Recaps

The Five Elders joined the battle, forcing Rocks and Whitebeard Newgate to fight their immortal monster forms. Rocks realized his Haki could not kill them, while Harald rushed to help him.

• Saint Saturn summoned the other four Five Elders after Rocks repeatedly overwhelmed him.
• Rocks and Whitebeard Newgate stood against the five monsters, and the Elders split up to engage them and pursue Kozuki Houka.
• Whitebeard Newgate fought Saint Saturn without using his Devil Fruit, seeking to master Conqueror's Haki Infusion.
• Rocks battled Saint Warcury, Saint Nusjuro, and Saint Ju Peter, but his strongest attacks only slowed their regeneration.
• Rocks recognized the gap between himself and Imu, while Harald hurried over to aid him.

Harald, Whitebeard Newgate, and the Rocks Pirates battled the Five Elders and Holy Knights during the attack on Red Earth Island, while Roger’s crew tried to protect civilians. Silver Axe Xiong awakened Conqueror’s Haki after Marcus Peitigong mocked him, but the chapter ended before he mastered the power needed to kill her.

• Harald joined Rocks’s fight, struck the Fengxi boar with Advanced Conqueror’s Haki, and attacked the Celestial Dragons for their cruel contests.
• Rocks suppressed Saint Nusjuro and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, while Whitebeard Newgate mastered Conqueror’s Haki Infusion and overwhelmed Saint Saturn.
• Rayleigh and Gaban beat Saint Shepherd Ju Sommers until he fled, but Roger failed to find the chance to master Conqueror’s Haki Infusion.
• Redfield drove Thatchers Maffy into retreat, but she escaped by taking civilians hostage, and Redfield still could not master Conqueror’s Haki Infusion.
• After Whitebeard Newgate left, Marcus Peitigong fought Silver Axe Xiong and Nautilus Babel as Marines arrived to protect the Celestial Dragons.
• Marcus Peitigong’s taunts pushed Silver Axe Xiong to awaken Conqueror’s Haki, knocking nearby Marines and Cipher Pol agents unconscious.

Silver Axe Xiong awakened Conqueror’s Haki during the Rocks Pirates’ assault, while Houka overwhelmed Saint Garling and drove him to beg Imu for help. Imu learned that the Five Elders and Holy Knights were losing to the pirates and Harald, and furiously condemned them.

• Silver Axe Xiong awakened Conqueror’s Haki and attacked Marcus Peitigong, inspiring Ganzi and the other Rocks Pirates officers to charge the Celestial Dragons.
• Charlotte Linlin and Fugetsu Kizaburo joined the fight, while Golden Lion Shiki took on Saint Manmaiya Fusi.
• Houka suppressed Saint Garling with gravity, slashed him with the Seven-Star Sword, and threatened to force a Devil Fruit on him.
• Saint Garling telepathically called Imu for help, interrupting Imu’s lesson with Gunko in the Flower Room.
• Saint Warcury told Imu that the Rocks Pirates and Harald were overwhelming the Five Elders and Holy Knights, and Imu called the assembled fighters trash.

Kozuki Houka forced Figarland Garling to eat a Turtle-Turtle Fruit, prompting Imu to descend into Garling and attack him. Houka unleashed Joy Boy’s Conqueror’s Haki Knot, shattering Imu’s possession and driving the forces fighting at God Valley back to Mary Geoise, while Rocks realized Houka had used a God-level Haki reserve.

• Kozuki Houka forced Figarland Garling to eat several bites of the Green-Haired Turtle Fruit.
• Imu descended into Garling, broke Houka’s gravity field with Conqueror’s Haki, and attacked him with Yin Release shadow arrows.
• Kozuki Houka threw Emeth at Imu and unleashed Joy Boy’s Conqueror’s Haki Knot.
• Joy Boy’s Haki shattered Imu’s consciousness in Garling and made Imu collapse in the Flower Room as the backlash struck.
• The Five Elders and Holy Knights at God Valley were driven back to Mary Geoise, and Rocks wondered if Houka’s Haki was the God-level power he had described.

Houka exploited Joy Boy’s Conqueror’s Haki to attack the Holy Knights while Imu was driven back. The surviving Holy Knights fled the island, leaving their clansmen behind.

• Houka trapped Saint Garling in a Seastone Iron Maiden and repeatedly stabbed him with the Seven-Star Sword to drain his immortal power and provoke another backlash against Imu.
• Houka ordered Charlotte Linlin, Fugetsu Kizaburo, and Golden Lion Shiki to pursue Saint Manmaiya Fusi, while Shiki questioned him about the robot’s Conqueror’s Haki.
• Saint Manmaiya Fusi fled and warned the other Holy Knights to escape; Shepherd Ju Sommers stole a ship, while Marcus Peitigong and Thatchers Maffy also broke away from their pursuers.
• Silver Axe Xiong abandoned his pursuit of a Holy Knight to attack the Celestial Dragons, and Redfield stopped chasing Thatchers Maffy to rescue the wounded islanders.
• The Holy Knights seized ships and fled, ordering the Marines to rescue the remaining Celestial Dragons.

After Imu and four of the Five Elders were forced back, Rocks, Harald, and the Rocks Pirates overwhelmed Saint Saturn and the fleeing Celestial Dragons on Red Earth Island. Saint Saturn was left at Rocks and Newgate’s mercy as the battle turned into a massacre and Stussy prepared to expose it to the world.

• The Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise lost the broadcast and panicked when four Five Elders and two Holy Knights arrived without their kin from Red Earth Island.
• Rocks and Newgate attacked Saint Saturn while he begged Harald to protect him, but Harald left to help rescue people after deciding the World Government’s actions had made war unavoidable.
• Rocks congratulated Newgate on mastering Conqueror’s Haki Infusion, and the two battered Saint Saturn together while trying to discover how to kill him.
• Charlotte Linlin, Fugetsu Kizaburo, and Golden Lion Shiki caught Saint Manmaiya Fusi, while the fleeing Holy Knights and God’s Blades left the Celestial Dragons exposed to the Rocks Pirates.
• Babel, Kiel Basta, and Bolo Gram failed to awaken Conqueror’s Haki despite fighting, while Ganzi returned to looting treasure.
• Stussy sorted photographs of Red Earth Island to spread through news agencies secretly controlled by Houka and challenge the World Government’s control of information.

Houka, Rocks, and Newgate killed Saint Garling, forcing Imu to reclaim Saint Saturn’s immortality and kill him rather than risk further backlash. Imu also recalled another Holy Knight and teleported three fleeing Knights to Mary Geoise as the Rocks Pirates moved on to hunt their remaining targets.

• Houka sealed the battered Saint Saturn in Seastone while Rocks and Newgate joined him in attacking Saint Garling with Advanced Conqueror’s Haki.
• Imu regained Void Communication but suffered another backlash when Saint Garling died, then learned Saint Saturn had preserved the robot Emeth despite orders to destroy it.
• Saint Saturn begged Imu for help, but Imu reclaimed his Abyss contract and immortality, causing him to burn into a skeleton.
• Houka put away the Seastone and carried Rocks and Newgate toward another battlefield as Rocks celebrated Garling’s death.
• Imu reclaimed Saint Manmaiya Fusi’s immortality, while three Holy Knights fled to Mary Geoise and the Rocks Pirates continued their hunt.

Babel slaughtered Celestial Dragons at Red Earth Island and awakened Conqueror's Haki after breaking through his fear of them. Gier Buster also awakened it, leaving Ganzi panicked that he might be the only one who failed.

• The God's Blades and Celestial Dragons fled by ship as Sambel's fish-men attacked their vessels and Babel set the harbor ablaze.
• Babel crushed a Celestial Dragon and fought his way through Cipher Pol agents, Marines, and Celestial Dragons, declaring himself a king and the strongest on Fish-Man Island.
• After killing eighteen Celestial Dragons, Babel awakened Conqueror's Haki and celebrated that Houka had been right.
• Ganzi lost confidence when Babel awakened, while Gier Buster charged into battle and continued killing Celestial Dragons.
• After killing twenty-five Celestial Dragons, Gier Buster awakened Conqueror's Haki and called himself Houka's ultimate king of fans.
• Ganzi panicked again at Gier Buster's awakening, fearing that he would fail to awaken Conqueror's Haki himself.

The Rocks Pirates slaughtered Celestial Dragons on Red Earth Island, and Babel, Buster, and Silver Axe Xiong awakened Conqueror's Haki. Houka and the others regrouped at the harbor after a Holy Knight died, leaving Rocks celebrating a decisive victory over Imu.

• Bolo Gram joined the attack on the remaining Celestial Dragons after Babel and Buster awakened Conqueror's Haki, while Ganzi sent the newly awakened fighters after fleeing warships and Holy Knights.
• Babel, Buster, and Silver Axe Xiong pursued the enemy forces or guarded the harbor as Ganzi, Gram, and Malone continued hunting Celestial Dragons.
• Rocks, Houka, and Newgate arrived, and Houka levitated the Celestial Dragon corpses and sent bats to drain blood from dead Cipher Pol agents and Marines.
• Silver Axe Xiong told them that Babel and Buster had awakened Conqueror's Haki, and Rocks remarked that killing Celestial Dragons seemed to trigger awakenings.
• Charlotte Linlin told Houka that a Holy Knight they had captured had burned into a skeleton and died, and Houka concluded that Imu had reclaimed his power.
• Rocks celebrated the loss of a Five Elder and two Holy Knights, along with the Celestial Dragons killed on the island.

Houka and the Rocks Pirates pursued the World Government forces after learning about Imu’s contracts and the awakening of Conqueror’s Haki among their allies. Houka arrived too late to catch the fleeing Holy Knights, but captured God's Blades to investigate how Imu’s Shallow Sea Mark compared with his Vampire Ability.

• Houka explained Imu’s Abyss and Deep Sea Contracts to Linlin, while Silver Axe Xiong and Golden Lion Shiki renewed their rivalry after Xiong awakened Conqueror’s Haki.
• Houka and Linlin left to pursue the World Government warships, and Shiki followed; Rocks charged into battle to kill Celestial Dragons, while Fugetsu Kizaburo declined to join and chose to pursue a duel with Rocks.
• Newgate encouraged Kizaburo to seek Conqueror’s Haki, and Kizaburo and Xiong traded threats over their future strength.
• Sambel and the Fish-Man Race damaged the World Government warships and held off the God's Blades until Babel and Gier Buster arrived with newly awakened Conqueror’s Haki.
• Several flying God's Blades and Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents escaped with Celestial Dragons, but Houka arrived and captured the remaining God's Blades after the Holy Knights had teleported away.
• Houka planned to test whether God's Blades made into Vampire Blood Servants would obey him or Imu, and whether they could connect him to Imu near Mary Geoise.

After the battle, Rocks and his allies secured more than sixty Celestial Dragon prisoners and divided the spoils, including six Devil Fruits. The fruits were distributed or placed in the Rocks Pirates' reward pool, while Rocks planned to take fifty prisoners to God Valley for his clansmen.

• Houka, Shiki, and the others captured the fleeing Celestial Dragons, while Rocks stopped Ganzi and Malone from killing more prisoners.
• Houka and Charlotte Linlin harvested power from the dead, and Redfield arranged with Shiki to transport Red Earth Island.
• Houka presented six Devil Fruits and thirty billion Beli in prize chests, and the group agreed to divide the fruits among the principal fighters.
• The officers identified the fruits, including the Nine-Tailed Fox, Age-Age, Arrow-Arrow, Archaeopteryx, Titan Great Ape, and Cannon-Cannon fruits.
• Rocks requested fifty Celestial Dragon prisoners and put the unclaimed fruit into the Pirates' reward pool; Houka took three fruits, Newgate gave the Archaeopteryx fruit to Bolo Gram, and Shiki chose the Titan Great Ape fruit.

After the battle, the Rocks Pirates divided the spoils while several crew members claimed Devil Fruits. Rocks and Houka took the largest shares, and the remaining treasure was distributed among the officers, Roger Pirates, and Giants.

• Bolo Gram ate the Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Archaeopteryx, and discovered his increased strength, recovery, and ability to fly.
• Stussy ate the Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Nine-Tailed Fox, then used its transformation power to imitate Houka and others.
• Houka offered Shimotsuki Furiko the Arrow-Arrow Fruit, but she declined it in favor of Wano Country's guardian deity fruit; Fugetsu Kizaburo also declined it.
• Malone bought the Cannon-Cannon Fruit from Rocks, ate it, and demonstrated its power by destroying a stripped warship.
• Rocks and Houka claimed half the spoils between them, each receiving more than thirty billion Beli in treasure.
• Golden Lion Shiki, Whitebeard Newgate, Charlotte Linlin, Redfield, and the other crew members received shares based on their contributions, with portions also going to the Roger Pirates and the Giants.

After the Rocks Pirates divided their spoils, Redfield paid Golden Lion Shiki to move Red Earth Island, while Houka arranged for independent newspapers to expose the Celestial Dragons’ massacre there. The chapter ended with Garp reading the shocking reports and seeing Kozuki Houka portrayed as a terrifying demon.

• Ganzi regretted receiving less treasure than the King-class officers and resolved to grow stronger, while Babel celebrated his promotion.
• Redfield hired Golden Lion Shiki to move Red Earth Island and reserved the rest of his spoils for compensation; Houka and Rocks donated additional money to the island’s residents.
• Golden Lion Shiki lifted Red Earth Island into the air, and Houka’s newspapers spread reports of the Celestial Dragons’ crimes around the world.
• The Four Elders and Holy Knights struggled to contain the fallout in Mary Geoise, recalled the Marine fleet, and feared confronting the Rocks Pirates.
• Garp read the newspapers revealing the Native Cleansing Tournament and the battle on Red Earth Island, then saw a photograph of Kozuki Houka above Celestial Dragon corpses.

After news exposed the Celestial Dragons’ mass killings on Red Earth Island, Garp and Sengoku worried about the consequences for the Marines and the World Government. A Marine order then declared the reports fake and summoned all flag officers to headquarters.

• Garp read the reports about the Rocks Pirates and the Celestial Dragons’ killings, then worried that other Marines might hear him condemn the nobles.
• Sengoku arrived with newspapers and warned Garp that the revelations could destroy the World Government’s credibility and fracture its alliance with member nations.
• Sengoku reflected that the reports confirmed rumors of Marines disappearing after secret missions and challenged his belief in the World Government’s justice.
• Garp told Sengoku that their low ranks left them powerless to confront the Celestial Dragons or pirates.
• G-1 Marine Base broadcast an order labeling the news fake, demanding that Marines collect the newspapers and keep silent, and summoning all flag officers to a meeting.

Kong promoted Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru to Marine Vice Admirals as the Navy’s leaders gathered to address newspapers spreading what they called fake news. The chapter ended with Kong and the other commanders considering how to stop the reports after they had already reached readers around the world.

• After the broadcast, Garp and Sengoku sent the newspapers to the Criminal Investigation Division, then joined Kong and the other commanders for a meeting.
• Kong promoted Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru to Marine Vice Admirals, and they took their seats beside Iron Hand Admiral Hand.
• Garp sat arrogantly beside Hand until Kong reprimanded him, while Hand and Copper Skin Segan accepted Kong’s indulgence toward him.
• Kong turned the meeting to the widely distributed newspapers and asked how the Navy could deal with the reports it considered fake news.

The World Government scrambled to suppress reports of the Celestial Dragons’ cleansing competition and the Rocks Pirates’ attack as the scandal shook the world. Rocks accepted Houka’s warning and decided to evacuate his Davy Clan from God Valley, then set out with Houka to retrieve his parents.

• The Four Elders ordered newspapers confiscated and false reports published, while the scandal spread across the world and weakened the Celestial Dragons’ fearsome reputation.
• Houka warned Rocks that the Celestial Dragon captives could lead the World Government to his homeland and revealed that he knew the Davy Clan’s secrets.
• Rocks agreed to leave God Valley to protect his clan and its civilians, and asked Houka to accompany him to bring his parents out.
• Houka privately resolved to find the red-haired woman in God Valley, while Rocks refused to let the other officers join them.
• Rocks and Houka left the main force behind and headed for God Valley together.

Houka arrived in God Valley and found Uzumaki Erza, a frail shrine maiden whose family had died after seeking the Whirlpool Fruit. He returned the fruit to her and left her feeling its warmth as her illness began to ease.

• Houka and Rocks split up in God Valley, with Houka heading to town and Rocks going to the Davy Clan’s settlement.
• Houka learned that Uzumaki Erza was a sixteen-year-old shrine maiden from a family that worshipped the Whirlpool God.
• Houka entered the Whirlpool God Shrine and found the Whirlpool Fruit displayed on its altar.
• Erza asked Houka not to take the fruit, which her grandmother had left as a keepsake.
• Houka returned the fruit to Erza and held her hands, making her blush as she felt her frail body begin to heal.

Houka healed the ill Vortex Erza and openly courted her, while she struggled to respond to his attention. As he explained his power, Houka reflected on Erza’s ancestry and concluded that her formidable potential came from the bloodline of the God of Whirlpools.

• Houka used the Devil Fruit’s power to rapidly heal Erza, whose illness had followed the deaths of her four loved ones.
• Houka introduced himself as Kozuki Houka and a Great Love Immortal Venerable, then asked Erza whether she believed in love at first sight.
• Erza introduced herself as a shrine maiden of Vortex Shrine and blushed as Houka continued courting her and healing her.
• Houka explained that an Immortal Venerable surpassed the gods Erza knew, and recalled the God of Whirlpools, Osel, who had protected God Valley with permanent deep-sea whirlpools.
• Houka reasoned that Erza’s red hair and potential for Conqueror’s Haki came from her powerful ancestral bloodline, which he believed surpassed the Figarland bloodline.

Houka took Erza into the sky to watch a sunset and conjured a heart-shaped moon, deepening her feelings for him. Back at the Vortex Shrine, he urged her to eat the Whirlpool Fruit before he left, and Erza ate it despite her heartbreak.

• Houka carried Erza into the sky, protected her from the cold and wind, and showed her the sunset.
• Houka used his Moonlight Ability to raise a vast full moon and turn it heart-shaped, leaving Erza smitten.
• Houka and Erza returned to the Vortex Shrine, where Erza made him heart-shaped rice balls for dinner.
• Houka told Erza to eat the Whirlpool Fruit so she could protect herself after he left to travel the seas.
• Erza ate the bitter fruit while resenting Houka for stirring her feelings and still planning to leave.

Houka promised Erza that they would continue their families’ bloodlines, then took her away from the Vortex Shrine after arranging a bronze statue as its new object of faith. He reunited with Rocks at the Davy Clan’s settlement, where the clan was packed and Rocks bore the marks of a rough effort to persuade them to relocate.

• After Erza ate the Whirlpool Fruit, she begged Houka not to leave, and he explained that he wanted to preserve the Great Love Immortal Venerable bloodline.
• Erza said she accepted Houka taking other women and connected his wish to continue his lineage with the Uzumaki Clan’s tradition of having many children.
• Houka promised Erza that their son would inherit the Uzumaki Clan’s glory, and he planned to take her away while leaving a legend behind at the Vortex Shrine.
• Houka made a bronze statue of Erza, spent several days touring God Valley with her, and then carried her into the sky before the shrine’s believers.
• Houka followed Rocks’s Vivre Card to the secluded Davy Clan settlement, where eight packed clan members waited and Rocks revealed that two elders had beaten him while he tried to persuade them to relocate.

Houka met Rocks’s parents and learned about the Davy Clan’s D bloodline, Buccaneer ancestry, and special Observation Haki. Rocks gathered the surviving family members and prepared to take them to Red Earth Island to test whether they could awaken Conqueror’s Haki.

• Rocks introduced Houka to his parents, Davy D. Chuck and Davy D. Berry, who welcomed him and revealed their D Clan identities.
• Rocks explained that Chuck’s immense size came from Buccaneer ancestry, and Chuck and Rocks argued and fought over their inherited talents.
• Houka asked how Rocks found other D Clan members, and Rocks explained that the Davy Clan’s special Observation Haki could sense people with inherited D bloodlines.
• Rocks said he had persuaded or subdued the remaining Davy Clan members and ordered the gate to their Lost World opened so he could take them to Red Earth Island.
• Houka learned that the surviving relatives included Davy D. Anderson’s family and that several previously unknown D Clan families lived in West Blue.

Houka rescued the Davy Clan from God Valley and brought them to the Lost World before heading toward the New World. Rocks’s young cousins Presley and Tina Jet were inspired to become strong enough to take revenge on the Celestial Dragons and claim what they wanted.

• Houka considered the surviving D. Clan branches and assessed the Davy Clan’s potential, finding Rocks’s young cousins Presley and Tina Jet had the best chance of awakening Conqueror’s Haki.
• Houka introduced Erza to Rocks, who recognized her connection to the Vortex Shrine and speculated that she might become powerful in the future.
• Houka sent the eight members of the Davy Clan, Erza, and their supplies through the Rainbow Gate into the Lost World, then flew away from God Valley toward the New World.
• Houka returned to the Flying Warship and brought his wives and son aboard, while Rocks brought Presley and Tina Jet along.
• Seeing Houka surrounded by beautiful wives, Presley vowed to become stronger and find a powerful wife; Rocks encouraged him to awaken Conqueror’s Haki and promised him a chance to kill Celestial Dragons.
• Tina Jet also vowed to grow stronger, take revenge on the Celestial Dragons, and claim handsome men as her husbands.

Aboard the Flying Warship, Erza resolved to strengthen herself so she could stand by Houka, while Rocks and Houka received updated bounties after the Red Earth Island incident. Houka planned to counter the World Government’s denials by exposing Imu’s control over its leaders, and he turned his attention to the bounties of Whitebeard, Shiki, and the others.

• Erza decided to train hard over the next two years after Furiko warned her that Houka’s strength could overwhelm her.
• Two days later, Rocks grabbed the new bounty posters and complained that his bounty had risen only to 5.81154 billion Beli.
• Houka read the World Government’s reports denying the Red Earth Island incident and considered ways to publicize the truth.
• Houka planned to expose Imu’s existence and his control over the Five Elders and Holy Knights, while warning powerful Marines against becoming his contractees.
• Stussy noted that Houka’s bounty had barely risen to 5.68 billion Beli, and Houka showed more interest in Whitebeard’s and Shiki’s bounties.

The Rocks Pirates examined their newly raised bounties after the Red Earth Island incident, while Uzumaki Erza learned that Kozuki Houka was a pirate emperor with a 5.68-billion-Beli bounty. The chapter ended with Patrick Redfield declaring Red Earth Island a new kingdom and the crew’s other officers receiving their updated bounties.

• Presley and Tina Jet were stunned by Rocks' 5.81154-billion-Beli bounty, while Uzumaki Erza learned that Kozuki Houka had a 5.68-billion-Beli bounty.
• Golden Lion Shiki complained that Whitebeard Edward Newgate's 2.546-billion-Beli bounty surpassed his own, and Newgate challenged him to spar.
• Silver Axe Xiong, Flame Titan Babel, and Gier Buster argued over their billion-Beli bounties, while Ganzi and Bolo Gram reacted to theirs falling below one billion.
• Patrick Redfield comforted Red Earth Island's residents and announced that he would establish the Red Earth Kingdom and rule as its Red King.
• The chapter listed updated bounties for the Rocks Pirates' officers, including Fugetsu Kizaburo, Sambel, Malone, Streusen, and Buckingham Stussy.

Houka and the Rocks Pirates reviewed their latest bounties and learned that Harald had received a special bounty of 2.6 billion Beli. After Houka exposed the World Government’s military expansion plans, the crew’s Flying Warship reunited with Red Earth Island and helped it cross the Calm Belt.

• Houka examined the Rocks Pirates’ wanted posters, including Harald’s special 2.6 billion Beli bounty, while Rocks mocked Harald for becoming a wanted pirate.
• Houka read that the Marines were expanding their ranks and increasing candidate admiral and vice admiral positions, then arranged for newspapers to report Imu’s existence and secrets.
• The new bounties shocked the world, strengthened the Rocks Pirates’ reputation, and encouraged pirates across the New World to seek membership.
• Houka’s Flying Warship reached Red Earth Island at the edge of the Calm Belt, and Houka and Shiki used their powers to move the island through it.