Chapter Summaries

The Seraphim prototypes slaughtered the Celestial Dragons in their shelter while Garp, Sengoku, Dragon, and Kong negotiated over Dragon’s fate amid the battle for Mary Geoise. Luffy arrived transformed into a young man, watched Nami, Carina, Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp die as they fell, and awakened as Nika as the Five Elders ordered him killed.

• The Mihawk Seraphim prototype led the other prototypes into the emergency shelter and killed the Celestial Dragons and attacking CP Agents, then collected the bodies in nets.
• Garp and Sengoku fought the World Government’s forces while Kong negotiated with Sengoku, who agreed to persuade Garp and Dragon to withdraw if Dragon left the seas and the Revolutionary Army.
• Dragon refused to leave while his warriors were still fighting, and Garp held him back as he tried to transform and continue the battle.
• Nets filled with Celestial Dragon corpses fell between the opposing forces, followed by a straw-hatted young man whom Garp recognized as Luffy.
• Luffy tried to catch Nami, Carina, Zoro, Sanji, Zoro’s followers, and Usopp as they fell, but each died in an explosion before he could reach them.
• Luffy awakened as Nika and sprang toward Usopp, but arrived too late, prompting the sword-wielding Elder to order the others to kill him.

Luffy awakened as Nika while the Revolutionary Army and Mary Geoise forces clashed, and the Five Elders rushed to kill him. Sakazuki faced the enormous Nika Luffy after Carol vanished the rubberized warship and its Seraphim, then struck Luffy with Hell Hound and sent him crashing into Mary Geoise.

• The Five Elders recognized Luffy as Nika and charged toward him as Garp, Sengoku, and Dragon raced to protect him.
• Garp took a sword slash to the chest and shattered the sword-wielding Elder’s breastbone with Falling Bone, driving them both into the Red Line.
• Luffy laughed in his Nika form, transformed the clouds into a rubber net, and pulled the invisible warship into view.
• Sakazuki told Carol to make their final moment convincing, and Carol used his ability to make the warship and its Seraphim vanish.
• Sakazuki revealed Red-Hair’s severed head and struck Luffy’s stomach with Hell Hound, hurling him toward the ruins of Mary Geoise.

Sakazuki fought Nika Luffy at Mary Geoise as a mysterious figure unleashed a devastating attack that erased the city before Luffy restored the ground. Meanwhile, Vegapunk prepared to follow Sakazuki’s plan, and Carol broadcast a worldwide emergency evacuation notice warning of an impending catastrophe.

• Sakazuki shattered Red-Hair’s head and unleashed a magma explosion that devastated Mary Geoise, then sent a lava dragon toward the hall of the Empty Throne.
• A mysterious figure released a blast of white light that erased Mary Geoise and carved a vast pit through the Red Line, but Nika Luffy restored the ground with his rubber powers.
• Garp struck Luffy after he returned, while the Five Elders opened the hall’s doors for a crowned figure who faced the reappearing Sakazuki.
• On the moon, Vegapunk concluded that they had to follow Sakazuki’s plan to destroy the mysterious figure, and Enel, Bullet, and Sote went to prepare.
• Carol activated a worldwide Den Den Mushi broadcast and warned people to prepare for disasters, seek help from Marine Branches, and stop conflicts while reconstruction remained the priority.

Sakazuki revealed his murderous plan at Mary Geoise and drew Imu into a confrontation while Enel, Bullet, and Sote prepared a devastating cannon strike from the moon. The blast annihilated everyone at Mary Geoise, including Sakazuki, Imu, and Luffy, and destroyed the World Government’s eight-hundred-year foundations.

• Sakazuki confronted the Five Elders and Imu, declared that everyone present would die, and revealed that he had killed Kuzan, Borsalino, and the other powerful figures.
• Sakazuki explained that he had spent decades restraining himself, then launched a massive magma sword at Imu.
• Carol’s broadcast was cut off as the Red Line turned to lava, the seas boiled, and New Marineford began to sink.
• On the moon, Sote coordinated the energy devices while Bullet grew into a giant and Enel overloaded the Pluton Main Cannon with lightning.
• Imu realized Sakazuki had used his apparent madness to draw out the World Government’s last defenders as the cannon blast struck Mary Geoise.
• The cannon’s energy collided with the planet’s magma and annihilated everyone there, including Sakazuki, Imu, and Luffy.

After the Great Catastrophe and years of war, the world learned the staggering losses suffered by the pirates, Revolutionary Army, former World Government, and Marines as a new World Federal Government took power. On the seventh day after the Battle of Mary Geoise, Robin received a call from Carol.

• Natural disasters and ash isolated people around the world until Sakazuki cleared the skies and communications eventually returned.
• The new World Federal Government published casualty lists revealing that the major pirate crews, the Revolutionary Army leadership, the former World Government, and most of the Marines had been wiped out.
• The new government honored Dragon posthumously, adopted the Revolutionary Army's policies and the Marines' General Plan, and announced Bullet, Enel, and Sote as its three Admirals.
• On the seventh day of the Great Catastrophe, Robin sat at home near Reverse Mountain while her Den Den Mushi had no signal.
• Robin answered the Den Den Mushi when it began ringing, and Carol told her, "It's me."

As the Navy cut off communications worldwide and prepared to hunt down hidden enemies, Zephyr and the Navy fleet fought the Beasts Pirates at End Point Island. Sote arrived in time to help Zephyr kill Jack, and Zephyr died after learning they had won and saying farewell to Sote and Ain.

• Carol confirmed that the Navy had infiltrated communication systems worldwide, isolated the islands, and begun monitoring every message.
• At End Point Island, Zephyr and the Navy fought the Beasts Pirates for seven days, while Hilber and most of the Navy forces died in battle.
• Worn down by his injuries and exhaustion, Zephyr collapsed as Jack charged, but he threw Ain aside to face the beast himself.
• Sote arrived and used Zephyr's fist to smash Jack's skull, then reunited with his father as Carol told Zephyr that the Navy had won.
• Zephyr admitted that Sakazuki had been right about killing pirates, asked Ain to restore his youthful appearance, and died holding Sote and Ain's hands.

Several days after the great cataclysm, the Navy began a worldwide surveillance and purge operation while survivors faced the disasters and new threats. The chapter ended with Carol learning that a Revolutionary Army Branch had founded a nation.

• Carol and Vegapunk prepared the surveillance network and planned to hunt down hidden threats after the Navy finished clearing the New World.
• Carol subdued the obsessed Enel and brought him to the seawater prison, where Vegapunk arranged for him to rest.
• Sakazuki ordered Carol to begin the worldwide purge, while Tesoro led his men in attacking Gulok Island and enslaving its people.
• Bonney continued waiting for news at a Revolutionary Army base on Paulie Island as she helped its people recover from the disaster.
• Marco protected Whitebeard's hometown on Sphinx by breaking apart an approaching tsunami with his Phoenix Brand.
• Carol learned that a Revolutionary Army Branch had founded a nation.

‘Sakazuki’ defended the new government’s actions to Robin while acknowledging that his trap in the New World had killed hundreds of thousands and that he had been wrong. He then ordered the navy to end slavery, beginning with Gild Tesoro’s Slave Island.

• ‘Sakazuki’ explained that Dragon planned to disband the Revolutionary Army and preserve its branches by turning them into legitimate kingdoms, but said Dragon had miscalculated.
• The surveillance department chief reported to Carol that kingdoms and factions were expanding their power, Revolutionary Army kingdoms had grown to eleven, and Gild Tesoro had established Slave Island.
• Carol encouraged Robin to write a history of the world and assured her that the World Federal Government would allow research into the past, including the Void Century.
• ‘Sakazuki’ asked Robin whether destroying the World Government, the pirates, and the Celestial Dragons had been wrong, and Robin said she did not think so.
• Robin declined to judge ‘Sakazuki’ for Ohara’s destruction, but ‘Sakazuki’ admitted he was wrong to kill hundreds of thousands in the New World and said he had paid with his life.
• ‘Sakazuki’ ordered the navy to stop monitoring Gild Tesoro and declared that slavery would end, starting with Slave Island.

Tesoro built Slave Island into a center of slavery, but Enel killed him and destroyed his statue before the Navy reclaimed the island. As the World Federal Government expanded its control, Kin'emon and Momonosuke arrived at Punk Hazard and were killed by the island's defenses.

• Tesoro mourned Stella on Slave Island as Enel struck him with lightning, crushed his skull, and destroyed the statue of her.
• Enel killed Tesoro's men, and the Navy arrived to reclaim Slave Island and recover the Devil Fruit Reclaimer.
• "Sakazuki" ordered the government to expand into the Grand Line, use Bullet and Sote to force the Giants off Elbaf, and test the improved Pluton Main Cannon.
• The Giants moved to a nearby island after the Navy demonstrated the weapon's destructive power and threatened them with its final ultimatum.
• Kin'emon and Momonosuke reached Punk Hazard after traveling twenty years into the future and becoming separated from their companions.
• Punk Hazard's soldiers and Seraphim fired laser beams that killed Kin'emon and Momonosuke.

As the Great Cataclysm’s turmoil began to subside, Carol and Vegapunk prepared to roll out identification cards and reviewed the remaining targets in Enel’s purge. Carol left Enel working until the new government’s founding ceremony, while the world slowly began to recover.

• Punk Hazard’s alarm stopped after an intruder died, and Vegapunk’s laboratory continued its experiments.
• Marines began establishing garrisons across the Grand Line while the Four Blues remained caught in power struggles between the Revolutionary Army and their rivals.
• Carol asked Vegapunk about the identification cards, and they planned trials in the New World and Grand Line while researching cheaper materials.
• Vegapunk gave Carol a storage device containing information on inhabited islands gathered during the communications blackout.
• Carol saw that Enel had nearly completed his purge of potential threats across the world and decided to give him more targets until the new government’s founding ceremony.

In 1523, the Marines rebuilt islands, tracked Devil Fruit users, and expanded their Identity Card system while reclaiming fruits from those they considered threats. Marco and Urouge were killed, Buggy unknowingly registered under a false name and had the Chop-Chop Fruit reclaimed, and the provisional government scheduled its establishment for a month later.

• On Sphinx Island, Marco said goodbye to the children before fighting Enel in the clouds; Enel killed him and reclaimed his Devil Fruit.
• Bullet killed Urouge and his followers at Water 7, then used his device to locate another Devil Fruit user.
• Buggy and his two companions registered for Identity Cards under fake identities in Loguetown, and Gion later confirmed that the Chop-Chop Fruit had been recovered.
• Carol told "Sakazuki" that the Marines had recovered sixty percent of the Devil Fruits listed in the encyclopedia and were renovating islands worldwide.
• "Sakazuki" paused research into removing Devil Fruit abilities, prioritized improving people's livelihoods, and set the provisional government's establishment for a month later.

Vivi and the people of Alabasta watched Sote open the Sandora River, ushering in a new era of trade and desert reclamation. As Sote continued the transformation, Ain arrived with a mission involving Jewelry Bonney before the New Government’s Founding Ceremony.

• Vivi chose to consult her ministers on the plans to open the Sandora River and invited Alabasta’s people to witness the work.
• Seven days later, Sote used his power to move the mountains and open a passage from the Sandora River to the sea, and Alabasta celebrated the event as Sandora Day.
• The New Government’s desert reclamation plan replaced sand with soil, and Sote completed the eastern land before beginning work in the west.
• Ain visited Sote at the Marine Base and told him that Deputy Speaker Carol had assigned them to deal with Jewelry Bonney, Bartholomew Kuma’s daughter and the Revolutionary Army’s sole surviving Elder.

The New Government used a fabricated story about Dragon and Sakazuki to provoke Jewelry Bonney, then staged a Navy assault to frame her as an attacker. Bonney was executed, leaving the Revolutionary Army further weakened.

• Ain explained that Bonney had outlived the other Revolutionary Army Elders and was no longer needed, while Sote learned that a newspaper story would be used to provoke her.
• After reading the story crediting Sakazuki with founding the Revolutionary Army and naming Dragon an Honorary Admiral, Bonney raged and mourned her father and the burden he had left her.
• Bonney set out for the harbor to confront Sakazuki, where Revolutionary Army soldiers gathered to join her, but Sote trapped them with his earth powers.
• Ain ordered the Navy to stage an emergency and destroy the harbor, framing Bonney as leading an attack on the World Federal Government.
• Carol reported that Jewelry Bonney had been executed the previous day.

Onigumo took over escorting traumatized soldiers home and struggled to prevent their suicide attempts. At Kegesi Island, he stopped Blaize from killing himself and helped him face the people waiting to welcome him.

• Onigumo and Momonga raised Doberman’s monument and sank it among the wrecked warships in Totto Land.
• Onigumo took over the escort mission from Sloclon Do and memorized the soldiers’ names and suicide risks.
• Onigumo kept watch over the soldiers as the warship carried them home, with repeated suicide attempts keeping him on edge.
• On the way to Kegesi Island, Onigumo broke into Blaize’s cabin and stopped him from stabbing himself with a nail.
• Onigumo urged Blaize to stand tall as a hero, and Blaize went ashore to reunite with his mother while the warship departed for the next island.

The World Federal Government was officially founded, and 'Sakazuki' announced a worldwide war to abolish slavery and crush forces deemed dangerous to the new order. As Marines attacked nobles, gangs, kingdoms, and the Happo Navy, Enel asked 'Sakazuki' whether the war had been worth it.

• Carol reported that the World Federal Government's forces were ready, and 'Sakazuki' prepared to begin the war.
• At the Founding Ceremony, 'Sakazuki' declared the government established, honored Dragon, Sabo, and other Revolutionary Army members posthumously, and announced a five-year plan.
• 'Sakazuki' issued Order Number One to abolish slavery, and Navy Soldiers deployed worldwide to free slaves and confront resistance.
• On Atte Island, a Marine commodore killed Master Coliver after he shot an escaping enslaved mother and daughter; the mother died after entrusting her child to the officer.
• Marines attacked Aris's gang on Anlufa Island, killed Stonoway Hans and members of his family on Dewa Island, and launched a massacre against Flower Country's rulers and forces.
• After Carol left to join the battles, Enel asked 'Sakazuki' whether the war was worth it, and 'Sakazuki' replied that it was not a question of worth.

The chapter collected quotations from across Sakazuki’s rise and the conflicts that shaped the Marines, pirates, and their allies. It ended with Sakazuki declaring that he would destroy his enemies’ dreams and everything they valued.

• Sakazuki and the Marines fought pirates across the seas, while Carol, Enel, Bullet, and others became bound to his vision of justice.
• Sakazuki confronted Garp over Roger’s unborn child and condemned the sacrifice of the Kegesi Island victims, while the Five Elders stripped Garp of his hero’s title.
• Sakazuki ordered Ohara’s evacuation ship destroyed and explained to Enel and Kuzan that the Buster Call served as a deterrent; Kuzan secretly let Robin escape.
• Sakazuki became an Admiral and continued hunting pirates, while Golden Lion escaped prison and later died at Sakazuki’s hands.
• Sakazuki killed powerful figures including Marshall D. Teach, Boa Hancock, Trebol, and members of Doflamingo’s family, while Bullet brutally slaughtered Arlong and his crew.
• As Total War approached, Sakazuki defended his brutality to Carol and vowed to destroy his enemies’ dreams and everything they cherished.

The chapter recounted Sakazuki’s brutal campaign to eradicate piracy, the Marines’ decisive war against the Four Emperors, and the cataclysm that followed their victory. Sakazuki ultimately destroyed the World Government and detonated the New World, sacrificing himself as the old order ended.

• Sakazuki became Fleet Admiral, mobilized the Marines, and declared an all-out war to eradicate pirates, while mass recruitment drew civilians such as Isaac into the Navy.
• Sakazuki executed Uta publicly, then led the Marines in a campaign that targeted the Four Emperors and their loved ones to make them experience the suffering they had inflicted.
• Sakazuki launched the decisive battle in the New World, where Marines including Isaac and Doberman died as the Navy killed the Four Emperors and fought Luffy, the Five Elders, and other enemies.
• Sakazuki announced an emergency evacuation before the Great Cataclysm, then confronted Imu and the World Government and destroyed their eight-hundred-year foundation.
• After the war, Sakazuki reflected on his choices with Nico Robin and detonated the New World, dying as the resulting light consumed him.

The chapter traced Sakazuki’s alternate history from his death and the Great Cataclysm through the World Federal Government’s rise, its later expansion into a Cosmic Federation, and his eventual remembrance across the universe. It ended by returning to Sakazuki’s first Navy recruitment interview in Sea Circle Calendar year 1479.

• Bullet killed Kuzan and recovered the Devil Fruit of one of Hale Nock’s subordinates.
• Sakazuki and his allies destroyed the Four Emperors, the Revolutionary Army’s leadership, the Celestial Dragons, and the World Government, triggering the Great Cataclysm.
• Sakazuki founded the World Federal Government, and Carol later succeeded him, crushed the Hundred Kings rebellion, and led the world into the interstellar age.
• Sakazuki’s and Carol’s actions became central to World History, while the World Federal Government eventually renamed itself the Cosmic Federation.
• The Cosmic Federation expanded across the universe, and its people continued studying Sakazuki’s story thousands of years later.
• The story returned to Sakazuki’s twelve-year-old self, who told the Navy recruiter that he wanted to wipe out every pirate in the world.