Chapter Summaries

Allen trapped Garp, Sengoku, Tsuru, Kuzan, and several Dog Head officers inside a luxurious villa protected by an impenetrable space barrier. He left them imprisoned for two days while he faced a gathering outside, warning that the villa would become their eternal home if he died.

• Allen ushered the Marines through a spatial rift into a lavish villa hidden inside Hachinosu Island.
• Garp and Kuzan failed to damage the villa’s space barrier, while Sengoku examined it and Tsuru settled in with tea.
• Allen told the group they would remain in the villa for two days while he attended a gathering, and threatened they would be trapped there forever if he died.
• Allen vanished through spatial ripples and the villa doors closed, leaving the Marines to wonder what would happen outside.

Imu possessed Gunko in a monstrous form and unleashed devastating Conqueror’s Haki across Rock Island. With Rayleigh captured and the island’s fighters overwhelmed, Allen called several powerful allies to join him.

• Gunko rose from the magic circle transformed, while Allen recognized Imu possessing him.
• Saint Mars trapped Rayleigh in a suppressive magic circle, which Pits reinforced with dark-green mist as Nasjuro threatened him.
• Imu struck the air with his trident and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki that ravaged Rock Island and knocked out most weaker fighters.
• Allen resisted much of the pressure and called Ace, Sabo, Yamato, and Marco to come help.

Imu’s possession of Gunko ended after Allen was brutally impaled with the Demon Sword, and the demonized fighters regained control. Rayleigh remembered killing Allen under Imu’s control and collapsed in grief, while Sengoku ordered the Marines to attack the Blackbeard Pirates.

• Imu withdrew the Demon Sword after confirming Allen’s life force had vanished, and Allen’s body fell to the ground.
• Imu left Gunko, ending the demonization and freeing the controlled fighters; Rayleigh’s bloodstained Demon Sword crumbled apart.
• Rayleigh recovered his memories and realized he had killed Allen, then fell to his knees in despair.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to treat the wounded and attack the Blackbeard Pirates without taking prisoners.
• Akainu launched Great Eruption against the Blackbeard Pirates.

Fisher Tiger and Jinbe’s sea attack was stopped by Perospero, and Big Mom ordered her fleet to storm Hachinosu Island. Robin deployed the ten Mark I weapons, while armed defenders joined the fight against the advancing pirates.

• Fisher Tiger and Jinbe raised a massive wave against the rear of the BIG MOM Pirates’ fleet.
• Perospero solidified the wave’s leading edge with syrup, diverting the seawater and saving the rear ships.
• Big Mom ordered her crew to charge Hachinosu Island, and pirates and Homies began landing along the shore.
• Bullet, Fisher Tiger, Jinbe, Tesoro, Nana, Moria, and Robin prepared to defend the island as Robin activated Mark I.
• Ten Mark I weapons with Lunarian Blood Factors attacked from the sky with lasers, devastating the charging pirates and their constructs.
• Eastern-style fighters emerged from the island and used the Mandarin Duck Formation to counter the pirate horde.

Imu kicked Luffy out of the Flower Chamber, and Allen tried to distance himself from the failed attack. When Imu froze Allen, he shattered the spatial imprisonment with his will and powers of time and space, then summoned his Divine Gear: Susanoo.

• Imu froze the scene and kicked Luffy through the Flower Chamber dome and out into the sunlight.
• Allen cursed Luffy’s failure, then claimed to Imu that he had not brought him and apologized for the intrusion.
• Imu appeared beside Allen and used Space Imprisonment to freeze him.
• Allen fused his Conqueror’s Haki with his time and space powers and shattered Imu’s frozen space.
• Allen summoned Divine Gear: Susanoo, a suit of condensed Top Tier Armament Haki.

Gaban entertained Garp and the Marines with outrageous false stories, while Whitebeard struggled to control his rejuvenated strength and caused chaos aboard the ship. The crew’s reunion continued as Whitebeard’s mishaps eased the Marines’ concern about facing the legends at their prime.

• Fujitora reflected on the rejuvenated crew and imagined Akainu’s shock when he faced them.
• Gaban told Garp, Sengoku, Tsuru, and Fujitora absurd stories about Akainu, the Shichibukai, and Buggy, and Tsuru wrote them down.
• Rayleigh corrected Gaban’s claims before Whitebeard raised a barrel to toast the crew and spilled liquor across himself and the deck.
• Marco, Jozu, Vista, and the other captains rushed to dry Whitebeard and help him with the broken barrel.
• Whitebeard leapt too high, struck his head on the Crow's Nest, and cracked the deck when he landed, prompting Garp to laugh at him.

CP0 joined the battle and drove the Imperial Guards into a losing position, so Allen deployed twenty Human Weapon Mark I models to turn the fight around. Sengoku sent the Seraphim into battle, while Jack’s ship remained stuck behind the ice.

• CP0 attacked the Imperial Guards with Six Powers techniques, tore apart their formation, and inflicted heavy casualties.
• Allen summoned twenty black-robed Human Weapon Mark I models, whose Lunarian defenses let them counter CP0 and rally the Imperial Guards.
• Sengoku ordered S-Snake, S-Snake, S-Kuma, S-Yaksha, and S-Crocodile to attack as the Marines’ position strengthened.
• Hancock saw S-Snake and angrily demanded to know why she looked like her.
• Jack shouted at his crew to smash through the ice after they reported that their ship could not pass.

Jack and the Beasts Pirates’ Zoan fighters stormed the battlefield and disrupted the Marines, CP0, and Seraphim, while Blackbeard watched for a chance to steal Allen’s powers. Sengoku ordered the Shichibukai into the fight, and Kuma, Weevil, and Hanafusa attacked amid the escalating chaos.

• Jack rammed his ship into the ice, then led his Zoan fighters in a charge that relieved pressure on the Imperial Guards and disrupted the Seraphim’s momentum.
• Blackbeard watched Ace, Yamato, and Allen, coveted their powers, and waited for Allen to become vulnerable before making a move.
• Sengoku ordered the Shichibukai to attack Allen’s faction’s executives.
• Kuma teleported around the battlefield, blasting anyone in his way without distinguishing friend from foe.
• Weevil charged at Ace after deciding that he was the bird-man his mother had ordered him to fight.
• Hanafusa killed a Marine Major General, then stopped to eat dried insects from a packet.

Five World Government authorities arrived on Hachinosu and tried to recruit Big Mom by promising her power and secret technology. Big Mom attacked the island’s allied forces, while the Red-Haired Pirates joined them to oppose the Celestial Dragons and rescue Shanks.

• Five authorities, including Saint Warcury, Shamrock, and Garling, emerged from the pentagram and confronted the assembled forces.
• Shamrock insulted the mutated Shanks, while Saint Warcury offered Big Mom recognition as the Top Western Emperor and information about the Life Design Blueprint if she helped crush Hachinosu’s rebels.
• Big Mom accepted the offer and ordered her pirates to attack the Hachinosu Island Allied Forces.
• Beckman told the Red-Haired Pirates that the World Government was their enemy and ordered them to fight alongside Hachinosu to take back Shanks and bring down the Celestial Dragons.

Allen killed Big Mom and forced the Charlotte Family to submit, then turned to the wounded allied forces as Hachinosu began rebuilding. Shanks woke with no memory of his rampage and began recalling the destruction and his attack on Robin.

• Allen offered Katakuri submission or death, and Katakuri knelt to surrender the Charlotte Family and Whole Cake Island.
• Allen allowed the Charlotte Family to take Big Mom's body but ordered them to clear their battlefield debris before they fled Hachinosu.
• The allied forces began rebuilding Hachinosu and treating the wounded while their leaders gathered around Allen for a casualty report.
• Shanks woke with his hair electrified into an afro, and Allen teased him about his strange appearance.
• Shanks recalled fragments of his rampage and his attack on Robin, then flushed with shame.

Garp, Sengoku, Tsuru, and Fujitora faced the rejuvenated Roger Pirates, Whitebeard, and Zephyr, who demanded their surrender. Garp surrendered first, and the Dog Head crew was escorted aboard the Oro Jackson while the NEO Marines took control of their ship.

• Whitebeard told Garp that their last meeting had been nearly thirty years earlier, leaving Garp, Sengoku, Tsuru, and Fujitora bewildered about the timeline.
• Gaban laughed at the Marines’ confusion, and Rayleigh explained that they had experienced a miracle rather than time travel.
• Whitebeard offered the Marines a choice between surrendering and being defeated, as Zephyr and the NEO Marines joined the blockade around the Dog Head.
• Garp raised his hands and argued that fighting the rejuvenated legends was hopeless, prompting the Dog Head to raise its white flag.
• The Marines were escorted aboard the Oro Jackson, while Zephyr’s forces took control of the Dog Head and sailed toward backup coordinates.
• Sengoku, Tsuru, and Fujitora felt a surge of youthful vitality upon stepping onto the Oro Jackson.

Allen deceived Hiyori into believing Doflamingo had killed Momonosuke, then comforted her as she mourned. Meanwhile, Doflamingo sought Big Mom’s help against Allen, but she demanded he come to Totto Land and father a child with her.

• Allen pretended he had arrived too late to save Momonosuke and showed Hiyori his braid as proof of her brother’s death.
• Hiyori collapsed in grief, and Allen caught her, comforted her, and vowed to protect her and punish Doflamingo.
• Kuja Warriors watched Allen console Hiyori, and one planned to report his behavior to Hancock.
• Doflamingo, hiding on a deserted island, decided he could not ask Kaido for help because Kaido might hand him over to Allen.
• Doflamingo called Big Mom to propose working together to kill Gol D. Allen.
• Big Mom offered to cooperate only if Doflamingo came to Totto Land and fathered a child with her, and Doflamingo refused.

Allen tried to rescue the berserk Rayleigh, but Imu had possessed him and trapped Allen with Space Freeze. Imu drew a cursed Demon Sword and struck at Allen, declaring that his journey would end there.

• Kaido redirected his rage toward the demonized officers, while Allen cut down demons rushing at him.
• The Five Elders released Rayleigh from the sealing array, and Allen decided to knock him out and take him away using Kamui.
• Allen appeared behind Rayleigh and prepared to strike his neck, but Imu froze him and the surrounding space before he could make contact.
• Imu, possessing Rayleigh, revealed the deception and summoned a Demon Sword from a grimoire.
• Imu told Allen he had chosen to oppose God, then struck at him with the sword.

Allen rejected CP0's demand for the Pluton Battleship and ordered his Imperial Guards to attack the Marines and CP0. Sengoku sealed the battlefield beneath a steel dome and ordered Akainu to rain magma down on everyone inside.

• Allen refused to trade the Pluton Battleship and Vegapunk's clone for Rayleigh, while Rayleigh melodramatically lamented his fate.
• An Imperial Guard called Refrigerator froze the sea, and Garp identified his power as the Flash-Freeze Fruit.
• CP0's commander refused to negotiate, so Allen ordered his Imperial Guards to kill their opponents.
• The Imperial Guards charged with their varied Devil Fruit abilities as Sengoku activated the Marines' steel dome contingency plan.
• Sengoku ordered Akainu to begin his purification, and Akainu launched a meteor shower of magma at the battlefield.

Shanks explained that Imu had secretly left an Abyss Mark on his arm, which had caused him to transform and nearly hurt Robin. Allen extracted the mark from Shanks's left arm with the Heavenly Demise Sword, leaving Shanks relieved and grateful.

• Shanks told everyone that Imu had hidden an Abyss Mark in his left arm after he returned to Mary Geoise, despite claiming to remove it when he left.
• Robin warned Shanks that Imu could activate the mark again, and Yamato proposed cutting off his arm to prevent it.
• Shanks panicked and fled from Yamato, while the others reacted to the proposed amputation.
• Allen stopped the chaos and used the Heavenly Demise Sword to draw the Abyss Mark's black energy out of Shanks and absorb it.
• Shanks felt the mark's effects disappear, tested his arm, and thanked Allen, who stopped him from giving him a hug.

The Red-Haired Pirates and their allies fought the God’s Knights, Big Mom’s forces, and other enemies across the battlefield. The battle remained deadlocked, with Shanks still fully Demonized and his crew fighting to reach him.

• Big Mom commanded Zeus, Prometheus, and Napoleon to destroy two Human Weapons, while three others regenerated and attacked again.
• Ben Beckman battled Garling, using precise Haki-coated shots as Garling deflected them with his sword.
• Yasopp, Lucky Roo, Fisher Tiger, and Jinbe fought the God’s Knights, while Shanks’s crew watched their Demonized captain with concern.
• Tesoro attacked Katakuri with goldenized debris and flames, but Katakuri foresaw the attacks and countered with awakened mochi techniques.
• Crocodile, Moria, Nana, Perona, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and the Imperial Guards fought Big Mom’s forces amid the battlefield chaos.

Kaido arrived at Marineford in his Azure Dragon form, furious over what he believed was the Marines kidnapping his daughter. Allen and Yamato revealed that Yamato had lied to Kaido to lure him there, leaving the Marines facing Kaido as he gathered energy to attack.

• Fifty Imperial Guards and Marine swordfighters clashed in a stalemate of flying slashes.
• Kaido roared over Marineford and appeared above the battlefield in his Azure Dragon form.
• Kaido accused the Marines of kidnapping his daughter and threatened to kill them.
• Sengoku denied the accusation and ordered Kaido to leave, while the Marines struggled to understand what he meant.
• Allen teased Yamato about having a hidden sister, and Yamato admitted she had lied to Kaido to make him rush to Marineford.
• Allen praised Yamato for tricking her father as Kaido gathered destructive energy in his mouth.

Allen returned to the Moby Dick and used three Life Springs to restore Whitebeard to his prime. He then asked Whitebeard to join an assault on Holy Land Marijoa in one month to overthrow Imu and the Celestial Dragons.

• Allen boarded the Moby Dick and told Whitebeard he could cure him by removing his IV tubes.
• Marco excitedly questioned Allen, who revealed three Life Springs and gave them to Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard swallowed the Life Springs, regained his health and strength, and tore out his IV tubes.
• Whitebeard tested his restored power with a punch that blasted a trench across the sea, and his crew erupted in celebration.
• Allen proposed that he and Whitebeard attack Holy Land Marijoa in one month to overthrow Imu and the Celestial Dragons.

Luffy reunited with Ace and Sabo, who declined to join his crew and set sail after giving him a device for emergencies. Allen then went to Punk Hazard, where he attacked Doflamingo’s group and stripped the officers of their abilities.

• Ace and Sabo reunited with Luffy on Amazon Lily, and Luffy invited them to join the Straw Hat Pirates, but they refused because they were focused on changing the world.
• Luffy accepted their decision, declared that he would become Pirate King, and set sail with his crew the next day.
• Ace and Sabo reported to Allen that they had given Luffy a device and told him how to use it if he faced a problem he could not solve.
• Six months later, Allen went to Punk Hazard, where Doflamingo’s officers were receiving artificial SMILE fruits from Caesar Clown.
• Allen used Space Imprisonment to restrain Doflamingo’s group, stripped the officers of their Devil Fruit abilities, and drained Vergo and Lao G of their life force.
• Caesar begged Allen to spare him and offered his services, but Allen mocked him.

The Five Elders learned that Allen and Dragon had stolen all five Vegapunk brain samples from Punk Hazard, but Imu ordered them to leave Allen alone until Imu regained strength. Uneasy about the World Government’s silence, Allen took four brain cases to Shi Shangfei and ordered him to clone their owners so he could verify they were genuine Vegapunks.

• A CP0 agent reported to the Five Elders that Allen and Dragon had raided the Vegapunk Institute and taken all five brain samples.
• The Five Elders grew furious and planned retaliation, but Imu commanded them to leave Allen alone until Imu recovered his strength.
• The blond old man punished the CP0 agent by ordering him to clean every toilet in the Holy Land for a month.
• Allen enjoyed his days on Hachinosu Island but became suspicious of the World Government’s silence and wondered whether the brain cases contained genuine samples.
• Allen teleported to the Sky Island Laboratory and ordered Shi Shangfei to clone the people from four brain cases so he could inspect the goods.
• Shi Shangfei reluctantly accepted the task after Allen promised him double chicken legs and an Employee of the Year banner.