Chapter Summaries

Blackbeard poisoned the guards at Impel Down’s sixth level and freed its prisoners. He persuaded the released pirates to form a temporary alliance, setting his plan to unleash chaos in motion.

• Doc Q poisoned the guards, and Hannyabal collapsed while trying to attack Blackbeard.
• Blackbeard ordered his crew to smash open the sixth-level cells and free the prisoners.
• The released pirates confronted Blackbeard and questioned how he had entered the prison.
• Blackbeard explained that he had used his Shichibukai status and proposed that they cooperate to escape.
• The prisoners accepted a temporary alliance, and Blackbeard declared that they were allies.

Magellan learned that the Blackbeard Pirates had helped prisoners revolt across Impel Down and set off for Level Six to stop them. Meanwhile, the rioters overwhelmed the guards on Level Four and advanced toward its exit.

• A jailer told Magellan that the Blackbeard Pirates had breached Impel Down and freed prisoners across its levels.
• Magellan ordered his men to surround the pirates and headed toward Level Six after learning the rioters had broken through Level Five.
• Thousands of prisoners joined the riot, attacked the jailers, and shattered the prison’s defenses.
• The pirates overpowered the guards on Level Four and pressed toward its exit, intent on escaping to the sea.

Zephyr and Jin An sensed that Impel Down was in chaos and received a distress call from the prison. They sailed there to confront the crisis, with Jin An preparing to stop Blackbeard and prevent him from taking control.

• Zephyr sensed danger at Impel Down, and Jin An used Observation Haki to detect the guards' agitation.
• Jin An warned that Blackbeard might be behind the unrest, and Zephyr ordered the warship to prepare to act.
• A Marine soldier reported a request for aid from Impel Down, and Zephyr ordered the ship to head there immediately.
• As the warship approached, Jin An sensed that the prison's order had collapsed and resolved to keep Impel Down from falling under Blackbeard's control.
• Jin An ordered everyone to prepare for battle.

The Five Elders sent Saint Topman Warcury to Impel Down after Blackbeard’s attack and the Whitebeard Pirates’ arrival left the Navy unable to respond in time. At Impel Down, Jin An and Zephyr rallied the guards and held the prison’s entrance, while Jin An feared the greater crisis Blackbeard had set in motion was still to come.

• The Five Elders received Impel Down’s distress signal and recognized that Blackbeard had used his Shichibukai position to attack the prison.
• The Five Elders saw the Whitebeard Pirates at Mary Geoise and ordered Saint Topman Warcury to deal with the crisis personally.
• Jin An and Zephyr joined the battle at Impel Down, giving the guards hope as they fought the surging pirates.
• Jin An killed a giant-sword-wielding pirate who charged him, while he and Zephyr continued to hold the front line.
• Jin An suspected Blackbeard had released someone dangerous from Impel Down’s depths, but remained focused on defending the entrance.

Blackbeard led his pirate crew out of Impel Down after defeating Magellan, and Jin An, the newly appointed Admiral Azure Dragon, confronted him. Golden Lion and Kaido tried to negotiate their escape, but Jin An warned them that the Five Elders were on their way.

• Blackbeard threw the defeated Magellan before the wardens, then shot the wardens who rushed to help him and led his pirates out of the prison.
• Jin An confronted Blackbeard and told him he was no longer a Shichibukai.
• Blackbeard said he had handed over two of Whitebeard's commanders and left the prisoners he did not need behind to die.
• Golden Lion recognized Jin An, while Kaido watched him with hostility and held back from attacking.
• Golden Lion and Kaido asked Jin An to let them leave, but Jin An said their escape depended on their own abilities.
• Jin An warned Golden Lion and Kaido that the Five Elders were on their way.

As the Five Elders approached, Jin An attacked Blackbeard and left him badly injured while the other pirates rushed to escape Impel Down. Kaido and Golden Lion gathered followers and broke through the Marines, leaving the prison in ruins as the larger crisis remained unresolved.

• Jin An declared that the pirates would have to escape by their own abilities and charged at Blackbeard.
• Jin An struck Blackbeard in the face with a Conqueror’s Haki-infused punch, knocking him down and drawing blood.
• Fearing the Five Elders’ arrival, the pirates fled toward the prison exit and begged Kaido and Golden Lion to take them along.
• Kaido accepted followers, and Golden Lion used his ability to carry pirates toward the exit.
• Kaido, Golden Lion, and the other escapees overwhelmed the Marine defense, forcing Zephyr to order a retreat.
• The powerful pirates escaped with their followers, leaving Impel Down damaged and its Marines struggling amid the ruins.

Jin An overwhelmed Blackbeard in the ruined first level of Impel Down, leaving him gravely injured and apparently defeated. Magellan, Domino, and the arriving Marines saw the aftermath and realized Jin An had ended the prison rebellion alone.

• Jin An battered Blackbeard with his Haki-infused attacks, overcoming the power of his Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Jin An seized Blackbeard and repeatedly slammed him into the ground, leaving him bleeding and unable to fight back.
• Blackbeard collapsed motionless in a pool of blood as Magellan regained consciousness and witnessed Jin An standing over him.
• Domino led guards and Marines into the ruined prison, where they saw Blackbeard defeated and bodies scattered among the wreckage.
• The Marines recognized that Jin An had single-handedly ended the rebellion and credited him with saving them.

Jin An brought the barely living Blackbeard to Impel Down, where Saint Topman Warcury arrived to inspect the prisoner and clashed with Jin An over the Five Elders’ authority. The chapter ended with the two men facing off as the guards feared their confrontation might erupt.

• Jin An dragged Blackbeard toward Impel Down’s entrance and learned that Saint Topman Warcury had arrived to confirm Blackbeard’s condition.
• Saint Topman Warcury questioned the guards about the absent Magellan and asked where Jin An was.
• Jin An carried Blackbeard to the harbor and tossed him down in front of Saint Topman Warcury.
• Jin An mocked Warcury and the Five Elders for leaving him to handle their problems, and Warcury ordered him to know his place.
• Jin An challenged Warcury by suggesting he would stop handling the Five Elders’ messes, leaving the guards tense as the two men confronted each other.

Jin An confronted Saint Topman Warcury over his authority and revealed that he had escaped from God Valley. When Warcury demanded Blackbeard, Jin An agreed to hand him over only in exchange for someone he considered a worthy trade.

• Jin An told Saint Topman Warcury that his confidence came from his own strength, not his rank as an admiral.
• Warcury criticized Jin An as arrogant and questioned his mysterious origins, and Jin An reminded him that he had escaped from God Valley.
• Warcury ordered that Blackbeard be taken, while the Marines looked to Jin An before acting.
• Jin An said Blackbeard remained his prisoner and offered to trade him for someone who satisfied him.

Jin An rejected Saint Topman Warcury's authority by killing Blackbeard and calmly answering the Elder's threat. As Jin An left Impel Down, Topman vowed to eliminate him, while the Marines and prison guards questioned whether the World Government truly represented justice.

• Jin An offered to capture the escaped Impel Down prisoners and Blackbeard in exchange for negotiating terms, but Topman ordered him to pursue the fugitives as part of his duty.
• Jin An sliced Blackbeard into pieces, calling him his spoils of war, and Topman suppressed his anger rather than retaliating in front of the witnesses.
• Topman warned Jin An to watch his back, but Jin An answered with confidence and continued toward the warship where Zephyr was waiting.
• Topman watched Jin An leave and decided that the increasingly uncontrollable admiral had to be eliminated one day.
• The Marines and prison guards admired Jin An's defiance but questioned their faith in the World Government and wondered where justice could be found.

News of the Impel Down incident fueled worldwide anger at the World Government, while Admiral Jin An became a popular symbol of justice. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku saw the growing rift between the Marines and the World Government and confirmed the prison’s losses and recovery with Domino.

• People across the world condemned the World Government’s handling of Impel Down and praised Jin An for suppressing the prison rebellion.
• Sengoku worried that the Five Elders’ treatment of Jin An and the spreading public backlash were eroding trust in the Marines.
• Sengoku contacted Domino, who reported that Impel Down’s damaged areas had been cleared while Magellan and Hannyabal remained unconscious but stable.
• Domino reported that nearly half the pirates had been killed, one-third of the survivors had escaped, and the rest had been imprisoned.
• Sengoku promised Marine assistance and reflected on the widening gulf between the Marines and the World Government.

On Jin An's warship, Issho questioned the Shichibukai system and learned of Jin An's strained relationship with the World Government. Jin An welcomed Issho to stay with him, giving the wandering swordsman a place to belong and a new direction.

• Issho asked Jin An why the Shichibukai system existed, and Jin An explained that the World Government controlled it while keeping him at a distance despite his rank as an admiral.
• Jin An told Issho that his strength was the only reason the World Government had not removed or killed him, but said he remained in the Marines because he believed true justice would come.
• Issho asked Jin An to lend a hand to a blind man who had wandered the seas for too long.
• Jin An welcomed Issho to stay by his side and promised they would face the sea and future together.

Blackbeard resurrected in a laboratory at Pangaea Castle after black threads reassembled his severed body. He stole and ate a powerful Devil Fruit, leaving the researchers terrified as his strength and ambitions grew.

• Black threads stitched Blackbeard's scattered body together, and he revived before the startled researchers.
• Blackbeard forced the lead researcher to guide him to the laboratory's treasury.
• Blackbeard entered a room lined with research supplies and Devil Fruits, and the metal door slammed shut behind him.
• Blackbeard sensed a powerful resonance with one Devil Fruit and ate it.
• Darkness swirled around Blackbeard as his new power erupted, while the researchers collapsed in despair.

Blackbeard destroyed Pangaea Castle’s laboratory and absorbed its treasures into his Dark-Dark Fruit’s dark space. He discovered that he had also gained the Gum-Gum Fruit’s rubber powers and began escaping Mary Geoise so he could study them.

• Blackbeard stood amid the laboratory’s ruins and claimed its research, Devil Fruits, and technology, sensing a strange new force within himself.
• Mary Geoise guards and Marines opened fire on Blackbeard, but his darkness swallowed the bullets without injuring him.
• Blackbeard tested his rubber body, stretching his leg and arm and smashing a stone pillar with a sweeping strike.
• Blackbeard used his rubberized limbs to drive back the soldiers and put distance between himself and his enemies.
• Blackbeard declared he would return and fled to find a safe place to investigate the Gum-Gum Fruit’s potential.

The Five Elders and God's Knights found the research institute in ruins and learned that Blackbeard had survived, escaped, and possibly taken a second Devil Fruit. They vowed to kill him before he could threaten the World Government further.

• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro arrived with the Five Elders at the bloodstained ruins and raged over the attack and the dead guards and Marines.
• A member of God's Knights confirmed that no guards or Marines had survived, and the Five Elders realized the intruder had taken what he came for.
• A member of God's Knights identified traces of Blackbeard's power, prompting the Five Elders to question how he could have survived being killed.
• Saint Marcus Mars suggested Blackbeard had eaten the fruit himself, and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter accepted that he had gained its power despite already possessing the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, Saint Marcus Mars, and the other Five Elders resolved to eradicate Blackbeard.

After returning the escaped pirates to Impel Down, Jin An visited the injured Magellan and Hannyabal, then spoke with Zephyr aboard a warship about the Five Elders and the strain of serving the World Government. The two headed for Marine Headquarters, while Jin An remained aware that Imu posed a threat he could not ignore.

• Jin An returned to Impel Down with more pirates, including criminals who had escaped, and visited the injured Magellan and Hannyabal.
• Magellan and Hannyabal thanked Jin An for protecting Impel Down, and Jin An urged them to rest and keep guarding the prison.
• Zephyr asked Jin An whether everything was finished, then lamented what he had learned about the Five Elders.
• Jin An reassured Zephyr that the World Government could not easily threaten him, and Zephyr admired his confidence.
• Jin An and Zephyr prepared to return to Marine Headquarters as Jin An considered the danger posed by Imu.

Blackbeard survived the attack on his warship and discovered that the Dark-Dark Fruit and Gum-Gum Fruit powers had combined into a formidable new strength. As the Five Elders mobilized God's Knights and Cipher Pol against him, Jin An focused on expanding Neo Marines' control over the Four Blues and anticipated a coming storm.

• Blackbeard left his blood-soaked hijacked warship, celebrated his survival, and resolved to recruit more subordinates with his new powers.
• The Five Elders discussed Blackbeard's strength and agreed to send God's Knights with Marine support, intervening personally if necessary.
• Saint Figarland Garling led God's Knights in seeking information about Blackbeard from Cipher Pol.
• Jin An returned to Marine Headquarters, dismissed the World Government's response to the threat, and judged Blackbeard difficult to kill.
• Jin An planned to send Donquixote Doflamingo to North Blue as Byrnndi World pressed Germa 66, aiming to bring all Four Blues under Neo Marines' influence.

After Blackbeard defeated the God's Knights at Baltigo, Jin An enjoyed the news while the Celestial Dragons and Five Elders faced fear and uncertainty. Blackbeard celebrated his victory, revealed his ambition to recruit more subordinates, and declared that he would target Jin An next.

• Jin An read that Blackbeard had defeated the God's Knights at Baltigo and laughed at the Five Elders' likely reaction.
• The Celestial Dragons at Mary Geoise panicked and questioned whether the World Government could protect them.
• The Five Elders demanded an account from Saint Figarland Garling, who explained that Blackbeard's Dark-Dark and Gum-Gum Fruit powers let him recover and keep fighting until the Knights retreated.
• Blackbeard celebrated at the ruined battlefield, mocked the fleeing God's Knights, and declared that he would recruit more subordinates.
• Blackbeard vowed to hunt down Jin An, boasting that his new powers made him invincible and that their game had only begun.

Byrnndi World's forces conquered the North Blue, leaving the Vinsmoke Family ruling only in name under the Neo Marines' control. Jin An forced Judge to accept cooperation, then watched young Sanji endure training before leaving the North Blue.

• Byrnndi World's forces conquered the North Blue, and Germa 66 submitted after Donquixote Doflamingo maneuvered against the Vinsmoke Family.
• Gu Yan confronted Judge at Germa 66's castle and demanded cooperation, while Jin An declared that the Neo Marines controlled the North Blue.
• Judge accepted cooperation and agreed to keep the Vinsmoke Family in power under the Neo Marines' authority.
• Jin An watched Sanji struggle through brutal training in Germa 66's laboratory but chose not to intervene.
• Jin An left the North Blue, while Sanji continued training alone, unaware that Jin An had watched him.

Kaido left Totto Land after Charlotte Linlin drove him away. Meanwhile, Arlong poisoned his opponents in Fish-Man Street and led his followers in an assault on the royal palace, declaring his claim to Fish-Man Island's throne.

• Charlotte Linlin attacked Kaido and ordered him to leave Totto Land.
• Kaido suppressed his anger and departed without fighting further.
• Arlong poisoned the food of those opposing him in Fish-Man Street, killing them.
• Arlong took the Energy Steroid and led his armored followers toward the royal palace.
• Arlong's men stormed the palace gates, and Arlong fought the guards with enhanced strength.