Chapter Summaries

The Desolate Dragon Group destroyed the G-5 Fortress, where Law killed Vergo for betraying Corazon. Dongye Huanglong then challenged the Four Emperors to help drive the Marines from the New World, prompting the Five Elders and Sengoku to move to suppress the broadcast.

• The Desolate Dragon Group devastated the G-5 Fortress and exposed Vergo as Doflamingo’s Marine spy.
• Law confronted Vergo over his role in Corazon’s death and killed him with Kikoku; Gecko Moria collected the body to repair as a zombie.
• Members of the Desolate Dragon Group taunted Marine Headquarters during the live broadcast before Dongye Huanglong appeared with Boa Hancock and Nico Robin.
• Huanglong urged the Four Emperors and other pirate crews to join him in driving the Marines out of the New World, singling out Shanks and challenging Kaido, Big Mom, and Whitebeard.
• The Five Elders and Sengoku ordered affiliated nations and important islands to cut off Morgans’s broadcast.

Dongye Huanglong’s call to drive the Marines out of the New World stirred pirate crews into action and put the major powers under pressure to respond. Shanks faced growing distrust over his Celestial Dragon ancestry, while Whitebeard, Kaido, and Big Mom each weighed or ordered their own moves.

• Shanks and his officers confronted the loss of affiliated crews after his Celestial Dragon ancestry was publicized, while Benn Beckman considered how to break the deadlock.
• Whitebeard worried that allying with Shanks would draw hostility, acknowledged that Figarland Garling had wounded him, and ordered Ace to train harder.
• Kaido ordered his Ancient Giant expeditionary force to attack Marine branches in the New World despite Queen’s warning that Huanglong might be using them.
• Big Mom sent Cracker, Snag, Baron Tamago, and Baccarat to gather troops and destroy Marine branches while she planned to avoid the World Government’s focus.
• Pirate crews across the New World answered Huanglong’s call, and he mocked the World Government for having to choose between defending the Celestial Dragons’ ancestral land and the Marine branches.

After Dongye Huanglong declared war and urged the Marines to abandon the Celestial Dragons, panic spread across the New World. At G14, Doll and the SWORD members prepared for a possible pirate assault, while Onigumo put G1 on maximum alert as Sengoku convened an emergency meeting.

• Dongye Huanglong warned the New World Marines to withdraw, and Morgans used his declaration to stir distrust between them and the Celestial Dragons.
• At G14, Doll called an emergency meeting because she feared the Wang Zhi Pirates and other Hachinosu pirates would attack.
• Doll ordered Peacock, Grus, and the SWORD members to leave for the main force, but Peacock refused and chose to help defend G14.
• Doll placed G14 on its highest defensive alert, ready to flee if the Desolate Dragon Group or a Yonko crew arrived.
• At G1, Onigumo ordered the fortress to its highest state of alert and vowed to fight until orders arrived.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku convened Staff Officer Tsuru and others to discuss countermeasures against the spreading pirate uprising.

After Dongye Huanglong’s declaration threw the New World into chaos, the World Government concentrated its forces while pirate crews attacked Marine fortresses and fought one another. The Desolate Dragon Group hid on a sky island as Bullet urged Huanglong to choose its next target: G18 Fortress or the Kingdom of Adams.

• Im and the Five Elders ordered the New World Marine forces to abandon most branch fortresses and gather at four strongholds.
• Shanks tried to contain the uprising, Whitebeard restrained his allies, and the Big Mom Pirates destroyed a relocating Marine fleet and looted abandoned fortresses.
• Kaido attacked G18 Fortress, but Shanks intervened, and the Red-Haired Pirates and Beasts Pirates fought a major battle that left officers dead and wounded.
• Pirates attacked Marine strongholds across the New World while Saint Marcus Mars kept Aokiji and Garp’s main fleet near Adams, searching for the Desolate Dragon Group.
• The Desolate Dragon Group occupied a sky island near the Beasts Pirates’ territory, where Bullet asked Huanglong whether they would attack G18 Fortress or the Kingdom of Adams.

After securing Baron Sky Island as their first fixed territory in the New World, Dongye Huanglong chose to split the Desolate Dragon Group’s forces between two targets. Bullet, Shiryu, and Enel headed to confront the Red-Haired Pirates near G18, while Huanglong led the rest toward Hachinosu Island to challenge Ochoku.

• The Desolate Dragon Group took Baron Sky Island, subdued its inhabitants, and began building a branch base beneath the Huanglong Crimson Blood Flag.
• Bullet, Lafitte, Capone Bege, and Nico Robin proposed different targets, including the Red-Haired Pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates, Hachinosu Island, and Marine bases.
• Dongye Huanglong ordered Bullet, Shiryu, and Enel to take part of the Impel Down forces to G18 and attack the Red-Haired Pirates without clashing with the Beasts Pirates.
• Huanglong led the remaining forces toward Hachinosu Island, where he planned to meet Ochoku and seize powerful Devil Fruit Users.
• Enel and Bullet welcomed the assignments and prepared to set out.

Huanglong’s Desolate Dragon Group launched attacks across the New World while Marine leaders argued over orders to stay on standby. With Marine forces focused on the New World, Dragon sent the Revolutionary Army toward the Kingdom of Lulusia and the Grand Line, as Huanglong’s fleet approached Hachinosu Island.

• Huanglong split the Desolate Dragon Group’s forces, sending Bullet, Shiryu, and Enel toward G18 Fortress while he led the main fleet toward Hachinosu Island.
• At G9 Fortress, Garp, Gion, and Kake wanted to reinforce Marine bases, but Kuzan persuaded Garp to obey Mars’s standby order, which Aramaki supported.
• Sengoku sent Zeff and an elite fleet to G1, while Kizaru remained at Mary Geoise, leaving Marineford with few high-level fighters.
• Dragon discussed the Revolutionary Army’s plans with Betty and agreed to travel to the Kingdom of Lulusia, where the Straw Hat Pirates might be nearby.
• Dragon ordered Crow to accompany Ivankov as Ivankov investigated the Celestial Dragons’ ancestral homeland, and Huanglong’s Ark Maxim fleet charged toward Hachinosu Island.

On Hachinosu Island, Ochoku’s subordinates urged him to exploit the war between the Beasts Pirates, the Red-Haired Pirates, the Desolate Dragon Group, and the Marines to claim territory and become a new emperor. Ochoku resisted at first, but agreed to choose a target once the Desolate Dragon Group made its next move.

• Ochoku’s officers proposed attacking one of the Yonko crews or allying with Big Mom and Kaido to escape Whitebeard’s control.
• Ochoku studied the latest intelligence and decided to wait until the New World conflict became clearer before risking an attack.
• Amuro Ray complained that other Hachinosu crews were fighting the Marines while the Ochoku Pirates stayed behind, damaging their reputation.
• Pressed by his subordinates, Ochoku agreed to decide whether to strike the Red-Haired Pirates or the G14 Marine fortress after the Desolate Dragon Group acted.

Dongye Huanglong’s Flying Fleet reached Hachinosu Island while the New World’s Marines and pirate crews remained locked in battles across multiple fronts. Ochoku learned that Huanglong was targeting his island and frantically sought help from the Marines and Whitebeard.

• Violet, Nico Robin, and Lafitte reported that the Marines had not reinforced the besieged fortresses, while pirate battles continued across the New World.
• Huanglong ordered the Desolate Dragon Group to focus on Hachinosu Island before attacking G14 Marine Fortress.
• Nico Robin told Huanglong that Hachinosu Island held the Wang Zhi Pirates and dozens of other powerful pirate crews.
• Ochoku learned that Huanglong’s aerial fleet had arrived and panicked at the threat to Hachinosu Island.
• Ochoku ordered his agents to alert the Dark World, draw the Marines’ main force to the island, and ask Whitebeard for protection.

Dongye Huanglong’s Flying Fleet attacked Hachinosu Island, where Ochoku and the Wang Zhi Pirates refused to surrender and attempted to escape. Huanglong and his allies pursued them, and Ochoku began using his mysterious beast tattoos to fight back.

• The pirates on Hachinosu Island reacted with fear, anger, or hope when Dongye Huanglong’s Flying Fleet arrived, while Ochoku’s officers urged him to flee.
• Huanglong announced that he would punish the island’s pirates for refusing to join the campaign against the Marines, and Boa Hancock and Gecko Moria launched attacks.
• Kuma attacked the giant skull structure and joined Bonney in the battle as Ochoku ordered his officers to retreat with Shiro Yur’s teleportation ability.
• Huanglong, Kuma, the Seraphim, and the Huanglong Six Paths pursued Ochoku’s group through the air, using gravity and spatial tremors to hinder their escape.
• Ochoku counterattacked with his Weakening Curse and awakened the beast tattoos on his body.

Dongye Huanglong pursued Ochoku and his officers to Hachinosu Island, where his forces began suppressing the pirates as he prepared to fight Ochoku. Huanglong studied Ochoku’s Totem Fruit abilities and challenged him, while Ochoku’s totems proved less effective against a Four Emperor-level opponent.

• Tyrant Kuma and Seraphim Kuma used Healing Bullet of Negative Injury to repel Ochoku’s Sickly Totem Curse, while Shiro Yur teleported Camus Bidan and Amuro Ray clear of Dongye Huanglong’s Lightning Fire Dragon Breath.
• Ochoku transformed with black wings, a venomous snake, a dragon-shaped arm, and beastlike hooves, then offered Hachinosu Island to Huanglong and warned that Whitebeard might intervene.
• Huanglong refused Ochoku’s offer and said Whitebeard would not risk war for him as the Huanglong Six Paths drove Ochoku’s three executive officers back to Hachinosu Island.
• The Pirate Empress and Gecko Moria led the Desolate Dragon Group’s forces in crushing resistance on Hachinosu Island, while Kuma and Seraphim Kuma joined the hunt for Ochoku’s officers.
• Huanglong scattered Ochoku’s Totem Divine Eagle with a Laser Cannon and challenged him to reveal the powers of his hand totems.
• Ochoku revealed fire, lightning, disease, and water totems, but admitted they could do little against Huanglong, whose strength surpassed even Shanks’s in their past encounter.

Dongye Huanglong overwhelmed Ochoku with his lightning and Advanced Conqueror's Haki, defeating him in a devastating clash above Hachinosu Island. As Ochoku fell, Huanglong captured him and Shiro Yur, leaving both in his grasp.

• Ochoku summoned rain and struck at Huanglong with lightning, but Huanglong controlled the bolt and flew into the storm clouds.
• Huanglong unleashed Nine Heavens Responding Thunder · Thunder Roar, badly injuring Ochoku and overwhelming his totem abilities.
• Huanglong transformed into a golden thunder dragon and attacked with Lightning Dragon Great Torch · God Descent, while Ochoku fused with the Totem Divine Eagle to fight back.
• Huanglong shattered Ochoku's Weakening Curse and defeated the divine eagle, sending Ochoku charred and smoking toward the sea.
• Shiro Yur teleported beneath Ochoku to rescue him, but Huanglong seized both men in his dragon claws and crushed Shiro Yur until he lost consciousness.

Huanglong’s forces captured Ochoku and Shiro Yur while the Desolate Dragon Group attacked Hachinosu Island, and the World Government, Marines, and Whitebeard Pirates reacted to the unexpected target. The chapter leaves Whitebeard and his commanders furious after learning Huanglong had split his forces to attack both Hachinosu Island and the Red-Haired Pirates near G18 Fortress.

• Huanglong returned to Hachinosu Island with two trophies as Kuma and Huanglong Six Paths defeated Camus Bidan and Amuro Ray and captured the Wang Zhi Pirates’ officers.
• The Desolate Dragon Group pressed its assault across Hachinosu Island, while Huanglong watched from the giant skull structure and Bartholomew burned the Wang Zhi Pirates’ flag.
• Momousagi Gion asked Iron Fist Garp to help protect G14 Fortress, and Sengoku the Buddha and Staff Officer Tsuru ordered Black Arm Zeff to support its evacuation.
• Whitebeard’s Division Commanders argued over whether to rescue Ochoku, and Whitebeard hesitated because a battle against the Desolate Dragon Group could endanger his sons.
• An intelligence pirate reported that Demon Heir Barrett, Thunder God Enel, Shiryu of the Rain, and other Desolate Dragon Group officers had joined the Beasts Pirates near G18 Fortress to attack the Red-Haired Pirates.
• Whitebeard and his commanders became outraged that Dongye Huanglong had divided his forces and called for a counterattack.

Whitebeard and the Navy set course for G18 Marine Fortress to reinforce the Red-Haired Pirates and crush the Beasts Pirates and the Desolate Dragon Group’s forces. As the two pirate crews’ battle continued, Kaido prepared to turn the tide with Bullet and the arriving Flying Fleet.

• Whitebeard ordered the Whitebeard Pirates and their allied crews to sail for G18 Marine Fortress, intending to rescue Shanks and strike the Beasts Pirates and the Desolate Dragon Group.
• Saint Marcus Mars sent the Navy’s main fleet from G9 Marine Fortress toward G18, while Green Bull Aramaki remained behind to guard the Kingdom of Adams.
• Aokiji Kuzan ordered the Navy fleet to row at full speed after learning that Bullet, Enel, and Shiryu had reached G18 to help attack the Red-Haired Pirates.
• The Beasts Pirates suffered heavy losses at G18: Roaring Gabu killed one Tobi Roppo, and Bench and Mous Tatsu badly injured Ulti and Page One.
• Shanks urged Kaido to end the battle, but Kaido refused and vowed to make the Red-Haired Pirates pay now that Bullet’s forces had arrived.

The Desolate Dragon Group joined the battle at G18 Fortress, worsening the Red-Haired Pirates’ position as its fighters targeted their wounded officers. Kaido, Shanks, and Bullet continued their fierce clash, leaving the battle in greater chaos.

• Enel attacked the battlefield with a barrage of lightning, angering the wounded Tobi Roppo and forcing Lucky Roo to shield Roaring Gabu.
• Enel attacked Benn Beckman while King the Conflagration fought him, and Bullet barged into Kaido and Shanks’ duel.
• Kaido and Shanks joined forces against Bullet, and their clash shook G18 Fortress and collapsed more buildings.
• Shiryu of the Rain, Catarina Devon, Jote, and Evil King Pizarro descended from the Flying Fleet to attack the Red-Haired Pirates, prioritizing their wounded fighters.
• Shiryu and Catarina ambushed Roaring Gabu, prompting Yasopp to warn Lucky Roo and the others, while King ordered the Tobi Roppo to stop the remaining Red-Haired Pirates officers.

The Desolate Dragon Group and Beasts Pirates attacked the Red-Haired Pirates, forcing the crew’s officers into battles across the field. While Shanks and Yasopp were unable to reach him, Catarina Devon stabbed and killed the gravely wounded Roaring Gabu.

• Foxy clashed with Lime Jones, Sasaki engaged Benn Snake, and Black Maria trapped Hongou in her webs.
• Ulti and Page One were defeated by Benk Punch and Mous Tatsu, but Jote and an Island Palm ambushed the duo as they rushed to help their allies.
• Lucky Roo fought Shiryu of the Rain and suffered a shoulder wound, which quickly healed.
• Catarina Devon revealed herself after disguising herself as a Red-Haired Pirates lackey and stabbed Roaring Gabu in the chest.
• Catarina Devon twisted her blade and killed Roaring Gabu while Shanks and Yasopp were held back by their opponents.

After Shanks lost Roaring Gabu, Kaido and the Desolate Dragon Group overwhelmed the Red-Haired Pirates and forced them to retreat. As the retreat began, several Red-Haired officers regrouped, but the Impel Down division and the Tobi Roppo surrounded them.

• Kaido struck Shanks with Great King's Thunder Bagua while Shanks was enraged over Roaring Gabu's death, and Shanks ordered the Red-Haired Pirates to retreat.
• Catarina Devon fled after Shanks unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, while Roxas recovered Roaring Gabu's corpse and Benn Beckman ordered the officers to prepare to leave.
• At G18 Fortress, the Desolate Dragon Group inflicted heavy Marine casualties, and King ordered the Beasts Pirates to prevent the Red-Haired officers from escaping.
• Lime Jones, Snake, and Hongou broke free and regrouped with Bench and Mous Tatsu, while Yasopp tried to help Benn Beckman escape King and Enel.
• Evil King Pizarro altered the terrain to block the officers' escape, and the Impel Down trio and the Tobi Roppo surrounded the wounded group before attacking.

The battle at G18 Fortress worsened as the Marine fleet and Whitebeard Pirates raced toward it, prompting Morgans to urge Dongye Huanglong to join the conflict. Huanglong weighed the danger of a wider war and considered redirecting his forces toward G14 Fortress instead.

• The Red-Haired Pirates struggled against the Desolate Dragon Group and Beasts Pirates at G18 Fortress while the Marines there neared defeat.
• Morgans learned that the Marine main fleet and Whitebeard Pirates were heading for G18 Fortress, then called Dongye Huanglong to share the news and draw him into the battle.
• Huanglong abandoned his planned attack on G14 Fortress after hearing about the approaching forces and worried that the Five Elders might be aboard the Marine fleet.
• Nico Robin warned Huanglong that Morgans had ulterior motives, and Huanglong ordered Violet to search for the Five Elders.
• Lafitte urged Huanglong to tell Bullet and Kaido of the Beasts to withdraw from G18 and instead attack G14 Fortress and Zephyr's fleet.

Huanglong called off the Desolate Dragon Group’s advance on G18 Fortress after learning that the Whitebeard Pirates and the Marine main fleet were approaching. Big Mom and Morgans moved toward the coming battle, while Lafitte’s emergency notice reached the fighting Desolate Dragon Group members and ordered them to retreat.

• Huanglong agreed with Lafitte that Bullet, Kaido, and the others should stop fighting and retreat if the situation turned dangerous.
• Lafitte contacted the flying detachment and warned it that the Whitebeard Pirates and the Marines were heading for G18 Fortress.
• Morgans urged Cracker to bring the Big Mom Pirates’ punitive fleet to the battle, and Cracker set out with Snack after receiving Big Mom’s approval.
• Big Mom rode Zeus from Cake Island toward G18 Fortress, while Morgans sent live-broadcast Den Den Mushi and News Birds to cover the coming clash.
• The Desolate Dragon Group’s flying fleet sounded its retreat alarm, and Bullet, Enel, Shiryu of the Rain, and the others halted their attacks after hearing the emergency notice.

The Desolate Dragon Group and Beasts Pirates were warned to withdraw as Whitebeard and the Marines approached, but the battle against the Red-Haired Pirates continued. At G14 Fortress, Vice Admiral Dorl feared the Desolate Dragon Group would attack, while Zephyr’s fleet hurried to reinforce the Marines.

• The retreat warning made Shiryu, Enel, and Bullet fight more fiercely, while Shanks’s officers struggled to hold their ground.
• Kaido rejected the warning and kept attacking Shanks, and the Beasts Pirates continued fighting the Red-Haired Pirates’ officers.
• After leaving affiliated crews to manage Hachinosu Island, the Desolate Dragon Group’s main fleet set out for G14 Fortress, where Vice Admiral Dorl worried that the fortress could not withstand its attack.
• Major General Peacock told Dorl that Zephyr’s fleet was coming from G1 Fortress to help defeat the pirates and withdraw the garrison.
• Aboard Zephyr’s fleet, Ain warned that the Marines could not handle the Desolate Dragon Group, while Shuzo voiced his hatred of pirates.

Black Arm Zephyr and his disciples raced toward G14 Fortress, hoping to rescue Vice Admiral Dorl while avoiding a clash with Dongye Huanglong. As pirates battered the fortress and Zephyr's fleet approached, the Desolate Dragon Group's Flying Fleet also headed for G14, leaving the Marines caught between rival forces.

• Shuzo's brutal treatment of pirates had stalled his rank, while Black Arm Zephyr's protection kept him from being sent away from the New World.
• Binz urged Zephyr to retreat after rescuing Dorl, and Zephyr promised to cover their escape if they encountered Dongye Huanglong.
• Zephyr's fleet hurried toward G14 as Marines and pirates recognized that Huanglong treated both factions as enemies and that the New World's powers might have to choose sides.
• Pirate crews attacked G14 Fortress, where Prince Grus and Peacock used their Devil Fruit abilities to reinforce its defenses as Dorl waited for Zephyr's fleet to open an escape route.
• As Zephyr's fleet neared G14, the Desolate Dragon Group's Flying Fleet also advanced toward the fortress.