Chapter Summaries

Gern confronted Blackbeard and attacked him and Saint Saturn with Divine Mind Slash, but Blackbeard secretly absorbed the vibration power and faked being badly wounded. Blackbeard dropped the act and prepared to fight alongside Saint Saturn against Gern.

• Blackbeard warned Gern that a clash between their Tremor-Tremor Fruit powers could destroy Egghead, but Gern drew Eight Desolations and challenged him to give up on living.
• Gern used Observation Haki: Future Prediction and Tremor Flash to lay vibrating traps along Blackbeard and Saint Saturn's possible movements.
• Gern appeared behind Blackbeard and struck with Divine Mind Slash, cutting Saint Saturn in half and hitting Blackbeard in the back.
• Saint Saturn began regenerating through his abyssal contract while Blackbeard pretended to writhe and scream in pain.
• Gern accused Blackbeard of absorbing the slash's vibration power with his Dark-Dark Fruit, and Blackbeard stopped pretending and stood up.
• Blackbeard laughed, readied darkness and tremor power, and called on Saint Saturn to help him fight Gern.

Saint Saturn and Blackbeard combined their powers to catch Gern with a point-blank blow, but Gern had deliberately let the attack land. He revealed his overwhelming Haki and launched a counterattack intended to force the other Five Elders to join the battle at Egghead.

• Saint Saturn transformed into his Ox Demon human-beast form and attacked Gern with Evil Eye, while Blackbeard prepared to strike.
• Gern used Tremor Flash: Willow Fluff to scatter into particles and evade most of Saint Saturn’s mental attack.
• Blackbeard used Black Vortex to interrupt Gern’s reassembly and landed a full-force Tremor Break: Shatter punch to his chest.
• Saint Saturn suspected Blackbeard’s Dark-Dark Fruit had weakened Gern, while Gern secretly admitted that he had taken little damage and had played weak to draw out the other Five Elders.
• Gern rose from the rubble, unleashed tangible Conqueror’s Haki, and vanished at terrifying speed to begin his counterattack against Saint Saturn and Blackbeard.

Gern used his speed and strength to sever Saint Saturn’s spiderlike limbs and slam him into the floor, then turned Blackbeard’s attack against him. The chapter ended with Saint Saturn badly injured by Blackbeard’s quake wave and Gern still holding the initiative.

• Gern dodged Saint Saturn’s venomous strikes and cut off both of his front spiderlike limbs with the Black Blade Eight Desolations.
• Gern grabbed Saint Saturn by a horn and swung him face-first into the floor.
• Gern fired eight Riftquake Fangs at Blackbeard, but Blackbeard swallowed them with the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Blackbeard unleashed a Groundquake Wave, and Gern leapt behind the dazed Saint Saturn.
• Gern kicked Saint Saturn into Blackbeard’s quake attack, badly injuring Saturn and disrupting Blackbeard’s Black Hole.

Gern punished Blackbeard for his arrogance, striking him down before he could use Black Vortex. He then turned his attention to Saint Saturn, whose immortality left Gern considering how to overcome it.

• Saint Saturn regenerated from Gern's attack, while Blackbeard coveted his immortality and believed his darkness could counter Gern's power.
• Blackbeard boasted that he was the true future and activated Black Vortex: Twin Maelstroms to pull Gern in.
• Gern used Eight Desolations to pierce Blackbeard's right palm, then struck him in the face with Black Quake: Conqueror's Shatter, sending him through several alloy walls.
• Gern recalled Eight Desolations and warned Saint Saturn that he might test the limits of the Five Elders' immortality by cutting him apart or using Conqueror's Haki.
• Saint Saturn recognized Gern's mastery of physical arts, Haki, and Devil Fruit abilities and compared his presence to Garp's.

Blackbeard emerged badly injured from the ruins as Saint Saturn demanded that Gern surrender Vegapunk's data and leave Egghead. Saint Saturn threatened to summon the other Five Elders and fight alongside Blackbeard, but his warning sounded strangely like a description of the worst outcome he wanted to avoid.

• Blackbeard shattered the rubble around him and staggered out with severe facial injuries and a wounded hand.
• Saint Saturn dismissed Blackbeard's suffering and told Gern that the World Government would take control of Egghead and Vegapunk's data.
• Saint Saturn explained that the damaged Five-Pointed Star Formation could enable the Five Elders to teleport to Egghead.
• Saint Saturn threatened that the five Elders and Blackbeard could overwhelm Gern together, while Gern suspected the threat concealed a plan.
• Blackbeard questioned Saint Saturn's warning, and Saint Saturn urged Gern to surrender his information and leave Egghead to avoid a worst outcome.

After reuniting with the Straw Hats, Luffy learned that York had betrayed Vegapunk and might have killed Shaka. He split the crew’s duties, then left with Edison to find and rescue Vegapunk while the others headed for the Thousand Sunny.

• Nami told Luffy and the others about York’s betrayal, Sanji and Jinbe’s injuries, and the group’s ordeal in the Old Laboratory.
• Atlas asked about Shaka, and Nami explained that they had not seen him; Edison and Atlas feared York had killed him.
• Luffy ordered Atlas to guide Nami, Zoro, Usopp, Chopper, Franky, and Brook to the Sunny with Sanji and Jinbe, while the others protected the ship and wounded.
• Luffy asked Edison to locate Vegapunk, and Edison said he could identify likely hiding places using the island’s structural database.
• Luffy grabbed Edison and launched into the passageways, while Zoro led the others toward the coast with Atlas guiding them through a maintenance passage.

Zoro led the wounded Straw Hat Pirates toward the Thousand Sunny, only to find Dracule Mihawk waiting on the shore. Mihawk questioned Zoro’s choice of Enma over Shusui, while the exhausted crew faced the threat of his overwhelming strength.

• Zoro urged the injured Straw Hat Pirates onward while guarding against the Blackbeard Pirates’ officers who had been sent flying earlier.
• Zoro and his companions reached the shore and saw Dracule Mihawk standing before the Thousand Sunny.
• Mihawk turned to face Zoro, and the Straw Hat Pirates braced themselves for a possible fight.
• Mihawk noticed Enma and asked Zoro what had happened to Shusui.
• Zoro explained that he had returned Shusui to Wano Country, and Mihawk criticized him for giving up a Black Blade he had been entrusted with.
• Zoro recognized that his wounded crew might be unable to escape if Mihawk chose to attack them.

Hawk-Eye blocked Zoro and his companions from leaving the shore, citing Gern’s orders and an unexplained choice that might involve Luffy. He offered Zoro a chance to win their freedom by defeating him, and Zoro accepted despite his injuries.

• Hawk-Eye asked Zoro whether Shiryu had wounded him, and Zoro said Blackbeard had.
• Hawk-Eye refused to let Zoro and the others return to their ship until he received new orders or the choice was complete.
• Hawk-Eye suggested Luffy might still have a role to play and offered Zoro the option of defeating him to leave.
• Zoro drew his three swords and faced Hawk-Eye, who took up his Cross Dagger and challenged him to show how far he was from a Black Blade.

Enel defeated Samuel Kronos and subjected him to a brutal display of what he called God's Justice. Kizaru and Enel then confronted Kuzan, who refused to surrender and prepared to face them both.

• Enel held the defeated Samuel Kronos by the neck while Kizaru and Kuzan continued fighting nearby.
• Enel struck Samuel with lightning, dropped him, and crushed his face underfoot while declaring that God showed no needless compassion.
• Kizaru urged Kuzan to surrender, warning that Enel would show him no mercy.
• Kuzan refused, recalling that he had not surrendered to Sakazuki on Punk Hazard even after losing his leg.
• Kizaru gathered light and Enel readied his lightning as Kuzan formed an ice barrier, preparing for their joint attack.

Aramaki arrived on Saint Saturn’s orders to rescue Kuzan and Samuel Kronos, despite being badly wounded from his earlier attempt to save Blackbeard’s officers from Dracule Mihawk. With Kuzan preparing to retreat under Aramaki’s cover, Kizaru and Enel moved to stop them.

• Aramaki used thorny vines to pull the dying Samuel Kronos behind a barricade and revealed his Conqueror’s Haki-inflicted sword wound.
• Aramaki complained that his previous rescue attempt had cost him a serious injury and that the officers he saved could not help him.
• Aramaki ordered Kuzan to come with him, and Kuzan began moving toward him while forming a defensive screen against Kizaru and Enel.
• Aramaki raised thorn barriers and sent toxin-bearing vines toward Kizaru and Enel as the retreat began.
• Kizaru and Enel prepared to pursue, but Aramaki insisted they would not be able to stop the two former Admirals from escaping.

Gern brutally defeated Saint Saturn using Haki and physical force, then turned his attention to the terrified Blackbeard. Blackbeard tried to flee, and their attacks collided as Gern intercepted him.

• Gern overwhelmed Saint Saturn, tearing away his spider legs and inflicting wounds that healed slowly under his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Blackbeard watched in terror as he realized Gern’s Haki could suppress the immortality granted by the Abyssal Contract.
• Gern tore off Saint Saturn’s final leg and pinned him to the ground with it, leaving him unable to move.
• Gern confronted Blackbeard and advanced on him while Blackbeard retreated toward the edge of the hall.
• Blackbeard unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and tried to escape, but Gern blocked his path and their attacks collided.

Gern and Blackbeard’s clash shook Egghead as York escaped the laboratory with Vegapunk and ran into the battered Blackbeard Pirates. Gern and Luffy arrived, leaving three forces poised to fight over Vegapunk.

• Gern and Blackbeard unleashed their Tremor-Tremor Fruit powers against each other, sending devastating shockwaves across Egghead.
• York used Koby’s coded help to trick himself into taking Vegapunk toward the coast, where Van Augur spotted them and messaged Blackbeard.
• Blackbeard crashed into the area and demanded to know where Vegapunk was, while Gern appeared above the ruins and ordered York to hand him over.
• York begged Gern to save him, and Blackbeard prepared to seize Vegapunk before Gern could stop him.
• Luffy arrived with Edison, saw Vegapunk, and declared that the scientist was his.

Saint Saturn persuaded the other four Elders to descend on Egghead, claiming the chaos offered a chance to kill Gern and Luffy and further Imu’s plans. The Five Elders assembled in their monstrous forms and confronted Gern, Blackbeard, and Luffy.

• Saint Saturn recovered beneath the ruins and summoned the other four Elders through their shared consciousness.
• Saint Saturn told the Elders that Gern was weakened, Blackbeard was fighting him, and Vegapunk planned to expose the truth of history.
• Saint Saturn claimed Imu would not blame them for acting and persuaded the other Elders to join him in attacking Egghead.
• Saint Saturn activated the surviving Five-Pointed Star Formation anchor and summoned the four Elders to Egghead.
• The Five Elders descended in their monstrous forms and declared that they would personally judge Gern and Luffy.

In the Flower Room, Imu watched the Five Elders descend on Egghead and considered the threats posed by Gern, Joy Boy’s inheritor, and Davy’s descendant. Imu decided to wait for the battle to push Marshall D. Teach into the right moment and use him as a vessel to confront Gern.

• Gunko reported that Saint Saturn had completed his mission and the other four Elders had gone to Egghead.
• Imu watched Egghead through the Five Elders’ eyes and named Gern, Joy Boy’s inheritor, and Davy as figures of concern.
• Gunko suggested sending more Holy Knights to Egghead, but Imu refused, saying the knights had to guard the Holy Land.
• Imu revealed that it needed Davy’s descendant and intended to use Marshall D. Teach as a vessel and weapon against Gern.
• Gunko understood that the Elders’ arrival would test Teach while Imu waited for a chance to descend and take control.

At Marine G-2, Smoker and Tashigi allowed Dragon and the Revolutionary Army to pass toward Mary Geoise under secret orders from Fleet Admiral Gern, with Koby acting as their liaison. Smoker accepted Tashigi’s theory that Koby had been chosen to protect his own promotion prospects and ordered G-2 onto Level One Alert.

• Dragon, Sabo, Ivankov, and the Revolutionary Army’s other officers passed through G-2 with Koby carrying Gern’s official document and guiding them to their vessel.
• Tashigi questioned Smoker about letting the Revolutionary Army ascend, and he explained that Gern was gathering forces to challenge the authority at the summit of the Red Line.
• Smoker erupted in frustration that Koby, rather than himself, had been assigned the historic mission of escorting Dragon into the Holy Land.
• Tashigi suggested Gern had chosen Koby to spare Smoker’s record and future admiral prospects from the political fallout, and Smoker found the explanation plausible.
• Smoker returned to the command room and ordered every station to place the ascent route on Level One Alert.

The Five Elders arrived at Egghead and joined forces with Blackbeard to trap Gern. Gern unleashed his awakened Tremor-Tremor Fruit power and cut all five Elders in half with a single sweeping attack, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Five Elders appeared above Egghead, and Saint Saturn vowed to keep Gern there permanently.
• Saint Saturn offered Blackbeard Egghead, Vegapunk's technology, and World Government recognition in exchange for helping kill Gern.
• Blackbeard accepted and used Black Hole as the Five Elders attacked Gern from all sides.
• Gern awakened his Tremor-Tremor Fruit and created nine Star Rings around Egghead.
• Gern used Quakeflame: Fire Dance of the Gods to sweep a ring of fire through the Five Elders, cutting all five in half at the waist.

Gern revealed his true power and launched a devastating attack on Blackbeard, killing Jesus Burgess when he tried to protect his captain. The chapter ended as Gern struck Blackbeard with a silent, concentrated punch that he could neither dodge nor block.

• Gern cut the Five Elders in half with one Quakeflame: Fire Dance Kagura, shocking the battlefield and revealing that he had been holding back.
• Blackbeard unleashed his full power, but Gern charged and fired a massive Godfall slash at him.
• Jesus Burgess rushed in front of Blackbeard to shield him, but Gern's slash cut him down.
• Blackbeard barely stopped the remaining slash with his Tremor-Tremor Fruit power, leaving his fist bloodied and his body reeling.
• Gern appeared behind Blackbeard, said he was not worthy of Gern's true strength, and punched toward his abdomen with Black Tremor: Instant Hell.

Van Augur saved Blackbeard from Gern’s punch, but Saint Shepherd Ju Peter swallowed Gern in a surprise attack. As Luffy saw the battle turning into a final reckoning, he awakened Gear Fifth and charged in to thank Gern, while Vegapunk vowed to reveal the truth to the world.

• Van Augur used his Teleportation Devil Fruit to change Blackbeard’s landing point and reduce his injuries.
• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter regenerated, ambushed Gern as a Sandworm, and swallowed him.
• Edison urged Luffy, Vegapunk, and York to flee, while Vegapunk warned that Gern’s era might be ending.
• Luffy awakened Gear Fifth, said he would thank Gern, and charged toward the battlefield.
• Vegapunk encouraged Luffy to bring liberation and vowed to tell the world the truth.

Luffy returned to help Gern, and the two fought the Five Elders side by side. After Luffy and Gern struck Saint Warcury, Gern intercepted Saint Mars's ambush and slashed him from the sky.

• Luffy struck Saint Shepherd Ju Peter with White Rocket, forcing him to release Gern, then swung the sandworm around with Gum-Gum Jump Rope.
• Saint Topman Warcury blasted Luffy with a Conqueror's Haki roar and charged, but Luffy stopped his tusk attack with Giant Push.
• Gern struck Saint Warcury's exposed flank with Black Quake: Ten Fist Rush, sending him crashing through ruined walls.
• Gern spotted Saint Mars approaching for a sneak attack and launched himself into the sky to counter him.
• Gern slashed Saint Mars with Heavenquake: Lunar Eclipse, cutting through his chest and abdomen and sending him plummeting to the ground.

Gern used Heaven Lock: Soulquake to kill Saint Nusjuro, slicing apart the immortal Elder despite his abyssal contract. Saint Saturn and Blackbeard recoiled in fear as Gern turned to face them and asked who was next.

• Blackbeard used Black Vortex while Saint Saturn attacked Gern with Poison Waterfall, but Gern's Conqueror's Haki made Blackbeard flee.
• Saint Nusjuro charged Gern with First Generation Kitetsu and launched an Underworld Slash.
• Gern redirected Nusjuro's blade and outmaneuvered his defense, then channeled a collapsed Star Ring into Eight Desolations.
• Gern used Heaven Lock: Soulquake to slice Saint Nusjuro apart, killing him despite his immortality.
• Saint Saturn and Blackbeard panicked as Gern stepped on First Generation Kitetsu and asked who was next.