Recaps

King defeated Ryokugyu on the Terrifying Sea while Akainu and Aokiji fought, and Shane’s shadow stretched across the universe. As new generations set out for the Stars and Seas, the chapter left their inherited wills poised to clash in a new struggle.

• Aokiji challenged Akainu as King faced Ryokugyu, who had transformed the island into a vast forest.
• Ryokugyu boasted of becoming a World Army Admiral, but King cut through his defenses and explained how his flames had changed after devouring demonic will.
• King burned the island and left Ryokugyu only one seed with which to revive, forcing him to concede.
• Akainu and Aokiji clashed with magma, ice, and Haki as their duel continued across the sea.
• Shane’s shadow spread across the universe, while young people emerged from the Terrifying Sea and set out for the Stars and Seas.
• Shane woke beneath a clear sky and remarked that it was another fine day.

After waking from a century-long sleep, Brook found Hachinosu’s graves and learned the world had changed while he was gone. As the Skeleton Star People took him into space, the Black Pearl arrived with Shane and Brook’s old companions aboard, and the crew set sail together again.

• Brook woke on Hachinosu, found graves bearing the names of his old companions, and mourned what he believed were their deaths.
• The Skeleton Star People arrived and hailed Brook as their god, explaining that his Devil Fruit had helped bring their civilization into being.
• Brook learned about the changed Blue Planet and agreed to travel through space with the Skeleton Star People.
• As their fleet neared the Outer Space Elevator, the Black Pearl appeared, and Brook recognized the ship and ran toward it.
• The Black Pearl’s crew was revealed to be Shane and Brook’s supposedly dead companions, while Drake ordered the discovery kept quiet and called it a miracle.
• Shane welcomed Brook aboard the Black Pearl, and the crew raised their tankards and set sail into the starry sky.

Kaido built the Beasts Pirates by recruiting powerful Zoan users and crushing mockery of his plans. After leaving Mock Town, he led his fleet against Marine warships, determined to grow stronger before returning to Shane.

• Kaido’s order for his crew members to form fleets caused rumors and ridicule across the seas, while the Beasts Pirates began attracting Zoan users.
• In Mock Town, Wild Bull defended Kaido and Shane against a tavern full of jeering pirates, beating their strongest man and shrugging off gunfire.
• A Beasts Pirates member invited Wild Bull to join, and Kaido arrived with more than a thousand followers before accepting him into the crew.
• Kaido ordered his crew to raze Mock Town and said Zoan Devil Fruits had the greatest potential when properly developed.
• Marine Headquarters warships surrounded Kaido’s fleet, but he transformed into a dragon and attacked, aiming to return to the New World stronger and meet Shane.

Dragon confronted Judge after Judge planned to rebel against Shane, then traveled with Ivankov to the Country of Never-Ending War and saw how the World Government kept nations trapped in violence. Dragon and Ivankov resolved to destroy the existing world order, and Dragon reunited with Kaido as Shane set out for Totto Land.

• Dragon arrived at the Vinsmoke Family, where Queen and Caesar prepared to punish Judge for betraying Shane, but Dragon chose to handle the confrontation himself.
• Dragon overwhelmed Judge's fleet with a storm, struck Judge with Frenzied Thunder, and left with Ivankov.
• Dragon and Ivankov visited the Country of Never-Ending War, where they learned the Navy had turned the kingdom into a war zone and saw the child Bullet being used as a weapon.
• Dragon declared that they had to destroy the Celestial Dragons and the existing world order, then decided to return to the New World while Shane searched Totto Land for the final Poneglyph.
• Dragon reunited with Kaido, and they agreed that Shane would need their help as trouble gathered.

Gecko Moria took over Thriller Bark, built a vast zombie crew, and recruited a frightened young man from Ohara before sailing to the Grand Line. After boasting to the other rookie crews, Moria reunited with Kaido and Dragon and immediately begged Kaido for help.

• Moria returned to the West Blue, defeated pirates who challenged him, and recruited them to operate Thriller Bark.
• Moria’s arrival at Ohara frightened the townspeople, and he forced a young man to choose between joining his crew and losing his shadow.
• The young man boarded Thriller Bark and later became Ohara’s port governor after returning two years later.
• Moria gathered the rookie crew members’ fleets and boasted that his Zombie Army was the strongest.
• Moria encountered Kaido and Dragon, knelt before Kaido, and claimed he had been terrified when an admiral threatened him.
• Kaido told Moria to stop fooling around and return to the New World as soon as possible.

King and Aokiji wiped out a group of Supernovas who threatened the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet, then fought off Marco as they hurried back to Hachinosu. The chapter foreshadowed the coming battles that would raise Shane to the top, while revealing that Rocks would emerge from God Valley two years after his apparent death.

• The Supernovas mocked King and Aokiji, but King destroyed their ships and the two Logia users overwhelmed them with fire and ice.
• King heated the oldest Supernova’s metal body until Aokiji froze it, shattering him, and the pair set off for Hachinosu.
• Marco attacked King on the iceberg, but Aokiji blocked his advance and King and Aokiji continued toward Hachinosu.
• King and Aokiji destroyed several Marine Battleships along the way as King remembered surviving the Celestial Dragons.
• The chapter foreshadowed battles at Lodestar Island, Elbaf, and Hachinosu that would elevate Shane above Rocks.
• Rocks was revealed to have walked out of God Valley two years after his supposed death and chosen to live as an ordinary pirate, awaiting a final bid for power thirty-five years later.

Rocks led his crew to God Valley, where he fought the God's Knights and Saint Saturn before Roger and Garp brought him down. Revived decades later, he staked his life on one final chance in the City of Heaven, while Shane reflected on how much had changed aboard the Black Pearl.

• Rocks sailed from Rocky Port with his crew, declaring his intent to destroy the existing world and claim it for himself.
• Rocks entered God Valley alone and defeated the God's Knights, leaving Saint Saturn unconscious.
• Rocks emerged from the canyon, but Roger and Garp confronted him; after a final battle, Rocks turned to stone and urged Shane to carry on his will.
• Two years later, Rocks awoke and watched Shane's ambitions turn to greed, then waited for a chance to contend for power again.
• When Shane's revival and the City of Heaven drew the world's attention, Rocks recognized the trap but chose to risk his life and died in God's name.
• Aboard the Black Pearl, Shane left the banquet and wondered how many of those on deck remained as they had once been.