Chapter Summaries

After Whitebeard and Ace died at G18 Fortress, Marco became captain of the scattered Whitebeard Pirates and vowed to recover Whitebeard’s body. Meanwhile, Garp and Aokiji Kuzan argued over how to protect the Marines as Huanglong and Kaido threatened to catch them.

• Jinbe and Whitey Bay urged Marco to overcome his grief, and Whitey Bay struck him when he continued blaming himself.
• Whitey Bay warned that the Whitebeard Pirates had lost their territories and several subordinate crews were already leaving.
• Marco ordered the fleet to gather valuables, inform the islands, and find a way to retrieve Whitebeard’s body before Gecko Moria could make him a zombie.
• Whitey Bay declared Marco the new captain, and he accepted responsibility for the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Aokiji Kuzan proposed splitting up with Bogard to escape pursuit, but Garp refused to abandon the Marines aboard their warship.
• Garp decided to cover the Marines’ retreat despite Kuzan’s doubts that he could hold off Huanglong and Kaido.

After the G18 Fortress battle, Huanglong prepared to continue pursuing the Marines while Kaido and Big Mom joined his airships. Morgans ended the broadcast, and the chapter left the world reacting to the war’s losses as new ambitions and a mysterious Devil Fruit emerged.

• Huanglong accepted Momousagi Gion as a captive, collected the spoils, and ordered his forces to continue pursuing the Marines.
• Kaido and Big Mom joined Huanglong’s airships while ordering their crews to seize Whitebeard’s territory.
• Big News Morgans announced the end of the G18 Fortress broadcast as the airships departed.
• Luffy asked Silvers Rayleigh to train him, Sabo returned to seek stronger techniques from Dragon, and Koby intensified his training.
• Sea beasts and Sea Kings gathered at G18 Fortress, while an orange Devil Fruit resembling blazing fire formed in a fruit basket.

The Desolate Dragon Group escaped Mary Geoise and regrouped at the ruins of G1, where Law’s return confirmed Gecko Moria had been left behind. Huanglong negotiated flying ships and possible marriages with Kaido and Big Mom as their fleet caught up to Garp’s fleeing warship, where Garp stood alone to face them.

• Law, Burgess, Bartholomew, and the other members of the Desolate Dragon Group regrouped at the ruins of G1, and Law’s silence confirmed Gecko Moria had not returned.
• Lafitte and Bege returned with their group, and the Desolate Dragon Group headed toward the central and rear regions of the New World.
• Kaido claimed three flying warships from Huanglong, while Big Mom offered daughters for political marriage and named flying ships, Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits, and Seraphim as possible bride prices for Smoker.
• Huanglong caught up to the Marine warship with Kaido and Big Mom aboard, while Garp remained at the stern and Aokiji Kuzan and Bogard rowed away with the other Marines.

Garp stayed behind as Aokiji Kuzan and Bogard escaped, but the Desolate Dragon Group discovered the decoy aboard the warship. Huanglong left Garp to Big Mom and Kaido while the group turned to pursue the Kingdom of Adams, G9 Fortress, and possibly Aokiji.

• Garp remained on the warship to draw pursuit while Aokiji Kuzan and Bogard escaped in a small boat and later contacted Green Bull Aramaki.
• Enel spotted the warship, and Big Mom demanded that Huanglong give her Garp so she could make him her husband.
• Huanglong agreed to let Big Mom take Garp, warning her to handle Dragon if the Revolutionary Army came looking for trouble.
• Enel revealed that the Aokiji Kuzan aboard the warship was an ice sculpture, and Huanglong realized Garp had stayed behind to cover the others' retreat.
• Huanglong left Garp to Big Mom and Kaido and sent the Desolate Dragon Group to hunt the Kingdom of Adams and G9 Fortress in search of Aokiji.

Dongye Huanglong left Kaido and Big Mom with three flying warships and departed with two, leaving Garp to face the two Emperors. Huanglong’s group regrouped and headed for the Kingdom of Adams and G9 Fortress, but found their rulers and Marines had already fled.

• Big Mom asked Kaido for a flying warship, but he refused and claimed the three ships for his Three Calamities.
• Garp realized Kaido and Big Mom were approaching, and Kaido clashed with him in a fierce exchange of attacks.
• Red Count returned to the main fleet to train, while Huanglong told Bullet to master Advanced Conqueror’s Haki before attempting Origin Power.
• Violet could not locate Kuzan’s escape boat, and Law reported the battle’s losses, including Gecko Moria’s death, as Huanglong comforted Perona.
• Huanglong’s group reached the Adams waters and found that the Kingdom of Adams’ royals and nobles had fled and G9 Fortress’s Marines had withdrawn.

The Desolate Dragon Group became the New World’s dominant power as the World Government, Marines, Revolutionary Army, and Dark World reshaped their ranks and territories. During a victory feast on Hachinosu Island, Monkey D. Dragon called Huanglong for help, saying Big Mom refused to release Garp.

• The Desolate Dragon Group occupied the Kingdom of Adams and G9 Fortress, while Big Mom and Kaido claimed portions of Whitebeard and Red-Haired territory, leaving the group as the New World’s largest territorial power.
• The World Government announced Nerona Im as King of the World and reorganized its highest authority as One God, Four Stars.
• Sengoku became Commander-in-Chief of All Forces, Aokiji became Marine Fleet Admiral, and Bogard and Spadam gained new Marine roles.
• Sabo became the Flame Emperor after claiming Ace’s will and revealing his Will of D, with his bounty rising to 1.17 billion Berries.
• The underground Dark World’s leading figures divided Doflamingo’s businesses, while Huanglong’s influence and Dragon God title spread across the world.
• At the victory feast on Hachinosu Island, Monkey D. Dragon called Huanglong and asked him to intervene because Big Mom would not release Garp.

Dragon asked Huanglong to help rescue Garp from Big Mom, while Huanglong sought blood samples from Dragon and key Revolutionary Army members as payment. Meanwhile, the Desolate Dragon Group prepared to negotiate with the Whitebeard remnants over joining forces and the fate of Teach, with Fish-Man Island also awaiting Huanglong’s protection.

• Dragon urgently asked Huanglong to pressure Big Mom into releasing Garp, fearing her marriage plans with Garp.
• Huanglong cited his conflicts with Shanks and negotiations with Marco as reasons he could not help immediately, then asked Dragon for blood samples from himself, Sabo, and four army commanders.
• Dragon said he would consider Huanglong’s price and respond within an hour.
• Lafitte reported that Marco had agreed to negotiate, while Bullet and the Beasts Pirates prepared to fight Shanks; Nico Robin reported that Fish-Man Island had raised Huanglong’s flag and awaited a formal takeover.
• Huanglong declared that he would not hand over Teach and planned to use the Whitebeard remnants’ hatred of Teach to persuade them to join the Desolate Dragon Group.

On Sphinx Island, Marco weighed the Whitebeard Pirates’ future as Shanks failed to persuade him against negotiating with Huanglong. Meanwhile, Huanglong accepted Dragon’s condition about blood for Artificial Devil Fruit experiments and asked Dragon to pressure Big Mom.

• Shanks asked Marco to reconsider negotiating with Huanglong, while Marco said he would pay any price to recover Whitebeard’s body and let him rest in peace.
• Yasopp challenged Marco’s decision, Vista confronted Yasopp, and Shanks stopped the argument before leading the Red-Haired Pirates away from Sphinx Island.
• Marco and Whitey Bay began discussing the terms and red lines for negotiations with the Desolate Dragon Group, including Teach and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability.
• Dragon offered blood for Huanglong’s Artificial Devil Fruit experiments on the condition that Huanglong would not create Seraphim resembling Dragon’s group.
• Huanglong accepted Dragon’s condition and told him to pressure Big Mom as soon as possible.

Big Mom held Garp captive on Cake Island, but Huanglong pressured her to release him after Dragon learned of her secret plan. Meanwhile, the Whitebeard remnants moved toward an alliance with the Desolate Dragon Group, and Marco traveled to Hachinosu Island to negotiate Whitebeard’s return.

• Big Mom kept Garp bound and imprisoned in a book, forcing him to eat while planning to bear his child.
• Huanglong told Big Mom that Dragon and the Marines were preparing to act against her, so she demanded airships and Artificial Devil Fruits before agreeing to release Garp.
• Huanglong told Dragon that Big Mom had extracted a heavy price for sparing Garp, and Dragon accepted the arrangement to avoid a costly rescue operation.
• Lafitte told Marco that Blackbeard Teach had died spiritually and that the current Teach was Huanglong’s puppet, prompting Marco to let the Whitebeard remnants choose whether to stay or leave.
• Marco and the Ice Witch traveled to Hachinosu Island to negotiate with Huanglong for Whitebeard’s body.
• Nico Robin reported that the Whitebeard Pirates would submit to the Desolate Dragon Group while keeping their flag and offering the blood of their Devil Fruit Users.

Marco led the Whitebeard Pirates to Hachinosu Island to submit to Huanglong and recover Whitebeard’s body. Huanglong agreed to return the preserved body, and the Whitebeard remnants and most of their allied crews joined the Desolate Dragon Group.

• Burgess celebrated his new Power Fruit ability and sought a chance to challenge Diamond Jozu, while Van Augur watched the Whitebeard Pirates arrive.
• Marco and the Whitebeard commanders met Lafitte and followed him into Huanglong’s palace on Hachinosu Island.
• Marco accepted Huanglong’s terms and asked for Whitebeard’s body, and Huanglong confirmed it had been kept in frozen storage.
• Lafitte arranged the body’s handover and the affiliation details as most of Whitebeard’s allied crews raised the Desolate Dragon Group’s flag.

After the world’s powers expanded their forces and the Desolate Dragon Group held several weddings for Huanglong on Baron Island, Huanglong and Boa Hancock traveled toward Wano Country to bring Yamato back. On the voyage, Hancock questioned whether Yamato could truly be strong, while Huanglong wondered if Kozuki Oden’s diary had somehow helped her grow.

• The World Government, Marines, pirates, and Revolutionary Army strengthened their forces, while the Celestial Dragons and CP0 obtained Devil Fruits.
• Dragon brought Garp to Foosha Village and left him in Makino’s care, hoping visits from Sabo and news of Luffy would help him recover.
• The Desolate Dragon Group sold aerial warships to the Beasts Pirates, Big Mom Pirates, and Revolutionary Army, while the World Government struggled to develop its own air force.
• Huanglong held a series of weddings on Baron Island with Boa Hancock, Baby 5, Nico Robin, and several other women, while Kuma stopped Bonney from joining in.
• Huanglong and Boa Hancock departed for Onigashima, where Huanglong planned to bring Yamato back, and Hancock doubted Yamato’s strength as Huanglong considered the influence of Oden’s diary.

Huanglong arrived at Onigashima with the Desolate Dragon Group to meet Kaido and claim his arranged bride, Yamato. As the two emperors exchanged Conqueror’s Haki, Yamato remained imprisoned and resisted being married off.

• Black Maria tried to persuade Yamato to stop calling herself Kozuki Oden and accept her arranged marriage to Dongye Huanglong, while Yamato insisted she would stay until she defeated Kaido and opened Wano Country’s borders.
• Kaido’s forces prepared a banquet after reconnaissance spotted the Desolate Dragon Group’s flying fleet entering Wano Country.
• Huanglong called to Kaido from the Ark Maxim and asked whether his bride was ready, and their Conqueror’s Haki clash knocked some Beasts Pirates grunts unconscious.
• Bartholomew created a barrier staircase, and Huanglong descended to Onigashima with the Pirate Empress, Tyrant Kuma, Bonney, and other Desolate Dragon Group executives.
• Ulti watched Huanglong arrive, while Red Flag Drake worried that the Desolate Dragon Group could defeat the Beasts Pirates and thought of Gion and Peacock.

Huanglong exchanged Artificial Devil Fruits with Kaido and took Yamato as part of their deal, then exposed Red Flag Drake as a Marine spy during the Fire Festival banquet. The Beasts Pirates turned their attention to Drake as Huanglong attacked him.

• Huanglong delivered two cases of Artificial Devil Fruits to Kaido, who agreed to give Yamato to him.
• Black Maria brought Yamato to the banquet in Seastone restraints, and Yamato angrily confronted Kaido for selling her off.
• Huanglong took Yamato, blocked her attack, and had Bonney use her Age-Age Fruit to turn Yamato into a three-year-old.
• Huanglong spotted Red Flag Drake at the feast and told Kaido that Drake was a Marine spy.
• Huanglong attacked Drake, while Queen shouted that he had suspected Drake all along.

Huanglong captured Drake and kept him as a prize, then left Onigashima with the Desolate Dragon Group. Aboard the Ark Maxim, he confronted Young Yamato about the explosive Seastone handcuffs Kaido had placed on her.

• Drake transformed into an Allosaurus and fled, but Huanglong caught him and knocked him unconscious.
• Huanglong took Drake and had Capone Bege's subordinates restrain him, while Queen of Plague objected and Kaido agreed to let him go in exchange for an Artificial Allosaurus Fruit.
• Huanglong considered the captured SWORD Marines valuable hostages against Vice Admiral Tsuru and noted that their unit might later fall under his control.
• After the Fire Festival, the Desolate Dragon Group left Onigashima without telling Kaido that Pluton lay beneath Wano Country.
• Aboard the Ark Maxim, Huanglong showed Young Yamato that her Seastone handcuffs held a powerful bomb, while she insisted Kaido would not blow up his own daughter.

Huanglong freed Yamato from her explosive Seastone cuffs but kept her restrained and ordered Bonney and Robin to educate her out of her devotion to Kozuki Oden. Meanwhile, the Desolate Dragon Group’s fleet headed to Whole Cake Island for Big Mom’s grand tea party, where powerful guests prepared for Huanglong and Big Mom’s wedding celebration.

• Huanglong crushed Yamato’s explosive Seastone wrist cuffs from a distance, and their explosions convinced her that Kaido had truly meant to kill her.
• Yamato swore to defeat Kaido and liberate Wano, but Huanglong knocked her down for calling herself Kozuki Oden and warned her not to do it again.
• Huanglong kept Yamato’s ankle shackles on, fitted her with new Seastone restraints, and told Bonney and Robin to give her books and stories about the world and the Desolate Dragon Group.
• The Desolate Dragon Group’s Flying Fleet set course for Whole Cake Island as Big Mom invited the Dark World Emperors to her grand tea party.
• Tesoro planned to discuss taking Gran Tesoro into the sky with Huanglong and to kill the Celestial Dragons staying on his ship as a declaration of allegiance.
• Stussy, Morgans, Tesoro, and the four other Dark World Emperors headed to Whole Cake Island, with the four traveling together and preparing escape plans.

On the eve of Big Mom’s Super Tea Party, Brûlée worried that Dragon God Dongye Huanglong might choose her as a wife and wondered whether she could escape her family’s control. As the Charlotte siblings gathered on Whole Cake Island to prepare for his arrival, Brûlée headed into the bustling main city.

• Brûlée asked her Homies whether Huanglong would like her, then hid her third eye and adopted her gentle, pitiful persona.
• Brûlée rode Rabian to Whole Cake Island’s main city and saw the island filling with Homies and returning ministers ahead of the tea party.
• Perospero organized the Charlotte Family’s breakfast gathering and assigned preparations for the guests.
• Custard told Cracker that she doubted Huanglong would choose her because she had no Devil Fruit and said she did not want to leave her family.

Tesoro attacked three Celestial Dragons aboard the Guran Tesoro and announced that the Golden Entertainment City would become the Flying Entertainment City after joining forces with Huanglong. Huanglong and the Flying Fleet arrived, leaving Bonney, Yamato, and Robin marveling at the enormous island ship.

• Tesoro used his gold powers to restrain the CP Agents, beat three Celestial Dragons, and ordered his crew to keep them alive.
• Carina asked whether Huanglong was coming, and Tesoro said he had likely finished visiting Kaido's territory.
• Tesoro announced that the Golden Entertainment City would become the Flying Entertainment City, exciting its wealthy guests and pirates with plans for aerial travel and new attractions.
• Huanglong's Flying Fleet approached the Guran Tesoro, while Bonney, Yamato, and Robin admired the massive ship and considered its value and potential.
• Huanglong praised the Guran Tesoro's beauty and said he would have robbed it if Tesoro had not joined the Desolate Dragon Group.

Dongye Huanglong arrived at Gran Tesoro, where Gild Tesoro joined the Desolate Dragon Group and prepared to turn the floating city into an attraction featuring the execution of three Celestial Dragons. Carina reunited with Huanglong and asked him to obtain the Music-Music Fruit ability for her, and he agreed before asking about Uta.

• Dongye Huanglong arrived at Gran Tesoro, greeted Gild Tesoro, and told him to raise the city so the Celestial Dragons’ execution could become its first attraction.
• Huanglong used the Float-Float Fruit ability to lift Gran Tesoro and assigned scientists to improve the city’s power system.
• Huanglong opened a fighting arena in the plaza for pirates seeking to join the Desolate Dragon Group.
• Carina told Huanglong about her journey to reunite with him, and he offered her a place in the group or in Golden Entertainment City.
• Carina asked Huanglong to obtain Supernova Urouge’s Music-Music Fruit ability, and Huanglong agreed to pursue it.
• Huanglong asked Carina whether she knew Uta and said he wanted to meet Shanks’s daughter.

Huanglong clarified that he wanted to meet Uta for her Song-Song Fruit ability, not to use her against Red-Haired Shanks, then led the Desolate Dragon Group in lavish revelry aboard Gran Tesoro. The Golden Island Ship rose into the sky and arrived near Cake Island, where Morgans and the Charlotte family watched its approach.

• Carina, Tesoro, Robin, and the others were shocked when Huanglong revealed that Uta was Red-Hair's adopted daughter, and he explained that he wanted her powerful Devil Fruit ability.
• Tesoro reflected on his rise from New World Monster to Golden Emperor and his history of rivalry with Red-Haired Shanks.
• Huanglong denied that he intended to use Uta as leverage against Red-Hair, while acknowledging that he had once used Ace to threaten the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Baccarat led the Desolate Dragon Group through Gran Tesoro's extravagant games, where Huanglong and the others spent lavishly.
• Gran Tesoro rose into the sky and entered the waters around Cake Island as Morgans photographed it and Stussy remarked on Tesoro's strength.
• Charlotte Brûlée and the other Charlotte children watched the Golden Island Ship, and Brûlée considered leaving Cake Island to become Huanglong's woman.

Dongye Huanglong arrived at Whole Cake Island with his group for a marriage alliance with Big Mom, while Bonney and Yamato marveled at the island’s abundance of food. After Huanglong intimidated Big Mom and her children with his immense presence and Haki, Big Mom held back and proceeded with preparations for the Super Tea Party.

• The Golden Island Ship stopped offshore, and Huanglong’s flying warships approached Whole Cake Island as Bonney and Yamato admired its food-filled landscape.
• Big Mom greeted Huanglong and eyed the Seraphim, hoping to add Lunarian and Buccaneer bloodlines to her collection of races.
• Huanglong grew taller as he approached Big Mom, then released overwhelming Haki when he noticed her staring at him.
• Huanglong warned Big Mom not to provoke him and told her to focus on her pregnancy before leading his executives into Whole Cake Island.
• Bonney and Yamato ate a Watermelon Homie while Big Mom accepted Huanglong’s show of force and ordered her children to prepare the Super Tea Party.