Chapter Summaries

Xie Wen read the newspapers and new Wanted Posters after the Gran Tesoro battle, learning that Morgans had named him a non-pirate Fifth Emperor while the World Government blamed him for the conflict. The chapter ended with the cats celebrating their bounties and Touma Meow lamenting that he had not received a poster.

• Hua Mei Meow brought Xie Wen the latest newspapers, and he found Morgans's headline declaring him the Fifth Emperor of the Sea despite saying he was not a pirate.
• Xie Wen read reports of prisoners mysteriously vanishing from Impel Down and suspected Ivankov was involved.
• Robin explained that many people might believe the World Government's account portraying Xie Wen as a greedy attacker and Aramaki as a heroic Marine promoted to Admiral Ryokugyu.
• Xie Wen saw that his bounty had risen to 3.5 billion Beli, while Klee Meow's rose to 2 billion and Meowrah's to 300 million.
• Dudu celebrated receiving a 50-million-Beli Wanted Poster, while Xie Wen spotted Ivankov among the escaped prisoners' posters.
• Touma Meow complained that he had not received a Wanted Poster, and Xie Wen warned that his bad luck would make one dangerous.

Xie Wen dismissed his new Emperor of the Sea title and explained that he had planned to take revenge on Kaido by going to Wano Country. The chapter ended with him and the Palicoes preparing to make trouble for Kaido because Wano was closer than Hachinosu.

• Xie Wen told Shirahoshi that Morgans's title did not make him a real emperor and that he had never wanted the position.
• Klee Meow admitted she had secretly tasted Suika Meow's sake, so Hua Mei Meow took both cats to the Punishment Room.
• Shirahoshi, Jinx Meow, and Ai Haibara Meow accused Xie Wen of being mean to Klee, but Xie Wen pointed out that they had not stopped Hua Mei Meow.
• Xie Wen said his apparent standing with Whitebeard and Red-Hair came from their friendship, while most people still considered him weaker than the established emperors.
• Jinx Meow asked if they would go after Kaido, and Xie Wen agreed, saying he should prove Morgans's report right and that Wano Country was closer than Hachinosu.

Xie Wen arrived in Wano Country and found that Issho had already damaged Onigashima and the Flower Capital. He chose to follow Klee Meow’s suggestion and take his combat-ready cats to confront Kaido, leaving the others aboard the Dudu.

• Xie Wen learned from Morgans that Umit had supplied the Eternal Pose for Wano Country and decided to survey the main island before attacking Kaido, so he could collect valuable swords and treasures first.
• Hua Mei Meow spotted damage to Onigashima, and Xie Wen used a telescope to see that Issho had also destroyed arms factories and damaged the Flower Capital and the Shogun’s Residence.
• Xie Wen asked Klee Meow and Touma Meow to choose a landing place; Touma Meow picked the Flower Capital, but Klee Meow insisted they head to Onigashima.
• Xie Wen left Shalmeow and Link Meow aboard the Dudu to protect the ship and Touma Meow, then jumped down toward Onigashima with Seijūrō, Kaido, Suika, Huamei, Jinx, and Klee.
• Klee Meow transformed into her element and set Xie Wen’s White Calm ablaze, extending its flames into a massive sword as he prepared to attack.

Xie Wen and the cats attacked Onigashima while Kaido was away pursuing a blind samurai, splitting the island’s central skull and battling the Beasts Pirates’ All-Stars. Xie Wen overwhelmed Queen, but Queen unleashed a mysterious freezing liquid and reached for him as the fight continued.

• The Beasts Pirates tried to rebuild Onigashima until Xie Wen and Klee Meow arrived with a giant flaming blade, which split the island’s skull and knocked King and Jack aside.
• Queen told Xie Wen that Kaido had left to pursue the blind samurai who had wrecked Wano, and Xie Wen launched an attack on the All-Stars.
• Jinx Meow, Hua Mei Meow, Meow Jūshirō, Klee Meow, and Suika Meow joined the battle, while Kaido Meow held back as their secret weapon against Kaido.
• Xie Wen deflected Queen’s laser into King, then wounded Queen with a flurry of sword strikes after defeating his attacks.
• Queen crushed a bottle of blue-purple liquid, which froze his mechanical arm, and reached for Xie Wen while laughing.

Xie Wen kept Queen at a distance after Queen infected himself with the Ice Oni virus, while Meow Jūshirō intercepted King and fought him. Queen suppressed the virus with unfinished antibodies, leaving him to face Xie Wen again.

• Queen transformed himself with the Ice Oni virus and tried to infect Xie Wen, who dodged his attacks and kept him at bay with Flying Slashes.
• Meow Jūshirō knocked King out of the air and challenged him to a sword fight.
• King chose to stall for reinforcements and attacked Meow Jūshirō with Fire Dragon Emperor.
• Meow Jūshirō countered with a water whirlpool, and the two fought through the steam cloud.
• Queen failed to reach Xie Wen or the cats, so he injected himself with unfinished antibodies and temporarily suppressed the virus.

Xie Wen chased Queen through Onigashima after Queen used Brachiosnake to flee, hoping to capture his modified body and explore the fortress. He tracked Queen to the armory, where he threatened to destroy its ammunition, but Xie Wen secretly cut off his mechanical arm and launched a sword technique.

• Queen used Brachiosnake to propel his head-and-tail section into the skull building, but Xie Wen saved his modified body to have Meowrah and Ai Haibara Meow study it.
• Meow Jūshirō fought King, Suika Meow overpowered Jack with alternating hot and cold attacks, and Klee Meow and Jinx Meow battled the Beasts Pirates' rank and file while Hua Mei Meow watched over them.
• Xie Wen brought Kaido Meow into the skull building to track Queen and search for valuable loot, leaving Klee Meow outside.
• Kaido Meow followed Queen's chilled scent through the building, and Xie Wen and Kaido Meow sensed an unfamiliar presence at a passage fork before continuing to the second basement.
• Queen switched to a spare body in the armory and threatened to blow up the ammunition stockpile, but Xie Wen secretly severed his mechanical arm and began Scarlet Sky's End.

Xie Wen defeated Queen, looted his supplies, and found Yamato chained in a dungeon on Onigashima. After Xie Wen freed him, Yamato immediately defended Kozuki Oden, leaving Xie Wen exasperated.

• Xie Wen defeated Queen, carved an Ice Oni virus sample from his body, and took spare bodies for the Research Cats to study.
• Xie Wen and Kaido Meow searched the storerooms, ignored the weapons, and cleared out Kaido's alcohol.
• Xie Wen and Kaido Meow found Yamato asleep and chained in a dungeon, and Xie Wen cut through the lock to free him.
• Yamato recognized Xie Wen as the Sapphire Star and declared that Kozuki Oden was the greatest samurai, irritating Xie Wen.

Xie Wen challenged Yamato’s belief that Kozuki Oden was the greatest samurai, arguing that Oden’s failures in his different roles helped lead to Wano’s downfall. Yamato asked to help Xie Wen fight Kaido, but Kaido Meow was stunned when Yamato called himself Kaido’s son.

• Xie Wen acknowledged Oden’s courage during the Boiling but argued that Oden’s earlier mistakes had helped put his retainers in danger.
• Xie Wen compared Oden with Shimotsuki Ryuma and Issho, questioning whether Oden deserved to be called the greatest samurai when he had failed to defeat his enemies or protect the people.
• Yamato cited Oden’s earlier achievements, but Xie Wen replied that Oden had done those things as a daimyo or shogun, not as a samurai.
• Xie Wen recounted Oden’s troublemaking youth and concluded that he had struggled to fulfill the role he held, contributing to Wano Country falling under Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi.
• Yamato asked Xie Wen to let him help fight Kaido and called himself Kaido’s son, prompting Kaido Meow to react in shock.

Xie Wen freed Yamato from his explosive seastone shackles and gave him food after Yamato learned that Kaido had genuinely meant to kill him. Kaido Meow asked to fight the other Kaido one-on-one, leaving Yamato confused about the cat’s name and warning him about his father’s strength.

• Yamato introduced himself as Kaido’s son and declared that he wanted to be called Kozuki Oden.
• Xie Wen crushed Yamato’s seastone shackles and threw them away before they exploded, blasting a hole in the ceiling.
• Yamato concluded that Kaido had truly wanted to kill him and rejected him as a father.
• Xie Wen gave Yamato food and water, while Kaido Meow asked Xie Wen to let him fight Kaido one-on-one.
• Yamato warned Kaido Meow that his father was terrifyingly strong, and Xie Wen assured him that the fight was about more than their shared name.

Xie Wen and Yamato searched Kaido’s hidden vault, where Robin’s ability to read the Poneglyph made Yamato’s boast about Kozuki Oden irrelevant. After seeing the Beasts Pirates flee the battle, Xie Wen let them retreat and decided to finish looting Onigashima before heading to the main island.

• Yamato led Xie Wen and the others to Kaido’s hidden vault, where they found a Poneglyph that Xie Wen photographed.
• Yamato found the treasure room empty and lamented that he could not recover his Genzo.
• Xie Wen returned to the battlefield and saw Meow Jūshirō fighting King, Suika Meow fighting three Flying Six members, and Hua Mei Meow and Jinx Meow battling other enemies.
• Klee Meow told Xie Wen that Jinx and Hua Mei Meow had sent her clones away so they could fight without her help.
• King grabbed the unconscious Jack and fled, and the Beasts Pirates retreated toward the shore.
• Yamato stopped Xie Wen from pursuing them, so Xie Wen sheathed White Calm and set off with Klee Meow to search for treasure.

Xie Wen and the cats regrouped after the Beasts Pirates retreated, and he explained that King was a Lunarian before introducing Yamato as a temporary ally. After looting Onigashima, they prepared to leave and deal with Kurozumi Orochi.

• Suika Meow showed Xie Wen the tusks she had taken, while Meow Jūshirō regretted that King had escaped and wondered whether he was a cyborg.
• Xie Wen told the cats that King was a Lunarian, then introduced Yamato as Kaido's daughter and a temporary ally.
• Klee Meow called Yamato foolish for wanting to become Kozuki Oden, prompting Yamato to reconsider his idol's judgment as a ruler.
• Xie Wen and the cats looted the skull building, found little beyond valuables and materials, and gave Yamato the miniature Hassaikai that Suika Meow had shrunk.
• Xie Wen signaled Shalmeow, and the Dudu Paolumu descended as he and the cats prepared to leave and confront Kurozumi Orochi.

After returning from Queen’s research room, Xie Wen soothed Ai Haibara Meow with the stolen documents and headed for Ringo at Klee Meow’s suggestion. In Ringo, Kawamatsu and the samurai debated whether to support Issho as a strange object flew toward them.

• Ai Haibara Meow complained that Xie Wen had left her behind, then cheered when he showed her Queen’s documents and viruses.
• Yamato envied Xie Wen’s closeness with the cats, and Klee Meow comforted him before returning to Xie Wen.
• Klee Meow chose snowy Ringo as the crew’s next destination, and Xie Wen ordered the Dudu to fly there.
• Kawamatsu warned the samurai not to support Issho at Onigashima and to keep the hidden weapons safe from Kaido.
• Hantaro spotted something flying toward Ringo and called Kawamatsu’s attention to it.

Kawamatsu led a group of samurai to confront Xie Wen’s party in Ringo after they mistook the visitors for a threat, while the party was busy having a snowball fight. When Oden’s loyalists recognized Xie Wen as the man who had slandered Oden, they attacked, and Kaido Meow stopped Yamato from trying to make peace.

• Kawamatsu agreed with Hantaro to approach the newcomers with several samurai, leaving Hantaro behind to guard their base.
• Klee Meow’s wish brought Xie Wen and the others to Ringo, where she started a snowball fight and Touma Meow repeatedly got hit.
• Yamato joined the snowball fight and promised to protect Touma Meow, while the others continued pelting him with snowballs.
• Kawamatsu and his men approached Xie Wen’s group and recognized him as the Sapphire Star who had slandered Oden.
• Several samurai charged at Xie Wen and the others, and Kaido Meow persuaded Yamato to let the fight happen.

Jinx Meow launched a one-cat assault on Kawamatsu and the samurai, while Xie Wen let her fight after realizing she had deliberately provoked them. As the samurai adapted and Kawamatsu sprang a surprise attack, Jinx evaded him with a rocket-assisted dash and countered with an explosive punch.

• Jinx Meow opened fire on Kawamatsu and the samurai, then attacked them with her rocket launcher.
• Xie Wen recognized Jinx Meow's scheme, held back Klee Meow and Shirahoshi, and let her handle the fight while Hua Mei Meow objected.
• Kawamatsu and the samurai adapted to Jinx Meow's attacks, coordinated their advance, and forced her to retreat.
• Kawamatsu leaped from the group and attacked Jinx Meow with Kappa Style: Metsu Namu Kawa.
• Jinx Meow evaded Kawamatsu with Blast Dash and her Devil Fruit Ability, then struck him with a TNT-equivalent punch.

Jinx Meow’s fight with Kawamatsu and his samurai stopped when Hantaro arrived and explained that they were allies rescued by Issho. Xie Wen accepted Hantaro’s excuse and let the confrontation end, though his opinion of Kawamatsu’s group worsened.

• Jinx Meow blasted Kawamatsu with a Felyne (Fish-Man) Karate strike, prompting the samurai to rush in and defend him.
• Hantaro arrived with reinforcements and identified himself and Kawamatsu’s group as allies of Issho, causing Jinx Meow to put away her weapons.
• Xie Wen picked up Jinx Meow and challenged Kawamatsu’s group over their decision to attack him and his cats.
• Hantaro claimed the samurai had mistaken the cats for enemies after fighting Kaido’s men, while Kawamatsu blamed Yoshida and the others for being nervous.
• Xie Wen accepted the explanation as a misunderstanding and soothed Jinx Meow as the confrontation ended.

Xie Wen and his companions reached the samurai’s hideout in the ruins of Ringo, where divisions among the samurai emerged over Issho’s actions and Wano’s future. As Xie Wen discovered that the hideout held the swords from the Sword Grave, Kyoshiro approached with an unidentified woman.

• Hantaro explained that Kaido had destroyed Ringo and Hakumai, and that Kurozumi Orochi had gone into hiding after Issho rescued the samurai.
• Hantaro described how Issho’s return had divided the samurai into three groups and urged them to cooperate until Kaido was driven from Wano.
• Kawamatsu agreed that freeing Wano from Kaido and Orochi mattered most, preventing the samurai from arguing with Hantaro.
• Hantaro led Xie Wen and his companions to an underground hideout filled with weapons, where Xie Wen recognized Onimaru and learned he and Kawamatsu had gathered swords from the Sword Grave.
• A guard reported that Kyoshiro was approaching with a woman whose face could not be seen.

Xie Wen and the cats met Kyoshiro, Kozuki Hiyori, and the Orochi Oniwabanshu, and Klee Meow defeated the ninjas with her fire techniques. Hiyori reunited with Kawamatsu, while Denjiro explained how he had rescued her from Orochi; the chapter left them turning their attention to Xie Wen's group.

• After learning that Kyoshiro and a woman were fleeing the Orochi Oniwabanshu, Xie Wen and the cats went to meet them.
• Klee Meow challenged Fukurokuju and the Oniwabanshu, then burned them all to ashes with her Meow Susanoo.
• Kawamatsu and the samurai realized Xie Wen's group could be powerful allies, while Hiyori reunited with Kawamatsu.
• Denjiro explained that he had rescued Hiyori after Orochi panicked and attacked his attendants, and that they had fled toward Ringo to find the other samurai.
• After speaking with Kawamatsu and the others, Denjiro and Hiyori turned their attention to Xie Wen's group.

Xie Wen met Kozuki Hiyori and the samurai, who asked him to help free Wano Country from Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi. He admitted he could not promise to defeat Kaido, but as Denjiro proposed targeting the Beasts Pirates, Kaido returned and challenged him.

• Kawamatsu introduced Xie Wen as Issho's friend, while Jinx Meow and Klee Meow corrected Denjiro's assumptions about them and mocked Inuarashi, Cat Viper, and the Nine Red Scabbards.
• Denjiro accepted Xie Wen's criticism of Kozuki Oden's past actions and blamed the retainers for failing to guide him and recognize Kurozumi Orochi's schemes.
• Kozuki Hiyori acknowledged her family's responsibility for Wano Country's suffering, bowed to Xie Wen, and asked him to help defeat Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi.
• Xie Wen admitted he had intended only to fight Kaido and escape, but Denjiro proposed that he hold Kaido off while the samurai and Issho attacked the Beasts Pirates.
• Kaido returned and roared a challenge to Xie Wen.

Xie Wen and Kaido Meow confronted Kaido at Onigashima, where the two Kaidos fought to a standstill. As the samurai prepared to counterattack, Kozuki Hiyori asked Xie Wen to take her with him to confront Kurozumi Orochi.

• Kaido roared for Xie Wen after learning Queen had been killed, and Xie Wen asked Kaido Meow if he still wanted to fight him.
• Xie Wen combined Klee and Shalmy’s fire and lightning with his sword techniques to strike Kaido, who broke the slash with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated charge.
• Xie Wen left the fight to Kaido Meow, who transformed into a cherry-pink dragon and revealed himself as Kaido’s counterpart.
• Kaido and Kaido Meow exchanged Bolo Breaths and clashed with Flame Bagua attacks, reaching another draw as their fight continued.
• Xie Wen asked Kozuki Hiyori for directions to Habu Port so he could confront Kurozumi Orochi, and Hiyori asked to go with him.
• Kozuki Hiyori urged Kawamatsu to contact the others and begin their counterattack against the Beasts Pirates.

Xie Wen took Kozuki Hiyori to search for Kurozumi Orochi, while Kaido Meow continued battling Kaido in the sky. Kaido Meow’s uncanny use of Kaido’s techniques left Kaido wondering whether he had a long-lost Mink brother.

• Kozuki Hiyori asked Xie Wen to take her to witness Kurozumi Orochi’s execution, and Xie Wen agreed despite wanting to keep his mystery-box secret from her.
• Xie Wen set out for Port Habu with Kozuki Hiyori, Klee Meow, and Shalmeow on a Sheikah-style flying motorcycle.
• Kaido Meow used Flurry Rush to copy Kaido’s Bad Wind first and provoked Kaido until his anger disrupted his Observation Haki.
• Kaido Meow transformed and struck Kaido with Thunder Meow Bagua, astonishing Yamato and leaving Kaido baffled by his opponent’s skill.
• Kaido Meow followed with Kundali: Cat Army, and Kaido wondered whether he had a long-lost Mink brother.