Recaps

Dawn, Zephyr, and Aokiji fought Kaido together on the frozen Desolate Island, combining Zephyr’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Aokiji’s ice, and Dawn’s superheated steam. Kaido broke free repeatedly, but Aokiji ended the chapter freezing him again with Ice Time: Absolute Zero.

• Zephyr and Aokiji arrived to reinforce Dawn, who said they planned to capture Kaido alive before trying to kill him.
• Kaido broke out of the ice, and Zephyr attacked him with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit while Kaido defended himself with Armament Haki.
• Aokiji froze the surrounding waves as Dawn trapped Kaido in superheated steam that burned his insides.
• Kaido transformed into a dragon, and Zephyr’s vibration attack shattered his scales and sprayed blood across the sky.
• Aokiji froze Kaido into a towering ice pillar, then reinforced it with Ice Time: Absolute Zero as Kaido began breaking free.

Dawn, Aokiji, and Zephyr wore Kaido down and captured him with Seastone handcuffs, after which Dawn stored him in Fortress Space. Dawn then invited Aokiji to talk inside and went to collect the people waiting aboard the warship.

• Kaido blasted his way through the ice pillar, but Aokiji kept freezing it while Dawn and Zephyr held back to avoid helping him.
• After half an hour, Kaido broke free in hybrid form, and Zephyr, Aokiji, and Dawn attacked him together through a full day of battle.
• Dawn drained Kaido's stamina as Zephyr's attacks depleted his Haki and Aokiji repeatedly restrained him with freezing air.
• Dawn fitted the exhausted Kaido with Seastone handcuffs, and Aokiji froze him before Dawn stored him in Fortress Space.
• Dawn invited Aokiji to talk inside, and then went to the warship to collect the people waiting for him.

Dawn revealed the scale of his network to Aokiji and asked him to join his cause, while the battles in Wano Country and against the Beasts Pirates moved into their aftermath. The chapter left Aokiji considering Dawn’s offer as Enel’s forces finished routing the Beasts Pirates.

• Dawn brought Zephyr, Baby-5, Shiryu of the Rain, Chloe, and Bullet into the Fortress Space and reassured Aokiji that they were companions, not allies intervening in Marine affairs.
• Dawn had Aokiji sign a confidentiality Contract, then described his network of powerful allies and forces, including the Amazon Kingdom, the Thunder God Pirates, and Gran Tesoro.
• Dawn asked Aokiji to join him in breaking the shackles that prevented their justice from being true justice.
• After Kurozumi Orochi was killed, Kin'emon and the others pursued defeated soldiers and worked to stabilize the Flower Capital.
• Enel handed Queen to Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, then used his Observation Haki and lightning to help the Thunder God Pirates defeat the remaining Beasts Pirates.

The Thunder God Pirates defeated the Beasts Pirates, captured Pestilence Calamity Queen, and began occupying Kaido’s territories. The World Government and other emperors reacted to the upheaval, while Red-Hair decided to visit Enel.

• Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, Moria, Catarina Devon, and the Thunder God Pirates’ officers overwhelmed and captured Pestilence Calamity Queen as the Beasts Pirates were defeated.
• The Thunder God Pirates sent their fleet to eliminate the remaining Beasts Pirates and take over Kaido’s territories, and news of their victory spread across the sea.
• The Five Elders ordered CP and other covert organizations to find Kaido, while Shiryu of the Rain, Baby-5, and others ensured there were no witnesses to Kaido’s fight with Enel.
• Morgans and the underworld emperors presented the battle as an ordinary clash between Four Emperors, and Red-Hair discussed Enel’s growing power and hidden plans with his crew.
• Red-Hair decided to visit Enel, saying they should return the courtesy after Ace had visited him.

Dawn began testing a plan to kill Kaido and turn him into a powerful combat force, using Chloe’s ability while the others helped restrain him. Kaido resisted the attempt, leaving Chloe and the group locked in a prolonged battle of attrition.

• Aokiji asked Dawn how he planned to kill Kaido, and Dawn said Chloe’s ability was part of a plan to make Kaido a powerful ally.
• Dawn led the group to Kaido’s prison and warned them that his plan might fail.
• Aokiji restrained Kaido while Dawn trapped him in a vacuum, but Kaido survived and fell asleep.
• Chloe used Hell Picture Book to invade Kaido, who awoke and attacked her with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Bullet clashed with Kaido’s Haki while Chloe continued her ability, which began dissipating as the struggle turned into a battle of attrition.

Dawn and his allies wore Kaido down before Dawn used his Soul-Soul Fruit power to slowly extract Kaido’s soul. As Kaido resisted, Chloe’s demonic corruption spread up his body unnoticed, leaving the fight ongoing.

• Chloe battled Kaido for a day while Dawn maintained a near-vacuum around his head and Ouroboros replenished Chloe’s stamina.
• Zephyr and the others took turns beating Kaido through the night, weakening him without damaging the Fortress Space.
• Dawn began the second phase by using Soul Extraction on Kaido, explaining that his ability could work when a target was unable to resist.
• Kaido fought the extraction with his Conqueror’s Haki, but Dawn repeatedly resumed it as blood poured from Kaido’s face.
• Kaido mocked Dawn as the amount of soul being extracted dwindled, unaware that Chloe’s power was turning his legs demonic and spreading toward his upper body.

Dawn, Chloe, and Ouroboros combined their powers to overcome Kaido’s resistance and kill him. Dawn absorbed the benefits of Kaido’s soul, leaving him with a pure soul orb and renewed strength.

• Chloe secretly demonized Kaido while Dawn and the others kept him immobilized and distracted.
• Kaido sensed the invasion and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, but Dawn and Ouroboros intensified their pull on his soul.
• Chloe used the Hell Picture Scroll’s final technique to fully demonize Kaido, though she warned Dawn that Kaido might still resist commands.
• After Ouroboros devoured part of Kaido’s exposed soul, Dawn and Ouroboros pulled it free, and Kaido’s body fell silent.
• Ouroboros swallowed Kaido’s soul and returned pure soul energy to Dawn, who kept Kaido’s pure soul orb.

Dawn used Soul Avatar to take complete control of Kaido’s demonized body, whose strength had increased at the cost of rapidly burning life force. With the Kaido plan complete, Dawn prepared to set his Marine and pirate plans in motion, leaving to ambush CP0 before confronting Shanks.

• Dawn merged Soul Avatar with Kaido’s soul and gained complete control of his demonized body.
• Dawn tested Kaido’s strength and found that demonization had made him stronger, though it consumed his life force.
• Dawn contacted Hina and told her to prepare the others, while Zephyr left to return to Marine Headquarters.
• Dawn told Aokiji that he hoped to win over Shanks but would destroy the Red-Hair Pirates if they became enemies.
• Tesoro warned Dawn that CP was searching for Kaido, so Dawn arranged a trap for CP0 on a Thunder God Pirates island.
• Dawn, Aokiji, Bullet, and Shiryu set out to meet Enel and the others, ambush CP0, and then find Red-Hair.

Shanks publicly sailed toward the Thunder God Pirates’ territory, drawing the world’s attention and giving Dawn room to prepare for CP0’s investigation. When CP0 agents led by Lucci arrived on the island, Dawn recognized them and chose Bruno as his opponent so he could claim the Door-Door Fruit.

• Shanks deliberately headed for Enel’s territory, causing the world and CP agents to focus on a possible meeting between the two remaining Four Emperors.
• Dawn used the distraction to bring his group to the island, where Moria watched a recording of Kaido’s final moments and prepared to honor his contract.
• After nearly a week, Lucci led a disguised CP0 scouting team onto the island with Nero among its members.
• Ouroboros spotted the agents, and Dawn recognized the group as old acquaintances and saw their Devil Fruits as prizes.
• Dawn picked Bruno as his opponent, intending to take the Door-Door Fruit.

Dawn and his allies launched an assault on CP0, with Dawn targeting Bruno while Bullet, Shiryu of the Rain, Chloe, and the others engaged the remaining agents. The battle left CP0 under pressure, and Jabra discovered that his opponent was Jack, whose appearance differed from the reports.

• Dawn told his allies to defeat the CP0 agents without killing them, so Chloe could recruit them.
• Dawn ambushed Bruno and severely injured him, but Bruno escaped through a door created by his Door-Door Fruit.
• Bullet intercepted Lucci and the other CP0 agents, while Shiryu of the Rain clashed with Kaku.
• Chloe and Queen attacked the remaining CP0 agents, forcing them to scatter.
• Jabra dodged an attack and struck his opponent, then realized he was fighting Jack.

Chloe and the controlled Queen and Jack fought Nero and the others, exposing a sharp difference in strength between the combatants. Jabra and Mighty Lion remained locked in difficult battles while Chloe overwhelmed Nero with his own technique, leaving him bleeding under her barrage.

• Soundless Owl attacked Moria with a spinning Tekkai Sphere, but Jack stopped him and repeatedly smashed him into the ground.
• Moria struck Jabra with his Shadow Saw, and Mighty Lion intervened to block Moria’s next attack and fight him with his staff, hair, and shadow techniques.
• Mighty Lion told Jabra to handle Queen, and Jabra dodged the Brachiosaurus’s frenzied attacks while struggling to deal significant damage.
• Chloe blocked Nero’s attacks and countered his Rankyaku Sen with a stronger Rankyaku Swarm Sen.
• Nero defended with Armament Haki and Tekkai, but Chloe’s slashes overwhelmed him and drew blood.

Dawn killed Bruno after relentlessly pursuing him, while Shiryu of the Rain gained the upper hand against Kaku and severed his arm. Kaku countered Shiryu’s next attack with a spinning Rankyaku, and their sword auras collided in a cloud of dust.

• Nero’s defenses failed against Chloe’s assault, and she left him bloodied and unconscious.
• Dawn used Observation Haki: Time Slow to track Bruno’s doors, freeze him, and kill him with Oto; Ouroboros consumed Bruno’s fruit and soul energy.
• Shiryu of the Rain fought Kaku, whose giraffe techniques and nose gun initially blocked his sword strikes.
• Shiryu wounded Kaku, severed his left arm, and blasted him away.
• Kaku launched Rankyaku: Spiral White Blade, and its spiraling slash collided with Shiryu’s crimson sword aura.

Chloe and Shiryu defeated Kaku and Soundless Owl, transformed Kaku into a demon, and joined the remaining battles. Chloe took control of Queen and overwhelmed Jabra with his own technique.

• Shiryu slashed Kaku across the chest and neck, leaving him near death before Chloe arrived and transformed him into a demon with the Hell Picture Scroll.
• Chloe took control of Queen, turning the tide against Jabra, while Shiryu joined Shadow Jack in attacking Soundless Owl.
• Shadow Jack pinned Soundless Owl with shadow threads and repeatedly smashed him into the ground as Shiryu wounded him with Rain.
• Shiryu and Shadow Jack left the half-dead Soundless Owl for Chloe and returned to the battle against Jabra.
• Jabra tried to attack Chloe, but she used Rankyaku: Wolf Pack Star Chain to strike him with a more powerful version of his own technique.

Chloe and Queen defeated Jabra, and Chloe began transforming him with the Hell Picture Book. Moria unleashed his improved Shadow Gathering Ground Shadow Domain against Mighty Lion as Shiryu of the Rain and Shadow Jack arrived nearby.

• Chloe used her Six Powers while Queen battered Jabra, leaving him badly wounded and unable to escape.
• Queen pulled Jabra from the crater, and Chloe began transforming him with the Hell Picture Book.
• Shiryu of the Rain arrived with Shadow Jack and dropped the half-dead Soundless Owl at Chloe's feet.
• Shiryu offered to help Moria, prompting Moria to intensify his fight against Mighty Lion.
• Moria used Shadow Punishment Hell Chainsaw and his improved Shadow Gathering Ground Shadow Domain to attack Mighty Lion.

Moria and the others defeated their opponents, leaving Rob Lucci as the last fighter against Bullet. Bullet overwhelmed Lucci and Chloe began transforming him after Moria caught him, while Bullet prepared to strike Lucci’s head.

• Moria pierced Mighty Lion with Shadow Spears, and Chloe demonized him and stored him in her book.
• Rob Lucci battled Bullet, whose strength and speed forced Lucci to use his perfected Paper Art Martial Body.
• Burter unleashed his Ghost Qi and declared that he would finish Lucci’s fight himself.
• Lucci’s Maximum Wheel: Rokuogan collided with Bullet’s Strongest Punch, and Bullet crushed Lucci’s attack and badly injured him.
• Bullet battered Lucci until Moria’s shadow caught him and tossed him before Chloe.
• Chloe’s energy began transforming Lucci as Bullet swung a powerful punch toward his head.

Dawn's forces prepared a heavily guarded island for Shanks's arrival while Dawn practiced using the Door-Door Fruit. As the Red Force approached, Mihawk joined Shanks, and Enel revealed that Dawn himself had invited Shanks to the meeting.

• Chloe defeated Lucci and completed the demonic invasion, leaving Lucci's team unconscious but alive.
• Dawn tested the Door-Door Fruit while traveling to the island where Shanks was due to meet the Thunder God Pirates.
• Dawn's forces secured the meeting island against spies, and Dawn entered the Castle Fruit space as Chloe and Moria arrived.
• Mihawk intercepted the Red Force and joined Shanks, saying he wanted to hear the conversation with Thor.
• Enel welcomed Shanks and explained that the island's defenses were aimed at spies before announcing that Dawn had invited Shanks.

Abraham Dawn revealed himself as the true captain of the Thunder God Pirates and met with Red-Hair Shanks. He proposed cooperation against the World Government, arguing that Shanks could no longer remain neutral as the seas divided between the World Government and the God Slayers.

• Enel led Shanks and the Red-Hair Pirates to meet Abraham Dawn, whose officers accepted him as the Thunder God Pirates' captain.
• Shanks recognized Dawn and explained that he had sought Enel to preserve stability after the Beasts Pirates' destruction.
• Dawn said he had come to determine whether he and Shanks could cooperate, prompting the Red-Hair Pirates and Thunder God Pirates to prepare for a fight.
• Dawn declared that he wanted to pull the gods from their altar and change the world, while Shanks warned that their conflict was irreconcilable.
• Dawn argued that Shanks had lost his role as mediator and that the coming war would force the remaining neutral power to choose a side.

Dawn assembled a formidable lineup to confront Shanks and demanded that he choose a side as the sea’s power balance shifted. The standoff grew more dangerous with Kaido’s reveal, and a new door opened before anyone could see who was behind it.

• Shanks warned Dawn that opposing the World Government was futile and prepared to fight him.
• Bullet emerged from the Fortress space and clashed Conqueror’s Haki with Shanks, then threatened to crush him.
• Shiryu of the Rain, Tesoro, Morgans, and Aokiji came through the door, escalating tensions before Aokiji held the group back.
• Benn Beckman recognized the strength and influence gathered behind Dawn, while Ouroboros delivered the seemingly controlled Kaido.
• Dawn told Shanks that everyone had to choose a side, and his allies displayed their power as another door appeared and opened.

Sabo mediated a standoff between Dawn’s forces and Shanks’s Red-Hair Pirates, allowing Dawn and Shanks to agree to an alliance against the “gods.” They signed the Contract, then staged a battle on the island so outside powers would believe the two Emperors were still enemies.

• Sabo arrived and urged Dawn and Shanks to settle their conflict peacefully, drawing on his ties to Ace and Luffy.
• Dawn explained that he wanted people to carve out the future themselves rather than rely on the One Piece, and Shanks agreed to join him against the “throne of the gods.”
• Dawn and Shanks signed the Contract and agreed to keep up the appearance of opposition for outside observers.
• Dawn arranged a staged battle, with Enel’s lightning serving as the signal for the fighters to begin sparring.
• Dawn and Shanks clashed with their blades, while Shiryu of the Rain fought Hawk Eyes Mihawk, Enel fought Benn Beckman, and the others joined in.
• The commotion drew the attention of nearby forces, and news spread that the two Emperors had gone to war.

Dawn used the aftermath of the staged Emperor battle to warn Fish-Man Island and Alabasta that Shirahoshi and Vivi faced threats at the Reverie. After arranging preparations with their families, he returned to the North Sea to prepare for his first attendance at the Reverie as king of the Ishtar Kingdom.

• Morgans's fabricated coverage made the world believe the clash between Dawn's forces and Shanks's crew was an inevitable war between the last two Four Emperors, though the three-day battle ended with both sides appearing to restrain one another.
• Dawn went to Ryugu Palace with Fisher Tiger and Jinbe and warned Neptune and Queen Otohime that Shirahoshi would be targeted at the Reverie by a Celestial Dragon and the world's ruler.
• Dawn asked Queen Otohime to guide Shirahoshi toward using her power, then left Fisher Tiger and Jinbe to explain the situation while he traveled to Alabasta.
• Dawn warned Cobra that the World Government planned to assassinate him and Vivi at the Reverie, and Cobra agreed to prepare rather than wait for an attack.
• Dawn returned to the North Sea, left Baby-5 to help Monet prepare, and was formally crowned king of the Ishtar Kingdom ahead of the Reverie.

Dawn moved Amazon Lily and its people to safety before openly attending the Reverie, where a staged attack by demonized Kaido killed Saint Charlos and plunged Mary Geoise into chaos. Dawn rescued Shirahoshi and assured Neptune and Queen Otohime that she would be unharmed, revealing that the attack was part of their agreement.

• Dawn lifted Amazon Lily to the White White Sea and had Ouroboros help transport the island and its warriors, while the elderly and children stayed on Sky Island.
• Dawn delivered supplies to Marineford, then traveled to Mary Geoise and joined Cobra and Vivi at the Reverie.
• Saint Charlos tried to enslave Shirahoshi, but demonized Kaido fell into the garden and crushed him.
• Kaido fought off CP0, while Dawn used his Float-Float Fruit powers to bring Shirahoshi to Neptune and Queen Otohime.
• Dawn told Neptune and Queen Otohime that Shirahoshi would be safe, and they realized the attack matched their agreement with him.

Dawn helped Shirahoshi and Neptune’s family flee Mary Geoise after Kaido, controlled by Ouroboros, attacked the Celestial Dragons. He gathered nearly all the visiting kings into the evacuation and sent them to Sabaody, while Kaido’s rampage continued behind them.

• Garp agreed to protect Shirahoshi’s family and escort them back to Fish-Man Island while Dawn went to find Vivi and her family.
• Ouroboros-controlled Kaido attacked buildings and defeated the guards who rushed to stop him.
• Dawn found Vivi and her father, then used the Float-Float Fruit’s power to help Shirahoshi’s family move as kings and their families gathered around Garp.
• Dawn urged the kings to flee with the group, recognizing that their escape would damage the World Government’s prestige.
• A CP0 agent ordered Dawn and Garp to stop escorting the kings, but Dawn’s Conqueror’s Haki forced him to back down.
• Dawn created platforms to send the kings to Sabaody as Kaido’s attack continued.

The Five Elders learned that Garp and Dawn had escorted Shirahoshi away from Mary Geoise, then faced a worsening crisis as the Revolutionary Army joined the fight. While Kizaru battled Kaido, Dawn used Ouroboros to control Kaido’s body and rampaged through the city, leaving the destruction ongoing.

• The Five Elders learned that Garp and Dawn had taken Shirahoshi and the other kings toward Sabaody after clashing with a CP0 agent.
• The Revolutionary Army arrived, with Sabo holding back Ryokugyu and its four commanders confronting Chaton and Momousagi.
• The Five Elders learned that Fujitora had joined Zephyr’s plan to reform the Navy instead of guarding the Reverie.
• Kizaru fought demonized Kaido but could not quickly contain him, while Dawn used Ouroboros to steer Kaido’s body through Mary Geoise.
• Kaido’s controlled body endured Kizaru’s attacks and smashed buildings and castles, killing Celestial Dragons and their bodyguards as the battle continued.

Dawn and Kaido rampaged through Mary Geoise, destroying Celestial Dragon residences while Kizaru and an iron-masked Zealot tried to stop them. The Revolutionary Army rescued Tyrant Kuma and escaped through Ouroboros’s doors, leaving Dawn to find the battlefield suddenly silent.

• Kaido destroyed a Celestial Dragon residence, and the iron-masked Zealot attacked him before blaming Kizaru for failing to protect the gods.
• Dawn crushed a Celestial Dragon in Kaido’s grasp, then Kaido struck the Zealot through the air and into another Celestial Dragon.
• Kaido transformed into a dragon and fled through the sky while Sabo battled Ryokugyu and covered the retreat with explosions.
• Ouroboros opened doors that let the Revolutionary Army escape Mary Geoise with the rescued Tyrant Kuma.
• Dawn returned to find the battlefield silent after the Revolutionary Army had completed its withdrawal.

Dawn and his allies began their long-planned Marine revolution while Morgans prepared to publish information about the attack on Mary Geoise. Dawn, Zephyr, Aokiji, and Fujitora confronted Sakazuki at Marine Headquarters and demanded that he resign as Fleet Admiral, leaving the two sides on the verge of battle.

• At Sabaody, Dawn told Morgans to begin publishing the intelligence gathered from the shadows.
• Dawn met Zephyr, Aokiji, Fujitora, Hina, Sola, and Hawkins at Marine Headquarters, and they sent orders to start the Marine revolution.
• Dawn, Zephyr, Aokiji, and Fujitora entered Sakazuki's office to discuss his resignation as Fleet Admiral.
• Sakazuki realized Dawn was connected to the attack on Mary Geoise and refused to resign, attacking him with magma.
• Aokiji blocked Sakazuki's attack with ice, and Dawn declared that he intended to lead the Marines toward true justice.