Chapter Summaries

Dawn reviewed what was known about Ochoku and the Wang Zhi Pirates, then learned their key fighters from Stussy as he planned an attack that could also ensnare the World Government. On Hive Island, Ochoku mocked a World Government cyborg who had come seeking his help.

• Dawn shared breakfast with Uta and considered the history of Ochoku and the Rocks Pirates.
• Stussy told Dawn that the Wang Zhi Pirates had about ten thousand troops and identified their captain, first mate, doctor, and combatant.
• Dawn recognized the pirates’ Devil Fruits as likely the same ones later wielded by Blackbeard’s crew and began planning how to defeat Ochoku while trapping the World Government.
• The World Government expected Dawn’s Pirates to clash with Ochoku at Hive Island and had set a trap to take advantage of the battle.
• Ochoku mocked a strangely dressed cyborg from the World Government for coming to ask him for help.

Ochoku bargained with a CP0 agent to help the World Government attack the Dawn Pirates in exchange for Hive Island becoming a recognized member nation. The government secretly amassed roughly one hundred thousand troops on the island, preparing a trap for Dawn.

• A disguised CP0 agent asked Ochoku to shelter government personnel and help defeat the Dawn Pirates, offering him ten billion Beli.
• Ochoku demanded that the World Government recognize his rule over Hive Island as an official member nation.
• The CP0 agent consulted the Five Elders, who approved Ochoku's demand and sealed the deal.
• Elite Marines and CP agents secretly arrived on Hive Island in disguise, including Gion and commanders from New World Marine branches.
• The Five Elders prepared to move out, and roughly one hundred thousand government troops gathered on Hive Island to ambush Dawn.

Imu possessed Saint Saturn and converted Gion, the Marine reinforcements, Ochoku, and Hive Island’s population into Blackening Soldiers. Days later, Yamato, Perona, and Stussy arrived at the island, where hundreds of thousands of converted Marines and pirates assembled to confront them.

• Imu used Saint Saturn’s body to overpower Gion and transform her into a Blackening Soldier, then had CP bring the Marine officers to be converted as well.
• Imu summoned the other Four Elders and ordered Ochoku and his three core officers brought in; the Elders defeated them, and Imu placed a restraint in Ochoku before converting them.
• Imu unleashed the converted soldiers, who assimilated all one hundred thousand people on Hive Island in less than half a day.
• The Five Elders praised Imu’s plan to blame the Marines’ deaths on Dawn and destroy the island to conceal the evidence.
• A few days later, David’s Revenge approached Hive Island, and Yamato, Perona, and Stussy emerged on a thundercloud.
• Hundreds of thousands of Blackening Soldiers poured out to face them, including forty thousand pirates and sixty thousand elite Marines.

Dawn watched the Blackened forces overwhelm Hive Island and located Gion, while Yamato led the assault against Ochoku and his officers. The chapter ended as Yamato struck Chikara with Thunder Bagua.

• Dawn spotted Blackened Gion and told Luo to teleport Zoro to her, while directing the others to engage the nearby Marine vice admirals.
• Yamato's Conqueror's Haki failed to incapacitate the Blackening Soldiers, and Ochoku suddenly teleported in to attack her.
• Ochoku's three officers rose into the air as Chikara charged Yamato and Wells and House prepared to target Perona and Stussy.
• Yamato warned her allies to watch for sneak attacks, then rushed down from the thundercloud to meet Chikara.
• Yamato hit Chikara in the face with Thunder Bagua.

Yamato fought Chikara above Hive Island while Ochoku, House, and Wells attempted to ambush her, but Nami, Perona, and Stussy stopped them. On the island, Sabo, Chopper, Drake, Brook, and Monet cut through the Blackening Soldiers, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Yamato traded powerful blows with Chikara, freezing him as their clash shattered the clouds around them.
• Ochoku, House, and Wells attacked Yamato from behind, but Nami's Hollow blast and lightning sharks sent them falling.
• Perona and Stussy pursued the defeated Ochoku, House, and Wells through the air.
• Sabo, Chopper, Drake, Brook, and Monet fought across Hive Island, killing Blackening Soldiers while avoiding being surrounded or assimilated.

The Five Elders identified the Dawn Pirates’ Devil Fruit users as threats while Blackened Vice Admirals fought the pirates in Hive Island’s central plaza. Zoro launched a powerful sword strike at the mindless Gion, leaving their clash unresolved.

• The Five Elders recognized the Dawn Pirates’ Fruit abilities, blamed Dawn for the Heavenly Tribute heist, and ordered that none of the pirates leave Hive Island alive.
• Kuina deflected Vice Admiral Guillotine’s attack and clashed swords with him as he fought under Blackening’s influence.
• Koala battled Red King, who overpowered her and charged again despite her warning that Blackening consumed his lifespan.
• Stella dodged Vice Admiral Hound’s Finger Pistols and struck him with her Haki-coated tails, sending him into a collapsed wall.
• Zoro evaded Gion’s Flying Slashes, rushed toward her through the air, and unleashed Death Lion Song.

Dawn watched the battles from the Door-Door Fruit Subspace and realized Imu had strengthened Blackening Control, making Gion even more dangerous to sacrifice. Yamato overwhelmed Chikara after he unleashed the Force-Force Fruit’s full power, leaving the outcome of the wider battle unresolved.

• Dawn explained that Imu had improved Blackening Control so its victims could use Armament Haki at maximum defensive strength.
• Nojiko worried that Gion’s lifespan would be drained faster, while Dawn hoped Monet would develop the Vampire-Vampire Fruit enough to help her.
• Hancock pointed out that Yamato’s battle was nearing its conclusion, and the scene shifted back to her fight with Chikara.
• Chikara enhanced his strength with Blackening Control and blasted Yamato away, but she charged back with Ragnaraku: Draw into Naraka.
• Yamato shattered Chikara’s Haki Armor and body with her strike, turning him into a cloud of blood mist.

Nami fought House on Hive Island while the Five Elders prepared to ambush her and use her danger to draw out Dawn. Nami’s lightning attack pierced House’s defense, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Blackening Magic revived Chikara, but an Air Door immediately sucked him away as Yamato watched the battlefield.
• Saint Saturn and Saint Warcury ordered Saint Nusjuro to attack Nami when she was weakened or distracted, hoping to force Dawn to intervene.
• House dodged Nami’s rain and lightning attacks, using Haki to protect his vital areas while his Immortal Body healed the rest.
• Nami kept fighting after seeing Stussy and Perona hold their own, then sent Haki-coated thundercloud sharks after House.
• The largest shark tore through the Haki armor around House’s neck, and lightning struck his unprotected throat.

Nami fought House on Hive Island, using her weather abilities against his Mythical Zoan and rapidly healing body. After Yamato left the fight to her, Nami coated her lightning with Armament Haki, but House endured the attack and charged in to strike her.

• Nojiko watched Nami fight House while Dawn warned that House’s Mythical Zoan, Armament Haki, and Immortal Body made him difficult to defeat.
• Nami used cloud clones, an avalanche, and hot air bubbles against House, but his injuries healed quickly and her attacks failed to seriously harm him.
• Yamato arrived and frightened House, but Nami asked her to leave the battle to her, so Yamato went to another battlefield.
• House transformed into his Human-Beast Form and fired Haki-coated feather blades at Nami, who countered with lightning infused with Armament Haki.
• House endured Nami’s lightning, then charged through the air and brought his Haki-coated hoof down toward her thundercloud form.

Nami awakened her Cloud-Cloud Fruit while battling House on Hive Island, unleashing island-wide extreme weather that overwhelmed him. The disaster also struck the remaining Blackening Soldiers, Marines, and Dawn Pirates as the fight continued.

• House struck Nami repeatedly, leaving her badly wounded as Blackening Soldiers closed in to convert her.
• Monet rescued Nami from the surrounding soldiers, but Nami refused her offer of help and chose to keep fighting House alone.
• House prepared his [Pegasus Phantom] attack, hoping to kill Nami and earn the World Government's help in escaping Hive Island.
• Remembering Dawn's warning, Nami awakened her Cloud-Cloud Fruit and transformed the weather across the island.
• Nami's avalanche, torrential rain, hail, lightning, and tornadoes engulfed House and battered everyone else still on Hive Island.

Nami unleashed an overwhelming storm across Hive Island and defeated House, while Dawn and Nojiko rescued weaker allies into the Door-Door Fruit Subspace. As Nami prepared to retreat, Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro burst from underground and attacked her by surprise.

• Nojiko pulled Chopper, Brook, Drake, Kuina, and Koala into the Subspace as Nami's storm devastated Hive Island, while Dawn explained that Perona was fighting Wells with her Spirit Body.
• After ten minutes of extreme weather, the storm subsided and left Hive Island flattened, with most pirates and Marines dead.
• Nami struck the exhausted House with Lightning Shark Weather, and Nojiko pulled him into the Subspace while he still had a breath left.
• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro emerged from beneath the ground and slashed at Nami with his cursed blade as she prepared to retreat.

Dawn intercepted Saint Nusjuro’s attempt to kill Nami and drove him back with a gravity attack before charging after him. Elsewhere, Stella freed the Blackened vice admirals, who learned the World Government had treated them as disposable weapons and left for the harbor.

• Dawn appeared through an Air Door and blocked Saint Nusjuro’s slash, giving Nami time to escape through the door.
• Dawn asked whether Saint Nusjuro had come alone or with the other Elders, but Saint Nusjuro refused to answer and vowed to kill him.
• Dawn struck Saint Nusjuro with a gravitational wave, sending him flying, then pursued him with Kikoku raised.
• The freed Marine vice admirals realized the World Government had manipulated them, stolen their lifespans, and turned them into Blackened Soldiers.
• Stella told the vice admirals to leave, and they headed for the harbor, burdened by resentment toward the World Government.

After breaking free of Blackening Control, Gion stopped fighting Zoro and joined Kuina. Meanwhile, Shepherd Ju Peter devoured three Marine vice admirals to silence them, then charged toward Monet.

• Gion regained her senses after the natural disaster shattered Imu’s mental restraint, and she asked Zoro to call over his companion.
• Kuina explained how to break Blackening Control, and Gion cut off her own head before regenerating and returning to normal.
• Kuina carried the weakened Gion through an Air Door while Zoro withdrew into the Subspace, frustrated that their duel had ended.
• Guillotine, Red King, and Hound discussed resigning from the Navy, but Shepherd Ju Peter emerged as a giant Sandworm and swallowed them to keep them from revealing what had happened.
• Morgans secretly recorded the killings from the Subspace, and Ju Peter charged toward Monet, intent on erasing or capturing her.

Sabo engulfed the Sandworm in a massive fire attack while Stussy and Yamato cornered Ochoku. Ochoku escaped to the Treasure Room but Hancock found him and turned him to stone.

• Sabo hurled [Sun Thief] at the charging Sandworm, swallowing it in flames and melting the ground into a lava lake.
• Stussy attacked the weakened Ochoku, who used a Secret Drug to restore his stamina and teleport away.
• Yamato intercepted Ochoku over the sea and struck him with [Thunder Bagua], then pursued him when he escaped with his awakened Teleport-Teleport Fruit.
• Ochoku hid in the Treasure Room inside the ochre skull, where the Secret Drug wore off and left him helpless.
• Hancock entered through an Air Door and used [Mero Mero Mellow] to turn Ochoku to stone.

Perona defeated Wells with Armament Haki-infused Mini Ghosts, and Sugar turned him into a toy. Deep beneath Hive Island, the Five Elders questioned Imu about the prophecy as Dawn fought Saint Nusjuro, and Imu ordered them to focus on eliminating Davy Jones.

• Wells transformed into a Whale Shark Fish-Man and attacked Perona, but his strike passed through her Spirit Body because her real body had never appeared.
• Perona bombarded Wells with Armament Haki-infused Mini Ghosts until his Haki ran out and he collapsed.
• Sugar emerged from an Air Door and turned the barely breathing Wells into a toy for the Rebirth-Rebirth Fruit.
• Saint Saturn asked Imu whether the prophecy of the World Government's downfall was wrong, while the others listened through their shared mental space.
• Imu said prophecy and reality could not be confused, then directed everyone to defeat the enemy before them and eliminate Davy Jones.

Dawn fought Saint Nusjuro and the other Five Elders on Hive Island, discovering that the Elders’ immortality rewound them to a fixed state. After drawing all five into his trap, he unleashed Void Abyss, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Dawn battled Saint Nusjuro for three days and nights, but the Elder repeatedly recovered from fatal injuries.
• Dawn realized the Five Elders’ Deep Sea Mark restored them to a fixed state and that Imu’s power had to be nullified to end their immortality.
• Saint Mars, Saint Saturn, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, and Saint Warcury joined the attack, leaving Dawn badly wounded.
• Dawn revealed that he had planted dark-purple Dragon Twisters beneath Hive Island and had lured all five Elders together.
• Nojiko used her Door-Door Fruit to move the Dawn Pirates into Subspace as Dawn trapped the Five Elders in a cage of Dragon Twisters.
• Dawn activated Void Abyss, detonating the Dragon Twisters and unleashing an explosion that erased the surrounding land and swept away the clouds.

Dawn’s attempt to erase the Five Elders with a dark-purple Dragon Twister failed when Imu possessed Saint Saturn and broke free. Dawn then unleashed Super Almighty Push and Planetary Devastation, trapping the Elders in a giant rocky sphere and throwing it toward the sea.

• The Dragon Twister reduced the Five Elders to shattered remains, but Saint Saturn released a burst of Conqueror’s Haki that dispersed it and restored the Elders.
• Imu possessed Saint Saturn, threatened to execute Dawn, and blasted him with an attack from Saint Saturn’s eyes; Dawn healed his wounds almost instantly.
• The Five Elders attacked Dawn together, and he answered with Super Almighty Push, blasting them and the surrounding terrain into the air.
• Dawn used Planetary Devastation to pull the Five Elders and debris into a rocky sphere several thousand meters across.
• Dawn formed a gigantic hand of gravity, seized the sphere, and hurled it toward the distant sea.

Dawn tried to drown Imu, but Imu returned by possessing Saint Saturn and summoned the Five Elders through magic circles. As Dawn tested whether their powers came from Devil Fruits, Violet briefly detected a secret in Saint Warcury's thoughts before Imu blocked her ability, and the Five Elders attacked Dawn.

• Dawn crushed a stone sphere into the sea and used gravity to drive it toward the ocean floor, while his allies believed Imu had been defeated.
• Dawn sensed danger as five numbered magic circles appeared, and the Five Elders returned through them.
• Imu possessed Saint Saturn again and claimed that Dawn could not truly harm them, while Dawn suggested that the Five Elders' marks required a different method to erase than the God's Knights' marks.
• Dawn asked whether Imu's powers came from Devil Fruits so Violet could read the Five Elders' thoughts, and Saint Warcury mentally began to reveal that they had kept the seawater away with Haki.
• Imu forcibly cut off Violet's ability, and the Five Elders realized they had nearly revealed the World Government's secrets before charging at Dawn.

Dawn fought Imu, who possessed Saint Saturn, while Aramaki, Bullet, Yamato, and Enel kept the other Five Elders occupied. After Dawn’s strongest attacks failed to injure Imu, he avoided being pierced and prepared to use his backup plan.

• Dawn used his Gravity Field to drive back four of the Five Elders, and Aramaki, Bullet, Yamato, and Enel appeared to hold them off.
• Dawn reversed gravity and attacked Imu in Saint Saturn’s body with five successive Evening Elephant strikes, trapping him in a compressed sphere of force.
• Imu emerged uninjured, confirming that Saint Saturn’s body could withstand Dawn’s all-out assault.
• Dawn rejected the idea of exhausting himself with his highest-density Conqueror’s Haki against a disposable puppet and released his control over gravity.
• Imu lunged at Dawn with a Haki-coated spider leg, but Dawn blocked it with compressed air and retreated to avoid Imu’s control ability.
• Dawn said he had no desire to be controlled but hinted that he could control others, then searched the battlefield as he considered his backup plan.

Dawn and Yamato combined their techniques to destroy Saint Saturn’s body, then Dawn used the Yami Yami no Mi to make contact with Imu and disable his control over Saturn. Imu abandoned Saturn to sever their connection, and Saturn was crushed to fragments in Dawn’s seawater-filled Subspace.

• Imu brought Saint Saturn before Dawn, but gravity slowed Saturn and Dawn kicked Saint Nusjuro away as Yamato recognized Dawn’s plan.
• Dawn and Yamato unleashed their combined attacks with half-maximum-mass Conqueror’s Haki, reducing Saint Saturn to ash before his body regenerated.
• Dawn touched Imu during the brief moment of Saturn’s regeneration, causing Imu to melt away and freeing Saturn from possession.
• Dawn touched Saturn’s horn and dragged him into the Yami Yami no Mi’s Subspace, where Aramaki and the other three restrained the remaining Five Elders and sent them back to the Holy Land.
• Imu severed his connection to Saturn to avoid the backlash as seawater and the Yami Yami no Mi eroded Saturn’s Deep Sea Mark.
• Saint Saturn became a skeleton and was crushed into fragments by the high-pressure seawater.