Chapter Summaries

Franky woke up after getting drunk and worried that Sephiroth had discovered his hidden compartment, but he found no sign of trouble and trusted his Bro. Meanwhile, Sephiroth carried the Pluton Blueprints and lineage factor technology aboard the Thunderhawk and learned that the Heart Pirates had arrived in Titans.

• Franky learned that the Square Sisters had carried him home after he passed out, though Sephiroth had briefly taken him to throw up.
• Franky checked the hidden compartment in his body, found nothing wrong, and reassured himself that Sephiroth was trustworthy.
• Sephiroth examined Franky's cola-powered engine, recorded it for later reproduction, and reflected on the Pluton Blueprints and lineage factor technology.
• Sephiroth received word that the Heart Pirates had arrived in Titans and ordered his people to proceed with Plan A.

Sephiroth prepared Babylon’s fleet and forces to intervene in Dressrosa, invoking the princess’s claim and Doflamingo’s crimes to frame the campaign as a righteous liberation. Babylon’s warships launched with a large knight force, and the territory-wide broadcast declared the expedition underway.

• Laki reported that twenty warships would deploy, including two Broadblade-class vessels and eighteen Storm-class vessels, alongside two knight orders, four Titled Knights, and twenty Holy Knights.
• Sephiroth reviewed Babylon’s strengthened forces, including Kuma and Luo’s planned departure from Titans with the Automated Control Legion.
• Sephiroth ordered the fleet mobilized and activated Babylon’s territory-wide broadcast.
• Sephiroth declared that Babylon would overthrow Donquixote Doflamingo and restore Dressrosa’s royal authority, citing the princess’s claim and the former king’s supporters.
• Babylon announced its intervention as an Army of Justice, gaining a legitimacy and war-exhaustion-reduction buff.

Sephiroth led a fleet toward Dressrosa to confront Doflamingo, but an urgent report about a colossal anglerfish swallowing a patrol ship drew him back to Babylon. He ordered the search fleet to halt and monitor the creature, leaving the Dressrosa expedition under Laki and Kuma’s oversight.

• Sephiroth’s twenty-warship fleet advanced toward Dressrosa, with Kuma, Kyros, and Rebecca aboard Lucifer's Glory and four titled Holy Knights assigned to the expedition.
• Laki received responsibility for fleet communications when Sephiroth teleported back to Babylon after No. 0 reported that a colossal anglerfish had swallowed patrol ship No. 26.
• Gedatsu showed Sephiroth the patrol ship’s recording and explained that the anglerfish’s signal could only be tracked within an approximate range when it dived deep.
• Sephiroth realized his experiments with four kinds of glowing counterfeit gold had attracted the anglerfish, which he had hoped would lead him to pure gold.
• Sephiroth ordered all No. 0 patrol ships to suspend their missions and return above the clouds, and told Gedatsu to send him the creature’s coordinates if it surfaced.

Sephiroth returned to Babylon after learning that surveillance target No. 0 had appeared, then reassured Lilith and Isabella before teleporting back to the expedition. Isabella reflected on Sephiroth’s faith in the Flame-Flame Fruit and the difficult path toward developing her ultimate move, Fourth Wave.

• Sephiroth returned to Babylon after learning that target No. 0, the colossal lanternfish, had appeared, and Lilith comforted him before taking charge of the surveillance room.
• Lilith reviewed Babylon’s numbered investigations, including the search for Sleepy Valley Town and the ongoing surveillance of Eustass Kid.
• Sephiroth visited Isabella at the Babylon Thermal Power Plant, advised her to rely on the defenses and Automated Control Legion rather than fight at close range, and praised her improving control of the Flame-Flame Fruit.
• Sephiroth declined Isabella’s offer to stay for dinner and teleported back to the flagship after hugging her.
• Isabella considered Sephiroth’s absolute faith in the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and struggled to accept his proposed development of her Flame-Flame Fruit into an ultimate move called Fourth Wave.

Trafalgar Law and the Heart Pirates traveled aboard the robot-crewed Splendid Ash, where its unsettling Type IV Artificial Angels made the crew uneasy. As they prepared to transfer to Lucifer's Glory, they encountered a heavily armored patrol whose presence left them struggling to breathe.

• Law reflected on how easily the Tyrant, the Great Angel, and the Mechanical King had agreed to help him confront Doflamingo, though the robot-crewed warship unsettled him.
• Bepo and Penguin told Law they had encountered a frightening Type IV Artificial Angel while exploring the ship, and Law warned them not to cause trouble for their hosts.
• Babbage told Law that a shuttle was ready to take the Heart Pirates to Lucifer's Glory, so Law sent Bepo and Penguin to gather the crew.
• As the Heart Pirates crossed the Splendid Ash, a towering armored figure with glowing red eyepieces approached and filled them with a suffocating sense of dread.
• The figure confirmed that the Heart Pirates were guests and continued its patrol, leaving them able to breathe again only after several minutes.

Sephiroth prepared his fleet to intervene in Dressrosa, explaining that he intended to expose Doflamingo publicly, seize control, and establish a provisional government. As the fleet descended over the country, he dressed in golden power armor and told Laki to prepare Rebecca to give a speech.

• Sephiroth checked in with Laki and contacted Babbage about the Heart Pirates, learning that Type IV Artificial Angels were patrolling the Splendid Ash.
• Laki asked what Sephiroth planned to do after the Throat-Cutting Operation, and he said he would prioritize restoring order and establishing a provisional government.
• Sephiroth explained that he wanted to expose Doflamingo in front of the people and gain enough support to rule Dressrosa and secure a New World base.
• The next day, Sephiroth's fleet arrived above Dressrosa and began descending.
• Sephiroth put on golden power armor and told Laki to tell Rebecca to prepare her speech.

Doflamingo mobilized his forces against Sephiroth after Rebecca called on Dressrosa’s citizens to resist, while Sephiroth prepared Babylon’s smaller army to attack. The chapter ended as Sephiroth ordered all forces to begin the assault.

• Rebecca’s broadcast angered many citizens, but Babylon and Titans’ flags and Sephiroth’s reputation made some suspect there was a misunderstanding.
• Doflamingo questioned who had betrayed his family and ordered King Riku and the other prisoners brought from the colosseum to the palace.
• Doflamingo mobilized more than half of his forces and planned to lead an attack against Sephiroth’s army.
• Sephiroth’s Shadow Troop located King Riku and hid him, while its other teams secured positions and gathered intelligence.
• Laki reported that Doflamingo had assembled nearly forty thousand troops, while Sephiroth had about six thousand knights and robots ready to fight.
• Sephiroth declared that the advantage was his and ordered all forces to attack.

Babylon’s Automated Control Legion and Sky Island knights overwhelmed the Donquixote Family’s forces while Kuma fought Doflamingo. As Diamante struggled to hold the front, a pitch-black figure approached from beyond an earthen slope.

• Babylon’s Zaku squads attacked the Donquixote Family’s troops, using low-power shots on kingdom soldiers and lethal force against pirates.
• The Zakus and Sky Island knights killed a charging pirate captain, while spider robots salvaged a damaged Zaku for repair aboard the Ashen.
• Kuma repelled Doflamingo’s attacks and countered with Ursus Shock as their fight continued.
• Diamante, Dellinger, and Machvise held back successive Zaku waves, but the mechanical assault strained their troops.
• Kingdom soldiers fled as a viscous presence approached Diamante, who saw a pitch-black figure beyond the earthen slope.

Diamante, Dellinger, and Machvise fought a Type IV Artificial Angel, whose electromagnetic attacks disrupted their Observation Haki and overwhelmed the Diamante Army. After the Guard unleashed a devastating plasma attack, Luo appeared beside Diamante with two more Guards, leaving the battered pirate facing another fight.

• The Type IV Artificial Angel attacked the Diamante Army with lightning and a fear aura, killing ordinary pirates and injuring Machvise.
• Diamante, Dellinger, and Machvise teamed up against the Guard, but its electromagnetic weapons and distorted movements disrupted their Observation Haki.
• Diamante warned the others not to trust their Observation Haki, and the three coordinated attacks against the Guard.
• Diamante struck the Guard with Half Moon Funeral, but Machvise's crushing attack triggered its Dominion protocol and a massive plasma wave.
• Diamante escaped with Dellinger, while the plasma killed Machvise and the nearby Diamante Army members.
• Luo appeared before Diamante with two more Guards, and the exhausted Diamante realized he was in trouble.

Sephiroth commanded the battlefield from above, using Mantra and Telepathy to coordinate his forces while Kuma fought Doflamingo. After Donquixote artillery began hitting his airships, Sephiroth destroyed the enemy gunners with lasers and Meltdowner as his army advanced.

• Sephiroth stayed out of Kuma and Doflamingo's fight, using Mantra and Telepathy to give his troops battlefield information and orders.
• Sephiroth noticed Donquixote cannons damaging the Storm-class Battleships and learned that ordinary artillery was less effective against the New World's unusually resilient fighters.
• Sephiroth used Light Wings to kill Donquixote artillerymen with blue lasers.
• When a pirate captain blocked a laser with his Haki-coated greatsword, Sephiroth fired Meltdowner and erased the captain, his sword, and the surrounding ground.
• Sephiroth ordered the Red Tears to advance and rescue the kingdom's soldiers while leaving the pirates, as the Ashen and Automated Control Legion pushed forward.

Sephiroth coordinated the battlefield while managing a surge of voices, dispatching reinforcements as several enemy officers broke through. He left the Red Tears to handle some battlefield support and used his power to save a wounded Dressrosa soldier, who saw the Holy Knights’ faith firsthand.

• Laki told Sephiroth that Diamante had destroyed an Imperial Guard unit and that Luo had gone to confront him, so Sephiroth sent nearby troops and two more units to watch over Luo.
• Sephiroth detected Pica and his subordinates breaking through the Automated Control Legion’s line, then sent three Imperial Guard units and Babbage to reinforce the sector.
• Sephiroth connected his armor’s auxiliary receiver to the Red Tears and delegated some telepathy and battlefield support to its operating system while he controlled Babbage.
• A Holy Knight prayed over a mortally wounded Dressrosa soldier, and the Red Tears prompted Sephiroth to use bioelectric stimulation to heal him through an emerald cross.
• The soldier survived and watched the Holy Knight credit the healing to the High God, appearing eager to learn more.

Babbage fought Pica while Sephiroth controlled the mechanical warrior, and Pica transformed into a colossal stone figure. Babbage used a Super Railgun to destroy its upper body, leaving the battlefield stunned by the beam that pierced the sky.

• The Ashen led the charge as Ohm, Shura, Wyper, and Imperial Guard reinforcements engaged Gladius, Baby 5, and Buffalo, while Babbage confronted Pica.
• Pica reshaped the battlefield and attacked Babbage with stone tentacles and pillars, but Babbage evaded and countered with machine guns and iron sand.
• Pica grew into a giant stone figure, forcing nearby fighters to retreat as he smashed the ground.
• Sephiroth had Babbage take a heat-resistant javelin from the Ashen and prepare its electromagnetic launcher.
• Babbage fired the Super Railgun, piercing Pica's giant stone body and sending a beam through the clouds.

Gladius and the other officers struggled against Ohm, Wyper, and the Imperial Guards near the wall until Sephiroth arrived. Baby 5 accepted Sephiroth’s promise that he would always need her, leaving Gladius surrounded by his enemies.

• Gladius fought Ohm and the Imperial Guards, but their attacks and unusual abilities overwhelmed him.
• Buffalo fell from the wall, and Wyper was blasted back by Gladius before the Imperial Guards closed off the retreat.
• Gladius ordered Baby 5 to hold off their pursuers while he escaped, and she agreed because he said it was his request.
• Sephiroth arrived and told Baby 5 that he needed her and wanted her to stay with him forever.
• Baby 5 leaped into Sephiroth’s arms, and he flew away with her as Gladius was surrounded by the three Holy Knights and three Imperial Guards.

Sephiroth’s forces overwhelmed the Donquixote Family while Kuma kept Doflamingo occupied, and Sephiroth moved to rescue Baby 5 and target Sugar. Doflamingo revealed that Kaido was approaching Babylon, but Sephiroth already knew about the threat.

• Kuma fought Doflamingo outside Dressrosa, using his paw-pad powers to repel attacks while Doflamingo wounded him with threads.
• Sephiroth’s Automated Control Legion broke through the Donquixote Family’s defenses, and Sephiroth’s railgun attack defeated Pica, leaving his survival uncertain.
• The Shadow Troop took concealed positions near Sugar while Sephiroth scanned Dressrosa and directed the Knights to protect selected citizens.
• Kuma and Doflamingo’s clash damaged a stretch of Dressrosa’s city wall, and Doflamingo called out angrily to Sephiroth.
• Sephiroth carried Baby 5 toward the Red Tears as Doflamingo warned that Kaido and the Beasts Pirates were approaching Babylon; Sephiroth said he already knew.

Black Enchantress defeated Lao G while searching the royal palace for Viola so she could locate Mansherry. At the Underground Factory, Sephiroth confronted Trebol and Sugar, and Trebol attacked as the chapter ended.

• Black Enchantress overwhelmed the defenders at King's Plateau and defeated Lao G with Ultimate Heavenly Destruction.
• Black Enchantress set out to find Viola, hoping she could help locate the imprisoned Tontatta princess Mansherry.
• Trebol complained about Diamante's failure to keep King Riku and the others imprisoned, while Sugar waited beside him in the Underground Factory.
• Sephiroth and a group of armored knights entered the factory, and Sephiroth addressed Sugar directly.
• Trebol told Sugar to escape amid the confusion, then launched Sticky Launcher at Sephiroth.

Sephiroth’s forces defeated Trebol and captured Sugar while freeing the people transformed into toys across the Kingdom. The chapter ended with the Kingdom erupting in newly released thoughts and emotions, leaving Sephiroth overwhelmed.

• Trebol tried to stall Sephiroth as Sugar escaped, but Sephiroth overwhelmed him and ordered the Knights to restrain him with Seastone Handcuffs.
• Sugar fled through the factory, but the Imperial Guard and Infiltrator-Type Artificial Angels cornered her; her Hobby-Hobby Fruit had no effect on the artificial beings.
• The Infiltrators captured the real Sugar and replaced her with an identical decoy, which fell into the production line and exploded before the assembled toy people.
• Sugar’s defeat restored the toy people to their original forms and freed their minds, while Sephiroth sensed the resulting surge of thoughts throughout the Kingdom.
• The Imperial Guard put Seastone Handcuffs on the real Sugar and knocked her unconscious.

After Sugar lost consciousness, Dressrosa’s residents regained their memories and rose against Doflamingo’s rule. Sephiroth broadcast the truth across the kingdom, while Senor Pink accepted Babbage’s offer to work at the United Bank.

• Sugar’s defeat restored the toys to human form and returned the citizens’ memories, reuniting Kyros and Rebecca.
• Arena fighters, kingdom soldiers, and factory slaves joined the uprising against Doflamingo.
• Sephiroth sensed the crowd’s thoughts and used Emotion Release to broadcast the concealed truth throughout Dressrosa.
• Ruddy contacted Cipher Pol with footage of Sugar’s death, while a reporter reached his World Economy News Paper superior.
• Senor Pink fought on at the docks until Mechanical King Babbage offered him a bank job, which he accepted.

Sephiroth fought the wounded Doflamingo above the Arena while Kuma watched, and Doflamingo explained how his childhood had shaped his vow to destroy the world ruled by the Celestial Dragons. Sephiroth defeated him with a Lightsaber strike, leaving Doflamingo unconscious.

• Doflamingo reached the Arena and attacked Sephiroth with awakened White Strings, but Sephiroth evaded them using his superior Observation Haki.
• Sephiroth urged Doflamingo to surrender, while Doflamingo called him terrifying and transformed the Arena tower with his String-String Fruit.
• Sephiroth and Doflamingo exchanged attacks as Kuma watched, mistakenly interpreting their fight as a clash of ideals.
• Doflamingo told Sephiroth that he had killed his father as a child and vowed to destroy the world ruled by the Celestial Dragons.
• Sephiroth evacuated civilians through the Knights while continuing to attack Doflamingo, whose Haki and strength were failing.
• Sephiroth formed a pure-white Lightsaber and shattered Doflamingo's remaining Armament Haki, knocking him unconscious.

After Doflamingo's defeat, Sephiroth prepared to face Kaido while Isabella and Lilith coordinated Babylon's defenses against the approaching Beasts Pirates. Kaido reached Dressrosa and attacked Sephiroth with a devastating Bolo Breath, leaving the battle underway.

• After Doflamingo lost consciousness, the Babylon Knights tended to civilians and wounded people while the Titans Automated Control Legion hunted the Donquixote Family's remaining forces.
• Sephiroth contacted Isabella, who reported that the Beasts Pirates were about two hours from Babylon and that the kingdom's defenses were ready.
• Lilith warned Sephiroth that Kaido was nearing Dressrosa, and Sephiroth told Isabella and Lilith to use Babylon's decisive-battle facilities if needed.
• The Beasts Pirates sailed through the White Sea toward Babylon as Isabella, Lilith, and Aisa monitored their approach and prepared for battle.
• Kaido accelerated toward Dressrosa in dragon form, and Sephiroth flew out to meet him.
• Kaido fired a Bolo Breath at Sephiroth, who dodged as the blast melted a mountain and set the surrounding forest ablaze.

Sephiroth fought Kaido in the sky, frustrating him with fast, long-range attacks while secretly charging a powerful weapon. Kaido brought the battle to Dressrosa, where his attack killed and injured civilians; Sephiroth revived the wounded as a reporter emerged from the ruins to photograph the fight.

• Sephiroth dodged Kaido’s Bolo Breath and Bad Wind attacks while striking him with electron beams that damaged his scales and drained his Haki.
• Kaido unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, and Sephiroth opposed him; the clash tore apart the clouds and briefly disrupted Sephiroth’s elemental transformation.
• Sephiroth continued firing electron beams to charge the proton accelerator in his halo, while Kaido flew toward Dressrosa.
• Kaido landed on Dressrosa’s outskirts and struck Sephiroth with Vajra Arrow, which pierced Sephiroth’s electromagnetic shield and killed or injured civilians.
• Sephiroth used a wide-area electromagnetic pulse disguised as holy light to restore movement to the surviving wounded civilians, while a World Economy News Paper reporter emerged from the ruins with his camera.