Chapter Summaries

Liu Qing unveiled a hundredfold-weighted True Several Thousand Hands and challenged the gathered powers at Marineford, while Shanks's attempt to intervene ended with him being blasted into the Buddha. Liu Qing launched an indiscriminate barrage, forcing the assembled fighters to unite against the descending fists.

• Shanks arrived and offered to stop Liu Qing and Douglas Bullet's fight, prompting Kaido and the Marines to flee after Sengoku recognized the danger of Liu Qing's More-More Fruit.
• Liu Qing revealed he would test his full strength against everyone present, then summoned the True Several Thousand Hands with its weight increased a hundredfold.
• Liu Qing gave Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, Garp, Sengoku, and the Three Admirals five minutes to evacuate their subordinates, while Shanks attacked Bullet and was punched toward the Buddha.
• Shanks struck the Buddha's toe with Divine Departure, but the hardened wood repelled his attack and left him convulsing from the recoil.
• Liu Qing sent tens of thousands of Haki-coated fists crashing down, and Garp, Sengoku, Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and others unleashed attacks to resist them.

Liu Qing’s Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands overwhelmed the fighters at Marineford, while the Five Elders and Holy Knights arrived from Mary Geoise directly in the middle of its attacks. The newcomers were immediately caught in the barrage, leaving the defenders with little hope of holding out.

• Garp, Douglas Bullet, Red-Hair, and the others failed to stop the descending fists, and most of them were badly injured after only a few strikes.
• Teach watched from afar and became obsessed with Liu Qing’s Wood Release and More-More Fruit abilities, though Shiryu and the rest of his crew warned him against challenging Liu Qing.
• The Five Elders struggled to persuade Zhao Xienan to teleport them to Marineford until Saint Figarland Garling’s Conqueror’s Haki cleared the old man’s mind, and Zhao Xienan sent them and the Holy Knights there.
• Kaido and the remaining fighters continued battling the fists as Douglas Bullet’s combined form was battered down, while Plague Queen explained that the giant Buddha’s increased density strengthened its defense.
• The Five Elders and Holy Knights appeared at the center of the attack; Saint Shepherd Ju Peter was struck while transforming, and the other Elders and Holy Knights fought desperately to defend themselves.

Liu Qing ended his assault on the assembled Marines, pirates, Five Elders, and Holy Knights, then recruited Douglas Bullet and arranged for Dracule Mihawk to train Zoro. As the survivors left Marineford, Liu Qing promised to treat Whitebeard and the Five Elders lamented the failure of their plan to weaken the New World powers.

• Saint Shepherd Sommers pulled the Five Elders and Holy Knights out of Liu Qing's attack while Kaido covered him, but Liu Qing then unleashed the remaining fists and knocked nearly everyone down.
• Liu Qing stopped attacking and told the injured leaders they could leave, then Douglas Bullet released his fusion form and agreed to join Liu Qing's company.
• Liu Qing recruited Bullet as the company's public face, while Doflamingo proposed a Dressrosa branch and Liu Qing agreed to consider working together.
• Liu Qing promised Marco, Annie, and Luffy that Whitebeard would receive treatment, then persuaded Dracule Mihawk to mentor Zoro and join the company as a guest retainer.
• Inazuma agreed to Liu Qing's request and left with Sanji, while the Five Elders realized their war had failed to eliminate any major powers and their undercover agents had been exposed.

The Five Elders reported Liu Qing’s overwhelming strength to Imu, and the World Government issued him a ten-billion-Beli bounty after the Marineford battle. At the Badass Delivery Company, Liu Qing outlined plans to pursue Pure Gold, recover resources from Punk Hazard, and expand the company, leaving Robin and Bullet with responsibilities.

• The Five Elders told Imu that Liu Qing had defeated more than twenty Admiral-level fighters, and Imu ordered them to leave without revealing her existence.
• The Five Elders approved new bounties, including ten billion Beli for Liu Qing, and newspapers carried the battle reports and bounty posters around the world.
• At the Badass Delivery Company, Luo and Marco worked to repair Whitebeard’s hidden injuries while the others showed off their new bounty posters.
• Liu Qing told Bullet that Luo could restore his ears, then said he planned to give the World Government trouble after Whitebeard recovered.
• Liu Qing described plans to find Pure Gold and capture M. Caesar Clown, retrieve an Artificial Devil Fruit from Punk Hazard, and kill several people there.
• Liu Qing assigned Robin responsibility for recruitment and company management, and told Bullet to train the subordinates he planned to bring back.

Liu Qing learned that the Mad Dog Pirates had invaded San Faldo Island and rushed there to help. As the pirates attacked the harbor, Kalifa returned to defend the island while her injured former CP9 companions remained hidden, and she faced Captain Hikawa Kōhan in battle.

• Liu Qing assigned Whitebeard to watch for a lanternfish, left company security to Bullet, and asked Robin to handle recruitment before Iceburg called for help from San Faldo Island.
• Liu Qing learned that former CP9 members had failed to stop the Mad Dog Pirates, promised to reach the island within an hour, and flew there on a Wood Dragon.
• Hikawa Kōhan ordered his pirates to shell the harbor, while Kalifa brought Rob Lucci, Kaku, Jabra, Blueno, Kumadori, and Fukurou back to their house to recover.
• Rob Lucci urged Kalifa to help the islanders resist, so she left for the harbor despite having too little money to buy medicine for her companions.
• After the pirates ran out of cannonballs, Hikawa Kōhan transformed into his Teddy dog-human hybrid form and wounded more than a dozen defenders.
• Kalifa struck Hikawa Kōhan with Rankyaku and faced him as he mocked her injured companions and warned of his deadly rabies-inflicting attacks.

Kalifa fought Hikawa Kōhan as his rabies-inflicting attacks devastated San Faldo, but she exhausted herself protecting fleeing residents. Liu Qing arrived, saved her from the final barrage, and faced Hikawa Kōhan, who recognized the ten-billion-Beli pirate.

• Kalifa warned San Faldo’s injured residents that Hikawa Kōhan’s rabies virus had no cure, then fought him with Geppo and Rankyaku.
• Hikawa Kōhan’s attacks spread the virus and killed civilians, while Kalifa used golden bubbles to make the ground slippery and evade his bite.
• Hikawa Kōhan unleashed a rapid barrage that killed his own underlings as they turned against him, and Kalifa raised a bubble wall to help others escape.
• Kalifa’s stamina failed, and she collapsed as her bubble wall vanished and Hikawa Kōhan’s energy bullets rushed toward her.
• Liu Qing caught Kalifa, blocked the bullets with Chakra, and confronted Hikawa Kōhan, who recognized his ten-billion-Beli bounty.

Liu Qing rescued the battered CP9 agents and persuaded Rob Lucci and the others to work for him. He contacted the Five Elders to warn them not to pursue the former agents, and they secretly agreed to consider turning Rob Lucci into a mole.

• Liu Qing captured Hikawa Kōhan and told Iceburg he would take him to Caesar Clown for experiments.
• Liu Qing found the injured CP9 agents, healed them, and handed the unconscious Kalifa to Blueno.
• Rob Lucci agreed that CP9 would work under Liu Qing after Liu Qing pointed out that the World Government had hunted them.
• Liu Qing used Spandine's Den Den Mushi to tell the Five Elders that CP9 had joined him and threatened them against interfering.
• The Five Elders agreed to Liu Qing's demand, then discussed offering Rob Lucci the CP0 chief position if he would spy on Liu Qing.

Liu Qing recruited the Kung Fu Dugong tribe from Alabasta and set off with them for Sabaody, while Sanji arrived at Kamabakka Kingdom for training and Zoro and Dracule Mihawk became stranded at sea. The chapter left Zoro and Mihawk paddling toward a strange, food-scented island.

• Liu Qing left Rob Lucci and the other former CP9 agents to report to his company, then declared Water 7, St. Pulu, and San Faldo under his protection.
• Liu Qing visited Alabasta, reunited with Vivi, and traveled with her to the Kung Fu Dugongs’ home near Erumalu.
• After the Kung Fu Dugong leader lost a challenge and accepted Liu Qing as its master, Liu Qing invited the entire tribe to join him and loaded them onto a ship bound for Sabaody.
• Inazuma brought Sanji and a group of pirates in prison uniforms to Kamabakka Kingdom, where Caroline said Emporio Ivankov was waiting.
• Dracule Mihawk discovered Zoro had broken their Log Pose and navigated by drifting; after days without food or water, they spotted a strange island and paddled toward it.

The scattered companions pursued training and helped the communities where Kuma had sent them, while Zoro and Mihawk reached Usopp's island. Liu Qing returned to the Sabaody Archipelago with more than a hundred thousand Kung Fu Dugongs and brought them into the Badass Delivery Company as future core strength.

• Usopp studied plants and seeds under Heracles, then fed Zoro and Mihawk after they rowed ashore exhausted.
• Nami studied weather science to grow stronger, and Haredas demonstrated a knotted rope that generated winds and blew her away.
• Chopper reconciled the Torino Kingdom's residents with the giant birds and researched medicinal herbs with plans to develop a permanently effective Super Rumble Ball.
• Brook helped the people of Harahettania defeat Longarm Tribe bandits and revitalized the kingdom through daily concerts.
• Franky saved Kitton during an escape from modified animals but accidentally triggered Vegapunk's laboratory's self-destruct switch and suffered severe burns.
• Luffy covered the exposed marks on Hancock's sisters during training and won Hancock's affection, while Liu Qing returned to the Sabaody Archipelago and stopped Douglas Bullet from knocking out his Kung Fu Dugong disciples.

Liu Qing assigned company duties, sent Bullet to Punk Hazard, and learned that Kuzan would leave the Marines to avoid a divisive Fleet Admiral contest. He then traveled with Robin to Mary Geoise alongside Sengoku and Sakazuki to request passage through the Holy Land.

• Liu Qing appointed Kalifa to manage the Badass Delivery Company and told Rob Lucci and the others to train the Kung Fu Dugongs in Haki and the Six Powers.
• Liu Qing sent Bullet to Punk Hazard to retrieve Caesar Clown and a pink Devil Fruit, kill Momonosuke and Kin'emon if found, and bring Kuzan back if he lost a fight with Akainu.
• Sengoku announced his retirement and the Fleet Admiral dispute; Kuzan accepted Akainu for the position, requested a long-term infiltration mission at the Badass Delivery Company, and publicly left the Marines.
• Sengoku explained that the World Government planned a Marine recruitment drive and had appointed Aramaki, a Woods-Woods Fruit user, as an admiral.
• Liu Qing and Robin arrived at Mary Geoise and asked the Five Elders for permission to pass through; Sengoku and Sakazuki arrived, and Liu Qing joined them in the elevator.
• Liu Qing teased Sakazuki for staring at Robin and conjured a miniature Wood Release statue, while Robin laughed and the two Marines regretted bringing them along.

Liu Qing forced the Five Elders to let him and Robin pass through Mary Geoise, then continued sailing toward the New World. Meanwhile, Gild Tesoro hosted powerful figures aboard the Gran Tesoro, where Doflamingo offered his artificial SMILE fruits and Kaido agreed to buy the entire supply.

• Liu Qing confronted the Five Elders after Jaygarcia Saturn Saint threatened Robin, and Imu ordered the Elders to grant passage and leave her alone.
• Liu Qing demanded five Devil Fruits as compensation and warned the Five Elders not to harm Robin; they gave Sengoku the signed documents appointing Sakazuki Fleet Admiral.
• Liu Qing comforted Robin, and the pair sailed aboard a ship made with Wood Release while waiting to reach an island.
• Gild Tesoro hosted Saint Rodriguez, Doflamingo, Du Feld, Stussy, and Big News Morgans aboard the Gran Tesoro as Saint Rodriguez borrowed twenty billion Beli to keep gambling.
• Doflamingo offered the group mass-produced artificial Zoan Devil Fruits called SMILE, but the others hesitated over their side effects.
• Kaido arrived and told Doflamingo he would buy the entire monthly supply for Onigashima.

Liu Qing and Robin visited Gran Tesoro, where Tesoro planned to use the city’s gold dust to control him, while Liu Qing recruited Kuzan and sent him on an errand. After Tesoro’s men kept spying on the couple, Liu Qing caught them and headed to confront their boss, drawing Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin’s attention.

• Tesoro agreed to supply Kaido with Artificial Devil Fruits and learned that Liu Qing was approaching Gran Tesoro.
• Liu Qing and Robin entered the golden city in face coverings and explored it together.
• Kuzan arrived at the Badass Delivery Company for an interview, and Liu Qing hired him over the Den Den Mushi.
• Liu Qing told Kuzan to collect Mihawk’s Human Imitators and invite the little girl at Mihawk’s castle to join them, offering Moria as an incentive.
• Liu Qing caught several of Tesoro’s men using Observation Haki to watch him and Robin, then set off to confront their boss as Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin followed to see what would happen.

Liu Qing defeated Gild Tesoro after Tesoro attacked him and boasted that money made him a god. He claimed Gran Tesoro and ordered its visitors to leave, while allowing residents to stay.

• Liu Qing confronted Tesoro with the men who had tried to spy on his live show, and Tesoro killed them dismissively, provoking Liu Qing.
• Tesoro attacked Liu Qing, but Liu Qing overwhelmed him and dispersed the gold dust from Tesoro’s awakened Golden Giant.
• Liu Qing mocked Tesoro for failing to avenge his lover against the Celestial Dragons, then used Hakai with a clone to destroy Tesoro’s Golden El Thor and knock him unconscious.
• Liu Qing asked Kaido whether Tesoro’s mind had been affected by his Devil Fruit awakening, and Kaido said Paramecia awakenings were not known to alter their users’ minds.
• Liu Qing sent clones to drive visitors from Gran Tesoro and announced that the ship belonged to him, giving everyone except residents half an hour to leave with their treasure behind.

Liu Qing recruited Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and underworld leaders to search for the Lantern Fish, whose Pure Gold could grant eternal life, while Kuzan brought Perona into Liu Qing’s faction. After Marco spotted the fish’s golden glow, Liu Qing bound it with Wood Release and began raising it from the seabed, intending to enter its belly and retrieve the Pure Gold without killing it.

• Liu Qing offered Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and Doflamingo a share of the Pure Gold if their forces helped search the seabed for the Lantern Fish.
• Kuzan and Bartolomeo reached Kuraigana Island, where Perona agreed to join Liu Qing’s faction and ordered Bartolomeo to dismantle the castle so she could take it with her.
• After half a month of searching, Marco’s crew spotted the Lantern Fish’s golden glow beneath their ship, and Marco alerted Whitebeard.
• Liu Qing, Whitebeard, Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and the underworld leaders traveled to Marco’s location and watched the Lantern Fish move beneath the sea.
• Liu Qing used Sage Art: Wood Release: Nativity of Several Worlds to bind the Lantern Fish and began pulling it toward the surface.

Liu Qing retrieved pure gold from Lantern Fish, rescued Miskina Achier and Miskina Olga, and recruited Lantern Fish with a promise of regular payment. At Sabaody, he distributed the gold and gained Big News Morgans, Doflamingo, and Du Feld as members of the Delivery Company in exchange for protection.

• Liu Qing entered Lantern Fish’s stomach, found Miskina Achier and Miskina Olga, and promised to retrieve pure gold and help cure Olga’s South Blue Emperor Fever.
• Liu Qing smashed through the facility’s mechanisms, took three pieces of pure gold, and escaped with Miskina Achier and Miskina Olga as Lantern Fish’s stomach acid surged.
• Liu Qing offered Lantern Fish a fist-sized piece of pure gold every five years in exchange for protecting his forces, and Lantern Fish agreed.
• At Sabaody, Liu Qing divided pure gold among the gathered leaders, while Kaido, Whitebeard, and Big Mom departed with their shares.
• Big News Morgans, Doflamingo, and Du Feld joined the Delivery Company in exchange for Liu Qing’s protection, and Doflamingo agreed to surrender control of Dressrosa and release his toys.

Liu Qing secured Doflamingo’s allegiance, received five Devil Fruits from the Holy Knights, and arranged to find Moria while learning about the Human Imitators’ remarkable talents. Elsewhere, Mihawk discovered Kuraigana Island had been emptied, while Bullet captured Caesar Clown and killed Kin'emon and Tao Gou Dan on Liu Qing’s orders.

• Liu Qing warned the Holy Knights not to attack Doflamingo, sent Doflamingo to summon his officers, and accepted five Devil Fruits from Figarland Shamrock.
• Figarland Shamrock asked about buying pure gold for the Five Elders, and Liu Qing questioned why immortal Elders would need it; the Holy Knights and Marines then left.
• Liu Qing checked on Perona and learned from Kuzan that the Human Imitators had quickly mastered the Six Powers and Armament Haki, while the sea cows could coat themselves in Haki.
• Heracles gave Mihawk a Log Pose to Kuraigana Island, where Mihawk found his castle and the Human Imitators gone and decided to seek Liu Qing.
• Bullet reached Punk Hazard, knocked out the laboratory staff, captured Caesar Clown, and took the Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit.
• Bullet found Kin'emon and Tao Gou Dan sheltering in a cave, identified them as his targets, and pulverized the cave and its surroundings until his Observation Haki confirmed they were dead.

Liu Qing learned that Moria was trapped on Thunder Island after fleeing the Blackbeard Pirates and dispatched Bullet and Doflamingo to rescue him and protect Caesar Clown. Moria prepared to escape the island, unaware that Van Augur had spotted him.

• Liu Qing bought Shakky's information about Moria and learned that Moria had been pursued to Thunder Island after the Blackbeard Pirates killed Absalom and Hogback.
• Liu Qing located Thunder Island near Punk Hazard and asked Bullet to rescue Moria while sending Doflamingo to protect Caesar Clown.
• Blackbeard told his crew he wanted Moria's shadow so he could use Moria's power to create fearless subordinates.
• Moria endured a week of lightning on Thunder Island, regained strength, and went toward his boat to escape the Blackbeard Pirates.
• Van Augur spotted Moria hiding behind a large rock and reported his position to Captain Teach.

Douglas Bullet and Doflamingo arrived to rescue Moria from Blackbeard’s crew, and Bullet fought the pirates on Thunder Island. After overwhelming the group, Bullet knocked Shiryu unconscious as Blackbeard tried to negotiate.

• Blackbeard offered to spare Moria if he joined his crew, then ordered his pirates to coat themselves in Armament Haki and attack him.
• Shiryu and Van Augur launched surprise attacks on Moria, but Doflamingo blocked a bullet and revealed that Liu Qing had sent him to rescue Moria.
• Douglas Bullet arrived with Caesar Clown, asked Doflamingo to protect him, and went to save Moria while Blackbeard ordered his crew to attack.
• Bullet smashed the Blackbeard Pirates’ ship with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated punch, then Doflamingo used his strings to bring the exhausted Moria to safety.
• Bullet fought Blackbeard’s crew on Thunder Island for half an hour, leaving them badly injured and drained as the island’s lightning struck them.
• Blackbeard asked Bullet to let his crew leave, but Bullet detected Shiryu’s approach and knocked him unconscious with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated punch.

After the Blackbeard crew was defeated, Liu Qing prepared the Golden Entertainment Complex to open and reconciled his allies. Mihawk and Crocodile joined the Badass Delivery Company, while Crocodile revealed that the World Government was pursuing him for his blood.

• Bullet knocked out Blackbeard's crew, and Doflamingo reported the outcome to Liu Qing.
• Liu Qing and Robin took Perona shopping on Sabaody, while Mihawk and Zoro met Crocodile at sea and accepted a ride on his ship.
• Liu Qing announced Baccarat would manage the completed Golden Entertainment Complex and assigned Big News Morgans to publicize it.
• Liu Qing told Law and Doflamingo to settle their past conflict without killing each other.
• Mihawk confronted Liu Qing after learning Perona had dismantled his castle and moved it; he reluctantly agreed to stay with the company to care for her.
• Crocodile asked to join Liu Qing, explaining the World Government was pursuing him for his blood, and Liu Qing welcomed him and took him to the training grounds.

Liu Qing watched the animals and his fighters battle before Bullet returned with Caesar Clown and the Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit. He distributed six Devil Fruits to the Kung Fu Dugong King, the Baboon King, and their strongest subordinates, leaving the Baboon King to decide whether to risk eating an unidentified fruit.

• Liu Qing watched Rob Lucci spar with the Kung Fu Dugong King, while Kaku fought the Baboon King and was knocked out by its powerful sword slash.
• Bullet and Caesar Clown arrived at Liu Qing's office, learned he was at the training grounds, and went there to find him.
• Bullet told Liu Qing that Little Shorty had died and handed him the Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit.
• Liu Qing stopped the fights, gathered the Kung Fu Dugong King and Baboon King with their strongest subordinates, and gave the pink Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit to the Kung Fu Dugong King.
• Liu Qing distributed Zoan fruits and the Poop-Poop Fruit among the animals, then gave the Baboon King an unidentified Devil Fruit and left the choice to eat it up to him.