Chapter Summaries

Dawn stopped Hody Jones from assassinating Princess Otohime and caught Vander Decken IX trying to mark Shirahoshi. After warning Shark that Shirahoshi was Poseidon, Dawn asked Otohime to discuss the Fish-Man Tribe’s future and her dream of peaceful coexistence with humans.

• Human pirates hired by Hody Jones set fire to the petition box, and Princess Otohime rushed to save the signatures.
• Hody Jones shot at Otohime, but Dawn stopped every bullet with his gravitational power, and Neptune’s Army moved to arrest him.
• Hody Jones broke free from Dawn’s Gravity Field and attacked Neptune’s Army soldiers.
• Dawn caught Vander Decken IX trying to touch Shirahoshi and mark her with the Mark-Mark Fruit, and Shark ordered soldiers to take Vander Decken IX away.
• Dawn revealed to Shark that Shirahoshi was Poseidon, then asked Otohime to speak with him about the Fish-Man Tribe’s future and peaceful coexistence with humans.

Dawn met with King Neptune and Princess Otohime after the assassination attempt and argued that moving Fish-Man Island's people to the surface would expose them to slavery under the Celestial Dragons. He offered Sky Island as a safe place where they could live beneath the sun until the World Government's rulers changed, leaving Otohime moved by the possibility of realizing her dream.

• Dawn arrived at Ryugu Palace's banquet hall with Jinbe and the former Sun Pirates, and Neptune shielded Shirahoshi from his gaze.
• Dawn explained that the World Government hunted the David Clan because it possessed information that could threaten its rule.
• Dawn warned Otohime that surface relocation would put Fish-Men and Merfolk within reach of the Celestial Dragons and human traffickers.
• Dawn affirmed Otohime's dream of coexistence but said the next generation needed a safe place to grow away from surface prejudice.
• Dawn proposed moving uninhabited islands, or even Fish-Man Island, to Sky Island so its people could live in safety under the sun.
• Neptune reconsidered Dawn's proposal, Otohime wept with hope, and Jinbe bowed to Dawn in admiration.

Yamato and Dawn’s companions destroyed Hody Jones’s hatred-fueled force in Fish-Man Street while Dawn finalized an alliance with Ryugu Kingdom. The chapter ended with Otohime preparing to persuade the people to move temporarily to Sky Island and Neptune fretting over Dawn’s proposed future marriage to Shirahoshi.

• Yamato killed Hody Jones and brought his body to Fish-Man Street to shatter his followers’ faith.
• Daruma attacked Yamato but Reiju poisoned him, and Hyouzou’s assault on Reiju ended with his body decaying.
• Yamato froze the charging Fish-Men, Perona drained others of their will to fight, and Baby 5 shot those hiding behind cover.
• Dawn told Yamato and Robin that his talks with King Neptune’s court had gone smoothly, while Robin questioned him about Joy Boy’s apology letter.
• Otohime agreed to Dawn’s proposal to marry Shirahoshi after he toppled the World Government, and she planned to persuade Fish-Man Island’s people to relocate temporarily to Sky Island.
• Neptune objected to the marriage proposal and worried that Shirahoshi was only six years old.

Dawn chose Raijin Island as the David's Revenge's next destination, and his crew sailed through the New World's extreme weather without trouble. Near the island, Dawn encountered Mihawk, and the two prepared to fight again.

• Dawn chose Raijin Island so Nami and Enel could train amid its dense lightning.
• Dawn shielded the David's Revenge from avalanches, giant hailstones, and towering waves with his Gravity Field.
• Dawn sensed Mihawk near Raijin Island and used an Air Door to bring Nami and Enel ashore to explore.
• Mihawk attacked Dawn with a massive Flying Slash, and Dawn met it with a golden slash from Kikoku.
• Mihawk recognized Kikoku as a Black Blade and asked whether Dawn had defeated Golden Lion Shiki.
• Dawn and Mihawk landed on Raijin Island, protected themselves from the lightning with Armament Haki, and faced each other.

Dawn fought Hawk-Eye Mihawk on a New World starting island while Marines watched from hiding under Admiral Aokiji’s protection. Dawn unveiled his new sword technique, Abyssal Echo, and the chapter ended with its clash against Mihawk’s slash devastating the island and sea.

• Dawn and Mihawk exchanged powerful sword strikes that shattered a mountaintop and sent shockwaves through the area.
• The battle’s shockwaves scattered the Marines lying in ambush, and Kuzan told them to wait until the fight was over.
• Dawn invited Mihawk to join his pirate crew if he lost, but Mihawk declined and asked about Dawn’s new sword technique.
• Dawn explained that he had recreated the technique from descriptions of an elder’s swordsmanship.
• Dawn unleashed Abyssal Echo, and Mihawk countered with a spiraling flying slash; their attacks collided and split the ground and sea with a massive shockwave.

Dawn and Mihawk fought a destructive duel on Raijin Island, and Mihawk sent Dawn flying with a powerful slash. Pressured by CP Agents and the threat of punishment for the Marines, Kuzan launched an ice attack at Dawn from behind.

• Zoro watched Dawn and Mihawk clash and realized their swordsmanship surpassed his, while Sanji mocked his dream of becoming the world's greatest swordsman.
• Dawn and Mihawk exchanged lightning-empowered slashes before Dawn struck Mihawk with enough force to send him crashing into a mountain.
• Kuzan shielded the Marines from the lightning and ordered them to return to their warships, but the CP Agents refused to leave.
• Mihawk emerged from the shattered mountain and cut through Dawn's Abyssal Prison Garb, sending him hurtling through the air.
• The CP Agents threatened to send the Marines to Impel Down if Kuzan did not act, so Kuzan attacked Dawn from behind with an Armament Haki-coated ice bird.

Dawn and Mihawk continued their fierce sword duel on Raijin Island, while Aramaki fought Kuzan amid the island’s lightning. Their clash tore open the storm-dark sky, and Aramaki began using lightning-fed flames to exploit Kuzan’s weakness to fire.

• Aramaki emerged through an Air Door and crushed Kuzan’s ice bird before striking him into a deep crater.
• Dawn invited Mihawk to continue their duel, and Mihawk unleashed a Dragon Twister that Dawn split with Kikoku.
• Mihawk dodged Dawn’s sword energy and answered with a slash that split the storm clouds before their blades collided and opened the sky.
• Aramaki tried to persuade Kuzan to stop fighting, but Kuzan insisted on carrying out his mission.
• Aramaki summoned trees that caught fire in the lightning and sent them lunging at Kuzan, who evaded their attacks.

Yamato intercepted Admiral Akainu Sakazuki as he attacked David's Revenge and fought him in the sky above the sea. Their first clash ended in a powerful collision, with the battle still unresolved.

• For three days and nights, a fierce duel raged on Raijin Island while the crew, Marines, and pirate spies watched from the surrounding sea.
• Yamato sensed someone approaching from Rishiki Red Island and readied herself to fight.
• Sakazuki arrived and launched Meteor Volcano at David's Revenge.
• Yamato emerged through an Air Door and destroyed the magma fists with freezing energy and Haki.
• Sakazuki declared that Yamato must die because of her ancestry and her connection to the world's most vicious criminal.
• Yamato charged Sakazuki, and their spiked club and magma fist collided in a powerful clash.

Dawn defeated Mihawk in their final clash after a three-day duel, claiming victory in the battle for the title of World's Greatest Swordsman. Sanji rescued the unconscious Mihawk from the sea, while Yamato and Bullet continued fighting Sakazuki and Kizaru near David's Revenge.

• Yamato fought Sakazuki with Kundali Dragon Swarm as their clashes churned the sea into tsunamis.
• Kizaru attacked David's Revenge with Yasakani no Magatama, but Bullet emerged from an Air Door and charged through the light barrage toward him.
• Dawn and Mihawk continued their duel above Raijin Island, where Mihawk admitted Dawn had surpassed him in pure swordsmanship but demanded one final strike.
• Mihawk launched a massive Flying Slash, but Dawn countered with Abyssal Echo, shattered Mihawk's arms, and sent him falling into the ocean.
• Dawn contacted his allies, and Sanji found the unconscious Mihawk underwater and carried him back through an Air Door.

Kuzan and Aramaki clashed above Raijin Island before Aramaki withdrew, while Sakazuki battled Yamato outside the island. Dawn called off Enel and Nami’s attacks, then intervened to save Yamato and knock Sakazuki back.

• Aramaki struck Kuzan with a Haki-coated wooden palm, but Kuzan blocked it with Ice before Aramaki escaped.
• Kuzan left Raijin Island as Yamato continued fighting Sakazuki at sea.
• Enel unleashed a massive lightning pillar at Sakazuki, who endured it with a Haki barrier, and Dawn ordered Enel and Nami to withdraw.
• Sakazuki trapped Yamato in his Dogtooth Crimson Lotus, but Dawn appeared and stopped the magma attack with a two-colored Haki barrier.
• Dawn struck Sakazuki with a Gravity Field and Armament Haki, sending him flying and making him spit blood.

Dawn and Yamato unleashed a combined attack against the three Marine Admirals, then escaped through an Air Door aboard David's Revenge. The Admirals survived but were badly injured, while nearby ships were destroyed by the shockwave.

• Dawn pulled Bullet away from his fight with Kizaru and sent him through an Air Door.
• Sakazuki, Kizaru, and Kuzan regrouped and surrounded Dawn and Yamato in the air.
• Dawn and Yamato combined their powers in a devastating attack, then escaped through an Air Door before it struck the Admirals.
• The shockwave flattened the sea, damaged nearby ships, and sent Marines and pirates into the waves, while David's Revenge narrowly escaped.
• The three Admirals endured the blast with serious injuries, and Kizaru and Kuzan acknowledged they had failed to capture Dawn as Sakazuki watched the ship disappear.

Charlotte Oven decided to retaliate against Dawn by attacking his New World bases, and Colton led a Big Mom Pirates assault on a Dawn arms factory in Deirena Kingdom. As Colton overwhelmed the guards, a Tyrannosaurus burst from the factory and attacked him.

• After reading about Dawn's victory at Raijin Island, Oven chose to strike Dawn's underground bases rather than challenge him directly.
• Colton and the Powder Pirates entered the arms factory and attacked its guards, claiming Dawn had overreached in the Underworld.
• The factory guards coordinated their gunfire and pushed the pirates back, but Colton joined the fight and cut through their defensive line.
• The guards' captain attacked Colton, but Colton dodged the blow with his Logia ability and appeared behind him.
• A Tyrannosaurus charged out of the factory and bit toward Colton.

Colton defeated Page One and was about to kill him when Ulti arrived and attacked in defense of her younger brother. After Ulti badly wounded Colton, he chose to risk everything rather than flee.

• Colton bound Page One with powder chains and detonated powder inside him, leaving him unconscious and gravely wounded.
• As Colton raised his sword to kill Page One, Ulti arrived, transformed, and struck Colton with Haki-coated wind blades.
• Ulti checked Page One, ordered the guards to care for him, and turned to fight Colton.
• Colton’s powder attacks failed to penetrate Ulti’s Haki, and she burned his right arm with a Haki-wrapped pillar of fire.
• Colton weighed fleeing against fighting for the promised Charlotte Family knight title and decided to risk everything.

Ulti defeated Colton with the Dragon Fang Gale Fist, ending the attack on Dawn’s underground arms factory. At an unnamed island harbor, Hawk-Eye Mihawk left after refusing Dawn’s recruitment, while Dawn learned Ulti was returning and planned a visit to Dressrosa with Violet and Scarlett.

• Colton unleashed a powder tornado and attacked Ulti from behind with a massive Haki-coated powder fist.
• Ulti used the Dragon Fang Gale Fist, sliced through Colton’s attack, and killed him with the remaining wind blade.
• Hawk-Eye Mihawk used a slash to propel his coffin boat away from the harbor, leaving Dawn’s recruitment attempt unsuccessful.
• Violet told Dawn that Ulti had defeated the enemy and was on her way back.
• Dawn said he wanted to see Charlotte Oven’s reaction to the failure and planned to visit Dressrosa with Violet and Scarlett.

Dawn moved to absorb the New World's Underworld and build the manpower and intelligence network he needed to become a Four Emperor. At a meeting in Mogaro Kingdom, Lafitte confronted the Underworld emperors over their resistance to Dawn's authority.

• Dawn sent Scarlett and Violet ashore at Dressrosa and learned from Stussy that the Underworld emperors had gathered in Mogaro Kingdom.
• Dawn ordered Franky to hide David's Revenge in the clouds, then left with Stussy and Monet to meet the emperors.
• Lafitte waited with the assembled Underworld emperors at a disguised trading company and confronted their unease about Dawn's growing power.
• Du Feld demanded forty percent ownership of Paradise's loan-sharking channels, refusing to become Dawn's vassal.
• Lafitte pointed out that the emperors had bowed to Big Mom and challenged them to explain why Dawn deserved less respect.

Lafitte negotiated cooperation terms with the Underworld emperors while Dawn arrived and learned that Piekro had refused to attend. Dawn ordered Monet to send Piekro a “greeting,” then postponed further talks until the emperors watched a video.

• Du Feld stayed silent after Lafitte’s warning, while Umit demanded equal cooperation and protected his shipping routes.
• Giberson demanded privacy and independence for his warehouses, and Morgans asked for advance notice of Dawn’s moves while defending press freedom.
• Dawn arrived with Stussy and Monet, took his seat, and asked why Piekro was absent.
• Morgans said Piekro refused to attend because his Headquarters was hidden and he was unafraid of Dawn.
• Dawn had Monet call someone and instruct them to give Piekro a “greeting.”
• Dawn ended the meeting and told the emperors to return in a few days after watching a video.

Lucci and his companions infiltrated Piekro’s underground assassination den beneath a travel agency and began a surprise attack. After wiping out the first level’s guards, Lucci sent the others toward Piekro’s personal guard unit on the second level.

• Piekro boasted that his hidden headquarters could not be found and mocked the Underworld emperors who had submitted to the world’s greatest swordsman.
• Lucci revealed that he had traced Piekro’s den through a chain of infiltrations and ordered his companions to move in.
• Mr. Tanaka used the Through-Through Fruit to take Lucci and the others through the ground into the den’s first level.
• The guards opened fire, but Lucci blocked their bullets with a copied Barrier-Barrier Fruit power, and Kaku killed the attackers who charged them.
• A Longarm Tribe assassin and his elite guards rushed in, but Kaku and Lucci defeated them and cleared the first level.
• Lucci told his companions that the second level’s personal guard unit was theirs to handle.

Hawkins defeated Blood Jaw and helped Kaku and Bartolomeo wipe out Piekro’s personal guard on the second underground level, while Mr. Tanaka recorded the battle. On the third level, Piekro confronted Lucci and attacked him with his scythe.

• Blood Jaw led Piekro’s elite assassins in an ambush against Hawkins, but Hawkins swept them aside with his Flame Straw technique.
• Blood Jaw attacked Hawkins from a water channel, but a Straw Substitute protected Hawkins and he seized and fatally wounded Blood Jaw.
• The remaining assassins fled toward the escape passage, where Bartolomeo’s barrier trapped them; Kaku and Bartolomeo then attacked them as Mr. Tanaka recorded the fight.
• Piekro recognized Lucci as one of Louis’s men, threatened to turn his organs into merchandise, and lunged at him with his Haki-coated scythe.

Lucci used his replicated Devil Fruit powers and combat skills to defeat Piekro in his own hall. Piekro died after Lucci struck him with Rokuogan, leaving his shattered throne and guards behind.

• Lucci blocked Piekro's full-force scythe strike with a miniature barrier and wounded him with claws that passed through the weapon.
• Piekro attacked wildly with his scythe and threw two guards at Lucci, but Lucci evaded the attacks and mocked him.
• Piekro poured his Haki and will into a destructive scythe strike, but Lucci sank through the floor to avoid it.
• Lucci emerged from the dust and hit Piekro with Rokuogan, shattering his body and killing him on his bone throne.

Dawn forced Umit, Du Feld, Morgans, and Giberson to sign harsh contracts making them his vassals, bringing much of the Underworld under his control. Charlotte Linlin reacted furiously and sent Cracker, Snack, and Oven to confront Dawn in Mogaro Kingdom.

• Umit, Du Feld, Morgans, and Giberson offered Dawn their organizations’ resources and authority after learning that his forces had destroyed Piekro’s headquarters and killed Piekro.
• Dawn presented the four Underworld emperors with severe vassal contracts, and they signed them without objection.
• Monet and Stussy warned Dawn that taking control of the Underworld would provoke Charlotte Linlin, and Dawn accepted that a clash with her was inevitable.
• Charlotte Linlin learned that the Underworld emperors had submitted to Dawn and erupted in anger, rejecting Perospero’s warning about Dawn’s strength.
• Linlin ordered Cracker and Snack to sail to Mogaro Kingdom and confront Dawn, then allowed Oven to join them so he could seek revenge.