Chapter Summaries

Big Mom planned to recruit Xi Yan, the Blood-Eyed Ninja, while Kaido grieved Doflamingo’s capture and learned Jack had survived his defeat. Queen then revealed that Xi Yan was still alive, shocking Kaido and King.

• Big Mom discussed recruiting Xi Yan and decided to send Galette to approach him, with Katakuri and Smoothie handling any trouble.
• Montd'Or reported that Katakuri and Galette had failed to obtain the Diamond Fruit after Katakuri was stopped by Ace.
• Kaido learned Jack’s ship had been sunk by Fujitora, Sengoku, and Smoker, but Jack had survived because he was part Fish-Man.
• King concluded that the Marines had likely imprisoned Doflamingo and that the Beast Pirates could no longer obtain Artificial Devil Fruits from him.
• Queen arrived with a newspaper and told Kaido and King that Xi Yan, whom they believed dead, was still alive.

After learning that Xi Yan had survived, Kaido decided to recruit him and considered how to win his sincere loyalty through Straw Hat. Kaido flew out to search for the Straw Hat Pirates, while King and Queen stayed behind and started fighting.

• King and Queen read that Xi Yan was still alive, and Kaido declared that he would claim the Blood-Eyed Ninja for the Beast Pirates.
• King warned that Xi Yan's Admiral-level strength and hypnosis could make him dangerous unless he joined willingly, so the three discussed winning him over through Straw Hat.
• King and Queen argued that recruiting Straw Hat could help secure Xi Yan, and Kaido wondered whether Straw Hat was Joy Boy before ordering his men to find the crew.
• Kaido transformed into a dragon and flew away to search for the Straw Hat Pirates, while King told Queen to spend less time in the pleasure district.
• Queen called King an old virgin, prompting King to attack him; the two fought as nearby pirates stayed out of their way.

The Five Elders reacted to Morgans publishing that the Blood-Eyed Ninja was alive and planned to eliminate him by trapping the Straw Hat Pirates, whom they believed he would protect. They left unresolved whether Smoker and Fujitora had known the Ninja's identity in Dressrosa and whether Smoker could be trusted.

• Saint Nusjuro angrily condemned Morgans for publishing the Blood-Eyed Ninja's survival, and Saint Saturn redirected the Elders toward finding a solution.
• Saint Mars and Saint Saturn discussed the Ninja's immortal body and the need for sufficiently powerful Conqueror's Haki; Im promised to act personally if the Elders failed.
• Saint Nusjuro proposed trapping the Straw Hat Pirates on an island so the Ninja would stay to protect them, and the other Elders agreed to eliminate the crew.
• Saint Saturn suggested the Ninja exposed himself in Dressrosa because Sengoku and Tsuru might have recognized him, while the Elders wondered why Fujitora and the Marines had not stopped him.
• Saint Vowchuri suggested Smoker may have recognized the Ninja through Observation Haki, and Saint Nusjuro warned that Smoker might be disobedient if he had concealed what he knew.

The Five Elders decided to move toward abolishing the Shichibukai and planned how to capture the Blood-Eyed Ninja and exploit his abilities. They left the chapter preparing a campaign against the Straw Hat Pirates and considering Stussy’s role in luring the Ninja.

• The Five Elders dismissed Smoker’s defiance but agreed to keep a close watch on Fujitora after he pushed to abolish the Shichibukai.
• They agreed to decide before the Reverie to abolish the Shichibukai, citing their disobedience, the damage caused by Crocodile and Doflamingo, and the Seraphim as replacements.
• Saint Saturn proposed cloning the Blood-Eyed Ninja from his tissue, while the Elders discussed capturing him, feeding him a Devil Fruit, and destroying his eyes to prevent escape.
• Saint Saturn said he would negotiate with the Blood-Eyed Ninja if captured and otherwise force him to provide his abilities and help produce more Ninja.
• The Elders planned to have CP0 locate the Straw Hat Pirates, use the Seraphim to help capture them, and prepare an island ambush.
• Saint Nusjuro proposed sending Stussy to gather intelligence and using her subordinates to try to keep the Blood-Eyed Ninja from leaving.

The Five Elders ordered Stussy to find and approach the Blood-Eyed Ninja while planning to use the Marines, Admirals, and Seraphim against the Straw Hat Pirates. Sakazuki received the order to search for the crew and cooperate in an attack, though he worried about the soldiers who would face the Blood-Eyed Ninja.

• The Five Elders agreed to have Stussy locate the Blood-Eyed Ninja and try to win him over or obtain his bloodline, even allowing her to serve as a bargaining chip.
• The Five Elders discussed sending Kizaru and another Admiral after the Straw Hat Pirates, weighing Fujitora’s obedience against Ryokugyu’s reliability and the need to defend the Holy Land.
• Saint Vowchuri proposed relying on the Five Elders, Kizaru, and the Seraphim rather than depending on Fujitora, while Saint Mars said another Admiral would make the operation safer.
• Saint Nusjuro ordered Sakazuki to have the Marines search for the Straw Hat Pirates and prepare to encircle and eliminate them.
• Sakazuki worried that the Blood-Eyed Ninja’s clones could cost the Marines many lives, and Borsalino reminded him that he could not change the World Government’s orders.

Sakazuki and Borsalino discussed the World Government’s planned operation against the Blood-Eyed Ninja, weighing his immortality, growth, and strange attacks. Meanwhile, Morgans celebrated his newspaper’s success and learned that the World Government had destroyed several of his branches.

• Borsalino told Sakazuki he would help the Marines and warned that the Blood-Eyed Ninja might have become much stronger during two years of training.
• Sakazuki and Borsalino discussed how the Blood-Eyed Ninja’s immortality and golden Arrow Feather could make the operation costly, and Borsalino shared his guess that the Arrow Feather needed to hit its target before tracking attacks.
• Sakazuki said the Five Elders would handle Morgans, while Borsalino joked about the World Government’s plans to intimidate him.
• Morgans celebrated the newspaper’s sales and dismissed his deputy’s concerns about retaliation.
• Morgans learned that the World Government had destroyed several branches and ordered his staff to evacuate and leave the money behind.

The Straw Hat Pirates gathered to see their latest Wanted Orders and discovered their bounties had risen after Dressrosa. Merry was devastated to learn the Marines had listed her as a mascot with a bounty of only 200 Beli, and vowed to make them pay.

• Usopp worried that the World Government might attack, but Xi Yan said he would handle anyone who came after them.
• Bartolomeo showed the crew their new Wanted Orders, revealing Luffy had a 920 million Beli bounty and Xi Yan had a 900 million Beli bounty.
• Bartolomeo announced the crew's new bounties, including Zoro at 350 million, Robin and Usopp at 200 million each, Franky at 100 million, Sanji at 210 million, Nami at 80 million, Perona at 110 million, Chopper at 100 Beli, and Brook at 93 million.
• Merry learned her bounty was only 200 Beli and that the Marines had called her the Straw Hat Pirates' mascot.
• Merry cried over the insult, calmed down when Perona comforted her, and vowed to make the Marines pay.

Xi Yan and the Straw Hat Crew examined the crew’s new wanted posters before a sudden hailstorm battered Bartolomeo’s ship. After Merry protected them and Xi Yan used a water dragon to carry the ship toward Law’s Vivre Card, the crew braced for a fast journey through the storm.

• Xi Yan suspected the Marines had deliberately assigned insulting bounties to Merry and Chopper, while Bartolomeo said his crew’s bounties had risen by fifty million and Sanji’s poster now said “Only alive.”
• Bartolomeo served the Straw Hat Crew a meal, but strange dark clouds soon approached and enormous hailstones began striking the ship.
• Luffy punched away hailstones as the crew discovered Bartolomeo’s pirates had no navigator and relied on Granny for advice, prompting Usopp to complain about their useless tips.
• Merry flew above the ship and created a Wind Barrier that blocked the hail, while Xi Yan used Law’s Vivre Card to choose their direction.
• Xi Yan summoned a giant water dragon beneath Bartolomeo’s ship and told everyone to hold on as he prepared to carry them quickly through the storm.

As Xi Yan and Merry sailed toward Zou, Shakky told him that Big Mom had threatened him into marrying Charlotte Galette, or she would harm everyone he cared about. Xi Yan refused to yield and left the response to himself and the Straw Hat Pirates, while Rayleigh and Shakky offered support.

• Merry asked Xi Yan how much longer it would take to reach Zou, and he took her into the air to answer Shakky’s private call.
• Shakky told Xi Yan that Big Mom had ordered him to marry Charlotte Galette and threatened his loved ones if he refused.
• Xi Yan rejected Big Mom’s demand, and Shakky and Rayleigh agreed that he and the Straw Hat Pirates did not need to fear the Four Emperors.
• Rayleigh drank the liquor Xi Yan had sent Shakky, while Merry turned away after Rayleigh mentioned her increased bounty.
• Xi Yan said he would handle Big Mom’s threat himself and that the Straw Hat Pirates would face the Four Emperors together when the time came.

Xi Yan learned that Big Mom wanted him to marry Galette, but he persuaded Luffy to focus on their planned trip to Wano Country and deal with Kaido first. In the thick fog, the crew spotted a vast moving shadow that Law identified as Zou, where his crewmates were waiting.

• Shakky told Xi Yan that the Magnet-Magnet Fruit had not appeared, then took the increasingly flushed Rayleigh away with her.
• Xi Yan told Luffy and the others that Big Mom wanted him to marry Galette and become her subordinate, and Luffy agreed to postpone confronting her until after Kaido.
• Xi Yan warned Bartolomeo not to attack the Big Mom Pirates, while the crew discovered that Bartolomeo's men were seasick.
• The lookout spotted a huge moving shadow in the fog, and Law identified it as Zou and explained that his Vivre Card pointed toward his crewmates there.
• Franky ordered Bartolomeo to take in the sails so the ship could coast toward Zou through the fog.

Luffy and his companions reached Zou, the living elephant island, and found the Thousand Sunny but not their missing friends. As Merry lifted their ship toward Zou, Bartolomeo and his crew departed, resolved to grow stronger for the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.

• Law confirmed that Zou was an island on Zunesha's back and explained that it moved constantly, while the Mink Tribe had reportedly lived there for a thousand years.
• Merry shared food with Bartolomeo's crew, and Xi Yan and the others headed toward Zunesha after spotting the Thousand Sunny.
• Luffy searched the Thousand Sunny but found no sign of Nami, Sanji, Chopper, Brook, or Caesar.
• Zunesha moved the Thousand Sunny away, so Merry used the Power of Wind to bring Xi Yan and the others alongside it and then lift their ship toward Zou.
• Luffy thanked Bartolomeo, who was overjoyed that Luffy remembered him and called him by name.
• Bartolomeo and his crew set sail, promising to work harder and become strong enough to support the Straw Hat Pirates.

The Straw Hat Pirates reached Zou on Zunesha’s back, and Merry sealed the Thousand Sunny inside a scroll before they explored. At Zou’s unguarded national gate, the group sensed that something had happened to the country and worried about Nami and the others.

• Usopp tried to avoid visiting Zou, while Kin'emon and Kanjuro told the group their companion Raizo was a ninja who used scrolls for some of his abilities.
• Merry used a Sealing Technique to store the Thousand Sunny in a scroll, surprising Kanjuro and Kin'emon.
• The group set off into Zou, with Luffy walking ahead despite Zoro’s warning to stay cautious.
• At Zou’s national gate, the group found no guards and noticed the area was unusually quiet.
• Xi Yan explained that Nami’s Cloud Cloud Fruit could create disasters powerful enough to destroy a country, and Law worried that Bepo and the others might not have been able to stop her group from clashing with the Minks.

Xi Yan and the Straw Hats entered Zou, where they found signs of a recent battle and searched for Nami and the others. As they moved through the ruined town, Carrot ambushed Zoro and attacked him with her claws.

• Luffy climbed to the Crow's Nest, and Xi Yan used a wall-walking ability to take Usopp up to view Zou.
• Xi Yan spotted damage throughout the town and concluded that a battle had recently taken place; Perona confirmed the gate had been smashed from outside.
• The group entered the town, found it badly devastated, and detected faint smells of gunpowder and gas that Xi Yan and Perona associated with Caesar.
• Luffy called out for Sanji, Nami, Chopper, and Brook, but nobody answered.
• Carrot charged at Zoro and struck with her claws, but Zoro blocked her attack.