Chapter Summaries

After Huayue left Kyros unable to choose between his lover and child, the story shifted to Huayue's ship, where Violet learned that Vergo might help Doflamingo escape Marine custody. Huayue discussed who might claim a new Emperor position and hinted that Vergo's actions had begun.

• Huayue told Kyros he would choose the punishment himself and left Dressrosa with his companions, leaving Scarlett with Kyros and King Riku.
• On Huayue's warship, Perona and Baby 5 tried to put Violet and Rebecca at ease while Violet learned Doflamingo was being transported to Impel Down.
• Violet heard that Vergo, a Marine Rear Admiral at G5 and a loyal Donquixote Family officer, might free Doflamingo, and she tried to alert her father and the Marines.
• Monet praised Doflamingo's prospects, while Huayue asked whether Doflamingo or Shanks might become a new Emperor and declared that the sea could have more than four.
• Huayue dismissed Monet's belief that Doflamingo would rule the world and said the seas would soon be swallowed by water before murmuring that Vergo's actions had begun.

King Riku handed Doflamingo over to Vergo and the Marines, but Vergo secretly freed him during the voyage. Doflamingo and his officers planned to seek protection from a powerful pirate and auction off a valuable item at Sabaody.

• King Riku asked Rear Admiral Vergo to escort Doflamingo to Impel Down and pass along any information about Uchiha Huayue.
• Vergo reassured the Dressrosa soldiers as the prison ship departed with Doflamingo and his accomplices.
• Vergo knocked out the Marines aboard the ship, unlocked Doflamingo’s restraints, and revealed himself as his ally.
• Doflamingo told Vergo that Uchiha Huayue had defeated him and that Trafalgar Law had likely arranged the attack.
• Doflamingo decided to seek shelter from a powerful pirate whose crew had joined a Four Emperor, and the Donquixote Family chose to auction a valuable item at Sabaody for money.

After learning that Doflamingo escaped, Law set sail for the Grand Line to kill him and avenge Corazon-san. Meanwhile, the World Government ordered Spandam to pursue the Dark King blueprints and decided to arrange an accident for Zephyr after suspecting he was investigating them.

• Law saw the news of Doflamingo's escape and left Happy Town with Bepo, Penguin, and Shachi to pursue him.
• Wolf and the residents of Happy Town saw the Heart Pirates off as Law vowed to kill Doflamingo and avenge Corazon-san.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku berated the Vice Admirals after Doflamingo and his family escaped Marine custody.
• Spandam told the Five Elders that Iceburg was the remaining suspect with access to the Dark King blueprints, and Jaygarcia Saturn Saint ordered him to obtain them.
• The Five Elders discussed Zephyr's investigation of the World Government and agreed to arrange a fatal accident for him.

Zephyr and his Marine trainees encountered Weevil, who defeated Zephyr and severed his arm. An old acquaintance rescued Zephyr from Weevil and his mother, then challenged his beliefs about justice and evil.

• Zephyr rebuked Binz, Shuzo, and Ain for arguing and reminded the trainees to uphold justice.
• The Marines spotted a flagless pirate ship, and Weevil leaped aboard their warship to confront them.
• Weevil fended off the trainees’ attacks and fought Zephyr, eventually defeating him and severing his right arm.
• Weevil and his mother started to leave, but Zephyr recognized the voice of an old acquaintance who had steered the ship toward him.
• The acquaintance dismissed Zephyr’s distinction between justice and evil, saying that cruel reality was what mattered to the powerless.

Uchiha Huayue overwhelmed Zephyr and his students, then showed Zephyr the truth about God Valley through Genjutsu. Zephyr awoke shaken and condemned the World Government and Celestial Dragons, while Ain and the others worried that Huayue had deceived him.

• Zephyr stood wounded before Huayue, and Ain attacked him with the Return-Return Fruit, but Huayue revealed that Zephyr had been striking an illusion.
• Ain charged Huayue with Soru, but his Kamui shattered her Haki-protected swords.
• Huayue called out Binz, Shuzo, and the other survivors, and Zephyr offered his own life in exchange for theirs.
• Huayue sent Zephyr into a vision of God Valley so he could witness what had happened there twenty-nine years earlier.
• After Zephyr awoke from the Genjutsu, he condemned the Marines, the World Government, and the Celestial Dragons, while Ain warned him not to trust Huayue.

Zephyr returned to Marine Headquarters after Weevil defeated him and cut off his arm, then received a new Seastone weapon from the Marine Science Unit. Meanwhile, Huayue followed a sense of unease, and Kuina began a trial to choose a sword and forge her own Black Blade.

• Zephyr told Sengoku that the pirate who cut off his arm was named Weevil and resembled Whitebeard, while Sengoku offered him a weapon developed by Vegapunk and Caesar Clown.
• Zephyr visited the Marine Science Unit on Punk Hazard and accepted the Iron Arm Crusher, while quietly harboring suspicion.
• Huayue sensed unease aboard his ship, ordered it toward the source, and went alone to a room where Kuina was training.
• After seven days and seven nights of fighting, Kuina refused to stop, so Huayue brought her to a spring and told her to choose a sword that reflected her Haki and soul.

Kuina began battling a mirror-like swordsman in a spiritual realm while her Asauchi bonded with her Haki and soul. In Elegia, Uta found and sang an ancient score that summoned Tot Musica, and Huayue sent Cistus, Yamato, and Hiyori to contain it as Shanks fought the Song Demon.

• Kuina found a Wado Ichimonji imitation in a sea of famed blades, then returned to a seemingly deserted Shimotsuki Village and faced a masked swordsman who challenged her to fight by instinct.
• Kuina summoned Wado Ichimonji and clashed with her opponent while Huayue observed her Asauchi merging with her soul and Haki.
• At a feast in Elegia, Gordon praised Uta’s singing, and Shanks decided not to leave her behind on the island.
• An ancient score drifted from Elegia’s buried ruins to Uta, who sang it and unleashed Tot Musica, engulfing the Music Kingdom in flames.
• Huayue ordered Cistus to retrieve the score, while Yamato and Hiyori spread a Silence barrier over Elegia; Shanks attacked the Song Demon with Divine Departure.

Yamato and Shanks fought to contain Tot Musica as it rampaged through Elegia, while Huayue uncovered the Poneglyph’s account of how the Demon King came into being. The story left Tot Musica raging outside as Huayue explained its origins and the danger of the song that summoned it.

• Citrus sent an unnoticed bat into Tot Musica, briefly making the Demon King pause as panic spread through Elegia.
• Yamato used Ame no Habakiri and the Ice-Ice Fruit to freeze Tot Musica and raise a barrier confining the destruction to the island.
• Shanks learned from King Gordon that Tot Musica was an ancient Consciousness Aggregate with no known weakness, then struck it with Divine Departure.
• Hiyori reinforced the cracking ice barrier and told Shanks that sealing, rather than powerful Haki, was the way to stop Tot Musica.
• Huayue deciphered the final Poneglyph passage and learned that accumulated negative consciousness had formed the Demon King, which an Uta-Uta Fruit user summoned through a song.

Tot Musica transformed into a colossal second form and unleashed an attack that devastated Elegia. Hiyori and Citrus sealed the city inside an Anti-Membrane, while Shanks and the others prepared to fight on until they could save Uta.

• Huayue explained that Tot Musica was born from the intertwined consciousnesses of people who had escaped their suffering into the world of song.
• Tot Musica changed form, grew to an enormous size, and fired a blood-red beam that destroyed much of Elegia.
• Yamato and Hiyori asked Citrus to protect the city, and Citrus ordered the Vasto Lordes to deploy the Anti-Membrane around Elegia.
• The citizens of Elegia celebrated the barrier, while Hiyori urged Shanks and the others to wear Tot Musica down and save Uta.
• Marine warships rushed toward Elegia, and one ship's Den Den Mushi recorded the destruction before its caller screamed.

Citrus's schemes helped bring Tot Musica's final form into the world, but the King's arrival destroyed it. Uta was left critically weakened, and Hiyori began using Sage Art to save her as Shanks was asked to explain what had happened.

• Citrus drained the lifespans of the Marines who came to interfere with the data collection.
• Yamato and Hiyori fought Tot Musica, but its third movement transformed it into a world-threatening creature.
• Citrus delivered the requested records to the King, who shattered the Anti-Membrane and defeated Tot Musica with Kamui.
• Citrus brought the unconscious Uta to the King and said that her stamina, will, and soul had been damaged.
• Shanks accused Citrus of using Uta, but she vanished after the King ordered her to stand down.
• Hiyori used Sage Art: Rebirth from Life to save Uta and asked Shanks to consider how he would explain the incident to her.

Huayue offered to revive Elegia’s dead in exchange for Tot Musica, and King Gordon accepted. Huayue brought the people back to life, took the summoned sheet music, and left as Shanks prepared the Red-Haired Pirates to sail.

• Shanks accepted the blame for Elegia’s destruction to protect Uta, while Huayue proposed healing the kingdom in exchange for Tot Musica.
• The grieving citizens protested, but King Gordon knelt and agreed to give Huayue Tot Musica if he could heal their pain.
• Huayue used Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive everyone in Elegia and restore the kingdom’s people.
• Gordon offered Huayue the sheet music, and Huayue restrained it when it tried to escape.
• Huayue joked that he might be a god while sleeping, then left with Yamato and Hiyori as Shanks ordered the Red-Haired Pirates to set sail.

After the Red-Haired Pirates were blamed for Elegia’s destruction, Sengoku raised their bounties and worried over the Marines’ troubles, while the Five Elders discussed Tot Musica and the Dark King’s blueprints. The chapter ended as a cloaked man watched the Gold-Gold Fruit go up for auction at Sabaody.

• The Red-Haired Pirates left Elegia, and Shanks urged his crew to celebrate their victory.
• Sengoku set Shanks’s bounty at 3.5 billion Beli and raised each crew member’s bounty by 100 million Beli.
• Sengoku asked after Zephyr, then ordered his Marines to investigate the Revolutionary Army leader while ignoring Big Mom and Kaido’s clash.
• The Five Elders watched footage of Tot Musica and pressed CP9 to obtain the Dark King’s blueprints in Water 7.
• At a Sabaody Archipelago auction, the Gold-Gold Fruit was offered for a starting price of 100 million Beli, drawing the attention of a cloaked man.

Gild Tesoro ate the Gold-Gold Fruit and vowed to rule the world, while Doflamingo sought Kaido’s help and plotted against the Marines. On Elegia, Uta awoke to find the city in ruins, and Huayue watched Kuina name her blade Wado Ichimonji.

• Gild Tesoro stole and ate the Gold-Gold Fruit amid the burning ruins of the auction house, swearing revenge and promising to rule through money.
• Doflamingo learned the Gold-Gold Fruit had disappeared and asked Who's-Who to pass ideas about Kaido’s predicament to the Emperor.
• Doflamingo planned a greeting gift for Lady Tsuru and vowed to reclaim the title the Marines had taken from him.
• Uta awoke on Elegia and discovered the city in ruins, while Gordon transcribed the three movements of Tot Musica.
• Huayue watched Kuina hold a newly sharpened blade as she named it Wado Ichimonji.

Kuina challenged Huayue with Wado Ichimonji, but he showed her that her wavering resolve kept her blade from reaching its full power. Meanwhile, Sengoku learned that Doflamingo had seized the Heavenly Tribute and discovered that Garp’s son, Monkey D. Dragon, led the Revolutionary Army; he ordered Garp to escort the Ryugu Kingdom royal family to the World Conference.

• Kuina declared that Wado Ichimonji was her black blade and tried to cut Huayue, but the sword could not pierce his skin.
• Huayue told Kuina that her wavering heart weakened her sword and that she had chosen an opponent too strong to test her swordsmanship against.
• Sengoku learned that Donquixote Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family had plundered North Blue’s Heavenly Tribute before the World Conference.
• A CP Organization member gave Sengoku classified materials identifying Monkey D. Dragon as the Revolutionary Army’s leader and a former Marine cadet.
• Sengoku confronted Garp about Dragon, and Garp said he was proud of his son despite their differing ideals.
• Sengoku ordered Garp to escort the Ryugu Kingdom royal family to the World Conference and warned him not to let anything go wrong.

Doflamingo met with Kaido in Wano Country and proposed building an army of Devil Fruit users using the Lineage Factor. Meanwhile, Bartholomew Kuma resigned from the Revolutionary Army, leaving Dragon concerned about Bonney.

• Garp returned to his warship and hoped Ace and Luffy would follow the path he had prepared for them as Marines.
• Doflamingo arrived in Wano Country with treasure and met Kaido at Onigashima.
• Doflamingo told Kaido he knew about the Lineage Factor and offered to help create an army of Ability Users capable of sweeping across the world.
• Kaido showed interest in Doflamingo's offer after warning him against deception.
• Dragon accepted Bartholomew Kuma's resignation from the Revolutionary Army as Kuma said he no longer had the strength to handle its affairs and mentioned Bonney.

Kuma learned that Bonney had Azure Scale Disease and continued searching for a cure while hiding the grim prognosis from her. Months later, Garp presided over the World Conference and was caught off guard when King Shionda Lucas raised the Revolutionary Army as a threat, leaving Garp convinced Sengoku had set him up.

• A doctor diagnosed Bonney with terminal Azure Scale Disease and told Kuma she had at most ten years, with no known cure.
• Kuma reassured Bonney that she would recover and continued traveling with her to seek treatment.
• Kuma noticed a royal vessel and Navy escort heading toward the World Conference, then used his air bubbles to take Bonney to another kingdom.
• Sengoku ordered Garp to represent the Navy and preside impartially over the World Conference, while Tsuru suggested Garp handle the matter himself.
• King Shionda Lucas presented a photograph of Dragon and warned the kings that the Revolutionary Army could become a major threat.
• Garp realized the kings expected him to address the Revolutionary Army and cursed Sengoku for setting him up.

Sengoku worried that Garp was hiding another dangerous secret, then learned the World Conference had ended and the Marines had openly begun operations against the Revolutionary Army. Elsewhere, Huayue’s group sailed toward a Sky Island, while Kuina and Yamato trained little Rebecca.

• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Dragon’s rebellion and wondered what else Garp might be hiding, with Sengoku speculating that Roger could have left a child behind on Baterilla Island.
• Garp returned from the World Conference furious about its politics, took Sengoku’s rice crackers, and refused Sengoku’s offer to train his grandson.
• After Garp left, Sengoku and Tsuru joked about whether Garp could raise a Marine with proper ideals.
• A month later, the World Conference ended, and Marine branches received orders to openly target the Revolutionary Army.
• On a distant ship, Granny Tsunade drank while Little Hiyori read the news, and Kuina and Yamato trained little Rebecca.
• Violet wondered why the ship had come to the area, and Huayue pointed out that a Sky Island appeared to be above them.

Violet learned that Huayue’s crew was heading for the sky islands to find the Poneglyph in Shandora, the Golden City. After Yamato demolished a fake castle on the island, Huayue recognized a golden bell in Mont Blanc Cricket’s salvage net, and Cricket realized the crew believed the Golden City was real.

• Violet used Senrigan to see the sky islands, and Hiyori explained that the crew sought Shandora’s Poneglyph using information from Shanks.
• The crew spotted a castle on a nearby island, but Yamato discovered it was only an oversized wooden board and knocked it down.
• Mont Blanc Cricket emerged from underwater and confronted Yamato, while the Saruyama Alliance came out to defend him.
• Huayue arrived with the ship and noticed a small golden bell in Cricket’s salvage net.
• Huayue told Cricket that the Golden City existed and that a friend had been there, prompting Cricket to declare that he had finally won against fate.

Mont Blanc Cricket recounted his family’s struggle to prove the Golden City existed, and Huayue’s group prepared to reach the Sky Island above Jaya. When Bellamy the Hyena and his crew mocked their plans, Baby 5 began a powerful spell to bring the Sky Island down intact.

• Mont Blanc Cricket told the group how he had kept searching for the Golden City despite the disgrace attached to his ancestor’s name.
• Huayue noticed hostile groups approaching Jaya Island and asked Cricket whether he had any friends there.
• Bellamy the Hyena arrived with his pirates, mocked Cricket’s dreams, and claimed he was the strongest pirate in the area.
• After Bellamy’s crew mocked Huayue’s plan to reach the Sky Island, Baby 5 removed Huayue’s haori and began casting Hado #90: Black Coffin to bring it down intact.
• A figure on a distant boat silently turned the vessel around as the spell’s darkness surged toward the sky.

Enel seized control of Upper Yard and forced Gan Fall to leave, but an immense gravity power dragged the Sky Islands down toward the Blue Sea and shattered the divide between the seas. As Enel confronted the swordsman behind the catastrophe, the man warned him not to stand in his way and unleashed brilliant emerald sword light.

• Enel woke Gan Fall, claimed he would rule the Sky Island, and threatened the people unless Gan Fall relinquished his position as God.
• Gan Fall agreed to leave Upper Yard, but a powerful gravity effect knocked him down and began pulling the Sky Islands toward the Blue Sea.
• A Black Coffin pierced the Island Clouds and White Sea, sending water crashing into the sea below as the Sky Islands fell.
• Bellamy and the Hyena Pirates watched the spectacle, while Mont Blanc Cricket spotted the Golden Bell and cried that Mont Blanc Noland had told the truth.
• Enel broke free and demanded to know who had brought the Sky Islands down, then faced a swordsman who told him to move aside.
• The swordsman warned Enel that he would cut down every obstacle and filled the sky with emerald sword light, leaving Enel entranced by the vision of the Endless Vearth.