Chapter Summaries

Dragon effortlessly defeated challengers at the Hunter Guild’s examination on Skypiea while Dunn monitored the trials. Sengoku asked Dunn to kill Steel Bone Kong, and Dunn agreed in exchange for a favor from the Marines, leaving their future allegiance unresolved.

• Garp and the other Marines watched Luffy shout about becoming the One Piece before Dragon appeared on the projected scene.
• Dragon swept away a group of challengers with a gale, and Dunn remarked that the examination might end sooner than expected.
• Crocodile brought Dunn a Den Den Mushi call from Sengoku while Law and Bepo cautiously navigated the examination grounds.
• Sengoku asked Dunn to kill former Fleet Admiral Steel Bone Kong because the World Government planned to take control of the Navy and Pluton.
• Dunn proposed that Momousagi, Hina, and Doll join the Hunter Guild, but Sengoku refused and briefly offered to join himself.
• Dunn agreed to act once Sengoku provided Kong’s location, in return for a favor from the Marines, and explained to Crocodile that he had urged the Marines to remain neutral in future wars.

Dunn discovered that Capone Bege had brought him a powerful Hollow found on an island that vanished after a few hours, and he identified the creature as an evolving Adjuchas. As the Hollow’s scream disrupted the examination grounds and it began moving again, Luffy and Ace fled from it.

• Dunn told Crocodile that Sengoku had chosen to protect the Navy for now, and Crocodile agreed to monitor the Navy and World Government as they potentially fought each other.
• Hawkeye fought Doflamingo’s group, cutting through Moria’s sword and killing a man who tried to block his slash before Dunn warned him not to damage Skypiea.
• Capone Bege delivered a giant bone-armored monster to Dunn and explained that he had found it on an island that disappeared after four or five hours.
• Dunn identified the monster as a Hollow, confirmed it was still alive, and recognized it as an Adjuchas after its scream spread across the examination grounds.
• Luffy and Ace were knocked down by the Hollow’s scream, then ran when they saw the creature move toward them.
• Dunn pinned the Hollow by its neck and asked whether it could understand him.

Dunn subdued a Menos Grande and discussed Law’s plan to kill Doflamingo before turning his attention to the examination. Luffy and Ace reached Dragon’s challenge grounds, where Dragon sent Luffy onward and stopped a strange swordsman who had taken Ace away.

• Dunn pinned down a Menos Grande, broke off much of its head bone, and ordered hunters to send the bones to Vegapunk.
• Law offered the Op-Op Fruit in exchange for Dunn killing Doflamingo, but Dunn refused and urged Law to earn merit and deal with Doflamingo himself.
• Dunn observed Hawkeye overwhelming Moria’s group and Doflamingo’s allies, then noticed Ace and Luffy enter Dragon’s plaza.
• Luffy called Dragon his father, and Dragon let him and Ace continue toward the examination grounds before speaking with Dunn.
• A strange swordsman appeared to take Ace, but Dragon struck him down and told Luffy that Ace had gone to meet someone.
• Crocodile arrived and told Dragon that Dunn had marked the swordsman for special attention, noting his potential to become a Great Swordsman.

Ace fought Rayleigh while Dunn monitored the examination and the Hunter Guild intervened against World Government agents killing participants. As Im prepared to act on news about Steel Bone Kong, a report that a creature from another world had been found on Skypiea caught his attention.

• Cavendish woke after Crocodile and Dragon left, blamed his other personality, and headed off with his sword.
• Ace introduced himself to Rayleigh and declared he would become the One Piece, then fought him and was knocked into rubble before attacking again with an ice fist.
• Dunn watched Hawkeye overwhelm his opponents and saw Whitebeard knock Chinjao, Sai, and the others away with one punch.
• Robin and Boa Hancock watched the battles as Crocodile explained that only a few successful Hunters would receive the guild's full support.
• Crocodile sent Hunters to stop World Government agents who were killing participants in the examination.
• Im ordered his maid to confirm that Sengoku would act on the leaked news about Steel Bone Kong, then learned that a creature suspected of coming from another world had been found on Skypiea.

Im ordered her agents to seize the strange monster, while Dunn suspected the World Government was trying to lure him away from Skypiea and prepared to investigate a Navy target on Gallanri Island. Before leaving, Dunn and Crocodile discussed whether a powerful Wind-Wind Fruit user had created the unnaturally straight Calm Belt; Dunn then traveled through a portal toward the island.

• Im examined photographs of the monster and ordered her maid to have it seized.
• Dunn rejected Crocodile's offer to expose the World Government spy in the Hunter Guild and warned that Uranus might attack Skypiea while he was away.
• Sengoku told Dunn that the target was resting overnight on Gallanri Island, and Dunn urged Sengoku to commit to keeping the Navy out of the conflict.
• Dunn studied Crocodile's sea chart and said an awakened Logia could permanently reshape the environment, raising the possibility that a Wind-Wind Fruit user had created the Calm Belt.
• Dunn told Crocodile to keep the others calm about Uranus, then opened a portal and flew toward Gallanri Island.
• Dunn arrived above an island near Gallanri Island and saw that the once-barren island was now covered in dense forest, with many people gathered there.

Dunn was lured into a sealed space by the World Government, where he killed Steel Bone Kong and confronted Im’s clone. Im revealed that she had taken something from Dunn and threatened to destroy islands and kill the people of Skypiea, but Dunn said they would survive because he could also use an avatar.

• Aramaki questioned Steel Bone Kong’s plan to use him as bait, but Kong insisted the World Government had a way to retreat.
• Dunn arrived at the island, and the purple array transported him and Steel Bone Kong into a sealed space while leaving the others behind.
• Dunn discovered he could not escape the island through his Door-Door Fruit and fought Steel Bone Kong, who revealed his Muscle-Muscle Fruit and transformed into a giant muscleman.
• Dunn killed Steel Bone Kong, absorbed his body with darkness, and faced Im, who appeared in a black-clad avatar.
• Im said she had taken something from Dunn and threatened to destroy islands, including Skypiea, but Dunn remained calm and said he could use an avatar too.

Dunn blocked Uranus’s attack on Skypiea with a sea of flames, then used its energy to destroy the weapon. He confronted Im, revealed that the Dunn she had met was a clone, and challenged her to escape while she threatened to start a world-destroying war.

• Uranus fired a colossal beam at Skypiea, while Rayleigh, Doflamingo, Golden Lion, and others reacted to the threat.
• Dunn’s flames stopped the beam from reaching Skypiea, and Crocodile ordered the Hunter Guild’s examination to continue.
• Morgans broadcast the clash worldwide as Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru speculated about Dunn’s whereabouts and plans.
• Dunn absorbed the beam’s energy into his flames, compressed them, and fired a ray that pierced and destroyed Uranus.
• Dunn told Im that their earlier encounter had involved a clone and taunted her about escaping, while Im threatened to start a war that would destroy the world.

Dunn defeated Im's attack on Skypiea, learned the limits of the spatial ability she used, and ordered the Hunter Guild to begin a war against the World Government. Crocodile relayed the order to Morgans as the Navy still waited for news.

• Im refused Dunn's demand to leave and release her controlled servants, so Dunn declared that he would launch an all-out war against the World Government.
• Dunn and Im fought inside her isolated space; Dunn's flames and darkness overwhelmed Im, who escaped by transferring her consciousness away.
• Dunn named the spatial power the Duel-Duel Fruit and concluded that its arena-like space persisted for a time but restricted its user's movement.
• After returning his consciousness above Skypiea, Dunn ordered Crocodile to purge World Government facilities and eliminate black-transformed Demon Men with the Hunters and their allies.
• Crocodile contacted Morgans, who agreed to prepare for war, while Sengoku continued waiting for news from Kong.

Sengoku gathered senior Navy officers after the Hunter Guild declared war on the World Government and urged them to choose whether to join the conflict or preserve the Navy’s independence. The meeting ended with Akainu taking his fleet to witness the war’s beginning, while Garp set out to confront the spreading demons.

• Crocodile told Sengoku that war was inevitable and urged him to decide whether the Navy would get involved; Sengoku summoned the Navy’s senior officers.
• Sengoku announced the Hunter Guild’s declaration of war, and Akainu called for the Navy to crush the Guild while Kuzan argued that the Marines should serve their own justice rather than the Celestial Dragons.
• Sengoku and Tsuru warned that fighting Dunn would devastate the Navy and that the World Government’s fall was all but certain; Kizaru argued that the Navy could uphold order without the World Government.
• Sengoku told the officers to choose for themselves, and Garp and Tsuru explained that nations and factions had helped the Hunter Guild grow because Dunn shielded them from the World Government’s pressure.
• Akainu said he would take his fleet to witness the war’s beginning, and Kuzan asked him to destroy the demons spreading elsewhere.
• Garp set out to fight the demons, and Sengoku warned him that they were like Rocks; Garp replied that no one nearby had strength comparable to Rocks.

After the World Economic Journal announced that the Hunter Guild was at war with the World Government, nations and factions across the world began choosing sides as the conflict escalated. Dunn ordered Crocodile to watch for infectious demon monsters, then faced Bullet, who challenged him at the competition grounds.

• Shanks persuaded Loki to join a possible fight against the World Government, and Loki broke free of his chains.
• Morgans announced that the World Government had attacked Skypiea and declared that the Hunter Guild was officially at war with it.
• Im ordered the Five Elders to prepare for war and activate their agents inside the Hunter Guild, while the Revolutionary Army and many kingdoms declared war on the World Government.
• Crocodile reported to Dunn as Dunn ordered him to find and destroy infectious demon monsters threatening to spread across the world.
• Bullet arrived at the competition grounds and challenged Dunn, demanding to see why he was called the world's strongest.

Dunn beat Bullet and sent him to interfere in the battle between Golden Lion and the three Shichibukai, while discussing the Guild’s war plans and Germa with Crocodile. Bullet joined the fight, and Golden Lion used Dunn’s sword to face Doflamingo as the battle continued.

• Dunn quickly knocked Bullet down, then told him to attack Golden Lion, Doflamingo, and Kuma.
• Crocodile told Dunn that Doflamingo and the others knew the Guild had declared war; Dunn rejected Germa’s request for a promise about rebuilding its homeland and ordered the Guild to prepare for the aftermath.
• Bullet crashed into Moria, sending him into Golden Lion’s slash and leaving him badly injured.
• Doflamingo launched his awakened white threads at Golden Lion and Bullet, while Kuma blocked Bullet’s attack and Golden Lion fought back with his Float-Float Fruit.
• Dunn’s sword flew to Golden Lion, who wielded it alongside the blades on his legs and sent three slashes at Doflamingo.

Dunn assigned Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin to destroy Im’s abilities in Mary Geoise, then warned Crocodile that he might leave this world after dismantling the World Government. Days later, as war broke out against the World Government, Im tried to use a monster as a passage to another world, but discovered it was a soul body.

• Doflamingo threw the wounded Moria clear of the battlefield, and Moria withdrew with his group after his zombie doctor treated him.
• Whitebeard knocked out Ace and Luffy, then agreed to Dunn’s demand that he destroy Im’s abilities; Charlotte Linlin also agreed after Dunn offered her a chance to recruit her children.
• Dunn told Crocodile he might leave the world after destroying the World Government, and Crocodile agreed to prepare the Hunter Guild for his possible departure.
• Dunn reassured Robin and Boa Hancock that he might be able to return if he left, though he did not yet know when or how.
• A few days later, war against the World Government began, and Im tried to use a motionless monster as a means of reaching another world.
• Im’s darkness contracted around the monster, and she realized it was a soul body.

Im ordered the Hollow to sense the world it came from while she prepared for the escalating war. As the Marines reorganized and Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin returned to the New World, Sengoku prepared to mobilize and Katakuri tried to keep his family safe.

• Im failed to imprint the Hollow, then told it to sense its home world and left it under a maid’s watch in the Room of Flowers.
• The Five Elders reported that rebellions had spread worldwide and asked Im to act; Im said the Marines would assist and hold the rebels back.
• Im’s tattoos activated and controlled Marines across the world, prompting Sengoku, Vice Admiral Tsuru, and Kizaru to plan how the Marines would respond.
• Kizaru admitted Dragon had contacted him, and Sengoku ordered him to notify Akainu, Aokiji, and Garp while the Marines prepared to confront the rogue bases and monsters.
• Sengoku learned that Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin had returned, while Momousagi and Chaton discussed why they had stayed with the Marines.
• Katakuri reunited Charlotte Linlin with her children on Nuts Island and arranged a fleet for her, while the Whitebeard Pirates celebrated their leader’s return.

Whitebeard returned to his crew and prepared to fight the force behind the demons that appeared in Wano Country, while Charlotte Linlin and Shanks also reappeared in the New World. The chapter ended with a burly pirate captain transforming into a demon and crushing one of his crewmen’s heads.

• Whitebeard reunited with Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates, explaining that he had been released and that they would target the force behind the manufactured demons.
• Whitebeard told Marco that the crew needed to become stronger without relying on him, then showed that his health had greatly improved.
• Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin set sail again, and news spread that Shanks had also returned to the New World.
• A burly pirate captain threatened to fight the returning pirate factions, then transformed as a black aura and sharp teeth emerged.
• The transformed captain seized a pirate’s head and crushed it.

Demons erupted across the world, prompting Dunn to mobilize the Hunter Guild and send his companions to contain them. As the Rose Hunter reached a smoke-shrouded island, Kuina and Zoro began fighting the demon humans while Dunn watched and waited.

• Dunn told Robin that Im had unleashed demons worldwide and that he had prepared for the threat, then summoned Kuma, Doflamingo, and others to assign them targets across the Four Blues.
• Dunn promised Doflamingo a senior Guild position if he helped clear out the demons, and Doflamingo departed with Kuma and the others.
• Dunn gave Blackbeard the Float-Float Fruit, which Blackbeard ate before the Rose Hunter sailed through a green gate.
• Crocodile discussed plans with Reiju to build an army of combat clones after the war, seeking a force that could stand against the Navy.
• Dunn and his companions arrived at an island overrun by demon humans, and Kuina and Zoro began trying to subdue them rather than kill them.
• Dunn noticed Kuina and Zoro were holding back, but chose not to intervene and waited beneath a parasol as the battle continued.

Zoro, Kuina, Boa Hancock, Robin, and Teach fought the undead monsters spreading across an island, while Dunn watched and guided the battle from the Rose Hunter. After the island was partly cleared, Crocodile and Reiju discussed the wider outbreak and how to recruit enough hunters to contain it.

• Zoro and Kuina discovered that the undead monsters could be stopped by destroying the cores in their patterned flesh, and Robin urged them to hurry to protect the island's people.
• Boa Hancock, Robin, Zoro, and Kuina battled the growing horde; Zoro and Kuina faced powerful mutated opponents, while Teach used his new ability to crush monsters with the earth.
• Dunn observed the island, praised Boa Hancock and the others when they returned, and told Zoro and Kuina that recognizing Haki could block the monsters' attacks meant they had passed.
• Crocodile and Reiju reviewed reports indicating that new outbreaks had stopped, then discussed the Guild's casualties and the need to motivate more hunters.

Crocodile learned that the Navy's New World forces had joined the fight against the monsters, and Dunn explained that he was delaying a final confrontation with Im because the other world could threaten the planet. As the Hunter Guild and Revolutionary Army mobilized across the seas, the Five Elders realized the crisis had grown beyond their control and suspected Im was preparing for other worlds.

• Daz reported that the Navy's main force, including all three Admirals, had deployed against the monsters, so Crocodile ordered hunters to reinforce Paradise and the Four Blues while withdrawing some from the New World.
• Crocodile called Dunn, who confirmed he had held back from destroying the World Government because doing so might leave the world vulnerable to destruction; he planned to visit Mary Geoise and pressure Im.
• Crocodile told Reiju that her younger brother was working at the Baratie in the East Blue, and she declined his offer to send protection.
• Dragon sent Sabo, Ace, and Luffy to fight monsters alongside the Revolutionary Army and instructed Belo Betty to coordinate with hunters and retreat from opponents they could not handle.
• The Five Elders saw that the monsters had stopped multiplying and, suspecting Im's plans involved other worlds, worried that the World Government could no longer control the crisis.

The Five Elders debated how to prove their usefulness to Im as danger mounted and the Navy turned against them. They decided they had no choice but to personally attack the Hunter Guild, despite the risk of encountering Dunn.

• Saint Jaygarcia Saturn warned the other four that Im was holding back and they might not survive to see his plans unfold.
• Saint Nusjuro declared that the Navy should pay for its betrayal and left with Shodai Kitetsu.
• The remaining Elders discussed their assassination plan, which had shifted from Dunn to targeting the Hunter Guild’s upper ranks.
• Saint Jaygarcia Saturn proposed that they attack the Hunter Guild together, but the others hesitated because Dunn could trap them with the Door-Door Fruit.
• Saint Jaygarcia Saturn reminded them that Im had seen Saint Nusjuro act, and the other three agreed they must take risks to prove their usefulness to Im.

After clearing another island, Dunn and his companions discussed the cost of the fighting and the threat Im posed, while Robin inferred that Dunn was trying to force Im into a choice. When Crocodile reported that the World Government had attacked Sengoku and might target him next, Dunn left to intervene and put pressure on Im.

• Dunn told Zoro and Kuina they could leave, but both chose to stay and help save people.
• Robin reported that pirates had left Skypiea, and Dunn said they could not spare attention for them during the current crisis.
• Robin privately considered Im’s ability to move her consciousness between vessels and concluded that Dunn wanted to force her into a vulnerable choice.
• Crocodile reported that one of the Five Elders and more than a dozen other fighters had attacked Sengoku, leaving him seriously injured.
• Dunn warned Crocodile that the World Government might target him and said he would intervene if the Five Elders acted personally.
• Dunn left through a doorway to put pressure on Im, while Robin stayed behind to monitor events and prepare the spark he had left her.

After learning the World Government might target the Hunter Guild, Dunn discussed his plans to leave the world and the danger posed by Im with Crocodile and Reiju. As assassins arrived at the Guild’s location, Dunn let them approach, and a giant flower bud suddenly sealed off the area.

• Sengoku recovered from his wounds and, with Vice Admiral Tsuru, warned the Hunter Guild that the World Government might target its leaders.
• Crocodile told Dunn that the Navy had passed along the assassination warning, while Dunn revealed he had come partly to remind Im of his presence.
• Dunn explained that he intended to leave the world because Im’s actions threatened to destroy it, and he urged Crocodile to take responsibility for the Guild’s future.
• Dunn and Crocodile realized that a spy had leaked their location when Dunn sensed assassins approaching.
• Dunn stopped Crocodile from sending help, and countless vines and trees formed a giant flower bud around Dunn and the others as an assassin reacted in shock.