Chapter Summaries

Gunko and the World Government watched Gawain battle Wales while Imu prepared to test an Ancient Weapon on Britannia. Gawain tricked Wales into prolonging their fight for experience, and after nine days his Conqueror's Haki reached level 7, shocking Wales.

• Gunko left a Divine Knight to monitor Gawain's battle and went searching for Fafnir, while Imu ordered the Five Elders to use Britannia as a testing ground for an Ancient Weapon.
• Gawain overwhelmed Wales, who fled toward the outskirts to draw the fight away from the earth's energy, and Gawain realized Wales was trying to take the battle out to sea.
• Gawain pretended to be an easily baited battle maniac, letting Wales believe he had fallen for the plan while secretly using their fight to gain experience.
• Gawain and Wales fought across Britannia for nine days as Gawain repeatedly gave Wales false hope and steadily raised his Conqueror's Haki experience.
• Gawain's Conqueror's Haki reached level 7 and surged with new strength, leaving Wales stunned.

Gawain killed Wales by exploiting his Devil Fruit weakness to seawater, ending the Heavenly Awakening Church’s control over Britannia. Imu prepared to use the Mother Flame and Uranus, while the people of Britannia rose against the church after its influence vanished.

• Gawain revealed that he had seen through Wales’s plan, seized him, and drowned him in the sea before taking his head.
• A Divine Knights member reported Wales’s death to Imu, who ordered the Mother Flame prepared and planned to show Britannia Uranus after Gunko’s operation.
• In Avalon, Wales’s statue shattered, and Gawain told Kuro that Wales was dead and the Heavenly Awakening Church was finished.
• Morgan broke down in relief, and Bevel returned the Sword in the Stone to her, acknowledging that Gawain had carried the cause through.
• Angel statues across Britannia shattered, freeing the controlled believers, who turned against the church and its clergy.

Gunko and the Divine Knights found Fafnir beneath the ruins of Avalon Ancient City, where the White Dragon awakened and killed them all. As Fafnir and his feather-transformed beasts threatened Avalon, Morgan, Kuro, and the others prepared to defend the city.

• Gunko followed the tremors to Avalon Ancient City and discovered Fafnir emerging from underground as a colossal White Dragon.
• Fafnir's breath vaporized the Divine Knights, and he killed Gunko as she tried to flee.
• Kuro and his allies helped Morgan restore order in Avalon after defeating the remaining Heavenly Awakening Church members, while Morgan considered Britannia's future and her own dwindling time.
• Morgan recognized Fafnir's arrival and the advancing feather-covered beasts as Mad Dragon Transformation, while Kuro and Cavendish sensed the dragon's overwhelming presence.
• Kuro and his allies charged toward the beasts, Avalon’s defenders chose to stand their ground, and Bevel joined Morgan before she ordered him to fight alongside Kuro.

Jeanne revealed that she had taken control of Fafnir’s White Dragon body and tried to force Bevel to submit by threatening Avalon’s civilians. Bevel instead trapped her in Britannia’s End Point lava lake, while Imu ordered Britannia and Fafnir destroyed after learning Fafnir was alive and conscious.

• Bevel called his choice to face his past mistakes a good thing, then leaped from Britannia’s wall to fight the beasts.
• Jeanne, in the White Dragon’s body, devastated Avalon with her breath and decided to seize power beyond Britannia.
• Jeanne revealed herself to Bevel and offered to make him Britannia’s New King if he became her subordinate.
• Bevel agreed, opened a door beneath Jeanne, and dropped her into the End Point lava lake before sealing the doorway.
• Gunko reported to Imu that Fafnir was alive, conscious, and powerful enough to wipe out the Divine Knights.
• Imu summoned the Five Elders and Figarland father and son, then ordered them to wipe Britannia and Fafnir off the map.

Bevel’s teleportation only temporarily trapped Jeanne, and Kuro helped the defenders drive the uncontrolled beast tide away from Avalon. Just as survivors believed the crisis had passed, Jeanne returned in the White Dragon’s body and began destroying the city, leaving Kuro, Zoro, Sanji, and Akin confronting a foe whose next attack melted the ground.

• Bevel teleported Jeanne into an underground lava lake, then joined Kuro in defending Avalon from the attacking beasts.
• Kuro and the others cleared the city and disrupted the beast horde until it receded into the forest, and Avalon’s survivors celebrated their apparent salvation.
• Jeanne returned as the White Dragon, vaporized survivors with her breath, and set Avalon ablaze while vowing to destroy everything Bevel had tried to protect.
• Zoro, Sanji, Kuro, and Akin charged Jeanne, but her Dragon Claw devastated much of Avalon and left Bevel despairing over their chances.
• Akin refused to retreat, and Jeanne rose into the sky before diving toward Avalon in a blaze of white flames, melting the ground and sweeping buildings into the resulting wave.

Jeanne devastated Avalon after emerging as an immense White Dragon, while Bevel organized an evacuation and Kuro agreed to hold her back until Gawain arrived. As Gawain’s allies joined the fight, Kuro awakened his power and wounded Jeanne, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Jeanne’s eruption of magma destroyed more than half of Avalon, and Bevel urged Kuro to rescue survivors while declaring his support for Gawain as king if they survived.
• Bevel opened portals to evacuate Avalon’s civilians, while Kuro agreed to delay Jeanne for thirty minutes and rushed to fight her.
• After receiving Kuro’s message, Sanji, Zoro, Law, Cavendish, Fan-Oka, Chopper, Bepo, and the others turned back toward the White Dragon.
• Jeanne transformed into her White Dragon Human-Beast Form and gravely injured Zoro with a single blow.
• Kuro awakened his power, entered Kamaitachi Form, and cut deep wounds across Jeanne’s chest.

Kuro awakened his Mythical Zoan power and fought Jeanne above Avalon, using his speed to wound and restrain her despite her devastating strength and regeneration. After evacuating the others, he continued holding her off until Gawain could arrive, refusing Jeanne’s demand that he submit.

• Gawain raced toward Avalon after learning of the upheaval, then received the news that Kuro’s awakening had raised his potential to Mid Legendary.
• Kuro attacked Jeanne with awakened wind blades and overwhelming speed, exploiting her weak Haki while she struggled to land a hit.
• Jeanne’s wounds healed with increasingly tough feathers, and she unleashed a blazing attack that forced Kuro to evacuate Bepo, Chopper, and the others beyond Avalon.
• Kuro ordered Akin and the others to withdraw while he stayed behind to hold Jeanne back until Gawain arrived.
• Jeanne claimed her regenerating feathers would eventually make her defenses nearly invincible and demanded that Kuro submit or die, but Kuro refused and vowed to make Gawain king.

Kuro fought Jeanne in Avalon City until Gawain arrived and turned the battle against her, but the Ancient Weapon Uranus suddenly struck the city with pillars of light. Gawain escaped with Kuro as the bombardment swallowed Avalon and Jeanne.

• Jeanne's heat and adapting feathers overwhelmed Kuro, while Kuro fought on to give his companions time to escape.
• Akin stopped Cavendish from returning to the battle, and the crew fled while resolving to become stronger.
• Gawain arrived and attacked Jeanne with powerful Conqueror's Haki, enduring her heat to keep striking her.
• Jeanne awakened Observation Haki and gained Future Sight, then Gawain prepared to finish her.
• Uranus fired pillars of light across Avalon, and Gawain grabbed Kuro and fled as the blasts engulfed Jeanne and the city.

Uranus devastated Avalon, killing Fafnir while Gawain survived with catastrophic injuries. Imu and the Five Elders celebrated the weapon’s successful test, then learned Gawain was alive and that Vegapunk had discovered the stolen Mother Flame, prompting Imu to order its recovery at any cost.

• Uranus’s pillars of light consumed Avalon and spread across the surrounding region, while Gawain escaped by unleashing a powerful breath that propelled him away.
• Imu received confirmation that Uranus had destroyed Britannia and the surrounding area, and he and the Five Elders discussed using its power to suppress opposition within the Navy.
• The Five Elders learned that Fafnir had died but Gawain had survived, and they called for Gawain to be eliminated.
• Imu revealed that the Mind-Mind Fruit User had taken Fafnir’s body and concluded that the ritual created an eternal body but could not make a soul immortal.
• The CP Organization reported that Vegapunk had discovered the stolen Mother Flame and placed Egghead under martial law, so Imu ordered its recovery at any cost.

After Uranus destroyed Avalon, Morgan led the survivors toward safety while Gawain and his companions assessed the weapon’s power and the devastation it had caused. Confronted with the World Government’s threat and the limits of his past efforts, Gawain chose to fight alongside his companions and raise hell.

• At Britannia’s border, Bevel killed a Heavenly Awakening Church believer who tried to incite the survivors, while Morgan took command and led them toward higher ground as a tsunami approached.
• At the crater left by Uranus, Gawain confirmed to his companions that the World Government had used the Ancient Weapon and explained that its use raised sea levels and consumed land.
• Gawain mourned Avalon’s destruction and questioned how his efforts to help people had changed anything while the World Government and pirates still threatened them.
• Kuro, Akin, Zoro, and the others affirmed that they would stay with Gawain, and he decided they would raise hell together.

Months after Big Mom vanished, Katakuri defeated her and became Whole Cake Island’s New King, while the World Government invited him to become a Shichibukai. At Zephyr’s harbor, he explained to Fujitora that the World Government had an Ancient Weapon and would soon move against the G-5 Branch, leaving Fujitora asking what he intended to do.

• Katakuri led Whole Cake Island through months of battles, earning the support of its pirates as its New King.
• Big Mom returned, but Katakuri and the Whole Cake Island elites rejected her, and Katakuri fought her for control of the island.
• Big Mom vanished after the battle, Katakuri lost an eye and became New King, and the World Government invited him to replace Edward Weevil as a Shichibukai.
• Zephyr mourned fallen recruits at the G-5 harbor with Fujitora and defended his killing of Weevil despite the World Government’s likely retaliation.
• Zephyr told Fujitora that the World Government had destroyed Avalon with an Ancient Weapon and no longer needed the Navy to maintain its rule.
• Fujitora asked Zephyr what he intended to do as the World Government threatened the G-5 Branch.

Fujitora and Zephyr affirmed the Neo Navy’s purpose, while Whitebeard’s crew discovered that Teach had killed Thatch and Ace left to pursue him. In Britannia, Morgan and Bevel joined Gawain’s group as it began rebuilding Camelot and preparing to grow stronger.

• Fujitora joined Zephyr in declaring himself part of the Neo Navy and wondered how Gawain might reshape the world when the World Government unveiled the Ancient Weapon.
• Whitebeard found Thatch dead, learned Teach had left the ship, and discovered a half-eaten Devil Fruit in Teach’s deserted cabin.
• Ace departed alone to find Teach, and Whitebeard ordered his crew to bring Ace back before deciding to let him go and declaring that Teach must pay.
• Morgan refused a political marriage to Gawain, handed Britannia over to him, and named the new settlement Holy Land Camelot.
• Gawain welcomed Morgan and Bevel into his group, assigned Franky to build Pluton, and ordered Zoro and the others to get stronger.
• Gawain received a Captain System notification that he had unlocked a badge.

Gawain gained the Sea Emperor badge, which accelerated his subordinates’ training and gave them a chance to exceed their potential limits, while his crew trained and grew stronger over the following year. The chapter ended with Gawain reading Monkey D. Luffy’s new thirty-million-Berry wanted poster.

• Gawain discovered the Sea Emperor badge’s training boost, injury immunity, and potential-increasing effect, and saw it as a way to strengthen his crew against the World Government and Imu.
• Akin, Zoro, Sanji, Luo, and the others trained in Britannia, and the badge’s effects helped them feel renewed growth as they pushed past their limits.
• Gawain’s group gained experience from their subordinates’ training, while Cavendish returned from winning the Second Martial Arts Tournament and devoted himself to getting stronger.
• Over the next year, Gawain’s group crushed Ochoku, clashed with Kaido, and established itself as a dominant New World power, while Gawain became known as the Uncrowned King and Lionheart King.
• Egghead was destroyed, Vegapunk and Sentomaru became wanted, Katakuri joined the Shichibukai, and Zephyr founded the Neo Navy after breaking with the World Government.
• A News Coo delivered Monkey D. Luffy’s wanted poster to Gawain, showing a bounty of thirty million Berry.

Three years after his rise, Gawain watched Zoro and Sanji clash in Camelot’s Round Table Arena while his crew discussed their growing strength and Kuro’s assessment that Gawain had become impossible to measure. Gawain checked his System Panel and found that his rating had reached Legendary Extreme, declaring him the strongest in the world.

• Gawain reflected on how Britannia had grown and considered how the altered world might affect the Straw Hat’s future.
• Zoro and Sanji fought fiercely in the Round Table Arena, drawing cheers from the gathered pirates.
• Kuro’s killing intent made a newcomer retch, and Kuro explained that Fan-Oka was tracking the infiltrator as part of a plan to expose a larger enemy.
• Kuro and Akin discussed Zoro and Sanji’s progress, Akin’s growth, and how Gawain had become a mountain Kuro could no longer measure.
• Gawain watched from the government affairs building, noted Akin’s approach to the Legendary realm, and saw his System Panel rate him Legendary Extreme and the strongest in the world.

Gawain reflected on the limits of his strength and his plans to find Vegapunk, build Pluton, and eventually confront Uranus and Imu. At the Knights of the Round Table ranking matches, Zoro defeated Sanji by remaining standing, and Luo challenged Bevel, setting up a clash between their spatial Devil Fruit powers.

• Gawain concluded that he had reached the limits of human ability and considered how to acquire the researchers and Devil Fruit needed to build Pluton.
• Gawain connected Blackbeard’s departure from the Whitebeard Pirates to his theft of the Dark-Dark Fruit and wondered whether Blackbeard and Straw Hat could push him further.
• Gawain’s crew held its fourth internal ranking matches in Avalon’s Round Table Arena to determine seats in the Knights of the Round Table.
• Zoro and Sanji fought for three days and nights before Zoro won their final clash by staying upright after Sanji lost consciousness.
• Kuro and Akin discussed Zoro’s potential, but Kuro stopped Akin from fighting and called Luo and Bevel into the arena for the next match.
• Luo challenged Bevel, prompting Kuro to note that the Door-Door Fruit and Op-Op Fruit could make the fighters’ strength difficult to predict.

Bevel defeated Law in a dangerous arena battle that pitted the Door-Door Fruit against the Op-Op Fruit. Law earned Gawain’s recognition as a main combatant, while Bevel’s victory left Kuro questioning whether Akin could match him.

• Bevel used his Door-Door Fruit to redirect Law’s attacks and gain the advantage, while Law relied on his ROOM and quick thinking to keep fighting.
• Law trapped Bevel by damaging the arena floor and attacked during the brief opening, but Bevel used multiple doors to redirect the thrust and spin Law’s face through a portal.
• Kuro declared Bevel the winner, and the spectators cheered for both fighters’ strength.
• Bevel helped Law to his feet, and the two joked about who would pay for drinks before leaving the arena together.
• Gawain assessed Law as a near-Gold Mid fighter and considered him and Bevel main combatants, while Kuro remarked that Bevel might be more dangerous than Zoro and the others.

Kuro and Akin faced off in the Round Table Arena, revealing that both had advanced to the threshold of Legendary power. Their battle began with Kuro striking Akin, whose new form and mastery of Armament Haki let him withstand the blow and answer with a devastating punch.

• The ranking battle established Bevel in fourth place, Zoro in fifth, Sanji in sixth, Law in seventh, and Cavendish in eighth, while Lucci was provisionally ninth.
• Gawain assessed his forces and, worried about Uranus and the world's sinking, decided he needed to find Vegapunk and visit Rayleigh at Sabaody Archipelago.
• Kuro transformed and unleashed a powerful wind-blade attack, forcing spectators to flee as he challenged Akin to show his strength.
• Akin revealed his black-armored Third Bone—Six Sky Demon King form, which Bevel said had defeated him almost instantly.
• Kuro attacked Akin with an air blade, but Akin's Armament Transformation let him endure the strike and counter with a punch that shook the arena.

Kuro pushed Akin to the brink in their arena battle, forcing him to rely on instinct to survive Kuro’s killing strike. Akin awakened combat instinct and advanced from Gold Limit to Lower Legendary, leaving the fight newly balanced.

• Gawain arrived to watch Kuro and Akin fight and told the others that Akin might reach the Legendary realm.
• Kuro unveiled Wind King Claws and cut through Akin’s bone armor, then challenged him to keep fighting.
• Akin rebuilt his armor and refused to give up as Kuro overwhelmed him with a barrage of attacks.
• Kuro launched a killing strike, and Akin abandoned conscious thought to evade it through combat instinct.
• Gawain recognized Akin’s awakening, and a system notification confirmed that Akin’s Observation Haki had transformed and his combat power had risen to Lower Legendary.

Akin awakened a combat-instinct path of Observation Haki during his loss to Kuro, while Cavendish resolved to conquer White Horse and break through his own limits. Kuro then challenged Gawain, who ended the fight with one sword strike and left Kuro standing but beaten.

• Akin survived Kuro's final attack by relying on newly awakened combat instinct, then vowed to defeat Kuro next time.
• Cavendish decided to fully conquer White Horse, while Zoro, Sanji, and the others recognized Akin's breakthrough.
• Kuro challenged Gawain in the arena, and Gawain accepted while drawing the Sword in the Stone.
• Kuro attacked at full speed, but Gawain unleashed his Conqueror's Haki through his sword and stopped a devastating slash on Kuro's shoulder.
• Gawain left the arena, and Kuro remained behind cursing as the others departed in silence.

Fujitora visited Gawain in Britannia as the Neo Navy faced a crisis over Ace’s capture and Blackbeard’s rise, but chose not to ask his friend to join the fight. Gawain offered the Neo Navy support through Tesoro and began planning how to profit from the coming war, while Garp visited Ace in Impel Down and struggled with the conflict between duty and family.

• Fujitora reunited with Gawain in a Britannian tavern and learned that Blackbeard had defeated Ace, become a Shichibukai, and likely made a deal with the Marines.
• Fujitora decided not to burden Gawain with the Neo Navy’s troubles, and Gawain privately considered how the approaching Summit War could help him obtain resources for Pluton.
• Gawain offered Fujitora access to supplies and weapons through Tesoro at Gran Tesoro, leaving Fujitora convinced that Gawain was preparing for a larger role against the World Government.
• Garp entered Impel Down’s sixth level and confronted Ace in his cell, torn between his Marine duty and his love for his grandson.
• Ace told Garp that he had once questioned why he was born, but that he had found his answer aboard Whitebeard’s ship.