Chapter Summaries

Shanks arrived at Whitebeard’s ship, where his overwhelming Haki knocked out many of the lower-ranking pirates and damaged the Moby Dick. He told Whitebeard he had come with a gift and wanted to discuss something, while Marco challenged him over the damage.

• A lookout spotted Shanks’s Red Force, ending the banquet and putting Whitebeard’s crew on guard.
• Shanks boarded the Moby Dick, and his Haki caused wave after wave of lower-ranking pirates to collapse unconscious.
• Shanks reached Whitebeard, gave him a gift of healing water, and said he had come to talk rather than fight.
• Marco confronted Shanks about knocking out the crew and damaging the ship, but Shanks casually asked Marco to join his crew.
• Marco told Shanks to cut the crap, and Shanks laughed without taking offense.

Red-Haired met Whitebeard aboard his ship and was astonished to find him restored to his prime, which Whitebeard credited to Su Yu. After sharing wine and reminiscing about their past, Red-Haired revealed that he had come to ask Whitebeard a favor.

• Red-Haired noticed Whitebeard had no scars, looked young, and showed none of the signs of illness he expected.
• Whitebeard told Red-Haired that Su Yu had restored him to his prime.
• Red-Haired recognized Su Yu as the owner of the Wish-Granting Bar and reacted with shock at what he had done.
• Red-Haired offered Whitebeard wine from his hometown, and they drank together.
• Whitebeard and Red-Haired reminisced about their meeting twenty-two years earlier, when Red-Haired had been an apprentice on Gol D. Roger's ship.
• Red-Haired turned serious and told Whitebeard that he had come to ask him a favor.

Red-Haired warned Whitebeard that Blackbeard Marshall D. Teach was dangerous and asked him to stop Ace from pursuing him, but Whitebeard refused out of loyalty to his murdered crewmate. After their brief clash, Red-Haired left the Moby Dick without changing Whitebeard’s decision.

• Red-Haired told Whitebeard that Blackbeard had given him his scars and warned that Teach was secretly building power.
• Red-Haired asked Whitebeard to stop Ace from going after Blackbeard, but Whitebeard refused, insisting he had to avenge his murdered child.
• Whitebeard and Red-Haired clashed once with Murakumogiri and Gryphon, splitting the clouds before putting their weapons away.
• Whitebeard asked Red-Haired about his missing arm, and Red-Haired said he had bet it on a new era.
• Red-Haired said goodbye and ordered his navigator to sail away.

Red-Haired and Whitebeard's talks ended without an alliance after Red-Haired urged him to call Ace back. Su Yu confirmed that the age of chaos might begin with Whitebeard's death.

• Red-Haired told Beckman that his talks with Whitebeard had failed and realized Su Yu might have been aboard Whitebeard's ship.
• Red-Haired told Beckman that Su Yu had restored Whitebeard to his prime, and Beckman was shocked by the news.
• The surveillance team saw the crews separate and reported to Fleet Admiral Sengoku that the talks had likely failed.
• Whitebeard told his sons that Red-Haired had asked him to call Ace back, angering the crew.
• Whitebeard asked Su Yu whether the meeting between Ace and Blackbeard would send the age out of control, and Su Yu said the chaos might begin with Whitebeard's death.

Su Yu warned Whitebeard that Ace’s pursuit of Blackbeard could lead to Ace’s capture and a public execution, forcing Whitebeard to confront the likelihood of a war with the Navy. Whitebeard decided to bring Ace back and asked Su Yu to reveal his location.

• Su Yu told Whitebeard that the rampaging era would likely begin with Whitebeard’s death, prompting his sons’ anger before Whitebeard ordered them to calm down.
• Su Yu explained that Blackbeard was stronger than Marco and would defeat Ace, then described how the Navy might publicly execute Ace if it learned he was Gol D. Roger’s son.
• Whitebeard realized that rescuing Ace could mean fighting the Navy’s strongest forces, but he resolved to save him regardless.
• Whitebeard’s commanders urged him to retrieve Ace, while Whitebeard noted that Ace would not return unless they physically brought him back.
• When Su Yu pointed out that they did not know where Ace was, Whitebeard asked him to reveal Ace’s location, and Su Yu nodded.

Su Yu located Ace in exchange for a Devil Fruit and told Whitebeard’s crew to head for Water 7, prompting the fleet to set sail while the Navy watched closely. Ace was already crossing the Grand Line in pursuit of Blackbeard.

• Marco paid Su Yu a Devil Fruit, and Su Yu used his psychic power to find Ace.
• Su Yu told Whitebeard that Ace was near Water 7, so Whitebeard ordered his fleet to head there.
• A surveillance team reported Whitebeard’s fleet heading toward Fish-Man Island, and Sengoku ordered the Navy to monitor it.
• Ace sped across the Grand Line in a small boat powered by his Flame-Flame Fruit as he pursued Blackbeard.
• Ace remained determined to capture Blackbeard himself because he blamed himself for failing to control his former crewmate.

Blackbeard feared Su Yu and began investigating Pluton as a weapon that might help him challenge Su Yu. Meanwhile, Tesoro hid in a cave with Baccarat after escaping the Navy, and he read the newspaper to keep in touch with the outside world.

• Blackbeard considered stealing Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit but redirected his search toward the Ancient Weapons because he feared Su Yu.
• Blackbeard chose Pluton as his main target and set out for Water 7 to investigate clues about the battleship.
• Baccarat bought food in town, and her luck ability caused misfortune for the people she brushed past.
• Baccarat returned to the cave where Tesoro was hiding after escaping the battlefield and Navy blockades in a submarine.
• Tesoro took the newspaper from Baccarat and read it while eating meat.

After Crocodile was arrested for pursuing Pluton, Tesoro and Doflamingo independently set their sights on Water 7 in search of the weapon or its blueprints. Blackbeard, CP9, and Ace also arrived, and the chapter ended as Ace and Blackbeard's eyes met in a restaurant.

• Tesoro read that Crocodile had been arrested and decided to seek Pluton in Water 7.
• Doflamingo concluded that Su Yu had not yet moved against him and chose to pursue the Pluton Blueprints in Water 7.
• Blackbeard arrived in Water 7 to look for clues to Pluton, unaware that CP9 had been stationed there for seven years.
• Ace followed Blackbeard to Water 7 and entered a restaurant the next day.
• Ace looked up from his meal as Blackbeard entered, and their eyes met.

Ace confronted Blackbeard over Thatch’s murder, but Blackbeard tried to lure him into a trap and provoke him. After Ace’s Fire Fist struck, Blackbeard revealed the Dark-Dark Fruit’s power as Ace prepared another attack.

• Ace spotted Blackbeard, abandoned his meal, and chased him while restaurant workers followed to collect the bill.
• Blackbeard led Ace to a deserted rubble site, hoping to capture him and deliver him to the Navy.
• Blackbeard admitted killing Thatch and insulted Whitebeard, driving Ace to attack with Fire Fist.
• Ace’s flames hit Blackbeard, who suffered doubled pain from the Dark-Dark Fruit but got back up.
• Blackbeard summoned darkness and declared that his body was darkness as Ace prepared Firefly: Fire Daruma.

Ace fought Blackbeard, whose Dark-Dark Fruit absorbed flames and nullified Ace’s powers when he touched him. Badly injured and facing defeat, Ace refused to surrender and prepared to make one final stand as Blackbeard’s darkness spread toward him.

• Ace burned Blackbeard with an explosion, but Blackbeard swallowed the flames with darkness and explained that his fruit absorbed attacks while drawing their pain to him.
• Blackbeard pulled Ace in with Black Vortex, nullified his powers by grabbing him, and punched him hard enough to rupture his internal organs.
• Ace used Flame Commandment: Modified Fire Fist, but Blackbeard swallowed the attack with darkness.
• Blackbeard pulled Ace in again, and Ace pierced his chest with Divine Fire: Shiranui before Blackbeard struck Ace’s shoulder and shattered its bones.
• Blackbeard erased his wounds with darkness while Ace rose in pain and refused to surrender.
• Blackbeard spread darkness behind him as Ace prepared to unleash his final flames.

Ace and Blackbeard clashed in Water 7, but Blackbeard defeated Ace and captured him. After CP9 investigated the devastated battleground, Blackbeard called Fleet Admiral Sengoku with an offer of important information.

• Ace unleashed Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor and charged Blackbeard, but their fire and darkness remained locked in a stalemate.
• Guards arrived after the battle and found the area reduced to bare, scorched ground.
• Rob Lucci, Kaku, and Blueno investigated the destruction and identified Ace as the fire user and Blackbeard as his likely opponent.
• Blackbeard stood over the unconscious, bound Ace and called Fleet Admiral Sengoku.
• Blackbeard introduced himself to Sengoku and said he had information Sengoku would want to hear.

Sengoku told Garp that Ace had been captured by Blackbeard and confirmed that Ace was Roger’s son. As the Marines prepared to send Aokiji and Kizaru to Water 7, Garp learned where Ace was and sat with the knowledge that he could not prevent the Marines from acting.

• Sengoku told Garp that Ace had been captured, leaving Garp shocked and grieving.
• Garp demanded to know who had captured Ace, and Sengoku named Blackbeard.
• Sengoku admitted that he had accepted Blackbeard’s offer to exchange Ace for a Shichibukai position.
• Garp asked whether the Marines had to execute their plan, and Sengoku said they did.
• Sengoku told Garp that Ace was at Water 7 and confirmed that Ace was Roger’s son.
• Sengoku said he would send Aokiji and Kizaru to Water 7, and Garp silently nodded.

Sengoku told Garp that Ace would be publicly executed in a month, then learned that Whitebeard’s fleet was heading to Water 7. He sent all three Admirals to retrieve Ace, while Garp struggled with his duty and his family ties.

• Sengoku told Garp that Ace would be executed in a month and warned that Whitebeard might come to rescue him.
• Garp reminded Sengoku that Whitebeard had been heading toward the Grand Line, and Sengoku received confirmation that the Whitebeard fleet was bound for Water 7.
• Sengoku summoned Aokiji, Kizaru, and Akainu and ordered them to Water 7 to bring back Portgas D. Ace.
• Sengoku told the Admirals that Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son and that Whitebeard was approaching Water 7, prompting them to hurry off.
• Sengoku reminded Garp who he was, and Garp acknowledged him before leaving.

Whitebeard arrived in Water 7, where Sengoku had gathered the Three Admirals and the World Government had sent CP0 fighters to secure Ace. As the Marines and Whitebeard's crew faced off at the docks, Whitebeard feared that Ace had confronted Blackbeard.

• Sengoku informed the World Government about the situation, and the Five Elders sent powerful CP0 fighters after learning Whitebeard was coming.
• Whitebeard's whale-shaped ship approached Water 7, leaving Blackbeard shocked and fearing Whitebeard had come to capture him.
• CP9 panicked at Whitebeard's arrival, while Iceburg worried that powerful outsiders had converged on his island.
• The Marine fleet arrived with the Three Admirals and Garp aboard, and Whitebeard suspected that something had happened to Ace.
• Whitebeard told Marco and the others that Ace had probably caught up with Blackbeard, and the Marines and Whitebeard's crew met at the docks.

Whitebeard ordered Marco and Jozu to search Water 7 for Ace while he held off the Marines. After Akainu attacked Marco, Whitebeard struck back with a devastating punch, and the three Admirals barely stopped it.

• Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru watched Whitebeard’s group while Garp noticed that Whitebeard looked unusually young.
• Marco questioned why the Marines had gathered so many forces, and Whitebeard ordered Marco and Jozu to take men to Water 7 to find Ace.
• Akainu attacked Marco and Jozu as they prepared to leave, but Marco kicked the magma projectile into the sea.
• Whitebeard punched toward the Marines, and Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru combined their Armament Haki to barely block his Shockwave.
• Whitebeard told Marco and Jozu to go ahead, and they hurried toward Water 7 while he stayed to fight the Marines.

Su Yu revealed that Whitebeard had returned to his peak and offered Garp the chance to use the Wish-Granting Bar. After Akainu insulted the bar, Su Yu forced him to his knees with overwhelming pressure, then healed him and warned him to stop running his mouth.

• Whitebeard struck the Marines with a Shockwave while they entered Water 7, and Garp noticed that Whitebeard looked and fought as though he were in his prime.
• Su Yu explained that Whitebeard had regained his peak strength through the Wish-Granting Bar and asked Garp whether he was tempted.
• Akainu insulted the Wish-Granting Bar, and Su Yu challenged him for provoking him.
• Su Yu forced Akainu to kneel under immense pressure, damaging his body and suppressing his Devil Fruit powers.
• Su Yu healed Akainu and warned him to remember the lesson, leaving Akainu and the Marines afraid of his power.

Su Yu told the Marines he would not interfere as Whitebeard faced them, while both sides searched Water 7 for Ace. Blackbeard secretly handed the restrained Ace over to a Marine Vice Admiral, who locked him in Seastone Handcuffs.

• Aokiji asked Su Yu why he was with the Whitebeard Pirates, and Su Yu said he only wanted to stretch his legs and would stay out of the fight.
• Aokiji froze the sea around the Moby Dick, pinning Whitebeard's ship in place while the Marines and pirates prepared to search for Ace.
• Water 7's residents panicked at the sight of Whitebeard's ship facing the Marines and fled from the harbor.
• Blackbeard hid Ace, while Marco and the Marine soldiers searched Water 7 and a Vice Admiral secretly went to meet Blackbeard.
• Ace struggled when the Marine Vice Admiral arrived, but Blackbeard struck him and the Vice Admiral put Seastone Handcuffs on him.

Blackbeard tried to hand Ace over to the Marines while worrying that Whitebeard’s arrival had thrown his plans into chaos. As the Marines carried Ace toward the shore, Marco and Jozu moved to rescue him, but Momousagi intercepted Marco while the Vice Admiral evaded Jozu.

• Blackbeard taunted Ace and reflected on the Marines’ promise of protection, while Ace worried about Whitebeard’s arrival.
• A Vice Admiral struck Ace and carried him away, intending to return to the Marine warship.
• Marco spotted the Vice Admiral with Ace, but Momousagi blocked his path and challenged him to fight.
• Marco and Momousagi traded attacks, with neither gaining the advantage.
• Jozu charged through buildings toward the Vice Admiral, who dodged him and fled toward the shore with Ace.

Jozu chased the Vice Admiral carrying Ace toward the harbor while Whitebeard leaped in to stop them, forcing the three Admirals to confront him. Whitebeard endured Aokiji’s attack and struck back with a Haki-infused Shockwave, leaving Akainu and Aokiji caught in its path.

• Jozu shook off the Marines harassing him and pursued the Vice Admiral carrying Ace toward the harbor.
• Whitebeard spotted Ace and leaped from the whale ship, but Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru moved to block him.
• Akainu attacked Whitebeard with a magma hound, and Whitebeard cut it apart with Murakumogiri.
• Kizaru fired Yasakani no Magatama, but Whitebeard shattered the light projectiles with a Shockwave and forced Kizaru to evade.
• Aokiji hit Whitebeard with Diamond Dust, but Whitebeard broke free of the ice without injury.
• Whitebeard sent a Haki-infused Shockwave at the three Admirals; Kizaru escaped, while Akainu and Aokiji were caught in its path.

Whitebeard battled Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru while Vista fought the Marine Vice Admiral to rescue Ace. After Jozu rushed to help, an unseen force pinned him in a crater, leaving Vista alarmed and the Vice Admiral relieved.

• Kizaru dodged Whitebeard’s attack, while Akainu and Aokiji defended themselves and were injured by the shockwave.
• Vista charged the Marine Vice Admiral to free Ace, who warned him that Blackbeard was still on the island.
• The Vice Admiral knocked Ace unconscious, but Vista overwhelmed him with his swordsmanship.
• Whitebeard fought the three Admirals and unleashed Quake: Adamantine Shatter, leaving all three bleeding.
• Aokiji attacked Whitebeard with an ice sword, but Whitebeard shattered it with Conqueror’s Haki and struck him.
• Jozu rushed toward Ace, but an unseen force slammed him into a crater and held him there.