Chapter Summaries

Dawn and Whitebeard fought for five days and nights, and Whitebeard’s age and dwindling stamina began to show. Whitebeard unleashed a world-bending seaquake, but Dawn’s Void Torrent suppressed his Tremor-Tremor Fruit and restored the sea, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Pirates, merchants, Marines, and Morgans gathered to watch and record Dawn and Whitebeard’s battle off the Majiatsuka Kingdom.
• Dawn struck Whitebeard with a Haki-coated attack, and Whitebeard realized that age had drained his strength and stamina.
• Whitebeard refused to yield and used his awakened Tremor-Tremor Fruit to tilt the sea and devastate much of the Royal Capital.
• Dawn protected himself and David's Revenge, then unleashed Void Torrent to confine and suppress Whitebeard’s vibrations.
• Whitebeard’s seaquake collapsed and the sea leveled out, while the battle continued.

Dawn returned Saint Germain’s memories to Whitebeard, proving that the World Government had orchestrated the Sphinx Massacre and manipulated their fight. Whitebeard learned the truth but still held Dawn responsible for the deaths of his sons, while Dawn noticed Blackbeard among the pirates as he prepared to leave.

• Dawn sent the exhausted Whitebeard back to the Moby Dick, then arrived on deck with Kuma and the wounded Saint Germain.
• Dawn presented Saint Germain’s memories, but the commanders doubted their authenticity until Whitebeard recognized Kuma from God Valley and chose to trust him.
• Whitebeard viewed the memories and learned that the Five Elders and World Government had arranged the massacre and tried to make him and Dawn fight.
• Whitebeard thanked Dawn for revealing the truth but insisted that Dawn still owed a debt for killing his sons, Karma and Oliver.
• Kuma departed for Baltigo, and Dawn picked up Saint Germain before spotting Blackbeard hiding among Whitebeard’s crew.

Dawn revealed that Teach was Rocks’s son and invited him to leave the Whitebeard Pirates, but Teach refused. Whitebeard accepted Teach as his son, promised to train him, and asked him to protect the crew as its future king.

• Dawn openly asked Teach to join him and revealed that Teach was Rocks’s biological son, shocking the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Teach declined Dawn’s offer, saying he considered the Moby Dick his home, and Dawn left with the half-dead Saint Germain.
• Whitebeard asked Teach whether the revelation was true, then affirmed that Teach was his son regardless of Rocks’s identity.
• Whitebeard told Teach about his D. heritage and Rocks’s legacy, then promised to personally train him in Haki and combat.
• Whitebeard asked Teach to become king and protect the Whitebeard Pirates after he was gone, and Teach embraced him as his true father.

Dawn toured the Royal Capital with Uta and Perona, unaware that Imu was preparing an ambush at a hot spring inn. Imu ordered Saint Killingham to wait until Dawn entered the water, while a Nightmare Domain turned half the kingdom’s residents into an army of monsters and Blackening Soldiers.

• Dawn, Uta, and Perona walked through the ruined Royal Capital toward its famous hot spring inn.
• Saint Killingham reported their destination to Imu, who planned to attack Dawn while his Devil Fruit powers and stamina were weakened by the hot spring and recent fighting.
• Imu dismissed Saint Killingham’s concern that the soldiers lacked lightning protection, reasoning that the Rumble-Rumble Fruit user would stop once the Blackening was lifted.
• Saint Killingham spread a Nightmare Domain over half the Royal Capital, putting residents to sleep and transforming them into Nightmare Monsters and Blackening Soldiers.
• Saint Killingham assembled an army of one hundred thousand Blackening Soldiers and Nightmare Monsters for the assassination.

Dawn waited calmly at the hot spring inn while Enel awakened the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and wiped out most of the attacking army. At the clock tower, Brook briefly awakened Princess Zhuli’s consciousness in Gunko, but Imu suppressed her and escaped with Saint Killingham to Pangaea Castle.

• Dawn reassured Uta and Perona that he had anticipated the ambush as the Nightmare Monsters and Blackening Soldiers advanced on the inn.
• Enel covered the island in thunderclouds and unleashed Ten Thousand Thunders, destroying the invading forces and restoring or killing the transformed citizens.
• Imu realized the attack had failed and prepared to retreat from the clock tower.
• Brook emerged through an Air Door and called to Gunko as Princess Zhuli, briefly breaking through Imu’s control.
• Princess Zhuli warned Brook to flee, but Imu forced her consciousness back and teleported himself and Saint Killingham to Pangaea Castle.

After Dawn’s draw with Whitebeard raised the pressure on the Four Emperors, Shanks, Big Mom, and Kaido pushed themselves and their crews to improve. Kaido had mastered the basics of Conqueror’s Haki defense and planned to train his All-Stars in advanced techniques.

• Shanks asked Benn Beckman and Yasopp to keep attacking him so he could learn Conqueror’s Haki defense, but they objected to pushing him into a near-death state.
• Big Mom used Life Return to store energy and reduce the risk of Hunger Pangs, then promised to teach Katakuri Conqueror’s Haki Coating.
• Queen and King attacked Kaido during training, and Kaido emerged from their assault protected by armor formed from Armament and Conqueror’s Haki.
• Kaido announced that he had grasped the basics of Conqueror’s Haki defense and would teach King, Queen, and Jack Armament Haki Internal Destruction.
• Kaido told his All-Stars to knock him out of his rampaging awakening state so he could master his Zoan Awakening and later help them awaken too.

Trafalgar Law saved Judge with artificial organs while Reiju and Sanji waited by his bedside. After Judge woke, he revealed that CP0 had killed Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji, leaving the family to face their grief and Judge’s next decision.

• Trafalgar Law operated on Judge and replaced his failed liver and kidneys with artificial organs.
• Law told Reiju and Sanji that the surgery had succeeded and Judge would recover with rest and medication.
• Judge woke and spoke with Reiju and Sanji, appearing exhausted and defeated.
• Judge told Reiju that CP0 had killed Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji.
• Reiju and Sanji reacted with grief and conflicted feelings, then Reiju asked Judge what he planned to do next.

Dawn offered Judge a chance to rebuild the Vinsmoke Family in exchange for serving him at Elbaf. After Judge secured a promise that Dawn and Reiju’s first child would bear the Vinsmoke name, he pledged his loyalty, leaving Dawn and Reiju alone together.

• Judge admitted he had no plans after Germa’s defeat and the deaths of his sons.
• Dawn told Judge he could not return to the North Blue and ordered him to develop electromagnetic weapons and Modified Human Technology at Elbaf.
• Dawn promised to grant the North Blue to the Vinsmoke Family after overthrowing the World Government, and Judge asked that Dawn and Reiju’s first child bear the Vinsmoke name.
• Dawn accepted Judge’s condition, and Judge pledged his loyalty and the Vinsmoke Family’s service to him.
• Xiao Ai sent Judge and his hospital bed out of the operating room, and Sanji left to check on him.
• Reiju thanked Dawn, and he reassured her that her family was his family too.

Dawn brought Judge to the Elbaf research center, where he reunited with Vegapunk and Caesar and joined their research. Dawn then returned to Dawn Island, where Gerd attacked him in anger over his long absence.

• Dawn escorted Judge through Egghead Sky Island’s laboratory and introduced him to Vegapunk and Caesar.
• Judge and Caesar traded insults before Vegapunk called them back to discussing Lineage Factor research.
• Dawn left the research center and flew to Dawn Island, where Gerd was sweeping the courtyard.
• Gerd confronted Dawn with a Haki-coated axe, accusing him of leaving for more than half a year without contacting her.
• Dawn deflected Gerd’s first strike, then let her land the next blow as she charged him in tears.

Dawn reunited with Gerd on Elbaf, comforted her after she demanded to join him, and explained that the dangers posed by the World Government made it too risky to take her along. He left her at Elbaf after describing the threats facing them, while the New Giant Warrior Pirates continued growing stronger under Hajrudin’s training with Loki.

• Gerd struck the ground around Dawn with her axe until she was exhausted, and Dawn carried her back to her residence.
• Dawn and Gerd reconciled, but Gerd asked him to take her with him when he left.
• Dawn refused, saying the World Government and the dangers ahead made it impossible to guarantee Gerd’s safety.
• Gerd said she was the New Giant Warrior Pirates’ second-strongest fighter after Hajrudin, who had grown powerful through Loki’s repeated training fights.
• Dawn stayed with Gerd for a day and a night, explained the World Government’s schemes and the God’s Knights’ threat, and persuaded her not to sail with him.

Dawn visited Harald and Loki in Elbaf after bringing someone to Egghead Sky Island, and joined them for drinks. He refused Loki’s request to sail with him, explaining that Loki and the Giant army needed to remain hidden in Elbaf until the final battle against the World Government.

• Harald defeated Loki during their sparring match and criticized his crude use of Conqueror's Haki Coating.
• Dawn arrived in the Underworld, and Harald and Loki greeted him warmly before taking him to a tavern.
• Harald thanked Dawn for helping the Giants stranded outside Elbaf return safely.
• Dawn told Harald and Loki that he had come to visit Gerd and catch up while bringing someone to the laboratory on Egghead Sky Island.
• Loki asked Dawn to let him sail and fight the World Government, but Dawn refused and explained that Loki and the Giants should stay hidden for the final battle.
• A squirrel in the Underworld woke up confused because its huge master had disappeared.

While Dawn was away in Elbaf, Robin, Ulti, Vivi, and Sugar went shopping on Botchiballarta Island, where locals blamed the Dawn Pirates for killing Oliver. Prince Grus of SWORD spotted the women and watched them as they headed to a beauty salon.

• The four women shopped on Botchiballarta Island, ignoring hostile stares from residents who resented the Dawn Pirates for killing Oliver.
• Sugar complained that her legs were sore, and Vivi suggested they visit a famous beauty salon.
• Robin, Ulti, Vivi, and Sugar asked for directions and headed toward the salon together.
• Prince Grus, a SWORD member ordered to track the Dawn Pirates, recognized the women and watched them from the shadows.

Grus sent clay dolls to test the four women, but they recognized and destroyed them, exposing his surveillance. He retreated toward the island's underground harbor after learning Vivi's and Ulti's abilities.

• Grus created four Marine-uniformed clay dolls and sent them to arrest Nico Robin and Ulti at a beauty salon.
• Sugar tried to turn the dolls into toys, but her ability had no effect on them.
• Vivi used her Suna Suna no Mi and Armament Haki to behead the dolls, but they reattached their heads.
• Robin recognized the dolls as creations of the Clay-Clay Fruit and explained that they had to be fragmented to stop them.
• Ulti used Vacuum Wind Blades to cut the dolls into fragments, severing Grus's mental link to them.
• Grus realized his surveillance had been exposed and retreated through the alley toward the underground harbor.

Kuina challenged Squard at the harbor, openly presenting the Dawn Pirates’ arrival as a swordsman’s duel. Their fierce fight left Kuina gaining the advantage, while Zoro watched her swordsmanship improve.

• Squard confronted the Dawn Pirates at the harbor and demanded to know their purpose.
• Hancock prepared to answer Squard herself, but Kuina asked to fight him and Hancock agreed.
• Kuina challenged Squard, explaining that she had come to test herself against a notable New World swordsman.
• Kuina and Squard traded powerful sword attacks, with both using Haki to block and counter.
• Kuina began to dominate the exchange as Zoro watched from David's Revenge, then left with a faint smile.

Prince Grus reported his intelligence on the Dawn Pirates to Marine Headquarters, but Vivi, Ulti, and Robin confronted him at the underground port. Their attacks damaged his clay giant, yet his clay constructs regenerated and his Haki defenses held, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Grus hurried through the underground port and used an encrypted Marine Den Den Mushi to report everything he had learned about the Dawn Pirates.
• Vivi, Ulti, and Robin emerged from an Air Door and confronted Grus for ambushing their crew.
• Grus attacked the three women with a massive Haki-coated clay wave, which Ulti split with her Dragon Fang Gale Fist.
• Vivi and Robin struck Grus with sand and petal attacks, but he burst free inside an eight-meter-tall clay giant.
• Ulti, Vivi, and Robin unleashed fire, a sand dragon, and a barrage of Haki-coated stomps, breaking the clay giant's torso without defeating Grus.
• Grus used his stamina to regenerate the clay giant, and the battle continued with his defenses still intact.

Hancock ordered Violet to monitor Marine Headquarters and Mary Geoise after learning that the God's Knights were communicating through their shared mental space. The Knights planned to wait for the Dawn Pirates to reach Hive Island before attacking, while Saint Saturn revealed that he had prepared a Marine-side scheme to capture hostages and force Dawn into battle.

• Hancock asked Violet to investigate the God's Knights, and Violet reported that they were hiding on an unmarked island and communicating without speaking.
• Hancock instructed Violet to use her ability every three hours to watch the areas around Marine Headquarters and Mary Geoise.
• Saint Somaz urged Saint Shamrock to seize hostages while Dawn was away, but Saint Shamrock argued that they should wait until the Dawn Pirates fought Ochoku on Hive Island.
• Saint Saturn joined the Knights' mental-space conversation and said they were testing whether the enemy had a diviner or a Glint-Glint Fruit user.
• Saint Warcury asked about the Marine arrangements, and Saint Saturn said they could capture Dawn's associates and force him into a decisive battle on favorable ground.

Kuina defeated Squard in a prolonged sword fight on Botchiballarta Island, proving she had reached the strength of an ordinary officer in a Four Emperors crew. Afterward, Yamato congratulated her and took her to the dining hall to try a new dish.

• Kuina and Squard fought for a day and a night until Squard was exhausted and Kuina remained steady.
• Kuina used Nine-Headed Dragon Flash to break Squard's Great Whirlpool Spider Slash and leave him wounded and unconscious.
• Nojiko opened an Air Door, and Kuina returned through it while coastal patrol soldiers carried Squard to the island's medical facilities.
• Yamato congratulated Kuina on reaching ordinary officer level and pulled her toward the dining hall to try her new dish.

Vivi, Robin, and Ulti continued their two-day battle against Grus in the underground harbor, where Ulti’s wind-based Rasenshuriken finally wounded him. Robin stepped in to face Grus, saying he had helped her take the final step.

• Black market dealers stole Grus’s Marine warship amid the battle, leaving him and his clay army to face Vivi, Robin, and Ulti alone.
• Vivi used the Suna Suna no Mi to turn the harbor floor into a desert and crushed Grus’s clay soldiers, while Robin’s giant arms smashed apart the clay giants and Ulti endured their attacks.
• Ulti formed a Haki-coated Rasenshuriken with precise wind control and hurled it at the clay giant hiding Grus.
• The attack tore through the clay giant and wounded Grus, who burned through his remaining stamina to repair himself and the construct.
• Grus attacked Ulti with Haki-coated Clay Bullets, but Robin deflected them and took over the fight, while Ulti stepped aside.

Robin awakened her Flower-Flower Fruit and crushed Grus’s clay giant, leaving him barely alive. Sugar turned Grus into a toy, erasing his existence and memories of him from the world.

• Grus questioned Robin about joining the Dawn Pirates and secretly transmitted their exchange to Marine Headquarters.
• Robin told Grus she fought for revenge and the world, then remembered Dawn warning her not to create a giant version of herself.
• Robin awakened her Flower-Flower Fruit, forming countless giant arms that destroyed Grus’s defenses and crushed him against a rock wall.
• Sugar came out of Subspace, confirmed Grus was still alive, and turned him into a toy with the Hobby-Hobby Fruit.
• A young woman in Marineford lost her memories of Grus and his report, then tore up the intelligence and returned to her work.

After returning from Elbaf, Dawn recovered the reborn Clay-Clay Fruit and learned that Marine Headquarters and Saint Saturn planned to attack the Dawn Pirates after the clash at Hive Island. He began considering how to turn their ambush against the World Government.

• Dawn questioned Ulti about Grus and a girl with a whip, then promised not to bring another woman into the family.
• Dawn found Grus transformed into a toy in Sugar's nursery and took the reborn Clay-Clay Fruit.
• Uta confronted Dawn over rumors that he wanted to add another woman to the family, and he denied them.
• Dawn received a report from Gion that elite Marines and Saint Saturn had infiltrated the New World to attack the Dawn Pirates after the Hive Island battle.
• Dawn considered how to exploit the planned ambush and set a trap for the World Government.