Recaps

Red defeated Saint Saturn and Benn Beckman in Sabaody, killing Benn Beckman, but left Saint Saturn alive when a sudden sense of danger warned him off. He headed for Area 62, where Roy, Sengoku, Shanks, and Shamrock were reaching the desperate final stage of their battle.

• Hawkeye recognized Red's king-level strength, while Big News Morgans excitedly photographed the battle and an unknown woman questioned the origins of Roy and his companions' power.
• Red emerged victorious over Saint Saturn and Benn Beckman, leaving both gravely injured and killing Benn Beckman.
• Red prepared to kill Saint Saturn, but a sudden sense of danger made him stay alert; Zephyr then intervened and demanded that he let Saint Saturn go.
• Red spared Saint Saturn and fled toward Area 62, while Zephyr arranged for Marines to carry Saturn away and hurried toward the ongoing battle.
• The onlookers headed for Area 62 as Roy, Sengoku, Shanks, and Shamrock fought on, all exhausted after a day and night of battle.

Shanks relived his past in a special space, from his childhood and time in Mary Geoise to his adventures with the Roger Pirates and the events on Elbaf. He reunited with his dead companions and saw Yasopp with Usopp’s mother, leaving him shaken by the choices that had shaped their lives.

• Roy clashed with Shanks, Sengoku, and Shamrock in a devastating battle that shattered Areas 62 through 68, while Red watched and acknowledged Roy’s strength.
• Shanks found himself inside a special space and watched memories of his childhood, his departure from God Valley, and his time in the Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
• Shanks remembered secretly opening Fisher Tiger’s collar and helping him escape, and recalled Harald’s rampage under a contract and Loki’s defeat of the real Harald.
• Shanks saw his crew reunite with him in an East Blue tavern and wept as they urged him to rest and stop carrying the burden of world peace.
• Lucky Roux showed Shanks Yasopp with his wife, Usopp’s mother, and Yasopp admitted he had abandoned them to become a pirate.
• Shanks struggled to respond as he considered how Usopp and his mother might have lived if he had not taken Yasopp away.

Shanks accepted his crew’s deaths and let go of his ambitions before he and Beckman vanished, leaving the Red Hair Pirates no more. Outside, Roy’s victory over Shanks, Shamrock, and Sengoku shocked the onlookers, and he killed Sengoku despite Zephyr’s attempt to stop him.

• Shanks mourned his crew, then accepted Beckman’s counsel to leave the new era’s struggles to Luffy, Ace, and the others.
• Shanks and Beckman vanished along with the fading figures of Harald and Roger, while Roy watched from the shadows.
• Onlookers saw that Shanks had died, Shamrock still lived, and Sengoku was near death after Roy’s battle.
• Zephyr tried to lead the Marines against Roy, but Red used his Conqueror’s Haki to stop them and confronted Zephyr.
• Doflamingo and the other Shichibukai refused to help Zephyr, and Hawkeye announced that he was leaving the Shichibukai.
• Roy thrust Black Blade Shusui through Sengoku’s neck, ending the Fleet Admiral’s life as Red held Zephyr back.

Sengoku relived his memories and reconciled with Corazon and Tsuru as he died, while Roy secretly turned his body into a shikigami. When Roy moved to kill Shamrock, Imu finally appeared and unleashed overwhelming Conqueror's Haki and demonic energy, leaving only Roy, Red, and Hawkeye standing.

• Sengoku revisited his Navy career and spoke with Corazon, who told him he did not blame him for his death and urged him to rest.
• Tsuru appeared and apologized for the Navy's defeat, but Sengoku reassured her before they both found release.
• Roy pulled Shusui from Sengoku's neck and secretly infused his body with black energy to make him a shikigami.
• Roy advanced on Shamrock to provoke the hidden Imu, and Red sensed that a deadly confrontation was coming.
• Imu appeared with immense Conqueror's Haki, knocking most onlookers unconscious, then used demonic energy to drop Kuma, Doflamingo, and Zephyr while Roy, Red, and Hawkeye remained standing.

Imu descended in Gunko’s body and confronted Roy, Red, and Hawkeye at Sabaody, where their battle devastated the surrounding areas. The fight’s outcome remained hidden from the public, but Roy and Red had broken through the encirclement, the Four Emperors era ended, and the five emperors era began.

• Imu arrived in Area 68, and Roy, Red, and Hawkeye recognized him as a formidable opponent.
• Imu asked Roy why he opposed the World Government and offered to spare him if he explained his motives.
• Roy rejected Imu’s offer and attacked, and Red and Hawkeye joined him in a combined sword strike that Imu blocked.
• Imu praised Roy’s conviction, then challenged him to defeat his avatar or be killed.
• Roy, Red, and Hawkeye fought Imu as their battle shattered islands and churned the sea.
• The battle’s details remained unknown to outsiders, while the era of the Four Emperors ended and the five emperors era began.

After Roy, Red, and their allies defeated the Marines and survived a devastating clash with Imu, the Five Emperors Era began as Roy entered the New World. The Five Elders accepted that they could not stop the new emperors and focused on rebuilding the Marines while Imu recovered.

• News spread that Roy, Red, and Bullet had defeated Marine Headquarters and the Red Hair Pirates and become the Five Emperors.
• The Five Elders recalled the final battle at Sabaody, where Red summoned a fake Roy that joined the real Roy, and their combined attack helped drive Imu off grievously injured.
• Roy took the exhausted Red and Hawkeye across the Red Line toward the New World, while Fake Roy and Fake Rayleigh died in the battle.
• The Five Elders decided to let the New World descend into chaos while prioritizing Imu's recovery and the Marines' reconstruction.
• The Five Elders proposed that Zephyr temporarily become Fleet Admiral, that Kong guide him, and that a world military draft recruit new forces.
• Kong accepted the assignment and sailed for Marine Headquarters.

Crocodile hid Baroque Works after witnessing Roy’s power, while Robin set out for the East Blue. Jinbe joined Whitebeard’s battle against Bullet’s forces, but the Whitebeard Pirates were defeated, Jinbe was killed, and Bullet’s group prepared to claim their enemies’ territories.

• Crocodile suspended Baroque Works and agreed to let Robin leave for the East Blue, deciding to abandon his pursuit of Pluton and hide.
• Whitebeard confronted Bullet near Fish-Man Island and demanded an explanation for the deaths of two division commanders; Jinbe chose to join Whitebeard’s side.
• Bullet and the merged beast fought Whitebeard, while Jinbe led over a thousand fish-men into battle against Roy’s forces.
• Roy’s forces overwhelmed Jinbe’s group, killing Jinbe and annihilating the fish-man soldiers.
• Whitebeard’s Pirates lost three thousand men and five division commanders, and Whitebeard suffered grievous injuries before forcing Bullet back and escaping.
• Bullet’s group prepared to contact Roy and Red to divide the former Red Hair Pirates’ and Whitebeard Pirates’ territories.

After waking from the battle against Imu, Roy, Red, and Hawkeye discussed their next moves in the New World while Bullet began building his crew and taking territory. Roy planned to establish a shikigami kingdom and a faction in his name, while Red and Hawkeye considered joining Bullet as the New World descended into further conflict.

• Roy, Red, and Hawkeye awoke three days after the battle and learned from Bullet that he had defeated the Whitebeard Pirates and was recruiting followers to secure his position among the Five Emperors.
• Roy explained that he planned to divide New World territory with Bullet, build a shikigami kingdom, and have Merged Beast lead Yake and the others in forming a faction in his name.
• Roy urged Red and Hawkeye to consider joining Bullet's crew, and they agreed to think about it without committing.
• After recovering for three more days, Bullet recruited pirates and expanded his battered force from fewer than two thousand troops to more than ten thousand, including five Vice Admiral-level fighters and Mel, an Admiral Candidate.
• Bullet divided his followers into five divisions and began seizing Whitebeard and Red Hair territory, while Merged Beast, Brook, and the others acted on Roy's orders.

Brook and the others founded the Roy Guild, recruited thousands of fighters, and seized islands and kingdoms under Merged Beast’s command. As the New World’s kingdoms failed to find allies against Roy and Bullet, Whitebeard joined a coalition gathering on Greenland Island to resist them.

• Brook and the others established the Roy Guild and recruited several thousand fighters, bringing its total forces to over ten thousand.
• Merged Beast led the guild to take three large islands, ten small islands, and ten kingdoms, killing the king and troops of one kingdom that resisted.
• The threatened kingdoms sought help from the World Government, the Kings of the Underworld, Big Mom, and the Beasts Pirates, but none would intervene.
• Subordinates of Umit and Giberson and several pirate crews gathered on Greenland Island, hoping to fight Roy and his people with the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Whitebeard acknowledged the threat posed by Roy and Bullet and declared that his forces would fight.

Whitebeard feared that the coming battle could destroy his crew, while Rayleigh urged Ace to accept his heritage and prepare for the coming era. Ace awakened Conqueror’s Haki, mastered Conqueror’s Coating, and set his sights on developing his Flame-Flame Fruit further; meanwhile, Rayleigh’s call to Gaban went unanswered because Gaban was facing a formidable enemy on Elbaf.

• Whitebeard worried that Roy’s power could doom the Whitebeard Pirates and hoped Ace’s training with Rayleigh would give them a chance.
• Rayleigh urged Ace to accept his bloodline and warned that Roy’s forces were moving to seize Shanks’s and Whitebeard’s territories.
• Ace unleashed Conqueror’s Haki and told Rayleigh he had accepted that Roger was his father and would inherit his power to crush his enemies.
• Ace mastered Conqueror’s Coating, shattered a mountain range with his punch, and considered awakening his Flame-Flame Fruit.
• Rayleigh tried to call Gaban to share news of Ace’s progress, but Gaban did not answer because he was facing a formidable enemy on Elbaf.

Kaido came to Elbaf to free Loki and recruit him to help confront Roy, but Gaban stood in his way. After Kaido defeated Gaban, he took the key to the Underworld, while Gaban revealed that Loki had not killed King Harald.

• Kaido explained that he wanted to free Loki to deal with the upheaval Roy had caused, while Gaban refused to hand Loki over.
• Kaido and Gaban agreed to exchange blows as King and the Giants fought nearby.
• Kaido defeated Gaban in a clash that destroyed Elbaf's coastline.
• Gaban stopped the Giants from pursuing Kaido and told them Loki had not killed King Harald.
• Kaido took the key and headed to the Underworld to free Loki as Gaban warned that Loki's release would plunge the New World into turmoil.

Roy joined his forces as they advanced on Greenland Island, where Whitebeard's alliance was gathering for a decisive battle. By offering to spare crews that withdrew, Roy sowed doubt among his enemies, and many pirate crews abandoned the alliance.

• Loki defeated Kaido after their two-day battle in Elbaf's Underworld.
• Roy arrived aboard the Roy Guild's warships and rallied his forces to destroy the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Brook reported that Whitebeard, the Underworld Kings, and allied fighters had assembled on Greenland Island.
• Roy ordered his forces to advance and promised to spare pirates who withdrew from his waters, while threatening those who resisted.
• Several pirate crews abandoned the march to Greenland Island, and more followed after hearing warnings about Roy's strength.

Roy’s promise not to attack those who left his territory fractured the Whitebeard Alliance’s resolve, forcing Whitebeard to demand a fight to the death while secretly planning to sacrifice himself. A day later, Roy arrived at Greenland Island with two warships and prepared to confront Whitebeard.

• Roy’s offer spread through the forces gathered on Greenland Island, prompting several pirate crews to abandon the Whitebeard Alliance.
• The Whitebeard Pirates suppressed the rumors, and the alliance held an emergency meeting as its members argued over whether to fight or flee.
• Whitebeard silenced the meeting with his Haki and declared that the alliance had to fight, while his division commanders vowed to stand with him.
• Whitebeard privately resolved to trade his life for the safety of his crew and entrusted the Whitebeard Pirates’ future to Ace, while a fat, dark-skinned man watched with eerie black energy around him.
• A day later, Roy arrived at Greenland Island aboard two warships and ordered his men to approach the Moby Dick, bringing him face-to-face with Whitebeard.

Roy and Whitebeard began their final battle as their forces clashed along the shoreline. Roy’s superior strength wounded Whitebeard, but both men continued fighting while hidden Shikigami waited among the dead.

• Whitebeard rallied his remaining allies to defend the Whitebeard Pirates’ glory, and Roy accepted his challenge to fight to the death.
• Roy’s ten thousand troops attacked the nearly twenty thousand members of the Whitebeard Pirates Alliance, while Marco regrouped his side and directed the battle.
• Black mist rose from the bodies of the fallen as hidden Shikigami watched for an opportunity to strike.
• Whitebeard attacked Roy with Murakumogiri and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but Roy blocked him, drove him back, and wounded him with repeated attacks.
• Whitebeard and Roy met each other’s Conqueror’s Coating head-on, shattering the shoreline as their fight continued.

Roy’s forces overwhelmed the Whitebeard Pirates Alliance while Roy battered Whitebeard, and Ace arrived to intervene just as Roy prepared a final strike. Whitebeard entrusted the crew’s future to Ace before their strongest Conqueror’s Coating attacks collided, leaving Whitebeard apparently transported to his homeland in a special space.

• Big News Morgans and other powers watched the clash between Roy and Whitebeard, while the Revolutionary Army, Big Mom Pirates, and Surprise Force Pirates stayed out of the battle.
• Roy’s shikigami army and Brook’s forces routed the Whitebeard Pirates Alliance, killing its allied captains and the two Kings of the Underworld while Marco and the other commanders were overwhelmed.
• Whitebeard, gravely wounded and burning through his life, urged his remaining crew to retreat and challenged Roy to keep fighting.
• Ace arrived with Rayleigh and used Fire Fist to block Roy’s forces from the shoreline battle.
• Roy unleashed Getsuga Tensho against Whitebeard, who welcomed Ace’s arrival, entrusted him with the Whitebeard Pirates’ future, and told him not to seek revenge against Roy.
• Roy and Whitebeard’s Conqueror’s Coating attacks collided and devastated the shoreline, after which Whitebeard appeared to return to his homeland within a special space.

Whitebeard looked back on his life and died after telling Roy that he trusted him to decide the fate of Ace and the others. On the battlefield, Ace and Rayleigh tried to evacuate the Whitebeard Pirates, but Roy ordered his forces to slaughter their remnants while forcing Ace to watch.

• Whitebeard comforted Squard and Rakuyo, telling them he did not blame them for the Whitebeard Pirates’ downfall.
• Roy praised Whitebeard as a great hero, and Whitebeard asked what would become of Ace and the others before fading away.
• Roy’s forces confirmed Whitebeard’s death, enraging Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates; Rayleigh reminded Ace that Whitebeard had ordered him to lead the survivors away.
• Ace and Rayleigh carved a path through Roy’s forces to rescue Marco and the others, while Roy ordered his army to kill the other divisions and leave the three leaders alive.
• The Merged Beast engaged Rayleigh and five Admiral Candidate Shikigami fought Ace as Roy’s forces overwhelmed the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Thousands of ordinary crew members and several division commanders died, including Izo and Fossa.

Roy forced the wounded Whitebeard Pirates commanders to choose three members to die in exchange for three others leaving alive. Thatch, Jozu, and Vista sacrificed themselves, and Roy declared the Whitebeard Pirates finished as he began establishing the Shikigami Kingdom on Greenland Island.

• Roy offered to spare three Whitebeard Pirates if three commanders chose to die, and Rayleigh and Ace refused to choose.
• Thatch, Jozu, and Vista volunteered to sacrifice themselves so Rayleigh, Ace, and Marco could leave.
• Roy let Rayleigh, Ace, and Marco depart, then fought Thatch, Jozu, and Vista as they launched their strongest attacks.
• Roy blocked their attacks and killed all three with a single strike, leaving the coastline in ruins.
• Roy ordered his forces to establish the Shikigami Kingdom's headquarters on Greenland Island and declared that the Whitebeard Pirates were no more.

After defeating the Whitebeard Pirates, Roy focused on building his strength while factions across the world adjusted to his dominance. Half a month later, new rankings were announced, as Blackbeard fled the New World, Big Mom sought allies, and the Marines descended into a power struggle.

• Roy settled on Greenland Island, sent shikigami to spread Negative Energy Balls and mark spatial coordinates, and considered sending one to Mary Geoise.
• Blackbeard revealed that he had obtained the Dark-Dark Fruit before the battle and left the New World rather than challenge Roy.
• Big Mom discussed how to protect Totto Land, rejected an alliance with Bullet’s Surprise Force Pirates, and agreed to seek help from the Beasts Pirates and Hachinosu.
• Onigumo called for Sakazuki to become Fleet Admiral, sparking a Marine power struggle while the Admirals remained injured or unconscious.
• The Revolutionary Army quietly expanded and strengthened as the world’s factions settled into a tacit peace.
• After half a month passed without major events, the World’s Strongest Combatants Ranking and World’s Top 100 Pirate Crews Ranking were updated.

Big News Morgans published updated rankings of the strongest combatants and forces, prompting widespread debate over the power concentrated among Roy’s allies and the world’s major factions. Golden Lion, angered by his low placement and his Flying Pirates’ omission, entered a Sky Island temple intending to recruit the self-proclaimed god there.

• Morgans’s combat ranking placed Imu first, Roy second, Loki third, Red fourth, and Kaido fifth, while reporting Kaido’s fight with Loki at Elbaf.
• Morgans ranked Mihawk sixth after revealing that he had fought Imu alongside Roy at Sabaody, and the list also placed Ace above several established Emperor-level fighters because he had mastered Conqueror’s Coating.
• The public reacted to the ranking’s many Admiral Candidate-level combatants and elite vice admirals, especially the forces under Roy’s command.
• Morgans ranked Roy’s forces first among pirate powers, the Surprise Force Pirates second, and the Revolutionary Army fifth, with Elbaf sixth despite being considered stronger.
• Dragon disliked the Revolutionary Army’s public fifth-place ranking, while Golden Lion raged over his low combat ranking and his Flying Pirates’ omission.
• Golden Lion went into a Sky Island temple to recruit the self-proclaimed god, who recognized his visitor’s hostile intent.

Golden Lion defeated Enel, taught him about Haki, and recruited him into the Flying Pirates. Enel agreed to leave Sky Island for the Blue Sea, bringing his four priests and a haul of treasure with him.

• Enel attacked Golden Lion with increasingly powerful lightning, but Golden Lion remained unharmed and mocked his belief that he was a god.
• Golden Lion used Haki to strike Enel through his Logia body, then overwhelmed him with blows and sword energy.
• After Enel was defeated, Golden Lion introduced himself as Shiki and offered him the role of vice-captain of the Flying Pirates.
• Golden Lion explained Haki and the wider world to Enel, who agreed to join the crew and travel to the Blue Sea.
• Before leaving, Enel took gold and Impact Dials from the Skypieans and brought his four priests aboard his flying ship.
• Golden Lion and Enel set off for the Blue Sea with the priests and treasure.

After years of preparation, Luffy and the Straw Hats fought the World Government in a worldwide war, but Roy intervened at the decisive moment and claimed victory. The story ended with the Pirates World becoming a world of Shikigami.

• Sakazuki became Fleet Admiral, while Onigumo confessed his role in the Sabaody Archipelago incident and later went to Impel Down.
• Roy stayed on Greenland Island to grow stronger as the New World and Four Seas recovered, and two and a half years passed.
• Luffy set out with his companions after nearly three years of training, defeated Buggy, the Arlong Pirates, and Crocodile, and reached Alabasta.
• After Nika's identity drew the World Government's attention, Sakazuki captured Luffy, and news spread that he would be executed in the Holy Land.
• The execution sparked a worldwide war between the World Government and forces from across the world, with Kibing and Roy's Shikigami Army joining the battle.
• Roy appeared during the decisive clash between Joy Boy and Imu, ambushed both, and won, turning the Pirates World into a world of Shikigami.