Chapter Summaries

The World Government deployed upgraded Pacifistas against the Revolutionary Army and Whitebeard’s forces, then Saturn summoned four of the remaining Five Elders to Krusimia. The battlefield braced for another wave of combat as more figures arrived in the square.

• The new-model Pacifistas arrived at Brown Square and attacked, forcing the pirates and revolutionaries to fight them.
• Vegapunk explained to Kuzan that the Mother Flame-powered Pacifistas had been upgraded to Vice Admiral strength.
• Saturn unleashed a mysterious power, bringing down four bolts of black lightning that shook and damaged Krusimia.
• Four pentagrams appeared, and the remaining Five Elders emerged as enormous monsters.
• Kizaru and Dragon looked toward the arrivals as more figures landed in the square, while the people on the dog-headed warship prepared to take the stage.

The Five Elders and the newly deployed Seraphim attacked Peach Spring’s forces as former Warlords and Emperors entered the battle. Vegapunk confirmed he had created the Seraphim, but Warcury ordered them to kill every pirate and Revolutionary Army soldier; an enormous electric net then blocked their advance.

• Nusjuro charged the Revolutionary Army, but Dracule Mihawk intercepted his sword with Yoru and engaged him.
• Ju Peter attacked the Moby Dick with a powerful suction, but Whitebeard stopped him with spatial fissures and prepared to fight the Five Elders.
• Crocodile, Jinbe, Mihawk, Boa Hancock, Moria, and Doflamingo appeared alongside Seraphim modeled after the Shichibukai and Four Emperors.
• Kuzan questioned Vegapunk, who admitted he had created the Seraphim and regretted that the weapons had been used for war.
• Warcury authorized the Seraphim to kill the pirates and Revolutionary Army soldiers, and they charged toward Peach Spring’s forces.
• Blue-violet lightning formed a huge net that blocked the Seraphim, as its unseen speaker announced his arrival.

Enel and Crocodile arrived on the battlefield and fought the six Shichibukai Seraphim, whose combined attack overwhelmed them. Ling'er then joined them as another enormous silhouette appeared overhead.

• The six Shichibukai Seraphim tore through Enel's lightning net, and Enel and Crocodile descended to face them.
• Enel and Crocodile bickered over S-Crocodile before the Seraphim attacked them with a massive combined beam.
• Enel and Crocodile countered with a combined Haki punch, but the blast sent them skidding back while the Seraphim held their ground.
• Ling'er appeared beside Enel and Crocodile, and a dark silhouette gradually grew clearer in the sky.

The Lott Pirates’ strength was revealed as Franky stopped the Seraphim and Nami broke up Enel and Crocodile’s argument. Lott’s ship, the Skybreaker, descended into Brown Square, and the assembled fighters awaited his arrival.

• Franky intercepted the six Seraphim with laser blasts, then mocked them while combing his hair.
• Enel and Crocodile prepared to fight, but Nami knocked them both into the ground and ordered them to wait until the war was over.
• Nami reunited with Ling'er as the crowd reacted to her strength, while the Five Elders sensed an overwhelming presence above them.
• The Skybreaker descended through the clouds and landed in Brown Square, prompting Sengoku, Shanks, Whitebeard, and Kuzan to anticipate Lott’s next move.

Garp and Sengoku arrived to confront Lott’s allies as the Skybreaker’s fighters headed into battle. The chapter ended with Hawkeye, Kuro, Luo, and Issho each facing a powerful opponent while Vivi and Shirahoshi stayed behind to guard the ship and Kuma.

• Garp challenged Lott, but Sengoku appeared and argued with him over who would fight Lott.
• Boa Hancock threatened the Five Elders, while Kuro, Luo, Issho, Robin, Emporio Ivankov, Morley, Glas, and Delinberg left the Skybreaker to join the battle.
• Vivi told Shirahoshi they would guard the Skybreaker and Kuma instead of going to the battlefield.
• Hawkeye answered Nusjuro’s attack with a sword slash after Nusjuro dismissed Ivankov and the others as ants.
• Kuro confronted Saint Warcury, who called him an insect and demanded to know whether he was the Lott Pirates’ strategist.
• Luo challenged Garp, while Issho and Sengoku prepared to fight; Sengoku transformed into a giant golden Buddha.

Boa Hancock and Lott’s companions fought the Seraphim at Krusimia, but the replicas’ defenses and abilities proved difficult to overcome. The battle remained unresolved as the Seraphim continued attacking and Nami joined the fight.

• Boa Hancock charged S-Snake after her petrifying beams failed, but her powerful kick left the Seraphim unharmed.
• Enel fought S-Quake and S-Hunger, whose attacks scattered his body and whose defenses withstood his counterattack.
• Nami pointed out the Seraphim’s black wings, burning flames, green bracelets, and copied Devil Fruit powers, and Crocodile speculated that the bracelets supplied their abilities.
• Crocodile struck S-Beast, then S-Hair wounded him with a Haki-infused Divine Departure.
• Nami warned Ling'er that S-Hair could use Haki, then charged into the battle as Ling'er transformed into flame.

Zoro fought Saint Mars’s Itsumade form while Luffy broke through the Marine defenses toward the Execution Platform. Admiral Salih intercepted Luffy, survived his opening punch, and threw him back, leaving Luffy’s rescue of Sabo delayed.

• Zoro split Saint Mars’s fire attack with a flying slash, then charged through a barrage of Haki-coated feathers toward the Itsumade.
• Luffy tore through the enemy ranks while holding and eating meat, closing to within a few hundred meters of the Execution Platform.
• Salih rose from his seat and appeared in front of Luffy, declaring that someone had to guard the platform.
• Luffy punched Salih in the face with Conqueror’s Haki, seemingly exploding his upper body, but Salih reformed from brown liquid.
• Salih explained that he admired Luffy’s crew and Lott and looked forward to the Marines’ rebirth under Peach Spring, then grabbed Luffy as he tried to pass and hurled him backward.

Luffy returned to the battlefield in Gear Fifth while Kuro and Whitebeard fought the Five Elders Warcury and Ju Peter to a stalemate. As the fighting shifted into an encirclement around the Five Elders, Kuzan noticed several powerful figures emerging from Krusimia Island.

• Luffy ate specially prepared meat, recovered much of his strength, and activated Gear Fifth as he returned to the Execution Platform to face Salih.
• Warcury attacked Kuro with a Haki-coated mustache blade, but Kuro dodged and reappeared behind him before taking on his hybrid form.
• Whitebeard and Ju Peter traded blows and clashed their powerful presences, while Whitebeard challenged the World Government's claim to rule the world.
• The battlefields across Brown Square shifted into an encirclement, with the Five Elders at the center and the other combatants positioned in rings around them.
• Kuzan surveyed the battlefield and prepared to speak into his Den Den Mushi, but powerful figures emerged from Krusimia Island, prompting him to murmur that he had expected them.

Kong arrived at Brown Square with the Holy Knights and explained to Kuzan that he believed the weak were responsible for their own suffering. The fighting continued as Crocodile and the others prepared to face the newcomers, while Boa Hancock headed toward the Five Elders’ battlefield.

• Kong and five Holy Knights emerged from Krusimia’s inner island, and Kuzan recognized them.
• Crocodile defeated S-Beast and S-Hair while Nami and Boa Hancock finished their battles; S-Snake was spared.
• Crocodile, Nami, Ling'er, and Boa Hancock moved toward new enemies, while Franky carried S-Snake back to the Skybreaker.
• Kong joined Kuzan on the Execution Platform and asked what he thought of the world.
• Kong recounted how he trained to avenge his family and declared that weakness was the original sin of people living at the bottom.

Kong defended the World Government’s rule and warned Kuzan that the Marines could ruin themselves by joining Peach Spring. On the battlefield, Vial Emily challenged Crocodile, who injured her with Conqueror’s Haki before she transformed into an awakened leopard and unleashed her Afterimage Claws.

• Kuzan was shocked when Kong argued that protecting the weak made them dependent and compared them to the Celestial Dragons.
• Kuzan suspected Kong had discovered the Marines’ plan to join Peach Spring, but refused to believe his colleagues had revealed it.
• Five Holy Knights broke through the pirate and Revolutionary Army lines, and Vial Emily charged at the crowd.
• Crocodile intercepted Emily and struck her with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated palm, sending her crashing into the ground.
• Emily recovered, transformed into an awakened Ancient Wild Leopard, and attacked Crocodile with Divine Wilds · Afterimage Claws.

Wyper arrived in Krusimia and fought Aikun Dodel, who had rushed to rescue Emily. Meanwhile, Nami faced the Holy Knight Mairiel Tongette Martin, whose courteous manner did not stop him from preparing to fight.

• Aikun Dodel charged at Crocodile after seeing him knock Emily down, but Wyper descended and blocked his way.
• Wyper mocked Dodel and dodged his cigarette-butt attack, while Crocodile recognized him as Peach Spring’s Guards Commander and recalled that he had come against Laki’s wishes.
• Dodel struck Wyper’s neck with his sword, but Wyper’s skin hardened and repelled the blade without injury.
• Dodel transformed into a sheep and trapped Wyper’s foot in his wool, but Wyper broke free with Haki and teleported away.
• Nami met Mairiel Tongette Martin, who greeted her warmly, and asked him to go easy on her, but he said his duty as a Holy Knight came first.

Martin tried to persuade Nami to join the World Government by becoming his concubine, but she knocked him unconscious and killed him when he lustfully reached for her. Enel intervened when another Holy Knight attacked Nami, leaving the fat Holy Knight facing the Thunder God.

• Martin warned Nami that the pirates would be defeated and urged her to join the World Government.
• Martin proposed that Nami become his concubine so she could live in Mary Geoise, and Nami pretended to faint to lure him closer.
• Martin reached toward Nami, but she slammed his head into the ground, then formed a Haki-coated spear and killed him.
• A fat Holy Knight tried to shoot Nami, but Enel appeared in a flash of lightning and the gun exploded in the Holy Knight's hand.
• The fat Holy Knight recognized Enel as the Thunder God and angrily confronted him.

Nami killed Martin, and Enel confronted Nalando Shelby, a Holy Knight who wielded the Mercury-Mercury Fruit. Their fight ended with Shelby shocked to discover Enel could coat his hand with Conqueror's Haki, while Boa Hancock looked forward to marrying her husband after the war.

• Nami turned away from Martin's body and faced the Marines and agents as Shelby threatened her for killing a Holy Knight.
• Enel stopped Shelby from shooting Nami, then struck him with a lightning-fast kick that cracked the ground, though Shelby's metal anchor kept him from being badly hurt.
• Shelby transformed into a mercury robot and attacked Enel, whose lightning reacted with the mercury and spread deadly vapor across the battlefield, killing nearby Marines and agents.
• Enel endured the mercury vapor and invited Shelby to keep fighting; Shelby charged with a mercury-coated fist, but Enel blocked it with Conqueror's Haki, leaving Shelby stunned.
• Elsewhere, Boa Hancock kicked a stone statue and privately celebrated the prospect of marrying her husband after the war.

Kuzan addressed the Marines during the battle, condemning the World Government and its treatment of civilians. He declared that the Marines would break away from the World Government and join Peach Spring, leaving the battlefield at the start of a new order.

• Boa Hancock petrified the Marines and agents who stared at her, though those farther away continued to lust after her.
• Kuzan noticed that few Holy Knights remained and saw that Kong showed little reaction to their defeat.
• Garp and Luo discussed their fierce fight, while Issho and Sengoku exchanged blows without trying to defeat each other; Salih urged Luffy to wait before going to save Sabo.
• Kuzan condemned the World Government, citing the Buster Call, the Ohara Incident, and the Celestial Dragons' power and abuses.
• Kuzan announced that the Marines would leave the World Government, join Peach Spring, and protect the seas and their people.

Kuzan’s decision to break the Marines away from the World Government sparked clashes between Marines and World Government agents. Across the East Blue, Koshiro and the people of Foosha Village watched the broadcast and reflected on the coming conflict, while Koshiro spoke with an eight-year-old green-haired boy about the World Government’s past.

• Marines argued over Kuzan’s decision, and World Government agents insulted them until the two sides began fighting.
• Koshiro mourned Alan and regretted failing to keep their promise to raise their daughter as planned.
• An eight-year-old green-haired boy joined Koshiro to watch Zoro and asked whether Kuzan’s claims about the World Government were true.
• Koshiro confirmed the world was more complicated than the boy had imagined and agreed that the World Government’s rule needed questioning.
• Foosha Village residents discussed the Marines joining Peach Spring, and the village chief expressed confidence in Lott as a leader.
• Makino watched the broadcast from her tavern with worry.

Kuzan’s defection to Peach Spring sent shockwaves through Mary Geoise and the World Government’s affiliated nations. As Celestial Dragons and rulers feared losing their power, a voice in the Flower Room declared that the time had come.

• Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise reacted angrily and fearfully to Kuzan’s speech, while some dismissed the danger and others worried the World Government might lose.
• The Porcia Kingdom’s king learned that the Navy lieutenant commander stationed there was preparing to withdraw and vowed to conquer Peach Spring if the World Government won.
• Porcia’s king faced growing unrest among his citizens and reports of a Rebel Army as the Navy’s departure weakened his rule.
• The same upheaval spread across other World Government Member States, where people began treating the war as a threat to their lives and governments.
• In the Flower Room, a pair of piercing eyes opened, and a clear voice said, “It’s time.”

Kuzan challenged Kong over the marines’ revolt against the World Government while Sabo reunited with Koala amid the battle. After they confessed their love and agreed to marry, they joined the fight together, where a beautiful swordswoman appeared at the shore.

• Kuzan rejected Kong’s defense of the World Government, and the two jumped from the Execution Platform to face each other.
• Sabo freed himself from his chains and rushed to Koala instead of going to Ace or Luffy.
• Sabo and Koala kissed, and he agreed to marry her after the war.
• Koala insisted on facing the danger with Sabo, and they charged into battle hand in hand.
• A commotion broke out along the shore as the fighters noticed a beautiful swordswoman.

Zoro fought Marcus Saint Mars while the Navy joined Peach Spring’s side, then unleashed Ashura to cut down Saint Mars. After Zoro collapsed from exhaustion, a woman who had come ashore caught him and praised how much stronger and more handsome he had become.

• Zoro saw the Navy switch sides and recognized that Peach Spring’s chances of victory had increased.
• Marcus Saint Mars dismissed the Navy’s defection and attacked Zoro as Itsumade with freezing black flames.
• Zoro split the flames with Flame Slash, then transformed into Ashura and used Nine-Sword Style: Ashura, Soul Rending, Lion’s Song.
• Zoro’s attack cut Saint Mars into pieces, and the pieces disappeared without him reappearing.
• Zoro collapsed, and the woman who had come ashore caught him and told him he had gotten stronger and more handsome.

Zoro mistook Kuina for Tashigi until the real Tashigi arrived and Kuina revealed her identity. Kuina confessed that she liked Zoro, leaving him unable to answer because he still had feelings for her and cared about Perona and Gion.

• Zoro recoiled from Kuina and accused her of being Tashigi, while Kuina insisted he had mistaken her for someone else.
• Tashigi arrived, and she and Kuina were shocked by how much they resembled each other; Smoker called Tashigi away.
• Kuina introduced herself, and Zoro recognized her as the childhood friend he had believed died in an accident.
• Kuina suggested that her apparent death had helped Zoro grow, then told him he was the most important person in her heart.
• Kuina told Zoro she liked him, and he fell silent, unable to respond.

Kuina confessed her love to Zoro, and they set off together to face the remaining enemies in the square. Meanwhile, the Five Elders confronted the consequences of their defeats, and Imu told Saint Mars and Saint Topman Warcury they would never have to fight again.

• Kuina confessed that she liked Zoro, then agreed to explain herself after the war and urged him to face the enemies with her.
• Zoro ate a Senzu Bean to restore his stamina and joined Kuina on the way to the square.
• Perona became angry when she saw Kuina holding Zoro's hand on the Screen, while Gion urged her to trust him.
• Koshiro worried that the World Government could keep Kuina and Zoro from living happily together, recalling how a Celestial Dragon had caused Alan's death.
• Saint Mars and Saint Topman Warcury discussed their defeats and regretted not eliminating the Lott Pirates sooner.
• Imu told Saint Mars and Saint Topman Warcury that neither of them would have to fight again.