Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Huayue warned Whitebeard that Kaido would likely ally with Charlotte Linlin after losing Wano, then left him to decide what to do. Kaido and Linlin began negotiating an alliance on Whole Cake Island, but their hostility erupted into a fight.

• Huayue froze Marco, visited Whitebeard, and told him he had driven Kaido out of Wano and expected Kaido to seek an alliance with Linlin.
• Huayue urged Whitebeard to look after a mutual friend, then vanished; Whitebeard dismissed the danger and slumped back into his chair.
• Kaido arrived at Whole Cake Island and asked Linlin to join forces against Huayue, warning that they would otherwise be defeated.
• Linlin demanded Kaido's Road Poneglyph rubbing as the price of an alliance, and Kaido mocked her past interest in Huayue's bloodline.
• Kaido and Linlin exchanged attacks, igniting a battle between the Beast Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates.

Sengoku persuaded the Five Elders to approve a worldwide Marine recruitment drive as Kaido and Big Mom allied against Uchiha Huayue, while the Five Elders discussed the terrifying child in Imu’s care. Aboard Whitebeard’s ship, Ace struggled with his lineage, but Whitebeard declared him his son.

• Sengoku learned that Uchiha Huayue had claimed Wano and that Kaido and Big Mom had formed an alliance, then decided to seek the Five Elders’ approval for a major Marine response.
• Sengoku argued for a worldwide conscription drive, and the Five Elders approved it and agreed to divert some Celestial Dragon assets to fund recruitment.
• After Sengoku left, the Five Elders asked Jaygarcia Saturn Saint about the child with an extraordinary bloodline, and he said the child was more powerful than ever.
• In the Flower Room, Imu asked a child with nine-tomoe blood-red eyes to show Mū his power.
• Aboard the Whitebeard Pirates’ ship, Ace questioned why Whitebeard had taken him in, and Whitebeard told him to live as his son.

Marshall D. Teach learned that Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son and continued waiting for the Dark-Dark Fruit. Meanwhile, the Marines began a Great Marine Conscription and planned a secret Sharp Blade unit, as plots unfolded in Alabasta and a Four Emperor demanded Shirahoshi.

• Marshall D. Teach overheard Ace’s identity as Roger’s son and resolved to keep waiting for the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Marine Headquarters announced the Great Marine Conscription and secretly planned Sharp Blade, with Zephyr training the unit and Garp as its captain.
• Sengoku assigned Kuzan to oversee the world recruitment and allowed Vice Admirals to compete for Admiral Candidate positions.
• Crocodile used Baroque Works agents and a spreading sandstorm near Nanohana as his scheme in Alabasta began.
• A Four Emperor confronted King Neptune at Ryugu Palace and said he wanted Shirahoshi.

Uchiha Huayue asked King Neptune to let Shirahoshi decide whether to leave the Hard-Shell Tower, while revealing that he knew she was Poseidon. Neptune agreed and entrusted Huayue with dealing with Vander Decken IX if Shirahoshi refused, as a soldier followed the group with hatred in his eyes.

• King Neptune and his sons refused Huayue’s request to take Shirahoshi, but Huayue revealed that she was Poseidon and questioned whether Neptune could protect her.
• Vander Decken IX’s weapons struck the Hard-Shell Tower, and Huayue criticized Neptune for keeping Shirahoshi isolated there.
• Huayue stopped Vander Decken IX’s attacks midair, astonishing the Ryugu Kingdom’s ministers and royal family.
• Huayue urged Neptune to let Shirahoshi choose for herself, and Neptune agreed to his request.
• Neptune asked Huayue to deal with Vander Decken IX if Shirahoshi refused, then bowed as Huayue headed for the Hard-Shell Tower.
• A soldier following the group glared at Huayue with hatred while the Left Minister condemned Vander Decken IX’s attacks.

Uchiha Huayue used Tsukuyomi VR to show Shirahoshi the surface and promised to protect her as they headed for the Sea Forest. King Neptune mistakenly believed Huayue had kidnapped her, but Huayue appeared in the banquet hall and explained that Shirahoshi had gone with his original body.

• Huayue introduced himself to Shirahoshi in the Hard-Shell Tower and used Tsukuyomi VR to show her the land and sky of Elegia.
• Shirahoshi delighted in exploring the simulated scenery, then woke exhausted and told Mekaro how much she wanted to live freely on the surface.
• Huayue healed Shirahoshi and Mekaro, then offered to take Shirahoshi to the Sea Forest and protect her.
• Shirahoshi accepted Huayue’s offer and left with his original body.
• King Neptune heard that the Hard-Shell Tower was empty and feared Huayue had kidnapped Shirahoshi.
• Huayue appeared before Neptune and said Shirahoshi had gone to the Sea Forest and seemed to have missed her mother’s funeral six years earlier.

Huayue confronted King Neptune with the truth about Queen Otohime’s death and helped Shirahoshi visit her mother’s grave. As Vander Decken IX and Hody Jones moved against them, Shirahoshi broke down after Huayue acknowledged the secret she had kept for six years.

• Huayue questioned King Neptune’s account of Queen Otohime’s death, causing Hody Jones to flee Ryugu Palace.
• Vander Decken IX learned that his weapons had been stopped and ordered the Flying Pirates to pursue Shirahoshi to the Sea Forest.
• Hody Jones clutched the Tamatebako and vowed to kill Huayue and use the Energy Steroids to prove fish-men’s superiority.
• At Queen Otohime’s grave, Shirahoshi spoke of seeing the surface in a dream, and Huayue told her she had always known who killed her mother.
• Shirahoshi sobbed as she explained that Otohime had taught her never to hate or punish the murderer, and Huayue warned that others might mistake kindness for foolishness.

Huayue urged King Neptune to join a new era that would break the World Government’s oppression, while warning that Shirahoshi’s power would draw its attention. Hody Jones armed the New Fish-Man Pirates with Energy Steroids and launched an uprising, leaving King Neptune to face chaos across Fish-Man Island as Huayue refused to interfere.

• Huayue told King Neptune that Shirahoshi shared the Mermaid Princess’s ability and invited the Ryugu Kingdom to board Noah and sail toward a new era.
• Hody Jones learned that Huayue knew he had assassinated Queen Otohime, then used replicated Energy Steroids to demonstrate his increased power.
• Hody Jones ordered his one hundred thousand followers to seize Shirahoshi and attack Fish-Man Island, while New Fish-Man Pirates officers spread through Fish-Man District.
• A messenger told King Neptune that Hody Jones had destroyed Water Road and that Fish-Man Island was in chaos, and Huayue showed the violence unfolding there.
• Huayue blamed King Neptune’s neglect of Fish-Man Island for helping create Hody Jones’s followers, then vanished and declared he would not interfere in another nation’s affairs.
• At Gyoncorde Plaza, a New Fish-Man Pirate threatened someone into stepping on it or being treated as a traitor.

New Fish-Man Pirates forces terrorized Fish-Man Island’s citizens and desecrated Queen Otohime’s memory while Hody Jones and Vander Decken IX confronted Shirahoshi at the Sea Forest. Huayue urged Shirahoshi to flee toward Fish-Man Island, where he planned to settle the rebellion and Hody’s old crimes, and agreed to consider her plea for mercy.

• Ikaros ordered citizens to trample Queen Otohime’s photograph and shot a fish-man who protested.
• Hody Jones welcomed Vander Decken IX’s help against Huayue as their group raced toward the Sea Forest.
• Vander Decken IX proposed to Shirahoshi, then launched his Ghost Ship at her after she rejected him.
• Huayue encouraged Shirahoshi to overcome her fear, and she swam away at great speed with him on her shoulder.
• Hody Jones pursued Shirahoshi and Huayue after swallowing Energy Steroids, while Huayue directed her toward Gyoncorde Plaza to confront the rebellion and Hody’s crimes.
• Shirahoshi asked Huayue to forgive Hody for her mother’s sake, and Huayue agreed to honor her request.

Huayue arrived at Fish-Man Island with Shirahoshi as Hody Jones and the New Fish-Man Pirates attacked Neptune’s forces. After exposing Hody as Queen Otohime’s murderer, Huayue questioned him about his hatred of humans, and Hody began to answer.

• Shirahoshi and Huayue approached Fish-Man Island as fighting erupted and Vander Decken IX pursued them with a massive ship.
• Neptune and Hody clashed while the New Fish-Man Pirates fought the Neptune Army and subdued the three princes.
• Jinbe and Aladine confronted Hody, who called out Huayue and demanded the Four Emperor face him.
• Huayue revealed that Hody had secretly killed Queen Otohime, and Hody admitted he had killed her because he hated her calls for friendship with humans.
• Huayue asked Hody what humans had done to him, and Hody began to explain.

Hody Jones revealed his plan to build a fish-man kingdom and admitted his role in Queen Otohime’s murder, while Huayue stopped Jinbe from intervening. When the New Fish-Man Pirates attacked Huayue underwater, he unleashed a mysterious power that left the attackers collapsing and Fish-Man Island quiet.

• Hody Jones told Jinbe that Arlong had built Arlong Park in the East Blue and that he had killed Queen Otohime.
• Jinbe tried to attack Hody, but Huayue warned him not to interfere, so Jinbe lowered his fist.
• Hody mocked Jinbe and declared that the New Fish-Man Kingdom would never submit to humans, provoking the New Fish-Man Pirates to tear apart Fish-Man Island’s air bubble.
• Vander Decken IX attacked Huayue with weapons while Hody and the officers took Energy Steroids and charged with the fish-men.
• Huayue’s mysterious power brought memories to Vander Decken and left Hody, Vander Decken, and the drugged officers incapacitated as Fish-Man Island fell silent.

Huayue defeated Hody Jones and the New Fish-Man Pirates, exposed the consequences of the Energy Steroids, and left Fish-Man Island's recovery to King Neptune. Jinbe set out for the East Blue to confront Arlong, while Hiyori worried that Huayue's absence was disrupting the Menos Grande project in Wano Country.

• Huayue used Conqueror's Haki to knock out the New Fish-Man Pirates' hundred thousand fish-men, and King Neptune accepted responsibility for the kingdom's troubles.
• Huayue told King Neptune and Aladine to address the darkness within the Ryugu Kingdom, then explained that Hody Jones and his followers had been aged by Energy Steroids.
• Huayue reassured Shirahoshi before departing, and Jinbe announced that he would go to the East Blue to investigate Arlong and take him to Impel Down if the accusations were true.
• The Left and Right Ministers proposed training the defeated fish-men to help protect Fish-Man Island, while King Neptune ordered the main culprits imprisoned in Seastone handcuffs.
• Huayue directed the Bald Sea Monster to find Jinbe, and Hiyori fretted in Wano Country that a shortage of nutrient solution and Huayue's absence could ruin the Menos Grande project.

Huayue captured Carina but agreed to accompany her to Gran Tesoro after she revealed its vast wealth and a valuable Devil Fruit. They arrived at the golden entertainment city, where a guard named Mr. Tanaka greeted them.

• Huayue kept Carina bound with special ropes and saw through her attempts to escape by seduction and deception.
• Carina offered to work with Huayue to claim Gran Tesoro’s treasure and mentioned a woman with the Lucky-Lucky Fruit, prompting Huayue’s interest.
• The next day, Carina posed as a rising singer and Huayue as her private guard as they set out for Gran Tesoro.
• Carina explained that the Gold Emperor had built Gran Tesoro after stealing the Gold-Gold Fruit, while Huayue argued that strength mattered more than money.
• Huayue and Carina arrived at Gran Tesoro amid gold-dust fireworks, and Mr. Tanaka greeted them at the entrance.

Carina and Huayue arrived at Gran Tesoro, where Gild Tesoro’s staff welcomed them and offered Huayue a job. Huayue warned Carina that the golden dust could let Tesoro control her and gave her a Seastone earring, while Baccarat approached him as his new colleague.

• Mr. Tanaka escorted Carina and Huayue through Gran Tesoro after Huayue demonstrated his Frost-Frost Fruit powers, and he offered Huayue an annual salary of one hundred million Beli.
• Baccarat and Gild Tesoro reviewed Huayue’s background on surveillance, and Tesoro said his life would be under control once he entered Gran Tesoro.
• Huayue told Carina that the golden dust could turn her into a statue under Tesoro’s control and gave her a Seastone earring to suppress her powers.
• Carina revealed her plan to steal Gran Tesoro’s golden ship, and Huayue left the guest room after warning her to keep the earring with her.
• Baccarat introduced herself to Huayue as his colleague, and his champagne glass cracked when she touched his shoulder.

Huayue entered Gran Tesoro with Baccarat and confronted Gild Tesoro, revealing that he had come to take back the gift that had helped Tesoro gain his freedom. Tesoro offered him wealth and a place in his plans, but Huayue faced him as an enemy.

• Baccarat approached Huayue, flirted with him, and invited him to meet Gild Tesoro after explaining that indebted children were forced to work in Gran Tesoro.
• Huayue agreed to meet Tesoro, and Tesoro recognized something familiar about the masked bounty hunter when Baccarat brought him into the Golden Bell Tower.
• Huayue declared that he wanted Gran Tesoro and its wealth, while Carina dropped her champagne glass in shock.
• Tesoro proclaimed himself the god of Gran Tesoro, and Huayue challenged him by asking why his soul was filled with regret.
• Baccarat used the Lucky-Lucky Fruit to attack Huayue, but he emerged unharmed and shattered his mask.
• Huayue revealed himself as Uchiha Huayue and said he had come to take back Tesoro's gift; Tesoro offered him endless wealth and declared his ambition to put the Four Emperors beneath him.

Huayue defeated Gild Tesoro, sending him into a dreamlike reunion with Stella, and claimed Gran Tesoro. He then demanded that Baccarat and Carina join him as he prepared for a world-consuming war.

• Mr. Tanaka tried to flee, but Huayue restrained him with Five-Color Strings and Haki.
• Gild Tesoro offered Huayue increasingly vast sums, but Huayue refused and demanded Gran Tesoro, Lucky, and Tesoro's Devil Fruit abilities.
• Gild Tesoro transformed into a golden giant and attacked Huayue, who defeated him and sent him to a dream where he reunited with Stella.
• Huayue declared that a great war would engulf the world and gave Carina and Baccarat the choice to follow him or die.
• Baccarat agreed to submit, and Huayue pressed Carina to join him for her intelligence-gathering skills; Carina pleaded for her life.

Huayue took control of Gran Tesoro and ordered Baccarat and Carina to sail for Egghead. Meanwhile, Kaido and Big Mom argued over Caesar’s newly completed SMILE fruits, and Kaido gave Caesar three years to produce an army of one hundred thousand Ability Users.

• Huayue dismissed Carina’s rumor that he gained eternal youth by consuming young women and said science was responsible.
• Baccarat agreed to serve Huayue and steer Gran Tesoro to Egghead, while warning Carina not to try to escape.
• Caesar announced that he had completed SMILE, an artificial Devil Fruit with a ten percent success rate.
• Kaido and Big Mom argued over how to divide the first batch of SMILE fruits, and Caesar warned that the fruits alone could not defeat their powerful enemies.
• Kaido demanded that Caesar produce one hundred thousand Ability Users within three years or be sent to fight Whitebeard first.

Sengoku investigated Gran Tesoro’s disappearance while Marine recruitment produced two Admiral-level candidates, Issho and Ryokugyu. Jaygarcia Saturn approved a plan to replace the Seven Warlords with Seraphim and ordered Heavenly Tribute raised by another fifty percent, leaving Sengoku troubled by the burden on poor nations.

• Sengoku learned that Gran Tesoro and Gild Tesoro had vanished, then ordered the returning Borsalino to investigate the lost golden empire.
• Kuzan reported that the recruitment drive had found Issho and Ryokugyu as Admiral-level candidates, while Gion and Tokikake would become Admiral Candidates.
• Sengoku told Kuzan to monitor the alliance between Kaido and Charlotte Linlin near Whole Cake Island.
• Jaygarcia Saturn discussed Caesar Clown’s Artificial Devil Fruits and ordered the Seven Warlords’ Lineage Factors collected for Vegapunk’s Seraphim research.
• After learning Gran Tesoro had disappeared, Jaygarcia Saturn ordered Heavenly Tribute raised by another fifty percent, and Sengoku objected that impoverished nations could starve.

A crimson-haired child demonstrated overwhelming bloodline power before the God's Knights, destroying an unaffiliated nation's island and establishing himself as their future leader. Meanwhile, Vegapunk studied mysterious funding and blueprints as new figures began forming in Culture Vessels beneath Wano Country.

• The God's Knights questioned the child's appointment, while Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro Saint told Figarland Garling that the child had the strength to lead them.
• The child incapacitated a God's Knights member with an ability that Red-Haired Shanks observed, then flew into the sky.
• Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro Saint explained that the child's inherited power could replace the Ancient Weapons and serve the Celestial Dragons.
• The child unleashed Super Almighty Push, pulverizing the island and sending the surrounding waves surging outward.
• Vegapunk examined blueprints for Seraphim, Pacifista improvements, and the Mother Flame, wondering who had sent him the money and plans.
• In a Wano Country basement, figures began taking shape in thousands of Culture Vessels as Huayue smiled.

Bonney discovered that Alpha had hidden and destroyed Kuma’s letters, so she escaped Sorbet Kingdom disguised as Queen Mother Conney with a crew of fishermen to find her father. Alpha pursued their ship, and Bonney awakened a mysterious crimson power to fight back.

• Alpha lied to Bonney about Kuma’s letters, then shredded a letter from him and threw it away.
• A fisherman retrieved the letter scraps, and Bonney learned Alpha had been preventing her from contacting Kuma.
• Bonney decided to leave Sorbet Kingdom with the fishermen and disguised herself as Queen Mother Conney to escape.
• Alpha realized Bonney had fled and chased the ship, threatening to restrain her and eliminate her companions.
• Bonney remembered Kuma’s words about Aizen Myoo, awakened a crimson tomoe-marked eye, and unleashed Fire Release: Day of Aizen at Alpha.

Bonney defeated Alpha with a mysterious sunlike power and continued toward Vegapunk to find Kuma. In East Blue, Dragon let the Straw Hats leave Loguetown, Kuina rescued Tashigi’s captured acquaintances, and Buggy revealed his old ties to Shanks and Roger’s crew while insisting he had abandoned his dream.

• Bonney’s blazing attack sent Alpha into the sea, then Bonney collapsed from hunger and ordered her crew to set sail for Vegapunk.
• Dragon released Smoker in Loguetown and watched the Going Merry depart, prompting Smoker to pursue the Straw Hats.
• Kuina appeared in Loguetown and faced Tashigi, while Smoker arrived to find the two women looked nearly identical.
• Kuina told Smoker she would take the people in his net and left with them.
• Alvida learned Buggy had been an apprentice aboard Roger’s ship and asked why he had drifted through the seas as Shanks became a Four Emperor.
• Buggy said he had given up on his dream and recalled seeing Shanks as the next generation’s king.