Chapter Summaries

River confronted Doflamingo and their clash escalated into a fight as they recalled their history from twenty years earlier. River caught Doflamingo’s attack and snapped his neck, while Crocodile watched and Marshall D. Teach observed from hiding.

• River stopped Doflamingo from crushing Bellamy and tried to speak with him, but Doflamingo challenged him with Conqueror’s Haki.
• River held Crocodile back as Doflamingo attacked Crocodile with Five Color Strings and recognized him as someone familiar.
• Doflamingo and River exchanged attacks, with River evading Overheat and kicking aside Doflamingo’s Athlete strike.
• Doflamingo swooped down with Five Color Strings, but River caught him by the neck without being injured.
• River lifted Doflamingo and snapped his neck as Crocodile watched in shock and Marshall D. Teach laughed from a hidden alley.

Jiang Liu fought Doflamingo in Mock Town and overwhelmed him with his strength, then emerged unharmed from Doflamingo’s awakened string attack. He revealed that he had mastered this level of power twenty years earlier and restored the transformed surroundings.

• Doflamingo attacked Jiang Liu, but Jiang Liu struck him with a Haki-coated punch and sent him crashing through Mock Town’s buildings into the forest.
• Doflamingo charged Jiang Liu with an Armament Haki-coated punch, but Jiang Liu overpowered him again and sent him smashing through trees.
• Doflamingo used his awakened Devil Fruit ability, Ever White, to transform the ground, weeds, and trees into strings that engulfed Jiang Liu.
• Jiang Liu walked out of the strings unharmed and used Restore to return the transformed surroundings to normal.

River used his awakened Recovery Fruit and overwhelming physical strength to dominate Doflamingo, who escalated to increasingly powerful attacks. Doflamingo launched his final assault, but River declared it was not enough to make him draw his sword.

• River revealed that his awakened Recovery Fruit could affect his surroundings and turn back time, then confronted Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo transformed the area into threads and attacked River with Shield White Line and Oceanic White Waves, but River broke through and struck him repeatedly.
• Doflamingo flew into the sky and launched Thousand Arrows Through the Heart: Feather Strike, Thread, but River countered with Ryuo, Mountain Crusher.
• Doflamingo unleashed his Conqueror's Haki and attacked with Sixteen Holy Bullets: God Thread as his final strike.
• River praised the attack but said it was not enough to make him draw his sword.

Jiang Liu opened the Eight Gates Formation and used Morning Peacock to destroy Doflamingo’s strongest attack over Mock Town. Doflamingo broke down over his defeat and his longing for Jiang Liu’s recognition, until Jiang Liu challenged him to remember the man he used to be.

• Jiang Liu opened the first six gates and unleashed the Eight Gates Formation, reaching his peak combat strength.
• Jiang Liu countered Doflamingo’s sixteen Armament Haki-coated waves with Morning Peacock, and their attacks clashed above Mock Town for several minutes.
• Jiang Liu’s flaming fists shattered Doflamingo’s strongest attack, leaving Doflamingo exhausted and convinced he could never measure up to Jiang Liu.
• Doflamingo admitted that for twenty years he had sought Jiang Liu’s recognition, then despaired that his ambition and revenge meant nothing.
• Jiang Liu reminded Doflamingo that he had not once been someone who surrendered to despair after a defeat, and Doflamingo raised his head.

River defeated Doflamingo, accepted him as Numbered One 3, and awakened stronger Haki in him. Doflamingo agreed to work with River and find Fire Fist Ace, while Crocodile arrived and found the pair acting like family.

• River reminded Doflamingo that he had loved and respected him, and Doflamingo broke down crying.
• River acknowledged Doflamingo’s talent and asked if he wanted to inherit Homing’s number; Doflamingo accepted.
• River restored Doflamingo’s body and enhanced his Armament Haki to Ryuo and his Observation Haki to Precognition.
• River told Doflamingo that Homing had once wielded great power, then asked him for information about Fire Fist Ace.
• Doflamingo agreed to investigate Ace’s whereabouts, and Crocodile arrived and questioned their sudden family-like behavior.

In Mock Town, Jiang Liu's group discussed Ace's whereabouts, the meaning of Void Night's numbered ranks, and Luffy's arrival. After Doflamingo's intelligence network located Ace near Rump, Jiang Liu set out there with Crocodile and Foxy.

• Doflamingo said his people were searching for Fire Fist Ace, and Jiang Liu clarified that he had no plans to attack Whitebeard yet.
• Doflamingo explained that becoming a Numbered One carried power and status, while Crocodile wondered what the rank meant.
• Crocodile asked Doflamingo about Straw Hat, and Jiang Liu said Monkey D. Luffy had potential but was not yet worth his interest.
• A messenger reported that Ace had been seen in Rump, northwest of Alabasta, and that Blackbeard had recently been there too.
• Jiang Liu immediately headed for Rump with Crocodile and Foxy, while Doflamingo wondered why Ace had captured his attention.

Jiang Liu reunited with Nico Robin in Mock Town and reassured her before leaving with Crocodile and Foxy. Robin recognized that Jiang Liu’s return would soon shake the world.

• Blackbeard watched Jiang Liu leave Mock Town, wary of his power and unwilling to confront him.
• Jiang Liu and Crocodile encountered Luffy’s crew at the harbor, and Jiang Liu stopped Crocodile from attacking them.
• Robin recognized Jiang Liu, embraced him, and wept with relief that he was alive.
• Jiang Liu told Robin that her companions were worth trusting, refused her offer to join him, and departed for his warship.
• Luffy asked who Jiang Liu was, while Robin said he would soon shake the world.

Jiang Liu’s return stirred concern after he fought Doflamingo in Mock Town, while Doflamingo sent Bellamy to test Straw Hat Luffy. Sengoku called Jiang Liu to warn him, and the chapter ended with the two old friends greeting each other for the first time since Impel Down.

• Doflamingo spared Bellamy and ordered him to test Straw Hat Luffy in Mock Town.
• Bellamy accepted the task and vowed to take out his anger on Luffy after seeing his wanted poster.
• A Marine officer reported to Sengoku that Jiang Liu had defeated Doflamingo and then entered his estate with a demon-masked man.
• Sengoku worried Jiang Liu might be renewing his connection to Doflamingo, while Garp defended Jiang Liu’s sense of justice.
• Sengoku called Jiang Liu aboard his warship, and they greeted each other after a long separation.

Jiang Liu spoke with Sengoku and realized their old friendship had grown distant, then reached Rampo Town and found Ace asleep in a restaurant. He sat down across from his nephew, finally meeting him.

• Sengoku warned Jiang Liu to be careful around Doflamingo, and Jiang Liu assured him he would avoid trouble.
• After their call ended, Sengoku and Jiang Liu each reflected on how twenty years had widened the distance between them.
• Jiang Liu arrived at Rampo Town, where a man sent by Doflamingo told him that Ace had been searching the town.
• Jiang Liu found Ace asleep at a restaurant table, sent the man away, and sat down across from him.

Jiang Liu confronted Ace and claimed they were family, revealing that he was Portgas D. Jiang Liu and Rouge’s younger brother. Ace accepted that Jiang Liu was his uncle, while Crocodile realized they were not father and son.

• Ace woke in the restaurant and became wary when Jiang Liu addressed him as Fire Fist Ace.
• Foxy fired a Slow-Slow Beam at Ace, and Crocodile intercepted Ace’s attack with his sand powers.
• Foxy’s beam struck Ace and slowed him for thirty seconds before he demanded to know who the three men were.
• Jiang Liu told Ace they were family and introduced himself as Portgas D. Jiang Liu.
• Jiang Liu revealed that Rouge was his older sister, and Ace concluded that Jiang Liu was his uncle.

Jiang Liu told Ace about his parents and warned him that Blackbeard was dangerous, but Ace refused to abandon his mission. Jiang Liu challenged him and effortlessly stopped Ace’s Fire Fist, declaring that he was still too weak.

• Ace explained that he had taken his mother’s surname, and Jiang Liu told him he had rescued Ace and his mother from the Navy twenty years earlier.
• Jiang Liu revealed that Ace’s father had entrusted him to Garp and said he did not know where Rouge was, making her rescue one of his goals.
• Ace said he intended to capture Blackbeard for killing a Whitebeard crewmate, but Jiang Liu warned that Blackbeard had a powerful destiny and Ace could lose.
• Ace refused to back down, so Jiang Liu threatened to stop him by force and released an aura that knocked out everyone else in the restaurant.
• Ace attacked Jiang Liu with Fire Fist, but Jiang Liu caught his fist and extinguished the flames, telling Ace that he was not strong enough.

Jiang Liu defeated Ace’s attacks and convinced him that he was his uncle, but Ace remained determined to capture Blackbeard. After Ace departed, Jiang Liu admitted to Crocodile that he wanted Ace to lose so the war would begin.

• Jiang Liu deflected Ace’s fire attacks, overpowered him, and stopped his flames until Ace agreed to talk.
• Jiang Liu and Ace shared their pasts, and Ace became convinced that Jiang Liu was truly his uncle.
• Ace insisted he had to capture Teach to avenge Whitebeard’s crew and fulfill his dream of making Whitebeard Pirate King.
• Ace sailed away at daybreak, leaving his Vivre Card with Jiang Liu and promising they would meet again.
• Jiang Liu told Crocodile that Ace would lose to Teach, explaining that he wanted the defeat to trigger the war.

Jiang Liu headed toward Sky Island to recruit new Numbered Ones and encountered the Blackbeard Pirates near Mock Town. Van Augur fired at Jiang Liu, prompting Marshall D. Teach to warn that they were in serious trouble.

• Jiang Liu set course for Mock Town and planned to ride the Knock Up Stream toward Sky Island.
• Jiang Liu and his crew saw the Straw Hat crew sailing up the Knock Up Stream.
• Jiang Liu spotted Marshall D. Teach and ordered his ship alongside the Blackbeard Pirates' crude vessel.
• Van Augur aimed at Jiang Liu and fired despite Marshall D. Teach's warning.

Jiang Liu defeated Blackbeard’s crew by splitting their raft and sending them into the sea, though he believed Marshall D. Teach would survive. Afterward, he turned his attention to finding a way to reach Sky Island, while the battered crew washed ashore on an unnamed island.

• Van Augur shot Jiang Liu in the forehead, but Jiang Liu quickly recovered and returned the shot, wounding Van Augur and breaking the raft’s mast.
• Jiang Liu pursued the fleeing Blackbeard Pirates through the air and unleashed a sword slash that split the sea.
• The slash cut the raft in two, and the waves swallowed Marshall D. Teach and the others.
• Jiang Liu returned to his ship, told Crocodile that Teach was hard to kill, and considered how to reach Sky Island.
• About three hours later, Marshall D. Teach, Van Augur, and the others washed ashore on an unnamed island.

Blackbeard survived Jiang Liu’s attack and fled with his injured crew, while Jiang Liu reunited with Mont Blanc Cricket and asked how to reach Sky Island. Cricket said the Knock Up Stream had already carried the Straw Hats skyward, but another might erupt soon.

• Blackbeard used Black Vortex to close his wound, learned Van Augur would survive, and ordered his crew to leave before they met Jiang Liu again.
• Jiang Liu visited Mont Blanc Cricket, who recognized him as the Marine he had met twenty years earlier.
• Jiang Liu confirmed that Sky Island and the city of gold existed, then asked Cricket for a way to reach them.
• Cricket explained that the Straw Hats had already used the latest Knock Up Stream and warned that another might occur before long.

Jiang Liu learned that the next Knock Up Stream might be too weak to carry them to Sky Island, and the Golden Bell’s ringing confirmed that Shandora existed above the clouds. He began lifting Foxy’s Ship toward Sky Island with his bare hands and by kicking off the air.

• Kurik told Jiang Liu that he could not accurately predict the next Knock Up Stream and feared it would be weaker than the last one.
• The Golden Bell of Shandora rang, and Jiang Liu confirmed to Kurik that the city of gold and his account of it were real.
• Jiang Liu hurried his crew aboard Foxy’s Ship, intending to recruit Enel before he left for the moon.
• Jiang Liu plunged into the sea and then lifted Foxy’s Ship into the sky, kicking off the air as the astonished crew watched.

Jiang Liu hauled Foxy’s Ship up to Sky Island, where he prepared to confront the man he called God. Meanwhile, Doflamingo ordered Vergo to locate and protect a woman, then looked forward to the coming turmoil.

• Kurik watched Jiang Liu haul Foxy’s Ship toward the clouds and feared he might not survive the climb.
• Doflamingo spoke with Vergo, who reported locating the woman and requested money and support to replace her guards.
• Jiang Liu opened six gates of the Eight Gates Formation to regain strength and carried Foxy’s Ship into the White-White Sea.
• Jiang Liu rested and recovered, then guided the ship past Angel Island toward God’s Island.
• Crocodile asked whom Jiang Liu had come to find, and Jiang Liu answered, “A guy called God.”

Jiang Liu returned to Sky Island with Crocodile and Foxy to rebuild Void Night and recruit Enel as a Numbered One. With Nien guiding them, they found the wounded Enel, who confronted them as they approached.

• Jiang Liu brought Crocodile and Foxy to Void Night Palace, which he had built twenty years earlier.
• Nien emerged from the palace and reaffirmed his vow to guard it and support Jiang Liu's plans to rebuild Void Night.
• Nien told Jiang Liu that Enel had ruled Sky Island, left after arriving a few years earlier, and had recently been defeated by Blue Sea People.
• Nien used his Observation Haki to locate Enel and led Jiang Liu's group through the jungle to a secluded valley.
• The group found Enel recovering amid crackling electricity, and he opened his eyes and addressed them as mortals.

Enel attacked Jiang Liu’s group, quickly defeating Hamburg, Foxy, and Nien before Crocodile confronted him. Enel’s lightning pierced Crocodile’s sand body, but Crocodile struck back with his Golden Hook.

• Enel struck Hamburg with lightning and knocked him unconscious.
• Enel surprised Foxy and electrocuted him, then dodged Nien’s attack and hurled him through the forest.
• Jiang Liu praised Enel’s power, and Crocodile stepped forward to challenge him.
• Enel appeared before Crocodile and fired lightning through his forehead, only to realize he had struck sand.
• Crocodile swung his Golden Hook at Enel and demanded to know who he thought he was.

Crocodile fought Enel to a stalemate until Jiang Liu stopped the battle and invited Enel to join him. After Enel rejected the offer and attacked, Jiang Liu knocked away his Thunder Dragon and struck him with a devastating punch.

• Enel's lightning and spear attacks passed harmlessly through Crocodile's sand body, while Crocodile's Sables attack failed to finish Enel.
• Crocodile recognized that Enel used Observation Haki, and their battle stalled because neither Logia user could land a decisive hit.
• Jiang Liu stopped the fight and invited Enel to join him, but Enel mocked the offer and attacked with his 60 Million Volts, Thunder Dragon.
• Jiang Liu punched the Thunder Dragon away, shocking Enel and prompting Crocodile to suspect Jiang Liu used advanced Haki.
• Jiang Liu moved faster than Enel's Mantra could detect and punched him in the abdomen, badly injuring him.