Recaps

Xie Wen warned Issho that the World Government might target Wano Country and offered him help as Issho chose to protect it. After briefly accepting and returning Gambler's Fireline, Xie Wen found Klee Meow riding Yamato in his Palamute-like beast form, and Yamato showed interest in joining the Research Commission.

• Xie Wen privately warned Issho that Wano Country was vulnerable to the World Government after Kaido's defeat, and Issho decided to hold the country together.
• Xie Wen gave Issho his Den Den Mushi number and offered assistance if Issho needed it.
• Issho offered Gambler's Fireline to Xie Wen, who admired the Supreme Grade Sword and then returned it.
• Klee Meow showed Xie Wen Yamato's Palamute-like beast form and asked him to invite Yamato to the Research Commission.
• Xie Wen noticed Yamato's hopeful looks toward him and a Maine Coon, and wondered whether Yamato wanted a new father.

Yamato insisted on making Kaido Meow his father, and Kaido Meow reluctantly accepted him as a daughter after Xie Wen suggested they define their relationship on their own terms. Denjiro and the others returned with Enma and Tenguyama Hitetsu, who had come to judge Xie Wen’s intentions amid Wano’s dispute over the next shogun.

• Xie Wen revealed that Yamato wanted Kaido Meow to be his father, and Yamato openly said Kaido Meow felt more like a father than Kaido did.
• Kaido Meow objected that he was not even thirty, but Xie Wen suggested they could be siblings; Yamato still insisted on calling him father.
• Kaido Meow reluctantly accepted Yamato as his daughter while the Little Furball Cats teased them, and Shirahoshi, Yamato, Klee Meow, and the others crowded around him for affection.
• Denjiro, the other Nine Red Scabbards, and Kozuki Hiyori returned with Enma and Tenguyama Hitetsu.
• Xie Wen recognized Tenguyama Hitetsu as Kozuki Sukiyaki and realized Sukiyaki had come to assess his intentions as Wano debated whether the Kozuki Clan should rule again.

Xie Wen received Enma and met privately with Kozuki Sukiyaki beneath Wano’s ruined shogun’s castle. Sukiyaki revealed the Kozuki Clan’s inherited knowledge about Pluton and its location, while Xie Wen assured him he had no interest in the Ancient Weapon.

• Kozuki Hiyori introduced Tenguyama Hitetsu to Xie Wen, and Sukiyaki gave Xie Wen Enma while warning that only Kozuki Oden had ever tamed it.
• Xie Wen recognized Enma’s pull, mentioned meeting Shimotsuki Koshiro, and accepted Sukiyaki’s offer to trade his sword Iris for a private conversation.
• Xie Wen, Sukiyaki, and Robin entered a hidden basement, where Sukiyaki revealed his identity as Kozuki Oden’s father and asked about Xie Wen’s interest in the Poneglyphs and Pluton.
• Xie Wen assured Sukiyaki that he did not want Pluton, and Sukiyaki led Xie Wen and Robin to the Road Poneglyph and explained Wano’s submerged old city.
• Sukiyaki volunteered the Kozuki Clan’s method for releasing Pluton and its approximate location, while Xie Wen reflected on how readily the shogun trusted him.

Xie Wen waited for Wano Country’s samurai to decide who would become shogun while enjoying its festivals with the cats. Morgans then told him that Kaido had taken over Hachinosu and recruited Ochoku, complicating any plans Xie Wen might have to pursue him.

• Xie Wen reflected on the famous swords he had collected in Wano Country and received a Palico Summoning Ticket.
• Xie Wen and the cats watched Wano Country’s factions argue over the shogun’s position, while Issho intervened in their dispute.
• Klee Meow urged Xie Wen to join her at a goldfish-scooping game, but his Portable Den Den Mushi rang before they left.
• Morgans declared that Xie Wen had secured his reputation as the fifth Emperor of the Sea, and Xie Wen clarified that Kaido had not fought him at full strength.
• Morgans revealed that Kaido had taken over Hachinosu and Ochoku had joined the Beasts Pirates, making Kaido’s forces stronger.

Xie Wen sent Morgans recordings of the battle with Kaido and the Little Girl’s explosion, then arranged for Kaido Meow to be known as “Flame.” He left to join Klee Meow at the Wano festival after Morgans agreed to omit the Dyna Stone from his report.

• Xie Wen told Morgans that his reporters in Wano may have been caught in the Little Girl’s explosion and explained what had happened.
• Xie Wen transmitted recordings of the two Kaidos’ battle and the Little Girl’s explosion to Morgans.
• Xie Wen asked Morgans to give Kaido Meow the epithet “Flame,” and explained that he was a red dragon from Kamura Village.
• Klee Meow proudly told Morgans that she and others had helped make the Little Girl, while Xie Wen asked him not to report the Dyna Stone.
• Xie Wen ended the call and took Klee Meow to scoop goldfish at the Wano festival.

Xie Wen left Wano Country with the cats after Shimotsuki Yasuie became shogun, and Yamato joined them as they set off for their next destination. With Hachinosu no longer a worthwhile target, Xie Wen let Klee Meow choose a route using the Log Pose.

• Shimotsuki Yasuie became Wano Country's new shogun, and Xie Wen departed after saying goodbye to Issho and Kozuki Hiyori.
• Klee Meow lamented that she still had not caught a goldfish, and Xie Wen cheered her up as Dudu asked where they would go next.
• Yamato questioned Dudu about her identity, and Baby 5 explained that Dudu was their ship's special Klabautermann.
• Dudu called Yamato an idiot for admiring Kozuki Oden, and Yamato weakly replied that he no longer wanted to become Oden.
• Xie Wen decided against visiting Hachinosu because Kaido's Beasts Pirates had taken it over and Ochoku had joined them.
• Xie Wen took out the Log Pose and asked Klee Meow to choose one of its three needles for their next destination.

Xie Wen found that two Mythical Zoan Cat-Made Devil Fruits yielded no Summon Ticket Fragments and considered whether Yamato could safely eat a second artificial fruit. While Ai Haibara Meow prepared to test the risk on Lulu, Xie Wen convinced Touma Meow to eat a Yamata no Orochi Fruit despite his worries about transforming into an ugly snake.

• Xie Wen examined artificial copies of the Yamata no Orochi and Okuchi no Makami Fruits and found that neither had earned him Summon Ticket Fragments.
• Yamato wondered if she could eat a second artificial Okuchi no Makami Fruit, so Ai Haibara Meow decided to test the risks on Lulu.
• Xie Wen offered Touma Meow the Yamata no Orochi Fruit, explaining that it could give him strong defenses and eight lives.
• Klee Meow's question about the fruit making Touma Meow ugly made him hesitate, but Xie Wen urged him to choose between his looks and his safety.
• Touma Meow agreed to eat the fruit and immediately complained about its awful taste.

Xie Wen summoned a new Palico after the Dudu crashed into a Beasts' Pirates-affiliated island, but the golden summoning light revealed a Shakalaka instead of the expected spear-wielding Palico. The chapter ended with Xie Wen seeing the mysterious newcomer for the first time.

• Touma Meow transformed into an eight-headed Yamata no Orochi, tangled his heads and tails, and returned to his Palico form after Xie Wen reminded him to undo the transformation.
• Klee Meow urged the Dudu to speed toward the island, and the ship crashed ashore, damaging the dock and frightening the locals who mistook it for an attack by the Sapphire Star.
• Xie Wen noticed the Beasts' Pirates flag over the town and decided to summon a new Palico while the frightened residents stayed away.
• Yamato tried and failed to use the Palico Summoning Ticket, which changed into a silver-white design bearing a V-shaped pattern that Xie Wen associated with a Lancer.
• Klee Meow chose a spear-wielding Palico, and Xie Wen activated the ticket; its light turned golden and revealed a Shakalaka.

Xie Wen welcomed Sasha Meow, a Palico modeled after Athena’s previous incarnation, who had been trapped among the Shakalaka for years. After comforting her, he learned how she had survived there and why she had been unable to leave.

• Xie Wen recognized the masked newcomer as a Palico, and Sasha Meow removed her Shakalaka mask and said she was relieved to stop pretending to be one of them.
• Xie Wen picked up and comforted Sasha Meow as she broke down crying, while Sanji Meow declared himself her faithful knight.
• Klee Meow, Sanji Meow, Ai Haibara Meow, and Yamato questioned Sasha Meow, who calmly answered them and revealed her name.
• Sasha Meow explained that she had been an apprentice Felyne Companion who became separated from her group after they encountered a newly hatched Xeno'jiiva.
• Sasha Meow said she had survived by wearing a special Shakalaka priest's mask, but the tribe's protection and her role as their priest had kept her there until Xie Wen summoned her.

News of Xie Wen and the Palico Research Commission’s power spread among the world’s major forces, while Vegapunk drew the attention of Big Mom and Marshall D. Teach. Shanks was caught in the blast of Klee Meow’s bomb, and Teach began plotting to capture Vegapunk.

• The Red Hair Pirates read the report about the battle in Wano, and Lucky Roux revealed that Klee Meow had given him a compressed Jumpy Dumpty.
• Shanks squeezed the bomb for ten seconds and tossed it, whereupon it exploded and sent the Red Hair Pirates rushing to save him.
• Big Mom considered how to recruit Vegapunk, and Perospero suggested asking Du Feld, who had once funded the scientist.
• Whitebeard welcomed the Whitebeard Pirates’ planned trip toward Wano as an excuse to see Xie Wen again and get more Ibuki Sake.
• Teach wondered whether Vegapunk could replicate powerful Devil Fruits and proposed that the Whitebeard Pirates find him to treat Whitebeard.

Vegapunk worried that the exposed Artificial Devil Fruit would force him to answer to the World Government, while Xie Wen and his companions cleared up a misunderstanding with a town and learned that the Whitebeard Pirates were heading to Wano. New wanted posters raised the stakes, and CP0 turned its attention to Kaido Meow after questioning Vegapunk.

• Vegapunk decided to accelerate research on Green Blood and the Seraphim to distract the World Government from the Artificial Devil Fruit.
• Xie Wen explained the situation to Sasha Meow and the townspeople, who welcomed his group and gave them newspapers.
• Xie Wen and Yamato learned that the Whitebeard Pirates were heading toward Wano, and Xie Wen agreed to wait for them.
• Klee Meow showed Xie Wen new wanted posters listing increased bounties for Klee, Purah, Suika Ibuki, Jinx, and Kaido.
• CP0 questioned Vegapunk about the Artificial Devil Fruit, then focused on Kaido Meow, leaving Vegapunk confused and exhausted.

Vegapunk fielded the World Government’s demands to clone Kaido and the Shichibukai, then began developing Green Blood and the Seraphim after hearing about Kaido Meow. Meanwhile, Xie Wen welcomed the Whitebeard Pirates’ fleet near Wano Country, as the chapter noted inconsistencies in Punk Hazard’s timeline.

• Vegapunk learned that the World Government believed Kaido Meow was a clone or replica of Kaido and questioned how he could have inherited Kaido’s combat experience and Haki.
• Vegapunk told the CP0 agent he could not clone Kaido or create another Azure Dragon fruit without more viable Kaido tissue, so the agent abandoned that request.
• Vegapunk explained his Green Blood research and Seraphim plans, satisfying the CP0 agent’s demand for a Shichibukai replacement project.
• After the CP0 agent left Egghead Island, Vegapunk eagerly began researching Green Blood and developing the Seraphim, driven by his interest in Kaido Meow and Meowrah.
• Xie Wen, finished exploring the island near Wano Country, welcomed the Whitebeard Pirates’ fleet.

Xie Wen reunited with Ace and Yamato, then joined Whitebeard and his crew for a banquet fueled by Suika Meow’s Ibuki Sake. The Whitebeard Pirates asked about Vegapunk and medical help, and Xie Wen offered to have Ai Haibara Meow examine Whitebeard.

• Ace greeted Xie Wen and Yamato, who revealed that he had joined the Palico Research Commission and chosen Kaido Meow as his new father.
• Xie Wen explained that he had left Wano Country to escape the Oden-obsessed followers, and Ace invited everyone to meet Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard tried to get Xie Wen to offer him Ibuki Sake, and Xie Wen called out his hint before Whitebeard’s sons helped him ask for the drink.
• Xie Wen had Suika Meow bring out barrels of Ibuki Sake, and Thatch brought food as the crews began a morning banquet.
• Ace, Marco, Vista, and other commanders asked Xie Wen about Vegapunk and medical technology, so Xie Wen offered Ai Haibara Meow to examine Whitebeard.

Whitebeard underwent treatment from Ai Haibara Meow while Teach tried to ingratiate himself with the cats and Xie Wen considered whether to warn Whitebeard about him. When the pirates crowded Ai Haibara Meow with questions, Vermouth released a potent potion that knocked most of them down, and Xie Wen assured Whitebeard it was a healing potion.

• Whitebeard agreed to enter Ai Haibara Meow's Medical Room after Xie Wen promised him extra Ibuki Sake.
• Teach and Jozu tried to win Klee Meow's affection, but she ignored them and settled into Xie Wen's arms.
• Xie Wen wondered why Klee Meow and Shirahoshi had not sensed malice from Teach, then decided he might privately warn Whitebeard and Ace.
• Teach joined Suika Meow, Kaido Meow, and Meow Jūshirō in drinking contests while Whitebeard received treatment.
• When the pirates crowded Ai Haibara Meow after she emerged with Whitebeard, she ordered Vermouth to spray them with a potent potion that felled Ace and the others, including Touma Meow.
• Xie Wen told Whitebeard and the remaining pirates that the potion was a healing treatment and the fallen pirates would recover.

Ai Haibara Meow explained that Whitebeard’s aging could not be reversed by ordinary treatment and offered temporary rejuvenation and cloning as alternatives. Whitebeard refused both, but accepted Kureha’s methods to extend his life while still drinking, then promised Ai another Zoan Devil Fruit after Wano Country.

• Ai Haibara Meow told Marco and Shirahoshi that Whitebeard’s body had aged severely and that Kureha’s methods could prolong his life but not restore his youth.
• Ai Haibara Meow described using a time-reversing Devil Fruit or a cloned body as unconventional treatment options, with serious drawbacks.
• Whitebeard rejected rejuvenation and cloning, saying he would accept his fate as a remnant of the old era.
• Ai Haibara Meow taught Marco Kureha’s health-maintenance methods, and the crew mourned before cheering when they learned Whitebeard could keep drinking while extending his life.
• Whitebeard promised Ai Haibara Meow a Zoan Devil Fruit after they visited Wano Country, while Sanji Meow challenged someone to a one-on-one fight.

Sanji Meow fought Ace in a rematch, using his Raid Suit and burst techniques to keep pace with Ace’s newly mastered Conqueror’s Coating. After Ace knocked him down and left him struggling to rise, an unfamiliar surge of Conqueror’s Haki erupted, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• Xie Wen learned that Ace had goaded Sanji Meow into fighting by mocking his bounty in front of the older Palico girls.
• Xie Wen let Ai Haibara Meow climb onto Whitebeard’s shoulder, delighting the pirate captain.
• Sanji Meow transformed into his Raid Suit and sent Ace flying with his opening kick.
• Ace revealed unstable Conqueror’s Coating and gained the advantage over Sanji Meow.
• Sanji Meow refused Sasha Meow’s suggestion to surrender and briefly suppressed Ace with burst techniques before being knocked down.
• As Xie Wen moved to retrieve the exhausted Sanji Meow, an unfamiliar surge of Conqueror’s Haki shot skyward.

Sasha Meow awakened an unusual form of Conqueror's Haki that she could share with others, boosting her allies and letting Sanji Meow coat his feet with it. Xie Wen realized the power could strengthen the entire Research Commission, though its limits remained unclear.

• Sasha Meow's Conqueror's Haki surged out, then returned to her while a smaller portion appeared around Sanji Meow.
• Sanji Meow used the borrowed Haki to recover and resume fighting Ace, but Xie Wen called them to stop and examine Sasha's new ability.
• Sasha Meow explained that she had shared her Haki because she wanted to help Sanji Meow, and Xie Wen asked her to try sharing it with others.
• Sasha Meow's Haki made Xie Wen and the cats feel energized and comfortable, while Ace said he had initially felt its pressure.
• Sasha Meow's Haki receded after granting Xie Wen a borrowed power he could use for an imperfect Conqueror's Coating.

Xie Wen and the cats tested Sasha Meow’s newly awakened Conqueror’s Haki, discovering how she could share it and how it affected allies and perceived enemies. The tests showed that its effects varied with Sasha Meow’s feelings toward each person, though the limits of its negative effects remained unknown.

• Xie Wen had Sasha Meow share her Conqueror’s Haki with Hua Mei Meow, who successfully used it for Conqueror’s Coating but could not combine it with her own Haki.
• Sasha Meow explained that she could currently share her Haki with only one person, and practice showed she could not release it and share it at the same time.
• Xie Wen tested whether Sasha Meow could direct her Haki at someone she disliked, but she could not feel hostile toward him, so they chose Ace instead.
• Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates described how Sasha Meow’s Haki felt, and Xie Wen concluded that its beneficial effects were stronger for people Sasha Meow liked, especially the Palicoes.

After a peaceful stretch at sea, Xie Wen’s crew found no takers for the replica Okuchi no Makami Devil Fruit, and Klee Meow asked him for a new story. Xie Wen chose to tell one inspired by Sasha Meow, leaving the tale about to begin.

• After the Whitebeard Pirates departed, Xie Wen and the cats left the island aboard the Toot Toot Forward.
• Sanji Meow smugly claimed that Sasha Meow had awakened her Conqueror’s Haki because of him, and Klee Meow and Dudu teased them about becoming family.
• Klee Meow retold Naruto the Cat to Sasha Meow and Yamato, adding her own details and captivating the crew.
• Whitebeard’s flag protected Wano Country, while Ai Haibara Meow’s experiment found that users of original Zoan Devil Fruits could eat replicas without harm or effect.
• The cats rejected the replica Okuchi no Makami Devil Fruit, and Xie Wen stored it away.
• At Klee Meow’s request for a new story, Xie Wen picked Sasha Meow as the model for Cat Warrior Seiya.

Xie Wen told the cats his improvised version of Saint Seiya, adapting its characters and factions to their world. The story ended with the Celestial Dragons cast as villains, while Xie Wen considered how it might serve as a public opinion weapon but decided it was too risky to publish for now.

• Xie Wen told the cats the Galaxian Arena Wars and Twelve Temples arcs, and Sasha Meow questioned Saori Kido's spoiled behavior before accepting his explanation that it served the plot.
• Xie Wen recast the Poseidon Arc's Mariners as Fish-Men, and he reassured an aggrieved Shirahoshi that Poseidon would later help the Saints.
• Xie Wen turned the Hades Arc's Specters into the Woof Woof Squad, prompting Yamato to object while Shirahoshi teased him about the change.
• Xie Wen continued through the Heaven Chapter and made the Celestial Dragons its villains, uniting the cats against them.
• Xie Wen considered publishing the story to wage a public opinion war but judged that the World Government would pressure Morgans and the World Economy News Paper over its contents.

Xie Wen watched the conflict between the Marines, Kaido, and Big Mom spread as each side searched for Vegapunk, while he stayed out of the fighting and shared intelligence with Kuma. The chapter ended when Shalmeow showed Xie Wen a singing girl on a Visual Den Den Mushi and asked to visit her.

• Pirates attacked Baldimore, but its strengthened defenses repelled them.
• Kaido and Big Mom jointly raided Marine bases, prompting Aokiji to redeploy Marines and call on the Shichibukai and Holy Knights.
• Gild Tesoro told Xie Wen about the Holy Knights' deployment, and Xie Wen passed the information to Kuma.
• Xie Wen noted that Whitebeard remained quiet in Wano and that Fish-Man Island stayed peaceful under his protection.
• Shalmeow and Sasha Meow asked Xie Wen to choose a destination, and Shalmeow showed him a half-red, half-white-haired girl singing on a Visual Den Den Mushi.

Xie Wen learned that Uta was singing on Elegia and planned to take Shalmeow and Sasha Meow there to exchange ideas about music. While arranging travel, he told Morgans that Vegapunk was on Egghead Island in the New World, hoping to provoke a conflict between the World Government and the major pirates.

• Shalmeow told Xie Wen that a friend from the Music Club had shared Uta's singing, and she and Sasha Meow asked to visit her.
• Xie Wen identified the island as Elegia and asked Morgans for an Eternal Pose, but Morgans needed time to find one because the island had been abandoned.
• Xie Wen explained Uta's existence to Morgans, who was surprised that anyone had survived Elegia's destruction.
• Morgans asked where Vegapunk was, and Xie Wen told him that Vegapunk was on Egghead Island in the second half of the Grand Line.
• Xie Wen hoped Morgans would pass the information to Kaido and Big Mom, drawing the World Government into a conflict in the New World.

Xie Wen received Elegia’s Eternal Pose and hurried toward the island to find Uta, while the escalating search for Vegapunk drew the Navy and pirate forces into pursuit. The Dudu crash-landed beside Uta as she practiced singing, and the pursuing forces were closing in behind them.

• A Winged Person delivered Elegia’s Eternal Pose to the Dudu, and Xie Wen decided to take the cats to find Uta.
• Morgans’s leak about Vegapunk’s location intensified the conflict as the Beasts-Big Mom Alliance and the Navy searched for Egghead Island.
• Xie Wen ordered the Dudu to transform into her Valstrax form and fly directly to Elegia.
• The Beasts-Big Mom Alliance, other opportunistic forces, and the Navy mistook the Dudu’s flight for a lead to Egghead Island and followed it.
• The Dudu crash-landed on the beach beside Uta as she practiced singing.

Xie Wen and his companions arrived on Elegia, where Uta and Gordon welcomed them as musical guests. After Klee Meow sensed that Gordon was hiding the truth and Uta was hurting, Morgans called Xie Wen and asked why he was on Egghead Island instead.

• Shalmeow and Sasha Meow befriended Uta and talked with her about music after the Toot Toot Forward arrived on Elegia.
• Gordon rushed over, saw that Uta was unharmed, and invited Xie Wen and the cats to explore the island and its musical collection.
• Gordon described the ruined concert hall and blamed pirates for destroying it ten years earlier.
• Klee Meow told Xie Wen that Gordon was lying and that Uta sounded deeply hurt, prompting Xie Wen to consider helping her understand the truth and the danger of the Music Demon.
• Morgans called Xie Wen and demanded to know why he had ended up on Egghead Island instead of Elegia.

After learning that a mistaken report had sent pirates and Marines toward Elegia, Xie Wen arranged a worldwide live concert with Uta to clear up the confusion. As the stage was built, the broadcast began just as the ships reached the island.

• Xie Wen learned from Morgans that pirates and Marines were heading to Elegia because informants had mistaken his destination for Egghead Island.
• Xie Wen asked Morgans to use the World Economy News Paper to broadcast a concert by Uta and the cats around the world.
• Meowrah and the cats rapidly built a stage from materials salvaged from Elegia’s ruins while more than a hundred pirate ships and Marine warships approached.
• Cracker and Sasaki warned their crews not to pick a fight with Xie Wen or the Palico Research Commission.
• The Den Den Mushi around the world began broadcasting, and Klee Meow greeted the audience before Xie Wen revealed the stage.