Chapter Summaries

Aokiji arrived in Britannias and met Smoker, who had joined Gawain’s knights, before confronting Gawain about the Navy’s knowledge that the world was sinking. After learning Mary Geoise had forbidden preparations, Aokiji chose to remain in the Navy and seek a way for its Marines to survive together.

• Aokiji recalled his defeat by Akainu on Punk Hazard and his journey to Britannias after witnessing Zephyr’s legacy and the World Government’s darkness.
• Smoker greeted Aokiji at Britannias Harbor in knight armor and explained that he now carried Britannias’s justice.
• Aokiji told Smoker that Akainu had become Fleet Admiral and was far stronger than before, while Smoker described his own decision to join Britannias.
• Gawain asked Aokiji whether the Navy had known the world was sinking, and Aokiji confirmed that Mary Geoise had forbidden action because dwindling land meant more survivors would leave less for everyone else.
• Aokiji declined Smoker’s invitation to join him, deciding instead to stay in the Navy and try to find a way for its Marines to survive together.

Gawain learned that the world would soon sink and resolved to unite its resources after the Martial Arts Tournament. Meanwhile, Imu destroyed Elbaf and prepared to attack the Cross Guild, while Lucci received a mission alongside the uncontrollable Seraphim S-Dragon.

• Gawain considered using the Float-Float Fruit to save land but abandoned the idea and vowed to act after the Martial Arts Tournament.
• Imu transformed Elbaf's giants into a monstrous army, including Loki, and declared that the Cross Guild would be his first target.
• The Five Elders assigned Lucci to enter the Martial Arts Tournament, retrieve the Eternal Pose to Raftel, and test Seraphim Unit Zero, S-Dragon.
• Stussy revealed that S-Dragon had been created from Gawain's Lineage Factor and Lunarian blood, with an Artificial Devil Fruit.
• S-Dragon attacked Lucci with powerful Conqueror's Haki, and Stussy ordered S-Kuma and S-Shark to restrain him.

Lucci was defeated by the uncontrollable Seraphim S-Dragon, then watched the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament qualifiers reveal a field of terrifying fighters. The New World qualifiers included five Knights of the Round Table, leaving the Five Elders alarmed by Britannia's growing power.

• S-Dragon transformed into a pink-scaled Azure Dragon and defeated Lucci in their clash, leaving him severely injured.
• Lucci decided that capturing the Seraphim was essential, while acknowledging he would miss the tournament because of his wounds and the danger of exposure.
• The tournament qualifiers began worldwide, and Redfield overwhelmed the West Blue arena with a single slash.
• Straw Hat and Kid won East Blue and South Blue qualifying spots, while Hawkins lost to Vinsmoke-Judge in the North Blue; Moria and Daz Bones qualified from Alabasta, and Lucci and S-Dragon drew attention at Sabaody.
• Kaido, Mihawk, Katakuri, Zoro, Bullet, Sabo, Akin, and Sanji qualified from the New World, with five Knights of the Round Table securing places.
• The Five Elders concluded that Britannia's strength had grown beyond their control and worried that only the Ancient Weapon could restrain Gawain.

The Five Elders learned that Britannia might be building Pluton and planned to destroy it during the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament. Gawain ordered Pluton's construction moved to Skypiea, and an island began rising into the sky amid a storm.

• Saint Peter told the Five Elders that Imu had conquered Elbaf and was heading for Cross Guild, easing their fears about Britannia.
• A CP0 agent reported a hidden shipyard, shipments of Adam Tree timber and ores, and Vegapunk's presence in Britannia, convincing the Five Elders that Gawain was building an Ancient Weapon.
• A second report revealed Britannia's vast Earth Vein Energy Reserve, prompting Saint Saturn and Saint Nusjuro to demand an attack; Saint Ethanbaron proposed waiting until the tournament's finalists gathered so they could be eliminated together.
• Gawain watched the tournament qualifiers, assessed Straw Hat, Redfield, and a Seraphim modeled on him, then told Kuro to relocate Pluton's construction site to Skypiea.
• The next day, a violent storm swept Britannia's inner sea, and a witness claimed to have seen an island rise into the sky.

Nami and Fujitora lifted the shipyard and surrounding land into the sky, prompting Vegapunk to resolve to reveal the Ancient Weapons’ power against the World Government. As the Martial Arts Tournament’s Round of 16 began in Camelot, Kaido and Redfield clashed before Bullet and three Knights of the Round Table stepped in.

• Nami and Fujitora used their abilities to raise a vast area of land into the sky, while Vegapunk concluded Gawain was preparing for the coming apocalypse and decided to show the World Government the Ancient Weapons’ power.
• A CP0 officer discovered the shipyard had vanished and ordered every hidden agent in Britannia to find it.
• Gawain weighed the tournament contenders’ strength, decided they needed more battles to draw out their potential, and prepared to intervene if necessary.
• Jango opened the tournament’s Round of 16 in a packed Round Table Arena, where Kaido and Redfield began fighting and damaged part of the arena.
• Bullet challenged Kaido and Redfield, and Zoro, Sanji, and another Knight of the Round Table joined him.

Sanji defeated Vinsmoke Judge in the tournament, declaring that he had moved beyond his past and now served as chief of Knight Gawain's ship. After Trafalgar Law challenged Hawkins and Drake to pursue strength through Britannia, Hawkins reconsidered his path as the next match was announced.

• Kaido and Redfield withdrew their hostile auras, while Kid and Straw Hat renewed their rivalry over who would become Pirate King.
• Jango began the quarterfinals, pairing Sanji against Vinsmoke Judge; Sanji transformed into Invisible Black and stated that he had only one identity as a member of the Knights of the Round Table.
• Sanji blasted Judge out of the arena with a single kick, and Jango declared Black Leg Sanji the winner.
• Hawkins's divinations showed only defeat, and Trafalgar Law appeared to remove his, Drake's, and Hawkins's hearts before returning them unharmed.
• Law urged Hawkins and Drake to pursue strength in Britannia rather than retreat, and Hawkins admitted that Britannia might be a good choice.
• Jango announced the next match between Roronoa Zoro and Hawk Eyes Mihawk.

Zoro entered the tournament arena to face Hawk Eyes, the former world's strongest swordsman, while spectators, Marines, and fellow competitors watched. He drew a tiny knife instead of one of his swords, leaving Hawk Eyes and the crowd stunned as Katakuri recognized the joke.

• Hawkins concluded that Britannia intended to challenge the World Government by defeating the sea's strongest fighters, while spectators anticipated Hawk Eyes's match against Zoro.
• Hawk Eyes entered the arena, and his growing battle intent made ordinary swordsmen unable to draw their blades as Katakuri and Redfield reacted to his strength.
• At Marine Headquarters, Akainu, Aokiji, and Ryokugyu discussed Hawk Eyes, Britannia's strength, and Zoro's chances against him.
• Sanji challenged Zoro to win, and Zoro set off for the arena as Katakuri sensed his formidable combat power.
• Kaido taunted Moria about facing Hawk Eyes without loyal companions, and Moria vowed to return everything in full when the time came.
• Zoro drew a tiny knife and apologized that he had no shorter one, enraging the crowd while Katakuri laughed and Hawk Eyes thought that the joke had been his line.

Zoro faced Hawk Eyes Mihawk in the quarterfinals of the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament and unleashed a devastating Nine Sword Style attack. Mihawk won, but Zoro’s strength and near-fatal strike left the spectators and other fighters stunned.

• Zoro and Hawk Eyes Mihawk began their duel with short blades, and their Conqueror’s Haki sent shockwaves through the arena.
• Hawk Eyes Mihawk praised Zoro’s growth, then drew Black Sword Night and escalated the fight as Zoro charged him with three swords.
• Hawk Eyes Mihawk drove Zoro back, while Zoro realized his opponent was stronger and decided to stake everything on one move.
• Zoro entered his Asura state and used Nine Sword Style: Asura, prompting Hawk Eyes Mihawk to answer with Hawk Wave - Void Severance.
• Their attacks crossed, leaving Hawk Eyes Mihawk with a deep wound and Zoro unconscious with a worse chest injury and two shattered swords.
• The announcer declared Hawk Eyes Mihawk the winner, and Chopper’s medical team entered to treat both swordsmen.

Zoro’s defeat by Hawk Eyes impressed powerful observers, while Shimotsuki Koshiro decided to forge him a graduation sword and the Marines recognized Britannia as a threat beyond their ability to face. As Cross Guild considered exploiting the coming clash, a horde of colossal giants attacked Hachinosu, and Britannia’s Gawain noted that Zoro had surpassed Hawk Eyes’s strength from two years earlier.

• Redfield and Kaido praised Zoro’s strength, while Luffy admitted he had no plan to counter Zoro’s technique and Sabo watched him with concern and pride.
• At Isshin Dojo, Koshiro and his students watched Zoro lose to Hawk Eyes and break Wado Ichimonji; Koshiro decided to forge Zoro a graduation sword and visited Kuina’s grave.
• Akainu studied the Knights of the Round Table’s records and learned from Ryokugyu that Imu had already acted against Britannia.
• Crocodile hoped the tournament would draw attention away from Cross Guild, but hundreds of colossal giants descended on Hachinosu and a figure charged out to take his head.
• In Britannia, Gawain concluded that Zoro’s combat strength had surpassed Hawk Eyes’s level from two years earlier.

Gawain anticipated facing the tournament’s strongest challengers as Kid advanced to the quarterfinals after Katakuri withdrew. Luffy then faced Akin, who warned him that he would die unless he fought seriously, and revealed his Death Knight form.

• Gawain reflected on how his relationship with Hawk Eyes had changed and looked forward to facing the tournament’s powerful contenders.
• Jango announced that Charlotte Katakuri had withdrawn, advancing Kid to the quarterfinals; Kid accepted Luffy’s offer to become his partner if Luffy won.
• Jango announced that Monkey D. Luffy would fight Akin, and Kid worried that Gawain’s right-hand man would overwhelm him.
• Akin told Luffy he would not hold back, while Luffy activated Gear Second and struck Akin’s bone-armored chest.
• Akin warned that Luffy would not leave the arena alive if that was all he could do, then revealed Double Bone—Death Knight.

Straw Hat was overwhelmed by Akin’s Death Knight form and six Spiral Bone Spears, but Gear Fourth: Snake Man let him smash apart all six of Akin’s arms with Conqueror’s Haki. Just as Straw Hat prepared to finish the fight, Akin seized his face and warned him that he would not leave the arena alive.

• Akin transformed into a towering Death Knight, and Kaido and Redfield recognized him as an awakened Bones-Bones Fruit user with power on an Emperor or Admiral’s level.
• Akin fired six Spiral Bone Spears and pierced Straw Hat’s Gear Third defense, blasting him toward the edge of the Round Table Arena.
• Straw Hat revealed Gear Fourth: Snake Man and struck Akin with Gomu Gomu no King Cobra, using Armament and Conqueror’s Haki to destroy all six of Akin’s arms.
• Kid heard Sabo remind him of his promise and grew conflicted as Straw Hat gained the upper hand.
• As Straw Hat charged in to finish Akin, Akin grabbed his face with a pitch-black hand and warned that Straw Hat would not leave the arena alive.

Akin pierced Straw Hat’s heart in the Martial Arts Tournament quarterfinals, but the Drums of Liberation sounded as Straw Hat’s body began to transform. Redfield recognized Straw Hat as the bearer of the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Nika Form, leaving the arena on the verge of witnessing his awakening.

• Akin revealed his black-spiked Three Bones—Six Sky Demon King form and overwhelmed Straw Hat’s Gear Fourth Snake Man attacks.
• Straw Hat launched Gum-Gum Hydra, but Akin calmly evaded the blows and pierced his heart with a bone bullet.
• The crowd reacted to Straw Hat’s apparent death, while Redfield restrained Sabo from rushing at Akin.
• Redfield heard the Drums of Liberation and realized Straw Hat had eaten the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Nika Form.
• The drums grew louder, the ground rippled around Straw Hat, and the stands shook as spectators wondered whether he would return to life.

Akin saw Luffy awaken as Nika and questioned whether he was still himself, while the Drums of Liberation stirred Sea Kings and people across the world. The Five Elders ordered Uranus to destroy Nika and Britannia, and Imu learned of the awakening as Blackbeard secretly renewed his ambition to seize the world.

• Akin watched Luffy awaken in a white Zoan form and ask himself who he was before declaring that he was Monkey D. Luffy and would become Pirate King.
• Rayleigh, Gaban, Zunesha, the Sea Kings, Momonosuke, and Shirahoshi reacted to the Drums of Liberation, and Momonosuke insisted that he and Kin'emon go to Britannia.
• The Five Elders recognized Nika in the broadcast and ordered Uranus activated to wipe out Luffy and Britannia.
• On Hachinosu, Blackbeard showed off the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power, while Imu dismissed him as no threat and Blackbeard chose to follow.
• The Five Elders told Imu that Nika had awakened, prompting Imu to unleash his Conqueror's Haki as Blackbeard secretly resolved to wait for a chance to claim the throne.

Imu rejected the Five Elders’ demand to use Uranus against Britannia, choosing instead to send Shiryu after the Revolutionary Army while treating Knight Gawain as the greater threat. In the Round Table Arena, awakened Gear Fifth Straw Hat overwhelmed Akin, who answered with a devastating cannon attack that tore through the arena and beyond.

• Imu ordered the Five Elders to wait, saying Nika was not as dangerous as Knight Gawain and that Gawain’s power could destroy the world.
• Imu asked Shiryu whether he wanted to strike the Revolutionary Army or Wano Country first, and Shiryu chose the Revolutionary Army.
• Straw Hat replenished his strength with the Drums of Liberation and used Gear Fifth’s rubberizing powers to overpower Akin in the Round Table Arena.
• Kaido recognized Straw Hat as the Joy Boy described in Lunarian legend and vowed to defeat him, while Kid urged Straw Hat to prove their generation could stand beyond Gawain’s crew.
• Sabo decided he needed to find the fruit meant for him so he could protect his younger brother and face the world’s strongest figures.
• Akin unleashed Three Bones—Star-Shattering Roar Cannon, which pierced Straw Hat’s layered earth shields and tore through the arena before Akin collapsed from exhaustion.

Monkey D. Luffy defeated Akin in the quarterfinals, and Sabo later withdrew against Redfield as Gawain grew wary of the World Government’s silence. When the tournament resumed, S-Dragon entered the arena, and Kaido suspected he was a weapon created from Lunarian bloodline factors.

• Akin collapsed after his final attack failed to defeat Monkey D. Luffy, who won their quarterfinal match and reunited with Sabo afterward.
• Gawain warned Akin that the World Government might deploy Uranus against Camelot and decided the tournament should proceed faster.
• The tournament resumed without spectators, and Sabo conceded his match against Redfield before leaving to assist the Revolutionary Army.
• Dragon sensed a threat from the Divine Knights and decided to abandon the Revolutionary Army’s base.
• S-Dragon entered the arena for the sixth match, and Kaido suspected the World Government had created him using Lunarian bloodline factors.

S-Dragon, a Seraphim modeled on Gawain with Lunarian traits and an artificial Azure Dragon Fruit, defeated Chinjao with overwhelming force in the Martial Arts Tournament. Gawain realized the World Government had given S-Dragon a near-perfect copy of the Azure Dragon Fruit, while Kaido and other powerful fighters recognized the threat he posed.

• S-Dragon faced Chinjao in the tournament, while Capone Bege bet on S-Dragon and punished a subordinate who doubted his wager.
• Chinjao unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, but S-Dragon answered with stronger Haki, transformed into a massive pink Dragon-man, and knocked Chinjao unconscious with one blow.
• Spectators and fighters reacted in shock, while Kaido recognized S-Dragon's form and power as resembling the Azure Dragon Fruit and concluded that the World Government had created an artificial copy.
• Capone Bege's wager paid off, multiplying his stake thirty-threefold, and he ordered his men to prepare a fleet for the New World.
• S-Dragon won the match and left the arena, while Gawain identified him as a Seraphim who had eaten the Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit and judged his combat power to be no weaker than an Admiral.

Drake tried to kill Hawkins after Hawkins's divination exposed his former mission to infiltrate the Beasts Pirates, but Smoker restrained him and revealed that he had joined Britannia. Drake and Hawkins then agreed to talk about joining forces as the quarterfinals continued, ending with Kaido and Gecko Moria announced as the final matchup.

• Drake watched S-Dragon defeat Chinjao and reflected on his new Marine mission to infiltrate Britannia, while Hawkins urged him to join Britannia and revealed a divination of the Seven of Swords.
• Hawkins deduced that Drake had been assigned to infiltrate the Beasts Pirates, so Drake attacked him and transformed into an Allosaurus.
• Smoker restrained Drake with Haki-hardened smoke and warned him that Britannia's laws applied to everyone, while Hawkins persuaded Smoker not to press charges.
• Smoker recognized Drake as a former student of Zephyr and told him where Zephyr had been buried, prompting Drake to remember Smoker and wonder what had brought him to Britannia.
• Drake and Hawkins returned to the tavern to discuss their plans, and Jango announced that Kaido would face Gecko Moria in the final quarterfinal match.

Gecko Moria used thousands of stolen shadows to reach Legendary strength and fought Kaido in the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament quarterfinals. As their battle continued beyond the ruined arena, Gawain ordered Kuro to keep Moria alive.

• Spectators recalled Moria's defeat by Kaido twenty years earlier as the two prepared to face each other in the quarterfinals.
• Moria emerged from the passage in a grotesquely enlarged form after stealing the shadows of thousands of prisoners, and Gawain recognized him as the one who had attacked the prison.
• Moria charged Kaido and blocked his Thunder Bagua, regaining clarity before unleashing Shadow Horn Blades across the arena.
• Kaido and Moria exchanged devastating attacks that destroyed the arena stands and forced spectators watching from afar to recognize the danger of their battle.
• As Kaido and Moria's fight spread beyond the Round Table Arena, Gawain ordered Kuro not to let Moria die.

Moria pushed the Shadow-Shadow Fruit beyond his limits and nearly killed Kaido, but collapsed as the stolen shadows escaped his body. As Kaido moved to finish him, an unknown figure rushed in and kicked against the killing blow.

• Redfield questioned Bullet about his sudden growth, and Bullet said hard work and staking one's life on strength were enough.
• Bullet explained that Moria had swallowed powerful fighters' shadows to fight Kaido, but warned that Moria would burst if he could not end the battle soon.
• Moria unleashed his remaining power in Shadow Thorn: Beacon and pierced Kaido's club, chest, and flesh before losing consciousness as the shadows escaped him.
• Kaido survived the near-fatal attack, praised Kōgetsu Moria, and prepared to kill him while the spectators and Marines watched.
• An unidentified figure darted onto the battlefield and met Kaido's killing blow with an upward kick.

Kuro stopped Kaido from killing Moria, while Gawain’s unseen power suppressed Kaido and the Marines recognized Britannia’s growing strength. Akainu ordered the Marines to avoid provoking Britannia, then revealed that the world would sink into the ocean within a few years and that the disaster was unavoidable.

• Kuro caught Kaido’s finishing blow and declared he would take Moria back for questioning.
• Gawain’s invisible pressure forced Kaido into the arena floor, and Kaido’s roar shattered the Visual Den Den Mushi, cutting off the broadcast.
• At Marine Headquarters, Akainu ordered the Marines not to attack or provoke Britannia without his permission.
• Aokiji destroyed the meeting’s recording device, helping conceal Akainu’s defiance of the World Government’s surveillance.
• Akainu told the Marines that the world would sink into the ocean within a few years, and Sengoku explained that the Ancient Weapons had only accelerated the unavoidable disaster.