Recaps

Lucas approached Ulti and Page One after Hanafza left, claiming to be their father’s friend and offering to take them somewhere safe. Ulti agreed to go with him, though she warned him not to betray their trust.

• Hanafza watched his children from the alley, regretted being unable to protect them, and left after touching his late wife’s wooden lizard pendant.
• Lucas revealed himself to Ulti and Page One and said he was an old friend of Hanafza.
• Ulti rejected Lucas’s claim that Hanafza cared about them, but Lucas offered the siblings food and described Hanafza’s mechanical hands and wooden lizard carving.
• Lucas promised the children safety, plentiful food, and medical care, and Page One urged Ulti to accept.
• Ulti agreed to go with Lucas but threatened him if he was lying.

Yamato fought Sasaki and his pirates on Onigashima after he challenged Kaido, overwhelming his crew and countering Sasaki’s attacks with her strength and ice powers. She brought him to one knee in their clash, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Sasaki challenged Kaido and became furious when Kaido told him he had to defeat Yamato first.
• Yamato knocked down the charging Sasaki Pirates with Thunder Bagua and Vajra Arrow, then advanced on Sasaki.
• Sasaki attacked Yamato with Fish-Man Karate water arrows, but Yamato froze and shattered them in her Hybrid Form.
• Sasaki tried to seize Yamato’s wrist, but she overpowered him in a contest of strength.
• Yamato brought down Ice All Slash, and Sasaki met her blow with his spinning sword, which slowed as frost spread across it and forced him to one knee.

Yamato defeated Sasaki, while Kaido learned that Hanafza had failed to secure a Devil Fruit and Queen fled to avoid dealing with the fallout. Back at home, Lucas examined several Devil Fruits and realized the Head-Rejoining Fruit could explain how Roberts survived decapitation before entering a secret room to view a green-haired man.

• Yamato evaded Sasaki’s aerial attacks and defeated him with Narikabura, leaving him unconscious in a crater.
• Kaido ordered King to take Sasaki to Udon and put him in the quarry, while the Beasts Pirates cheered Yamato.
• Hanafza told Kaido that someone had stolen the Devil Fruit, and Queen fled after hearing the call to avoid being sent to reclaim it.
• Lucas returned home after dropping Ulti at Amazon Lily and Page One off with Judge, then examined six Devil Fruits in his study.
• Lucas concluded that the Head-Rejoining Fruit could explain Roberts’s survival in the Kingdom of Ye, then entered a secret room and saw a green-haired man on a projection screen.

Aramaki kept the peace in the Taya Kingdom and visited A-Xin's tavern, where he calmly arranged for a nobleman to pay for her company. A hidden Surveillance Den Den Mushi watched and transmitted everything from the tavern rafters.

• Aramaki stopped Tommy and Old Tony's brawl outside the royal palace and made them clean up the street and compensate Mrs. Martha.
• Aramaki visited A-Xin's tavern, where she told him the merchant guild had ordered ten barrels of ale.
• A nobleman offered money to spend the night with A-Xin, and Aramaki negotiated a higher price before she led him upstairs.
• Aramaki sat drinking at the foot of the stairs while the tavern patrons teased him about A-Xin entertaining the nobleman.
• A tiny Surveillance Den Den Mushi hidden beneath the rafters transmitted everything happening in the tavern.

Lucas and Stussy confirmed that Aramaki genuinely loved A-Xin, and Lucas began the final stage of his plan. After the King’s Army seized A-Xin to return her to the Celestial Dragons, Aramaki rushed to the palace and attacked the soldiers guarding its gates.

• Stussy explained that Aramaki let A-Xin continue working in the Pleasure District because he understood and accepted her, and Lucas decided to begin the final stage of his plan.
• An invisible intruder entered the Taya Kingdom king’s bedchamber and used his cane to leave the king vacant and obedient.
• Aramaki shared a tender morning with A-Xin before leaving, while she watched him go with a complicated expression.
• The King’s Army surrounded the tavern and arrested A-Xin, declaring that she was Celestial Dragons’ property and would be returned to them.
• A patron told Aramaki that A-Xin had been taken, and Aramaki rushed to the palace after ordering his peace soldiers to watch the street.
• When the palace guards blocked his way, Aramaki unleashed a forest of branches that drained and killed them, then advanced toward the palace.

Aramaki tried to rescue A-Xin, but she broke up with him, fearing the Celestial Dragons would keep targeting her and ruin his life. Imprisoned in Seastone after the king ordered his arrest, Aramaki heard other prisoners’ stories and resolved to destroy the unjust order that empowered the Celestial Dragons.

• Aramaki freed A-Xin, but she rejected his help and said they had to break up because she could not escape the Celestial Dragons.
• The hypnotized king ordered the guards to seize Aramaki, and Aramaki let them bind him with Seastone chains.
• The guards took Aramaki to the deepest prison cell, where he remembered his life with A-Xin.
• A neighboring prisoner and others described how the Celestial Dragons had harmed them and their families.
• Aramaki decided that the Celestial Dragons and the rules protecting them had to be brought down.

Lucas provoked Aramaki in prison to test his resolve and convince him that the Celestial Dragons could be defeated. Aramaki broke free of his Seastone handcuffs and attacked Lucas, leaving their confrontation underway.

• Stussy reassured A-Xin that Aramaki was alive, while Lucas left the tavern with Betty and Violet.
• Lucas and Violet entered the prison, where Violet used her ability to confirm that Aramaki hated the Celestial Dragons and worried about A-Xin.
• Lucas offered to help destroy the Celestial Dragons, but Aramaki mocked his promise and doubted he could succeed.
• After Violet left, Lucas insulted Aramaki and threatened A-Xin to provoke him into fighting.
• Aramaki used Busoshoku Haki to break his Seastone handcuffs and the cell bars, then charged at Lucas with a wooden arm.

Lucas endured Aramaki’s attacks without injury, then Betty fought the Woods-Woods Fruit user and overwhelmed his defenses. As the battle continued, Violet wondered whether Lucas was hinting at a future relationship with her.

• Lucas emerged from the prison crater unharmed and told Aramaki that his weakness was why he thought the Celestial Dragons could not be challenged.
• Lucas brought Betty forward, and she used her transformed battle flag to smash through Aramaki’s Haki defense and send him crashing into a noble’s house.
• Aramaki’s recoil destroyed the house and buried the furious noble beneath its rubble.
• Betty evaded Aramaki’s plant attacks with Geppo and broke through his wooden shield with a Haki-coated strike.
• Lucas told Violet she could become stronger in three years, and Violet blushed as she wondered whether he was hinting that she should join his family.

Betty defeated Aramaki’s attacks and left him unable to fight, while Lucas demonstrated his overwhelming power. After seeing Lucas’s strength, Aramaki agreed to help overthrow the Celestial Dragons.

• Betty evaded Aramaki’s thorn attacks and broke through his Haki-coated vines, then blocked his poisonous powder with her combat suit.
• Aramaki lost hope after Betty remained unharmed and flew away from the forest he had created.
• Lucas confronted Aramaki and showed him the damage his single punch could cause, overwhelming Aramaki’s Haki with its force.
• Lucas asked Aramaki to help overthrow the Celestial Dragons, and Aramaki agreed.

Aramaki endured Issho’s tenfold-gravity training while Lucas and A-Xin pushed him to keep going. In Prodence Kingdom, Yamato and Baccarat encountered Arlong and his crew, who had surfaced to challenge the human praised by Fisher Tiger.

• Issho subjected Aramaki to tenfold gravity, and Aramaki resisted without using Haki as A-Xin encouraged him.
• Lucas told Aramaki to keep enduring the training and promised to guide him once he could move freely under the gravity.
• In Prodence Kingdom, Yamato bought an extra kimono for Black Maria while walking with Baccarat, who said Lucas had plans for two Ancient Species Devil Fruits.
• Arlong and more than a dozen subordinates emerged from the sea near the harbor and fixed their attention on Baccarat.
• Arlong explained that he had come to expose the human Fisher Tiger praised and make his elder brother reconsider his admiration.

Arlong sent Willy and a group of fish-men to kill Baccarat, but Yamato defeated them when they attacked her and Baccarat at the harbor. Arlong’s defeat left the surviving fish-men questioning whether their race was truly supreme.

• Arlong ordered Willy to kill Baccarat, and Willy led several fish-men toward her and Yamato at the harbor.
• Willy and his group killed the dock patrol, then approached the two women with killing intent.
• Yamato killed Willy with one punch and asked the remaining fish-men why they had attacked her.
• Arlong accused Yamato’s family of enslaving fish-men and attacked her with Kiribachi.
• Yamato crushed Kiribachi and kicked Arlong into the sea, prompting the other fish-men to flee.
• The surviving fish-men gathered around the badly injured Arlong and began to doubt their belief in fish-man supremacy.

Robin defeated Gion in a training match by overwhelming her with giant Haki-coated arms, and Lucas considered why Robin’s Haki reserves surpassed those of the others. The routine was interrupted when Baccarat told Lucas that Yamato had arrived.

• Gion and Robin fought in the underground training ground, exchanging Haki attacks and sword techniques.
• Robin used giant arms to overpower Gion, who admitted defeat after the assault left her badly injured.
• Life Energy healed Gion, and Robin pulled her from the crater as Scarlet and Hina discussed Robin’s strength.
• Lucas reflected that Robin’s unusually large Haki reserves might come from her innate talent or her connection to the protagonist group.
• Baccarat told Lucas that Yamato had arrived.

Lucas reunited with Yamato and promised to send ten Ancient Species as her bride price while refusing to return the two fruits for now. The next day, he inspected Judge’s nearly completed Flying Fleet and said the Eternal Financial Group would challenge the World Government within a year.

• Lucas told Yamato he still needed the two fruits but would eventually send ten Ancient Species as her bride price, flustering her.
• Lucas and Yamato teased each other, then spent the afternoon catching up before Yamato returned to Onigashima.
• Lucas visited the isolated shipyard in the Calm Belt and asked Judge about the Flying Fleet’s progress.
• Judge reported that ninety-three warships were ready and that the remaining materials could complete one hundred.
• Lucas told Judge the Eternal Financial Group would bare its fangs at the World Government within a year.

The Gorosei learned that Lucas had mastered Conqueror's Haki Infusion and, fearing his strength, relayed his information to the King of the World, who ordered him eliminated. At the Eternal Financial Group headquarters, Lucas announced a swordsmen-only tournament to claim the title of the world's greatest swordsman, then defended his childish ambitions by citing his long lifespan.

• Saint Warcury, Nusjuro, Saint Peter, and Saint Mars questioned Saint Saturn's plan to recruit Lucas after learning that Lucas could kill them.
• Saint Mars urged the Gorosei to report Lucas's strength to the King of the World, and Saint Saturn sent the hidden information to the Flower Room.
• The King of the World ordered someone to deal with Lucas, declaring that Mu's world had no need for him.
• Lucas told Huan and the women at the Eternal Financial Group headquarters that he would hold a swordsmen-only tournament to determine the world's greatest swordsman.
• Lucas defended the tournament by saying the title would be impressive and that, at twenty-two with a five-digit lifespan remaining, he was still a child.

News of the Eternal Financial Group’s tournament to find the world’s greatest swordsman reached far-flung kingdoms, pirates, Marines, and Shanks’s crew, prompting several fighters to set out or decide to enter. The chapter ended with newspapers spreading the announcement across the seas.

• The king of Lulusia Kingdom saw the tournament as a chance to reclaim his family’s sword and ordered a ship prepared so he could enter.
• King Richard invited Cavendish to join him in the tournament and bring renown to the Brugoia royal family.
• Xieluonia told Naglus he wanted to enter the tournament, and Naglus agreed to go with him.
• Rogers Woods read about the tournament and told his commander he would stop taking commissions for the time being.
• Shanks urged Beckman to join him at the tournament so he could find out what kind of person Vampire Mihawk had praised.

Guernica negotiated with Ochoku on behalf of the World Government, asking him to ambush Eos Lucas after a swordsmen's tournament. Ochoku secured an offer to make Hachinosu a member nation, and the government agreed.

• Guernica entered Ochoku's room on Hachinosu to discuss terms, and Ochoku threatened him with a Haki-coated dagger.
• Guernica asked Ochoku to ambush Eos Lucas after she had exhausted herself in the Eternal Financial Group's swordsmen's tournament.
• Guernica offered Ochoku the first invitation to join the Shichibukai, with special status and freedom from Marine pursuit in exchange for government duties.
• Ochoku demanded that Hachinosu become a member nation of the World Government.
• Guernica consulted his superiors by Den Den Mushi, received their agreement, and Ochoku enthusiastically accepted the deal.

Lucas waited on Rischiled Island for the World’s Greatest Swordsman tournament as Marines, pirates, and other swordsmen gathered offshore, each side wary of making the first move. King Seki of Lulusia challenged Lucas to reclaim the royal heirloom Dracule, and Lucas accepted a duel that left Seki charging at him.

• Lucas prepared the tournament arena on Rischiled Island while Robin, Hina, and the others watched from the Eos.
• Ships carrying Marines, pirates, kingdoms, and other swordsmen crowded the island’s shore, but no one was willing to land first.
• Commodore Jion planned for the Marines to wait until the swordsmen had weakened one another before closing in.
• Lucas saw that no top-tier swordsmen had arrived and continued waiting on the island.
• King Seki landed and demanded that Lucas return Dracule, the Lulusia royal family heirloom recovered from the Happo Navy.
• Lucas challenged Seki to defeat him for the weapon, and Seki charged after accepting the duel.

Lucas defeated King Seki with a crimson Flying Slash that severed his arm and split the beach, sea, and nearby pirate ships, terrifying the assembled fleet and viewers. After King Seki withdrew and other swordsmen began leaving, the second challenger, Dark Sword Xelonia, arrived and was mocked for his low bounty.

• Lucas formed a metal longsword and told King Seki that any blade could launch a Flying Slash.
• Lucas's crimson Flying Slash broke King Seki's rapier, severed his left arm, and carved a vast ravine through the beach and sea, destroying nearby pirate ships.
• The competing fleet retreated, while Onigumo and other Marines feared that a Buster Call might be ineffective against Lucas.
• Lucas asked who else would challenge him, and King Seki left the island with his guards.
• Several swordsmen withdrew before Dark Sword Xelonia landed as the second challenger.
• A Marine identified Xelonia as a one-million-Beli bounty hunter affiliated with the Naglus Pirates, prompting the other contestants to mock him.

Lucas defeated wave after wave of swordsmen at the Rischiled Island tournament while the world watched. When the Moby Dick arrived, Richard challenged Lucas and was defeated, leaving young Cavendish to carry his father away and vow revenge.

• Xieluonia challenged Lucas with Busoshoku Haki, but Lucas wounded him and Naglus carried him back to their ship.
• Swordsmen continued challenging Lucas, who defeated them with Flying Slashes as Kuina, Zoro, and a girl in the North Star Archipelago watched the broadcast.
• Jion listed many famous swordsmen Lucas had defeated, and the Moby Dick arrived, prompting the Marines to abandon their plans to arrest the contestants.
• Richard attacked Lucas with Beautiful Sword: Sylvia, but Lucas shattered his rapier and sent him crashing onto the beach.
• Cavendish checked that Richard was alive, vowed to take revenge on Lucas when he grew up, and helped his unconscious father back to their ship.

Lucas defeated Vista with a single overwhelming sword strike, leaving the gathered challengers convinced that he was an insurmountable opponent. After a long pause, the strongest bounty hunter, Rogers Woods, stepped forward to challenge him.

• Vista challenged Lucas to a proper duel and attacked with his Rose Dance technique.
• Lucas shattered Vista's Haki defense and swords with one strike, and Marco caught the injured Vista before bringing him back to the Moby Dick.
• Vista admitted total defeat, and the watching swordsmen and worldwide viewers were shaken by Lucas's strength.
• Yamato praised Lucas to Black Maria, while Hancock watched his face on a projection screen and counted down one more year.
• At sunrise, Rogers Woods identified himself as the strongest bounty hunter and stepped onto the shore to challenge Lucas.
• Lucas recognized Rogers Woods and reflected on how the World Government had prevented bounty hunters from organizing into a force for stability.

Lucas defeated every swordsman who challenged him with a single strike until Shanks arrived with the Red Hair Pirates and challenged him. Their clash split the island and sky, and they continued fighting as the spectators watched in shock.

• Rogers Woods launched a massive slash at Lucas, who cut it apart and defeated him with one strike.
• Swordsmen continued challenging Lucas, but each was defeated in a single strike as despair spread among the spectators.
• The Red Force forced its way through the crowded fleet and reached the island, where Shanks teased with his crew before challenging Lucas.
• Shanks attacked with Divine Departure, and Lucas met his strike, splitting the island and clouds with the collision.
• Shanks followed with Wild Imperial Soul, and Lucas countered as their battle sent shockwaves through the coast and tossed the spectator ships.

Lucas and Shanks fought a devastating duel on Rischiled Island, trading advanced Haki and powerful sword techniques. Shanks was wounded and surprised when Lucas copied Divine Departure, but he continued attacking as the island and surrounding sea were torn apart.

• Marco and the Red Hair Pirates watched in awe as Lucas and Shanks clashed, while Uta admired Lucas.
• Shanks used Observation Killing to vanish from Lucas’s Observation Haki, but Lucas sensed his Life Energy and forced him to reveal himself with a Devil Fruit attack.
• Lucas unleashed Thunder God Tenmei Flash, and Shanks countered the bioelectric currents with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Shanks and Lucas collided with Divine Departure and Xuanbigu, shattering Shanks’s Haki armor and drawing blood.
• Shanks asked who taught Lucas Divine Departure, and Lucas said he had learned it by seeing Shanks use it.
• Shanks launched Eighty Owl Commanders, and Lucas countered with Blood Domain Veil as their attacks battered the island and sent waves toward the watching fleet.

Lucas defeated Shanks after a three-day duel, then faced Mihawk as the two began their battle to determine the world's greatest swordsman. Their first clash split the clouds, and the fight continued.

• Mihawk cut through the Marine fleet to reach the island and watch Lucas fight Shanks.
• Lucas used his Hybrid Form and a storm of Haki-infused blood swords to overwhelm Shanks, who surrendered.
• The Red-Hair Pirates carried Shanks back to the Red Force, where the crew joked with him about his loss.
• Mihawk stepped onto shore and clashed wills with Lucas, who welcomed him to settle who was truly the world's greatest swordsman.
• Lucas and Mihawk exchanged Flying Slashes and met blade to blade, splitting the clouds with the force of their clash.

Lucas and Mihawk fought for three days and nights in a battle broadcast around the world to determine the greatest swordsman. Lucas gained the upper hand, but Mihawk struggled back to his feet and raised Yoru for another strike.

• Mihawk and Lucas exchanged powerful slashes and clashed with Conqueror's Haki as audiences worldwide watched their duel.
• Lucas healed rapidly from his wounds, while Mihawk relied on his skill and stamina despite being badly injured.
• After three days and nights, the collapsing island forced the fighters to continue their battle in the sky.
• Ochoku watched from a disguised merchant ship, waiting for a chance to assassinate Lucas or Mihawk.
• Lucas struck Mihawk down into the remaining island fragment, but Mihawk stood back up and raised Yoru, its blade crackling with black-red lightning.

Eos Lucas defeated Dracule Mihawk in their final clash and was declared the world's greatest swordsman. As Lucas reunited with his family, Ochoku ambushed him with a Seastone weapon and struck his heart, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Mihawk poured his remaining Haki into Yoru and unleashed a massive Flying Slash, but Lucas's attack broke through and struck the sea around him.
• Shanks rescued the barely alive Mihawk, and Morgans announced that Eos Lucas had claimed the title of the world's greatest swordsman.
• Lucas returned to the island fragment, transformed back, and greeted his family after the ships and reporters began departing.
• Ochoku used a World Government secret technique to conceal himself and teleported a Seastone short sword into Lucas's back, piercing his heart.
• Ochoku sensed Lucas's life force plummeting, teleported away, and escaped everyone's Observation Haki range.