Chapter Summaries

Tsugikuni Yoriichi helped Miskina Ashiye and Olga reach their old laboratory inside Lord Lantern, then supported Dr. Vegapunk’s plan to establish a research base there. While the New Marines learned Yoriichi was safe, rumors of his death spread, prompting rival forces to investigate and prepare to move against them.

• Miskina Ashiye asked Tsugikuni Yoriichi to take him and Olga back to Alchemi, and Yoriichi promised to protect them and help them return.
• Yoriichi broke through the traps protecting Ashiye’s laboratory and brought Ashiye and Olga back to the Dawn warship.
• Dr. Vegapunk decided to build an experimental base inside Lord Lantern, and Yoriichi showed him Ashiye’s abandoned laboratory.
• Vegapunk began outfitting Island No. 3 as a base, while Ashiye and Olga chose to stay and live alongside the researchers.
• Drifting robots reached the outside world, and the New Marines received secret confirmation that Yoriichi and his group were safe.
• Rumors that Yoriichi had died spread from Fish-Man Island, leading Buckingham, Cipher Pol agents, and other forces to make moves as Issho ordered heightened vigilance.

Kyros patrolled Dressrosa’s harbor when Weevil and Buckingham attacked the port, destroying merchant ships and cutting off contact with the harbor guards. Kyros charged the pirate ship and narrowly dodged Weevil’s powerful sword strike, recognizing his opponent as a Great Swordsman.

• Kyros inspected harbor traffic and checked approved merchant ships for contraband.
• A merchant ship exploded, and Weevil’s pirate ship shoved through the wreckage into Dressrosa’s harbor.
• Kyros ordered the harbor residents evacuated and the troops assembled, then took up his sword to defend Dressrosa.
• Weevil and Buckingham announced their intention to seize the island, while Weevil hurled cannonballs at merchant ships.
• Kyros charged at the pirate ship, but Weevil’s slash nearly struck him and carved a long scar through the clouds.
• Kyros identified his attacker as a Great Swordsman and continued toward the ship, aware that the fight could cost him his life.

Weevil and Buckingham attacked Dressrosa, and Kyros disappeared after trying to stop them. Issho redirected Virgo's unit to defend the island while Tsugikuni Yoriichi left Lord Lantern's belly to rush to Dressrosa.

• Kyros confronted Weevil and Buckingham's ship, but Weevil's slash struck Dressrosa's coast and devastated the area as Kyros vanished.
• Weevil and Buckingham landed on Dressrosa, while Colonel Irene continued evacuating civilians.
• Issho ordered Virgo's unit to change course for Dressrosa and planned to rely on Aramaki to hold off the pirates.
• Dr. Vegapunk told Tsugikuni Yoriichi about the attack, and Yoriichi asked him to help him leave Lord Lantern's belly.
• Dr. Vegapunk sent Yoriichi into the sea in a coated bubble with two escort robots, and Yoriichi set out for Dressrosa, thinking of Kyros and the pirates.

Pirates attacked Dressrosa after the New Marines showed no sign of a large-scale response, while the Gorosei watched to see how the crisis unfolded. Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived at the island and confronted the pirates, revealing that he had survived and could wield golden flames.

• The Gorosei discussed the attack on Dressrosa and chose to wait, while their agent reported that the New Marines had not mobilized forces from Whole Cake Island.
• Thousands of pirates poured into Dressrosa, plundered its harbor, and attacked the town, where King Riku led the defenses and Irene brought Tontatta reinforcements.
• Buckingham and Weevil escaped Dressrosa with wealth and provisions as the pirates settled in for the night.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived after escaping Lord Lantern's stomach, killed a pirate who had been celebrating, and asked the others where they had come from.
• When one pirate tried to retreat, Tsugikuni Yoriichi pierced his knee with golden flame, which consumed him and terrified the remaining pirates.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi defeated the pirates attacking Dressrosa and learned that Weevil had killed Kyros. Bella offered to guide him to Hachinosu Island, where Great Captain Ochoku, Kaido, and Big Mom were among the officers, and Yoriichi resolved to confront them.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi used his Conqueror's Haki to knock out pirates on the ships and terrify those gathered on the shore.
• Bella attacked Yoriichi with Seastone-laced chains and urged the pirates to charge, but Yoriichi seized him and cut down the attackers.
• Bella revealed that he was from Hachinosu Island and offered to guide Yoriichi there to save his life.
• Yoriichi engulfed the harbor in Golden Flame, which burned the pirates while healing the rescued Dressrosa citizens.
• Bella identified Weevil as the pirate who killed Kyros and explained that Weevil was unaffiliated with Hachinosu Island.
• Bella named Great Captain Ochoku, Kaido, and Big Mom as Hachinosu Island officers, and Yoriichi vowed they would not be lucky this time.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi set out from Dressrosa for Hachinosu Island with Bella as his prisoner and encountered Weevil and Buckingham aboard a pirate ship. He killed both pirates in minutes and continued toward his destination.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi left Dressrosa by boat with Bella bound at the bow and warned him to guide them to Hachinosu Island within three days.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sensed two powerful presences aboard a nearby ship and approached it to investigate and gather supplies.
• Weevil charged onto the deck, where Tsugikuni Yoriichi recognized him and severed his left arm in their first exchange.
• Buckingham arrived, recognized Tsugikuni Yoriichi, and rushed to Weevil, but Yoriichi attacked before she could use her ability.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi beheaded Buckingham and Weevil, killing them both aboard the ship.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi sailed toward Hachinosu Island after killing Buckingham and Weevil, learning from Bella that its ruler, Ochoku, had a dangerous Devil Fruit ability. After scouting the island from above, Yoriichi began his assault with enormous fireballs.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi burned Buckingham and Weevil's corpses and brought Bella aboard their ship as its helmsman.
• Yoriichi questioned Bella about the attack on Dressrosa and blamed himself for Kyros's fate.
• Bella revealed that Ochoku could appear anywhere on Hachinosu Island to protect someone, and Yoriichi agreed not to kill Bella for the information.
• Yoriichi reached Hachinosu Island and used his Observation Haki to survey the island from above the clouds.
• Yoriichi gathered Golden Flames into hundred-meter fireballs and sent them plunging toward Hachinosu Island.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi attacked Hachinosu Island with a rain of golden fireballs, then quickly overwhelmed Kaido when the dragon confronted him. As Yoriichi moved to kill Kaido, Loss Pena intervened and Ochoku blocked the fatal slash, bringing the island’s leader face-to-face with Yoriichi.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi rained golden fireballs over Hachinosu Island, setting its buildings ablaze and sending the pirates fleeing.
• Kaido spotted Yoriichi in the sky, transformed into a dragon, and charged him, but Yoriichi seized him and slammed him into the island.
• Yoriichi pinned Kaido down and nearly executed him, while Loss Pena’s attack delayed him at the cost of Pena’s arm.
• Kaido recovered with black flames from his awakened Devil Fruit, but Yoriichi swung another slash at his head.
• Ochoku appeared and deflected Yoriichi’s slash, then introduced himself as Hachinosu Island’s pirate boss.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi considered Ochoku’s offer to cooperate with the New Marines but rejected the idea as a threat to their legitimacy. After Kaido attacked and was effortlessly blasted away, Yoriichi turned his Golden Flames on Ochoku and Hachinosu Island, while Ochoku revealed a mysterious ability to vanish and reappear.

• Ochoku proposed that he help the New Marines expand by unleashing pirates across the world for them to defeat, but Yoriichi recognized the plan would undermine their justice and resolved to kill him.
• Kaido recovered, transformed, and attacked Yoriichi with Thunder Bagua, but Yoriichi sent him flying into a distant town with a light tap.
• Yoriichi asked whether Ochoku had finished his last words and attacked him with pillars of Golden Flames, which Ochoku evaded by vanishing and reappearing among the ruins.
• Pirates across Hachinosu Island recognized Yoriichi’s Phoenix transformation and feared they could not stop him as his fireballs struck the island again.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi devastated Hachinosu Island and killed Kaido after discovering that Pure Gold could stop the black flames healing his wounds. The island’s surviving pirates were left without their strongest defender.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s Golden Flames killed thousands of pirates on Hachinosu Island as Ochoku’s officers withdrew and Kaido transformed into an azure dragon to challenge him.
• Kaido’s Wind Scythes passed through Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who then slashed Kaido’s chest and watched black flames rapidly heal the wound.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi embedded his Pure Gold ring in Kaido’s chest, causing Kaido’s black flames to stop healing him and his vitality to drain away.
• Kaido charged Tsugikuni Yoriichi despite his fatal wound, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi pierced Kaido’s throat and brain with his long blade.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi confirmed Kaido was dead and severed his head.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi defeated Kaido, rescued Hachinosu Island’s enslaved civilians, and failed to find Ochoku and his officers, who were hiding in a secret palace far underground. After the survivors were evacuated, Hachinosu was burned, and news of Kaido’s death and the island’s destruction spread worldwide.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi confirmed Kaido was dead, took the Pure Gold ring, and discovered Ochoku and Big Mom were absent from the island.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi found civilians imprisoned beneath Hachinosu, led them out, and arranged supplies and transport with Issho.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi searched the island and surrounding sea for Ochoku but found no trace of him, then reflected on Kaido’s fate as the rescued civilians brought him food.
• Ochoku and his core officers hid in a palace ten thousand meters underground, where Ochoku ordered them to wait until Tsugikuni Yoriichi left.
• Surviving pirates revealed that Big Mom had been away from Hachinosu during the attack, and transport ships from Whole Cake Island later evacuated the survivors.
• The New Marines publicized Hachinosu’s destruction and Kaido’s death as the island was consumed by flames.

After Tsugikuni Yoriichi destroyed Hachinosu Island, the Gorosei decided the New Marines had grown too dangerous to ignore and approved an all-out campaign against them. Sengoku and Zephyr recognized that Marine Headquarters was being mobilized to fight Yoriichi’s faction, leaving Zephyr worried about his disciple’s future.

• The Gorosei discussed Hachinosu Island’s destruction and Morgans’s reporting, then agreed they could no longer let the New Marines expand unchecked.
• Saint Marcus Mars argued for containing the New Marines and waiting for them to weaken, but Saint Saturn insisted on attacking before Dr. Vegapunk strengthened them further.
• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro proposed striking the New Marines’ territories, including Dressrosa, Thunder God Island, Risky Red Island, Fish-Man Island, and Whole Cake Island, and the Gorosei agreed to launch a decisive campaign.
• The Gorosei ordered Marine Headquarters to assemble its full combat strength, and Sengoku summoned the top officers after realizing the order targeted the New Marines.
• Sengoku told Zephyr to gather all Marine Headquarters combat strength, and Zephyr concluded that the World Government was preparing to fight Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

As the World Government and Marine Headquarters prepared to attack the New Marines, Tsugikuni Yoriichi evacuated Hachinosu Island and concentrated his forces at Risky Red Island. The chapter ended with both sides planning to seize the Red Strait as the decisive battleground.

• Kuzan and Borsalino suspected that Marine Headquarters was assembling its forces to fight Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the New Marines.
• Issho informed Tsugikuni Yoriichi that Marine Headquarters was mobilizing, and Yoriichi concluded that the World Government was preparing an attack.
• Yoriichi evacuated Hachinosu Island, helped the rescued civilians relocate, and ordered Mihawk, Kuma, Abel, and Issho to gather their forces at Risky Red Island.
• Yoriichi assembled the New Marines' leadership at Risky Red Island and proposed sealing the Red Strait to prevent the war from reaching New Marine territory.
• Sengoku convened Marine Headquarters officers for a strategic meeting focused on the Red Strait.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi planned to create an artificial island at the Red Strait and hold it as a fortified bridgehead, while Sengoku prepared Marine Headquarters for war and sent its fleet through the strait. The Marines found their passage blocked by a massive wall of red rock, where a red-haired young man greeted Kuzan.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Issho and Tensei to advance to the Red Strait, where he and Issho would create an artificial island for the New Marines to fortify.
• Tensei questioned the plan, but Issho understood Yoriichi's intent to make the World Government fight a landing battle against prepared defenders.
• Sengoku ordered Kuzan, Borsalino, and Garp to lead the Marine fleet through the Red Strait, and asked Zephyr to command the forces remaining at headquarters.
• After nearly a week at sea, Kuzan led hundreds of Marine and World Government ships into the unusually calm strait.
• Kuzan discovered a towering wall of red rock blocking the route and saw a red-haired young man emerge above it to greet him.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi confronted the Marine fleet at the Red Strait and warned Kuzan to retreat, but Kuzan attacked. Yoriichi unleashed his strongest sword strike, Clear Sky, destroying the lead ship and nearby warships while leaving Kuzan gravely wounded, then flew away with Issho.

• Kuzan recognized Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Issho blocking the Marine fleet’s path through the Red Strait.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Kuzan to turn back and released Conqueror’s Haki that knocked out ordinary soldiers and damaged ships.
• Garp asked Tsuru to persuade Sengoku to abandon the operation, but Tsuru said the war could not be avoided and urged Garp to send Yoriichi to Eternal Hell.
• Garp left the command ship, the Gorosei and their warriors disappeared through a magic circle, and Sengoku ordered the operation to begin.
• Kuzan spread ice toward Yoriichi, who countered with Golden Flames and warned Kuzan to survive before raising his sword.
• Yoriichi struck with Clear Sky, splitting the clouds and widening the strait while destroying the lead ship and dozens of warships; Kuzan was left unconscious and gravely injured, and Yoriichi departed with Issho.

Garp found Kuzan gravely wounded after Tsugikuni Yoriichi destroyed the Marine advance force and carried him away for treatment. Yoriichi then ambushed the Gorosei, escaped their initial counterattack, and cut Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro as he broke through the Holy Knights’ assault.

• Garp searched the wreckage, found Kuzan unconscious with Withered Tree in his grip, and carried him away after giving him basic treatment.
• The Gorosei and Holy Knights saw Garp retreating with Kuzan and debated whether to continue their operation against Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi ambushed Saint Saturn, but Saturn’s Evil Eye briefly stalled him and Figarland Garling’s thrust passed through his hollow, flame-ringed chest.
• Yoriichi dodged the Gorosei and Holy Knights’ attacks, then parried Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro’s scythe and passed him in the air.
• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro suddenly spat blood and found a black-flamed wound on his neck, realizing Yoriichi had cut him without his noticing.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Issho trapped the Gorosei and Holy Knights in Crimson Valley, but the Celestial Dragons escaped through a hidden teleportation circle and regrouped at Pangea Castle. Saint Saturn ordered Sengoku to implement Plan B as the survivors abandoned their attempt to pass through the Red Strait.

• Saint Saturn and the Holy Knights attacked Tsugikuni Yoriichi with Seastone weapons, but Yoriichi survived their combined assault and counterattacked with Golden Flames.
• Yoriichi bombarded the fleeing Gorosei and Holy Knights from the air while Issho brought down rocks that sealed the canyon.
• Yoriichi and Issho searched the rubble but could not sense the enemy, leaving them wary that the Gorosei and Holy Knights had escaped.
• The Gorosei and six surviving Holy Knights appeared in an underground hall at Pangea Castle, having escaped through a magic circle.
• Saint Garling reported that crossing the Red Strait was impractical, and Saint Saturn ordered Sengoku to implement Plan B.

After Marine Headquarters withdrew from Crimson Valley, Tsugikuni Yoriichi remained wary that the Gorosei might have survived and returned with Issho to Starting Island. As the New Marines assessed the apparent retreat, Marine warships began descending from the sky into the New World, and Sengoku launched Plan B under Saint Saturn’s orders despite fearing more losses.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi questioned whether the Gorosei had truly died, then left Crimson Valley with Issho after learning that Marine ships had gathered near the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Kuzan woke in a Marine Headquarters hospital, remembered his failure to protect his subordinates, and wept over his broken sword.
• At Starting Island, Tsugikuni Yoriichi reviewed reports that the New Marines’ territories remained calm and Marine Headquarters appeared to be dispersing its fleet.
• A patrol report revealed that Marine Headquarters warships were falling from the sky near the New World, prompting Tsugikuni Yoriichi to order the New Marines to prepare for battle.
• Borsalino oversaw warships descending with the aid of Sky Island Octopuses while Sakazuki directed more ships onto cloud rails above Crimson Valley.
• Sengoku proceeded with Plan B under Saint Saturn’s orders, though he objected that sending soldiers into the New World would put their lives at risk.

The New Marines raised Starting Island into the sky and used its artillery to devastate the World Government and Marine Headquarters fleet. Tsugikuni Yoriichi watched the casualties with a heavy heart as Mihawk urged him to end the war quickly.

• Saint Saturn rebuked Sengoku as the Marine and World Government forces began descending from the Red Line for their assault.
• Issho lifted Starting Island into the air, astonishing Mihawk and the New Marines gathered there.
• The floating island approached the Marine fleet, and the New Marines opened fire with long-range artillery.
• Borsalino ordered the scattered Marine ships to advance toward the island while Yoriichi redirected the cannons toward warships still descending from the sky.
• After the barrage paused, Yoriichi saw Marines struggling in the sea, and Mihawk comforted him and urged him to end the war quickly.

Marine Headquarters forces began landing on Starting Island, where Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered his troops to accept surrender rather than slaughter them. Kong, Garp, Bruglath, and Major General Roka arrived, and Roka revealed his awakened ability as he confronted Yoriichi’s group.

• Borsalino ordered the Marines to board Starting Island after their cannon fire failed to threaten it, and Yoriichi told Tensei to resist while accepting any soldiers who surrendered.
• A warship crashed intact onto the island, carrying former Fleet Admiral Kong, Garp, Bruglath, and Major General Roka.
• The New Marines fired on the newcomers, but Garp and Kong shielded their companions while Roka’s invisible domain stripped the surrounding soldiers of their senses and made them collapse.
• Kong and Garp urged Yoriichi to surrender, but Yoriichi drew his sword and rejected their offer, saying there was no friendship left between him and Marine Headquarters.
• Roka revealed that his awakened Listening Fruit let him create a domain that deprived enemies of their senses, then expanded it toward Yoriichi’s group.
• Yoriichi sensed the approaching danger and led his companions out of range before Roka’s domain could reach them.