Recaps

Zhang Liao arrived in Dressrosa, defeated Doflamingo, and ended the Donquixote Family’s rule, freeing the island and bringing it into the Hua Empire. After securing evidence against the World Government and establishing an imperial base, Zhang Liao turned his attention to the Empire’s coming campaign in Wano Country.

• Zhang Liao arrived with the imperial fleet, cut through the Birdcage, and announced that he would arrest Doflamingo for his crimes.
• The imperial army wiped out the remaining Donquixote Family forces, while Zhang Liao defeated Doflamingo’s ultimate form and had him taken into custody.
• King Riku accepted Dressrosa’s incorporation into the Hua Empire, and the island’s people celebrated their freedom as Luffy and Luo departed for Wano Country.
• Three days later, Zhang Liao ordered Doflamingo’s evidence sent to Chang’an City and directed the army to secure the waters around Dressrosa and establish a New World base.
• Zhang Liao prepared for the Empire’s next campaign in Wano Country, where General Lü Bu and Ma Chao were leading the army.

Lü Bu and Ma Chao led the Hua Empire’s forces into Wano Country and began slaughtering its people, killing Momonosuke and the Nine Red Scabbards. As the invasion spread across the country, Yamato arrived to confront them.

• Lü Bu and Ma Chao landed at Changying Port with fifty thousand imperial soldiers and ordered them to kill everyone in Wano Country.
• Lü Bu flew to the Flower Capital, where his arrival and the soldiers’ attack turned the celebrations into a massacre.
• Lü Bu killed Kin'emon, Raizo, Kikunojo, and the other Nine Red Scabbards after they tried to protect Momonosuke.
• Momonosuke begged for his life, but Lü Bu crushed his skull and joined the forces exterminating Wano Country’s people.
• Ma Chao led the destruction of villages while Lü Bu unleashed shadow blades across the country.
• Yamato charged toward the attackers and demanded that they stop harming Wano Country’s people.

Lü Bu defeated Yamato as she tried to stop the Empire from destroying Wano Country, then ordered her captured and taken to Chang'an City. Yamato was dragged away in Seastone Handcuffs, leaving the ruined Flower Capital behind.

• Yamato attacked Lü Bu with Thunder Bagua, but he knocked her backward and told her that Kaido was imprisoned in Chang'an City.
• Yamato transformed into her Okuchi no Makami form and fired Narukabura, but Lü Bu's Shadow Wall absorbed the attack.
• Lü Bu appeared behind Yamato, injured her, shattered her kneecap, and restrained her with Shadow Power.
• Lü Bu ordered his soldiers to cuff Yamato and take her to Chang'an City to be presented to His Majesty.
• The soldiers used Seastone Handcuffs to disable Yamato's powers and dragged her past the devastated Flower Capital.

After the Hua Empire annihilated Wano Country, Luffy and the Straw Hats returned to find it in ruins and confronted Lü Bu and Ma Chao. The chapter ended with Ma Chao blocking Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji’s attacks as the battle began.

• Lü Bu and Ma Chao reported that the imperial army had wiped out all life in Wano Country, and Lü Bu ordered the captured Pluton blueprints and Road Poneglyph sent to Chang'an City.
• Luffy and the Straw Hats learned from a newspaper that the Hua Empire had destroyed Wano Country and executed the Kozuki Clan, so they turned the Thousand Sunny back toward Wano.
• Luffy and his crew arrived at Changying Port and found burned ships, scattered bones, and the ruined remains of places they had known.
• Luffy vowed to kill Lü Bu and avenge Wano Country’s people, then charged at him in the Flower Capital’s central square.
• Ma Chao intercepted Luffy, and his lightning spear repelled Zoro and Sanji’s simultaneous attacks, leveling the surrounding ruins.

Ma Chao overwhelmed Sanji and Zoro with Zekrom’s lightning, leaving both Straw Hats unconscious. He spared them and left Lü Bu to face Luffy while he searched the area for anyone who had escaped.

• Ma Chao blocked Sanji’s fiery kick with a lightning wall, electrocuted him, and struck him unconscious.
• Zoro attacked Ma Chao to protect Sanji, but Ma Chao blocked his slashes and destroyed his tornado attack with lightning.
• Zoro unleashed King of Hell, Three Dragon Flash, but Ma Chao’s Cross Inazuma overwhelmed it and knocked Zoro unconscious.
• Ma Chao spared Sanji and Zoro, then asked Lü Bu to handle Luffy while he cleared the surrounding area.
• Lü Bu agreed and prepared to test Luffy’s strength.

Luffy fought Lü Bu over Wano’s slaughter, enduring repeated defeats until he awakened Conqueror’s Coating and finally struck Lü Bu. Their battle then became an even exchange, with both continuing to attack.

• Luffy charged Lü Bu in Gear Fourth, but Lü Bu blocked his punches and knocked him down with a single blow.
• Luffy repeatedly got back up and attacked, growing stronger during the fight, while Lü Bu eventually drove him into a crater with a harder punch.
• As Luffy neared unconsciousness, he awakened Conqueror’s Coating and leaped back into the fight.
• Luffy’s coated punch forced Lü Bu to dodge, prompting Lü Bu to wield the Sky Piercer and attack with Giratina: Shadow Slash.
• Luffy countered the slash with a Conqueror’s Coating King Kong Gun, and their collision sent both fighters back three steps.
• Lü Bu and Luffy exchanged shadow slashes and coated punches, turning the fight into a back-and-forth battle.

Lü Bu defeated Luffy after Luffy awakened his Sun God Nika form, and their final clash destroyed Wano Country. Lü Bu spared Luffy and his crew but captured Nico Robin, then withdrew to Dressrosa as the Hua Empire prepared to advance on Totto Land and Hachinosu.

• After Luffy collapsed, his Gum-Gum Fruit awakened and transformed him into Sun God Nika.
• Luffy and Lü Bu fought for six hours in their transformed forms, devastating Wano Country.
• Lü Bu and Luffy unleashed their final attacks, and the collision erased Wano Country beneath an enormous ocean basin.
• Lü Bu spared Luffy and his crew, but his soldiers took the unconscious Nico Robin captive on the Emperor's orders.
• Nami and the others carried Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji aboard the Thousand Sunny and left as Lü Bu's forces withdrew to Dressrosa.
• The Hua Empire prepared to target Big Mom's Totto Land and Blackbeard's Hachinosu next.

After the Hua Empire conquered Wano and seized Pluton, Chen Yu rewarded his generals, ordered Kaido’s public execution, and recruited Nico Robin to decipher the Poneglyphs. As the World Government and other powers reacted to the Empire’s growing strength, Chen Yu announced a campaign to destroy Totto Land in three months.

• Lü Bu and Ma Chao returned to Dressrosa, where Chen Yu promoted them for conquering Wano and recovering Pluton’s blueprints and the Road Poneglyph.
• Chen Yu rejected Yamato’s defense of Wano and ordered her imprisoned with Kaido, whose public execution he scheduled for three days later.
• Mo Di presented plans to upgrade Pluton with new power, armor, flight, and underwater capabilities, while Nico Robin agreed to serve Chen Yu and lead the Empire’s History Research Institute.
• The Five Elders sought allies against the Hua Empire, Blackbeard refused to send troops, Big Mom proposed an alliance in exchange for desserts, and Shanks chose to protect Luffy and wait.
• Chen Yu ordered an invasion of Totto Land in three months, placing Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in command of the vanguard, Lü Bu and Ma Chao over mobile forces, and Gan Ning and Zhou Yu over the naval blockade.

Chen Yu presided over Kaido’s public execution in Dressrosa, declaring that the Hua Empire represented the people Kaido had oppressed. After Lü Bu beheaded Kaido, Chen Yu ordered the Empire to prepare for a campaign against Totto Land in three months.

• Kaido was brought in chains to the execution platform, where the citizens of Dressrosa accused him of murder, forced labor, and tyranny.
• Chen Yu rejected Kaido’s claim that his capture had been a sneak attack and condemned him for oppressing Wano Country and fueling wars across the seas.
• Chen Yu declared that the Hua Empire represented the oppressed and sentenced Kaido to death, refusing Kaido’s request to die by seppuku.
• Lü Bu beheaded Kaido with the Sky Piercer, and the citizens celebrated his execution as news spread across the sea.
• Chen Yu ordered the Empire’s army to prepare for war and announced that he would lead the campaign to annihilate Totto Land in three months.

After Kaido’s execution, the World Government prepared to retreat and defend Mary Geoise, while Blackbeard and Big Mom braced for the Hua Empire’s coming attack. Chen Yu assembled a massive army and new Pluton Battleships for an invasion of Totto Land in three months.

• The Five Elders ordered overseas garrisons to withdraw to the Red Line and planned to reinforce Mary Geoise and protect Lord Imu.
• Blackbeard put his forces on alert and planned to wait for the Hua Empire and Big Mom to weaken each other before striking.
• Big Mom ordered Totto Land’s forces to prepare for war, while Perospero and Katakuri reassured her that its defenses were strong.
• Chen Yu inspected three completed Pluton Battleships in Dressrosa as five hundred thousand imperial troops trained for the campaign.
• Jia Xu reported that Big Mom had sought an alliance with Blackbeard and that some of her children were ready to defect; Chen Yu offered them titles and fiefs if they helped destroy the Big Mom Pirates.
• Chen Yu prepared to lead the Hua Empire against Totto Land in three months, with Blackbeard, Red-Haired, and Mary Geoise as later targets.

Chen Yu launched the Hua Empire’s invasion of Totto Land, and Guan Yu led the northern army against Cracker on Biscuit Island. Guan Yu destroyed Cracker’s forces and island with one slash, killed Cracker, and ordered his troops to prepare to march on Cream Island.

• Chen Yu rallied the imperial army at Dressrosa and ordered the fleet to sail for Totto Land, splitting the forces into three armies.
• Guan Yu led the hundred-thousand-strong northern army to Biscuit Island, where Cracker sent out a hundred thousand regenerating Biscuit Soldiers.
• After the imperial vanguard struggled to harm the Biscuit Soldiers, Guan Yu stepped forward and summoned Rayquaza.
• Guan Yu’s Green Dragon Crescent Slash annihilated the Biscuit Soldiers, destroyed the island’s fortresses and factories, and split Biscuit Island in two.
• Cracker surrendered while secretly reaching for a dagger, but Guan Yu detected the attack and beheaded him.
• Guan Yu ordered his soldiers to secure Biscuit Island, regroup for a day, and march on Cream Island the next day.

Zhang Fei led the Hua Empire’s assault on Juice Island, defeated Smoothie, and captured her after shattering her juice sea with a single punch. With the island liberated, he ordered his forces to secure it and prepare to march on Chocolate Island.

• Smoothie drained hundreds of chained civilians and attacked the arriving imperial fleet with her Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit powers.
• Zhang Fei destroyed Smoothie’s tentacles with Earth Power and countered her sword attacks with a magma fist.
• Smoothie knocked Zhang Fei’s soldiers back with a towering juice sea, but Zhang Fei shattered it with Groudon: Continental Break.
• Zhang Fei caught Smoothie as she tried to flee, and his soldiers bound her in Seastone Handcuffs.
• Zhang Fei ordered the army to take control of Juice Island and march on Chocolate Island the next morning as the civilians celebrated their liberation.

Gan Ning and Zhou Yu destroyed Big Mom’s navy, captured Perospero, and blockaded Totto Land while Big Mom’s hunger pangs plunged Whole Cake Island into chaos. Katakuri offered to submit to the Hua Empire, and Chen Yu arrived with the main fleet to begin an assault on the island.

• Gan Ning summoned a massive tsunami that wrecked Big Mom’s warships, and Zhou Yu burned the surviving ships with Ho-Oh’s Sacred Fire.
• Gan Ning captured Perospero and, with Zhou Yu, blockaded every sea route around Totto Land.
• News of Cracker’s death, Smoothie’s capture, and the fleet’s destruction spread panic through Whole Cake Island, while Katakuri foresaw Big Mom’s defeat and the Charlotte Family’s destruction.
• Big Mom’s hunger pangs sent her rampaging through the Royal Palace, and Katakuri ordered an aide to contact the Hua Empire’s Covert Line with an offer to submit in exchange for his family’s safety.
• Chen Yu arrived off Whole Cake Island with the imperial main fleet and ordered an all-out attack.

Chen Yu led the Hua Empire’s forces into Whole Cake Island, where Katakuri surrendered to spare the Charlotte Family and civilians. Chen Yu confronted Big Mom and overwhelmed her powers, leaving her buried beneath a collapsed cream mountain.

• Chen Yu ordered the imperial army to land on Whole Cake Island as the defeated Big Mom Pirates surrendered.
• Katakuri opened the Royal Palace gates and surrendered to Ma Chao, trusting Chen Yu’s promise to spare innocent members of the Charlotte Family.
• Big Mom attacked Katakuri, but Chen Yu appeared and stopped her fist with one hand.
• Chen Yu’s golden Conqueror’s Haki overwhelmed Big Mom’s, and his Imperial Qi purified the souls she had stolen.
• Chen Yu struck Big Mom with Imperial Fist: Mountain Breaker, breaking both her arms and sending her crashing into a cream mountain that collapsed over her.

Chen Yu defeated and killed Big Mom after destroying her Homies and overcoming her Soul Titan form. He declared Totto Land part of the Hua Empire and freed its people, while the Empire prepared to march on Hachinosu.

• Katakuri stopped Pudding from rushing to Big Mom as Chen Yu's attack left Big Mom badly injured.
• Chen Yu's Imperial Domain purified Zeus, Prometheus, and Napoleon, and their destruction weakened Big Mom.
• Big Mom used Ikoku Sovereignty and then burned her life force to transform into the Soul Titan, but Chen Yu's imperial avatar overpowered her.
• Chen Yu struck the Soul Titan with Imperial Fist: Falling Star, purifying Big Mom until she disappeared completely.
• Chen Yu declared Totto Land a Hua Empire commandery, abolished slavery and the Lifespan Tax, and promised equal rights to its citizens.
• The people celebrated their freedom, and the Hua Empire set its next destination as Hachinosu, where Blackbeard awaited.

Zhang Liao defeated Blackbeard’s surprise attack on Dressrosa and forced the Blackbeard Pirates to flee to Hachinosu. After receiving the victory report, Chen Yu approved plans to march on Hachinosu while reviewing the Empire’s expansion and preparations for a final assault on Mary Geoise.

• Blackbeard attacked Dressrosa to seize its Pluton Battleships, but Zhang Liao was waiting to defend the harbor.
• Zhang Liao defeated Shiryu and wounded Blackbeard, forcing the Blackbeard Pirates to retreat to Hachinosu with heavy losses.
• Chen Yu received the report three days later, and Guo Jia proposed wiping out the Blackbeard Pirates at Hachinosu.
• Liu Bei reported that Totto Land had been settled under imperial rule, while Zhuge Liang reported that the Four Blues and the first half of the Grand Line had been organized into seventy-two commanderies and counties.
• Mo Di reported that five upgraded Pluton Battleships were combat-ready and that a more powerful super warship was in development; Chen Yu ordered further weapons research for the assault on Mary Geoise.

Chen Yu learned that the World Government was preparing to attack the Hua Empire’s rear and recruit Red-Haired Shanks, then ordered a massive campaign against Blackbeard’s Hachinosu. After three days of preparations, Chen Yu led a million soldiers and a fleet toward the island, leaving the war underway.

• Guo Jia and Jia Xu reported on the World Government’s defenses, the Holy Knights, and Blackbeard’s plans to exploit the conflict.
• Sabo arrived with Dragon’s warning that the Holy Knights might attack the Empire’s rear and the World Government was seeking an alliance with Red-Haired Shanks; Chen Yu said he was prepared.
• Chen Yu announced an invasion of Hachinosu and assigned Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Lü Bu, Ma Chao, Gan Ning, Zhou Yu, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Chinjao, Zhang Liao, and Bai Qi their military roles.
• The Hua Empire spent three days preparing its forces at Whole Cake Island, assembling warships, Pluton Battleships, and a million soldiers.
• Chen Yu ordered the fleet to set sail for Hachinosu, beginning the campaign against Blackbeard.

Chen Yu’s imperial fleet attacked Honey Island and Liquor Island, while Guan Yu confronted and killed Jesus Burgess with a slash that split Honey Island in two. Guan Yu freed the surviving slaves and prepared his forces to advance on Hachinosu’s main island the next day.

• Chen Yu ordered General Guan Yu’s northern army and General Zhang Fei’s southern army to attack Honey Island and Liquor Island simultaneously.
• Jesus Burgess and his pirates fought the imperial landing force, and Burgess used his Strong-Strong Fruit to devastate the soldiers.
• Guan Yu confronted Burgess and killed him with a Green Dragon Crescent Slash that cleaved through Burgess and split Honey Island in two.
• Guan Yu ordered his troops to free the slaves, distribute food and medicine, eliminate the remaining pirates, and establish a temporary camp.
• Guan Yu planned to advance on Hachinosu’s main island the next day and turn his attention to Blackbeard.

Zhang Fei led the Southern Route Army onto Liquor Island, where he defeated and killed Shiryu despite the pirate’s traps and invisibility. After freeing the island’s prisoners, Zhang Fei ordered his army to rest before marching on Hachinosu to capture Blackbeard.

• Shiryu set traps across Liquor Island and ordered his pirates to ambush Zhang Fei’s landing force.
• Zhang Fei destroyed the traps and fought off Shiryu’s invisible attacks by using Observation Haki to locate him.
• Shiryu unleashed his sword’s demonic power, but Zhang Fei transformed into a giant and shattered the island with Continental Break.
• Zhang Fei crushed Shiryu and First Generation Raiu, then led his troops to wipe out the remaining pirates and free thousands of slaves.
• Zhang Fei ordered his army to rest and prepare to attack Hachinosu at dawn and capture Blackbeard alive.

After the Hua Empire destroyed Blackbeard's defenses on Hachinosu, Chen Yu confronted Blackbeard at the royal palace. The two prepared to fight as the battle for the seas reached its decisive moment.

• Blackbeard raged over Burgess and Shiryu's deaths and ordered his forces to defend the royal palace, hoping to hold out for three days.
• Chen Yu ordered an all-out assault, and three Pluton Battleships bombarded Hachinosu before the imperial army landed.
• Lü Bu, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, and Zhao Yun led the imperial forces through the pirates' defenses and advanced to the royal palace.
• Chen Yu reached the palace, where Blackbeard confronted him and declared that they would fight to the death.
• Chen Yu raised his hand as Imperial Qi and Conqueror's Haki gathered, and the ultimate battle was about to begin.

Chen Yu’s forces cornered Blackbeard at Hachinosu, and Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun killed two of his remaining officers. Chen Yu prepared to face Blackbeard as the siege continued.

• Chen Yu crushed Blackbeard’s Conqueror’s Haki and ordered his generals to attack.
• Huang Zhong used Dialga’s power to predict Van Augur’s shots, then froze time and killed him with an arrow.
• Zhao Yun burned away Doc Q’s poison with Reshiram’s Sacred Fire and killed Doc Q with his spear.
• Zhao Yun’s Sacred Fire purified the toxins Doc Q had spread across the island.

Ma Chao shattered Lafitte’s illusion, killed him, and helped finish off the Blackbeard Pirates’ officers. Enraged, Blackbeard unleashed the combined power of his Dark-Dark Fruit, Yamata no Orochi Fruit, and Haki, but Chen Yu entered the fight and confronted him.

• Ma Chao broke Lafitte’s Dark Nightmare illusion with Zekrom lightning and Observation Haki.
• Ma Chao severed Lafitte’s wings with Cross Inazuma, then killed him with his spear.
• Lü Bu, Gan Ning, and the others defeated the remaining Blackbeard Pirates officers, leaving their forces crushed.
• Blackbeard unleashed his Dark-Dark Fruit, Yamata no Orochi Fruit, and three types of Haki, then attacked the Empire’s formation with Dark Serpent: Twin Polarity Haki Breaker.
• Dian Wei and Chinjao formed a barrier that withstood Blackbeard’s attack as Chen Yu rose into the sky and nullified the darkness and venom with his Imperial Qi and Haki.
• Chen Yu told Marshall D. Teach that his performance was over.

Chen Yu defeated and killed Blackbeard after their Haki domains and giant forms clashed above Hachinosu. He declared Hachinosu part of the Hua Empire as Justice Island, then ordered his officials to prepare to overthrow the World Government at Mary Geoise.

• Blackbeard attacked Chen Yu with the combined powers of his Dark-Dark Fruit, Yamata no Orochi Fruit, and Haki, but Chen Yu's Imperial Fist shattered his defenses and severely wounded him.
• Blackbeard burned his life force to transform into the Yamata no Orochi Dark Demon, while Chen Yu answered with the Imperial Golden Body; their Haki domains collided over Hachinosu.
• After a two-hour battle, Chen Yu struck Blackbeard with Imperial Fist: Falling Star, purifying Blackbeard, his Devil Fruits, and his soul.
• Chen Yu declared Hachinosu part of the Hua Empire and renamed it Justice Island, promising freed slaves land, homes, and an end to slavery.
• Liu Bei and the imperial army took control of Justice Island, reassured its people, and began rebuilding the island.
• Chen Yu told his officials that Mary Geoise was their next target, and they pledged to overthrow the World Government.

After the Egghead revelations, Luffy reaffirmed his commitment to his crew’s dreams as the Straw Hat Pirates sailed through the New World. Shanks confronted them and declared that Luffy had to defeat him to earn the right to reach Laugh Tale, leaving both crews headed for a decisive battle.

• Nami and Robin discussed the erased Void Century, while Luffy said the crew should focus on pursuing their dreams.
• Luffy vowed to fight Lü Bu again, and Zoro warned that the Straw Hats were not yet strong enough to challenge the Hua Empire.
• Franky spotted the Red Force approaching, and Luffy greeted Shanks with excitement.
• Shanks told Luffy that he had to defeat the last remaining Emperor before claiming the right to reach Laugh Tale.
• Luffy accepted Shanks’s trial, and both crews moved toward a nearby archipelago to begin their battle.

Usopp faced his father, Yasopp, in a sniper duel and proved how much he had grown as a member of the Straw Hat Pirates. Yasopp conceded after Usopp landed a precise shot on his rifle, and the two reconciled.

• Yasopp challenged Usopp to a fight, and Usopp declared he would defeat his father and prove himself.
• Usopp attacked with Green Star plants, but Yasopp destroyed them and wounded Usopp with a curving bullet.
• Usopp pushed his Observation Haki to its limit and launched a tracking Firebird Star that Yasopp narrowly dodged.
• Usopp fired a final shot that struck Yasopp’s rifle trigger, and Yasopp admitted defeat.
• Usopp cried with relief as Yasopp praised his growth and called him a true sniper.