Recaps

After Hua Country unified the West Blue, Chen Yu rejected calls to proclaim himself emperor and prepared for an imminent war with the World Government. As Hua Country’s forces mobilized, major powers across the seas reacted to the coming conflict.

• A report announced that Hua Country had defeated the last Marine branch in the West Blue, and Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia detailed its conquests and captured resources.
• Guo Jia led the officials in urging Chen Yu to proclaim himself emperor, but Chen Yu postponed the matter and called a private council with Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, Xun Yu, and Chinjao.
• Guo Jia reported that the Three Admirals, Cipher Pol Aigis Zero, and the Holy Knights were moving against Hua Country, and Chen Yu ordered the armies to gather near the former Ballywood Kingdom and prepare for war.
• Chen Yu ordered Xun Yu to integrate the conquered lands and Guo Jia to intensify intelligence gathering as Hua Country’s generals took up positions for the coming battle.
• Whitebeard and Shanks ordered their crews to watch the World Government and Hua Country, while Charlotte Linlin planned to propose a marriage between Smoothie and Chen Yu and Kaido ordered faster development of Artificial Devil Fruits.

Hua Country and the Marines faced off in the West Blue, with all Three Admirals confronting Hua Country’s formidable commanders. Gan Ning launched a surprise attack on the Marine fleet, and Guan Yu intercepted Akainu’s counterattack, beginning the decisive battle.

• Hua Country’s commanders gathered aboard the fleet while Chen Yu and his advisers watched from a border city as the Marine fleet arrived with all Three Admirals.
• Akainu rejected calls to wait for the Holy Knights and considered a probing bombardment, while Aokiji noticed the sea churning beside the Marine fleet.
• Gan Ning and his Brocade Sail troops attacked from beneath the water, rupturing a Marine warship and disabling another ship’s steering.
• Gan Ning surfaced and declared the sea belonged to Hua Country, prompting Akainu to attack him with Great Eruption.
• Guan Yu appeared before Gan Ning and cleaved Akainu’s magma fist in two, declaring that Sakazuki was his opponent.

Hua Country's forces and the Marines fought across the frozen N-7 Sea Area as Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Lü Bu, and Ma Chao clashed with Marine officers. The battle reached a deadlock before Saint Figarland Shamrock and the Holy Knights arrived, bringing the fighting to a halt.

• Zhang Fei raised volcanic land beneath the ice, and Aokiji tried to freeze it while Zhao Yun attacked Onigumo and Strawberry before Kizaru intercepted him.
• Guan Yu and Akainu fought until Lü Bu challenged Akainu, prompting Guan Yu to withdraw and leaving Lü Bu to face him.
• Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia directed Hua Country's fleet against the Marines as Gan Ning's troops struck from underwater, while Ma Chao attacked the enemy ranks and fought Onigumo and Strawberry.
• The Marines began to push back with their numerical advantage as the battlefield's fighting intensified.
• Saint Figarland Shamrock arrived aboard a black warship with the Holy Knights, and their Conqueror's Haki silenced both armies.

The Holy Knights arrived in the N-7 waters, and Saint Figarland Shamrock began fighting Guan Yu while Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun continued their battles against Aokiji and Kizaru. The chapter left all three clashes underway, with Zhao Yun's Blue Flare · Draco Meteor colliding with Kizaru's Light-Speed Kick.

• Saint Figarland Shamrock condemned the Marines and challenged Hua Country, and Guan Yu met his Conqueror's Haki with his own.
• Saint Shamrock transformed Cerberus into a three-headed hound and clashed with Guan Yu, who used Green Dragon Crescent · Dragon-Tornado Crescent to destroy the hound's attacks.
• Zhang Fei awakened undersea volcanoes and erupted magma swords, while Aokiji froze them with Ice Age · Absolute Zero.
• Zhang Fei melted Aokiji's ice attacks and raised pillars of magma to block Aokiji's escape routes.
• Zhao Yun and Kizaru exchanged attacks at high speed, and Zhao Yun intercepted Kizaru's light projectiles with Reshiram's flames.
• Zhao Yun countered Kizaru's Light-Speed Kick with Blue Flare · Draco Meteor, setting off an explosion that lit the battlefield.

Huang Zhong and his allies fought escalating battles against the Holy Knights and Marines, forcing their opponents to take them seriously. Ma Chao assumed his Zekrom dragonman form against five Vice Admirals while Chen Yu watched the unresolved war from the former Ballywood Kingdom.

• Huang Zhong slowed Manmaiya's bullets with his Dialga ability and grazed her with a time-powered arrow, prompting her to load explosive rounds.
• Lü Bu countered Akainu's magma with Giratina's distortion powers and attacked with his Conqueror's Haki-coated Sky Piercer.
• Dian Wei blocked Limossif's Qilin attacks and forced him to strengthen his transformation, while Chinjao shattered Shepherd's thorns and pressed his attack without using his fruit ability.
• Gan Ning destroyed Thatcherz's icy footing with a vortex and surrounded her with waterspouts, prompting her to prepare a special Devil Fruit ability.
• Ma Chao fought Doberman, Onigumo, Strawberry, Yamakaji, and Momonga before transforming into his Zekrom dragonman form to escalate the battle.
• Chen Yu watched the fighting from a throne atop the former Ballywood Kingdom's walls with his hands resting on the sheathed Tai'a.

Ma Chao fought five elite Marine Vice Admirals above the N-7 Sea Area, using his Zekrom Fruit powers to overwhelm their attacks. He left Doberman and Onigumo unconscious after defeating their combined strike, while Strawberry, Yamakaji, and Momonga remained battered and faced him.

• Ma Chao countered Doberman and Onigumo’s attacks, then used a lightning field to weaken Strawberry, Yamakaji, and Momonga’s assaults.
• Ma Chao blasted Momonga into the sea and injured Strawberry and Yamakaji with tracking lightning shots.
• Doberman and Onigumo launched their strongest attacks together, but Ma Chao pierced through them with Thunder Halberd: Azure Thunder Piercing Strike.
• Ma Chao’s lightning sent Doberman and Onigumo crashing through two Marine warships, leaving both Vice Admirals unconscious.
• Strawberry, Yamakaji, and Momonga regrouped, shaken by Ma Chao’s strength and the judgment-like willpower in his lightning.

Ma Chao trapped Stoberry, Yamakaji, and Momonga in a powerful lightning domain and attacked them with relentless thunder techniques. By the end, Yamakaji was unconscious, Momonga was seriously injured, and Stoberry remained under assault.

• Stoberry, Yamakaji, and Momonga used Life Return · Fleeting Beauty to boost their strength and charged at Ma Chao.
• Ma Chao unleashed Mamaragan Sky Prison Attraction, trapping the three Vice Admirals in a lightning domain filled with attacking chains.
• Stoberry struggled against the chains while Yamakaji tried to break through, and Momonga dodged them while searching for a weakness.
• Ma Chao fired Thunder Fang Barrage at Momonga, who shattered most of the bolts but was struck by several and badly injured.
• Yamakaji turned to rescue Momonga, but Ma Chao struck him with Thunder Palm · Heaven Shattering and knocked him unconscious in a crater in the ice.

Ma Chao defeated Strawberry and devastated the N-7 Sea Area, leaving Momonga as the only Vice Admiral still standing. As Ma Chao prepared to finish him, Chen Yu sensed an unexpected presence and chose to let Ma Chao face the danger himself.

• Strawberry unleashed his suicidal Two-Sword Style secret art against Ma Chao, who answered with a devastating lightning attack that obliterated Strawberry and tore through the sea.
• The blast left Yamakaji unconscious and Doberman and Onigumo adrift, while Momonga survived the shock wave but was badly injured.
• Ma Chao landed before Momonga and demanded that he surrender or die; Momonga struggled to raise his sword for one last stand.
• Chen Yu sensed an unexpected presence, abandoned his plan to intervene, and decided that the pressure might help Ma Chao break through to Admiral level.

Sengoku arrived on the battlefield, saved Momonga, and tried to halt the fighting, but Ma Chao refused and challenged him. Their clash left Ma Chao wounded and exhausted, yet he insisted on continuing as Huang Zhong noticed Sengoku’s arrival.

• Sengoku intercepted Ma Chao’s lightning strike and saved Momonga from death.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to take their wounded officers for treatment, then urged Ma Chao to stop fighting.
• Ma Chao rejected Sengoku’s offer and demanded a battle, so Sengoku transformed into his Buddha Form and attacked with a shockwave.
• Ma Chao countered with Divine Thunderbolt Tribulation, and the collision drove him back wounded while Sengoku remained standing.
• Ma Chao refused to retreat and challenged Sengoku again; Sengoku vanished to attack him.
• Huang Zhong sensed Sengoku’s arrival while fighting Manmaiya Diliya, and his arrows subtly changed.

Huang Zhong used the Dialga Fruit and his archery to counter Manmaiya Diliya’s tracking bullets, then intercepted her time-breaking shot in a clash that left both attacks spent. Manmaiya recognized the threat and prepared to escalate.

• Manmaiya Diliya fired a Haki-infused barrage of tracking bullets at Huang Zhong.
• Huang Zhong slowed time around himself and dodged the bullets as they followed his movements.
• Huang Zhong used nine arrows to split the incoming bullets and destroy the barrage.
• Manmaiya fired a time-breaking bullet, but Huang Zhong’s Time Arrow: Skybreaker met it in midair and both attacks were spent.
• Manmaiya’s confidence faltered after Huang Zhong countered her attack, but she declared the exchange only an appetizer.

Huang Zhong and Manmaiya Diliya battled across the ice, matching his control over time against her Fate-Fate Fruit and fate-guided bullets. Their strongest attacks canceled each other out, leaving the ice shattered and the fight unresolved.

• Manmaiya Diliya fired a fate-guided Seastone Bullet that bypassed Huang Zhong's slowed time, but he shattered it with Armament Haki.
• Manmaiya attacked with Fate Dice, and Huang Zhong used Time Arrow: Instant Chain to intercept and destroy her bullets.
• Manmaiya unleashed Bullet Barrage Carnival, but Huang Zhong's Fleeting Splendor arrow annihilated the barrage while she dodged its strike.
• Manmaiya fired Moment of Annihilation, and Huang Zhong countered with Roar of Time, which erased her attack and advanced toward her.
• Manmaiya summoned a staff and raised Absolute Defense, whose fate-thread shield stopped the arrow but vanished with it as the shock wave shattered the surrounding ice.

Huang Zhong fought Manmaiya, whose fate-based powers let her regenerate from fatal injuries, and ultimately killed her with a time-warping blade technique. Chen Yu warned Hua Country’s generals about the Holy Knights’ abilities as Huang Zhong returned to the main battlefield.

• Manmaiya abandoned ranged attacks and charged Huang Zhong, but he overwhelmed her in close combat, severing her hand and pulverizing her body with a temporal blade strike.
• Manmaiya regenerated, and Chen Yu used his psychic powers to tell Hua Country’s generals that the Holy Knights could recover from fatal injuries, were vulnerable to powerful Conqueror’s Haki, and could summon allies through Abyss Magic Circles.
• Manmaiya attacked with fate-altering staff techniques, but Huang Zhong used his temporal perception and Dialga’s power to disrupt her attacks and their cause-and-effect links.
• Manmaiya unleashed her Circle of the End, superimposing countless bad outcomes onto reality, while Huang Zhong gathered Dialga’s temporal energy into his blade.
• Huang Zhong’s Time-Reversing Hakai shattered Manmaiya’s fate defense and broke her staff, severing her existence and killing her.
• Huang Zhong discarded the broken staff into the sea and walked toward the main battlefield.

Chinjao fought Saint Shepherd Sommers across the ice-and-fire battlefield, using his Rhyperior Fruit and Hasshoken to withstand Sommers’s thorn attacks and counter with powerful shockwaves. Chinjao transformed into a heavily armored form and launched a storm of stone spikes at Sommers.

• Chinjao charged Sommers with a massive stone cone, but Sommers stopped it with a thorn net.
• Chinjao shattered the thorn net with a Hasshoken shockwave and wounded Sommers.
• Sommers attacked Chinjao with thorn swords, but Chinjao’s armor and shockwaves repelled most of the strikes.
• Sommers surrounded Chinjao with thorn vines, and Chinjao met the assault with a spinning, Haki-coated drill attack.
• Chinjao emerged in a larger stone-armored form and fired a storm of Haki-infused stone spikes at Sommers.

Chinjao drove Saint Shepherd Sommers back with Rhyperior’s power, but Sommers used the Thorn-Thorn Fruit to harm Hua Country’s wounded soldiers and exploit Chinjao’s concern for his crew. Enraged, Chinjao fully transformed and unleashed a devastating energy cannon at Sommers’s enormous thorn barrier, and their clash flattened the surrounding battlefield.

• Chinjao pierced Sommers’s thorn defenses with Hasshoken and Rhyperior-powered attacks, wounding him and forcing him backward.
• Sommers planted Painful Whisper in the ice and used Causal Transfer to inflict invisible thorn wounds on injured Hua Country sailors who touched one another.
• Chinjao grew furious at Sommers’s attack on his men and entered Rhyperior’s Full Beast Transformation.
• Chinjao fired his Destruction Energy Cannon at Sommers, who raised a massive Haki-coated Symbiotic Wall to meet it.
• The cannon and barrier collided in a vast explosion that flattened or vaporized the battlefield for hundreds of meters.

Chinjao and Saint Shepherd Sommers unleashed their ultimate attacks, leaving both fighters gravely wounded and near death. Zhou Yu began treating Chinjao as Sommers was teleported away, and Sai led the Hua Country forces back into the battle.

• Chinjao used Conqueror's Haki to suppress Saint Shepherd Sommers's regeneration, but Sommers awakened his thorn powers and launched Endgame Strike.
• Chinjao unleashed Earth-Shaking God-Slaying Drill, and the two attacks collided in a devastating blast that carved a huge crater into the battlefield.
• Chinjao and Sommers both survived the clash but lay critically injured, with Sommers's thorn regeneration slowed and Chinjao unable to stand.
• Zhou Yu arrived and used Ho-Oh's flames to treat Chinjao, while ordering Sai and the others to guard the area.
• Saint Shepherd Sommers was teleported away after vowing revenge, and Sai rallied the Hua Country forces to charge the enemy lines.

Dian Wei fought Limossif Saint Killingham, whose Qilin Fruit created dreamlike attacks that tested both his defense and his mind. Dian Wei resisted the illusions, but Saint Killingham summoned shadow wolves drawn from Dian Wei’s childhood fears.

• Limossif Saint Killingham created an ivory hall with his Dream Manifestation ability and challenged Dian Wei to kneel.
• Dian Wei shattered Saint Killingham’s summoned thunder with a single punch and resisted cloud ropes that failed against his defensive domain.
• Dian Wei and Saint Killingham clashed fist against hoof, and both held their ground despite the force of the impact.
• Saint Killingham targeted Dian Wei with an illusion of his dead companions, but Dian Wei broke it with his will to protect.
• Saint Killingham summoned shadow wolves resembling the pack that had nearly killed Dian Wei as a child, and they lunged at him.

Dian Wei resisted Saint Killingham’s dream-based attacks and unleashed Zamazenta’s defensive power, but his deepest fear briefly destabilized his barrier. He overcame the illusion through his resolve to protect Chen Yu and charged Saint Killingham with a devastating halberd strike that shattered the dream domain.

• Dian Wei destroyed Limocif’s shadow wolves and dispelled the sorrowful specters with his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Saint Killingham summoned an army of heavenly illusions, but Dian Wei activated King’s Domain: Indestructible Bulwark and repelled their attacks.
• Saint Killingham projected an image of Chen Yu in danger, causing Dian Wei’s barrier to falter.
• Dian Wei recalled Chen Yu’s strength, reclaimed his resolve, and used Haki Will: Immovable as a Mountain to shatter the illusion.
• Dian Wei charged Saint Killingham with Ten-Thousand-Jun Evil-Breaker, breaking apart the dream domain around him.

Dian Wei broke through Saint Killingham’s dream defenses and wounded him with attacks grounded in conviction, but the Holy Knight escaped before Dian Wei could finish him. Dian Wei then returned to the battlefield to protect Chen Yu.

• Saint Killingham’s Dream Reincarnation: Sevenfold Gate and Eternal Slumber Lullaby failed to stop Dian Wei’s halberds, and Dian Wei shattered his defenses and sent him crashing into the sea.
• Saint Killingham charged Dian Wei in qilin form, but Dian Wei met his claw with an Armament Haki-coated fist and forced him back.
• Saint Killingham awakened his Dream Domain: Myriad Manifestations, while Dian Wei used Observation Haki to locate his core and an Indestructible Golden Body to weaken the domain’s attacks.
• Saint Killingham gathered the domain’s power into a giant qilin claw, but Dian Wei shattered it with his halberds and struck Saint Killingham into the sea.
• Saint Killingham’s presence fled through spatial power, and Dian Wei admitted his Conqueror’s Haki was not strong enough to kill him before returning to protect Chen Yu.

Lü Bu battled Akainu at the center of the N-7 Sea Area, using Netherworld Energy to counter the Marine admiral’s magma and forcing him to unleash his awakened power. Their escalating attacks ended in a massive explosion that devastated nearby Navy ships while the fight remained unresolved.

• Akainu insulted Lü Bu and Hua Country, and Lü Bu declared that he would establish a new order through strength.
• Akainu attacked with Hell Hound, but Lü Bu’s Conqueror's Fist: Netherworld Devour consumed the magma and left Akainu stunned.
• Lü Bu used Instant Shadow to strike Akainu with the Sky Piercer, and Akainu answered with Great Eruption in a clash that left purple-black marks on his arms.
• Akainu began awakening his magma power, while Lü Bu used Pluton: Abyssal Rift to distort and weaken the magma in Akainu’s domain.
• Lü Bu attacked with Netherworld Oni Giri, and Akainu countered with Great Eruption, triggering an explosion that overturned and destroyed nearby Navy warships.

Lü Bu transformed the N-7 Sea Area into his netherworld domain and fought Akainu through a series of devastating clashes, leaving both of them battered but still determined to continue. After Lü Bu countered Akainu’s magma meteor barrage, Akainu charged into the domain to fight him at close range.

• Lü Bu transformed into his Giratina-powered demon form and spread his Death Realm Descends domain across the battlefield, draining nearby Marines and suppressing Akainu.
• Akainu answered with Magma Hell: Purifying Earth, and his magma clashed with Lü Bu’s domain as Lü Bu’s Nether Dragon Devours the World collided with Akainu’s Meteor Volcano.
• The collision created a massive explosion that destroyed nearby warships, damaged Icefire Island, and left Lü Bu and Akainu wounded but ready to continue fighting.
• Akainu launched Heaven-Burning Hell: Meteor Volcano, but Lü Bu slowed and eroded the magma meteors inside his domain before destroying most of them with Netherworld Hundred-Split Slash.
• Akainu abandoned long-range attacks and charged into Lü Bu’s domain, declaring that he would defeat him in close combat.

Lü Bu and Akainu unleashed their ultimate techniques in a devastating clash that left both badly wounded, with neither able to claim victory. They faced each other across a vast whirlpool and vowed to settle the fight another time.

• Akainu and Lü Bu traded fierce attacks across the ice and sea, with Lü Bu’s Netherworld power countering Akainu’s magma and Haki.
• Akainu used his secret art, Magma Core: Crimson Hell, while Lü Bu answered with Overlord: Netherworld Samsara Halberd.
• The secret arts collided in an enormous explosion that engulfed both fighters and alarmed the other combatants nearby.
• Lü Bu and Akainu emerged injured on opposite sides of the whirlpool, with Akainu suffering slightly more and Lü Bu’s Netherworld energy hindering his recovery.
• Akainu said their battle was not over, and Lü Bu vowed to take his head the next time they met.

Guan Yu and Saint Figarland Shamrock fought a devastating duel at the center of the N-7 Sea Area, while their Conqueror's Haki shook the entire battlefield. Their clash continued to escalate, leaving the outcome undecided as nearby forces struggled to withstand the shockwaves.

• Figarland Shamrock declared that the Holy Knights had come to destroy Hua Country, and Guan Yu challenged him to fight.
• Shamrock attacked Guan Yu with Cerberus, but Guan Yu deflected the thrust and blocked his rapid follow-up strikes.
• Guan Yu unleashed Wind and Thunder Rend the Sky, and Shamrock countered with Divine Punishment: Cerberus Bite, creating a massive explosion and whirlpool.
• Shamrock summoned a spectral three-headed hound as Guan Yu charged his Green Dragon Crescent Blade with Conqueror's Haki.
• Their attacks collided, forming a vast storm vortex and enormous waves that battered nearby warships and knocked out weaker soldiers.
• Momonga ordered the forces to retreat from the duel, while Zhuge Liang protected the Hua Country flagship and Guo Jia urged Guan Yu to finish the fight.

Guan Yu and Saint Shamrock fought an escalating duel, matching the Green Dragon Crescent Blade against Cerberus in a series of devastating clashes. Their battle remained unresolved as Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun also pressed their fights against Aokiji and Kizaru.

• Guan Yu and Saint Shamrock's opening attacks collided in a massive blast, and both fighters skidded back with only minor damage.
• Guan Yu and Saint Shamrock resumed their duel in the sky, trading sweeping blade strikes against shifting, threefold sword intents.
• Saint Shamrock unleashed Cerberus's Three-Headed Soul Devourer, and Guan Yu countered with his Wind and Thunder Sky-Rending Slash, cracking the air and crushing the sea below.
• Zhang Fei saw Guan Yu fighting seriously, then smashed Aokiji's ice spear with a Precipice Blade and challenged him to freeze more.
• Zhao Yun parried Kizaru's Yasakani no Magatama and declared it was time to settle their fight.

Saint Shamrock broke the stalemate by ambushing Zhao Yun, forcing Zhang Fei to intervene and leaving the fighters to resume their separate battles. Zhao Yun and Kizaru ended the chapter evenly matched after clashing at full speed.

• Saint Shamrock abandoned his duel with Guan Yu and attacked Zhao Yun from behind, but Zhao Yun blocked the ambush with Blue Flare: Round Dance Formation.
• Kizaru struck at Zhao Yun from the other side, while Zhang Fei charged in to protect him and took Aokiji’s ice spears in the back.
• Guan Yu engaged Saint Shamrock again as Zhang Fei returned to fighting Aokiji and Zhao Yun resumed his duel with Kizaru.
• Zhao Yun evaded and precisely dispersed Kizaru’s Yasakani no Magatama with Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix.
• Zhao Yun used True Sight to meet Kizaru’s Light-Speed Slash with his spear, and the two were blasted apart with neither gaining the advantage.

Zhang Fei drove Aokiji back with relentless magma and brute force while Guan Yu transformed into his Dragon-Man Form and fought Saint Figarland Shamrock. Their strongest attacks collided, and the two continued exchanging blows before separating, exhausted but still airborne.

• Zhang Fei erupted magma swords beneath Aokiji and smashed through his layered ice defenses, forcing him to retreat.
• Guan Yu saw Zhang Fei injured by Saint Figarland Shamrock’s sneak attack and became consumed by fury.
• Guan Yu transformed into his Dragon-Man Form and gathered wind and thunder around the Green Dragon Crescent Blade.
• Saint Shamrock used Guan Yu’s apparent anger to launch a lethal thrust, but Guan Yu remained in control and countered with Eight Directions Annihilation.
• Guan Yu and Figarland clashed repeatedly in the sky, then separated, panting from the exhausting battle.