Chapter Summaries

Red Earl revealed that his awakened Life Return let him trade life force for regeneration and immense power, then unleashed a slash that split Bibo Island and struck Morito. Believing Morito badly injured but alive, Red Earl escaped with Ain, hoping to use her Return-Return Fruit to regain his youth.

• Red Earl reattached his severed arm and explained that his rapid healing came from the awakened realm of Life Return.
• Red Earl said awakened Life Return let him regenerate by spending life force and strengthen attacks by spending it.
• Red Earl slashed Morito with crimson Sword Qi, sending him and his Truth-Seeking Orb shield into the sea and splitting Bibo Island in two.
• Red Earl recognized that Ain's Return-Return Fruit might restore his youth and decided to take her away.
• Red Earl told Ain that Morito was not dead, then left with her to study her ability and regain his youth.

Morito rescued Ain from Red Earl and clashed with him, forcing the old pirate to flee after his weapon shattered. Morito chose not to pursue, leaving Ain to wonder whether he still resented the Marines.

• Red Earl tried to take Ain away, but Morito appeared and invited her to come with him.
• When Ain moved toward Morito, Red Earl attacked her with his sword, and Morito intercepted him.
• Morito struck Red Earl with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, shattering his umbrella and forcing him to retreat at great cost to his life force.
• Ain asked whether Red Earl was dead, and Morito said he had escaped and might seek the Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, Vampire Form.
• Morito refused to pursue Red Earl, explaining that he did not intend to help either him or the Marines.
• Ain remembered Zephyr's warning that Morito still harbored resentment toward the Marines.

Ain returned to the G1 Branch and reported that Patrick Redfield had attacked Zephyr's warship. Akainu told her Zephyr and everyone else aboard had died, leaving Ain as the sole survivor, and vowed that the Navy would take back the New World.

• Morito gave Ain a small sailboat near the G1 Branch while he went to look for Luo and Lily Nyan.
• Ain arrived at the G1 Branch and asked to see Garp so she could report important information.
• Akainu intercepted Ain and questioned her in his office about the attacks on Zephyr's warship.
• Ain told Akainu that Patrick Redfield had attacked them and that Morito had defeated Weevil and rescued Zephyr and the cadets.
• Ain asked to visit Zephyr, but Akainu told her that Zephyr and everyone aboard the warship had died, making her the only survivor.
• Ain broke down in grief, and Akainu left her alone and vowed that the Navy would take back the New World.

Luo faced a deadly serpent in the forest and refused Lily Nyan’s help, determined to pass Morito’s test and gain the power to avenge Corazon. After Luo fell into an abyss, Morito revealed that the test was about resolve and opened a Black Hole in his path.

• Luo reached a cliff while fleeing a giant serpent with Armament Haki and decided to face it rather than give up.
• The serpent swallowed Luo, but he cut his way out from inside and wounded it with his dagger.
• When the serpent’s tail swept Luo toward the cliff, Lily Nyan offered help, but Luo refused.
• Lily Nyan stomped through the crooked tree holding Luo, sending him plunging into the abyss.
• Morito recognized that Luo had proved his resolve and opened a Black Hole in the path of his fall.

Luo survived the fall and convinced Morito that his resolve to avenge Rosinante was strong enough to end the test. Meanwhile, Shanks considered Marine Headquarters' invitation to become a Shichibukai before Red Earl invoked their agreement and asked for a mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.

• Morito rescued Luo after Lily Nyan broke the tree he had caught himself on, and Luo said he wanted strength to avenge Rosinante.
• Morito decided Luo had shown enough resolve, acknowledged that Lily Nyan had acted after Luo insulted her, and took them back.
• Shanks discussed Marine Headquarters' Shichibukai invitation with Beckman and the Red-Haired Pirates, who supported his choice to accept.
• Red Earl arrived at the Red-Haired Pirates' gathering and reminded Shanks of their agreement to help him in exchange for recovering Captain Roger's body.
• Red Earl asked Shanks to obtain the Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, Vampire model.

Red Earl gave Red-Haired three days to find the Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, Vampire form, so Red-Haired sought help from the Marines. He agreed to accept the Shichibukai appointment in exchange for the fruit, and Sengoku heard his request.

• Red Earl demanded that Red-Haired find him a Mythical Zoan within three days, then left for Whitebeard's territory.
• Red-Haired decided his crew could not find the fruit in time and called Fleet Admiral Sengoku using Garp's Den Den Mushi.
• Sengoku asked whether Red-Haired would accept the Shichibukai appointment, and Red-Haired said he would if the Marines provided a Devil Fruit.
• Red-Haired specified that he wanted the Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, Vampire form.

Morito gave Luo the Op-Op Fruit and pushed him to build his physical strength as he trained to use it. A month after the Shichibukai policy was announced, four seats were filled, and Doflamingo received the call he had been dreading after the World Government rejected his bid.

• Morito gave Luo the Op-Op Fruit and criticized his stamina as Luo struggled to maintain ROOM: Shambles.
• Luo realized his body was too weak to support his Devil Fruit abilities and began physical training in the valley.
• A month after the Shichibukai policy was announced, Dracule Mihawk, Fisher Tiger, Shanks, and Bartholomew Kuma filled four of the seven positions.
• Doflamingo brooded in Dressrosa after the Holy Land rejected his bid to become a Shichibukai.
• Doflamingo answered his personal Den Den Mushi, and the caller said, "I thought you wouldn't answer, Mingo."

Morito confronted Doflamingo about losing the Op-Op Fruit, and Doflamingo offered him money and a share of a plan to seize Heavenly Gold. The two called themselves friends as Doflamingo sought Morito’s help becoming a Shichibukai.

• Morito asked Doflamingo about the missing Op-Op Fruit, and Doflamingo admitted it was gone.
• Doflamingo offered Morito five billion Beli to compensate him for the fruit, and Morito accepted the proposed payment.
• Doflamingo offered another five billion Beli for help with a fleet carrying Heavenly Gold from the New World's Affiliated Nations.
• Morito recognized that Doflamingo intended to use the raid to advance his plans to become a Shichibukai, while pretending not to know his purpose.
• Doflamingo explained that becoming a Shichibukai was important to the Donquixote Family, and Morito agreed to help, calling them friends.

Morito and Doflamingo approached a fleet carrying Heavenly Gold, and Morito decided to seize its cargo rather than accept Doflamingo’s payment. After Doflamingo rejected his suggestion to kidnap Celestial Dragons, Morito went ahead alone and unleashed the Tenseigan’s overwhelming pressure.

• Vice Admiral Maynard spotted Doflamingo and Morito approaching the six merchant ships carrying Heavenly Gold.
• Morito changed his mind about Doflamingo’s offer, saying he would seize the ships and give Doflamingo one percent for the intelligence.
• Morito suggested kidnapping Celestial Dragons to help Doflamingo secure the Shichibukai position, but Doflamingo refused because it would endanger the Donquixote Family.
• Morito told Doflamingo to come up with another plan, tore open space, and appeared aboard one of the ships.
• Morito unleashed the Tenseigan’s mental pressure across the sea, leaving Doflamingo stunned by its power.

Morito attacked the ships carrying the Heavenly Gold, killed Vice Admiral Maynard, and left Doflamingo to eliminate the fleeing CP0 agents. Inside the cabin, Morito found a vast fortune in Beli and realized how poor he was by comparison.

• Morito's Tenseigan and Yin Release knocked out or killed nearly everyone on the ships, leaving a few Navy officers and CP0 agents standing.
• Morito swiftly killed Maynard and extracted his life force with a green orb.
• The CP0 agents fled in different directions, while Morito went into the cabins to search for the Heavenly Gold.
• Doflamingo pursued the CP0 agents using his Sky Road and cut them down with his threads.
• Morito discovered enormous piles of Beli in the cabin and realized he was a broke nobody.

Morito proposed robbing Heavenly Gold transport ships, while Doflamingo could only provide routes in the North Blue. Red-Haired told Red Earl the Marines had found the Vampire Fruit and were preparing to capture him, and Doflamingo’s call revealed that Heavenly Gold was in his hands and Vice Admiral Maynard was missing.

• Morito asked Doflamingo for the Heavenly Gold transport routes, but Doflamingo could only help with ships in the North Blue, so Morito decided to take the ships to Rebolde Island.
• Red-Haired told Red Earl that the World Government had found the Mythical Zoan Vampire Fruit and warned him that the Marines planned to capture him.
• Red Earl trusted Red-Haired to honor their agreement and asked him for the fruit’s location.
• Sengoku and the senior Marines discussed capturing Red Earl when Doflamingo called and announced that he had the Heavenly Gold.
• Sengoku sent an adjutant to investigate the missing Heavenly Gold, and the adjutant reported that Vice Admiral Maynard was missing.

Sengoku confronted Doflamingo over the hijacking of the New World's Heavenly Gold fleet, while Doflamingo used the crisis to push for a Shichibukai position. After revealing that Morito had taken the gold and threatening to sell other fleet routes, Doflamingo left Sengoku to consult the Five Elders.

• Sengoku angrily rejected Doflamingo's demand to become a Shichibukai, then calmed down and answered his later call.
• Sengoku told Doflamingo he would consult the Five Elders about the position and insisted the Heavenly Gold be returned.
• Doflamingo revealed he had sold the fleet's route to the Dragon Slayer and that the gold had reached Rebolde Island in Morito's hands.
• Doflamingo threatened to reveal Heavenly Gold routes in the Four Seas and Paradise to Kaido, Big Mom, and Morito.
• Sengoku ended the call and contacted the Five Elders, while Doflamingo waited on Rebolde Island, expecting them to agree to his demand.

Sengoku led a Marine force to Morris Island to capture the Red Earl, who had come seeking the Vampire Fruit despite knowing it was a trap. The Red Earl destroyed his boat and faced Sengoku, Garp, Aokiji, and Kizaru as the battle began.

• Doflamingo accepted the Shichibukai appointment and agreed to report everything he learned about Morito and the Dragon Slayer Pirate Crew to Marine Headquarters.
• Tsuru urged Sengoku not to join the Red Earl operation, but Sengoku insisted on going to avenge Zephyr.
• The Red Earl arrived openly at Morris Island, and a Marine sentry alerted the forces waiting there.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to capture the Red Earl as he approached the island.
• The Red Earl mocked Sengoku and the Navy, and Kizaru destroyed his boat to cut off his escape.
• Sengoku and Garp charged the Red Earl, beginning the battle.

Red Earl kept Sengoku, Garp, Kizaru, and Aokiji occupied while Red-Haired and his crew secretly approached Morris Island to take the Vampire Fruit. Red-Haired and Beckman reached the island, where CP agents guarded the fruit in the evacuated town.

• Sengoku and Garp overwhelmed the weakened Red Earl while Kizaru joined the fight and Aokiji blocked his escape.
• A Navy patrol ship spotted the Red-Haired Pirates surfacing nearby, and Red-Haired ordered the crew to leave no witnesses.
• Beckman explained their plan to exploit a gap in the Navy patrols and hide the ship beneath the island’s northern cliff.
• Red-Haired and Beckman landed quietly on the far side of Morris Island while the rest of the crew concealed the ship.
• Red Earl continued stalling the Navy, hoping to give Red-Haired time to find the Vampire Fruit and secure his escape.
• Red-Haired and Beckman arrived in the deserted town, where CP Organization agents guarded the Vampire Fruit.

Red-Haired and Beckman searched for the missing Vampire Fruit and were trapped by Sengoku’s Seastone cage, while Red Earl struggled to hold off Sengoku, Garp, Kizaru, and Aokiji. The chapter ended with both sides trying to buy time as Red Earl’s strength and life force dwindled.

• Red-Haired and Beckman found an empty box, deduced that the Vampire Fruit was likely at the small fishing harbor, and suspected Sengoku had set a trap.
• Red-Haired and Beckman were sealed inside a Seastone cage, but they decided to wait and see who Sengoku sent to deal with them.
• Red Earl struggled to evade Sengoku, Garp, Kizaru, and Aokiji as his stamina and life force ran low.
• Sengoku mocked Red Earl for running, but Red Earl refused to take the bait and conserve his strength.
• Garp urged Sengoku and the others to keep attacking before Red Earl could catch his breath.

Crocodile guarded the Vampire Fruit in Morris Island’s desert while Red-Haired and Beckman deduced that Sengoku had planted traps to wear them down. They chose to search the desert first, unaware that Crocodile was waiting there.

• Crocodile revealed that he held the Vampire Fruit and had joined the Shichibukai as part of a secret World Government plan to protect it.
• Crocodile, confident in his strengthened Haki and Suna Suna no Mi, waited in the desert for whoever had taken the bait.
• Red-Haired and Beckman escaped a town trap and reasoned that Sengoku had placed the real fruit somewhere else to exhaust them.
• Beckman studied a map while Red-Haired reviewed the valley, forest, and desert as possible hiding places.
• Red-Haired chose the forest, but Beckman insisted they search the desert first.

Crocodile confronted Red-Haired on Morris Island over the Vampire Fruit, revealing the formidable sand powers he planned to use to earn his Shichibukai appointment. As Red-Haired prepared to stop Crocodile’s growing sandstorm, a massive figure landed between them and asked about a Mythical Zoan.

• Crocodile challenged Red-Haired to defeat him for the Vampire Fruit, while Beckman withdrew from the fight.
• Crocodile attacked Red-Haired with sand blades, but Red-Haired blocked them with Griffin and revealed his strength as a Great Swordsman.
• Crocodile unleashed Sables to expand the desert and prepare for a prolonged battle.
• Red-Haired wrapped Griffin in Armament Haki as thunderclouds gathered above Morris Island.
• A massive figure landed between Crocodile and Red-Haired, scattered the sandstorm, and asked where the Mythical Zoan was.

Kaido arrived at Morris Island to claim the Vampire Fruit, forcing Red-Haired, Beckman, and Crocodile to face a far stronger opponent. He knocked Crocodile unconscious with one Thunder Bagua, took the box, and confirmed the fruit was the Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, Vampire Model.

• Kaido appeared at the fishing harbor, and Crocodile took the box containing the Vampire Fruit as Red-Haired and Beckman prepared for trouble.
• Kaido reached for the box, but Crocodile evaded him by turning into sand.
• Kaido moved behind Crocodile and struck him with Thunder Bagua, breaking his ribs and knocking him unconscious.
• Kaido took the box, opened it, and identified the fruit as the Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, Vampire Model.

Kaido arrived on Morris Island, killed Crocodile, and took the Vampire Fruit, drawing the Navy and Red Earl toward the desert. The chapter ended as Kaido clashed with Sengoku while Kizaru lay buried in the sand.

• Kaido killed Crocodile with one blow, and Red Earl fled the fishing port toward the desert after realizing the Vampire Fruit was there.
• Sengoku ordered the Navy to pursue Red Earl and sent Kizaru ahead to stop anyone from taking the fruit.
• Red-Haired and Beckman concealed their auras and retreated into the forest rather than reveal themselves.
• Kizaru tried to kick Kaido by surprise, but Kaido caught his ankle and slammed him headfirst into the sand.
• Kaido put the Vampire Fruit away and prepared to fight, then swung his club at Sengoku as Sengoku attacked in Buddha Form.

Red Earl used his life-consuming awakening to ambush Aokiji and interrupt the Marines’ assault on Kaido. Kaido then handed Red Earl the Vampire Fruit, which Red Earl immediately bit into.

• Red-Haired told Red Earl that Kaido carried the Vampire Fruit, and Red Earl charged into the battle against Kaido, Sengoku, Garp, Kizaru, and Aokiji.
• Aokiji froze Kaido’s leg, allowing Garp and Sengoku to knock Kaido down before Kizaru bombarded him with Yasakani no Magatama.
• Red Earl awakened his Life Return, restored his youthful strength, and stabbed Aokiji to stop him from freezing Kaido.
• Red Earl avoided Garp and rushed to Kaido as Kaido broke free and knocked Kizaru away.
• Kaido tossed Red Earl the box containing the Vampire Fruit, and Red Earl opened it and bit into the fruit.