering slaves, while the Rocks Pirates' attack plunged God Valley into chaos. As the Roger Pirates sought the palace treasury and Whitebeard confronted Saint Garling over the Devil Fruits, Linlin set off to claim some of the island's prized fruits.

• Ivankov told Ginny and Kuma that powerful newcomers had arrived, but Ginny saw them killing helpless slaves and warned that they were pirates who would not rescue them.
• Saint Saturn alerted the Marines and ordered the Celestial Dragons to gather and eat the Devil Fruits before the Rocks Pirates could take them.
• Roger and the Roger Pirates planned to use the invasion as cover to search the palace for Void Century history and Devil Fruits.
• Whitebeard confronted Saint Garling and rejected his offer to join the World Government before attacking him with Murakumogiri.
• The Rocks Pirates spread across God Valley as Linlin headed off to find the island's Devil Fruits.

Rocks confronted Saint Saturn at God Valley and revealed that he had sent Ares and Golden Lion to keep the Marines occupied at G1 Base. Saint Saturn transformed into a powerful Mythical Zoan form as Rocks prepared to fight him.

• Linlin sent Zeus and Prometheus to search God Valley for a Devil Fruit, but the Homies quickly became distracted by their surroundings.
• Rocks faced Saint Saturn and explained that Ares was attacking Marine G1 Base while the Rocks Pirates advanced on God Valley.
• Rocks revealed that Charcoal Higurashi had used her Copy-Copy Fruit ability to impersonate a CP0 member and discover that the Sun God Nika fruit was fake.
• Rocks said Ares had mastered Advanced Armament Haki and that Ares and Golden Lion would keep the Marines from helping Saint Saturn soon.
• Saint Saturn transformed into a strange Mythical Zoan form, and Rocks declared that he would not be stopped.

Rocks fought Saint Saturn while Kong revealed that the Navy was traveling to God Valley with Golden Lion and Ares, exposing Golden Lion’s apparent betrayal of the Rocks Pirates. Rocks ordered his crew to attack the Holy Knights and World Government soldiers, then launched a black dragon attack at Saint Saturn as the reinforcements approached.

• Rocks used the Dark-Dark Fruit and Advanced Armament Haki to repel Saint Saturn, drawing jeers from the Rocks Pirates.
• Kong called Saint Saturn and revealed that the Navy was heading to God Valley aboard Golden Lion’s Float-Float Fruit.
• Golden Lion spoke through the Den Den Mushi, accused Rocks of sending him and Ares into a Navy ambush, and threatened to settle the score at God Valley.
• Rocks ordered his pirates to kill the Holy Knights and World Government soldiers and seize the Devil Fruit before the Navy arrived.
• Rocks attacked Saint Saturn with the True Evil Dragon Roar, and the black dragon broke free after Saint Saturn tried to restrain it with his invisible force.

Rocks used the awakened power of the Dark-Dark Fruit to pressure Saint Saturn while Charcoal Semimaru and Charcoal Higurashi pushed through the battle toward the palace treasury. There, they ran into the Roger Pirates looting the treasury, and Semimaru’s barrier withstood Rayleigh’s sword strikes as Roger prepared to test it himself.

• Rocks’s black dragon pulled Saint Saturn toward it with gravity, but Saturn shattered its head with an invisible force and escaped by using Shave.
• Charcoal Semimaru protected himself and Charcoal Higurashi with his barrier as they crossed the battlefield and headed for the palace in search of treasure and Devil Fruits.
• Higurashi used the Copy-Copy Fruit to learn the treasury’s location, and the pair reached its locked doors without encountering serious resistance.
• The treasury doors opened to reveal Roger and the Roger Pirates carrying chests of treasure, and Rayleigh attacked the two intruders.
• Semimaru blocked Rayleigh’s sword and Flying Slash with his barrier, prompting Roger to eagerly volunteer to try breaking it.

The Roger Pirates found the Flame-Flame Fruit in the royal palace treasury, but Charcoal Higurashi called Rocks and revealed their presence. As Rocks headed to confront them and Saint Saturn let him pass, Roger’s crew escaped the collapsing treasury, only to be confronted by Charcoal Higurashi and Charcoal Semimaru demanding the fruit.

• Roger’s God-Dodge failed to break Charcoal Semimaru’s barrier, and the Roger Pirates marveled at its strength.
• A Flame-Flame Fruit rolled from a treasure chest, and Roger offered it to Rayleigh and the others, but they all refused.
• Charcoal Higurashi told Rocks that the Roger Pirates had found the Flame-Flame Fruit, and Rocks set off to stop them.
• Saint Saturn let Rocks and his men enter the royal city, hoping the two pirate crews would weaken each other while the World Government gathered the island’s fruits.
• Rayleigh urged Roger to leave, and Roger brought down the treasury by punching a damaged wall so the crew could escape with the treasure.
• Charcoal Higurashi and Charcoal Semimaru emerged from the rubble inside a spherical barrier and demanded that the Roger Pirates leave the Flame-Flame Fruit behind.

Rayleigh and Sambel used the ground beneath Charcoal Semimaru and Charcoal Higurashi to launch them away, letting the Roger Pirates escape with the Flame-Flame Fruit. After the pair woke the next day and found the mythical Snake-Snake Fruit, Model: Yamata no Orochi, an unseen speaker demanded it from them.

• Gaban failed to break Charcoal Semimaru's barrier, so Rayleigh deduced its weakness and cut through the rubble beneath the Charcoal duo.
• Sambel flung the barrier sphere and its occupants into the air, and the Roger Pirates decided to leave the area with the Flame-Flame Fruit.
• The Charcoal duo crashed to the ground, lost consciousness, and woke the next day beside a small box and the Yamata no Orochi Devil Fruit.
• Charcoal Semimaru and Charcoal Higurashi decided to keep the fruit, but an unseen voice demanded that they hand it over.

Ares confronted Charcoal Higurashi and Charcoal Semimaru on God Valley, identifying them as members of the Kurozumi Family and demanding an answer for their feud with the Tsukino Family. Though the Barrier-Barrier Fruit seemed impervious to Kaido’s attacks, Ares prepared to test its defense himself.

• Ares, Kaido, and Slada caught up with Charcoal Higurashi and Charcoal Semimaru, who protected themselves and blamed Rocks for arranging Ares’s attack on the Marines’ G-1 Base.
• Ares accused the pair of belonging to the Kurozumi Family and of stirring up Wano’s civil war against the Tsukino Family; Charcoal Semimaru admitted it and blamed the Tsukino Family for their troubles.
• Kaido struck Charcoal Semimaru’s barrier repeatedly with Thunder Bagua and his kanabō, but the Barrier-Barrier Fruit’s defense remained unharmed.
• Charcoal Higurashi reached for a Den Den Mushi to contact Rocks while the pair mocked Ares and insisted the barrier was invincible.
• Ares acknowledged that the barrier was the strongest defense on the sea, then said he would test whether it could stop him.

Ares failed to break Charcoal Semimaru’s barrier with brute force, then used Life Return to regrow his hair and reshape his body. He revealed that he had mastered Ryuo and struck the barrier from within, leaving the Charcoal duo desperate to survive.

• Ares struck Charcoal Semimaru’s barrier with his Blood-colored Armament, but it remained intact and Semimaru mocked him.
• Ares regrew his hair with Life Return and explained how the technique let him control his body and trade some strength for speed.
• Ares restored his massive physique and prepared to attack the barrier again.
• Ares coated his arm in Ryuo, frightening Semimaru and Higurashi, who realized he meant to destroy the barrier from within.
• Ares touched the barrier with his Ryuo-infused fist, and Semimaru spat blood and flew backward as Higurashi begged him to spare them in exchange for the fruit.

Ares claimed the Yamata no Orochi Devil Fruit, killed Charcoal Higurashi and Charcoal Semimaru, and began planning a pirate crew built around powerful Devil Fruit users. He stored the fruit for a potential recruit and set out with Kaido and Slada to search God Valley for the remaining fruits.

• Ares broke through the barrier, took the Yamata no Orochi Fruit, and considered how Mythical Zoan users could strengthen his future crew.
• Kaido and Slada praised Ares after he injured Charcoal Semimaru, while the Charcoal duo begged for mercy and offered to become his subordinates.
• Ares killed Charcoal Higurashi and Charcoal Semimaru, rejecting their offer and lamenting that their Copy-Copy and Barrier-Barrier Fruits were wasted on them.
• Ares offered the Yamata no Orochi Fruit to Slada, but Slada refused because becoming an ability user would cost him his strength from seawater.
• Ares stored the fruit for a future recruit and told Kaido and Slada to search God Valley for the five remaining Devil Fruits, including the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit.
• Ares sensed battle in the island's southwest and led Kaido and Slada there before another person could claim a Devil Fruit.

Kuma found the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit with Ivankov and Ginny, but Saint Gryphon arrived and demanded it, threatening to kill them. After Kuma tried to surrender the fruit to save his friends, Saint Gryphon struck him down with Conqueror's Haki and knocked all three children unconscious; as he moved to claim the fruit, something suddenly changed.

• Kuma found the bear-paw-shaped Devil Fruit, and Ivankov and Ginny urged him to eat it while Kuma offered to share it with them.
• Saint Gryphon appeared, identified the fruit as the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit, and demanded that Kuma hand it over.
• Saint Gryphon threatened to kill the children and everyone connected to them if he did not receive the fruit.
• Ivankov tried to stop Kuma from surrendering the fruit, but Kuma ran toward Saint Gryphon to protect his friends.
• Saint Gryphon counted to three, struck Kuma down with Conqueror's Haki, and knocked Ivankov and Ginny unconscious as well.
• Saint Gryphon moved to pick up the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit, but his back suddenly broke out in gooseflesh.

Linlin and Streusen seized the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit from the unconscious Kuma, then agreed to trade it for Saint Gryphon’s Mythical Zoan Mouth True God Form. Kuma, Ivankov, and Ginny woke as Ivankov and Ginny urged Kuma to reclaim the fruit and eat it.

• Linlin attacked Saint Gryphon with Elbaf Spear and sent Streusen to take the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit from the unconscious Kuma.
• Streusen picked up the fruit while Linlin fought Saint Gryphon, who threatened them and then offered a Mythical Zoan in exchange.
• Saint Gryphon showed Streusen proof that Kuma’s fruit was the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit and revealed the Mouth True God Form fruit.
• Streusen confirmed the displayed fruit matched the encyclopedia, and Linlin agreed to trade.
• Kuma, Ivankov, and Ginny woke, and Ivankov and Ginny urged Kuma to take back the fruit and eat it immediately.

Ares arrived at God Valley, seized the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit, and returned it to Kuma. He invited Kuma to become his companion, leaving Kuma, Ivankov, and Ginny stunned.

• Kuma attacked Streusen to take the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit, but Ares's Flying Slash knocked Streusen back and made him drop it.
• Saint Gryphon raced for the fallen fruit, but Ares intercepted him with a powerful punch while Kaido picked up the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit.
• Ares used his Conqueror's Haki to stop Linlin from claiming the fruit, then took it from Kaido.
• Kuma, Ivankov, and Ginny tried to leave, but Ares approached them and asked Kuma his name.
• Ares gave the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit to Kuma and asked him to become his companion.

Ares returned the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit to Kuma and invited him to join his group, then protected him from Saint Gryphon and Linlin while he ate it. Kuma gained the power to repel things, and Ares had him test whether he could remove Slada's pain.

• Ares offered Kuma the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit and asked him to become his partner, and Ivankov and Ginny urged Kuma to accept.
• Saint Gryphon attacked Kuma, but Ares shattered his flying slash and declared that no one could hurt his partner; Kuma then agreed to join Ares.
• Ares welcomed Kuma and promised to protect Ivankov and Ginny, while Kaido and Slada accepted him as part of their group.
• Saint Gryphon attacked Ares, and Linlin tried to stop Kuma from eating the fruit, but Ares fought them both off.
• Kuma ate the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit and discovered that he could repel anything; Ares told him to use his paw to remove Slada's pain.

Kuma used the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit to remove Slada’s pain and injuries, but Ares absorbed the expelled suffering and endured it. Ares turned the ordeal into a new way to pursue his dream of forging a body that surpassed Supreme Grade Swords, while Saint Gryphon’s attack was repelled.

• Kuma used his Nikyu Nikyu Fruit to remove Slada’s pain, fatigue, and other negative conditions, leaving a red sphere in the air.
• Ares explained that the expelled conditions would return unless someone absorbed them, then took Slada’s suffering into his own body.
• Saint Gryphon attacked Ares while he was enduring the pain, but Ares struck his blade with the Advanced Armament Haki Great Ape King Fist and forced him back.
• Ares revealed that enduring the pain gave him a new way to temper his physique and bring his dream closer.
• Kaido, Slada, Kuma, Ivankov, Linlin, Streusen, and Saint Gryphon reacted with admiration, disbelief, or fear at Ares’s ambition.

Ares willingly took on Kaido and Kuma’s injuries to strengthen his body, then learned Saint Gryphon possessed a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit and attacked him to claim it. Linlin agreed to help Saint Gryphon, and the chapter ended with Ares pressing the attack and Saint Gryphon calling for her aid.

• Ares insisted that Kuma transfer the pain and injuries from Kaido and himself, despite their protests.
• Kuma used the Nikyu Nikyu Fruit to transfer the injuries to Ares, leaving him bleeding but eager to endure more.
• Ivankov warned Ares that Saint Gryphon had the Mythical Zoan Great Mouth True God Form, and Saint Gryphon offered the fruit to Linlin in exchange for joining forces against Ares.
• Linlin accepted Saint Gryphon’s offer, while Ares recognized the fruit’s significance and declared that he would take it.
• Ares attacked Saint Gryphon with his Blood-colored Armament and Dragon Tail Sweep, forcing Saint Gryphon to dodge and call for Linlin’s help.

Ares fought Linlin and Saint Gryphon while ordering Kaido, Slada, and Kuma to rescue the island’s remaining slaves and bring them to the warship. As they left, Ares continued battling both opponents alone, boasting that he would become the “God of War.”

• Linlin attacked Ares with Ikoku, and Ares countered with a slash from his tail, their attacks tearing through the surrounding landscape.
• Kuma asked to rescue the other slaves, but Kaido objected that they were too weak to help the slaves and Ares at once.
• Ares ordered Kaido, Slada, and Kuma to take the slaves to their warship, promising to collect them when the fight was over.
• Kaido argued that he should stay and fight beside Ares, but Ares insisted he could handle Linlin and Saint Gryphon alone and told Kaido to prepare food for him.
• Kaido, Slada, and Kuma left to rescue the slaves, while Ares blocked the enemies’ attacks and dismissed Linlin’s lightning and fire as weak.

Ares fought Saint Gryphon and Charlotte Linlin while resisting their attacks, then pursued Gryphon after the Holy Knights arrived. Saint Saturn restrained Ares as the Devil Fruit box was blown into the air, and he ordered the others to recover it.

• Ares used his immense strength and dragon abilities to battle Saint Gryphon and Linlin without being overwhelmed.
• Saint Saturn and the Holy Knights arrived, prompting Linlin to withdraw while Ares struck the retreating Gryphon with Hasshoken.
• Ares pursued Gryphon to seize his Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, sending a Holy Knight flying when he tried to intervene.
• Gryphon unleashed Tsukuyomi, but Ares countered with Red Dragon's Roar, and their clash sent the box flying into the sky.
• Saint Saturn used his power to bind Ares and ordered the Holy Knights to retrieve the fruit.

Ares fought Saint Gryphon and Linlin for the Mythical Zoan: Great Mouth True God Form, and Whitebeard’s intervention let him seize it. Ares and Whitebeard prepared to face the World Government forces, while Whitebeard discovered Ares had already obtained two Devil Fruits.

• Ares broke free of Saint Saturn’s restraints and fought to keep the Great Mouth True God Form from the Holy Knights and Linlin.
• Linlin and Saint Gryphon both tried to take the fruit as Ares battled them and killed several Holy Knights members.
• Whitebeard’s shockwave sent Linlin into Ares’s wind blades, allowing Ares to grab the fruit and thank his big brother.
• Whitebeard revealed that he had obtained the Mythical Zoan: Phoenix Form, and Ares said the Devil Fruits belonged with them rather than the Celestial Dragons.
• Saint Saturn and Saint Gryphon threatened to keep Ares and Whitebeard from leaving, but the two pirates challenged them to attack.
• Whitebeard saw the Devil Fruits in Ares’s box and realized Ares had already stolen two.

Ares revealed that he had secured three Devil Fruits and fought Saint Saturn and Saint Gryphon to protect them. While Whitebeard watched, Linlin tried to take Ares’s fruits, but Whitebeard blocked her.

• Ares told Whitebeard that he had secured three Devil Fruits, including one eaten by his partner, and Whitebeard praised his luck.
• Saint Saturn and Saint Gryphon attacked Ares to reclaim the fruits, but Ares shattered their attacks and charged Saint Saturn.
• Ares transformed his arm and struck Saint Saturn with a powerful shock wave, forcing him back, then caught and broke Saint Gryphon’s slash.
• Ares refused Whitebeard’s offer to help, insisting that Saint Saturn and Saint Gryphon were his prey, while Whitebeard stayed back to watch.
• Linlin decided to take the Devil Fruits from Ares instead of searching for the remaining fruits, but Whitebeard blocked her and said he would not allow it.

Ares learned the Giant Tribe’s Elbaf Spear during the battle and adapted it into his own God of War Spear, injuring Saint Gryphon and Saint Saturn. As the fight continued, Ares began thinking about combining his many techniques into a single style suited to him.

• Whitebeard refused to back down from Linlin, and the two clashed after he split her Ikoku shock wave.
• Ares studied Linlin’s technique and learned the Giant Tribe’s Elbaf Spear, then used his God of War Spear to wound Saint Gryphon.
• Saint Gryphon refused to retreat despite his injuries, while Saint Saturn and the other Holy Knights joined the fight against Ares.
• Ares used a dragon-tail God of War Spear against Saint Saturn and fought both him and Saint Gryphon, while Whitebeard praised Ares’s strength.
• Ares considered fusing his combat techniques into one style better suited to himself.

Ares adapted the Elbaf Spear’s heavy, sweeping force into his own fighting style and grew stronger as he battled Saint Gryphon and Saint Saturn. Kong ordered the Marines to withdraw and support them, bringing the Marines, Roger Pirates, and Rocks Pirates to witness Ares’s changed appearance and rising power.

• Ares reshaped his attacks into heavy, controlled sweeps, gradually increasing their strength as he fought Saint Gryphon and Saint Saturn.
• The Holy Knights called Fleet Admiral Kong and reported that Ares was growing stronger and threatened to take two Devil Fruits.
• Kong ordered Garp, Sengoku, Zephyr, and the Marines to stop fighting and withdraw, prompting the Roger Pirates to retreat alongside them.
• Rocks led the Rocks Pirates after the Marines and Roger Pirates to discover what had happened.
• The groups arrived to find Ares battling Saint Gryphon and Saint Saturn, and Sengoku, Garp, Zephyr, and Rayleigh reacted to his changed appearance and increased strength.

Ares battled the Marines, the Holy Knights, and the Rocks Pirates for days at God Valley while his allies evacuated the slaves. When Kaido warned him that the slaves needed food and that Ares was badly injured, Ares chose to leave, but news that he had two Devil Fruits drew everyone’s attention.

• Rocks blamed Ares for the Marines’ arrival, while Shiki accused Rocks of trying to eliminate him and Ares.
• Sengoku joined the fight against Ares, who held his own against three opponents and began developing a fighting style of his own.
• The fighting spread across God Valley, with Linlin joining the battle and Roger’s crew entering to block her and Whitebeard.
• After two or three days of fighting, Kaido returned and told Ares that the slaves had been loaded onto warships and needed food.
• Ares agreed to leave with Kaido, but Saint Gryphon revealed that Ares had two Devil Fruits, prompting greed and astonishment across the battlefield.

Ares ended the battle at God Valley before the World Government could benefit, and Rocks's crew began to fracture as Ares, Golden Lion, and Whitebeard withdrew. Ares set sail with Kaido and the rescued slaves, planning to return to Wano, but the ship faced an immediate food shortage.

• Ares, backed by Whitebeard and Golden Lion, persuaded Saint Saturn to end the fighting at God Valley, while Rocks vowed revenge.
• Golden Lion and Whitebeard announced they were leaving the Rocks Pirates, and Rocks ordered his crew to depart.
• Ares told Whitebeard and Golden Lion he planned to return to Wano, reclaim the Tsukino Family's territory, and master his techniques.
• Ares sailed away with Kaido, Slada, Kuma, and tens of thousands of slaves, then promised he knew where they could find food.

Ares formed the God of War Pirates and flew with the rescued slaves toward Marine G1 to seize supplies and ships. As Rocks turned his attention to the Roger Pirates, Ares’s return to Marine G1 left Tsuru and the Marines facing an overwhelming threat.

• Ares chose Marine G1 as the crew’s destination, and Kaido remembered that Jin was still on Hachinosu Island.
• Ares named his crew the God of War Pirates, and Kuma, Ivankov, and Ginny celebrated their freedom.
• Captain John told Rocks that Ares had flown away, so Rocks decided to pursue the Roger Pirates and their Devil Fruit.
• Rayleigh and Roger discussed Ares’s departure from the Rocks Pirates, then discovered a baby inside their chest.
• Tsuru learned that Ares had rescued tens of thousands of slaves, and Gion spotted his flying warship returning to Marine G1.

Ares led the freed slaves to the Navy G1 Base, where Tsuru ordered the Navy to stand down. After confronting the Navy over its failure to protect the slaves, Ares gathered food, weapons, and warships to help them build a new home.

• Tsuru ordered Gion and the naval soldiers not to resist Ares or block his people.
• Ares challenged the slaves to consider why the Navy had failed to protect them, then promised them food, land, families, and a new life if they followed his orders.
• Kuma called Ares the God of Liberation, and the slaves cheered for him and vowed to grow stronger.
• Ares confronted Tsuru at the base, and she admitted that the Navy could not stop him.
• Kaido and Slada led the slaves in carrying food and weapons from the base while Ares seized several warships; Gion questioned the Navy's justice.
• Ares boarded a loaded warship and announced that the slaves would set sail to build a home of their own.