Chapter Summaries

Wright confirmed that Marine forces were sweeping through Onigashima and joined Kuzan and Borsalino in attacking Kaido. Kaido survived their assault and began moving Onigashima toward the Flower Capital, threatening to destroy it.

• Wright confirmed Drake’s identity and the Marine operation, while Momonosuke declared that Wano would open its borders and revealed that the red Road Poneglyph was in the Flower Capital.
• Wright sent Kuina, Ace, and Cavendish to help Drake capture the Flying Six, while the Straw Hat Pirates and Law headed to the lower levels.
• The Red Scabbards, Law, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji defeated and killed King, and Wright healed the wounded with Dawn Light.
• Kuzan and Borsalino took over the fight against Kaido, and Wright joined them, striking Kaido down with his awakened Ashes techniques.
• Kaido rose in human-beast form and began lifting Onigashima, threatening to move it over the Flower Capital.

Yamato revealed that Kaido was keeping Onigashima aloft with his Azure Dragon ability and explained why she wanted to become Kozuki Oden. Wright removed her explosive handcuffs, and after they detonated, Yamato rejected Kaido as her father while Wright prepared to fight him.

• Yamato identified Kaido's power as the cause of the tremor and revealed that his Flame Clouds were suspending Onigashima in the air.
• Kaido summoned violent weather and threatened to drop the island on the Flower Capital, so Kuzan and Borsalino charged at him.
• Yamato told Wright that she had witnessed Kozuki Oden's execution, found his Navigation Log, and wanted to open Wano Country and follow his example.
• Wright broke Yamato's handcuffs, but they exploded, proving Kaido had genuinely put her life at risk.
• Yamato denounced Kaido as her father, and Wright asked Shimotsuki Yasuie to protect her before returning to fight Kaido.

Wright, Kuzan, and Borsalino drove Kaido to flee, but Kaido escaped into the sea and used his Fish-Fish Fruit to keep fighting underwater. The Marines could not follow him into the water, leaving Kaido’s fate unresolved as Marco’s live broadcast captured his escape.

• Kaido admitted he could not defeat Wright, Kuzan, and Borsalino, then abandoned Onigashima and fled into the sky as they pursued him.
• Marco returned to Momonosuke and the others with a Video Den Den Mushi and flew after the battle to broadcast it live.
• Wright’s Secret Art: Holy Judge battered Kaido, but Kaido used Conqueror’s Haki and Armament Haki together to defend himself.
• Kaido shattered the ice beneath him, plunged into the sea, and claimed his Fish-Fish Fruit let him fight underwater without weakening.
• Kuzan and Borsalino attacked Kaido from above, but the Marines and Marco realized they could not pursue him into the sea.

Wright pursued Kaido underwater and killed him with a powerful Holy Punishment strike. With Kaido dead and Kuina keeping Onigashima aloft, the Beasts Pirates were defeated and Yamato was free to choose her own life.

• Wright wrapped himself in a Holy Light Wall, leaped into the sea, and chased Kaido underwater faster than the dragon could swim.
• Wright trapped Kaido in a golden Holy Storm and transformed into his Holy Light Vanguard Battle Armor.
• Wright combined Holy Energy with Armament and Conqueror's Haki to strike Kaido with Holy Punishment, severing his head.
• Kuina took over Onigashima's levitation, while the island's storm dissipated after Kaido's death.
• The Beasts Pirates collapsed as the broadcast showed Kaido's defeat, and Yamato embraced her newfound freedom.

After Wright defeated Kaido, Wano’s people learned of the Kozuki family’s return, and Momonosuke reclaimed the shogun’s seat as the country prepared to open its borders. In the shogun’s vault, Wright showed the Straw Hat Pirates the final Road Poneglyph and promised them all four rubbings, while warning that a world war was approaching.

• Vegapunk’s failed artificial Devil Fruit changed into a blue, dragon-scaled fruit after Kaido’s power leaked into it.
• Kaido’s captured pirates were teleported to Impel Down, while Momonosuke and his allies returned to the Flower Capital and defeated Orochi’s remaining troops.
• Denjiro showed the citizens footage of Kaido’s defeat, and Momonosuke publicly revealed his identity alongside Hiyori, Yasuie, Hyougorou, and the Red Scabbards.
• Momonosuke became Wano’s shogun, announced the country’s opening, and agreed to work with Marine Headquarters to clear away the remnants of Kaido and Orochi’s rule.
• Wright showed the Straw Hat Pirates the final Road Poneglyph and offered them all four rubbings so they could seek Laugh Tale together.
• Wright warned that the greatest war was approaching and told the Straw Hats that their actions would affect its outcome.

Wright explained that the World Government had blocked the Marines from killing Kaido to preserve its rule and keep the world stagnant. He revealed Sabo was his biological nephew and warned that opening Wano’s borders could trigger a world war before Luffy found One Piece.

• Wright said the World Government had ordered him not to kill Kaido and described how it maintained power by suppressing progress and fueling conflict between pirates and Marines.
• Robin realized that Dragon’s Revolutionary Army threatened the World Government by enlightening people.
• Wright told Ace and Luffy that Roger had chosen Shanks to break the stalemate, but Shanks had decided Luffy was more suitable.
• Luffy blurted out that Roger was Ace’s father, and Wright said there was no need to hide the truth from the D Clan members present.
• Wright revealed that Sabo was born into the Goa Kingdom’s nobility and was his biological nephew.
• Wright warned that Wano’s opening could prompt the World Government to act and that a move by Shanks, Dragon, and Wright would mean total war.

Momonosuke told Wright that Elephant Lord had been punished to wander the seas after abandoning its creators during the Void Century. Wright concluded that Elephant Lord could become Wano Country’s guardian if Momonosuke pardoned it, but the identity of the being it fled remained unknown.

• Wright welcomed Marco and the New Whitebeard Pirates into Dawn Watch after Marco agreed to help witness the coming world and join the Final Battle.
• Wright and Momonosuke discussed how Wano Country’s isolation and the Road Poneglyphs had helped preserve the world’s hidden history.
• Momonosuke explained that only members of the Kozuki Family with the proper authorization could command Elephant Lord, which had been ordered to do nothing but walk.
• Wright deduced that the Kozuki Clan had found Elephant Lord before the end of the Void Century and established the Mink Tribe’s refuge on its back.
• Momonosuke recalled that Elephant Lord had fled from a nearly equal, mindless being instead of defending its creators, and said that was the source of its grave sin.

Wright connected Elephant Lord’s ancient fear to Uranus, the Great Kingdom’s weather-controlling creation now hidden beneath Pangaea Castle. After warning Momonosuke that Wano must prepare before the World Government reacts to its borders opening, Wright visited Doflamingo in Impel Down to discuss Uranus and the Celestial Dragons’ authority over it.

• Wright and Momonosuke concluded that the Great Kingdom created Elephant Lord and later created Uranus, which went out of control and drove Elephant Lord to flee.
• Wright matched Uranus in Robin’s translated Elbaf Poneglyph rubbing to the creature Elephant Lord had feared, and deduced that Uranus was the Celestial Dragons’ National Treasure beneath Pangaea Castle.
• Wright warned that the World Government would move against Wano if it opened its borders, and Momonosuke’s task was to purge the country, summon Elephant Lord, and prepare for the Final Battle.
• Wright traveled to Impel Down and met Doflamingo, who inferred that Wright had killed Kaido and come to learn the secrets of the Celestial Dragons’ National Treasure.
• Wright named Uranus and questioned whether the Celestial Dragons truly possessed the Highest Authority over it.

Wright questioned Doflamingo about Uranus and learned more about its dependence on life force and Imu’s control. He left confident that he had a way to oppose it, while promising Doflamingo that Rosy would survive and that his enemies would die.

• Doflamingo warned Wright that the Five Elders would likely remove him as Fleet Admiral for defying the World Government, but Wright said Marine and public recognition mattered more.
• Wright deduced that Uranus had been badly injured and needed vast life force to operate, and Doflamingo confirmed that Imu controlled its shell through the Ageless Surgery.
• Doflamingo said only Celestial Dragon blood could become Uranus, but Wright revealed that God Valley’s Guardian Clan had once restrained it and could activate it alongside the Celestial Dragons at the cost of their lives.
• Wright explained that the Rocks Pirates, Garp, and Roger had fought over God Valley’s device, after which the Five Elders erased the island and Imu later gained freedom to use Uranus.
• Wright said he had come to confirm information about Uranus and would let Doflamingo live until the Celestial Dragons fell, then promised he would not die and that Rosy would survive.

Wright and Tsukimi Doctor reviewed the lunar War Machines as Wright pieced together clues about the Great Kingdom and the origins of Devil Fruits. After Wano opened its borders and Kaido's death became public, the Five Elders demoted Wright and named Sakazuki the new Fleet Admiral, while Morgans published reports exposing the World Government's alleged crimes.

• Wright and Tsukimi Doctor confirmed that the War Machines were ready for Enel to charge and deploy.
• Wright connected the moon's ancient records to the Great Kingdom's origins and theorized that Devil Fruits had been created to produce resources and serve the kingdom's purposes.
• The Five Elders learned that Wano had opened its borders and Kaido was dead, then decided to remove Wright as Fleet Admiral while keeping him as an Admiral and appointing Sakazuki in his place.
• Morgans's World Economic News reported Wright's demotion and began publishing a series of articles accusing the World Government of historical crimes.
• The public reacted as the World Government was caught off guard by the wave of revelations.

The Five Elders panicked as public outrage over the World Government’s dark history grew after Wright was dismissed as Fleet Admiral. In Sengoku’s office, Garp and Zephyr discussed Wright’s predicament and the growing divide between the Marines and the World Government.

• The Five Elders feared Wright’s growing influence and worried that a stronger Navy would threaten the World Government’s control.
• The Five Elders blamed the Revolutionary Army for exposing buried scandals and discussed threats involving Elbaf, Shanks, Marco, and the Marines.
• The Five Elders ordered Lucci to capture Morgans and force him to manipulate public opinion, or kill him if he refused.
• Garp laughed over the newspaper while Sengoku scolded him, and Zephyr urged Wright not to tolerate the World Government’s actions.
• Zephyr reflected that the Marines’ justice had risen above the World Government’s standing and that Cipher Pol and the Marines were growing further apart.

Wright explained how the World Government’s actions had pushed the Marines toward breaking away from its influence, while he planned to reform the Marines rather than defect. He revealed that the World Government’s claim of having no ruler concealed an eight-hundred-year-old World King, leaving Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr to consider the consequences of exposing the lie.

• Zephyr told Wright that Marine Headquarters might join an independent force if he called for one, and condemned the World Government for preventing him from killing Kaido.
• Wright explained that he had forced the Five Elders into a choice: let him eliminate pirates through the Marines or move against him and risk driving him to raise an army.
• Wright said he intended to reform the Marines rather than abandon them, while Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr discussed how the Marines’ attitudes toward the World Government had changed.
• Sengoku worried that Sakazuki might confront the Five Elders, and Wright said he would speak with his Senior Brother and wait for the right moment to act.
• Wright revealed that the World Government’s claim of having no king concealed a true World King who had ruled for eight hundred years.

After Wano Country publicly condemned the World Government for enabling Kaido and declared its support for Fleet Admiral Wright, the Marines secretly prepared a coordinated operation. Steel Bone Kong revealed that the Marines were close to uncovering the truth behind Elbaf and Mary Geoise, and prepared to turn the world upside down.

• Wano Country publicized its suffering under Kaido and accused the World Government of supporting him, while declaring the World Government its enemy and vowing to follow Wright.
• The World Government barred people from entering Mary Geoise as Marine Headquarters resisted its orders and Borsalino returned to Marineford.
• Lieutenant General Squirrel received a classified order from Commander-in-Chief Kong and learned that Wright, Sakazuki, Borsalino, Kuzan, Issho, Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr had signed it.
• Marine vice admirals were ordered to place Lightforged Beacons on designated inhabited islands within five days and leave ten-person squads to guard them.
• Steel Bone Kong reflected on the truth behind Elbaf and the corruption of justice in Mary Geoise, then left to begin recovery training for the coming upheaval.

Tesoro and Morgans captured a Cipher Pol assassin after the World Government targeted the newspaper president. Morgans published Elbaf’s declaration exposing Carmel’s crimes, leaving the World Government alarmed and threatening to cut off Marine Headquarters’ supplies if Sakazuki failed to restore control.

• Tesoro and Morgans restrained a Cipher Pol assassin sent to kill Morgans and mocked the World Government’s weakened ability to act.
• Morgans’s newspaper spread Elbaf’s joint declaration, which accused the World Government of deceiving the giants through Carmel and named it an enemy.
• The giants declared Marine Headquarters under Wright their only trusted friend and warned they would hold the World Government accountable.
• Giant vice admirals’ anger over Carmel’s crimes reached the World Government, while Kong watched the Five Elders react to the declaration’s fallout.
• The Five Elders lamented their failure to stop the news and ordered pressure on Sakazuki, threatening to withhold Marine supplies if he could not stabilize the Marines.

Wright and the four admirals discussed revelations that the World Government had lied about Ohara and conducted cruel human gigantification experiments in Sobel. After learning the truth, the admirals condemned the government, and Wright declared that he would resist its efforts to extinguish his beacon.

• Sakazuki, Borsalino, Kuzan, and Issho reacted angrily to the World Government's reprimand and its concealment of the truth about Ohara.
• Wright gave the admirals documents about the Revolutionary Army's findings in Sobel and questioned whether Marine justice meant obeying the government's orders.
• Newspaper reports revealed that the World Government had used the Ancient Weapons as a false pretext to destroy Ohara and had erased history to hide the Great Kingdom.
• The documents showed that the World Government had conducted human gigantification experiments in Sobel, which Kuma destroyed before fleeing and becoming a pirate.
• Sakazuki, Borsalino, Kuzan, and Issho denounced the World Government after reading about its experiments and abuses.
• Wright warned that he had become a target of the government's Extinguish the Beacon operations and vowed to let his light purify its darkness.

Wright revealed that the World Government had cut off Marine Headquarters’ funds and supplies to force Sakazuki to take office as Fleet Admiral. He showed that Tesoro and Morgans were prepared to support the Marines with wealth and news coverage as they moved against the Celestial Dragons.

• The World Government withheld Marine Headquarters’ budget and supplies and ordered Sakazuki to assume the Fleet Admiral position within three days.
• Borsalino, Kuzan, and Issho discussed Headquarters’ reserves, while Issho said Wright had already planned for the shortages.
• Wright introduced Gild Tesoro, who offered the Marines financial and material support and revealed that he controlled 30% of the world’s Beli.
• Tesoro said he wanted to oppose the Celestial Dragons because of their slave system and his own experience as someone Fisher Tiger had rescued.
• Wright brought President Morgans into the meeting, and Morgans vowed to expose the World Government’s crimes to the world.

Alabasta, Impel Down, and Marine Headquarters openly broke with the World Government after Alabasta exposed the hidden ruler Imu and the Government’s founding deception. The chapter ended with Sakazuki and the Marines rejecting Wright’s dismissal and refusing to serve the World Government’s order.

• King Cobra announced Alabasta’s withdrawal from the World Government, condemned its treatment of Wright, and revealed evidence that the Nefeltari family had been among the First Twenty Kings.
• Alabasta exposed the existence of Imu, the World King who had secretly ruled for eight hundred years, and the Revolutionary Army revealed evidence of his presence in the Flower Room beneath Pangaea Castle.
• Magellan and Hannibal announced that Impel Down was withdrawing from the World Government, and Marine Headquarters sent the prison supplies and financial support.
• Marine leaders and soldiers united in opposition to Wright’s dismissal, with Sakazuki refusing the position of Fleet Admiral and opposing the World Government’s decision.

Marine Headquarters, led by Fleet Admiral Wright, broke away from the World Government and pledged to uphold justice, leaving the Five Elders reeling. Red Hair Shanks and Phoenix Marco then announced that their crews would also oppose the World Government and protect civilians.

• The chapter described how Wright had transformed Marine Headquarters into a force that could reject unjust orders from the World Government.
• Marine Headquarters declared its independence from the World Government and promised to protect the world and hold the government accountable.
• The Five Elders learned that Marine Headquarters, Kong, and Impel Down had turned against them and suspected a broad alliance had been assembled.
• Red Hair Shanks and Phoenix Marco issued a joint declaration condemning the World Government and pledging protection for civilians harmed by its policies.

The Revolutionary Army declared war on the World Government, as nearly half the world's nations joined the opposition and the Five Elders realized Wright had anticipated their moves. Imu examined Wright’s Marine file and wondered how someone with his record could not belong to the D Clan.

• The Five Elders concluded that Wright had long planned the crisis and connected Shanks, Marco, and Dragon to his network.
• The Revolutionary Army publicly denounced the World Government and Celestial Dragons and declared war on them.
• Led by the Ryugu Kingdom, Dressrosa Kingdom, Sakura Kingdom, and Sobel Kingdom, nations withdrew from the World Government, bringing nearly half the world's countries into opposition.
• The Five Elders recognized that the world's strongest forces had turned against them but regained their confidence in their power.
• A nun told Imu that the Five Elders were waiting beneath the Empty Throne, and Imu studied Wright’s file and questioned why he was not a member of the D Clan.

Ace and Luffy reached Laugh Tale, where the Straw Hat Pirates discovered the world’s hidden history and the meaning of the One Piece. Wright prepared to reveal the truth to the world and mobilized forces for the coming battle with Imu.

• Nami used the Road Poneglyphs and her sea charts to confirm Laugh Tale’s coordinates, and Luffy set out to find the One Piece before returning his straw hat to Shanks.
• Ace and Luffy arrived at Laugh Tale with the Straw Hat Pirates, who found a giant golden Joy Boy statue and learned secrets about the Void Century, Wano Country, the D Clan, the Ancient Weapons, and the original world.
• Ace reflected that Wright had become the World’s Dawn without belonging to the D Clan, and resolved to take control of his own fate as the Pirate King’s son.
• At Marineford, Wright received Ace’s intelligence about Laugh Tale and sent his notes to Morgans ahead of the public revelation planned for the next day.
• Wright confirmed with Jinbe that Fish-Man Island’s people had moved to New Fish-Man Island and that Noah was ready to depart, then ordered Judge to prepare the Vindicaar and Holy Fire Emblem Legion for battlefield protection and support.