Chapter Summaries

Akainu and the Navy leaders considered breaking from the World Government after learning it intended to abandon the sinking world, while Gawain’s overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki forced Kaido to withdraw from attacking Moria. The World Government believed it still held the advantage, but Ryokugyu’s final thoughts suggested he understood Akainu’s plan and might accept it.

• Akainu declared that the Navy had to decide for itself what justice meant after the World Government chose to conceal the world’s impending destruction, and Ryokugyu arrived as the leaders prepared to act.
• In Britannia, Gawain’s distant Conqueror’s Haki suppressed Kaido, who abandoned his attack on Moria and left; Kuro had Moria carried away and then vanished.
• Redfield, Straw Hat, Kid, and Hawk Eyes reacted to Gawain’s terrifying presence, while Jango announced that Kaido had won the eighth match and that the finals would begin in three days.
• The Five Elders recognized that Gawain’s Knights of the Round Table surpassed the Divine Knights, but reassured themselves with the Navy’s strength, Imu’s victories, and the Ancient Weapon.
• The Five Elders received word that Kuzan had damaged the Den Den Mushi recording the Navy leaders’ meeting, then questioned Ryokugyu, who confirmed it was an accident and was told to monitor the Navy.
• After hanging up with the Five Elders, Ryokugyu reflected that Akainu’s plan went too far but might be the only way with the end approaching.

After Moria woke in Britannia, Gawain told him Kaido had survived and tested whether Moria would abandon his companions for revenge. Moria accepted Gawain’s offer to join his crew, and Perona, Absalom, and Hogback sailed toward Britannia to decide their own place beside him.

• Chopper treated Moria in Britannia, and Gawain told him that Kaido had survived because Moria’s attack had fallen short at the final moment.
• Moria vowed to join Gawain if he could gain the strength to take revenge, but refused to give up Perona and Absalom when Gawain demanded them.
• Gawain left Moria with instructions to report to Kuro, and Moria realized Gawain had been testing his loyalty to his companions.
• Perona, Absalom, and Hogback left the Terror Three Ghost Ships for the New World after learning Moria had joined Gawain’s crew.
• Absalom feared Britannia and planned an escape, while Hogback argued that joining Gawain could keep them safe; their boat continued toward Britannia.

After the Cross Guild fell, Crocodile resolved to join Britannia to protect his loyal companions. Gawain prepared to enter the Martial Arts Tournament finals, which he had transformed into a confrontation with himself, as the eight contestants gathered in Camelot.

• Crocodile escaped with Sasha, MR-4, Dorofee, and MR-5 after the Cross Guild's other members betrayed him or fled, and he decided to bow to Britannia to keep his companions safe.
• Crocodile's companions shared their personal dreams, took a group photograph, and cheered him up around the fire.
• Kuro, Robin, and Fujitora warned Gawain that the World Government would exploit any weakness, but Gawain insisted the tournament was his last chance to reach the Mythical realm.
• Gawain unleashed his Conqueror's Haki and tore open the storm clouds above Camelot, while Buena Festa prepared to use the tournament format change to make the event more spectacular.
• Jango announced the finals as eight contestants entered the arena and discovered the tournament was not a free-for-all.
• Bullet warned Redfield and the other contestants to fight with everything they had to survive Gawain's assault, just as he began to explain the finals' true format.

Gawain entered the tournament arena and changed the rules, challenging all eight finalists at once for the Eternal Pose to One Piece. As the fighters attacked him together, he repelled Kaido and S-Dragon with a single strike, leaving the battle still underway.

• Bullet told Redfield that they were challengers facing a man beyond human power, as Gawain approached the arena.
• Hawk Eyes sent a slash toward the contestants' passage, but Gawain stopped and shattered it with his Haki.
• Gawain appeared in the arena and declared that anyone who defeated him would win the Eternal Pose to One Piece.
• The Five Elders decided to wait for their Ancient Weapon to charge while the gathered fighters remained in Britannia.
• Kaido and S-Dragon launched simultaneous attacks, but Gawain struck them away, sending them crashing through a wall and into distant mountains.
• Bullet reminded the stunned Redfield that they were the challengers.

Gawain faced the tournament’s top fighters as Redfield, Bullet, Kaido, and S-Dragon unleashed their power against him. The chapter ended with all seven remaining powerhouses joining forces, while Redfield’s attack drew Gawain’s blade toward himself.

• Redfield stood his ground against Gawain, but Gawain’s Haki overwhelmed his Conqueror’s Haki and shocked Kid and the Marines watching the tournament.
• Bullet transformed into a gigantic Medium Bullet infused with Conqueror’s Haki, then launched a barrage of punches as Kaido and S-Dragon combined their heat breaths into a powerful attack.
• Straw Hat sent Kid away from the battlefield, then entered Gear Fifth and charged toward Gawain after hearing him laugh amid the devastation.
• Gawain emerged from the attacks in a dragon-like form and charged at his opponents, while Bullet warned the fighters that they needed to join forces and surpass their limits.
• Redfield, Bullet, Kaido, S-Dragon, and the others joined forces against Gawain, but Redfield’s Sword Qi failed to slow him and drew Gawain’s blade toward Redfield.

Redfield overcame his urge to flee and joined the others as they fought Gawain, but even their combined attacks could not turn the battle in their favor. The Marines and Five Elders feared Gawain’s growing power, while Gawain recognized that his opponents’ stamina would eventually run out before his did.

• Redfield watched Straw Hat, Sanji, Kaido, Hawk Eyes, and S-Dragon attack Gawain together, then regained his resolve and joined Hawk Eyes in blocking a deadly slash.
• S-Dragon endured Gawain’s strike with his Seraphim defenses, but Gawain used Extreme Soldier to cut through them and send him flying.
• The fighters coordinated more effectively as the battle continued, but Gawain wounded them one by one and healed the wound Hawk Eyes managed to inflict.
• Marine Headquarters feared Gawain could defeat the Marines alone, while the Five Elders ordered Uranus prepared to attack him within five minutes.
• In Britannia, Gawain realized the Red Dragon could stay at peak strength using the abundant Earth Vein Energy Reserve, while his opponents would tire and he himself was already beginning to feel fatigue.

Gawain defeated the tournament’s remaining fighters and demanded that they submit or die, revealing his plan to gather powerful fighters under Britannia’s command. Hawk Eyes agreed to stay with Gawain until he surpassed him, while Kaido refused to submit.

• Gawain used Britannia’s leyline energy to heal and sustain himself as he overwhelmed the fighters, and Straw Hat and Kid fell out of the battle.
• Gawain defeated Sanji, Bullet, S-Dragon, and Kaido, leaving Redfield, Hawk Eyes, and the other survivors unable to fight.
• Gawain demanded that the defeated fighters submit or die, while Marine leaders realized the tournament had been a scheme to recruit powerful fighters and Rayleigh feared the World Government would retaliate.
• Hawk Eyes agreed to stay in Britannia until his swordsmanship surpassed Gawain’s, and Gawain asked Kaido whether he would submit; Kaido refused to bow to strength.

The World Government unleashed Uranus on Camelot, and Gawain faced the weapon as his Conqueror’s Haki surged after he understood that confronting such a disaster was the step he needed to take. The strike swallowed Camelot and the surrounding area, leaving Rayleigh and the Marines believing Gawain was dead as they awaited images of the aftermath.

• As Gawain prepared to kill Kaido, Uranus appeared in the sky, and Rayleigh warned him that the World Government was about to erase Britannia.
• Kaido told Gawain that Uranus would destroy everyone gathered in Camelot, while Kid fled toward the city gates with Straw Hat.
• Gawain realized his fear of the Ancient Weapons had blocked his path to the Mythical, then laughed as his Conqueror’s Haki rose.
• Uranus struck Camelot and the surrounding area, swallowing everything in a pillar of light and extinguishing the nearby projection Den Den Mushi.
• Rayleigh mourned Gawain and questioned the meaning of resisting fate, while the Marines assumed the Ancient Weapon had killed him.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to restore Britannia’s projection feed, and a CP0 agent entered Mary Geoise to report the battle’s results.

The Five Elders fired Uranus twice at Camelot, but Gawain survived and transformed into a colossal Red Dragon, terrifying both the World Government and the Marines. As the dragon roared across Britannia, the Marines debated their future and Gawain’s allies realized he was still alive.

• The Five Elders celebrated after Uranus devastated Camelot, then saw ley line energy gather around a crimson sphere and ordered a second shot when they feared Gawain had survived.
• The Marines watched Uranus strike Camelot again, and Akainu called for them to settle whose justice the Marines upheld.
• The Five Elders saw the crimson sphere rise from the lava and unfold into the Red Dragon, whose first roar left them fearing Gawain more than Joy Boy.
• The Marines witnessed Gawain’s transformation, and Akainu resumed the meeting about the navy’s future as officers struggled to comprehend his growing power.
• Bevel opened a portal that let Kid, Straw Hat, and other wounded survivors escape Camelot, while Bullet’s Vivre Card showed Gawain was alive and the dragon’s roar confirmed it.

After surviving Uranus’s bombardment, Gawain transformed into a colossal Red Dragon and entered the Mythical realm. As the survivors witnessed his evolution and Stussy revealed S-Dragon’s connection to Gawain, Gawain stood over Kaido’s charred corpse in Camelot and received the Human God Badge.

• The survivors saw Gawain’s enormous Red Dragon form above Camelot, and Redfield sensed that Gawain had evolved beyond humanity.
• Bullet explained that Gawain had sought to enter the sixth rank, Mythical, by using the tournament to cultivate a worthy opponent and fight an ultimate battle.
• Kuro and the others arrived after Bevel’s portal saved them from Uranus’s attack, and they recognized that Gawain had survived and reached the Mythical realm.
• Stussy subdued S-Dragon with seastone and told him that Gawain, his creator and father, was waiting for him in Britannia.
• In Camelot, Gawain inspected Kaido’s charred corpse, threw it into the magma, and received a system notification that he had advanced from Legendary to Mythical and awakened the Human God Badge.

After ascending to the Mythical realm, Gawain discovered that he had fused perfectly with the Red Dragon Fruit, gained control of ley-line energy beneath the sea, and might be able to eat a second Devil Fruit. Meanwhile, Crocodile and Katakuri believed Gawain had died in the Ancient Weapon attack on Britannia until Crocodile remembered that Hawk Eyes's Vivre Card could reveal whether anyone had survived.

• Gawain transformed into a Mythical being, grew the Red Dragon to nearly ten thousand meters, and found he could command ley-line energy beneath the sea.
• Gawain discovered that his will had replaced the Red Dragon Fruit's inner will, restoring the Sea's Favor Badge to pending activation and suggesting he could eat another Devil Fruit.
• Gawain considered using the Float-Float Fruit to lift Britannia into the sky and flew off to find Kuro and the others.
• Crocodile and Katakuri watched footage of the Ancient Weapon's attack on Camelot and believed Gawain had been killed.
• Crocodile asked where Hawk Eyes's Vivre Card was, hoping it could show whether anyone in Britannia had survived.

Crocodile and Katakuri learned from Mihawk that Gawain had survived Uranus’s bombardment, prompting Crocodile to lead his crew toward Britannia while Katakuri planned to reunite with his siblings first. At Shakedown Bar, Rayleigh suspected Gawain was still alive, just as Luffy returned with his companions and Kid, but Luffy’s expression turned grave when Rayleigh asked about Gawain.

• Mihawk told Crocodile and Katakuri that a Round Table Knight had teleported him away and that Gawain had endured Uranus’s attack twice and survived.
• Crocodile chose to take his crew to Britannia, while Katakuri agreed with him but said he would first return to his younger siblings.
• Rayleigh lamented the apparent loss of Gawain and Luffy, but Shakuyaku pointed out that news of the tournament and Uranus was being suppressed.
• Rayleigh concluded that Gawain might still be alive, and Luffy arrived at the bar with his companions and Kid.
• Rayleigh asked Luffy where Gawain was, and Luffy’s smile disappeared as he began to answer.

Rayleigh learned that Gawain had survived Uranus’s bombardment and decided to go to Britannia, but Gaban’s call revealed that Mary Geoise had destroyed Elbaf and taken Lipri and Rhon. Meanwhile, the wounded Red-Hair Pirates chose to seek an alliance with the Whitebeard Pirates as the World Government crushed the New World’s major powers.

• Luffy vowed to defeat Gawain while Kid argued with him, and Kid told Rayleigh that Gawain had endured Uranus’s attacks and may have entered the Mythical realm.
• Rayleigh decided that Roger’s task was complete and planned to travel to Britannia with Shakuyaku.
• Several days later, Gaban told Rayleigh that Elbaf had been burned, Lipri and Rhon were missing, and attackers from Mary Geoise had acted under Imu’s orders; Rayleigh agreed to help.
• Red-Hair and the survivors of his crew drifted at sea after Shamrock and Garling attacked them, killing Rocks D. and many others.
• Red-Hair rejected seeking help from Britannia and chose to ally with the Whitebeard Pirates, while the crew mourned Luffy’s apparent end.

The Five Elders feared Knight Gawain after the Ancient Weapon failed to defeat him, while Vegapunk freed three Seraphim from their controllers. S-Dragon embraced his desire to fight and was taken to battle Britannia’s Knights of the Round Table.

• The Red-Hair Pirates set course for Sphinx, determined to continue their journey and honor their fallen comrades.
• The Five Elders discussed their fear of Knight Gawain, awaited Imu’s plan, and learned they had lost control of three Seraphim through Stussy and Vegapunk.
• Vegapunk freed S-Dragon, S-Shark, and S-Bear from their heart controllers and told them they could choose their own paths.
• S-Dragon admitted that fighting was what excited him, and Bullet carried him away to a different battlefield before he could wreck the laboratory.
• Zoro, Sanji, and Luo confronted S-Dragon, and the four began a fierce battle as Hawk Eyes and Redfield watched.

As the Ancient Weapon’s repeated attacks accelerated the world’s sinking, Vegapunk warned Gawain that Britannia had less than two years before disaster. Gawain ate the Float-Float Fruit and revealed that he could use its power alongside his existing abilities, leaving open whether he could lift the kingdom above the rising sea.

• Redfield and Hawk Eyes recognized that training under Gawain had helped them grow stronger, then began fighting each other while the others trained against their own opponents.
• Britannia rebuilt after the battle, while rising seas swallowed nearby islands and the worldwide panic grew as people blamed the disasters in Britannia.
• Vegapunk brought Gawain survey results showing that the world was sinking faster and warned that Britannia had less than two years left.
• Gawain ate the Float-Float Fruit despite Vegapunk’s warning that a person could not survive possessing two Devil Fruit powers, then demonstrated that he could control matter across several kilometers.
• Gawain tested the fruit over the Inner Sea, lifting and manipulating vast quantities of seawater and stirring the weather, while Perona, Absalom, and their companion watched in terror.

After Gawain demonstrated control of the sea, Moria and other observers suspected he had gained the Float-Float Fruit and planned to save the world by raising Britannia into the sky. Gawain announced preparations for the plan, while Fujitora confronted Drake about his secret Marine identity and began speaking to him about the justice he had once believed in.

• Moria, Absalom, and Perona saw Gawain command the inland sea and speculated that he had acquired the Float-Float Fruit.
• Moria concluded that Gawain might lift Britannia into the sky, while Redfield and Hawk Eyes also believed the plan could be his response to the world's rising seas.
• Vegapunk calculated that Gawain might truly be able to raise Britannia, and Gawain called a meeting at the Technology Development Bureau.
• Gawain ordered Kuro and Morgan to prepare civilians for safety and announced that he would lift Britannia into the sky after a month of preparations.
• Hawkins divined a 100% chance that Gawain could succeed, while Drake questioned whether the Marines' justice was truly right.
• Fujitora identified Drake as a Marine rear admiral and former undercover operative, then told him that Zephyr had considered him a good Marine with a strong sense of justice.

Fujitora challenged Drake to question the justice he served, while Akainu won the Marine high command’s support for reforms that would limit the Celestial Dragons’ power. Just after Akainu committed to confronting the World Government, Saint Saturn ordered him to mobilize the Navy against Britannia and threatened the world’s destruction.

• Fujitora asked Drake what justice meant and left him questioning the Marines’ ideals as he considered what he had seen in Britannia; Hawkins drew cards predicting wavering, destruction, and reform.
• Aramaki destroyed the recording Den Den Mushi before Akainu announced plans to create a political system led by the Marines and constrain the Celestial Dragons.
• The Marine high command, including the three Admirals, Sengoku, Garp, and Hina, supported Akainu’s reforms.
• Akainu visited T-Bone’s grave and promised to clear his name, then told Aokiji he would not turn back from his plan.
• Saint Saturn called Akainu and ordered him to mobilize every Naval force against Britannia, warning him not to make the world sink faster.

The Five Elders tried to use the Ancient Weapon’s threat to unite the sea against Britannia, while Red-Hair learned of Imu’s role in Elbaf’s destruction and set course for Mary Geoise. In Britannia, Gawain named the nearly finished warship Avalon, then learned the World Government might have evidence to strengthen its coercion.

• The Five Elders discussed using the Ancient Weapon to force the sea’s powers to join their fight against Britannia, and the Beasts Pirates agreed in exchange for Wano becoming an Affiliated Nation.
• Red-Hair received Gaban’s report that Elbaf had been destroyed and that Imu was likely behind it; Gaban also said his wife and child had disappeared.
• Red-Hair’s crew chose to follow him as he changed course for Mary Geoise.
• Gawain named the completed warship Avalon and learned it would be ready to sail within a month, as Britannia prepared to lift its land into the sky.
• Kuro warned Gawain that the World Government was coercing the Marines and New World powers to attack Britannia, then asked what would happen if it had this too.

Gawain demonstrated that he could extend the Float-Float Fruit’s power across Britannia as the World Government’s moon-ark announcement turned the country into a target. Drake and Akainu began questioning Marine justice, while Crocodile’s crew debated whether to travel to Britannia.

• Kuro warned Gawain that the World Government’s promise of a hundred arks would drive the world’s powers to attack Britannia, but Gawain demonstrated his growing power by shaking the land and seas across a vast area.
• Drake witnessed the tremor while traveling with Fujitora and, troubled by the World Government’s scheme, questioned Marine justice as he followed Fujitora onward.
• Akainu decided the Marines would deploy against Britannia, then read Aokiji’s intelligence about Gawain’s plan to raise the country and recognized his preparations to counter the Ancient Weapon and the coming flood.
• Akainu read Drake’s message urging Marines to visit Britannia and told Aokiji that the operation would proceed, but he would consider peace if Gawain truly raised the country into the sky.
• Crocodile discussed the World Government’s plan with Daz Bones, who asked whether their crew would still go to Britannia despite the rising seas.

Crocodile chose to take his followers to Britannia and urged Katakuri not to commit fully to the World Government’s Moon Ark plan. Katakuri decided to answer the World Government’s summons as a Shichibukai while keeping the timing of his intervention in his own hands, as Kid finished defeating Doflamingo’s officers in Dressrosa.

• Crocodile rejected the World Government’s escape plan and committed to gambling everything on Britannia, with his crew pledging to follow him.
• As rising seas threatened the Whole Cake Island survivors, Katakuri decided to accept the World Government’s summons as a Shichibukai to protect his siblings.
• Crocodile warned Katakuri not to oppose Britannia or bet everything on the Moon Ark, but Katakuri ended their call without answering.
• Katakuri told his family he would join the battle as a Shichibukai but choose when to intervene, depending on whether Britannia found another way forward.
• Kid defeated Pica and the Doflamingo Family’s officers in Dressrosa, while the badly wounded Doflamingo lay laughing among the ruins after Straw Hat defeated him with one punch.