Chapter Summaries

Leona used the Float-Float Fruit to reshape Dressrosa’s surrounding islands into defenses, a shipyard platform, and watch posts as Eclipse expanded the kingdom. Underworld tributes fueled Carina’s resource network and Jeno’s automated arsenal, while the core officers settled into their roles and Enel trained.

• Leona lifted and joined reefs and islands, building a crescent-shaped sea wall, a southern platform, and floating watch posts while connecting Green Bit to Dressrosa.
• Underworld ships delivered their first annual tributes, and Carina sorted the cargo for reconstruction, medicine, communications, and Jeno’s factory.
• Jeno stored rare alloys inside his belly factory, isolated Seastone scraps, and started automated production of black-market equipment with hidden Signal Anchors.
• Chopper, Luo, and Dwarf cultivators studied medicinal herbs while Kuma and Bonney spent time in the palace garden and Brook played for the harbor workers.
• Enel watched over Dressrosa from a floating platform and trained his Observation Haki, lightning abilities, and Armament Haki.

Ace established an Eclipse merit system that made Devil Fruits a possible reward for vetted, valuable members, then announced recruitment through Morgans. The reopening of Dressrosa’s Corrida Colosseum drew interest across the seas and among Eclipse’s allied peoples.

• Ace presented ten Devil Fruits and declared that Eclipse would use them to create a candidate list based on contribution, position, loyalty, and potential.
• Carina, Jeno, and Sabo helped define the vetting and matching rules, while Ace kept the specific fruits secret and left the Hobby-Hobby Fruit secured.
• Ace ordered Morgans to publicize Eclipse’s recruitment drive and the reopening of Dressrosa’s Corrida Colosseum.
• Morgans’s front-page report spread across the seas, prompting pirates, bounty hunters, mercenaries, and others to set course for Dressrosa.
• Wyper invited willing Shandia warriors to sign up, while Fish-Men and merfolk saw new training and service opportunities in Dressrosa.
• Wanda urged interested Minks to prove their worth, and Leo brought the recruitment news to young Tontatta warriors considering roles in Eclipse.

Teach stoked resentment within the Whitebeard Pirates against Ace’s growing Eclipse crew, then secretly sent the World Government intelligence designed to encourage a conflict. As Eclipse’s recruitment drew powerful figures toward Dressrosa, the World Government recruited Aramaki into CP0, while Big Mom viewed Eclipse’s expansion as a threat to Totto Land.

• At the Moby Dick’s banquet, Teach framed Ace’s expansion as a future threat to Whitebeard’s territory, prompting affiliated captains and Squard to brood over the danger.
• Teach secretly left coded intelligence at a Supply Island tavern, claiming that resentment toward Eclipse was brewing among Whitebeard’s men and that a conflict could be provoked.
• The Five Elders decided to let tensions between Whitebeard and Eclipse grow and recruited Aramaki into CP0’s highest operational ranks.
• Perospero warned Big Mom that Eclipse was drawing Underworld business and raising the cost of dessert ingredients, and Big Mom resented its reach toward her territory.
• Jesus Burgess, Laffitte, and a blind gambler who was Fujitora were drawn toward Dressrosa by the recruitment order and its promise of opportunity.
• Teach celebrated the growing chaos and hoped it would give him a better chance to bring Ace down.

Eclipse held a massive recruitment drive in Dressrosa and organized its newcomers into Combat, Intelligence, and Logistics departments. After a month of assessments and security checks, Eclipse Base’s basic framework was in place and its expanded organization began operating.

• Carina announced Eclipse’s recruitment rules and directed applicants to the Combat, Intelligence, or Logistics Department, while warning them to abandon their old flags.
• Shark tested the arriving Fish-Man warriors, Leo led the Tontatta into the Intelligence Department’s special unit, and Wyper’s Sky Island warriors joined combat and reconnaissance assessments.
• Sabo evaluated combat recruits, naming Jesus Burgess a mid-level captain candidate and accepting Cavendish as a candidate without independent command authority.
• Carina passed Laffitte as a mid-level Intelligence Department officer, while Chopper, Luo, and Jeno assessed doctors, craftsmen, and mechanics for Logistics.
• Buggy, Enel, and Viola exposed infiltrators and spies, and Enel’s lightning killed those caught plotting or spying.
• A month later, patrols, intelligence work, repairs, underwater escorts, and Dwarf agent operations showed that Eclipse Base’s three departments had begun functioning.

Issho visited Dressrosa and questioned Ace about how long pirates could maintain order there. After Ace revealed the World Government’s history of hunting people at God Valley, Issho left to investigate the Marines and the government for himself, while Ace kept the Eclipse Pirates’ door open to him.

• Issho explored Dressrosa and observed that the city was recovering under the Eclipse Pirates’ rule.
• Enel sensed Issho’s Admiral-level presence, and Ace told him not to attack because Issho had not come to cause trouble.
• Issho told Ace he wanted to enter the Marines and reform the system from within, and Ace challenged his faith in the World Government by describing the Celestial Dragons’ Hunting Tournament at God Valley.
• Ace urged Issho to investigate the Marines and World Government for himself, and Issho said he needed to see more before deciding what to do.
• Issho left Dressrosa without joining the Eclipse Pirates, while Ace told Enel that Issho needed to find his own path.

Carina found two unusual islands, and Leona and Sabo brought them to Dressrosa so Eclipse could use them for training and research. As Beast Island became a proving ground for new recruits, Kuma received a call from Dragon, who wanted to meet Ace and discuss a partnership.

• Carina showed Ace charts of a Beast Island near the Calm Belt and a Carnivorous Plant Island, and Ace sent Leona and Sabo to retrieve them.
• Leona lifted Beast Island from the sea while Sabo fought off its powerful beasts, and they moved the carnivorous island after its vines attacked Jeno’s surveillance drone.
• Carina posted rules for the islands, and Sabo sent Luo, Buggy, Burgess, Cavendish, Laffitte, Bepo, Chopper, and promising recruits into Beast Island for training.
• Ace told Sabo that the merit system would help identify exceptional recruits who could receive Devil Fruits early, while the island’s training would test their potential.
• Dragon called Kuma and asked to visit Dressrosa to meet Ace and discuss a partnership, so Kuma went to find Ace.

Ace agreed to a practical alliance with Monkey D. Dragon, trading intelligence, supplies, recruits, and security routes between the Eclipse Empire and the Revolutionary Army. Dragon departed with a secure means of contact, while Carina began organizing the cooperation and Ace watched Dressrosa’s power grow.

• Kuma told Ace, Sabo, and Carina that Dragon wanted to meet and discuss working together, and Ace invited him to Dressrosa through the Underground Port.
• Dragon arrived at the Underground Port, spoke with Kuma about Bonney’s recovery and Kuma’s new home, then met Ace’s group beneath the palace.
• Dragon proposed intelligence sharing, equipment purchases, the transfer of skilled recruits, and one-time security routes, and Ace accepted the terms after Carina assessed them.
• Dragon asked whether Ace intended to become king and what would follow the Celestial Dragons’ fall, and Ace said he would establish his own rules rather than hand power to others.
• Ace and Dragon acknowledged their differing aims, exchanged an encrypted Den Den Mushi, and ended their meeting without resolving their political differences.
• Carina began preparing equipment catalogs, recruit contacts, and intelligence for the Revolutionary Army as Sabo noted that both sides would benefit, while Ace surveyed Dressrosa’s growing forces.

Vegapunk partially deciphered the Road Poneglyph and said they needed Nico Robin, Ohara’s surviving archaeologist, to interpret it accurately. Ace decided to go to Alabasta to recruit Robin and confront Crocodile, leaving the Eclipse’s next destination set for the desert.

• Vegapunk identified similarities between the Road Poneglyph’s script and surviving Ohara records but said a reliable translation required Nico Robin’s historical knowledge.
• Carina reported that Robin was an Ohara survivor known as Miss All Sunday and was currently Baroque Works’ vice president.
• Carina explained that Crocodile secretly led Baroque Works and was exploiting Alabasta’s crisis while seeking an Ancient Weapon.
• Ace decided to offer Robin a choice between remaining under Crocodile’s shadow and joining the Eclipse to uncover what the World Government feared.
• Ace planned to travel to Alabasta, defeat Crocodile, and consider recruiting him if he accepted the difference in strength.

Ace assembled a strike team and traveled to Alabasta to confront the forces behind Baroque Works. Crocodile learned that Ace had arrived and ordered his agents to assemble in Rainbase, preparing to face the Fifth Emperor.

• Ace assigned Sabo and several others to remain in Dressrosa, then chose Leona, Enel, Laffitte, and Buggy to accompany him to Alabasta.
• Jeno prepared a high-speed ship, and Kuma launched Ace and the team toward Nanohana with his paw power.
• In Rainbase, Crocodile told Nico Robin that Operation Utopia was nearing its final stage and that he intended to claim Alabasta and the Ancient Weapon Pluton.
• A Baroque Works agent reported that Ace, Buggy, Leona, and Enel had arrived in Alabasta.
• Crocodile ordered all Chief Agents to assemble in Rainbase so he could give Ace a proper welcome.

Ace summoned Nico Robin to Nanohana and told her that Ohara might not have been completely destroyed, while asking her to leave Crocodile’s control. Robin agreed to lead him to Rainbase, where Crocodile was waiting.

• Ace let Baroque Works agents escape with word that he was in Nanohana and wanted Miss All Sunday to meet him.
• Crocodile ordered Robin to meet Ace and invited him to a banquet at Rain Dinners while preparing Baroque Works agents in Rainbase.
• Robin arrived in Nanohana, where Ace called her Nico Robin and said he wanted someone who could read the Poneglyphs.
• Ace told Robin that Ohara had not been completely burned to the ground, but withheld details until she was free of Crocodile’s shadow.
• Robin escorted Ace and his crew toward Rainbase, and Ace urged her to consider whether she was meeting Crocodile or escaping his control.

Ace confronted Crocodile at Rain Dinners, exposed his plot to seize Alabasta and his search for Pluton, and offered him a place in Eclipse. Crocodile rejected the offer and attacked Leona, who pursued him outside Rainbase for a fight.

• Ace and his companions arrived at Rain Dinners, where Crocodile and Baroque Works' Chief Agents awaited them.
• Ace demanded the Poneglyph, Nico Robin, and Crocodile, then revealed Crocodile's plan to destabilize Alabasta and find Pluton.
• Ace offered Crocodile a place in Eclipse, but Crocodile refused and mocked Leona.
• Crocodile attacked with Sables, and Leona cut through the sandstorm with White Night.
• Leona challenged Crocodile to fight outside Rainbase, and he flew through the wall toward the desert as she followed.
• Ace and the others set out after them to watch the fight.

Leona defeated Crocodile in the desert, and Ace offered him a chance to join Eclipse rather than remain trapped in his ambitions. Robin chose to work for Eclipse, while Crocodile remained wounded and silent.

• Crocodile attacked Leona with sand, but she controlled the desert and used Haki to wound him.
• Buggy accidentally protected Mr. 3 and Bon Clay from Crocodile’s attacks, then claimed credit for the rescues.
• Ace exposed Crocodile’s ambitions to obtain Pluton and take revenge on Whitebeard, and Enel struck Crocodile with lightning.
• Ace offered Crocodile a new path and warned he would take his Devil Fruit if Crocodile could only be a dog; Crocodile did not answer.
• Ace invited Robin to join Eclipse and learn what Ohara left behind, and Robin agreed to work for the crew.
• Buggy bragged to Mr. 3 and Bon Clay about protecting them, then angrily protested when they called him Red Nose.

Ace killed Crocodile in the Alabasta desert after Crocodile rejected his offer to join Eclipse. Ace used the Dark-Dark Fruit to recreate the Sand-Sand Fruit, and Laffitte announced that Baroque Works would need to discuss new rules.

• Crocodile refused Ace’s offer and unleashed a final sandstorm, but Ace broke through it with a Haki-coated punch.
• Ace defeated Crocodile and struck him dead as the Baroque Works agents watched.
• Ace used the Dark-Dark Fruit to recreate the Sand-Sand Fruit from Crocodile’s corpse and took it for Eclipse.
• Laffitte told the gathered senior agents that Crocodile was dead and that it was time to discuss new rules.

After Crocodile's death, Buggy and Laffitte took control of Baroque Works for Eclipse, sorting its agents and securing Rainbase headquarters. Just before dawn, Enel and Laffitte detected two intruders, and Ace ordered them brought in.

• Buggy announced that he would temporarily lead Baroque Works, while Ace set the rule that capable agents would join Eclipse and the rest would stay to work.
• Buggy and Laffitte selected Mr. 3, Bon Clay, Miss Goldenweek, Mr. 1, and Miss Doublefinger to join Eclipse, and assigned other agents jobs within Baroque Works.
• Buggy ordered the organization to maintain its bases and intelligence network for Eclipse, and Ace led the group back to Rain Dinners to take it over.
• Laffitte secured Rainbase headquarters and began taking control of its intelligence network, while Buggy reassigned personnel.
• Laffitte and Enel detected two intruders near dawn, and Ace told Laffitte to bring them in.

Vivi and Igaram entered Rain Dinners to investigate the previous night’s events, but Laffitte exposed their identities and brought them before Ace. After revealing that he had killed Crocodile and taken control of Baroque Works, Ace asked to meet Vivi’s father and see the Poneglyph in the royal tomb, and Vivi agreed to lead him there.

• Vivi and Igaram entered Rain Dinners to learn about the battle and the danger facing Alabasta.
• Laffitte caught them, recognized Vivi as Nefertari Vivi, and escorted them to Ace.
• Ace showed Vivi Crocodile’s Golden Hook and a document about Operation Utopia, then told her he had killed Crocodile and taken control of Baroque Works.
• Ace explained that Crocodile had sought the Ancient Weapon in Alabasta and demanded to meet Vivi’s father and see the Poneglyph in the royal tomb.
• Vivi thanked Ace and agreed to take him to her father, while Ace warned her that the World Government could not protect Alabasta.

After Ace helped expose Crocodile’s conspiracy and take over Baroque Works, Cobra thanked him and agreed to let Robin read Alabasta’s Poneglyph. The group headed for the Royal Tomb beneath Alubarna, while Buggy eagerly anticipated its treasures.

• Cobra bowed to Ace and thanked him for saving Alabasta after seeing the evidence against Crocodile.
• Ace said he would take Baroque Works’ useful members and leave the rest in Alabasta under Pell and Chaka’s supervision.
• Cobra ordered Pell and Chaka to oversee the underground network, and they accepted.
• Ace asked to see the Royal Tomb and Poneglyph, and Robin promised she would only read the inscription.
• Cobra agreed to lead Ace and the others to the tomb beneath Alubarna, and Buggy looked forward to finding valuable ancient artifacts.

Ace and his companions entered Alabasta’s Royal Tomb, where Robin read a Poneglyph and discovered that it pointed to Pluton in the New World. After Ace offered her a place studying the ancient stones, Robin joined the Eclipse Pirates, while Cobra agreed to contact Eclipse if Alabasta could no longer guard the Poneglyph.

• Cobra led Ace, Vivi, Robin, and the others into the Royal Tomb and opened the chamber containing the Poneglyph.
• Robin read the Poneglyph and learned that it held a clue to Pluton in the New World, not the weapon itself.
• Ace told Cobra that Crocodile had searched in the wrong place and warned Alabasta to stay alert.
• Ace told Robin she would be in charge of studying the Poneglyphs, and promised they could keep searching if its message was unclear.
• Cobra vowed that Alabasta would keep guarding the Poneglyph but would contact Eclipse if the secret threatened the country.
• Robin took a rubbing of the Poneglyph and joined the Eclipse Pirates.

Cobra thanked the Eclipse Pirates at a private banquet in Alabasta and presented them with royal gifts, including a chart pointing to Little Garden. Ace chose the island as their next destination, while Vivi vowed to help protect her country.

• Cobra thanked Ace and the Eclipse Pirates for saving Alabasta, and Ace told Cobra and Vivi to stay alert and grow stronger.
• Cobra opened the royal gifts, and Robin discovered a sea chart describing Little Garden as an ancient island with giants.
• Buggy, Leona, and Enel reacted to the prospect of giants and dinosaurs, and Ace decided the crew would visit Little Garden next.
• Cobra wished the Eclipse Pirates fair winds as they prepared to leave, and Vivi recognized that their relationship with Alabasta was beginning.

Ace and his crew visited Little Garden, where they befriended Dorry and Brogy and told them that Oimo and Kashii had been deceived into guarding Enies Lobby for fifty years. Dorry and Brogy set aside their duel to rescue their crewmates, while Robin remembered Saul and Ace left with the World Government in mind.

• Leona killed a tyrannosaurus, and she and the crew shared its meat and wine with Dorry and Brogy after meeting the giants during their duel.
• Ace told Dorry and Brogy that Oimo and Kashii had gone to Enies Lobby after the World Government lied that their captains had been captured, and that they had guarded the gates for fifty years.
• Dorry and Brogy ended their duel for the day and vowed to retrieve Oimo and Kashii, thanking Ace for telling them the truth.
• Robin quietly remembered Saul as the giants discussed Enies Lobby, and Ace chose not to bring it up with her yet.
• Ace and his crew sailed away from Little Garden after Dorry and Brogy invited them to Elbaf, and Ace said the World Government had a debt to pay.

The Five Elders and Marine leadership responded to Crocodile’s death and Alabasta’s complaint by disavowing him while concealing Ace’s role in saving the kingdom and the Poneglyph’s significance. They raised the Eclipse Pirates’ bounties and ordered close surveillance, leaving the World Government increasingly alarmed by the crew’s political and historical influence.

• The Five Elders reviewed Cobra’s evidence against Crocodile and decided to blame Crocodile alone while crediting the Alabasta Royal Army and Marines with restoring order.
• The Five Elders resolved not to mention Ace saving Alabasta or the Poneglyph, and recognized that Robin and the Baroque Works intelligence could strengthen the Eclipse Pirates.
• Sengoku angrily received the Five Elders’ official cover story as Tsuru and Brannew reviewed Alabasta’s report and the new bounty posters.
• The World Government raised Ace’s bounty to 4,030,000,000 Beli and issued new bounties for Leona, Shark, Law, Robin, Buggy, and Lafitte.
• Sengoku ordered Marine branches to prioritize surveillance of the Eclipse Pirates and report their route, while Tsuru warned that the vacant Shichibukai positions needed attention.