Chapter Summaries

Ye Mu pressed Judge to make the Vinsmoke Family join his alliance against the Marines and World Government, while Reiju met Yamato and took her out to play. Judge asked what the family would gain by agreeing, and Ye Mu offered them a privileged status in the future world under his order.

• Reiju arrived at the banquet hall, and Ye Mu introduced her to Yamato as her future partner.
• Reiju and Yamato introduced themselves, then left together to explore the Vinsmoke estate.
• Ye Mu asked Judge whether he would agree to tie the Vinsmoke Family to his alliance against the Marines and World Government.
• Judge asked what Ye Mu would do if he refused, and Ye Mu threatened to make Reiju the Vinsmoke Family's commander.
• Judge asked what the family would gain by agreeing, and Ye Mu promised them special treatment and status in the future world under his order.

Reiju and Yamato grew close as they shared their painful childhoods, and Yamato met Sora and learned what a mother's warmth felt like. Judge agreed to ally the Vinsmoke Family with Ye Mu's Sky Pirates and the Rainbow Kingdom, leaving Ye Mu to ask how many troops the family could provide for the war.

• Reiju and Yamato bonded over their shared lack of freedom and began calling each other big sister and little sister.
• Reiju took Yamato to meet Sora, whose gentle welcome moved Yamato and made her wish Sora could be cured.
• Yamato mentioned that Ye Mu's country had remarkable doctors, and Reiju reacted with hope.
• Judge decided that joining Ye Mu was the Vinsmoke Family's best chance and agreed to ally with the Sky Pirates and the Rainbow Kingdom.
• Ye Mu asked Judge how many troops the Vinsmoke Kingdom could commit, and Judge answered that it could provide eighty thousand.

Judge revealed the Vinsmoke Family’s military strength and learned that Ye Mu had advanced technology from a Blueprint of Paradise. Ye Mu promised to seek treatment for Sora, but Judge explained that her damaged Lineage Factor had defeated his efforts, leaving Reiju despairing until Ye Mu reaffirmed that he could cure her.

• Judge told Ye Mu that the Vinsmoke Family could field eighty thousand modified soldiers, though they could reach no higher than navy captain level.
• Ye Mu said Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido would provide only deterrence and passive protection, then reassured Judge that he had prepared for the war.
• Ye Mu revealed that a Blueprint of Paradise from eight hundred years ago had given him technology for war machines with some Devil Fruit powers.
• Ye Mu promised Reiju that Sora would receive treatment after arriving in the North Blue and declared Judge his ally.
• Sora said Judge could not treat her because a drug had disrupted her Lineage Factor, and Reiju fell into despair.
• Ye Mu told Reiju not to lose hope and promised that he would cure Sora.

Ye Mu returned to Alchemy to bring Doren to the Rainbow Kingdom and moved the island with his Float-Float Fruit power. As Alchemy rose from the sea, Lord Bonbori appeared, rushing toward them through the waves.

• Doren read news about the Sky Pirates and worried about Ye Mu's war against the Celestial Dragons and the World Government.
• Ye Mu arrived at Alchemy with Yamato and asked Doren to come witness the future of the Rainbow Kingdom.
• Ye Mu explained that Doren had helped found the nation and proposed moving Alchemy near Wenmi Gudan Island.
• Ye Mu used the Float-Float Fruit to lift Alchemy from the sea while Yamato caught Bobo.
• Doren recognized the enormous golden fish charging toward them as Lord Bonbori.

As the Navy and World Government prepared to confront Ye Mu, Shakky and Rayleigh realized he planned to broadcast the war from the North Blue, forcing his enemies to fight on his chosen terms. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku and Tsuru recognized they had little choice but to accept the challenge to protect the World Government’s authority.

• With the Navy’s forces concentrated against Ye Mu, the weakened seas’ ambitious factions watched and waited for the war to drain the World Government’s strength.
• Shakky returned to her bar with a TV Shell Ye Mu had sent her, and she showed Rayleigh its live image of the North Blue island where the war would take place.
• Shakky explained that the broadcast would pressure the Navy and World Government to fight Ye Mu head-on in the North Blue, while the Four Emperors Alliance helped secure his rear.
• Rayleigh and Shakky wondered whether Ye Mu had a true trump card, and Rayleigh hoped he might offer the world another answer.
• At Marine Headquarters, Tsuru and Sengoku concluded that the Marines had to face Ye Mu’s forces directly, since avoiding the public challenge would damage the World Government’s authority.

Sengoku weighed the Marines’ worsening position as the Sky Pirates drew allies and arranged the battlefield on Solar Golden Crow Island. After learning that the Thunder God Pirates and Kermango Eric’s forces had vanished into the Calm Belt, he ordered the Marines to move out for the North Blue.

• Borsalino reported that the Marines could not block the TV Shell broadcasts without locating their signal relay station.
• Hammond described Solar Golden Crow Island as a newly appeared, barren artificial island prepared by Fire Dragon Ye Mu near the Calm Belt.
• Hammond reported that Whitebeard’s and Big Mom’s forces were blocking Marine movements, Kaido threatened Marine Headquarters, and the Thunder God Pirates were expanding their power.
• Hammond said Flevance had joined the Rainbow Kingdom Alliance, Kermango Eric was recruiting there, and people from nations harmed by slave traders were joining the Sky Pirates.
• An intelligence officer reported that the Thunder God Pirates had taken most of their troops into the Calm Belt and Kermango Eric had disappeared with his subordinates.
• Sengoku ordered all Marines to move out for the North Blue.

Morgans and Stella prepared to broadcast the coming war between the Rainbow Kingdom and the World Government through TV Shells. After thirty-six hours, the screens showed an enormous Marine fleet approaching Wenmi Gudan Island, led by Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr, leaving the island’s residents fearing the Sky Pirates could not win.

• Morgans recalled agreeing to work with Ye Mu after learning about TV Shells and promised Stella he would present the war to the world.
• The TV Shell images went dark as the Navy and Sky Pirates began moving, while people across the sea waited for the broadcast to resume.
• Residents and defenders gathered around the screens on Wenmi Gudan Island as Feis, A-Ming, Dana, and Modelin patrolled, and Doren and Bobo watched from Alchemy Island.
• After thirty-six hours, the screens showed huge, heavily armed Marine warships advancing toward the island.
• Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr appeared aboard the leading ships, and the people watching wondered how the Sky Pirates could defeat the Marines.

Sengoku's fleet reached Golden Crow Island and found it apparently deserted, but he suspected the Sky Pirates were hiding there and ordered the Marines to fire. The Sky Pirates emerged to stop the bombardment, revealing a giant air door as the Marines recognized the Door-Door Fruit's power.

• Sengoku questioned Hammond about the empty island and learned their intelligence had placed Fire Dragon Ye Mu and the Sky Pirates there.
• Hammond's attempts to contact their intelligence personnel received no response, and Zephyr suggested the Sky Pirates had blocked the Den Den Mushi signal.
• Sengoku ordered the twenty-five warships to fire a full volley at Golden Crow Island.
• A gigantic hand made of seawater rose and caught the incoming shells, but their explosions shattered it and sent water crashing down.
• The water curtain cleared to reveal a mountain-sized air door, and Marine officers identified the Door-Door Fruit's power.

Ye Mu emerged from the hidden alternate space aboard the Twin Goddesses and faced the Marine fleet, led by Sengoku. He began the war by using the Float-Float Fruit to lift the sea and the Navy ships into the sky.

• Ye Mu appeared alone on the Twin Goddesses as the Sky Pirates’ ship emerged from the enormous door in the air.
• Sengoku demanded that Ye Mu surrender, but Ye Mu refused and said the outcome would decide the war.
• Ye Mu relied on surprise, hidden strength, and the Marines’ higher stakes as the basis for his strategy.
• Ye Mu announced a grand opening gift and began using the Float-Float Fruit to raise the sea.
• Sengoku warned the Navy to hold on as the warships rose into the sky, while broadcast viewers saw the entire sea flying upward.

Ye Mu used the Float-Float Fruit to raise and spin the sea, throwing the Navy fleet into chaos, but Kuzan froze the waters and stopped the whirlpool. Sengoku then sent one hundred thousand Navy soldiers charging toward Golden Crow Island as the battle moved to its next stage.

• Ye Mu raised the sea and created a whirlpool that sent the Navy warships crashing into one another.
• Sengoku ordered Kuzan to act, and Kuzan used Ice Age to freeze the sea and the warships.
• Ye Mu acknowledged Kuzan's strength but chose not to control the ice, avoiding a direct confrontation with Garp and Sengoku.
• Sengoku ordered one hundred thousand Navy soldiers to leave the ships and charge toward Golden Crow Island, while fifty thousand remained in reserve.

The Navy expected its overwhelming numerical advantage and Ye Mu’s reluctance to harm ordinary people to ensure a decisive victory, but Vinsmoke Judge’s arrival transformed the battle into a more even contest. The chapter leaves both armies facing off as observers across the world reconsider the war’s outcome.

• Sengoku explained that the Navy planned to exploit Ye Mu’s unwillingness to slaughter people and declared that the Sky Pirates had no chance of winning.
• Doflamingo and other powerful figures watched the battle and wondered how Ye Mu would answer the Navy’s overwhelming force.
• Zephyr recognized the synchronized footsteps of approaching troops, and Sengoku ordered the Navy to raise its guard.
• Vinsmoke Judge’s soldiers emerged from the Air Door, prompting Hammond to reveal that Judge had developed an army of over fifty thousand with technology he had learned while working with Vegapunk.
• The arrival of Judge’s forces narrowed the projected troop imbalance to eighty thousand against one hundred thousand, making the outcome uncertain to viewers across the world.

The Marines and Germa Army began a massive battle, but the Germa soldiers’ discipline and fearless fighting trapped the Marines’ vanguard in an encirclement. Sengoku called in reinforcements, and five Giant Vice Admirals arrived to rescue the surrounded Marines.

• Sengoku rallied the Marines as the two armies charged into battle across the ice.
• Sakazuki left the main ship after Sengoku ordered him to follow the plan.
• Germa soldiers halted the Marines’ advance, then surrounded and overwhelmed more than ten thousand Marines at the front.
• Sengoku ordered Tethys to move in and rescue the trapped Marines.
• Five Giant Vice Admirals descended before the Germa Army, drawing cheers from the surrounded Marines.

Five Giant vice admirals opened a path for the navy before Reiner appeared and revealed that Tethys was her mother. Their family confrontation exposed the Marines’ exploitation of Giants, and Lacroix explained why Tethys had sent Reiner away.

• Five Giant vice admirals charged into the Germa Army and cleared a path for navy reinforcements.
• Reiner struck Tethys, and Tethys and Lacroix recognized her as Tethys’s daughter.
• Reiner refused Tethys’s order to leave and said Ye Mu had saved her from slave traders and given her a home.
• Raina accused Tethys of abandoning her, while Lacroix said Tethys had not known she was captured.
• Lacroix revealed that traffickers had sold him, Tethys, and the other Giants to the Marines, who pressured Tethys to bear Giant children for them.
• Lacroix explained that Tethys had secretly sent Reiner to West Blue to protect her from the Marines.

Lacroix revealed the Navy’s past abuse of the giants, and Tethys refused Leina’s invitation to join Ye Mu but asked to withdraw from the war rather than fight her daughter. Before Sengoku could decide how to respond, Sakazuki’s fleet bombarded Tethys and the Germa Army, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Lacroix told Kaut and the Navy soldiers that Carmel had sold him, Tethys, and other giant orphans to the Navy and World Government.
• Leina urged Tethys to leave the Navy and join Ye Mu, but Tethys refused, citing the Navy’s later care for her and her loyalty to it.
• Tethys asked Sengoku to let her withdraw from the war so she would not have to attack Leina, and Sengoku hesitated over the consequences.
• Sakazuki’s ten warships broke free from the glacier and bombarded the Germa Army’s positions, striking Tethys with three cannonballs.
• Sakazuki declared Tethys an enemy and ordered the Marines to continue the attack.

The Navy’s bombardment devastated the Germa Army, but Jinbe led the Fish-Men corps in using Reject Dials to cripple the Navy’s warships. After Kuzan rescued Marines from the burning ships, Sengoku ordered the operation’s second phase.

• Akainu’s plan led the Navy to bombard Golden Crow Island, inflicting heavy losses on the Germa Army and easing pressure on the Navy troops.
• Jinbe, Aladdin, Arlong, and Hatchan led nearly two thousand Fish-Men beneath ten Navy warships and attached Reject Dials to their hulls.
• Jinbe ordered the Fish-Men to fire the Reject Dials, rupturing the warships and causing two to explode, killing four thousand Marines aboard them.
• Kuzan froze the surrounding sea and extinguished fires, helping save the surviving Marines.
• Sengoku ordered Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan to begin the second phase of the operation.

Sengoku’s plan had weakened the Sky Pirates, but Sakazuki attacked Lacroix and Tethys as they tried to leave the Marines. Leina blocked his magma with her newly acquired Barrier-Barrier Fruit, and Eric arrived with slashes that cut Sakazuki apart.

• The Marines retreated while Tethys’s wounds were treated through Kurota’s Air Door, and Lacroix prepared to take her to safety.
• Lacroix told Kashiqiu, Anders, and Aitai to return to the Marines, and the three giants reluctantly agreed.
• Sakazuki confronted the giants and attacked Lacroix and Tethys, declaring he would punish the traitors and leave the others for court-martial.
• Leina used the Barrier-Barrier Fruit to shield Lacroix and Tethys from Sakazuki’s magma, but the force pushed her backward.
• Eric descended and struck Sakazuki with three black slashes, cutting his body into six pieces.

Eric confronted Sakazuki on the battlefield, revealing the dangerous power of his swordsmanship as Mihawk watched the clash through a TV Shell. As Sakazuki’s attention shifted toward Leina and the others, another golden figure flew toward them.

• Eric praised Leina for blocking Sakazuki’s attack and told her to take Tethys for treatment while Lacroix helped Tethys away.
• Eric politely urged the three giant vice admirals to leave, but Sakazuki attacked them before they could get far.
• Eric drew Heavenly Evil Moon and Sandai Kitetsu and intercepted Sakazuki with a slash that collided with his magma fist.
• Mihawk watched the battle through a TV Shell and recognized the cursed aura and Haki in Eric’s swordsmanship.
• Sakazuki realized Eric was a dangerous great swordsman and renewed his resolve to kill him and defeat the Sky Pirates.
• A golden ray flew toward the two traitors as Sakazuki faced Eric.

Borsalino confronted Lacroix as he tried to leave with Tethys, and Lacroix threatened to expose the Marines’ human gigantification experiments. Enel’s arrival interrupted Borsalino, while Sengoku admitted the experiments were real; the battlefield then formed up for a clash between the Sky Pirates’ commanders and the Marines’ future admirals, with Kuzan arriving at the end.

• Borsalino blocked Lacroix, Leina, and their companions, then prepared to attack Leina as Lacroix defended her and explained why he had abandoned the Marines.
• Lacroix threatened to reveal the Marines’ human experiments, and Sengoku ordered Borsalino to silence him.
• Enel struck Borsalino with lightning, and Zephyr questioned Sengoku, who admitted that the World Government’s experiments had begun under Fleet Admiral Kong’s authority.
• The Navy and Germa Army withdrew into opposing lines as Sakazuki and Borsalino faced Enel and Eric on the battlefield.
• Enel noted that one person was missing, and Kuzan answered him.

The Marines deployed Kuzan and fifteen vice admirals, but the Sky Pirates answered with the formidable Lady Annu. Sengoku realized the battle was slipping out of the Navy’s control when two more powerful auras erupted across the battlefield.

• Kuzan arrived and led the Marine vice admirals in dividing the Marines into thirteen squads around Golden Crow Island.
• Kuzan challenged Enel and the other fleet commander, asking whether they could withstand him and the other two future admirals.
• Lady Annu descended amid flames, told Leina to take her mother away, and stayed behind to face the Marines.
• Sengoku and Hammond admitted they had no intelligence about Lady Annu, while Zephyr tried to reassure them that the Navy still held the advantage.
• Two more auras erupted across the battlefield, and Sengoku recognized that another monster with Conqueror's Haki had appeared.

Enel and Annu unleashed their Conqueror’s Haki, then split off to fight Borsalino and Kuzan while Eric faced Sakazuki. As the battles erupted across the battlefield, Zephyr entered the fight against the Twin Goddesses, and Hammond disappeared from the Marine flagship.

• Enel and Annu’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out Marines across the battlefield, though Borsalino, Kuzan, and Sakazuki resisted it.
• Enel attacked Borsalino in the sky with lightning while Borsalino answered with Yasakani no Magatama.
• Annu revealed her Mythical Zoan transformation and flew toward the distant Marines, with Kuzan pursuing her across a staircase of ice.
• Eric faced Sakazuki as their battle began, while the three clashes filled the battlefield with lightning, ice, flames, and magma.
• Sengoku sent Zephyr into battle after the plan failed to draw out Fisher Tiger and other hidden forces; Zephyr charged toward the Twin Goddesses with Marines following him.
• Hammond of CP0 vanished from the Marine flagship as Zephyr moved out.