Chapter Summaries

Sanji infiltrated the Puffing Tom and reached Robin and Franky, while the Straw Hat Pirates raced to catch up after an explosion destroyed the sea railway. As the crew approached Spring Island, Hua Country prepared to exploit the coming Buster Call and the battle at Enies Lobby.

• Sanji unlocked Robin’s prison car and tried to free her, but she urged him to leave; Franky broke free and helped remove her Seastone Handcuffs as Cipher Pol No. 9 discovered them.
• Jabra attacked Sanji, who held him off while Franky worked on Robin’s cuffs.
• Luffy’s group found the railway blown apart, and Luffy stretched his body across the gap so the crew and their allies could cross and continue pursuing the Puffing Tom.
• Zhou Yu received word that the Five Elders had authorized a Buster Call and that five Marine Vice Admirals and ten warships were heading toward Enies Lobby.
• Guo Jia reported the developments to Chen Yu as the Puffing Tom reached Spring Island and Luffy’s group sprinted toward the platform.

Sanji and Franky fought Cipher Pol No. 9 aboard the Puffing Tom until Luffy and the others arrived and reunited with Robin. As Zhou Yu and Chen Yu kept their forces from intervening to exploit the coming confrontation, the train reached Enies Lobby, where Luffy led the group out to face the Marine garrison.

• Sanji and Franky fought Jabra, Kumadori, and Fukurou while Robin begged them to leave her behind.
• Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Chopper, Paulie, and the Galley-La Company shipwrights joined Sanji and Franky aboard the train, and Luffy told Robin they had come to bring her home.
• Lucci led Cipher Pol No. 9 away through a door created by Blueno, while Luffy and the others reassured Robin and she stopped urging them to leave.
• Zhou Yu ordered his fleet to harass the approaching Buster Call fleet without engaging directly, and Chen Yu ordered his agents to observe the battle and ensure Robin survived.
• The Puffing Tom passed through Enies Lobby’s main gate as thousands of Marines prepared to meet it, and Luffy led his companions off the train toward them.

The Straw Hat Pirates fought through Enies Lobby’s Marine defenses to reach Robin, while Lucci prepared to confront them and Zhou Yu ordered Hua Country’s fleets to delay the approaching Buster Call. The chapter left the battle escalating as the pirates charged toward the Courthouse and Hua Country’s ambush awaited the fleet offshore.

• Robin begged Luffy and the others to turn back, but Luffy and his crew vowed to rescue her and fought through the Marines’ first defensive line.
• Lucci and the other Cipher Pol No. 9 members watched the battle from the Courthouse and planned to act after the Marines exhausted the pirates.
• Zhou Yu ordered the First Fleet to delay the Buster Call fleet and the second and Third Fleets to block World Government reinforcements, while the Wind-Listening Guard kept Robin alive.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji advanced toward the Courthouse as Franky, Nami, and Chopper guarded Robin’s prison car; Franky failed to unlock her Seastone Handcuffs.
• After Spandam taunted the pirates over the loudspeakers, Luffy leapt toward the Courthouse and promised Robin they would free her, while Lucci prepared to fight.
• The Buster Call fleet approached Enies Lobby as Hua Country’s forces waited in ambush across the passage.

The Straw Hat Pirates fought Cipher Pol No. 9 at the Courthouse while Robin watched from her transport, and a hidden guard stopped a Marine from attacking her. At the Calm Belt pass, Zhou Yu and Gan Ning used underwater mines and naval attacks to hold back Stainless’s Buster Call fleet, leaving the Marines unable to reach Enies Lobby for hours.

• Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, and Chopper faced Lucci, Kaku, Jabra, Kalifa, Kumadori, and Fukurou in battles across the Courthouse.
• A Marine tried to ambush Robin beside the prisoner transport, but the Wind-Listening Guard shot him with a crossbow bolt and disappeared.
• Spandam called the Buster Call fleet for help, but Stainless and the Vice Admirals were still trapped outside Enies Lobby by an unidentified fleet.
• Stainless ordered his fleet through the Calm Belt pass, where an underwater mine destroyed the vanguard ship and blocked the route.
• Gan Ning and Zhou Yu taunted Stainless and shelled his flagship, then concluded that the mines would hold the Marines back for at least four hours.
• Zhou Yu told Gan Ning that their priority was keeping Robin alive and that the outcome of the Straw Hats’ battle would benefit their plans either way.

Luffy awakened Gear Second and overwhelmed Lucci while the Straw Hats fought Cipher Pol No. 9 to rescue Robin. Zhou Yu’s feint drove the Buster Call fleet back toward Marineford, and the Straw Hats charged toward the Courthouse Tower as the battle continued.

• Lucci defeated Luffy and his allies were pinned down by Cipher Pol No. 9 while Spandam had Robin taken away.
• Luffy activated Gear Second, broke through Lucci’s Iron Body, and attacked him with a barrage of Jet Pistols.
• Stainless ordered the Buster Call fleet to retreat after Hua Country’s bombs and a feint made its forces appear to surround them.
• Zhou Yu ordered Gan Ning to hold position for three hours so the Straw Hats could continue fighting at Enies Lobby.
• Guo Jia told Chen Yu that Luffy had unlocked Gear Second and the Buster Call fleet had fled, while Iceburg’s shipwrights had agreed to submit to Hua Country.
• Luffy ordered the Straw Hats to split up and charge the Courthouse Tower, and they rushed through Enies Lobby to rescue Robin.

The Straw Hat Pirates split up to fight Cipher Pol No. 9 while Franky stopped Spandam from taking Robin through the Gate of Justice. With the Buster Call fleet already driven off by Zhou Yu’s forces, the chapter left the Straw Hats victorious in the Courthouse Tower as Chen Yu prepared to take control of Water 7.

• Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, and Chopper each engaged their Cipher Pol No. 9 opponents inside the Courthouse Tower, while Franky pursued Spandam as he dragged Robin toward the Gate of Justice.
• Spandam accidentally activated the Buster Call and boasted that Enies Lobby would be destroyed, but Franky knocked him unconscious before he could take Robin away; the concealed Wind-Listening Guard stood down after Robin was safe.
• Zhou Yu told Gan Ning that the Buster Call fleet had fled and ordered him to keep the pass blocked for three more hours, while explaining that the World Government’s failure would help Hua Country take Water 7.
• Guo Jia reported to Chen Yu that Robin was safe and the Buster Call fleet was gone; he added that Iceburg had secured the shipwrights’ agreement to submit to Hua Country.
• Luffy defeated Lucci, Zoro defeated Kaku, Sanji defeated Jabra, Nami defeated Kalifa, and Chopper defeated Kumadori and Fukurou as the Straw Hat Pirates overwhelmed Enies Lobby.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates defeated Cipher Pol No. 9 and freed Robin while Zhou Yu and Gan Ning routed the Buster Call Fleet with Phoenix Fire and a tsunami. Chen Yu ordered his forces to withdraw and planned to rescue the defeated Cipher Pol agents for recruitment, as the Straw Hat Pirates prepared to leave Enies Lobby.

• Luffy defeated Lucci, and the Straw Hat Pirates knocked out every member of Cipher Pol No. 9.
• Nami unlocked Robin's Seastone Handcuffs, and Robin reunited with her crewmates.
• Stainless turned the Buster Call Fleet back toward Enies Lobby, but Zhou Yu's Phoenix Fire and Gan Ning's tsunami sank ships and forced the Marines to flee.
• Zhou Yu ordered his fleet to withdraw without revealing its identity, saying its mission to protect Robin was complete.
• Guo Jia reported the victories to Chen Yu, who ordered the Wind-Listening Guard to rescue the injured Cipher Pol agents and bring them to Water 7.
• The Straw Hat Pirates packed their things and prepared to withdraw from Enies Lobby.

The Going Merry rescued the Straw Hat Pirates from Enies Lobby as the Buster Call began, then carried them safely back to Water 7 before breaking apart. Meanwhile, the World Government disowned Cipher Pol No. 9, and Chen Yu ordered his agents to rescue the fleeing agents and recruit them.

• Spandam's accidental activation of the Golden Den Den Mushi triggered a Buster Call, leaving the Straw Hat Pirates with ten minutes to escape Enies Lobby.
• The Going Merry arrived and its Klaba-termann told the crew it had come to take them home; Luffy led the ship through the closing Gate of Justice.
• Lucci and the other Cipher Pol No. 9 agents were expelled and marked for pursuit by the World Government, so they fled toward the West Blue.
• The Five Elders ordered Sengoku to blame the Straw Hat Pirates and Cipher Pol No. 9 for Enies Lobby's fall and raise the crew's bounties.
• Chen Yu ordered the Wind-Listening Guard to follow the wounded agents, rescue them, and bring them to Water 7 for treatment.
• The Going Merry brought the Straw Hat Pirates back to Water 7, where its hull finally broke apart and the crew said goodbye.

The Straw Hat Pirates mourned the Going Merry, then celebrated their new bounties and Franky's decision to join them as they prepared to build the Thousand Sunny. Meanwhile, Hua Country rescued the hunted Cipher Pol No. 9 and prepared to bring Water 7 into its territory, strengthening its plans against the World Government.

• The Going Merry thanked the Straw Hat Pirates before her hull broke apart, and the crew mourned her loss in the dock.
• Three days later, the crew saw their new bounties, including Luffy's 300 million Beli reward, and Franky joined the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Iceburg told a Wind-Listening Guard member that Water 7's residents and Galley-La shipwrights had agreed to join Hua Country, with General Huang Zhong on his way for the accession ceremony.
• Hua Country's Wind-Listening Guard rescued the injured Cipher Pol No. 9 members and took them to Water 7 for treatment.
• Guo Jia told Chen Yu that the Straw Hats' bounties had shaken the Four Blues, while Chen Yu said their actions would weaken the World Government and help Hua Country expand.
• Franky began preparing to build the Thousand Sunny for the Straw Hat Pirates.

Franky and the Straw Hat Pirates began building the Thousand Sunny from Treasure Tree Adam while Usopp prepared to apologize and return to the crew. Meanwhile, Lucci and the other former Cipher Pol No. 9 agents agreed to join Hua Country, and preparations were completed for Water 7 to enter its alliance in three days.

• Franky showed the Straw Hat Pirates the Treasure Tree Adam timber and began building their new ship, the Thousand Sunny, with everyone contributing designs and labor.
• Usopp practiced his marksmanship and planned to apologize to Luffy after the ship was finished, while Zoro and Sanji said they would welcome him back.
• Lucci and the recovering Cipher Pol No. 9 agents accepted the Wind-Listening Guard captain’s offer to join Hua Country.
• Huang Zhong told Iceburg about Hua Country’s benefits for Water 7 and its plans to develop the city’s shipbuilding, and Iceburg confirmed that residents had signed on to the alliance.
• Guo Jia reported that Cipher Pol No. 9 had joined and Water 7’s alliance ceremony was set for three days later; Chen Yu said Hua Country would focus on the alliance rather than the Straw Hats’ ship.

Usopp apologized to Luffy and rejoined the Straw Hat Pirates, while Guo Jia welcomed CP9 into Hua Country and promised them safety and new identities. In Water 7, Iceburg formally sought accession to Hua Country, and Huang Zhong accepted the city before unleashing a terrifying pressure on the crowd.

• Usopp apologized to Luffy for leaving the crew, and Luffy and the others welcomed him back.
• Guo Jia gave CP9 the Wind-Listening Guard uniforms, recruited them to gather intelligence, and told them their families had been brought to safety in Water 7.
• Iceburg addressed Water 7's citizens, denounced the World Government's exploitation, and announced the city's application to join Hua Country.
• Iceburg presented Water 7's signed accession scroll to Huang Zhong, who accepted the city and promised protections, preserved self-government, stable taxes, and support for shipbuilding.
• Huang Zhong released a crushing presence mixed with Conqueror's Haki and Dialga, alarming the crowd and the Straw Hat Pirates.

Water 7 joined Hua Country under Iceburg’s leadership, with Huang Zhong appointed as its guardian. After the Straw Hat Pirates sailed away aboard the Thousand Sunny, Guo Jia took Cipher Pol No. 9 to meet Chen Yu on Sky Island as the Enies Lobby incident came to a close.

• Huang Zhong warned the hidden spies and criminals that he would kill anyone who threatened Water 7, then Iceburg declared the city part of Hua Country.
• The Straw Hat Pirates admired Huang Zhong’s power as the people celebrated Water 7’s new era.
• Franky joined the Straw Hat Pirates aboard the Thousand Sunny, and the crew sailed away from Water 7 toward the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Guo Jia led Lucci, Kalifa, Kaku, and the other Cipher Pol No. 9 members toward Sky Island to meet Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu learned that Water 7’s joining ceremony was scheduled for the next day and planned to use Lucci’s espionage skills to infiltrate the World Government.

Guo Jia brought Rob Lucci and the other members of Cipher Pol No. 9 to Sky Island, where Chen Yu demonstrated his overwhelming power and persuaded them that Hua Country offered them a better future than the World Government. Lucci and his colleagues surrendered to Hua Country and joined the Wind-Listening Guard.

• Guo Jia showed Cipher Pol No. 9 the peaceful, orderly Hua Country territory on Sky Island and led them to meet Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu revealed that he knew the agents’ histories and condemned the World Government for discarding them after years of service.
• Chen Yu unleashed his creation-source aura, overwhelming Lucci and the other five agents and convincing them of his strength.
• Rob Lucci and the other five members surrendered to Hua Country and pledged loyalty to Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu assigned the six agents to the Wind-Listening Guard, made Lucci its deputy commander under Guo Jia, and promised to provide for their families.

Lucci and his former Cipher Pol No. 9 companions joined Hua Country’s Wind-Listening Guard, and Chen Yu tasked Lucci with uncovering the World Government’s defenses before the Paramount War. On his way to Marineford, Huang Zhong rescued Jewelry Bonney from Marines and revealed that he knew she was Bartholomew Kuma’s daughter.

• Guo Jia appointed Lucci deputy commander of the Wind-Listening Guard and assigned Kaku, Jabra, Kalifa, Kumadori, and Fukurou as operation team captains.
• Chen Yu secured Lucci’s loyalty and ordered him to expose the World Government’s troop deployments and Mary Geoise’s defenses within three months.
• Iceburg, Paulie, and Hua Country’s researchers began designing advanced warships at Water 7 as Huang Zhong prepared to leave on his secret mission.
• Huang Zhong received Chen Yu’s orders to prevent Blackbeard from taking the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, find Bonney, and avoid changing Ace and Whitebeard’s fates or joining the main battle.
• Huang Zhong sailed toward Marineford and rescued Jewelry Bonney by disabling the three Marine escort ships attacking her.
• Huang Zhong told Bonney he knew she was Bartholomew Kuma’s daughter, leaving her horrified.

Huang Zhong defeated Bonney’s Age-Age Fruit with Dialga’s power, revealed her true age, and promised to help find and restore her father, Bartholomew Kuma. As Bonney joined him as his adopted daughter, Chen Yu received reports of progress in infiltrating the World Government and building advanced warships in preparation for the Paramount War.

• Bonney attacked Huang Zhong after he revealed that Bartholomew Kuma was her father, but Huang Zhong neutralized her fruit powers and returned her to her true age of ten.
• Huang Zhong comforted Bonney, gave her a life potion, and promised to find Kuma and reverse his modifications; Bonney accepted Huang Zhong as her adoptive father.
• Huang Zhong restored Bonney’s damaged ship, treated her crew, and set course to continue searching for Kuma along the first half of the Grand Line.
• Guo Jia told Chen Yu that Lucci had infiltrated Cipher Pol and obtained a portion of Mary Geoise’s defense plans, while new warship designs and alloy technology advanced in Water 7.
• Chen Yu ordered the warship prototype tested before mass production and prepared Hua Country to exploit the coming Paramount War to unite the Four Blues.

Huang Zhong took Bonney toward Sabaody to search for Kuma, while Hua Country prepared for the coming Paramount War and its planned conquest of the Four Blues. Chen Yu finalized the invasion strategy and ordered Bai Qi’s imminent awakening kept secret as the war drew near.

• Huang Zhong told Bonney that Kuma might have been seen near Sabaody and that the PX research was suspected to be nearby, then ordered the ship to head there in secret.
• Iceburg and Hua Country’s researchers advanced construction of the Dark Bird One warship prototype at Water 7.
• Lucci assigned Kaku, Jabra, Kalifa, Kumadori, and Fukurou missions to expand Hua Country’s spy network, then received orders to obtain Marineford’s defenses and troop plans before the Paramount War.
• Chen Yu approved Zhuge Liang’s plan to invade the East, South, and North Blues during the Paramount War and heard Guo Jia’s deception plan and Xun Yu’s administrative takeover preparations.
• Guo Jia reported that Bai Qi was close to awakening, and Chen Yu ordered the sleeping grounds’ location and Bai Qi’s condition kept top secret.

Huang Zhong took Bonney toward Sabaody while planning to use the coming Marine operation to rescue Kuma. In Hua Country, Bai Qi’s awakening neared, Chen Yu empowered Zhang Liao and Jia Xu, and news of Rob Lucci’s intelligence brought the Paramount War preparations to a climax.

• Huang Zhong told Bonney that Kuma was still near Marineford and promised to find a chance to rescue him, then ordered his ship to follow Kid and Law toward Sabaody.
• Liu Bei and Xun Yu learned that Bai Qi’s Yveltal awakening was over ninety percent complete and could finish within three months, while his death energy briefly surged inside the coffin.
• Chen Yu granted Zhang Liao the Zacian Fruit, raising him to Admiral level, and granted Jia Xu the Darkrai Form Fruit.
• Guo Jia reported that Rob Lucci had obtained Marine Headquarters’ Paramount War deployment plans and the blueprints for Impel Down’s defenses.
• Chen Yu declared that Hua Country’s preparations for the Four Blues blitzkrieg were complete as the Paramount War approached.

Hua Country celebrated the successful sea trial of Dark Bird One as Huang Zhong carried Bonney toward the Sabaody Archipelago to rescue Kuma and thwart Blackbeard. Chen Yu then set Hua Country’s plans in motion to exploit Ace’s coming execution and the Paramount War to unify the Four Blues.

• Iceburg and the Galley-La shipwrights launched Dark Bird One, whose sea trial confirmed its speed and firepower and cleared Water 7 to begin mass production.
• Bonney turned Huang Zhong’s guards into children as a prank, then restored them when Huang Zhong warned her to behave on the way to Sabaody.
• Huang Zhong told Bonney that Kuma remained near the Celestial Dragons’ district and still retained some consciousness, promising to help rescue him.
• Huang Zhong’s ship evaded Navy patrol vessels and continued toward Sabaody while Bonney worried about Kuma.
• Chen Yu’s council reviewed the announcement that Ace would be executed in three months, then assigned Zhang Liao to contain Doflamingo and Jia Xu to undermine the World Government’s affiliated nations.
• Chen Yu ordered Hua Country’s forces to seize the Four Blues during the Paramount War, blockade Red Line routes, defend their bases, and prepare to prevent Blackbeard from taking the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

Bai Qi awakened with Yveltal’s full power and joined Chen Yu’s forces as Hua Country prepared a concealed campaign to unite the Four Blues. At Sabaody, Huang Zhong learned that Kuma’s modifications were nearly complete, while Marine Headquarters braced for Whitebeard and feared Hua Country’s intentions.

• Bai Qi emerged from his ten-year slumber in Chang'an City, having reached god level, and traveled to Sky Island to meet Chen Yu.
• Huang Zhong brought Jewelry Bonney to Sabaody, where she attacked Marines before Huang Zhong stopped them with Dialga’s power of time.
• A Wind-Listening Guard report revealed that Kuma was in Grove 1, nearly fully modified, and ordered to join an operation against the Supernovas in three days.
• Sengoku discussed the threats posed by Whitebeard and Hua Country with the Admirals, while a hidden informant transmitted the meeting to Guo Jia.
• Guo Jia told Chen Yu that Marine Headquarters had mobilized for the Paramount War and that Hua Country’s celebration and ceasefire were concealing its military preparations.
• Chen Yu appointed Bai Qi Dark Iron Grand Fleet Admiral and ordered him to command the Dark Iron Legion as a reserve for the coming war.

The Straw Hat Pirates arrived at Sabaody while Chen Yu’s Hua Country completed its preparations for war against the World Government. As Bai Qi took command of the Dark Iron Legion, Chen Yu learned that the Marineford forces and Shichibukai were assembled, and the chapter ended with the Celestial Dragons incident and Paramount War nearing their outbreak.

• The Straw Hat Pirates arrived at Grove 41 in the Thousand Sunny and planned to find Rayleigh for the ship’s coating, while a Wind-Listening Guard informant reported their arrival.
• Bai Qi completed the Dark Iron Legion’s training, demonstrating a formation powered by Yveltal that destroyed a massive testing stone.
• Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia briefed Chen Yu on Hua Country’s forces positioned across the Four Blues and the World Government’s defenses at Marineford.
• Chen Yu entrusted Bai Qi with the Dark Iron Legion as the armies prepared to seize the Four Blues and confront the World Government.
• At Marineford, Sengoku and Tsuru reviewed the assembled Marines and Shichibukai as Jinbe was escorted to Impel Down; Lucci secretly transmitted their arrangements to Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu learned of Marineford’s final preparations and watched as the Sabaody incident and Paramount War approached.