Chapter Summaries

Esdeath defeated Aramaki and went to retrieve the Op-Op Fruit, only to find Barrels dead and the fruit missing. Nepal then confirmed the fruit had been secured, and Esdeath left after warning Doflamingo, who renewed his hopes that Li Yuan and the Limitless Pirates would bring down the World Government.

• Esdeath froze the battlefield and shattered Aramaki’s Wood Giant with the Shura Sword, forcing him to flee.
• Esdeath ignored Aramaki and headed for the island’s center to find the Op-Op Fruit.
• Doflamingo rushed to the center of the island but found Barrels dead and the fruit gone.
• Esdeath arrived and confronted Doflamingo, who claimed the fruit had been taken before he arrived.
• Nepal called Esdeath and confirmed that he had obtained the Op-Op Fruit, so Esdeath warned Doflamingo and left.
• Doflamingo laughed and resolved to place his hopes in Li Yuan and the Limitless Pirates overthrowing the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.

Kizaru and Aramaki retreated after failing to obtain the Op-Op Fruit, which the Limitless Pirates had secured. Li Yuan gave the fruit to Law and prepared to attack the South Sea, while the Five Elders feared the consequences if Law developed the Immortality Surgery.

• Faraday outmaneuvered Kizaru with his Observation Haki, but Kizaru escaped after receiving Aramaki's signal to retreat.
• Aramaki and Kizaru compared excuses aboard a warship and agreed to report that powerful enemies and the fruit's disappearance had caused the mission's failure.
• Esdeath and the others brought the Op-Op Fruit to Li Yuan, who announced plans to join other New World pirates in invading the South Sea.
• Li Yuan gave the Op-Op Fruit to Law, who ate it despite its terrible taste.
• The Five Elders learned that the Limitless Pirates had taken the fruit and worried that Law might gain the power of the Immortality Surgery.

The World Government, Dragon, and the Marines reacted to the New World pirate crews mobilizing, while Li Yuan led the Limitless Pirates toward the Calm Belt. The other major crews also set sail, and Morgans publicized the growing unrest.

• Saint Saturn and the other Five Elders recalled Aramaki and Kizaru and decided to wait for intelligence while guarding Mary Geoise and the Red Line Continent.
• Dragon told the Self-Defense Army that war between the pirates and the World Government would create an opportunity to launch their plans against the Red Line Continent and Mary Geoise.
• The Limitless Pirates assembled three hundred ships and more than six hundred thousand pirates, and Li Yuan ordered them to set sail aboard the Hades.
• The Limitless Pirates and other New World crews began sailing toward the Calm Belt, while Marine Headquarters received reports of their movements.
• Morgans published reports on the mobilization and sent more people to track the Great Pirate Crews.

The World Government and Marines mobilized to counter New World pirates sailing through the Calm Belt. Li Yuan, Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and other pirate captains gathered near the South Sea, where Li Yuan announced a plan to seize and divide its territory.

• The Five Elders ordered the Marines, Garp, Sengoku, the Shichibukai, and World Government forces to prepare for the pirates' invasion of the Four Seas.
• Sengoku mobilized one hundred thousand Marines and prepared a large fleet of Warships.
• More than three hundred ships of the Limitless Pirates crossed the Calm Belt, and New World pirate crews converged near the South Sea.
• Golden Lion and Whitebeard met Li Yuan, followed by Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, Ochoku, Silver Axe, Brandon, and other pirate crews.
• Li Yuan announced that the Limitless Pirates and Flying Pirates would seize the South Sea and invited the other crews to claim and occupy its remaining territory.

Li Yuan and Golden Lion persuaded the New World’s Great Pirates to join a campaign to occupy the South Sea, dividing its territories according to their holdings in the New World. As their fleets began the conquest, Li Yuan prepared for the World Government and Navy’s retaliation.

• Li Yuan revealed the plan to occupy the South Sea, and Kaido, Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, Ochoku, Silver Axe, and Brandon agreed to take part.
• Li Yuan divided the South Sea territories according to the New World shares, giving the Flying Pirates and the Limitless Pirates two-thirds and warning the pirates about powerful kingdoms.
• Golden Lion, Charlotte Linlin, and the other Great Pirates departed to lead their crews into the South Sea.
• Li Yuan ordered Bullet, Hermes, Chin Jao, Asura Doji, Esdeath, Akame, Kumas, Mari, Emile, and Jellal to lead the Limitless Pirates’ fleets along their assigned routes.
• Li Yuan asked Shakky to coordinate Net’s intelligence and infiltration work with the fleets and prepare to stabilize conquered territories.
• After organizing the invasion, Li Yuan rested aboard the Hades and turned his attention to the coming battle against the World Government and Navy.

The Beasts Pirates invaded the Kingdom of Jan Marco, and Kaido defeated its defender, Edmundo Paredes, after Stien Goode’s beasts overwhelmed the kingdom’s forces. Kaido offered the injured Edmundo a place as the crew’s Fourth Calamity.

• The Beasts Pirates attacked the Kingdom of Jan Marco, and Stien Goode’s commanded beasts helped rout its army and reinforcements.
• Edmundo Paredes flew from the royal palace to confront Kaido and attacked him with his Bubu Fruit’s black cloth.
• Kaido tore through Edmundo’s cloth attacks and blasted him into a crater with his Heat Breath.
• Kaido continued attacking until Edmundo was too injured and exhausted to stand.
• Kaido recognized Edmundo’s strength and offered to recruit him as the Beasts Pirates’ Fourth Calamity, the Cloth Calamity.

Kaido’s Beasts Pirates seized a kingdom while the Flying Pirates and Limitless Pirates rapidly occupied their assigned South Sea territories. Li Yuan and Shakky expected to finish their land grab before the World Government’s forces arrived, then prepare to face the Marines and other reinforcements.

• Edmundo refused to surrender to Kaido, who killed him and ordered his crew to seize the kingdom and move quickly to the next territory.
• King reported that the Beasts Pirates had taken the royal palace, gathered treasure and ships, and recruited willing locals as cannon fodder.
• Golden Lion used the Flying Pirates’ ability to fly to deploy forces across kingdoms and support them as they conquered territory.
• Shakky’s Net coordinated the Limitless Pirates’ officers and forces, allowing them to occupy islands quickly and efficiently.
• Shakky told Li Yuan that the Limitless Pirates had captured one-third of their assigned territory in a day, while the Flying Pirates had captured one-fifth of theirs.
• Li Yuan and Shakky discussed the World Government’s expected arrival in three days, and Li Yuan said the Limitless Pirates could finish their occupation in time to prepare for the coming battle.

The World Government mobilized its forces to stop New World pirate crews from seizing the South Sea, while the Shichibukai clashed aboard a warship before Garp silenced them. Li Yuan assembled the pirate fleets at the Marx Sea Area, where both sides advanced toward a massive naval battle.

• New World pirate crews invaded the South Sea, forcing some kingdoms to surrender and pay tribute while others resisted.
• The Five Elders ordered Marines, government forces, and Shichibukai to the South Sea; aboard one warship, Doflamingo, Gecko Moria, and Crocodile nearly fought until Artel McLaren and Garp intervened.
• Garp told Aokiji that someone else would hold Li Yuan back and warned him to avoid Golden Lion and Whitebeard.
• Koya reported that the Limitless Pirates had occupied most of their assigned territory, and Li Yuan ordered the crews to gather for the decisive battle.
• The pirate fleets and World Government forces assembled at the Marx Sea Area, and Li Yuan, Golden Lion, and Sengoku ordered their fleets forward as the naval battle approached.

Li Yuan’s Limitless Pirates opened the battle in the Marx Sea Area by unleashing their Laser Cannons and overwhelming artillery against the World Government fleet. The Marines suffered catastrophic losses and were left under the pirates’ firepower as both sides entered a full-scale cannon battle.

• Li Yuan ordered more than a hundred Steel Battleships to fire their Laser Cannons, destroying over a hundred Marine Warships in one volley.
• Garp struck the Hades’s sustained Laser Cannon with his Bone Fist: Meteor, but the beam broke through his attack, wounded him, and pierced through the warships behind him.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to halt their advance, rescue survivors, and gather Vice Admirals and higher-ranking personnel on the front warships.
• Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and Kaido urged their crews forward, while Li Yuan ordered the Steel Battleships to turn broadside and bombard the Marines with their side cannons.
• The Marines and pirates began a large-scale cannon battle in the Marx Sea Area, with the Limitless Pirates’ superior range and firepower inflicting the heaviest losses on the World Government.

Jellal led the Fish-Man troops and Submarines in a torpedo attack that sank two hundred World Government warships. After Tsuru and Sengoku warned the fleet about the underwater threat, the Fish-Men headed toward the approaching reinforcements.

• Jellal led more than two hundred Submarines and over twenty thousand Fish-Men beneath the World Government fleet, directing them past the front line toward the rear ships.
• Jellal ordered the Fish-Man teams to fire torpedoes, and the first attack destroyed one hundred warships and caused chaos among their crews.
• Tsuru ordered rescue efforts and sent Marines underwater, but Jellal's forces launched another barrage that sank another hundred warships.
• Jellal led the Fish-Men deeper into the sea toward the approaching reinforcements after their torpedoes ran low.
• Tsuru reported the attack to Sengoku, who ordered Aokiji to watch beneath the sea and freeze it if Fish-Men appeared.
• Doflamingo, Artel McLaren, and Hawk Eyes watched the battle and discussed the terrifying power of the Limitless Pirates' weapons.

While the Marines and pirates exchanged long-range attacks in the South Sea, Dragon seized the opportunity created by the Red Line Continent’s depleted defenses to launch a revolution. After killing two Celestial Dragons, he inspired the Self-Defense Army to spread across the continent, prompting the Five Elders to prepare a personal counterattack.

• Akainu and Kizaru attacked the Flying Pirates with magma and light, but Reinhardt redirected the magma and Yaslan Elasti erased the light bombs.
• Ivankov told Dragon that the Self-Defense Army had evacuated the South Sea, and Dragon ordered forces across the Red Line Continent to rise up while its defenses were weakened.
• Dragon killed the remaining guard and then beheaded the two Celestial Dragons in the Dickson Kingdom, rallying the Self-Defense Army and local commoners to the revolution.
• The Self-Defense Army overthrew countries across the Red Line Continent, freed slaves, and attracted supporters as revolutionary ideals spread.
• After learning that the Self-Defense Army had killed two Celestial Dragons, the Five Elders decided to send forces from Mary Geoise and personally crush the rebellion.

The World Government fleet charged the Limitless Pirates to escape their artillery advantage, while Sengoku, Aokiji, and Munis countered Bullet and Whitebeard’s massive waves. Sengoku and the other top fighters advanced to engage the pirates, and the chapter ended with Bullet intercepting Garp in a clash neither man could win outright.

• Sengoku ordered the World Government fleet to charge the pirates, and Li Yuan sent the Limitless Pirates’ officers to keep the enemy at range.
• Bullet created a towering tsunami with gravity, which Sengoku broke apart and Aokiji froze before Munis melted the ice.
• Whitebeard unleashed a far larger Sea Quake tsunami, and Aokiji froze its waves while Munis cleared the ice afterward.
• Sengoku led the top-tier Marines and World Government fighters toward the pirates, then attacked Whitebeard with a Great Buddha Impact.
• Garp charged Li Yuan, but Bullet intercepted him, and their fists collided in a draw that sent both fighters flying back.

Esdeath fought Aokiji among the Limitless Pirates’ Steel Battleships while Garp and Bullet battled elsewhere. As the clash left Aokiji wounded, Aramaki secretly tried to sabotage the battleships from above.

• Bullet stopped Garp from reaching Li Yuan and fought him, confident he could defeat him.
• Aokiji detoured toward the Steel Battleships, but Esdeath intercepted him and struck him with her Shura Sword.
• Aokiji and Esdeath exchanged freezing attacks, and Aokiji realized her power could affect his soul.
• Esdeath used Four Directions Annihilation to wound Aokiji, forcing him to retreat a hundred meters and acknowledge the danger of fighting her.
• Aramaki flew above the Steel Battleships and scattered Treant Seeds, hoping to destroy them remotely while avoiding Li Yuan.

Akame destroyed Aramaki’s scattered seeds, and Hermes intercepted him in the sky, overpowering him until Aramaki fled and left the fight to Antonine Corrado. Antonine used his Hurricane-Hurricane Fruit to keep Hermes occupied, but Hermes returned to the Limitless Pirates’ fleet and left Antonine for someone else to handle.

• Akame used Observation Haki to spot and destroy Aramaki’s plant seeds, then identified him as a World Government fighter.
• Hermes flew up to confront Aramaki and shattered his wooden dragon with a punch.
• Hermes dodged Aramaki’s giant hammer and drove him down with a Conqueror’s Haki strike, forcing Aramaki to seek another opponent.
• Antonine Corrado intervened with his Hurricane-Hurricane Fruit, and Aramaki warned him about Hermes before leaving.
• Antonine repeatedly evaded and harassed Hermes, who returned to the Limitless Pirates’ fleet rather than continue chasing him.

Li Yuan held back Hermes and prepared to face Garp, Ivanov, and Aimaierjiang as the battle between the Marines, the World Government, and the pirates intensified. The chapter ended with Li Yuan transforming and coating the Seven Star Sword in his power as his opponents felt his overwhelming presence.

• The Marines closed in on the pirate ships, but the Limitless Pirates' modern weapons killed many before they could board.
• Tesoro cut a warship in half with a Golden Greatsword, and Momonga and Doberman moved to stop him.
• Gabor Pavlovich interrupted Bullet's fight with Garp, allowing Garp to break away and head for Li Yuan.
• Gabor fought Bullet to keep him occupied, while Ivanov Williams and Aimaierjiang Thomas joined Garp in attacking Li Yuan.
• Li Yuan stopped Hermes from intervening, transformed into his humanoid Vampire Form, and drew the Seven Star Sword against the three attackers.

Li Yuan fought Garp, Ivankov, and Aimaierjiang alone, overpowering their attacks and wounding each of them. The chapter ended with all three falling from the sky, though Ivankov survived Li Yuan’s fatal slash by dodging at the last moment.

• Li Yuan shattered the three attackers’ opening strikes and flew into the sky as Garp chased after him.
• Li Yuan evaded Ivankov and struck Aimaierjiang with a powerful sword blow, severely injuring his arm and sending him falling.
• Garp intercepted Li Yuan, but Li Yuan cut through his Haki-coated fist and knocked him out of the sky.
• Ivankov attacked with hundreds of lightning bolts, but Li Yuan cleaved through them and wounded Ivankov’s claws with a slash.
• Li Yuan brought a Blood Moon Slash down on Ivankov, who dodged the fatal blow but suffered a massive wound across his back and plummeted from the sky.

Li Yuan overwhelmed Garp, Ivankov, and Aimaierjiang in the sky, while his strength alarmed both the World Government and the pirates. Hawkeye reaffirmed his faith in swordsmanship and began a duel with Vista.

• Li Yuan survived Aimaierjiang’s wide-area crushing attack with blood armor, then struck him down again with the Seven Star Sword.
• Garp and Ivankov returned to the sky as Li Yuan continued suppressing all three fighters, prompting fear from the World Government and wary admiration from other pirates.
• Doflamingo joined the battlefield and sought out one of Ochoku’s officers, while Gecko Moria charged toward the Beasts Pirates to attack Kaido’s subordinates.
• Hawkeye watched Li Yuan fight, rejected the idea that swordsmanship had a peak, and resolved to trust only his sword.
• Hawkeye intercepted Vista, who welcomed the chance to compare their swordsmanship, and drew Yoru to begin their duel.

Reverse Sand, the Quicksand Guild, and Net exploited the global war to attack the World Government’s forces and expand their influence. On the Red Line Continent, the World Government crushed Dragon’s Self-Defense Army, forcing Dragon to retreat and rename it the Revolutionary Army as he vowed to rebuild it.

• Wei Zhuang ordered Reverse Sand to eliminate the World Government’s assassins and other dark forces, while Faraday mobilized the Quicksand Guild against rival Hunter Guilds and Navy bases.
• Shakky activated Net across the world as wars and uprisings spread through the Four Seas, the Grand Line, and the Red Line Continent.
• The Five Elders and half of the God’s Knights joined the battle against Dragon’s Self-Defense Army, overwhelming its forces despite Dragon’s resistance.
• Dragon ordered the surviving Self-Defense Army members to retreat after the army suffered devastating losses, and Saturn and Nusjuro failed to capture him.
• Dragon told Ivankov and the other survivors that the Self-Defense Army would be renamed the Revolutionary Army and that he would overhaul its systems after learning from the defeat.

Nepal used his Invisibility Fruit to ambush Gabor Pavlovich with a Seastone Bullet, weakening him and giving Bullet the advantage in their fight. As Bullet battered Gabor, Nepal left to target another enemy.

• Nepal silently shot Gabor with a concealed Seastone Bullet, piercing his shoulder and sealing his Devil Fruit power.
• Bullet used Life Return to enhance his strength and struck Gabor with a powerful punch while Gabor was weakened.
• Gabor dug the Seastone Bullet from his collarbone, but Bullet hit him with Sky Cannon and further injured him.
• Gabor used his Mythical Zoan power and a lightning vortex to stay above the sea, while remaining wary of another sniper shot.
• Nepal stopped targeting Gabor and moved on to snipe another enemy.

Nepal’s Seastone sniping and the Limitless Pirates’ Fish-Men weakened the World Government’s forces, while Carlo Parada’s Chaos-Chaos Fruit helped Garp and two allies hold Li Yuan back. Carlo believed the World Government could turn the battle around if its reinforcements arrived.

• Nepal shot Aokiji with a Seastone Bullet, and Esdeath wounded Aokiji as he tried to recover.
• Nepal changed positions and sniped at the World Government’s top-tier fighters, disrupting their attacks and helping the Pirate side suppress them.
• The Limitless Pirates sent one hundred thousand Fish-Men to intercept World Government reinforcements at sea.
• Carlo Parada recognized that the World Government was losing ground and rushed to help contain Li Yuan, whose fight threatened to decide the war.
• Carlo used his Chaos-Chaos Fruit to disrupt Li Yuan’s sword strike, allowing Garp and two other fighters to attack while Carlo interfered from a distance.