Chapter Summaries

Dunn defeated the Five Elders’ awakened forms, killed Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, and let two survivors escape with seeds of fire planted on them. The seeds detonated in Mary Geoise, leaving Saint Topman Warcury and the giant bull-demon spider engulfed in flames while Saint Marcus Mars and Aramaki witnessed the aftermath.

• A gigantic sandworm, a spotted boar, and Gyuki emerged to support Aramaki, but Dunn shattered Aramaki’s treant form and drove the three monsters together.
• Dunn burned Saint Shepherd Ju Peter’s sandworm form to ashes as the spotted boar and Gyuki tried to escape and invoked Im.
• A pentagram magic circle transported the spotted boar and Gyuki to Mary Geoise, while Dunn revealed he had planted seeds of fire on them.
• Dunn returned to Crocodile and Reiju, explaining that the survivors would have enough trouble of their own, and left through a door.
• The seeds of fire detonated in Mary Geoise, engulfing Saint Topman Warcury and the giant bull-demon spider in explosions while Saint Marcus Mars and Aramaki looked on.
• Saint Marcus Mars transformed into a firebird, but the flames consumed him as Nusjuro arrived and watched in horror.

Dunn killed Saint Nusjuro and confronted Im amid the ruins of Mary Geoise, then escaped through a green doorway with Aramaki. Im ordered the imprisoned Celestial Dragons released, while another Dunn appeared aboard the Rose Hunter.

• Saint Nusjuro questioned Aramaki about the destruction of the Holy Land, but Dunn appeared behind him and seized his sword.
• Dunn cut off Saint Nusjuro's head, then killed him with a flaming slash despite Im's attempt to shield him with darkness.
• Dunn seized Aramaki and warned Im that he would retaliate if she harmed others, then left through a green doorway.
• Im told a maid to release the imprisoned Celestial Dragons so they could serve her plans and distract her opponents.
• A green doorway appeared aboard the Rose Hunter, and another Dunn stepped through as Robin and the others watched.

Dunn captured Aramaki and used the Dark-Dark Fruit to turn him into the Woods-Woods Fruit, then considered whether to return to Mary Geoise. He decided to continue the voyage and train Zoro and Kuina while following the Guild’s information.

• Aramaki accepted that Dunn had captured him and admitted he had envied the Celestial Dragons since childhood and wanted to become one.
• Dunn used the Dark-Dark Fruit on Aramaki, and the apple Robin had brought transformed into the Woods-Woods Fruit.
• Dunn offered the Woods-Woods Fruit to Zoro, who refused it, and then turned to Teach, who also declined because he had already eaten a Devil Fruit.
• Boa Hancock asked Dunn about Mary Geoise, and Dunn decided there was no need to return because they had already achieved their goal.
• Dunn told Zoro and Kuina to continue training as the crew sailed onward, and Boa Hancock said she was content to leave Amazon Lily in her sisters’ care.

Dunn tested the Woods-Woods Fruit by creating a colossal wooden statue and using its thousands of arms to defeat the demonic humans on an island. He left the statue standing in the sea as the Rose Hunter departed, and told Zoro that only swordsmen at Hawkeye or Shanks's level could handle it.

• Dunn told the others to leave the island's monsters to him and jumped from the Rose Hunter to the ground below.
• Dunn used Sage Art: True Several Thousand Hands to grow a towering wooden statue with countless arms.
• Dunn commanded the statue's wooden hands to seize and crush the demonic humans across the island.
• Dunn walked the statue into the sea and left it there before ordering everyone to depart.
• Dunn told Zoro that Hawkeye or Shanks could handle the statue, while Zoro still had a long way to go.

Dunn discussed the stalled fight against the World Government with Crocodile and maintained that everyone else needed to confront Im themselves. Kuina then asked to let Zoro act alone, but Dunn refused because the enemy’s infection could not be cured.

• Crocodile reported that the priority areas had been cleared and that the Marines were fighting among themselves over whether to follow the World Government’s orders.
• Dunn told Crocodile that the stalemate was acceptable and that the people resisting the World Government needed to act for themselves; Crocodile affirmed his trust in Dunn.
• Dunn asked Robin where Vegapunk was, and Robin hurried off to contact him after hearing he knew about the ancient kingdom and the blank period of history.
• Kuina told Dunn that Zoro wanted to act alone so he could grow, but Dunn refused because he could not save anyone infected by the enemy.

Dunn sent Kuina and Zoro to Crocodile for placement with other hunter teams and gave Zoro Shodai Kitetsu. He then took Boa Hancock, Robin, and Baby 5 through a green portal toward another world, while Teach stayed behind; the chapter leaves Crocodile questioning how readily Dunn approved Kuina and Zoro’s request.

• Dunn offered to place Kuina and Zoro in other hunter teams, gave Zoro Shodai Kitetsu, and sent them inside to see Crocodile.
• Dunn told Boa Hancock that a faint power was beginning to emerge near the Calm Belt and prepared to send her there; Teach chose to stay behind.
• Baby 5 demonstrated her ability to imitate Vegapunk’s weapons, while Robin asked to accompany Dunn through the passage.
• Dunn explained that he would send Robin ahead and later drive Im to the passage, and Teach used his ability to steer the ship into the green portal.
• Crocodile questioned Kuina and Zoro after they told him Dunn had agreed to their request.

Dunn told Crocodile and Reiju that the passage between worlds was about to appear and warned them to prepare for a possible surge of transformed monsters. He then urged Whitebeard and Shanks to move faster, leaving Shanks wondering whether Dunn was dying.

• Dunn revealed to Crocodile and Reiju that the passage between worlds was close to appearing and that transformed monsters might suddenly emerge.
• Dunn approved Crocodile's plan to have Germa produce clone soldiers and left him to manage the situation while Dunn was away.
• Dunn visited Whitebeard after his crew attacked an island and urged him to speed things up.
• Dunn met Charlotte Linlin, then visited Shanks and his crew and told them there was little time.
• Shanks asked Dunn if he was dying after hearing him say he had no time.

Dunn warned Red-Hair that upheaval was approaching and later told Garp that more transformed demons might appear as he prepared to confront the person behind the crisis. Garp continued leading the Marines through the monster-infested islands while Dunn left to bring the conflict to an end.

• Dunn warned Red-Hair that the next wave of impact could throw the world into turmoil, and Shanks guessed that Dunn might soon leave their world.
• Garp destroyed a monster-infested island with Fist Bone, then ordered the Marines to clear away the remaining monsters.
• Dunn appeared aboard Garp's warship and said he had come to check on the situation after meeting Whitebeard and the others.
• Garp blamed Dunn for the crisis and lamented the many deaths, while Dunn said more people could die as transformed demons appeared elsewhere.
• Dunn told Garp to warn Sengoku, affirmed that the Marines had done well, and said it was time to bring the conflict to an end.
• Dunn asked Garp whether he regretted not being more forceful in the East Blue, since Garp might then have joined the Marines.

Dunn left Garp after discussing the future of the Marines and the paths of Luffy and Ace, then assigned Enel to oversee Skypiea and its Hunter Exams. In Mary Geoise, Im prepared to use the Hollow and expendable Celestial Dragons to pursue a chance to escape and grow stronger as the New World opened.

• Dunn warned Garp that Luffy and Ace might clash with his men or join the Revolutionary Army, and asked him to remind Sengoku about coming changes to the Marines.
• Enel arrived on Garp's warship, and Dunn praised his work as the famed Thunder God.
• Dunn ordered Enel to garrison Skypiea and oversee future Hunter Exams, then departed.
• Im recognized that the opening of the other worlds would leave her vulnerable and saw the strengthening Hollow as a chance to advance her abilities.
• Im sent her maid to search with the Hollow and told a Celestial Dragon to select candidates for her power, regarding them as expendable pawns.

Dunn visited Shimotsuki Village and the Baratie as Celestial Dragons began taking command in many places. He warned Morgans that events would soon unfold, then left the Baratie after eating, while Zeff encouraged Sanji to consider joining the Hunter Guild as a Gourmet Hunter.

• Dunn watched the reindeer studying medicine from afar and found Shimotsuki Village deserted after its people evacuated with the Revolutionary Army.
• Morgans told Dunn that many Celestial Dragons had emerged and taken command in different places, and Dunn said the outcome would soon be revealed.
• Dunn told Morgans that the World Economic Journal would shape the world's development while he was absent, then ended the call and flew away.
• Morgans contacted Crocodile, who said Dunn's plan had to be carried out but would not explain it yet.
• Dunn arrived at the Baratie, ordered seafood fried rice from Sanji, and spoke with Zeff while the restaurant watched nervously.
• Dunn left a gold coin at the Baratie, and Zeff suggested Sanji join the Hunter Guild as a Gourmet Hunter; Sanji said he would consider it after learning everything Zeff knew.

Dunn unleashed a vast curtain of flames that spread across the seas and destroyed monsters, leaving Doflamingo, Dragon, Hawkeye, and Issho wondering what he intended. Hawkeye suspected Dunn might be targeting someone in Mary Geoise.

• Zeff told Sanji to reconsider going to sea once the seas had settled, while Sanji remained undecided.
• Dunn transformed into flames high above the ocean and spread them across the sky, turning it crimson across the Four Blues and Paradise.
• In West Blue, Dunn’s flames destroyed a powerful demonman as hunters, soldiers, and the Revolutionary Army retreated from it.
• Doflamingo used Birdcage to clear monsters from fallen islands, then watched Dunn’s flames pierce the cage and wipe out the island’s monsters.
• Doflamingo contacted hunters elsewhere and learned the flames had spread widely, while Dragon also received reports and wondered about Dunn’s purpose.
• Hawkeye and Issho saw Dunn’s flames destroy monsters in Paradise, and Hawkeye wondered whether Dunn was targeting someone in Mary Geoise.

As red skies and falling flames spread across the world, Sengoku realized Dunn was making his move against Im in Mary Geoise and sent the three Navy Admirals to assist him. Im waited alone in the Room of Flowers, hoping to transfer her consciousness before Dunn ended everything.

• Issho and Hawkeye suspected Dunn was attacking Im in Mary Geoise and sailed toward it.
• Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru received reports of the spreading red sky and falling flames and concluded that a final battle was underway.
• Sengoku ordered the three Navy Admirals to head to Mary Geoise and assist Dunn if needed.
• The Admirals abandoned their current work and set out for Mary Geoise.
• Im waited on the empty throne in the Room of Flowers, intending to transfer her consciousness and begin anew in another world.

Im killed the surviving Celestial Dragons, and their deaths triggered a surge in her power that unleashed Conqueror’s Haki across Mary Geoise. At Sabaody, Fish-Man Tom and Franky witnessed the transformed Red Line and discussed a legend of a world-swallowing flood before Franky spotted something red in the sky.

• A terrified Celestial Dragon told Im that fire rain had killed the warriors she transformed and begged her to defeat Dunn.
• Im condemned the kneeling Celestial Dragon as useless, then burned him and the surviving Celestial Dragons to ash with black flames.
• An invisible force converged on Mary Geoise as the Celestial Dragons died, rapidly increasing Im’s aura and sending her Conqueror’s Haki across the region.
• The Haki shattered the clouds above Mary Geoise, revealing sunlight and a vast gap in the Red Line that people in Sabaody could see.
• Franky urged Fish-Man Tom to leave Sabaody, but Tom refused because he still had work to finish and discussed Fish-Man legends of a great flood.
• Franky pointed to a patch of red in the sky and asked Tom what it was.

Dunn confronted Im above Mary Geoise, using his crimson clouds and overwhelming power to force Im into a fight. Im attacked with black ribbons while Dunn blocked them and assessed Im’s Haki.

• Dunn gathered the crimson clouds over Mary Geoise and faced Im, whose darkness had formed a massive salamander-like monster.
• Im said he had once believed Dunn and he did not need to become enemies, and admitted the World Government regretted not acting against Dunn earlier.
• Dunn dismissed Im’s words and warned that refusing him would make the conflict a matter of life and death.
• Im attacked Dunn with black ribbons, but Dunn’s body burst into flames and re-formed as he blocked the following strikes with a red blade.
• Dunn recognized that Im’s three types of Haki had reached an extremely high level.

Dunn fought Im at Mary Geoise, countering her black mist, regeneration, and attempts to control him before unleashing his full power as a blazing sun. Im’s mist rose from the Red Line and seas to challenge him, but the sun continued climbing and burning it away.

• Dunn destroyed Im’s black-mist attacks and burned away the power she had placed in his hand.
• Dunn exposed Im’s altered body and repeatedly damaged it as her black mist regenerated her wounds.
• Dunn cut apart Im’s salamander-like monster, but Im revealed that her consciousness existed in multiple places.
• Dunn unleashed his full power, evaporating Im’s nearby forms, the black mist, and the monster around Mary Geoise.
• Im summoned more black mist from the Red Line and surrounding seas, but Dunn’s rising sun scorched it as the world grew hotter.

Dunn transformed into a sun and attacked the dark creature above Mary Geoise, destroying the city and forcing people across the world to flee or watch from afar. As the creature began to lose, Dragon told the Revolutionary Army to carry out its plans and await the coming new world.

• Dunn's rising sun melted Mary Geoise and sent extreme heat across the surrounding seas, forcing Marines and civilians to evacuate.
• Kizaru told Aokiji and Akainu that Mary Geoise was gone and Dunn was fighting the dark creature hidden behind the World Government.
• The World Economic Journal broadcast the battle worldwide, stunning viewers with Dunn's power as a sun.
• Luffy, Ace, Sabo, Dragon, Ivankov, and Belo Betty watched the projection as Dragon recognized that the darkness was losing.
• Dragon told the Revolutionary Army officers to do what they needed to do and wait for the arrival of the new world.

As Dunn pressed Im at Mary Geoise, the battle’s heat and destruction reached Fish-Man Island, where Queen Otohime trusted the divination that the outcome was already decided. In the Calm Belt, Robin and Boa Hancock waited for Dunn’s plan as an island from another world appeared.

• Crocodile told Hawkeye that Dunn expected victory and warned that there was no time for Hawkeye and Issho to join the fight; he then urged Reiju to secure Judge’s help and Germa’s clones.
• Dunn kept pressuring Im at Mary Geoise, using his power to prevent Im from focusing elsewhere while the battle’s heat melted a breach through the Red Line.
• On Fish-Man Island, the shark girl advised Queen Otohime to build ties with the Hunter Guild, and Neptune discussed the danger from the battle’s heat and falling cooled magma.
• Queen Otohime told Neptune that the outcome had already appeared, easing his concern about the battle’s effects.
• In the Calm Belt, Robin told Boa Hancock to wait according to Dunn’s plan as a desert island from another world gradually became solid.

Dunn and Im ended their world-threatening clash as Im brought Hollow into the island where the two worlds intersected. Dunn followed with Robin and discovered that the island’s spatial barrier blocked his abilities and left him facing a woman and a gigantic monster.

• Im withdrew its power from the clash with Dunn and fled toward Hollow as the passage opened faster.
• Dunn returned to Robin, warned her to prepare for trouble, and let Teach leave before Robin steered the Rose Hunter toward the island.
• Im restrained Hollow, then entered the island with it while considering whether to become a soul entity like Hollow.
• Dunn’s Space Solidification failed to affect the island’s boundary, and its spatial barrier also blocked his Door-Door Fruit, fire seeds, and Observation Haki.
• Dunn looked across the island and saw a woman beside a gigantic Hollow that had grown larger than before.

Dunn confronted Im at the boundary between worlds and sealed the area so neither of them could escape. Im gained a soul body and new power, but Dunn overwhelmed her and crushed her bone mask, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Dunn confirmed that Im’s consciousness could not leave her body and warned that he could not let her go because she knew too much.
• Im attacked Dunn with shadows, but his spatial seal trapped both of them in the isolated space between worlds.
• Dunn discovered that his sword Flame could absorb and channel his power under the new world’s rules, then restrained his attack to protect Robin and the others.
• Im emerged with a soul body, bone armor, and a sword, believing she had surpassed Dunn after sensing the world’s energy.
• Dunn seized Im by the face and crushed her bone mask, telling her that his body was his strongest weapon.

Dunn confronted Im after she transformed into a Hollow, trying to make her use the power in her blade while preventing her escape. He repeatedly destroyed and burned her regenerating body, leaving her fate unclear after a final wave of intensified flames and a venomous wail.

• Dunn urged Im to sense and activate the power in her blade, but her Spiritual Pressure erupted instead.
• Dunn suppressed Im's Spiritual Pressure with his Conqueror's Haki, and Im tried to escape the sealed island before being thrown back.
• Im offered to stop fighting and leave, but Dunn destroyed her head and set her body ablaze.
• Im regenerated, attacked Dunn with a black blade strike, and tried to rush toward the Rose Hunter, but Dunn struck her down again.
• Dunn repeatedly shattered Im's rapidly regenerating body and intensified the flames until a resentful wail rang out.