Recaps

After the navy retreated, the pirates celebrated their victory on Bewitching Flame Island, where Dunn’s role in the battle drew admiration and potential recruits. At the banquet, Dunn spoke with Lilith, who revealed she knew he was a noble of the Kingdom of Lyon.

• The navy retreated with its damaged ships after the Raging Tide Sword Saint conceded defeat, and the pirates cheered for Dunn and the Legendary Battleship [Black Pearl].
• The Pirate Kings watched uneasily as their subordinates gathered around Dunn, fearing the pirates might abandon them to join his ranks.
• Lilith hosted a victory celebration on Bewitching Flame Island after recovering from the exhaustion caused by her pseudo-legendary spell.
• Fourth-tier classholders and some prominent third-tier pirates held back from joining Dunn after learning they could not meet the Legendary Wizard behind him, while other third-tier pirates joined under Annie’s supervision.
• Dunn sampled the banquet food and spoke with Lilith, who called him a noble of the Kingdom of Lyon; Dunn wondered how much she knew about him.

Lilith questioned Dunn about whether he would accept the Lyon Empire’s offer to restore his title and fief, and he assured her he would remain neutral. After Lilith left, Dunn worried that the Eye of the Firmament could use their secret connection to force him into the empire’s camp, provoking the other Pirate Kings to kill him.

• Lilith raised the prospect of the Lyon Empire restoring Dunn’s title and returning the Campbell Family’s gold-mine fief.
• Dunn considered how accepting the offer could end the Pirate Kings’ neutrality and expose him to pressure from Legendary figures.
• Dunn told Lilith he would not join the Lyon Empire, and she left to report his answer.
• Dunn spent the rest of the banquet searching for a way to avoid being forced into the conflict, but found no solution.

After the banquet, Dunn sailed from Bewitching Flame Island with a much larger fleet to take over his new territory, while concealing his Homies-making ability. In the Silver Mirror group, Rabbit questioned whether justice existed after her teacher ordered something bad during the navy’s return voyage, and the others pressed her for details.

• Most Pirate Kings left Bewitching Flame Island to handle problems in their territories, and Dunn set sail after bidding Lilith farewell.
• Dunn's fleet had grown to nearly fifty ships, including more than a dozen Third Tier Great Pirates, as he headed across the Unknown Sea toward the Aigle Passage.
• Dunn refused to turn the ships into Homies because informants might reveal his ability and cause others to question the Legendary Wizard backing him.
• In the Silver Mirror group, Shen Monkey and Yin Tiger argued about women before Rabbit asked what everyone thought justice was.
• The group members dismissed justice as a pretext used by victors and powerful people, leaving Rabbit uncertain about her beliefs.
• Rabbit said her teacher had ordered bad things done during the navy's return voyage, and the others asked her to explain what happened.

Rabbit told the group that the Raging Tide Sword Saint had ordered massacres of islanders and imprisoned her when she tried to stop him. You Rooster explained that the Sword Saint’s enormous debts and the United Navy’s expenses drove him to plunder the islands, while other Legendaries stayed out of his way.

• Rabbit revealed that the Raging Tide Sword Saint ordered massacres on islands along the United Navy’s route and imprisoned her after she objected.
• The group questioned how the Sword Saint could commit mass killings without attracting the Wizard Council or divine punishment, and Rabbit said the Barrage Corps killed naval personnel who disobeyed.
• You Rooster explained that the United Navy’s warships, troops, and Legendary allies cost far more than its income, forcing the Sword Saint to borrow heavily.
• Rabbit accepted that the Sword Saint had ordered the massacres to obtain money to repay his debts after the United Navy’s defeat.
• The Sword Saint’s fellow Legendaries allowed the plunder because they depended on the money, feared him, or did not want to get involved.

Dunn manipulated Rabbit’s crisis of faith, convincing her to submit to her teacher until she gained enough strength to pursue her ideals, then offered his own definition of justice. Rabbit took his words to heart and suddenly awakened transcendent will, leaving the Raging Tide Sword Saint and the other Legendaries astonished.

• Dunn told Rabbit that justice belonged to the strong and urged her to repair her relationship with her teacher until she became powerful enough to challenge him.
• Rabbit questioned what justice meant, and Dunn answered, “My words and deeds are as clear as a mirror. Everything I do is justice.”
• Lyon I mocked Dunn’s declaration as tyranny but found Wei Sheep interesting.
• Rabbit repeated Dunn’s words in her confinement room and unleashed a force that knocked out many low-tier naval personnel across the fleet.
• The Raging Tide Sword Saint and the other Legendaries arrived and recognized that Rabbit had attained transcendent will, while her teacher remained confident she would eventually understand his actions.

Dunn arrived at Giant Wave Island and took over Ronald’s abandoned mansion, where the island’s factions appeared to be resisting his rule. He ordered his pirates to secure the residence and prepare to assess the island’s assets and confront its leaders.

• Dunn’s fleet arrived at Giant Wave Island, where the factions watched him closely after his victory over the United Navy.
• Dunn found Ronald’s mansion deserted and ransacked, and realized that no faction had tried to curry favor with him by preparing it.
• Annie recognized that someone was testing Dunn’s strength, and Dunn ordered his crew to clean the mansion and remain there for the next few days.
• Dunn assigned Martin to prepare a banquet and told Green to plant the third-tier Homies trees in the courtyard as guards.
• Dunn told Annie to assess the island’s assets, including those belonging to every faction, and ordered Hoffman to summon all faction leaders to a meeting in three days.

Dunn reviewed Annie’s intelligence on Giant Wave Island’s factions before meeting the assembled leaders. He suspected Badal or Marshall was behind the challenge to his rule and headed to the hall confident in his strength.

• Annie presented Dunn with detailed information about the island’s factions, gathered with help from her family’s businesses.
• Annie identified Badal, Geya, Marshall, Einstein, and Morta as the five faction leaders with the strength to challenge Dunn.
• Dunn reasoned that Geya, Einstein, and Morta had little reason to oppose him, leaving Badal and Marshall as the likeliest challengers.
• Dunn led Annie and the others to meet the assembled faction leaders, confident that his forces could defeat them if no Legendary intervened.

Dunn confronted the faction representatives in the council hall and used brutal force to establish that his rule on the island would replace Ronald’s. When he demanded a larger cut and audits of their accounts, the representatives of the major factions joined Marshall in openly objecting.

• Dunn arrived at the council hall with Annie and the others, where he found the faction representatives waiting without chairs.
• After a representative mocked his hospitality, Dunn killed him with a Bloodline and ordered Green to wipe out the man’s chamber of commerce.
• Marshall of the Pure White Chamber of Commerce accused Dunn of breaking the island’s rules and demanded compensation for Maduo’s family.
• Dunn rejected Ronald’s rules and declared that only his own rules would apply on the island.
• Dunn raised the factions’ cut by ten percent and announced that their accounts would be audited.
• Marshall and most of the other representatives stepped forward to protest Dunn’s demands.

Dunn killed dozens of representatives who had challenged him, then ordered the execution of those without Legendary backing and the expulsion of those who had it. When Marshall threatened him with the Pure White Tower, Dunn questioned whether Marshall had the authority to speak for it.

• More than half of the gathering stepped forward to oppose Dunn.
• Dunn killed dozens of the people who had stepped forward, frightening Marshall and the others.
• Dunn ordered his followers to kill representatives without Legendary patrons and expel those backed by Legendaries, killing anyone who resisted.
• The Legendary-backed representatives protested, and Marshall threatened Dunn with war against the Pure White Tower.
• Dunn told Marshall he would not slight the Pure White Tower but challenged Marshall’s right to represent it.

Dunn forced the representatives of several legendary powers out of the council hall after they resisted his order, then resumed negotiations with those who remained. Marshall left with seven days to move his businesses and a trace of vengeance in his eyes.

• Dunn ignored Marshall and confronted representatives who resisted his men’s attempt to expel them.
• Dunn transformed with the Vampire Fruit’s power and swiftly knocked down several fourth-tier professionals who had attacked his men.
• The fourth-tier professionals begged Dunn to stop, and he let them back down rather than risk wrecking Giant Wave City.
• Marshall demanded time to move the expelled groups’ businesses, and Dunn gave them seven days.
• Marshall left with the other expelled representatives, while Dunn told those remaining that the farce was over and resumed the discussion.

Dunn secured the representatives’ agreement to a thirty-percent cut and audits, while leaving the three mineral deposits’ rates unchanged. After the representatives began competing for the expelled factions’ market share, Dunn postponed those plans until their withdrawal and renamed Giant Wave Island and Giant Wave City.

• Geya asked whether the Magic Crystal Mine’s rate would rise, and Dunn said the three mineral deposits’ rates would stay unchanged while audits would be mandatory.
• Dunn told the other representatives to accept his terms, and Badal and the others raised no objections.
• A representative asked how the market gaps left by the expelled factions would be filled, and several chambers of commerce began arguing over who would take the business.
• Dunn released his Conqueror's Color Haki to silence the representatives and said they would discuss market shares after the expelled factions had withdrawn.
• Dunn ended the meeting and announced that Giant Wave Island and Giant Wave City would be renamed Campbell Island and Campbell City.

Marshall reacted to his expulsion by hiring assassins to kill Dunn, while Dunn and Annie discussed how to handle the factions resisting their removal from Campbell Island. Dunn decided to wait for Marshall to strike first, but said he would blame Marshall whether or not he was responsible.

• Marshall smashed vases in anger over being expelled, and told Doron to hire mercenaries or assassins to kill Dunn for a hundred thousand gold coins.
• Three days later, Annie told Dunn that the factions were stalling and waiting for someone to lead resistance.
• Annie suggested killing the holdouts, but Dunn warned her that they needed to manage their public standing and wait for Marshall to act first.
• Dunn explained that retaliation after an attack would give them a legitimate justification and preserve face with the Pure White Tower.
• When Annie asked how they could prove Marshall had acted, Dunn said he would accuse Marshall regardless of whether he was guilty.

Dunn and Annie waited for an attack on their walk through Campbell City, and two concealed Fourth Tier assailants finally struck as they headed home. Dunn countered them with Future Sight and Haki, but the chapter ended when his head suddenly exploded.

• Dunn took Annie through Campbell City to draw out the factions that had not yet acted against him.
• Annie grew frustrated when no one attacked, and she and Dunn started back as night fell.
• A Fourth Tier [Assassin] ambushed Dunn, but he dodged the dagger and struck the attacker with Armament Haki.
• A Fourth Tier [Ranger] fired an arrow at Dunn while Annie escaped on a breeze.
• The [Assassin] and [Ranger] launched another coordinated attack, and Dunn caught the assassin's arm after dodging the arrows.
• Dunn's head abruptly exploded as he held the assassin.

Dunn survived an assassination attempt by a gunman and defeated the assassin and Ranger with Pearl’s help. After realizing how close he had come to dying, he ordered his subordinates to raid the Pure White Chamber of Commerce.

• A hidden Firearms Master shot Dunn in the head, but Dunn regenerated it and realized the assassin he had grabbed was still alive.
• Dunn called out to Pearl, who confirmed she had dealt with the gunman, and Dunn killed the trapped assassin.
• The Ranger tried to flee, but Dunn caught him in darkness and killed him.
• Pearl confronted Dunn about underestimating his opponents, and Dunn recognized that a shot to his heart could have killed him.
• Annie and the other subordinates arrived, and Dunn ordered them to seize everything at the Pure White Chamber of Commerce.

Marshall waited at the Pure White Chamber of Commerce for news of the assassination attempt against Dunn, while Doron believed they could negotiate their way out of the consequences. Dunn arrived and ordered his pirates to kill everyone and seize the chamber’s assets; Annie headed to the docks to take its fleet and the wealth aboard.

• Marshall learned from Doron that the attack had begun after Doron saw the Navigator fly off to seek help.
• When commotion broke out, Marshall and Doron realized the Pirate King’s men had come, and Marshall planned to offer compensation and seek revenge later.
• Dunn entered the chamber of commerce and ordered his men to kill everyone there and take everything valuable.
• Dunn killed Marshall, and a pirate beheaded Doron as the pirates attacked the chamber.
• Dunn sat in Marshall’s chair while the pirates seized the chamber’s assets, and Annie went to take over its fleet at the docks.

After the raid on the Pure White Chamber of Commerce, Dunn learned the value of the plunder and gave Hoffman the estate as a base for his own pirate crew. Before leaving, Dunn sensed someone hiding in a secret room and went to investigate with his men.

• Dunn waited until dawn while his pirates looted the Pure White Chamber of Commerce and learned they had seized its goods and Marshall's hundred-thousand-gold-coin treasury.
• Hoffman asked about the estate, and Dunn assigned it to Hoffman's pirate crew as their base.
• Dunn told Hoffman to recruit as many men as he could manage and build his crew independently.
• Dunn sensed a survivor hiding in a secret room and ordered the pirates to come investigate with him.

Dunn confronted Marshall’s surviving illegitimate son after the pirates destroyed the Pure White Chamber of Commerce’s compound. He appeared to offer the boy mercy, but told Hoffman the boy was calculating and must be killed, leaving Hoffman to order the pirates to dispose of him.

• Marshall’s overlooked illegitimate son emerged from a hidden hatch and vowed to avenge his family before trying to escape.
• The boy found Dunn and a crowd of pirates waiting outside the courtyard, with no chance to flee.
• Dunn offered the boy a knife or candy, and the boy chose the candy, believing it would make him seem harmless.
• Hoffman assumed Dunn meant to spare the boy and considered secretly ensuring he would not survive.
• Dunn privately told Hoffman that the boy was deeply calculating and must not be spared, so Hoffman ordered the pirates to dispose of him.

Dunn used the surviving assassin’s fate to cultivate a reputation as an unpredictable man, hoping to deter further attacks while he prepared to secure his position as Pirate King. The factions learned of his actions, and Geya warned the elves to stay in their forest because she could not gauge Dunn’s temperament.

• Annie questioned Dunn about the boy’s choices, and Dunn said every possible answer proved the boy deserved to die.
• Dunn’s men and the nearby pirates reacted with disbelief as Annie realized Dunn had never intended to spare the boy.
• Dunn used the boy’s execution to intimidate his enemies after an assassination attempt, buying time to prepare his ritual to become Legendary.
• Dunn decided he could not give up the Pirate King position after learning it could earn him nearly a million gold coins a year toward founding a nation.
• President Badal heard that Dunn had destroyed the Pure White Chamber of Commerce and worried that business would become difficult.
• Geya ordered the elves to remain in Moonlight Woodland because she could not predict Dunn’s behavior, despite a young elf’s belief that he would not dare attack them.

After Dunn established his authority on Campbell Island, he let Annie handle a meeting with the remaining factions while he stayed out of sight. Later, Dunn learned that a Minotaur tribe had substantial fighting strength and considered recruiting them, but Annie warned that their status as a lesser race made them vulnerable.

• Dunn's order to destroy the Pure White Chamber of Commerce spread across Campbell Island, and the remaining factions stayed quiet under his reputation.
• The factions' representatives met at Campbell Mansion, where Annie presided while Dunn let them believe he was being kept away from negotiations.
• After the meeting, Dunn asked Annie about a Minotaur, and she explained that they belonged to a lesser race with no human rights.
• Annie found records showing that the Minotaurs had over a dozen Fourth Tiers and more than a hundred Third Tiers, but their Legendary creator still owned them.
• Dunn considered recruiting the Minotaurs to strengthen his forces, but Annie warned that their inferior status made it dangerous for them to fight other factions.

Dunn met with Cairne Bloodhoof, chief of the impoverished Minotaur tribe, and offered to hire them as his year-round guards. The Minotaurs gained a source of wages, and Dunn ordered the reception-room ceilings raised to accommodate them.

• Dunn asked Annie to arrange a private meeting with the Minotaur chief.
• Kane explained that the Minotaurs lived in harsh conditions, with high-ranking tribesmen hunting and low-ranking ones doing hard labor for food.
• Kane told Dunn that Ronald had required Minotaurs to serve as guards for two months each year instead of paying taxes.
• Dunn offered the Minotaurs year-round guard work with wages, and Kane accepted gratefully.
• Dunn asked Annie to arrange the guards and have the reception-room ceilings raised to more than ten meters.

After Kane and Annie left, Pearl told Dunn that Kane was nearing Legendary status and pressed him about his own advancement ritual. Dunn outlined how the war might give him a chance to fulfill the ritual’s requirements, leaving Pearl to infer which Legendary Dunn hoped to win over.

• Pearl appeared beside Dunn and said Kane was close to becoming a Legendary because Traditional Professions revealed their progress through their aura.
• Dunn reassured Pearl about the detour caused by his Card Class, then realized Pearl was anxious about Dunn’s difficult advancement ritual and limited time.
• Dunn explained that founding a nation required territory, a supportive population, and Legendaries, and said he had prospects for each requirement.
• Pearl accepted that Dunn’s backing wizard could provide territory and one Legendary, then inferred that Dunn planned to recruit a member of the Pirate King Council.

After Campbell Island recovered from the Pirate King upheaval, Dunn sent Annie to negotiate with Alice about the population and territory required for his Legendary advancement ritual. As Annie listened, the world suddenly fell dark and an illusory flame appeared.

• Kane returned to Campbell City with over a hundred Minotaurs, who served mainly as an imposing guard.
• Annie's family sent a cousin to help manage the island, freeing Annie from her administrative duties as trade and revenue recovered.
• Dunn asked Annie to take the [Black Pearl] into the Storm Sea and find Alice to discuss cooperating on his Legendary advancement ritual.
• Dunn explained that the ritual required a large population and land, and that he planned to transport slaves from the Old World to Alice's territory.
• The world plunged into darkness, Annie felt uncontrollable fear, and an illusory flame ignited.

Dunn witnessed an apparent attempt to ascend to godhood, recognizing the divine fire and forming godhead as signs that a Test Subject of the Eye of the Firmament was becoming a deity. The ascension failed when the fire and godhead vanished, and Dunn warned Annie and Pearl not to investigate what they had seen.

• Dunn realized that the blazing flame was divine fire and that a godhead was forming within it, while Annie stood unconscious beside him.
• Dunn concluded that one of the Eye of the Firmament's Test Subjects was attempting ascension and suspected the effort might fail for lack of faith.
• The divine fire faltered and shrank until it vanished, ending the ascension attempt and restoring the surroundings.
• Annie regained consciousness and asked Dunn what had happened, and he told her there had been no attack and cautioned her not to look into it.
• Pearl arrived, visibly exhausted and frightened, but stopped asking questions after Dunn said they should not know what had happened.

The Eye of the Firmament’s experiment caused a worldwide vision of Divine Fire, attracting the attention of the Old World’s most powerful beings before the Test Subject disintegrated. The Eye of the Firmament told Emperor Lane that those beings were waiting to reap the rewards of the phenomenon.

• The Wizard Speaker watched the Divine Fire from his tower in Howenshire until it went out, while the Elf Empress watched from the World Tree and heard a disdainful scoff.
• A furious roar shook the Storm Sea, while the Dragon Emperor only stirred slightly after the Divine Fire vanished.
• Yi was drawn into the vision at the Firmament Temple, then looked around in confusion when it ended.
• The Eye of the Firmament confirmed that the Test Subject had disintegrated, and Emperor Lane confronted him over the worldwide disturbance.
• The Eye of the Firmament explained that the Wizard Speaker and Elf Empress already knew about his experiments and said the powerful beings were waiting to reap the rewards.

One year later, Dunn trained with Kane outside Campbell City and used his Pirate King earnings to strengthen his attributes and abilities. After Annie repaired the battlefield, she angrily confronted Dunn about making her clean up after their sparring.

• Dunn ended his sparring session with Kane, a Minotaur Chieftain strong enough to challenge him, and asked Annie to repair the cratered ground.
• Annie leveled the battlefield with her breeze and mental power, continuing the cleanup work Dunn had repeatedly assigned to her over the past year.
• Dunn used the Silver Mirror to buy resources and slaves from His Majesty You Rooster, who believed Dunn had a Destiny Legendary Wizard supporting him.
• Dunn raised most of his attributes to the transcendent threshold, gained Life Return and several feats, and planned to improve further before advancing to Legendary.
• Annie complained that cleaning the battlefield was not helping her weather magic, and Dunn admitted she had caught on to his excuse about practicing mental control.