Chapter Summaries

Marco reported that reinforcements were coming to Wano, where Ace and the Straw Hat Pirates planned to gather intelligence and join Kin'emon’s uprising against Kurozumi Orochi. Meanwhile, Enel’s Thunder God Pirates overwhelmed the Beasts Pirates, and Enel revealed to King that Kaido had encountered the Thunder God Pirates’ true captain.

• Chloe told Marco that reinforcements were heading to Wano, and Marco updated her on the slow progress of his mission with Ace.
• Ace and Marco encountered the Straw Hat Pirates in Kuri, and Luffy agreed to help oppose Kurozumi Orochi after Kin'emon’s group arrived.
• The Thunder God Pirates used Enel’s lightning and mechanical soldiers to inflict heavy losses on the Beasts Pirates over three days.
• Enel defeated King’s efforts to hold him back and told him that Kaido could not return because he was facing an opponent stronger than himself.
• Enel revealed that the Thunder God Pirates had a true captain above him, then pressed his attack against King.

Enel unleashed the Thunder God Pirates’ prepared assault and overwhelmed the depleted Beasts Pirates. He brutally battered King, but King endured a chest-piercing blow to trap Enel’s arm and set up a desperate counterattack.

• Enel ordered the Thunder God Pirates to attack, and their sudden offensive crushed the weakened Beasts Pirates’ defenses.
• Enel intercepted King, crippled his wing with his trident and lightning, and bound it with molten gold.
• Enel repeatedly hurled and struck King, mangling his wings and leaving him unable to control his body.
• King recovered enough to block Enel’s lightning with flames, then took Enel’s Thunderous Fist through his chest while grabbing Enel’s arm for a mutually destructive strike.

Enel killed “Flame Calamity” King and overwhelmed “Pestilence Calamity” Queen, breaking the stalemate between the Beasts Pirates and the Thunder God Pirates. With King dead and Queen suppressed, the Beasts Pirates fled as Enel’s forces began massacring them.

• Enel punched through “Flame Calamity” King’s chest, but King unleashed a final wave of flames that Enel emerged from unharmed.
• Enel beat King in midair, then threw him down and pursued him to the ground.
• “Pestilence Calamity” Queen tried to rescue King, but Enel blasted him back with his golden trident before stomping King’s head apart.
• Queen charged Enel in brachiosaurus form, but Enel struck him with an iron-sand halberd and forced him to dodge by rolling aside.
• Enel ordered his men to attack, and the Thunder God Pirates charged as the Beasts Pirates fled and the battle turned into a massacre.

Dawn and Kaido fought for three days and nights as the Beasts Pirates’ territory fell into chaos, with Dawn initially holding the advantage. Kaido’s strength and recovery surged during the battle, bringing them to a deadlock as Dawn prepared to test the limits of the so-called strongest creature.

• Dawn battled Kaido above the shattered Desolate Island while the wider war turned against the Beasts Pirates after Enel killed King and Jack was captured on Zou.
• Dawn used attacks including a Stone Lion, Oto, Slow Light, and white flames to wound and restrain Kaido, but Kaido’s dragon tail shattered Dawn’s sword energy and sent him flying.
• Kaido threatened to fight the Marines to the death if anything happened to his crew, then struck Dawn hard enough to make him cough blood.
• Dawn realized Kaido’s power had risen to match his own and watched Kaido’s burned wound begin to regenerate.
• Dawn declared that he could endure a war of attrition and challenged Kaido to reveal the limits of his strength as another explosive shockwave swept across the battlefield.

Luffy, Ace, and their allies attacked Kurozumi Orochi in the Flower Capital, fighting Orochi’s forces as Luffy and Ace joined forces against him. After Orochi transformed into an eight-headed serpent, the brothers struck him with combined attacks, but he caught them between his heads and charged at them.

• Luffy admitted to Ace that he had been spotted while gathering information, and the two brothers prepared to fight together.
• Marco and Sanji battled Fukurokuju and Orochi’s ninjas while Zoro fought Sleepy Kyoshiro.
• Ace attacked Kurozumi Orochi with fire, and Luffy blasted him back with a Haki-coated fist and a barrage of punches.
• Kurozumi Orochi transformed into an eight-headed serpent and threatened Luffy, Ace, and the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Luffy and Ace combined their Conqueror’s Haki, then struck Orochi with fire-based attacks that scorched his serpent body.
• Orochi knocked the brothers into the air between his serpent heads and lunged at them with two more heads.

Luffy’s early assault in Wano Country forced the battle to begin before Kin'emon and the reinforcements arrived. Marco coordinated with the Whitebeard Pirates’ main force while he and Sanji fought off pursuers, as Luffy and Ace pressed their attack on Kurozumi Orochi.

• Marco contacted Trick and arranged for Kin'emon and the others to meet the Whitebeard Pirates before entering Wano Country.
• Vista, Jozu, and Blamenco discussed Luffy’s strength while the Whitebeard Pirates prepared to support Marco’s group.
• Nami and the others fled pursuing samurai, and Sanji repeatedly left Marco to rescue them.
• Marco fought through Orochi's Oniwabanshu and became locked in a stalemate with Fukurokuju and the remaining enemies.
• Luffy and Ace struck Yamata no Orochi with powerful attacks, but Kurozumi Orochi survived the explosion and threatened them.

Ace and Luffy battled Kurozumi Orochi, but his severed heads rapidly regenerated and began to overwhelm them. Trick arrived and froze Orochi before attacking him with a storm of ice blades.

• Kurozumi Orochi regenerated his wounds and attacked Ace and Luffy with his eight heads.
• Luffy and Ace destroyed three of Orochi's heads with powerful attacks, but Orochi fought back and sent them crashing through buildings.
• Ace and Luffy realized that Orochi's destroyed heads had regenerated, allowing him to overwhelm them in a battle of attrition.
• Trick arrived alone and froze Orochi inside an icy shell with Ten Thousand Year Snow: Snowscape.
• Orochi broke free and attacked Trick, who blocked him with snow and engulfed his body in Feather Blade Dance.

Trick, Ace, and Luffy fought Kurozumi Orochi and deduced that his heads sustained his regeneration and consciousness. They froze and shattered his body, then attacked the remaining heads as Ace prepared a final blow.

• Ace and Trick attacked Kurozumi Orochi, but the monster regenerated and swallowed Trick before Trick burst free inside an ice whale.
• Trick concluded that Orochi could survive as long as one of his eight heads remained, and Ace and Luffy agreed to strike them all at once.
• Luffy and Ace destroyed several heads while Trick froze Orochi’s body and shattered it into fragments.
• Luffy continued smashing the heads, while Ace told him and Trick to retreat and prepared to give Orochi a final attack.

Ace, Trick, and Luffy killed Kurozumi Orochi after he survived their first attacks by preserving one head and using Armament Haki to escape. Meanwhile, the battle erupted in the Flower Capital as Kin'emon and the Whitebeard Pirates entered Wano, and Nekomamushi and Inuarashi joined the fight against Queen.

• Ace engulfed Kurozumi Orochi in a massive fire attack, burning most of his heads and bodies to charred skeletons.
• Kurozumi Orochi revived the crowned head Ace had pierced and broke free from the flames using Armament Haki.
• Trick, Luffy, and Ace overwhelmed Kurozumi Orochi, destroyed his remaining heads, and burned and shattered his body until he was certainly dead.
• Kin'emon and the main force of the Whitebeard Pirates entered Wano Country as a fierce battle began in the Flower Capital.
• Nekomamushi, Inuarashi, Wapol, and Moria joined the battlefield, while Chloe sailed alone toward Dawn.
• Nekomamushi and Inuarashi attacked Queen with lightning-charged weapons, seeking revenge.

Enel unleashed a storm across the battlefield while Inuarashi and Nekomamushi took on Queen, as Dawn continued his exhausting fight against Kaido. When Dawn and Ouroboros struggled to stop Kaido, an icy attack froze him and an unknown man offered help.

• Enel left Queen to Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, then summoned a lightning storm over the battlefield to bring the war to an end.
• Dawn taunted the increasingly exhausted Kaido and revealed that he had been draining Kaido’s stamina, but Kaido adapted to Slow Light and struck Dawn with his tail.
• Dawn attacked Kaido with white spears while Ouroboros unleashed a barrage, but Kaido charged through the explosions.
• Ouroboros hurled a huge piece of the island at Kaido, and a vibration shattered it and sent Kaido flying.
• An icy wave froze Kaido into an ice sculpture, and a man beside Dawn offered to help.

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.