Chapter Summaries

Blackbeard arrived at Marineford with his crew of Impel Down escapees and revealed that he intended to kill Whitebeard and rule the era. As Whitebeard fought Akainu to cover the pirates’ retreat, Blackbeard waited for both men to weaken, leaving the battlefield poised for another clash.

• Blackbeard arrived at Marineford with Shiryu, the other Blackbeard Pirates, and the Level 6 criminals he had recruited.
• Ace tried to attack Blackbeard, but Whitebeard stopped him and confronted Teach over his betrayal, Thatch’s murder, and the destruction of Impel Down.
• Blackbeard declared that he had used his Shichibukai position to enter Impel Down and planned to kill Whitebeard and become ruler of the era.
• Akainu blocked the Whitebeard Pirates’ escape and insulted Ace, prompting Whitebeard to order Marco to lead the crew away.
• Whitebeard charged Akainu and clashed with his magma attack, but his weakened body staggered under the blow.
• Blackbeard urged Whitebeard and Akainu to exhaust each other while his crew prepared to attack.

Huang Zhong waited offshore to stop Blackbeard from taking Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit as Ace died protecting Luffy and Whitebeard fought Blackbeard. After Whitebeard died, Blackbeard covered his corpse with a black cloth, and Huang Zhong aimed his time-infused arrow at it, ready to strike if Blackbeard tried to seize the fruit.

• Huang Zhong told Jewelry Bonney that he was waiting for Blackbeard to reach for the Tremor-Tremor Fruit before attacking.
• Ace charged Akainu after he insulted Whitebeard, then took Akainu’s magma fist meant for Luffy and died in his brother’s arms.
• Whitebeard attacked Akainu and then fought Blackbeard, overpowering him despite the Dark-Dark Fruit’s ability to suppress his powers.
• Whitebeard nearly killed Blackbeard but collapsed from his wounds, and Blackbeard shot him before Whitebeard struck him again and declared that the One Piece was real.
• Blackbeard and his crew killed Whitebeard with a barrage of attacks, then covered his corpse with a black cloth as Huang Zhong aimed his arrow at them.

Blackbeard tried to take Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but Huang Zhong used Dialga’s Time Law and an arrow to strip the power from him. Huang Zhong entered Marineford and confronted Blackbeard as the Marines and Whitebeard’s Remnant Group watched warily.

• Blackbeard covered Whitebeard’s corpse with a black cloth and attempted to take the Tremor-Tremor Fruit while his crew guarded him.
• Marco charged the black cloth, but Shiryu of the Rain intercepted him as Blackbeard’s power began shaking Marineford.
• Huang Zhong froze time across the battlefield and shot Blackbeard through the shoulder, forcing the Tremor-Tremor Fruit power out of him and back toward Whitebeard’s corpse.
• Time resumed, and Huang Zhong arrived at Marineford aboard a black fast ship, drawing the attention of Sengoku, Kizaru, Aokiji, Akainu, Marco, and the others.
• Huang Zhong approached Blackbeard and declared that his ambition ended there, while Blackbeard freed himself and vowed to kill him.

Huang Zhong used his time powers to defeat Blackbeard and his crew with one slash, then confronted Kizaru and Aokiji as they blocked his pursuit. He revealed that Hua Country had seized the Four Blues and surrounded Mary Geoise, leaving Marineford’s Marines shaken and Sengoku near collapse.

• Blackbeard ordered his nine elite crewmates to attack Huang Zhong, but Huang Zhong slowed time and wounded them all with a single saber slash.
• Huang Zhong demanded Blackbeard surrender or die; Blackbeard fled toward the harbor with his injured crew.
• Aokiji blocked Huang Zhong with an ice wall while Kizaru attacked, and the two Admirals confronted him.
• Huang Zhong warned that Hua Country’s army had surrounded Mary Geoise and claimed the Four Blues now belonged to Hua Country.
• The Marines panicked at Huang Zhong’s revelation, Marco understood his intervention, and Sengoku spat blood and nearly fainted.

After learning that the Four Blues had fallen, Sengoku ordered the Marines to stop pursuing Whitebeard's Remnant Group and let them leave Marineford. Marco led the survivors away with Ace and Whitebeard's bodies as the war ended, leaving the sea's balance of power transformed by Hua Country's rise.

• Sengoku, urged by Granny Tsuru, concluded that continuing the battle would leave the Marines unable to defend the Red Line, and announced a halt to the pursuit.
• Akainu challenged Sengoku's order, but Sengoku argued that the Marines could not afford to exhaust their forces while facing Hua Country; Aokiji and Kizaru accepted the ceasefire.
• Marco mourned Ace and Whitebeard, then ordered the Whitebeard Pirates to take their bodies and retreat to the New World.
• The Marines let the pirates withdraw, wary of Sengoku's order and Huang Zhong's presence on the battlefield.
• The war ended with Ace and Whitebeard dead, the Marines badly weakened, and Hua Country having gained from the conflict as the One Piece revelation and the fall of the Four Blues reshaped the seas.

Huang Zhong restored Kuma’s memories and reunited him with Jewelry Bonney, then faced the Three Admirals when they tried to stop him leaving Marineford. After using his control over time to escape their combined attack and wound Kizaru, he secured their permission to depart with Kuma and Bonney, while Sengoku recognized Hua Country as the World Government’s greatest enemy.

• Huang Zhong used Time Reversal to remove Kuma’s modifications and restore his memories, allowing Kuma and Jewelry Bonney to reunite as father and daughter.
• Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru surrounded Huang Zhong and launched a coordinated attack to prevent him from leaving Marineford.
• Huang Zhong slowed time throughout the battlefield, evaded Akainu and Aokiji’s attacks, and wounded Kizaru with the Ding Tang Saber.
• Huang Zhong warned the Admirals that further losses would cripple the Marines, and Sengoku ordered them to stand down.
• Huang Zhong, Kuma, and Jewelry Bonney boarded a fast ship and sailed toward the West Blue as the Admirals chose not to pursue.
• Sengoku watched their ship depart and concluded that Hua Country would become the World Government’s greatest enemy.

Bai Qi annihilated Vice Admiral Yamakaji’s raiding fleet in the West Blue, while Chen Yu ordered Hua Country to consolidate its control of the Four Blues instead of attacking the World Government. As the world reacted to Hua Country’s rise and Whitebeard’s death, Dragon ordered the Revolutionary Army to monitor Hua Country for possible cooperation.

• Bai Qi refused Zhang Fei’s offer to fight and confronted Yamakaji’s thirty warships himself.
• Bai Qi used Yveltal’s death powers to destroy the entire Marine fleet and secure Hua Country’s West Blue.
• Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, and Xun Yu reported that Hua Country had pacified the Four Blues and defeated the World Government’s reinforcements.
• Chen Yu ordered Hua Country’s forces to hold the Four Blues, strengthen their new territories, and avoid a large-scale conflict until the World Government and other powers had weakened each other.
• Kaido, Big Mom, Red-Haired Shanks, and Blackbeard responded to Whitebeard’s death and the upheaval in the New World.
• Dragon told Emporio Ivankov to monitor Hua Country and consider cooperating with Chen Yu against the World Government.

Huang Zhong returned to Hua Country with Kuma and Jewelry Bonney after the battle at Marineford, then reported to Chen Yu on Sky Island. Chen Yu rejected an alliance with Dragon’s Revolutionary Army and ordered the Four Blues brought under direct central rule, leaving Hua Country to impose its new administration across the seas.

• Huang Zhong reached Chang'an City with Kuma and Jewelry Bonney, and Kuma asked him to relay Dragon’s request to meet and cooperate with Chen Yu.
• Huang Zhong flew to Sky Island and reported his Marineford mission to Chen Yu, including Kuma’s message.
• Huang Zhong advised against an alliance with the Revolutionary Army, and Chen Yu agreed that their ideals and methods differed too greatly.
• Chen Yu declined to meet Dragon, allowing only limited intelligence sharing if the Revolutionary Army targeted the Celestial Dragons.
• Chen Yu appointed Xun Yu to oversee administration in the Four Blues and ordered the abolition of royal and noble systems in favor of commanderies, counties, unified laws, land redistribution, and tax exemption.
• Chen Yu ordered Hua Country’s armies to eliminate remaining pirates and World Government remnants and crush anyone who resisted central authority.

Three days after the Paramount War, the Marines were devastated by their losses and Hua Country’s conquest of the Four Blues. Garp and Sengoku resigned, leaving Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru to steady the Marines against the threats ahead.

• Garp gave Sengoku his resignation, saying he had lost faith in the Marines and would return to Foosha Village to watch over Luffy’s remaining family.
• Sengoku revealed that he would resign as Fleet Admiral and accept responsibility for the Marines’ defeats.
• Garp and Sengoku agreed that the aging leadership should leave the Marines to a younger generation.
• Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru entered and learned that Sengoku and Garp were resigning.
• Sengoku told the Admirals to defend the Grand Line and Red Line, rebuild the Marines, and prepare for Hua Country and the Four Emperors.

After Whitebeard’s death, Marco pulled the weakened Whitebeard Pirates back to defend Sphinx Island while Blackbeard and Big Mom moved to seize the fallen Emperor’s territory. Shanks chose to protect Whitebeard’s hometown and crew, watching Hua Country and Chen Yu from afar as the New World descended into conflict.

• Marco rejected Jozu and Vista’s calls to fight, saying the Whitebeard Pirates lacked the strength to face multiple enemies.
• Marco ordered the crew to retreat to its core territory and defend Sphinx Island until it could reclaim the lost islands.
• At Hachinosu, Blackbeard vowed to avoid a direct clash with Hua Country for now and ordered his forces to take Whitebeard’s territory.
• Big Mom ordered her children to muster and prepare to seize New World territory and Devil Fruits.
• Shanks poured liquor into the sea for Whitebeard, then told Beckman to protect Sphinx Island and the remnant crew while they watched Hua Country and Chen Yu.

Hua Country completed its takeover of the Four Blues, establishing commanderies and counties, implementing land distribution and tax relief, and winning the people’s support. Chen Yu ordered the armies to strengthen their defenses and prepare for a future campaign against the World Government while monitoring the New World.

• Guan Yu reported that East Blue’s commanderies and counties were governed, the new policies were in place, and the remaining pirates and World Government forces had been eliminated.
• Zhao Yun and Ma Chao oversaw South Blue’s administration and defenses as returning residents reclaimed their homeland and officials expanded land distribution, tax relief, schools, and medical clinics.
• Lü Bu and Zhang Liao secured North Blue, while Zhou Yu and Gan Ning’s fleet blocked the World Government from sending reinforcements through Reverse Mountain.
• Xun Yu coordinated the central administration as Hua Country completed its system of thirty-five commanderies and one hundred and twenty-seven counties across the Four Blues.
• Chen Yu ordered stronger military training and continued surveillance of the World Government and the Four Emperors, declaring that Hua Country would attack the Red Line once its rivals had weakened and its forces were ready.

After the war weakened Marine Headquarters, Sengoku resigned and the Five Elders appointed Akainu as his successor, sparking a confrontation with Aokiji. The chapter ended with Akainu and Aokiji agreeing to fight on Punk Hazard in ten days, with the loser leaving the Marines.

• Sengoku submitted his resignation as Fleet Admiral and approved Garp's retirement application, while recommending Akainu, Aokiji, or Kizaru as his successor.
• The Five Elders approved Sengoku's resignation but chose Sakazuki, or Akainu, as the next Fleet Admiral.
• Aokiji challenged the decision, and he and Akainu nearly clashed over their opposing views of justice.
• Sengoku persuaded the Five Elders to allow ten days for the Marines to discuss the appointment before the new Fleet Admiral took office.
• Aokiji challenged Akainu to fight on Punk Hazard in ten days, with the winner becoming Fleet Admiral and the loser leaving the Marines.
• Akainu accepted, and Sengoku watched them leave before breaking down over the Marines' impending split.

Hua Country restored Sorbet Commandery, where Kuma resolved to tell Dragon about its policies and Jewelry Bonney found a safe home. In the New World, Blackbeard seized Whitebeard’s southern territories as Big Mom and Shanks contested the remaining islands, leaving the struggle for power escalating.

• Zhao Yun and Kuma discussed Sorbet’s recovery while Ma Chao reported that he had defeated the pirates in the southern waters.
• Kuma asked Zhao Yun for permission to write Dragon about Hua Country’s policies, and Zhao Yun agreed.
• Jewelry Bonney handed out food and sweets with the children, happy to have a home where she and Kuma were safe.
• Blackbeard’s crew seized the Fox Islands and nearby territory, and Blackbeard killed the captured captains who refused to submit.
• Shiryu warned Blackbeard that Big Mom was taking territory in the north while Shanks protected Sphinx Island, so Blackbeard ordered a faster advance.
• Big Mom’s fleet expanded into Whitebeard’s territory as Shanks’s crew guarded Sphinx Island, intensifying the contest among the New World’s powers.

Akainu and Aokiji fought for ten days on Punk Hazard over the Fleet Admiral position, leaving half the island frozen and half volcanic. Akainu won and became Fleet Admiral, while Aokiji left the Marines, weakening Marine Headquarters as news of the battle spread across the sea.

• Akainu and Aokiji met on Punk Hazard and began their battle over who would become Fleet Admiral.
• The two exchanged powerful magma and ice attacks, transforming Punk Hazard into a landscape split between fire and ice.
• After ten days and nights, Akainu narrowly defeated Aokiji, though both were severely injured.
• Aokiji rejected Akainu's Absolute Justice, left the Marines, and departed into the Grand Line.
• Kizaru watched as Akainu became Fleet Admiral and Marine Headquarters lost one of its three Admirals.
• News of the battle spread across the Grand Line, the Four Blues, and the New World.

Zhou Yu and Gan Ning defeated the World Government’s assault on Hua Country’s Reverse Mountain blockade, destroying its fleet and leaving the Four Blues under Hua Country’s control. Zhou Yu ordered the fleet to repair and reinforce its patrols as further battles loomed.

• After the Navy split, the Five Elders sent sixty warships led by the director-general of Cipher Pol Aigis Zero to attack the Reverse Mountain pass.
• Zhou Yu ordered the western route defended and led the Reserve Force to reinforce Gan Ning on the eastern route.
• Gan Ning raised a massive sea wall to block the enemy’s cannon fire, then used Hua Country’s guns and water dragons to cripple the invading fleet.
• Zhou Yu arrived and engulfed twenty leading warships in Ho-Oh Sacred Fire as the enemy tried to close in.
• Gan Ning unleashed a towering tsunami that destroyed the remaining warships and annihilated the director-general’s fleet.
• Zhou Yu ordered repairs and increased patrols, and Hua Country sealed the routes through Reverse Mountain against further attacks.

Blackbeard consolidated Whitebeard’s former territories and was recognized as one of the New World’s Four Emperors, while Big Mom and Shanks watched and prepared for future conflict. With the World Government weakened and Hua Country’s Four Blues unified, Chen Yu ordered a year of strengthening the nation’s domestic foundations, military, defenses, and intelligence network.

• Blackbeard celebrated becoming a Four Emperor and declared his ambition to take the New World and become Pirate King.
• Shiryu warned Blackbeard that Shanks was protecting Whitebeard’s hometown and Big Mom was contesting Whitebeard’s northern territory, so Blackbeard chose to consolidate his strength before challenging them.
• Big Mom, Shanks, and the remnants of Kaido’s and Whitebeard’s forces accepted a fragile division of the New World alongside Blackbeard’s crew.
• Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, and Xun Yu reported that Hua Country had secured the Reverse Mountain passage, cleared pirates from the North Blue border, and implemented its new administration and public policies across the Four Blues.
• Chen Yu ordered Hua Country to focus on strengthening its foundations and preparing for war, assigning officials and generals to develop the country, train its forces, defend each Blue, and monitor potential threats.

Akainu appointed Black Tortoise and Ryokugyu as Admirals and ordered the Marines to weaken Hua Country while restoring control of the Grand Line. As Hua Country strengthened its economy and military across the Four Blues, Bai Qi was summoned to Sky Island as a greater conflict approached.

• Akainu ordered Black Tortoise and Ryokugyu to defend Marine Headquarters, eliminate pirates, and monitor Hua Country, while warning them to follow Marine orders.
• Akainu assigned Kizaru to distract Zhou Yu and Gan Ning near Reverse Mountain while Cipher Pol Aigis Zero carried out a secret operation in the East Blue.
• Xun Yu's administration completed land redistribution, tax exemptions, schools, clinics, and infrastructure across Hua Country's thirty-five commanderies and one hundred and twenty-seven counties.
• Zhuge Liang reorganized Hua Country's armed forces, and its main warship fleet grew from two hundred vessels to five hundred in three months.
• Bai Qi received a summons from Chen Yu to travel from the West Blue command center to Sky Island as both sides prepared for a coming conflict.

One year after the Paramount War, Chen Yu’s Hua Country had united and transformed the Four Blues, growing powerful enough to rival the World Government. Chen Yu founded the Hua Empire and became its first emperor, while declaring that his next targets were Mary Geoise and the Celestial Dragons.

• Hua Country expanded across the Four Blues, implemented land and tax reforms, and built a powerful fleet and army led by nine Admiral-level combatants.
• Crowds, officials, and generals gathered in Chang'an City for Hua Country’s founding and coronation ceremony.
• Chen Yu emerged in imperial robes and proceeded to the Altar of Heaven as officials and soldiers bowed before him.
• Chen Yu proclaimed the founding of the Hua Empire, named Chang'an City its capital, and began the Haiyuan era.
• The people and officials acclaimed Chen Yu as emperor, and he resolved to continue his campaign toward Mary Geoise and the World Government.

The World Government, Navy, Four Emperors, and Revolutionary Army reacted to Chen Yu founding the Hua Empire and unifying the Four Blues, recognizing it as a formidable new power. In Chang'an City, Chen Yu issued orders to strengthen the empire, secure its territory, and prepare for a future march on the Red Line.

• The Five Elders designated the Hua Empire the World Government’s highest-level threat and ordered a blockade, heightened defenses, and preparations for war while postponing an all-out assault.
• Akainu ordered the Navy to defend the Red Line, monitor Reverse Mountain, and prepare for war against the Hua Empire.
• Blackbeard chose to build his strength and wait for the World Government and Hua Empire to weaken each other, while Big Mom demanded tribute and Shanks warned that a new era had begun.
• Dragon ordered the Revolutionary Army to monitor the Hua Empire and suspend large-scale operations against the World Government while reconsidering its path.
• Chen Yu assigned Bai Qi to oversee military affairs, Liu Bei and Xun Yu to handle internal affairs, Zhou Yu and Gan Ning to guard Reverse Mountain, generals to secure the Four Blues, and Guo Jia to expand the intelligence network.

At the Hua Empire’s first grand court assembly, Chen Yu established the empire’s civil and military offices and sent Chancellor Liu Bei to inspect the Four Blues and improve the people’s lives. Liu Bei’s first stop, war-ravaged Luan Shi Island, was restored by his Xerneas Fruit powers, and he continued his inspection tour.

• Chen Yu appointed Liu Bei to oversee civil affairs and approved his request to inspect the Four Blues, granting him authority over local garrisons and ordering Zhao Yun and Ma Chao to escort him.
• Chen Yu assigned military and administrative posts to Bai Qi, Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Lü Bu, Dian Wei, Chinjao, Zhou Yu, Gan Ning, and Zhang Liao.
• Liu Bei departed Chang'an City with Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, five thousand Imperial Guards, and ten warships to begin his inspection tour.
• Liu Bei visited Luan Shi Island, where war had left the farmland barren and residents wounded, displaced, and short of medical care.
• Liu Bei used Xerneas: Earth Revival to restore the island’s farmland and forests and heal its residents, who cheered for him, Chen Yu, and the Hua Empire.