Chapter Summaries

News of Shiki’s Planetary Devastation and the four Overlords piercing the Red Line spread worldwide, drawing fear, awe, and new calculations from powers across the seas. Shiki accepted the attention but acknowledged that Lind and Imu were stronger, while Garp remained openly friendly with the pirates and invited them to watch the tournament finals.

• The Oran Empire’s intelligence agents sent battle records to the World Economy News Paper, whose front page proclaimed Shiki the World’s Strongest Man after his destructive attack on the Red Line.
• Imu reconsidered the Float-Float Fruit’s potential and weighed eliminating Shiki, while Darren feared Shiki’s strength, Adolf became more committed to his cause, and the remnants of the Flying Pirates celebrated.
• Crocodile asked Hawk-Eye whether he could defeat Shiki, while Zhang Liang told Zhu Ying that Shiki’s attack was powerful but unlikely to defeat a true Overlord.
• The news overshadowed events around the world, inspiring Admiral-level fighters to train and leaving the Five Elders and Celestial Dragons fearful of the growing number of Overlords.
• Whitebeard and Garp called Shiki the World’s Strongest Man, but Shiki admitted that Lind and Imu surpassed him; Dragon privately worried about Garp’s closeness to the pirates.
• Garp dismissed concerns about the World Government’s reaction to his role in piercing the Red Line and invited Whitebeard, Shiki, and the others to watch the Oran Empire Martial Arts Tournament finals.

Whitebeard, Shiki, Garp, and Pande Lia traveled to Oran Island for the strong division finals of the martial arts tournament, where they joined four other sea overlords. Their gathering alarmed the World Government, while the tournament was set to continue under the eyes of the world.

• Whitebeard proposed that he, Shiki, Garp, and Pande Lia go to Oran Island, and Shiki suggested they challenge Lind together.
• Shiki borrowed a Marine warship, and the four traveled from the East Blue to the New World, arriving as the tournament finals began.
• The sixteen finalists were introduced, including nine Admiral-level fighters and eight Mythical Zoan users.
• The host presented Lind, Zhang Liang, Pande Lia, Shiki, Roger, Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, and Garp as the tournament’s distinguished guests.
• The host announced that each finalist could request guidance from one of the eight overlords, and news of their gathering eclipsed reports of Shiki and the others crossing the Red Line.
• Saint Saturn and the Five Elders worried that the World Government could not withstand the overlords joining forces, then decided to watch the tournament.

Marco defeated Sif after a five-day battle of attrition in the elite division finals’ opening match. The remaining seven quarterfinal matches ended without any Admiral Candidate breaking through to Admiral level.

• Bullet refereed as Marco and Sif began the first match, trading attacks as their Mythical Zoan abilities kept them fighting evenly.
• Marco used Fire Rain, but Sif closed the distance and continued attacking while Marco healed from her poison.
• After their long fight became a sparring session, Bullet’s reminder prompted Marco and Sif to resume fighting seriously with Life Return.
• Marco outlasted Sif after five days and nights, advancing while she left the competition.
• The other seven matches ended much sooner, and no contestant broke through to Admiral level.

Katakuri faced Tao in the quarterfinals, but Tao’s combat skill and inherited strength gave him the upper hand. Lind realized Tao had a Devil Fruit, while a flashback revealed John had given him the Glory-Glory Fruit to help him grow stronger.

• The tournament draw matched Katakuri against Tao, Marco against King, Speka against Tao, and Baal against Bai Mu.
• Tao used his swordsmanship and experience to suppress Katakuri, then revealed Conqueror’s Coating stronger than Katakuri’s.
• John, Silver Axe, and Ochoku watched the match and discussed how Tao had learned their legacies.
• Lind sensed a Devil Fruit aura in Tao and speculated that its power involved inheritance.
• A flashback showed John giving the discouraged Tao the Glory-Glory Fruit, which let him inherit the power of seniors who acknowledged him.

Tao inherited the glory of John, Ochoku, and Silver Axe, then defeated Ji and King to win the Oran Empire's first National Martial Arts Tournament. The tournament ended with Tao awakening his own Conqueror's Haki, while Whitebeard and the others prepared to turn to other business.

• John introduced Tao to Ochoku and Silver Axe, and Tao agreed to inherit their glory before training with the three pirates and rising to Admiral-level strength.
• Tao defeated Katakuri, while Ji defeated Speka, King defeated Marco, and Baal defeated Bai Mu in the quarterfinal matches.
• Tao defeated Ji and King defeated Baal in the semifinals, setting up a final between Tao and King.
• Tao and King fought for five days, and Tao used the Oran Empire's glory to defeat King and win the tournament.
• After Tao awakened his own Conqueror's Haki, Lind and the other seven presented the awards, and the tournament officially ended.

Lind persuaded Roger to abandon his plan to turn himself in and start the Great Pirate Era, arguing that Roger should live his own life instead. Roger returned to training and challenged Lind, while Whitebeard and Shiki joined the gathering as the group prepared to spar on the Red Line.

• Roger told Lind he felt compelled to turn himself in, but Lind mocked the idea and urged him to live rather than act as a supposed savior.
• Roger reconsidered, deciding to return to his wife and live quietly instead of sacrificing himself for a prophecy.
• Roger asked Lind to spar, and Lind teased him about neglecting his training and possibly being weaker than the other Overlords.
• Lind found Roger training with Bullet, and Whitebeard arrived and challenged Roger to a fight.
• Lind warned Roger and Whitebeard not to clash on Oran Island and suggested they fight on the Red Line, where Shiki offered to fly them there.

Lind brought a group of Overlords to the Red Line aboard the Oran Empire’s new aerospace battleship, where they tested their strength against him. After a clash of ultimate attacks left Lind injured, he fought Shiki, Charlotte Linlin, Garp, Zhang Liang, and Pande Lia together, holding a slight advantage as the melee continued.

• Lind introduced the Kunpeng-Class Aerospace Battleship and flew with eight others to a vast stretch of the Red Line.
• Whitebeard and Roger began sparring, while Shiki challenged Lind and was driven into the Red Line by Lind’s sword.
• Charlotte Linlin, Garp, Zhang Liang, and Pande Lia joined Shiki in attacking Lind, and Lind blocked their combined assault before the six ultimate moves collided.
• The impact created a vast crater and sent all six fighters flying, leaving Lind injured and aware he had been overconfident.
• Shiki charged Lind again, and Lind fought all five opponents at once, repeatedly forcing them into the Red Line while maintaining a slight advantage.

Lind defeated Shiki and four other fighters after ten days of battle on the Red Line, while Roger narrowly beat Whitebeard in their spar. The exhausted Overlords traveled to Oran Island and feasted, leaving their next sparring match for another day.

• Lind fought Shiki, Pande Lia, Charlotte Linlin, and Zhang Liang for ten days, eventually outlasting them as the battle shook Mary Geoise.
• Shiki got back to his feet and promised Lind that their next fight would be harder, and Lind accepted the challenge.
• Roger narrowly defeated Whitebeard after sparring for several days, while Lind invited both men to fight him another time.
• Lind called Oran Island to send an aircraft and prepare food, then brought the exhausted fighters back there.
• The eight Overlords devoured the lavish feast, with Shiki complaining to Garp about the food he had served in the East Blue.

As East Blue’s major powers were away, the Beasts Pirates gained influence while Kaido harassed the Marines and protected smaller factions from the Celestial Dragons. Queen established the East Blue Pirate Alliance under Kaido’s nominal leadership, leaving Kaido’s growing reputation to rival Pande Lia’s influence.

• Shiki praised Lind’s hospitality and promised to visit Oran Island often, while Lind welcomed him and expected him to work when he came.
• With the Overlords absent from East Blue, Kaido repeatedly provoked the Marines until Dragon assembled fighters to ambush him; Kaido then continued harassing the Marines as the Beasts Pirates grew stronger.
• A young pirate proposed an East Blue alliance backed by the Beasts Pirates, and Queen arrived to offer Kaido’s nominal leadership without demanding members surrender their independence.
• Moria, the Donquixote Family, and the Bond Pirate Crew refused to join and sailed away, while Queen declared the East Blue Pirate Alliance established.
• Newspapers publicized the alliance and named Kaido its first Alliance Leader, prompting predictions that he would become an Overlord and challenge Pande Lia in East Blue.

Kaido entrusted Yamato and Jack to Ji, then traveled with Kozuki Oden to Wano Country to bring Martha and her daughter Black Maria to the East Blue. The new household was set to give Yamato companions and begin shaping the Beasts Pirates' next generation.

• Kaido asked Ji to care for Yamato and Jack, and she agreed to take the children with her.
• Kozuki Oden suggested bringing Martha from Wano Country to help Ji, and Kaido decided to fetch her and her daughter himself.
• Kaido and Kozuki Oden flew to Wano Country, drawing attention from factions that suspected a major operation.
• Kaido met Martha and Black Maria, recruited them to the East Blue, and declared that Black Maria would grow into a Beasts Pirates All-Star.
• Kozuki Oden told Kaido that he had no further duties in Wano Country and trusted the people Kaido had left to manage it.

Garp led the Marines to confront Kaido and Kozuki Oden, and the three fought a battle that ended with Garp narrowly defeating them. The Beasts Pirates retreated under bombardment, leaving Dragon hopeful that the Marines could act against other pirates without Kaido intervening.

• After Shiki departed, Garp asked Dragon to take him to New Onigashima, and Dragon gathered Zephyr, the Pride Troopers, and other Marines for an expedition.
• Kaido received word of the Marines’ approach and led the Beasts Pirates out to meet them near the boundary between their territories.
• Garp fought Kaido and Kozuki Oden while Dragon and Zephyr battled King and Ji, and the two forces’ officers and troops clashed around them.
• After several days of fighting, Garp narrowly defeated Kaido and Kozuki Oden, forcing the Beasts Pirates to retreat.
• Dragon ordered the Marines to bombard the retreating fleet, while Garp hurled cannonballs at it with Fist Bone Meteor.
• Dragon celebrated the Beasts Pirates’ retreat and hoped Kaido would no longer obstruct Marine operations against pirates.

The Third East Blue War engulfed World Government-controlled waters as the Celestial Dragons, Marines, Beasts Pirates, and East Blue factions fought, leaving civilians devastated. Lind arranged to evacuate people to the Oran Empire, while the Five Elders accepted that they could not stop the war, which continued for a year.

• Kaido and Kozuki Oden repeatedly attacked Garp, disrupting Marine operations as Dragon dispersed Marine forces across East Blue.
• The Celestial Dragons joined the fighting, and the factions' battles became the Third East Blue War, with casualties and civilian suffering surpassing those of the previous wars.
• Lind ordered intelligence agents, Pande Lia, the Revolutionary Army, and allied nations to rescue civilians and move them to the Oran Empire or safer territories.
• Garp fought Kaido and Kozuki Oden again while Bogard steered the Dog-Head Battleship away from their battle.
• The World Economy News Paper publicized the war's devastation, prompting the Oran Empire, the Revolutionary Army, and unaffected Affiliated Nations to offer refuge to displaced people.
• The Five Elders lamented their inability to control the Celestial Dragon families or halt the war, and the Third East Blue War continued for a year without major powers intervening.

As the one-year truce approached its end, Kaido’s Beasts Pirates discussed entering the East Blue conflict after Caesar’s Gene Fruits had helped build a formidable force. Kozuki Oden urged them to wait for Shiki’s expected move in the North Blue, where Shiki and his allies were preparing to declare independence.

• After a year of fighting, several pirate leaders had reached Admiral-level strength, while the Marines had gained only one such fighter.
• Caesar developed Gene Fruits that altered users’ genes, and custom-made fruits raised Inuarashi and Cat Viper to Admiral Candidate-level strength.
• Kaido’s funding produced more than two thousand Gene Fruits and a five-hundred-member Beasts Pirates force, though the fruits carried serious risks for poorly matched users.
• Caesar urged Kaido to launch an offensive for new territory and research funds, and Kaido approved one billion Beli for further research.
• Kozuki Oden advised Kaido to wait, saying Shiki would soon return to the North Blue and create an opportunity as his allies prepared to declare the North Blue independent.

After the Flame Photographer exposed Shiki’s alliance with Darren, Shiki mobilized North Blue for war against the World Government and secured Lind’s support. North Blue formed a federation and prepared its forces as Shiki gathered allies for a joint assault on Mary Geoise.

• Lind learned that a year-old photograph had exposed Shiki and Darren working together, making war between North Blue and the World Government imminent.
• Shiki gathered North Blue’s leaders, reviewed their forces and supplies, and assigned them to purge the region and prepare for war.
• Adolf and Darren helped transform North Blue into a federation, raise a million-strong army, purge the Navy, and establish Shiki as president and Darren as prime minister.
• Shiki visited Lind, who pledged that the Oran Empire would declare war alongside North Blue and attack the Grand Line’s remaining routes.
• Shiki secured support from Charlotte Linlin, Pande Lia, Kaido, and Whitebeard, then persuaded Garp, Sengoku, and other Marines to remain neutral during the war’s early stages.

Shiki formally declared war on the World Government as armies across the seas began attacking its territories. At New Marineford, Shiki and the gathered commanders prepared to advance on Mary Geoise, where they expected a decisive battle and a mysterious enemy.

• Shiki addressed a million North Blue troops, declared a worldwide war against the World Government, and led them in a chant for victory.
• Lind and the Oran Empire launched attacks across the Grand Line, while the Revolutionary Army, the Beasts Pirates, the Saint Legion, and Robert's forces struck or disrupted World Government territories elsewhere.
• The Five Elders decided to abandon the North Blue and the Grand Line temporarily, reinforce the East and South Blue, and keep the Holy Knights in Mary Geoise.
• Axel's thirteen squads occupied Paradise and joined Zhang Liang at New Marineford as Shiki's fleet arrived.
• Shiki learned that Lind would confront the World Government's mysterious expert, while Whitebeard, Roger, Bullet, and Raditz discussed fighting the enemy and Saint Saturn.
• Axel told Shiki that the Oran Empire's forces were ready to sail for Mary Geoise aboard their own aerospace battleships, and Shiki ordered everyone to move out.

Shiki, Roger, Whitebeard, and their allies attacked Mary Geoise, but the World Government’s weapon Uranus transformed into a colossal steel dragon. Lind arrived to fight Imu while the others struggled against Uranus, leaving both battles underway.

• Shiki led the combined fleet to Mary Geoise and ordered a massive bombardment, but the World Government trapped the fleet inside a transparent barrier.
• Whitebeard broke the barrier, and the fleet engaged the World Government’s forces as Shiki and Roger charged toward Imu.
• Imu raised a medal that transformed Uranus into a huge steel dragon, which destroyed the Oran Empire’s satellite weapons.
• Lind teleported to Mary Geoise and fought Imu, while Shiki, Whitebeard, Roger, and the others attacked Uranus.
• Roger wounded Uranus with Divine Departure, but the steel dragon overwhelmed the group as Lind and Imu resumed their evenly matched duel.

Charlotte Linlin and Kaido left their forces in trusted hands and headed to Mary Geoise, while reinforcements from the Oran Empire turned the stalled East Blue battle in Pande Lia’s favor. After the Celestial Dragon fleet fled, Pande Lia led the Revolutionary Army in pursuit and continued expanding its territory.

• Charlotte Linlin left Kelt to protect the South Blue and flew toward Mary Geoise with the Saint Legion, while Kaido and Oden left King and Ji in charge of the East Blue and headed to the battle.
• The Revolutionary Army halted its offensive and concentrated on defense as Pande Lia and her forces remained locked in battle with the Celestial Dragon fleet.
• Anya arrived with Bond and other Oran Empire fighters, freeing Pande Lia to attack and helping the Revolutionary Army overwhelm the enemy fleet.
• The East Blue Celestial Dragon leaders abandoned their allies and retreated, causing the fleet to collapse as Pande Lia led the Revolutionary Army in pursuit.
• Anya and the other reinforcements joined the pursuit, while Revolutionary officers captured territory and sought chances to awaken Conqueror's Haki.

Darren helped Shiki and the others restrain Uranus, while Lind and Imu revealed powerful dragon-man transformations. Shiki then hurled Uranus into New Marineford with a colossal stone sphere, crippling the weapon, but Imu declared that the war would end there.

• Darren used his Magnetic Field Control to halt Uranus and help Shiki and the others damage it, but their attacks left only superficial wounds.
• Darren repeatedly used his Magnet-Magnet Fruit to evade Uranus's Dragon Breath and create openings while Shiki and the others continued fighting.
• Lind transformed into a golden dragon-man at the limits of an overlord's strength, and Imu transformed into a black Western dragon-man.
• Darren restrained Uranus while Shiki used Super Planetary Devastation to encase it in a vast stone sphere and send it crashing into New Marineford.
• The impact destroyed New Marineford and caused disasters across much of the world, while magma and the shock wave severely damaged Uranus and left it unable to move.
• As Shiki and the others celebrated Uranus's apparent defeat, Imu said that the war ended there.

Imu possessed Uranus and empowered it to overwhelm the Overlords defending Mary Geoise. As Lind organized the army’s retreat, Shiki and Roger stayed behind to hold Uranus back, allowing the others to escape through random Teleportation Arrays.

• Imu transformed and possessed Uranus, while Charlotte Linlin arrived and used Athena Mode with the Saint Legion’s support to face it.
• Kaido and Kozuki Oden joined the battle, but Uranus struck down Linlin, Shiki, Whitebeard, and the others before turning its attack on Lind.
• Lind and the Overlords fought Uranus while Speka organized the army’s withdrawal through Teleportation Arrays.
• Lind planned to retreat with the others, but Shiki and Roger volunteered to cover the escape as Lind persuaded the rest to preserve their lives.
• Shiki and Roger attacked Uranus with renewed resolve, and they stopped it from pursuing Lind and the others through the Teleportation Arrays.

After Uranus captured Shiki and Roger, the World Government restored the Red Line and launched a swift retaliation against the North Blue leadership. Darren, Sakazuki, and Redfield escaped, while Adolf and three others were captured; the chapter ended with the Five Elders discussing Roger’s execution and plans for the prisoners.

• Uranus captured Shiki and Roger, and the World Government repaired the damaged Red Line and sealed the tunnels.
• Lind withdrew Oran Empire forces from Paradise and prepared to evacuate threatened populations as major powers pulled back from their territories.
• The Five Elders and Holy Knights appeared above Maidan Island and surrounded the North Blue leadership.
• Darren, Sakazuki, and Redfield attacked their pursuers and escaped through Teleportation Gates, while Adolf and three others were captured.
• The Five Elders discussed executing Roger in Loguetown, imprisoning Shiki and the captured North Blue leaders, and possibly recruiting Mihawk and Crocodile into the Shichibukai plan.