Chapter Summaries

Sakazuki explained his plan to use evidence of wrongdoing within the Revolutionary Army to pressure Dragon, then declared his determination to reshape the world. On Bitter Island, Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates faced Kaido after Lucky Roux knocked out one of Kaido’s men, and Kaido demanded compensation.

• Sakazuki told Carol to gather incriminating evidence and expose it when the timing could force Dragon to act.
• Sakazuki said he would pursue victory without hesitation and burn the Celestial Dragons to ashes.
• Lucky Roux knocked out a man at Bitter Island’s harbor, prompting the locals to fear Kaido’s retaliation.
• Kaido crashed into the harbor and clashed with Shanks in a powerful contest of Conqueror’s Haki.
• Kaido called Shanks a frighteningly strong former member of the Roger Pirates and demanded compensation for the trouble on his island.

Kaido and Shanks clashed with overwhelming Haki, then continued their battle as Kaido unleashed his dragon-form attacks. Borsalino arrived on the Red Hair Pirates’ ship to observe them, where Beckman challenged him, and the chapter ended with Kaido’s body erupting in flames.

• Kaido attacked Shanks with Hassaikai, and their Haki clash shattered the island and swept away the clouds.
• Borsalino appeared on the Red Hair Pirates’ mast, and Beckman fired a Haki-coated bullet at him before challenging him to fight.
• Kaido charged Shanks with Roaring Thunder Bagua, but Shanks held his ground despite struggling to wield Griffin with his right hand.
• Their clash blasted a huge crater into the island, and Kaido transformed into an Azure Dragon and fired a crimson energy pillar at Shanks.
• Shanks split Kaido’s energy attack, then deflected his Tornado Demolition Gust with a flaming slash that also struck Kaido without damaging him.
• Kaido’s dragon body began erupting in flames as he kept his eyes fixed on Shanks.

Shanks evaded Kaido’s fiery attack while the Red Hair Pirates assessed the Marines’ strength and prepared to cover their captain. At Marine Headquarters, Borsalino reported that Kaido and Shanks were fighting on Bitter Island, and Sengoku requested the latest information on the island.

• Kaido chased Shanks with Rising Dragon: Flame Bagua, but Shanks dodged the attack and escaped just before impact.
• A massive explosion shook Bitter Island as Lucky Roux, Yasopp, and Beckman watched from the shore.
• Beckman explained to Yasopp the Marines’ record against powerful pirates and warned that Sakazuki was especially dangerous.
• Beckman saw Kaido’s fire dragon charging toward the Red Hair Pirates’ ship and ordered the crew to prepare to cover Shanks.
• Borsalino told Sengoku that Kaido and Shanks seemed to be fighting, though he could not approach the Red Hair Pirates to observe them closely.
• Sengoku reviewed reports of Revolutionary Army activity and called for the latest information on Bitter Island.

Sakazuki set out to recover Devil Fruits and sent Carol to deliver a virus and recovery device to Mushul in the Land of Fire. He gave Carol the Teleportation Fruit, letting him travel quickly, and Carol prepared to carry out the mission.

• Carol reported that Kaido and Red-Haired Shanks fought on Bitter Island, which sank with its residents, and Sakazuki predicted a fourth pirate emperor would emerge.
• Sakazuki chose the Land of Fire as their first destination to deal with Mushul, whose Spore Bomb had killed a tenth of the Drum Kingdom's population twelve years earlier.
• Sakazuki gave Carol a virus and a Devil Fruit recovery device, explaining how to kill Mushul and transfer his ability into a new fruit.
• Sakazuki gave Carol the Teleportation Fruit, and Carol ate it and discovered he could teleport.
• Carol recognized the fruit's former user as the Cipher Pol agent who had brought Vice Admiral Kweel back during the Sgrily Naval Battle.

Sakazuki explained to Carol how he planned to destroy Totto Land and the dreams of the Four Emperors using the Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit. At Marineford, Sote sparred with Zephyr and was told to stop pretending to lose.

• Sakazuki told Carol that Mushul would inherit Wapol’s throne and hinted that he intended to use his abilities against the Four Emperors.
• Sakazuki described Charlotte Linlin’s dream for Totto Land and planned to spread Spore Bomb spores across the kingdom, killing nearly everyone there.
• Sakazuki vowed to destroy the Four Emperors’ dreams and everything they cared about, one by one.
• At the Navy Academy in Marineford, Sote fought Zephyr using earth armguards and Haki.
• Sote claimed he had lost, but Zephyr called out his deliberate distraction and told him not to go easy.

Miss Bakkin and Weevil pursued Marco, convinced he had Whitebeard’s hidden fortune, while Sote prepared to lead the Elite Class’s field training and Kaido planned to make a move in the New World. The chapter ended as a huge black hand burst from a snowdrift and reached for Carol.

• Zephyr told Sote to lead the Elite Class’s field training in three months, after which Sote could leave.
• Miss Bakkin showed Weevil Marco’s photograph and claimed Marco had Whitebeard’s inheritance, prompting Weevil to destroy a tavern after its patrons mocked them.
• Miss Bakkin and Weevil set off to find Marco, believing his whereabouts would lead them to Whitebeard’s hidden treasure.
• Binz announced that Sote would lead the Elite Class’s field training, delighting Ain and the other students.
• Kaido returned to Onigashima after failing to stop his opponents from leaving and ordered King to watch Red-Hair’s movements as he prepared to make a move.
• Carol appeared above a vast snowdrift on a deserted island, where a gigantic black hand burst out and reached for him.

Carol and Bullet used the Fruit Reclaimer to extract the Devil Fruit from King Wapol, while Mushul set out to reclaim the Drum Kingdom after hearing of his brother’s death. Elsewhere, a mysterious force caused Mushul’s ship to disappear, and Ivankov received a note that gave him hope of escaping Impel Down.

• Carol and Bullet waited until night, then entered Wapol’s palace and used the virus to weaken him before extracting his Devil Fruit as he died.
• The next morning, news of Wapol’s death reached King Zilavia, who decided to summon Mushul, the Drum Kingdom’s exiled eldest prince.
• Mushul celebrated Wapol’s death aboard his ship and vowed revenge on those who had exiled him, while an unseen watcher observed the vessel.
• Days later, King Zilavia learned that Mushul’s ship had disappeared and fainted from shock and exhaustion.
• A jailer’s fall delivered a note to Ivankov in Impel Down, and he read it that night with renewed hope of escape.

Sakazuki sent the Munch-Munch Fruit and Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit to Vegapunk, while Crocodile reconsidered his plan to pose as Alabasta’s hero and gained resolve. On Punk Hazard, Vegapunk revealed that a motionless young girl was his first-generation Pacifista and the intended user of the Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit.

• Sakazuki gave Carol two Devil Fruits to deliver to Vegapunk, then left with Bullet to find a deserted island.
• Crocodile returned to his secret base and told Robin to recruit selected assassins into Baroque Works while he dealt with holdouts at Whiskey Peak.
• Crocodile realized Sakazuki had been powerful enough to ignore public opinion, and he recognized how his own hero act had fueled his resentment toward Alabasta’s citizens.
• Carol delivered the fruits to Vegapunk in an underground chamber on Punk Hazard.
• Vegapunk praised the Munch-Munch Fruit and explained that the young girl present was his latest Pacifista model and the ideal candidate to eat the Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit.

Vegapunk explained how a cloned Pacifista could use the Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit’s Spore Bomb, then began considering making copies of himself. As the Five Elders responded to the Revolutionary Army’s expansion and Dragon returned to headquarters, Sengoku struggled to manage crises across the Four Blues and New World.

• Vegapunk told Carol that a Pacifista grown from the Love-Love Fruit user could mature quickly enough to produce a Spore Bomb, and Carol left to consult Sakazuki.
• Vegapunk realized that making copies of himself might solve his lack of research time.
• The Five Elders discussed the Revolutionary Army’s rapid expansion and ordered the Marines to protect affiliated nations in the Four Blues while focusing on the New World.
• Dragon returned to Baltigo, told Kuma that Ivan had been given the location of an empty level, and resolved that the fight had only just begun.
• Sengoku weighed the Marines’ problems, including Shanks and the Revolutionary Army, then summoned every Branch Chief in the Four Blues to a conference call.

Sakazuki and Bullet continued their four-day battle on a deserted island, escalating their attacks as Bullet unveiled a faster, more coordinated form. The island split apart under their blows, and the chapter ended with Sakazuki countering Bullet’s relentless rush with a thunderous punch.

• Sengoku studied government intelligence on the Revolutionary Army and wondered whether its leader, Dragon, was someone he had watched grow up.
• Bullet transformed into Great Asura King form and charged Sakazuki with faster strikes that briefly stiffened Sakazuki’s muscles.
• Sakazuki’s compressed Armament Haki stopped Bullet’s demon aura, and his explosive punch sent Bullet crashing into the island.
• Bullet hurled a huge mass of earth at Sakazuki, but Sakazuki pierced the demon phantom with a Hell Hound and struck Bullet in the face.
• Bullet repeatedly attacked Sakazuki at high speed, and Sakazuki met his blows before spinning around to throw a thunderous punch.

After testing their strength, Sakazuki gave Bullet the More-More Fruit, which Bullet immediately used to boost his speed and enlarge a projectile. Days later, Sengoku learned that Sakazuki and Bullet were purging auction houses in the Sabaody Archipelago over a fruit.

• Bullet and Sakazuki finished their fight, and Sakazuki told Bullet his foundation was strong despite the gap between them.
• Sakazuki gave Bullet the More-More Fruit, and Bullet ate it without hesitation.
• Bullet tested the fruit by multiplying his speed and enlarging a bullet, then agreed to keep the ability secret.
• Several days later at Marineford, a messenger reported to Sengoku that Sakazuki and Bullet were purging auction houses in the Lawless Zone of the Sabaody Archipelago.
• The messenger said the purge seemed to be because of a fruit.

Sakazuki and Bullet slaughtered the pirates trapped on the Sabaody Archipelago, leaving the Marines outside to witness the massacre. Demora arrived at Sakazuki’s command and was struck down for neglecting his duty.

• Sengoku learned that Sakazuki’s massacre at Sabaody was connected to a Devil Fruit and tried unsuccessfully to contact him.
• Magma walls sealed the archipelago, and magma spears destroyed pirate ships gathered outside.
• Sakazuki and Bullet killed the trapped pirates across Sabaody, while Bullet’s attacks crushed anyone who tried to fight or flee.
• Sakazuki opened a gap in the magma and ordered Bullet to finish the remaining pirates as the Marines, including Demora, waited outside.
• Bullet told Demora that Sakazuki was waiting, and Demora hurried inside after Sakazuki threatened him with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Sakazuki slapped Demora into the ground and demanded to know whether he had forgotten his job.

Sakazuki and Bullet carried out a brutal purge across Sabaody, destroying businesses and killing pirates and officials as Sakazuki forced Demora to identify their locations. As the Sabaody Bloodbath ended and the magma barrier around Grove 30 receded, Borsalino arrived.

• Sakazuki confronted Demora over corruption and the Lawless Zone’s expansion, then forced him to serve as a guide.
• Sakazuki attacked the amusement park at Grove 42 and ordered his soldiers to kill its management and the pirates there.
• Sakazuki swept through businesses across Sabaody, destroying buildings and killing those he identified as targets.
• Sakazuki ordered Demora to gather information on high-ranking government officials and threatened his family if he failed.
• Sakazuki withdrew the magma barrier around Giant Mangrove No. 30, and Borsalino arrived through the opening.

Bullet used the More-More Fruit to overpower Borsalino in a speed contest on Sabaody, then Sakazuki and Borsalino reported the fruit’s return to their superiors. The chapter ended with Sengoku wondering whether Sakazuki’s past encounters with powerful fruit users were connected as he answered a call from Sakazuki.

• Bullet challenged Borsalino to a speed contest and used his boosted speed to catch and pin him.
• Bullet revealed that he had eaten the More-More Fruit, and Borsalino left to report the discovery.
• Sakazuki told Bullet that within five hundred meters, he could kill Borsalino, and said the result was enough.
• Kong heard about the events on Sabaody, grew furious, and headed to meet the Five Elders.
• Borsalino briefed Sengoku, who wondered whether Sakazuki’s past killings of Byrnndi World and Golden Lion were connected before answering Sakazuki’s call.

After Sakazuki’s crackdown on Sabaody, Demora threatened the officials who had taken his businesses, while the Five Elders punished a senior official for threatening a Marine Vice Admiral. Enel delivered research funds to Vegapunk, who said Egghead Island’s new base might eventually become their main facility, before a Marine training fleet came under attack.

• Demora ordered his subordinates to investigate the families of the officials who had taken his businesses, then threatened those officials over the Den Den Mushi.
• A high-ranking official brought photographs of the Sabaody bloodbath to the Five Elders, but they had him dragged away after confronting him about threatening a Marine Vice Admiral.
• Sakazuki and Bullet watched soldiers load treasure aboard a warship, and Sakazuki said Demora’s men would remain useful despite their loyalty to Demora.
• Enel told Vegapunk that research funds had arrived, and Vegapunk asked him to send them to Egghead Island, where the research base was taking shape.
• An explosion struck a Marine training fleet on the Grand Line, and an alarm announced an enemy attack.

Weevil attacked the Marine training fleet, forcing Ain and the soldiers to fight back until Sote lifted the warship into the sky and subdued him. Zephyr confronted Miss Bakkin aboard the pirate ship and killed her, leaving Weevil separated from his mother high above the sea.

• Weevil damaged a warship and overwhelmed Ain, while Binge and the soldiers tried to restrain him with vines and attacks.
• Sote used his Float-Float Fruit power to rescue the soldiers and send the warship carrying Weevil soaring into the sky.
• Zephyr rebuked the soldiers for their poor battle formation and headed for the pirate ship.
• Sote stomped Weevil into the warship, then lifted the vessel more than a thousand meters into the air.
• Zephyr seized Miss Bakkin, questioned her about the pirate crew, and crushed her neck.

Sote defeated Weevil after discovering his monstrous durability, then returned with Zephyr and the surviving cadets. At Egghead Island, Enel spotted Connie traveling with her granddaughter and decided to tell Sakazuki.

• Sote used the warship’s fragments and Armament Haki to overpower Weevil, then killed him by driving iron spikes into his brain and shredding them.
• Sote brought Weevil’s corpse to Zephyr, who agreed to save him for Enel’s experiments.
• Zephyr ordered the group to return and said the cadets would drill for another half month instead of graduating.
• Enel escorted a treasure-laden warship to the rendezvous near Egghead Island, where a giant robot emerged and its robots unloaded the treasure.
• Enel spotted Connie aboard a Sorbet Kingdom ship traveling with a government escort and decided to mention her presence to Sakazuki.

Enel left the robots with the warship and returned to Marineford, where he learned Sote was helping rebuild Sabaody and the captured man was in cold storage. At Sakazuki's home, Bullet demonstrated that the More-More Fruit's enlargement did not match its stated multiplier, prompting Enel to demand further tests for their Pluton cannon project.

• Enel left the warship with the giant robot and its crew of little robots, then flew to Marineford.
• Zephyr and Morris reviewed reports about Miss Bakkin and the powerful pirate they had fought, and Zephyr said improved safety measures were needed.
• Enel arrived at the Navy Academy, learned Sote was at Sabaody and the captured man's body was in cold storage, then left to visit Sakazuki.
• At Sabaody, Demora told his adjutant to conceal the earlier warship's departure in the consolidated report.
• Enel told Sakazuki the Pluton cannon design framework was complete, then asked Bullet to demonstrate the More-More Fruit.
• Bullet enlarged an orange by saying thirty times, but it grew nearly to the ceiling, so Enel insisted on rigorously testing the fruit's multiplier.

Sakazuki had Enel design cluster bombs, while events across the seas unfolded around Robin, Kuzan, Big Mom, Kaido, and Shanks. After explosions struck Candy Island and Shanks realized someone was framing his crew, Sengoku received another alarm at Marine Headquarters.

• Sakazuki demonstrated a cluster bomb by firing a magma missile at a simulated island, and Enel agreed to design versions with different payloads.
• Robin oversaw the transport of dance powder in Alabasta, sensed something nearby, and briefly reached for it with her Devil Fruit powers; Carol watched her before leaving.
• Kuzan reviewed pirate records at Marine Headquarters but found no new information of interest.
• Katakuri told Charlotte Linlin that Shanks had entered her territory, and she ordered someone to watch him.
• Kaido and King prepared to act after Shanks left Big Mom's territory, while Shanks and his crew sailed away from Candy Island.
• Explosions struck Candy Island, Shanks realized someone was framing his crew, and he and Beckman rushed back as Sengoku's office alarm sounded.

Sengoku learned that Big Mom had mobilized against the Red Hair Pirates and worried that Shanks might attract more followers. He discovered that Garp knew Dragon led the Revolutionary Army, and the chapter ended with Sengoku warning Garp that the Navy might soon be forced to act against it.

• A soldier reported that Big Mom had gathered her forces to target the Red Hair Pirates after her garrison on Candy Island was killed.
• Sengoku ordered an investigation into other New World pirates, fearing Red-Hair would gain followers if he escaped unharmed again.
• Sengoku summoned Garp and accidentally confirmed that Dragon was leading the Revolutionary Army.
• Sengoku demanded to know Dragon's intentions, and Garp admitted he did not know what his son was planning.
• Sengoku warned that the Navy would have to intervene if the Revolutionary Army continued expanding through the Affiliated Nations, and Garp agreed to tell Dragon to keep his head down.