Chapter Summaries

Dawn overwhelmed the Charlotte Family’s revenge army with Conqueror’s Haki, leaving only Cracker and Katakuri standing. Cracker battled Zoro on Winner Island while Katakuri moved to join the fight, and Cracker’s greatly increased strength quickly defeated Zoro.

• Dawn unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out most of the revenge army and damaging their ship until only Cracker and Katakuri remained standing.
• Cracker charged Dawn with Wave: Pretzel, but Dawn dodged the attack and struck him down onto Winner Island.
• Zoro confronted Cracker and challenged him to a sword fight while Dawn threatened Katakuri with gravitational force.
• Katakuri asked Dawn whether he would retaliate if Katakuri killed Zoro, then leaped toward Winner Island.
• Cracker blocked Zoro’s Extreme Tiger Hunt with Iron Biscuit and struck him with a Haki-coated sword attack, sending him crashing into the ground.

Sanji and Zoro pushed themselves into life-threatening battles against Katakuri and Cracker to strengthen their Haki. After three days and nights, Dawn realized Zoro’s Conqueror’s Haki had already begun leaking out, though Zoro remained unaware of it.

• Sanji attacked Katakuri head-on, hoping the pressure would improve his Armament Haki or let him learn from Katakuri’s Observation Haki, but Katakuri refused to use Future Sight and threatened to kill him first.
• Zoro poured Haki into Enma and fought Cracker’s Biscuit Soldiers in an extreme state, while Cracker hid inside one of his soldiers.
• Dawn assessed that Katakuri had mastered Armament Haki Emission and that Cracker’s Haki had reached Yonko Commander Level, then suspected Smoothie was even stronger.
• Kuina and Reiju watched anxiously as Sanji and Zoro continued their reckless battles for three days and nights.
• Zoro wondered why he had not awakened Conqueror’s Haki, while Dawn recognized that it was already leaking out because of Zoro’s unwavering goal of becoming the World’s Number One Swordsman.

Zoro and Cracker fought a fierce duel, with Zoro cutting through Cracker’s defenses before Cracker unleashed his strongest attack. Zoro survived the blast but was left badly wounded and nearly dead.

• Cracker charged Zoro with a Biscuit Soldier and attacked him with six Haki-coated Pretzels.
• Zoro shattered Cracker’s Haki armor with Three-Sword Style Secret Technique: Six Paths Crossroads, exposing Cracker and severely wounding him.
• Cracker gathered nine Biscuit Soldiers and joined them in using Elbaf’s Spear: Ikoku to unleash ten fused Air Cannons at Zoro.
• The blast destroyed the Biscuit Soldiers and left Cracker exhausted, while Katakuri and Sanji stopped fighting to watch.
• Zoro remained standing after the explosion, but he was covered in severe wounds, visibly burned, and close to death.

Zoro defeated Cracker with an unconscious Conqueror’s Haki-coated Asura attack, while Dawn withheld treatment and took the reborn Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit. Sanji continued fighting Katakuri and, after taking a heavy hit, awakened his enhanced speed and advanced with Ifrit Jambe.

• Zoro revived his strength and nearly cut Cracker in two with Ghost Aura Nine-Sword Style: Asura: Draw Sword: Dead Man's Play.
• Dawn had Van Augur take Zoro away for treatment, then told the dying Cracker that he would not save him; Dawn later took the reborn Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit.
• Sanji offered Katakuri a chance to leave, but Katakuri refused and vowed to defeat him at full strength.
• Katakuri used Future Sight and awakened his Devil Fruit to overwhelm Sanji with Haki-coated mochi attacks.
• Sanji's injuries completed his Lineage Factor awakening, granting him unprecedented speed as he closed in on Katakuri and ignited Ifrit Jambe.

Sanji pushed Katakuri to his limits, but Dawn intervened when Katakuri unleashed a massive Conqueror’s Haki-coated attack. Katakuri left with Cracker’s body, and Sanji resolved to awaken Conqueror’s Haki.

• Sanji’s speed overwhelmed Katakuri’s Future Sight, and his Ifrit Jambe: Bœuf Burst badly injured Katakuri.
• Katakuri counterattacked with Muso Donuts and Mochi Ginchaku, then prepared to strike Sanji with Power Mochi.
• Dawn blocked Katakuri’s giant fist, shattered his attack, and declared Katakuri the victor for mastering Conqueror’s Haki Coating.
• Katakuri recognized Dawn’s superiority, requested Cracker’s body, and withdrew from the fight.
• Dawn took Sanji away and encouraged him to awaken Conqueror’s Haki, prompting Sanji to vow that he would catch up to Zoro.

Zoro recovered after Doc Q’s transformation, while Dawn arranged an addictive candy shipment for Mary Geoise and trained his strongest Conqueror’s Haki attack. On Harahettania, Imu descended into the world and ordered Shamrock to gather the God’s Knights so he could train for battle against Dawn.

• Zoro dispelled the Virus Fruit’s effects and fought Sanji over photographs of his transformed appearance.
• Dawn ordered Umit to mix Caesar’s addictive candies into food shipments bound for Mary Geoise.
• Dawn unleashed a devastating Conqueror’s Haki strike into the sea, then explained that he needed to build enough stamina to keep fighting after using it against Imu.
• Shamrock cleared Harahettania and summoned Imu through a magic circle.
• Imu arrived injured but ordered Shamrock to summon the God’s Knights so he could practice his new state.

Luffy defeated a blue ape with his newly mastered Gear Fourth while training on Vermo Island after his defeat by Kuzan, though Kuro said he still could not truly defeat an Admiral. Meanwhile, Weevil and Buckingham raided Marine G-14, with Buckingham hurrying him to destroy the base and avoiding a prolonged fight that might draw Whitebeard’s Pirates.

• Luffy used King Kong Gun to knock out the blue ape during his training on Vermo Island.
• Ace praised Luffy’s progress, but Kuro said Gear Fourth only let him trade blows with a Marine Admiral and that he remained far from defeating one.
• Bepo suspected Ace and Kuro were hiding something, while Usopp reassured him and tended the seeds Kuro had arranged for him to receive.
• The chapter established that Luffy, Ace, Kuro, Usopp, and Bepo made up this world’s Straw Hat Pirates, with Usopp and Bepo having mastered Two-Colored Haki under Ace’s training.
• Buckingham urged Weevil to destroy Marine G-14, as Vice Admiral Doll and the base’s artillerymen braced for his attack.
• Buckingham had been raiding New World Marine bases to exploit Weevil’s fame, but she kept the attacks brief to avoid Whitebeard and his Pirates.

Weevil and Buckingham attacked the Marine base, but Dawn intervened and let Weevil land a blow before the pair escaped. Dawn left after ensuring Vice Admiral Doll had witnessed the clash, believing it would secure Weevil’s qualification as a Shichibukai.

• Weevil destroyed the Marines’ cannons and struck their defenses with a powerful Haki-enhanced slash, leaving Doll badly injured.
• Dawn arrived and drove Weevil underground with a Haki-coated kick, then rejected Buckingham’s claim that she was his mother-in-law.
• Weevil burst from the ground and struck Dawn, sending him flying and making him bleed.
• Buckingham stopped Weevil from continuing the fight and led him toward the harbor to escape before the Whitebeard Pirates arrived.
• Dawn concluded that Weevil’s clash with him would help him qualify as a Shichibukai, confirmed Doll had witnessed it, and flew away.

The World Government appointed Edward Weevil as a Shichibukai despite Marine opposition, prompting Zephyr to leave Headquarters with loyal subordinates. On Winner Island, Dawn advanced his plan to turn more Marines against the Government and prepared for a final battle after Luffy awakened his Nika form and the Marines split apart.

• The Five Elders formally appointed Edward Weevil as a Shichibukai, uniting Marine factions in opposition and prompting Zephyr to leave Headquarters with his loyal subordinates.
• Dawn learned that his plan was progressing smoothly and ordered Morgans to truthfully expose the Five Elders' actions on Hive Island.
• Dawn reflected that his training let him use Maximum-Mass Conqueror's Haki three times consecutively, making him stronger than Roger and a youthful Garp.
• Dawn prepared to train in the sea and said the final decisive battle could begin once Luffy awakened his Nika form and the Marines were completely split apart.

Dawn searched for Zephyr on Sabaody Archipelago but learned that Zephyr had already left, while the Marines discovered that Fish-Man Island had disappeared. After hearing that Monkey D. Luffy had beaten Saint Rosward, Dawn wondered whether the confrontation with Sakazuki would awaken Sun God Nika.

• Sakazuki stood aboard a Marine warship in the rain and reflected on Zephyr's defection, resolving to show him no mercy if he opposed justice.
• Ain and Binz discovered that Fish-Man Island had vanished, and Zephyr spotted a blue figure approaching the coated warship.
• Dawn searched Sabaody's coating factories to recruit Zephyr but found that he had already left.
• Dawn overheard that Monkey D. Luffy had beaten Saint Rosward and wondered whether Sun God Nika would be born during the coming clash with Sakazuki.

Luffy attacked Saint Rosward to save a little girl, bringing Akainu to the scene. The chapter ended with Luffy entering Gear Fourth to face the Admiral.

• Saint Rosward threatened to gouge out a little girl's eyes for looking at him, then struck her mother aside and raised a dagger against her.
• Luffy punched Saint Rosward unconscious, while Ace, Kuro, Usopp, Bepo, and nearby bystanders urged him to flee.
• Luffy refused to run, and Akainu arrived, condemned him for attacking a Celestial Dragon, and demanded his surrender or death.
• Luffy declared he was not afraid and transformed into Gear Fourth: Boundman.

Luffy fought Akainu on Sabaody Archipelago but was overwhelmed, and Shamrock struck him down while Ace and the others watched helplessly. Hidden nearby, Dawn and Rayleigh observed the battle as Dawn recorded it, insisting that Luffy’s suffering was necessary for him to become the Sun God.

• Akainu pierced Luffy’s defenses with magma attacks, while Usopp and Bepo failed to stop him and Luffy’s Gear Fourth began to fade.
• Ace arrived and attacked Akainu with his sword, and Kuro joined the fight, but Akainu’s magma waves sent Ace flying and drove the others back.
• Akainu punched Luffy through his remaining Haki defense, and Shamrock appeared and slashed Luffy from shoulder to abdomen with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated blade.
• Ace caught the barely breathing Luffy as Shamrock ordered Akainu to kill everyone else, while Usopp, Bepo, and Kuro watched in horror.
• Rayleigh and Dawn watched from concealment as Dawn recorded the battlefield and told Dragon and Harald that Luffy’s ordeal would lead to his becoming the Sun God.

Luffy awakened as Nika and turned the fight against Sakazuki and Shamrock around at Sabaody. The chapter ended with Sakazuki launching a massive magma attack at Luffy.

• Luffy returned to his feet in his Nika form, healed and surrounded by white clouds, as Shamrock recognized him as the Sun God.
• Luffy struck Sakazuki with White Pistol, shattered his Haki Armor, and sent him crashing into a stone wall.
• Luffy turned Shamrock’s rapier into rubber, then punched Shamrock into Sakazuki.
• Sakazuki unleashed Meteor Volcano, but Luffy destroyed the magma bombs with White Gatling and battered Sakazuki’s defenses.
• Sakazuki transformed into a towering pillar of magma and dove toward Luffy with First Star.

Luffy and Akainu’s fight devastated Sabaody Archipelago until Dawn stopped the falling magma and Shamrock withdrew on Imu’s orders. After Akainu was recalled, Dawn identified Shamrock to Luffy and left the island, telling the Straw Hat Pirates to set sail before the Marines resumed their search.

• Luffy struck Akainu’s magma meteor with Rubber White Star Gun, but its destruction set eight districts ablaze and killed countless people.
• Akainu erupted magma across the island and attacked Luffy, so Rayleigh asked Dawn to intervene; Dawn absorbed the magma with a giant black hole.
• Dawn taunted Shamrock, who prepared to fight until Imu ordered him to return.
• Sengoku ordered Akainu back to headquarters as Kuzan headed for Sabaody, and Akainu withdrew rather than risk clashing with him.
• Luffy asked Dawn about Shamrock, and Dawn identified him as Shanks’s twin brother and a member of God’s Knights, prompting Luffy to vow to send him flying.
• Dawn told the Straw Hat Pirates to set sail early, then left Sabaody alone.

Aokiji and Akainu clashed over Akainu’s destructive mission on Sabaody and their opposing views of justice, while Sengoku struggled to keep the Navy’s leadership from breaking apart. Garp warned that he would kill Akainu if anything happened to Luffy, leaving Sengoku fearful of a wider split.

• Aokiji accused Akainu of destroying a large part of Sabaody and killing innocent civilians while carrying out his mission.
• Akainu defended his obedience to orders and argued that the Straw Hat Pirates had to die to preserve the World Government’s authority.
• Aokiji and Akainu began clashing with Ice and magma until Sengoku ordered them to stop.
• Aokiji called Akainu an executioner and left, and Akainu followed without another word.
• Sengoku asked Garp to respond to the confrontation, and Garp warned that he would use Infinite Fist Bone to kill Akainu if Luffy was harmed.
• Sengoku feared that tensions between Aokiji and Akainu, Garp’s threat, and Zephyr’s defection could split the Navy’s upper ranks.

Zephyr broke with the World Government and founded the NEO Marines after witnessing it sacrifice its own forces. He allied with Dawn on the condition that the NEO Marines remain neutral in the coming conflicts, while Tsuru received an urgent call from Gion.

• Zephyr watched the Five Elders slaughter Marines and declared that he would establish the NEO Marines to protect Marine lives.
• Dawn reunited Zephyr with his severed arm and explained his plan to end piracy by giving everyone access to food and a better standard of living.
• Zephyr agreed to make the NEO Marines Dawn's allies, promising they would stay away from the final battle at Mary Geoise.
• Dawn and Zephyr shook hands as the NEO Marines were officially established.
• Tsuru answered an encrypted call from Gion, and photographs began coming through the connected fax machine.

Dawn learned that Hancock was pregnant and moved her and several other women to Sky Island to keep them safe. He planned to give their child the Soul-Soul Fruit, then left after receiving intelligence about Pekoms.

• While training on Winner Island, Dawn received a call confirming that Hancock was pregnant.
• Dawn decided Hancock should stay on Sky Island until the child was born and brought her, Kalifa, Alpha, Scarlett, Hiyori, and Xiao Ai there.
• Yamato wondered when she would become pregnant, while Robin reminded her that pregnancy would keep her from the final battle.
• After settling Hancock and the others in a villa on Sky Island, Dawn said he planned for the child to eat the Soul-Soul Fruit.
• Dawn spent the day with the women, then left the next day after receiving intelligence about Pekoms's whereabouts.

Buckingham and Weevil attacked a Charlotte Family territory, where Weevil quickly overwhelmed Pekoms and severed his arm. Before Weevil could finish him, a blond man appeared holding Pekoms, leaving the attackers facing an unexpected arrival.

• Pekoms led Big Mom Pirates forces to confront invaders in the dessert kingdom.
• Weevil emerged from the wreckage and attacked the island, while Buckingham urged him to hurry.
• Pekoms charged Weevil but lost his right arm to Weevil’s Naginata strike.
• Buckingham told Weevil to finish Pekoms, but Pekoms vanished before the blow landed.
• Weevil found Pekoms in the hand of a blond man who had appeared at the far end of the street.

Dawn killed Weevil and Buckingham, then used Pekoms’s Vivre Card to obtain Zou’s Red Road Poneglyph. After Charlotte Linlin captured Lucci and challenged him to come to Totto Land, Dawn decided to destroy the Charlotte Family and seize their territory.

• Dawn took Pekoms’s Vivre Card after confirming it pointed to Zou.
• Weevil charged Dawn, who killed him with Kikoku and then beheaded Buckingham.
• Dawn used the Vivre Card to reach Zou and claim its Red Road Poneglyph while the Mokomo Dukedom’s people fell asleep under his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Charlotte Linlin contacted Dawn, revealed she had captured Lucci, and invited him to Totto Land.
• Dawn resolved to wipe out the Charlotte Family and take control of Totto Land.

Dawn launched a carefully staged natural-element bombardment on Whole Cake Island, devastating Totto Land and inflicting crushing losses on the Charlotte Family. Charlotte Linlin survived by shielding herself with a mirror, while only a few dozen people remained; Dawn looked down on the destruction.

• Dawn ordered his forces to attack Totto Land while Yamato, Enel, Bullet, and Aramaki stayed behind, then gathered storm clouds over Whole Cake Island.
• Katakuri shattered Dawn's first meteor, and Charlotte Linlin used Zeus to destroy the next wave, believing the threat had passed.
• Lucci escaped his restraints by severing his hands, using the Door-Door Fruit to hide them and himself inside an Air Door.
• Dawn released a massive lightning-and-fire bombardment that shattered Whole Cake Island, sank the harbor ships, and destroyed nearly everyone gathered there.
• Charlotte Linlin survived at the crater's center by protecting herself with a Haki-covered mirror, from which only several dozen figures emerged.