Chapter Summaries

Yamato and Hiyori infiltrated Thriller Bark to investigate the stolen treasure from Wano Country, and each discovered the island’s master and a disturbing secret. Hiyori found the body of Wano Country’s Sword God, Ryuma, and attacked Hogback, while Yamato confronted Gecko Moria.

• Yamato entered the castle and met Gecko Moria, who dismissed him as an underage brat and warned him about losing companions.
• Hiyori explored a cold storage room filled with iron coffins and hid as Hogback entered to inspect the corpses.
• Hogback confirmed that Captain John's corpse was unharmed before opening the coffin containing Ryuma’s body.
• Hiyori recognized Ryuma and accused Hogback of stealing Wano Country’s Sword God’s body and the legendary blade Shusui.
• Hiyori launched a blade attack toward Hogback’s throat.

Hiyori forced Hogback to reveal that Gecko Moria had stolen Ryuma’s corpse and learned that Shusui was in Hogback’s workshop. After finding the black blade, she encountered Perona and was struck by her Negative Hollow.

• Hiyori threatened Hogback until he confessed that Gecko Moria had stolen Ryuma’s corpse to build an immortal zombie army.
• Hogback revealed that Shusui was in his workshop, and Hiyori forced him to lead her there.
• Huayue discussed the differences between the strength of ninjas and fighters in this world with Tsunade while they waited aboard the ship.
• Hiyori found Shusui and recognized it as Wano Country’s national treasure, the black blade.
• Hogback called Perona for help, and Perona attacked Hiyori with Negative Hollows, leaving her collapsed and despairing.

Yamato fought Gecko Moria aboard Thriller Bark and defeated him after freezing his body and striking with Thunder Bagua. Meanwhile, Perona captured the intruders Hogback and Absalom and prepared to bring them to Brother.

• Perona used her Conqueror's Haki to overcome the Negative Hollows, cut Absalom, and capture him and Hogback.
• Moria learned that Yamato was Kaido's daughter and attacked her to avenge his men.
• Yamato transformed into her Mythical Zoan form and froze Moria's bedroom and the surrounding ship.
• Yamato struck Moria with Thunder Bagua, sent him crashing underground, and told him to train for another thirty years.
• Hiyori saw that Yamato had started fighting and wondered whether her opponent was troublesome.

Hiyori thanked Huayue for recovering Shusui and Ryuma’s body, while Huayue explained Moria’s history and recruited Perona by threatening to kill Moria. Perona joined the crew, and the group headed to dinner as Hiyori declared that Huayue’s territory was the sea itself.

• Hiyori offered Shusui to Huayue, but he said a famed blade was only an embellishment and revealed Yamato had returned.
• Yamato complained that Gecko Moria had attacked her after learning she was Kaido’s daughter, and Huayue explained Moria’s defeat by Kaido and his plan to use Ryuma’s body for a zombie army.
• Hiyori introduced the captured Perona, and Huayue accepted the Lineage Factors of the Clear-Clear Fruit and the Shadow-Shadow Fruit.
• Huayue gave Perona a choice between joining them and having Moria killed, so Perona reluctantly agreed to join.
• Baby 5 announced that dinner was ready, and Hiyori told Perona that Huayue’s territory was the sea she could see.

Hiyori and Yamato reached Shimotsuki Village in the East Blue, where Koushirou told them about the swordsmith who made Ame no Habakiri and Enma. Meanwhile, Huayue found Kuina’s grave, stopped a young swordsman’s attack with one finger, and brought him to the dojo, where Koushirou recognized him as Zoro.

• Hiyori and Yamato landed at Shimotsuki Village, where the villagers confronted them for arriving as pirates.
• Hiyori asked Koushirou about Ame no Habakiri and Enma, and he explained that his father had given the swords to the Kozuki Clan.
• Koushirou invited Hiyori and Yamato to the dojo while Huayue wandered through the village alone.
• Huayue stopped at Kuina’s grave, where a green-haired boy challenged him with One Sword Style: Oni Giri.
• Huayue caught the boy’s blade with one finger and took him to the dojo, where Koushirou exclaimed, “Zoro?!”

Uchiha Huayue agreed to resurrect Kuina after Koushirou pleaded with him, then used Impure World Reincarnation and the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to bring her back. Kuina awakened in Huayue’s arms, and he welcomed her back to reality.

• Zoro challenged Huayue, who ignored him and offered to revive Kuina; Koushirou and Zoro reacted with disbelief.
• Huayue explained that the Yomi Yomi no Mi proved the underworld existed, while Hiyori restrained Zoro for insulting her brother.
• Koushirou formally begged Huayue to save Kuina, and Huayue agreed before taking him to the cemetery.
• Huayue sent Zoro away, sealed the room, and used Impure World Reincarnation and the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to restore Kuina.
• Kuina woke and asked where she was, and Huayue welcomed her back to reality.

Kuina returned from the dead and told Koushirou and Zoro she planned to leave Shimotsuki Village to pursue becoming the strongest female swordsman. She left Wado Ichimonji with Zoro and promised to meet him at the pinnacle of swordsmanship.

• Kuina recalled her death and accepted that Huayue had brought her back from the underworld.
• Koushirou and Zoro recognized Kuina, and Hiyori urged them to close the door so her return would not attract dangerous attention.
• Kuina announced that she would leave the village to face stronger opponents and pursue her goal, prompting an angry and tearful response from Zoro.
• Zoro threw down Wado Ichimonji and ran away, while Kuina asked Koushirou to give the sword back to him before she left with Huayue.
• Koushirou found Zoro by a stream and gave him Kuina's message that she would wait for him at the pinnacle; Zoro vowed to become the World's Strongest Swordsman before turning thirty.

Kuina joined Huayue’s ship after he defeated her thousands of times, while Huayue obtained Dragon’s gathered Lineage Factors and hinted that the Celestial Dragons’ ancient bridge project concealed a secret. Elsewhere, Law lived on Swallow Island with Bepo, Penguin, and Shachi, saving up for a ship and plotting to gather companions and take revenge.

• Yamato asked Huayue how he recruited Kuina, and Huayue said he had defeated her three thousand times in an instant.
• Dragon gave Huayue the Lineage Factors the Revolutionary Army had collected, and Huayue refused to help him before asking why the Celestial Dragons had built bridges across East Blue islands and Bridge Kingdom Tequila Wolf.
• Dragon wondered what Huayue knew about the bridges and considered what their purpose might be.
• Huayue asked Baby 5 for chilled mead and wondered where Trafalgar Law had gone.
• Law worked with Bepo, Penguin, and Shachi on Swallow Island, determined to save for a ship and eventually assemble companions to defeat Doflamingo and his allies.

Sabo escaped Gray Terminal’s destruction but was struck by Saint Charlos’s rocket as he sailed away, then was secretly rescued by Dragon’s crew. Elsewhere, Huayue and Hiyori dined in the East Blue, where a blond child asked about All Blue and Huayue said he knew where it was.

• Goa Kingdom burned Gray Terminal to prepare for the Celestial Dragons’ arrival, while Sabo escaped by boat and left a message for Ace and Luffy.
• Outlook III discovered Sabo was missing, and Stelly secretly hoped his brother would die and leave him the family fortune.
• Saint Charlos fired a rocket at Sabo’s boat, and Sabo lost consciousness in the explosion.
• Dragon’s crew found the injured Sabo and headed toward Shimotsuki Village, leaving his body’s disappearance unnoticed by the crowd.
• Huayue and Hiyori ate at an East Blue restaurant, where the owner warned them about sailing to the Grand Line and a blond child asked about All Blue.
• Huayue told the child that he knew where All Blue was.

Huayue departed after telling young Sanji that he might one day reach the Blue Sea, while Kuma rushed away from Baltigo after receiving an urgent call from Ginny. In Mariejois, the Five Elders assigned Spandam to obtain Pluton’s blueprints, as Borsalino chose not to interfere with Zephyr’s covert investigation into the World Government.

• Huayue and Yamato left the restaurant after Huayue told Sanji that one day everyone would reach the Blue Sea, inspiring Sanji to dream of going there.
• Dragon agreed to let Sabo stay with the Revolutionary Army, and Kuma hurried away from Baltigo after a call ended in panic and he asked what had happened to Ginny.
• Warcury Saint Topman proposed taking control of the Ancient Poneglyphs, and the Five Elders authorized Spandam to obtain Pluton’s blueprints with CP9 under his command.
• A Marine on alert in Mariejois secretly reported the Five Elders’ discussion to a warship, but Borsalino noticed the surveillance and declined to act against his former teacher, Zephyr.
• Zephyr continued investigating the Ancient Weapons, Poneglyphs, and the master of the Throne of Emptiness at the Marine Elite Training School.

Sengoku refused CP0's demand to arrest Zephyr and sent him to sea to train Marines, while ordering surveillance of the Lizard King Hanafuza. As Sengoku considered how to end the Great Pirate Era, Monet continued her infiltration of the Riku Royal Family on behalf of Donquixote Doflamingo.

• Maha demanded that Sengoku explain Zephyr's actions to the Five Elders, but Sengoku refused to issue an arrest warrant because Zephyr had resigned from the Marines.
• Sengoku arranged for Zephyr to lead a Marine training ship, hoping to keep him beyond the World Government's scrutiny.
• A Marine report told Sengoku that Lizard King Hanafuza was colluding with Kaido, inciting wars, trafficking arms, and gathering Ancient Zoan Devil Fruits, so Sengoku ordered continued surveillance and evidence-gathering.
• Sengoku reviewed the Seven Warlords of the Sea and considered whether eliminating the leading pirates could end the Great Pirate Era.
• Violet entrusted Monet with a task before leaving for the flower fields, and Monet reported to Donquixote Doflamingo that she had earned the Riku Royal Family's trust.

Donquixote Doflamingo’s forces seized Dressrosa and turned King Riku’s soldiers against the people, while Monet captured Princess Violet for her Gaze-Gaze ability. Uchiha Huayue and his companions confronted Doflamingo at the palace, leaving him to ask what Huayue wanted.

• Monet revealed that she was Doflamingo’s spy, declared him Dressrosa’s rightful ruler, and forced Violet to accompany her to the palace hall.
• Violet and Monet found Huayue seated in the throne room as his group faced off against Doflamingo’s officers.
• Monet attacked with a blizzard, but Yamato struck her down with Thunder Bagua before she could harm Huayue’s group.
• Huayue told Doflamingo that he had learned his location in exchange for the Seven Warlords title and asked what price he would pay.
• Doflamingo asked Huayue what he wanted.

Uchiha Huayue and his companions thwarted the Donquixote Family’s attempt to turn them into toys and used Doflamingo’s Den Den Mushi to contact Jaygarcia Saturn. Huayue asked how much the sea level had risen over the past several centuries.

• Huayue demanded Doflamingo’s Den Den Mushi for contacting the Five Elders, and Sugar brought it to him.
• Sugar touched Huayue and tried to turn him and the others into toys, but Hiyori and Kuina cut through Doflamingo’s Five-Color String.
• Sugar turned the group into dolls and imposed a contract, but their Haki broke her Devil Fruit effect and restored their bodies.
• Violet tried to read Huayue’s heart with the Giro Giro no Mi, but the attempt overwhelmed her.
• Yamato connected the Den Den Mushi to Jaygarcia Saturn, and Huayue asked how much the world’s sea level had risen over the past several centuries.

Huayue confronted the Five Elders with his theory that the World Government had used Uranus to destroy islands and raise the sea level. After tricking Jaygarcia Saturn Saint into confirming Uranus existed, Huayue turned his attention to the former Celestial Dragon listening nearby.

• Huayue argued that the World Government inherited Uranus from the Great Kingdom and that its use had caused the sea level to rise.
• Huayue explained that the people carrying the mark D had continued to resist the World Government after the Great Kingdom fell.
• Huayue questioned why Uranus's destruction of islands caused the sea level to rise and suggested studying its energy.
• Jaygarcia Saturn Saint claimed Huayue could not reproduce Uranus without enormous funds, inadvertently confirming that Uranus existed.
• Huayue ended the call, revealed that a former Celestial Dragon had been listening, and attacked with Strangling Whip: Overlimit.

Yamato and Huayue fought Doflamingo’s officers in the palace, where Yamato’s thunderous strike badly injured Doflamingo and his allies. As Doflamingo awakened his Devil Fruit, Baby 5 revealed that King Riku and the Royal Army had been controlled by his threads, then moved to free the king.

• Trebol, Pica, Machvise, and Gladius attacked Huayue and the others, while Diamante shielded them with his cape.
• Yamato used Conqueror’s Haki and struck Machvise like a baseball, sending him crashing through the palace and severely injuring Doflamingo and the officers.
• Doflamingo awakened his String-String Fruit, and Huayue recognized the transformation as a sign of Zoan awakening.
• Doflamingo revealed that Baby 5 had not come with Huayue, then exposed his control of King Riku and the Royal Army through Parasite Strings.
• Baby 5 cut the strings controlling the soldiers and approached King Riku, but an unidentified figure rushed toward her with a massive sword.

Yamato defeated Donquixote Doflamingo after withstanding his awakened String-String Fruit attacks and exploiting the weakness inside his Haki-protected body. After the battle, Baby 5 appeared injured and missing an arm, and Yamato demanded to know who had hurt her.

• Kyros mistakenly attacked Baby 5 as she approached King Riku, severing her arm before she escaped into the shadows.
• King Riku and Kyros realized their mistake and discussed apologizing to Baby 5 and asking the Fairies to treat her injuries.
• Yamato endured Donquixote Doflamingo's string attacks and shattered his Haki-coated strings with Conqueror's Coating: Ice Emperor Slash.
• Yamato struck Donquixote Doflamingo with Great Dragon Thunder Bagua, leaving him unconscious and barely alive after he stitched his shattered organs together.
• Baby 5 emerged from Yamato's shadow with her arm severed, and Yamato asked who had done it.

After Baby 5 lost an arm in a surprise attack, Huayue confronted King Riku and the citizens of Dressrosa over the insult to his crew and his prestige. He revealed himself as Uchiha Huayue, one of the Four Emperors, leaving the kingdom stunned.

• Angry citizens rushed toward King's Plateau after witnessing the battle, while King Riku and Kyros rode to the palace to stop the misunderstanding from escalating.
• Huayue questioned Baby 5 about losing her arm, and she explained that she had not brought her Devil Fruit Dial or used Haki because she expected only to cut strings.
• King Riku and Kyros apologized to Baby 5 and promised to arrange treatment for her arm, but Hiyori and Huayue demanded compensation for the attack on his companion and his prestige.
• Huayue rejected destroying the whole kingdom but suggested punishing the culprit and the royal family, prompting the citizens to object.
• Huayue shed his fox-doll disguise, revealed his identity as one of the Four Emperors, and demanded that Dressrosa consider his prestige.

King Riku faced demands to answer for Kyros's attack on Uchiha Huayue's companions as Hiyori warned that failing to respond could ignite a war across the New World. Meanwhile, the Five Elders ordered Spandam to seize Pluton's blueprints and discussed cloning Uchiha Huayue as a way to defeat him.

• Hiyori explained to King Riku that the attack on Uchiha Huayue's companions could be seen as an insult to a Four Emperor and trigger a devastating war.
• King Riku pleaded for another solution as Haki surged and Hiyori demanded that Dressrosa make amends or face destruction.
• The Five Elders discussed finding Pluton and developing an energy source to match Uranus so they could hunt down Uchiha Huayue.
• Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro Saint proposed creating clones using Uchiha Huayue's bloodline, and Jaygarcia Saturn suggested consulting Vegapunk about the Lineage Factor.
• Jaygarcia Saturn told Spandam that the World Government had to seize Pluton at any cost after Spandam reported that Tom had refused to hand over its blueprints.

Spandam plotted to frame Tom’s Studio, while news spread that Huayue had attacked Dressrosa, abducted Violet, and taken a fortune, leading to Doflamingo’s removal as a Warlord. Aboard Huayue’s ship, Rebecca grieved for her parents, and Violet remembered how King Riku had negotiated with Huayue to protect Dressrosa.

• Spandam ordered CP5 agents to sail Tom’s warships to Enies Lobby and use them to implicate Tom’s Studio in an attack on the World Government.
• The World Economic Journal reported that Huayue had attacked Dressrosa, abducted Violet, and stolen billions of Beli, while Doflamingo lost his Warlord title.
• Huayue mocked the newspaper’s coverage as Violet protested that it ignored Doflamingo’s wrongdoing.
• Rebecca repeatedly attacked Huayue with a wooden sword, then broke down crying for her parents as Violet comforted her.
• Baby 5 told Huayue that her parents had abandoned her, prompting Hiyori to wonder why normal parents were so hard to find.
• Violet recalled King Riku asking Huayue to heal Baby 5 and agreeing to meet him on Green Bit with only herself and Kyros accompanying him.

Uchiha Huayue visited the Tontatta Kingdom, had Baby 5's arm healed, and forcibly took blood samples from the little people. He then announced that Kyros would be punished through separation from his loved ones, naming Scarlett and Rebecca.

• Leo welcomed King Riku and Huayue, then agreed to help heal Baby 5's severed arm.
• Princess Mansherry used her healing tears to restore Baby 5's arm, and Huayue asked about the Tontatta Kingdom's Ability Users.
• Huayue bound everyone in the hall with Bankin and ordered Hiyori to collect blood samples from the Ability Users and control groups.
• Hiyori drew the samples and gave the captives Military Ration Pills, while Mansherry refused to answer Huayue's question.
• Huayue told Kyros that separation from Scarlett and Rebecca would be his punishment for the price of sparing Dressrosa.