Recaps

Ace left Luffy to pursue a traitor in Rainbase, while Natsu stopped the Black Tooth Pirates from killing a mother and her infant and sent their ship toward the Grand Line. Seven days later, a merchant ship spotted the Black Tooth near the Calm Belt, leaving the fate of the notorious pirates unclear.

• Ace told Luffy that Uchiha Natsu was a friend who could be contacted with the Den Den Mushi, then headed for Rainbase to pursue a traitor.
• Natsu arrived aboard the Black Tooth as a pirate threatened a mother and her infant, and the pirate turned his blade on himself under Natsu’s power.
• Natsu used his Sharingan to control the remaining pirates and made them steer the Black Tooth toward the Grand Line, leaving the surviving merchants behind.
• Seven days later, sailors aboard the White Gull spotted the drifting Black Tooth near the Calm Belt, and an old sailor identified it as the notorious West Blue pirates’ ship.

News spread across Sabaody that more than a hundred pirates aboard the Black Tooth had died by apparent mass suicide, and people suspected Uchiha Natsu. Natsu entered a human auction house to acquire a scientist whose genetic research could help the Uchiha develop cloned Sharingan, and he watched the backstage area as the auction began.

• A captain and his sailors found the Black Tooth's crew dead with identical throat wounds and fled toward Sabaody Archipelago.
• The mass deaths became widely known in Sabaody, where people whispered that Void Demon Tamer, Uchiha Natsu, was responsible.
• Natsu crossed Grove One, and his cold glance frightened a bounty hunter into dropping his dagger.
• Natsu used his Three Tomoe to make the auction house guards let him enter without a ticket.
• Natsu took a seat at the auction and focused on the backstage area, intending to obtain a scientist whose genetic technology could enable cloned Sharingan.

Natsu waited at the auction for the scientist he hoped could help transform the Uchiha Clan’s future, but Saint Charlos arrived and challenged him for refusing to kneel. As Natsu freed the scientist, CP0 identified him as the 3.5-billion-Beli Uchiha Natsu and urged Charlos to retreat.

• Natsu waited for the scientist to appear among the auction’s enslaved captives.
• Saint Charlos entered with Cipher Pol agents and claimed every slave and the auction’s final item.
• Saint Charlos noticed Natsu standing and demanded to know why he had not knelt.
• Natsu used an unseen power to make the auction house owner attack Charlos, and a CP0 agent knocked the owner unconscious.
• Natsu took a guard’s key and freed the scientist from his iron collar.
• CP0 identified Natsu as the Void Demon Tamer and urged Saint Charlos to withdraw.

Natsu attacked the auction hall after CP0 tried to flee with Saint Charlos, setting the venue ablaze and declaring his contempt for the Celestial Dragon. Outside, he unleashed Wood Release against the escaping agents and nobles and trapped CP0, leaving their fate unresolved.

• CP0 began retreating with Saint Charlos and called for Marine Headquarters to send an Admiral, while Natsu used a Shadow Clone and Flying Thunder God kunai to send the scientist away.
• Natsu unleashed Great Fire Extinguishment, setting the auction hall ablaze as CP0 tried to hold him off and evacuate Saint Charlos.
• Saint Charlos threatened to have Kizaru kill Natsu and enslave the Uchiha, but Natsu let CP0 carry him away so the World Government would hear of the attack.
• Natsu walked out of the burning auction house into chaos on Island One, where the crowd recognized him and panicked.
• Natsu used Deep Forest Emergence to ensnare fleeing agents and nobles, then trapped CP0 with Hotei Technique and began another Wood Release attack.

Natsu killed the Cipher Pol agents and brutally mutilated Saint Charlos, declaring that the World Government would pay for killing four members of his clan. As Natsu prepared to continue, Kizaru arrived and attacked from the sky with Yasakani no Magatama.

• Natsu pierced the CP0 agent's skull with Chidori Sharp Spear, and roots dragged the corpse underground.
• Natsu used his power to make the remaining Cipher Pol agents kill themselves as Saint Charlos fled through the forest.
• Saint Charlos fell to his knees and tried to shoot Natsu, but Natsu severed his hand and both arms.
• Natsu told Saint Charlos that he was collecting interest for the World Government killing four Uchiha, then cut off his jaw and half his tongue.
• Kizaru arrived overhead and fired Yasakani no Magatama, blasting the forest with golden light bullets.

Natsu killed Saint Charlos and challenged the World Government to pay for the Uchiha clan’s losses, then fought Kizaru above Sabaody with his Wood Release and Susanoo constructs. The battle continued as Kizaru struggled to damage the Wood Golem and Wood Dragon, which Natsu kept repairing with chakra.

• Natsu protected himself and Saint Charlos with Susanoo while destroying Kizaru’s incoming light projectiles.
• Natsu crushed Saint Charlos and demanded that the Five Elders send four Celestial Dragons to repay the deaths of four Uchiha clan members.
• Kizaru attacked Natsu with Ame no Murakumo, and Natsu countered with Wood Release: Flower Tree World Emergence, forcing Kizaru to flee the poisonous mist.
• Natsu summoned a Wood Golem and Wood Dragon and encased the Golem in Susanoo armor to attack Kizaru.
• Kizaru unleashed light-speed attacks against the wooden constructs, but they kept pursuing him and Natsu repaired their damage with chakra.

Natsu relentlessly attacked Kizaru with powerful wood, fire, and lightning techniques, forcing the Marine admiral to retreat above Island One. Their battle devastated the island, and Natsu summoned Kirin as the fight continued.

• Natsu unleashed wooden spikes and two massive fire attacks, forcing Kizaru to evade and narrowly scorching his clothes.
• Kizaru countered with Yasakani no Magatama, but the Wood Golem’s Susanoo armor healed from the barrage.
• Natsu attacked Kizaru with repeated Chidori Sharp Spears, combining them with wood and fire attacks to keep him on the defensive.
• Kizaru flew high into the sky to escape the assault and saw that Island One had been reduced to burning ruins, with many residents killed.
• Natsu clasped his hands and summoned Kirin, drawing power from the thunderclouds over the Sabaody Archipelago.

Natsu’s Kirin forced Kizaru to retreat from their fight, while Sengoku learned that Saint Charlos had been killed and braced for the Five Elders’ response. The chapter ended as Sengoku answered the encrypted call from the Five Elders.

• Natsu summoned a lightning Kirin that struck the sea, and Kizaru escaped the attack but was still injured by its passing lightning.
• Natsu prepared to continue fighting, but Kizaru decided the battle was no longer worth prolonging.
• At Marine Headquarters, a messenger reported to Sengoku that Uchiha Natsu had killed Saint Charlos and the CP0 agents on Sabaody No. 1 Island.
• Sengoku blamed CP0 and questioned whether Kizaru had truly done everything he could to stop Natsu.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru told Sengoku to focus on what the Marines should do next rather than assigning blame.
• The golden Den Den Mushi reserved for the Five Elders rang, and Sengoku answered it.

After Saint Charlos was killed at Sabaody, Sengoku told the Five Elders that the Marines lacked the forces to capture Uchiha Natsu without committing multiple admiral-class fighters. The Five Elders rejected de-escalation and ordered Natsu branded a Godslayer while directing the Marines to blockade Origin Island.

• Sengoku reported to the Five Elders that Uchiha Natsu had killed Saint Charlos, fought Kizaru, and escaped, then demanded four Celestial Dragons in exchange for his four dead clansmen.
• Sengoku explained that the Marines had no available admiral-class fighters at Marineford besides himself and said Natsu would require at least two such combatants to subdue.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru advised the Five Elders against another large-scale attack and recommended easing tensions while strengthening Mary Geoise's defenses.
• The Five Elders ordered Sengoku to raise Natsu's bounty to 4 billion Beli and brand him a Godslayer.
• The Five Elders rescinded the West Blue branch withdrawal order and commanded the Marines to blockade the waters around Origin Island without attacking.

After the Five Elders threatened to destroy the Uchiha Clan, Sengoku ordered surveillance of Origin Island, a new bounty for Uchiha Natsu, and stronger defenses. Meanwhile, the Five Elders discussed Crocodile’s capture and the Marines’ lack of Admiral-level forces to stop Natsu.

• The Five Elders rejected Uchiha Natsu’s proposed life-for-a-life bargain and warned that the World Government would destroy the Uchiha Clan if he killed a Celestial Dragon.
• Sengoku ordered an assessment of the Sabaody battle, a surveillance blockade around Origin Island, a new bounty for Natsu, and reinforced New World defenses.
• Sengoku drafted Natsu’s wanted poster with a four-billion-Beli bounty and the added crime of “Godslayer.”
• The Marines escorted the defeated Crocodile to Impel Down after the Straw Hat Pirates departed Alabasta.
• The Five Elders discussed replacing Crocodile as a Shichibukai and learned that Sengoku had no Admiral-level force available to suppress Natsu.

The Five Elders met with Bartholomew Kuma, Donquixote Doflamingo, and Dracule Mihawk to discuss Crocodile’s vacant Shichibukai position. Doflamingo questioned whether they would accept Uchiha Natsu, and the meeting was interrupted by an unfamiliar winged man hanging from the chandelier.

• The Five Elders summoned Bartholomew Kuma, Donquixote Doflamingo, and Dracule Mihawk to discuss filling Crocodile’s vacant Shichibukai position.
• Doflamingo teased Mihawk about Uchiha Natsu, whose bounty had risen to four billion after he killed a Celestial Dragon.
• Mihawk said he would seek out Natsu if Natsu were a swordsman, while Kuma remained silent.
• The Five Elders invited the Shichibukai to recommend a candidate, and Mihawk declined to participate.
• Doflamingo joked about recommending the four-billion-bounty Void Demon Tamer, then asked whether the Five Elders would accept Natsu if he applied.
• An unfamiliar winged man in a formal suit appeared hanging upside down from the chandelier.

Lafitte infiltrated a meeting of the Five Elders and offered Marshall D. Teach as a candidate for the Shichibukai. After the Elders challenged Teach’s failures against Ace and Uchiha Natsu, Lafitte promised that his captain’s future would be different.

• Mary Geoise's guards aimed their guns at Lafitte when he appeared on the chamber's chandelier.
• Lafitte introduced himself as the Blackbeard Pirates' navigator and recommended Marshall D. Teach for the Shichibukai position.
• Doflamingo urged the Five Elders to hear Lafitte out, while Hawkeye and Kuma watched him cautiously.
• The sword-bearing Elder mocked Teach's defeat against Ace and his retreat from Uchiha Natsu.
• Lafitte defended Teach by citing how others, including Admiral Kizaru and CP0, had fared against Uchiha Natsu.
• Lafitte told the Five Elders he had come to promise the future, not explain the past.

Lafitte told the Five Elders that Blackbeard Teach would prove his worth with an answer powerful enough to earn the vacant Shichibukai seat. The Elders postponed their decision and resumed discussing Uchiha Natsu as Lafitte left Mary Geoise.

• Lafitte told the Five Elders that Teach would deliver an answer at least as significant as Crocodile’s conquest of the desert kingdom.
• The long-bearded Five Elder said Teach could receive the Shichibukai seat if he captured a pirate powerful enough to justify it.
• Lafitte bowed and flew out of the council chamber, promising that the Blackbeard Pirates would deliver good news.
• Mihawk judged Teach more dangerous than Lafitte, while Doflamingo mocked Teach and questioned what he could offer.
• The Five Elders postponed the Shichibukai replacement vote and continued discussing Uchiha Natsu’s bounty and the West Blue blockade.

Uchiha Natsu watched Dressrosa’s palace as Doflamingo returned from Mary Geoise to find his family missing. Doflamingo discovered no signs of a struggle and was left facing an empty palace, sensing that something was wrong.

• Marshall D. Teach considered the opportunity created by the chaos surrounding the World Government and Uchiha Natsu.
• Uchiha Natsu appeared on a palace tower and watched the brightly lit main hall.
• Doflamingo returned to Dressrosa and found none of his usual family members waiting at the harbor.
• Doflamingo walked through the streets and palace, finding everything orderly but his family gone.
• Doflamingo stood in the empty Throne Room and called the situation interesting.

Doflamingo found the Donquixote Family gathered in the palace Throne Room, kneeling silently before an empty throne. He finally spotted a boy with scarlet eyes hiding in the shadows behind it.

• Doflamingo searched the palace with Observation Haki and sensed every member of the Donquixote Family gathered beneath him in the Throne Room.
• He opened the hall’s doors and saw Trebol, Diamante, Pica, and the other Family officers kneeling in silence before the empty golden throne.
• Doflamingo scanned the throne and its surroundings with Observation Haki but sensed no one there.
• Doflamingo noticed a boy with scarlet eyes and three black tomoe sitting in the shadows behind the throne.

Uchiha Natsu confronted Doflamingo in the throne room and demanded to know where Caesar Clown was. Natsu’s Genjutsu forced Doflamingo to relive his childhood, but Doflamingo broke free with Conqueror’s Haki, surprising Natsu.

• Doflamingo approached Uchiha Natsu in the throne room while his Family officers knelt under Natsu’s control.
• Uchiha Natsu asked Doflamingo where Caesar Clown was.
• Doflamingo began to invoke his deal with Kaido, but Natsu trapped him in a Genjutsu of his childhood trauma.
• Doflamingo broke the Genjutsu with Conqueror’s Haki and attacked the illusion of his father.
• Uchiha Natsu realized Conqueror’s Haki could resist Genjutsu and found the discovery interesting.

Uchiha Natsu forced Doflamingo to reveal that Caesar was on Punk Hazard, then demanded that Doflamingo bring him there. Doflamingo remained trapped under Natsu’s threat, unable to bargain or stall.

• Uchiha Natsu asked Doflamingo where Caesar was and warned that he would not repeat himself again.
• Doflamingo recalled Natsu’s genjutsu exposing his past and decided not to risk invoking Kaido’s name against him.
• Doflamingo admitted Caesar was conducting Death Kingdom experiments on Punk Hazard and producing SAD for their business arrangement.
• Uchiha Natsu ordered Doflamingo to bring Caesar to him.
• Uchiha Natsu cut Doflamingo’s cheek with an unseen attack and repeated that he did not like repeating himself.
• Doflamingo tried to find a way to stall, but the words stuck in his throat.

Doflamingo brought Caesar Clown to Dressrosa to meet Uchiha Natsu, who had demanded Caesar be delivered to him. Caesar tried to flee upon recognizing Natsu, but Natsu trapped him in a Sharingan illusion.

• Doflamingo agreed to travel to Punk Hazard and bring Caesar to Natsu in Dressrosa.
• A few days later, Doflamingo brought Caesar into the royal palace reception hall.
• Caesar recognized Natsu and realized Doflamingo had set him up.
• Caesar transformed into gas and tried to escape through the doorway.
• Natsu cast Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique, making Caesar see himself nailed to a cross.

Natsu used his Sharingan to incapacitate Caesar and ordered Doflamingo to make Caesar work for him and serve the Uchiha Clan. Doflamingo accepted the vassalage under threat, then watched Natsu vanish from the throne without triggering his Observation Haki.

• Natsu trapped Caesar in a Sharingan genjutsu and ordered Doflamingo to have him organize Death Kingdom and Artificial Devil Fruit research data.
• Natsu told Doflamingo to purchase supplies for the Uchiha Clan in exchange for becoming its vassal, and Doflamingo reluctantly agreed.
• Natsu ordered Doflamingo to take Caesar to Origin Island for genetic research and warned him that refusal could be fatal.
• Natsu disappeared from the throne without a sound, and Doflamingo's Observation Haki failed to detect his departure.

Natsu left Dressrosa after deciding Doflamingo was useful and that he would not intervene to free the people. On Banaro Island, Ace confronted Teach, who had prepared an ambush and offered him a place in the Blackbeard Pirates.

• Doflamingo realized Natsu could kill him instantly, while Natsu left Dressrosa and chose to keep Doflamingo as a useful subordinate.
• Natsu decided he would show Luffy no mercy if Luffy challenged the Uchiha Clan.
• Ace arrived on Banaro Island and found Teach and the Blackbeard Pirates waiting for him.
• Ace accused Teach of betraying Whitebeard and killing Thatch, and Teach admitted to it while claiming the strong ruled the seas.
• Teach offered Ace a place as his first mate and promised they could dominate the seas together.

Portgas D. Ace refused Marshall D. Teach’s offer to join forces and attacked him on Banaro Island. Teach’s Dark-Dark Fruit devoured Ace’s flames, while Teach’s crew struggled to survive the widespread fire.

• Portgas D. Ace rejected Marshall D. Teach’s offer, declaring that he would never betray Whitebeard or join Teach.
• Marshall D. Teach unleashed the Dark-Dark Fruit and vowed to hand Ace over to the World Government to earn a Shichibukai seat.
• Ace attacked Teach with repeated Fire Fists, setting the ruins of Banaro Island ablaze.
• Van Augur, Jesus Burgess, and Lafitte were driven back by Ace’s flames, while Doc Q watched from behind a boulder.
• Teach’s darkness swallowed Ace’s attacks and grew as Teach taunted him, but Ace kept hurling flames at him.

Portgas D. Ace fought Blackbeard on Banaro Island, refusing his offer to join forces despite the Dark-Dark Fruit swallowing most of his attacks. After a day and night of battle, Ace began to falter while the fight continued to rage.

• Ace remembered Natsu's warning about Blackbeard but kept attacking to avenge Thatch and defend Whitebeard's flag.
• Teach absorbed Ace's Fire Fists with darkness, though one strike grazed and burned his arm.
• Teach offered Ace a chance to join him and promised they could challenge the Four Emperors and claim the One Piece, but Ace refused.
• The battle's collisions split the sky between fire and darkness and drove nearby ships away from Banaro Island.
• The Blackbeard Pirates retreated to the island's reefs as Ace and Teach fought through the day and night.
• Ace's breathing shattered and his muscles began spasming, but he still refused to stop fighting.

Ace unleashed Flame Emperor against Teach on Banaro Island, but Teach’s Black Hole overcame the attack and left Ace unable to stand. Elsewhere, Natsu meditated on an uninhabited island, his body glowing with a faint golden light.

• Teach taunted the exhausted Ace and urged him to join his crew.
• Ace gathered his remaining flames into a massive fireball and attacked Teach with Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor.
• Teach countered with Black Hole, and the two powers collided, sending shockwaves across Banaro Island.
• The clash left Ace kneeling and badly injured while Teach remained standing despite severe burns, declaring victory.
• Natsu meditated atop a reef on an unnamed barren island as a Feihong-gold glow flowed beneath his skin.

Natsu learned from the little fox that Uchiha Sage Mode relied on Susanoo refining Natural Energy and gradually cleansing its wielder’s body and soul. The chapter ended with the fox nervously pawing at Natsu as its inherited memories remained incomplete.

• Natsu met the palm-sized Life-Bound Demon Fox in a space filled with golden light, and it eagerly nuzzled him.
• Natsu asked the fox about Uchiha Sage Mode, and it shared fragments of inherited knowledge through a touch to his forehead.
• The fox revealed that Susanoo, rather than the Mangekyo Sharingan, was the key to the Senjutsu because it was a soul-bound Guardian Spirit.
• Natsu learned that Susanoo could refine Natural Energy and pass it to its wielder, slowly cleansing the body and soul, extending lifespan, and easing the Mangekyo’s side effects.
• The fox’s memories described a peak form in which an Uchiha’s Susanoo could become a thousand-meter divine being, and the fox nervously pawed at Natsu’s collar.

Natsu learned that Susanoo could refine natural energy and pass it to its user through their soul link, creating a safer Sage Mode that Uchiha with Susanoo could learn. He began training, confirmed it worked, and planned to teach Fugaku and preserve the method for the clan, but wondered why his Mangekyo Sharingan had not awakened.

• Natsu reviewed the fox’s memories and learned that Susanoo, rather than the Mangekyo Sharingan, was the requirement for this Sage Mode.
• Natsu named the little fox Kunwu and began training by using Susanoo as a Chakra Cloak to absorb and refine natural energy.
• Natsu sensed refined natural energy enter his body and detected a slight increase in his ocular power.
• Natsu planned to teach the technique to Fugaku and record his training insights in a scroll for the Naka Shrine.
• Natsu grew irritated that his Mangekyo Sharingan had not awakened as he had expected.