Chapter Summaries

The Five Elders discussed making Figarland Garling Saint lead the God's Knights and feared they could not control a powerful child connected to Doflamingo. At Marineford, the Seven Warlords of the Sea gathered as Garp and Sengoku arrived.

• The Five Elders assigned Figarland Garling Saint to lead the God's Knights and discussed the child’s strength, the erased self-destruct device, and the risks of relying on him.
• The child in the Flower Room spoke about decay, dissolved into light, and caused the maid who tried to report to Imu to vanish.
• Donquixote Doflamingo and Bartholomew Kuma arrived at Marineford, followed by Gecko Moriah, Marshall D. Teach, Trafalgar Law, Boa Hancock, and Dracule Mihawk.
• Garp and Fleet Admiral Sengoku entered the conference room, heightening the tension among the gathered Marines and Warlords.

At the Seven Warlords meeting, Blackbeard learned of Law’s Ope Ope no Mi and secretly set out for Impel Down. There, Luffy learned that Ace had already been taken to Marineford and gathered Jinbe, Crocodile, and Ivankov to help rescue him.

• Blackbeard openly coveted Law’s Perennial Youth Operation, and Sengoku ordered the Seven Warlords to attend Ace’s execution at Marineford.
• After Lafitte revealed that he had hypnotized the Marines guarding the Gates of Justice, Blackbeard’s group sailed for Impel Down.
• Luffy found Jinbe, who told him Ace had been transferred to Marineford three days earlier, and Luffy agreed to free Jinbe so he could help.
• Mr. 3 recognized Crocodile in a nearby cell, and Crocodile offered to help Luffy rescue Ace in exchange for his freedom.
• Ivankov urged Luffy to release Crocodile, using a secret he knew about Crocodile to secure his cooperation.

The Marines broadcast Portgas D. Ace’s execution preparations worldwide, then Fleet Admiral Sengoku revealed Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son. The revelation shocked the world as Rayleigh watched, convinced Whitebeard would come to save Ace.

• Ace was led onto the execution platform, where Sengoku told Garp he planned to reveal Ace’s parentage; Garp stayed beside him despite his grief.
• The Marines set up broadcast screens throughout the seas and assembled a massive force at Marineford, including four Admiral Candidates and the three Admirals.
• Sengoku asked Ace who his father was, and Ace answered that Whitebeard was the only father he had.
• Sengoku announced that Ace was Gol D. Ace, the son of Gol D. Roger and Portgas D. Rouge, shocking viewers across the world.
• Rayleigh watched the broadcast and said Whitebeard would not abandon Ace, but he chose not to join the coming battle.

Whitebeard launched his assault on Marineford to rescue Ace, and the Marines countered as the battle erupted. While Belle-mère and Koby hid in Marineford's family town, Sakazuki executed a deserter and addressed a figure emerging from the shadows, whose identity remained unclear.

• Sengoku announced Ace's identity as Gol D. Roger's son and declared that he would be executed.
• Whitebeard emerged from beneath the sea, attacked Marineford with a seaquake, and unleashed towering tsunamis.
• Aokiji froze the sea to stop the waves, and more than a hundred thousand Marines charged Whitebeard's forces.
• Whitebeard told Marco to preserve the lives of the subordinate pirate crews while waiting for Uchiha Huayue to reveal his stance.
• Belle-mère and Koby hid in Marineford's family town, where Sakazuki melted a deserter into ashes.
• Sakazuki noticed a figure emerging from the shadows and said that betrayal by one's closest kin deserved no forgiveness.

Koby and Belle-mère chose to return to the battlefield rather than risk being branded deserters, while the Marine and Whitebeard forces began exchanging powerful attacks. The chapter left Marco fighting Borsalino as Doflamingo urged Trafalgar Law to make his move.

• Koby and Belle-mère returned to the battlefield, determined not to disgrace Garp by fleeing.
• Kuzan thanked Sakazuki for letting Koby and Belle-mère go, and Sakazuki told him to worry about Whitebeard.
• Dracule Mihawk attacked Whitebeard with a sword slash, which Diamond Jozu blocked before hurling an iceberg toward the Admirals.
• Issho froze Jozu’s iceberg in midair, and Marco flew toward the execution platform before Borsalino’s Yasakani Sacred Jewel forced him to change course.
• Marco kicked Borsalino’s light bullets into the Marine ranks and began fighting him.
• Doflamingo told Trafalgar Law that Mihawk had acted and that Law had waited years for this day, as Law activated ROOM.

Trafalgar Law confronted and killed Donquixote Doflamingo during the Marineford war, revealing that Vergo was dead and warning that powerful forces were gathering. Holding Doflamingo’s severed head, Law challenged the assembled heroes to choose how they would face the spreading war.

• Law revealed that Vergo’s head was in Marineford, and Doflamingo realized Law had killed him.
• Law warned that the war would not end with Whitebeard’s death and told the assembled fighters that the Four Emperors, Golden Lion, and new World Government forces were preparing to act.
• Doflamingo attacked Law with Sixteen Holy Bullets: God's Execution, but Law pierced him with K-ROOM: Puncture.
• Law used the Devil Fruit Dial to discharge two hundred million volts of lightning through Doflamingo’s body.
• Law severed Doflamingo’s head, took it in his hand, and challenged the heroes to decide what to do as the war spread.

Trafalgar Law fought Kizaru and wounded him, while the Whitebeard Pirates pressed their attack across Marineford. As Sakazuki challenged Whitebeard, Blackbeard appeared and greeted him from above.

• Law stopped Kizaru from escaping and wounded him with a lightning-fast attack, boosting the pirates’ morale.
• Issho intercepted Marco with ice walls and introduced himself as a Marine Admiral Candidate known as Fujitora.
• Whitebeard shattered the ice with a seaquake, sending tsunamis toward the Sabaody Archipelago, while Shanks set sail for Marineford.
• Jozu clashed with Kuzan as Ryokugyu unleashed a forest and Sakazuki struck the battlefield with magma.
• Sakazuki provoked Whitebeard, who prepared to fight, before Blackbeard laughed from above and called out to Newgate.

Golden Lion Shiki, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin arrived at Marineford and declared war on Marine Headquarters, while Kaido attacked Trafalgar Law over Doflamingo’s death. At Mariejois, Jaygarcia Saturn revealed that the Five Elders intended to kill Dr. Vegapunk for secretly researching the Poneglyph.

• Golden Lion Shiki arrived with floating islands, followed by Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, shocking the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates.
• Charlotte Linlin announced that the three pirates had come to destroy Marine Headquarters, and the declaration spread around the world.
• Kaido saw Doflamingo’s severed head, blamed Law for his death, and attacked him after Law admitted killing him.
• Law fought back with his Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers, but Kaido’s Haki and club strike overwhelmed him.
• At Mariejois, Jaygarcia Saturn told Dr. Vegapunk that the Five Elders considered him a threat because he had secretly researched the Poneglyph and would no longer spare him.

York revealed that she had betrayed Vegapunk to gain the status of a Celestial Dragon, but Vegapunk used a hidden power to immobilize her and restore memories to the satellites. As the World Government prepared to unleash its supreme weapon and the God's Knights departed, Vegapunk hinted that help was about to arrive.

• Jaygarcia Saturn buried Vegapunk and the satellites in mineral-laced golden sand, then announced that the World Government would take control of the Seraphim and Pacifista.
• A giant ship descended through the clouds as Jaygarcia Saturn revealed his supreme creation, while Imu returned to the Empty Throne and the God's Knights prepared to depart.
• York admitted that she had leaked information and stolen part of the Mother Flame because she wanted to become the sole Vegapunk and a Celestial Dragon.
• Shaka explained that the satellites had suspected Lilith, and Vegapunk joked that he needed help while York mocked him.
• Vegapunk's azure power trapped York in place and restored the satellites' memories, leaving York stunned as he hinted at the coming waves of a new era.

At Marineford, Sengoku began Ace’s execution as Whitebeard faced the Marines and rival Emperors. Whitebeard revealed a renewed, prime-like strength and declared war to save Ace, drawing attacks from Golden Lion and Kaido.

• Sengoku ordered the execution of Gol D. Ace, prompting Charlotte Linlin to celebrate learning that Ace was Roger’s son.
• Whitebeard prepared to charge into battle, while Marco recalled that Whitebeard had refused immortality and taken a potion instead.
• Charlotte Linlin attacked Whitebeard with Zeus, but Whitebeard unleashed overwhelming Haki and stopped the executioners.
• Whitebeard struck Borsalino with a slash and challenged Golden Lion, Linlin, and Kaido to stop him from rescuing Ace.
• Golden Lion launched a sea-spanning slash and Kaido attacked Whitebeard as a silver-white ship appeared on the horizon.

The World Government fleet arrived at Marineford, where Kaido and Charlotte Linlin unleashed a massive Haki attack that the child aboard the Five Elders’ ship swallowed with Kamui. The child froze the sea and declared the pirate age over, but his introduction was interrupted when Luffy and the prisoners appeared on the battlefield.

• World Government warships surrounded the allied pirate fleets, prompting Whitebeard to order the ships to spread out.
• Katakuri and Perospero split the fleets with awakened Devil Fruit powers while Kaido and Charlotte Linlin unleashed Conqueror of the Seas.
• The child on the Five Elders’ ship used Kamui to swallow the Haki attack, astonishing the fighters and viewers watching the broadcast.
• The child used Ice Release: Flying Absolute Annihilation to freeze the sea and bring ships down into the battlefield.
• The child declared that the age of pirates was over, but Luffy arrived with the prisoners before he could finish giving his name.

Luffy and the escaped prisoners charged into Marineford to save Ace, but Nairona Igusheng sealed the battlefield inside the Six Red Sun Formation and declared that he would destroy the pirate era. After devastating Kaido and Big Mom with Kamui, he revealed a water mirror showing Lulusia Kingdom, leaving everyone wondering what he planned to do there.

• Luffy broke through a Marine commodore and raced toward the execution platform to save Ace, while Jaygarcia Saturn revealed that Luffy was an unawakened Nika.
• Nairona Igusheng created the Six Red Sun Formation, trapping everyone at Marineford behind walls of fire that even Queen's lasers could not damage.
• Nairona Igusheng announced that he would destroy the pirate era, prompting Kaido and Big Mom to attack him alongside Luffy.
• Nairona Igusheng used Kamui to tear a massive hole through Kaido's dragon body and injure Big Mom, while Zeus disappeared and the Charlotte Family feared he had been killed.
• Nairona Igusheng summoned a water mirror showing smoke-covered Lulusia Kingdom, startling the fighters who recognized it as Doflamingo's kingdom.

After the World Government erased Lulusia Kingdom with an Ancient Weapon, Issho rejected Marine justice and tore off his cloak. As Mū and Jaygarcia Saturn moved to crush the pirates, Pacifistas and Seraphim deployed around Marineford.

• After learning that Doflamingo had died, Trebol and Diamante found Lulusia Kingdom trapped behind walls of fire.
• Mū declared Lulusia guilty of colluding with Kaido and erased the kingdom and its people with blood-red beams.
• Whitebeard and the other pirates reacted to Lulusia’s destruction, while Charlotte Linlin concluded that an Ancient Weapon had destroyed God Valley.
• Issho confronted Sengoku over the slaughter, renounced the Marines and World Government, and tore up his justice cloak.
• Nairona Igusheng dismissed Issho’s defiance, and Jaygarcia Saturn ordered all Pacifistas and Seraphim to attack the pirates.

The battle at Marineford escalated as Golden Lion, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido attacked Nairona Igusheng, while Whitebeard clashed with Sengoku to protect Ace. The Five Elders unleashed the Seraphim and announced the abolition of the Seven Warlords system, joining the fight themselves.

• Golden Lion sent his airborne islands crashing down and charged at Nairona Igusheng, coordinating an attack with Charlotte Linlin and Kaido.
• Nairona Igusheng summoned a giant wooden Buddha that overwhelmed the pirates' attacks and dominated much of the battlefield.
• Issho denounced Marine and World Government justice, while Whitebeard attacked Sengoku and the Whitebeard Pirates rushed to save Ace.
• Perospero and Queen confronted Jaygarcia Saturn as the Seraphim emerged aboard the World Government ships.
• Jaygarcia Saturn declared the Seven Warlords of the Sea system abolished and ordered the Seraphim to attack.
• The Five Elders transformed amid black lightning and joined the battle.

As the Four Emperors Alliance and the Five Elders fought at Marineford, Vegapunk broadcast a message to the entire world. He revealed that the World Government’s Ancient Weapon Uranus was causing the world to sink beneath the sea, leaving the battlefield and the watching world waiting for his further revelations.

• Warcury Saint Topman, Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro Saint, and Jaygarcia Saturn Saint fought the Four Emperors Alliance as Nairona Igusheng announced his plan to erase the emperors.
• Yamato, Zoro, Usopp, Sanji, and Huayue watched the battle from the ships above Marineford, where Huayue said the next events had begun.
• Vegapunk’s image appeared across the world, and he apologized for creating the energy used to destroy the Lulusia Kingdom.
• Vegapunk announced that the world was being swallowed by the sea and identified Uranus, an Ancient Weapon controlled by the World Government, as the culprit.
• The fighting at Marineford paused as Robin, Sanji, and others reacted to Vegapunk’s revelation and awaited the rest of his message.

Huayue and Vegapunk exposed the Celestial Dragons’ role in the rising seas and revealed secrets about the Void Century and the Clan of D. As Nairona Igusheng prepared to destroy Egghead with Uranus, Vegapunk’s allies readied defenses and an ancient robot for a counterattack.

• Huayue told Sanji that people had been given a choice between fighting for their remaining land and accepting the Celestial Dragons’ rule.
• Vegapunk presented evidence that the Celestial Dragons caused the rising seas and explained how Uranus, the Mother Flame, and Seastone factors could flood the world.
• Jaygarcia Saturn urged Nairona Igusheng to use Uranus against Egghead, but Nairona initially dismissed the people who had learned the truth.
• A disguised member of Baroque Works climbed the execution platform to help Straw Hat Kid while Vegapunk revealed the truth about the Void Century, Gol D. Roger, and the Clan of D.
• Nairona Igusheng decided to begin the end by destroying Egghead, prompting Vegapunk’s allies to prepare their defenses and deploy an ancient robot toward Marineford.

As the Six Red Sun Formation trapped Marineford, the Whitebeard Pirates rescued Ace and prepared to withdraw, while Nairona Igusheng claimed no one could escape. Teach then arrived with escaped Impel Down prisoners, including Douglas Bullet, who demanded to know where Uchiha Huayue was.

• Vegapunk used his research samples to resist the blood-red assault on Egghead, drawing stunned reactions from people across the world.
• Whitebeard and the Admirals continued fighting as Sengoku ordered Ace's execution, but Mr. 3's wax disrupted the platform and a sword strike split it apart.
• Luffy and the Thousand Sunny arrived, and Ace escaped the execution platform before using his flames to open a path toward shore.
• Whitebeard's allies began retreating with Ace as he declared he had never intended to escape Marineford.
• Teach arrived aboard a warship with escaped Impel Down prisoners, including Douglas Bullet, who asked after Uchiha Huayue and rejected Teach's attempt to speak commandingly to him.

Nairona Igusheng attacked Marineford with Uranus, but Huayue slowed time and the gathered fighters resisted until Imu stopped the bombardment. Igusheng revealed his true power and challenged Imu, whom he identified as Nefertari D. Lily, while continuing to dominate the battlefield.

• Nairona Igusheng unleashed Uranus on Marineford, targeting Marines, pirates, and Celestial Dragons alike.
• Huayue cast Pseudo-Binding Spell: Infinite, slowing time and space as the fighters realized Uranus was attacking them.
• Blackbeard used Dark Vortex to shield his companions, while Whitebeard, the Five Elders, the God's Knights, and other fighters resisted the bombardment.
• Imu halted the attack from Mariejois, and Igusheng accused Imu of cowardice before revealing his blood-red form and Ame-no-Murakumo.
• Igusheng's Conqueror's Haki struck Imu through their connection, and he called Imu Nefertari D. Lily while declaring that the world belonged to Mū.

Nairona Igusheng unleashed Uranus against the world, while Huayue sent his allies to rescue people and Blackbeard attacked before being killed. Huayue appeared to confront Nairona, and Sengoku realized the Five Elders had cloned Huayue’s bloodline.

• Nairona Igusheng used Uranus to project its power across the world and began trying to fuse Devil Fruit users’ laws with the sea.
• Huayue ordered Hiyori, Yamato, Law, and the others to save people who would otherwise fall into the Blue Sea.
• Teach attacked Nairona Igusheng with Dark Water, but Nairona shattered the black mist and killed Teach with Ame-no-Murakumo: All-Killing Ash Bones.
• Nairona Igusheng called for Uchiha Huayue, who appeared in the sky with Truth-Seeking Orbs and challenged him.
• Sengoku recognized the familiar power surrounding Huayue and accused the Five Elders of cloning his bloodline.

Rebecca returned to Dressrosa with Noah’s rescue fleet as Uranus threatened to destroy the kingdom, and the people escaped before its light erased their homeland. At Marineford, Nairona Igusheng discovered Huayue had disrupted the God Tree’s plan and attacked him with Kamui.

• As Uranus’s blood rain and approaching tsunami threatened Dressrosa, King Riku urged Kyros and Scarlett to flee, but they stayed to await Rebecca.
• An ancient darkness halted Uranus briefly, and Rebecca arrived aboard Noah’s flagship to lead Dressrosa’s people onto the rescue ships.
• King Riku ordered the citizens to evacuate, and Noah’s ships carried them away as Uranus destroyed Dressrosa.
• Rebecca reunited with Kyros, Scarlett, and King Riku, then explained that Noah was rescuing people across the world and that Sea Kings and Menos Grandes propelled the arks.
• At Marineford, Nairona Igusheng realized Huayue had interfered with the God Tree’s plan, accused him of hypocrisy, and attacked with Kamui.