Recaps

Rossi ended the battle with Sengoku by staging a retreat while the Marines took control of three islands, then recruited Rayleigh for a war against the Holy Mountain. He left to gather the era’s legends, determined to challenge fate and carve his own path.

• Rossi and Sengoku traded words that disguised their understanding of the battle’s outcome, and Rossi led the Donquixote Family fleet away as Sengoku ordered the Marines not to pursue.
• Rossi entrusted the fleet and its young members to Anok, then went to meet Rayleigh and Shakky at Sabaody Archipelago.
• Rossi challenged Rayleigh to compare their swordsmanship, and Rayleigh admitted he would lose if they fought to the death.
• Rossi asked Rayleigh to join an unprecedented battle, declaring that he intended to attack the Holy Mountain rather than wait for Joy Boy.
• Rossi left to recruit Golden Lion, Oden, Whitebeard, Red Count, and other legends for the coming war.

Rossi returned to the New World after his clash with Sengoku, while news of his strength and Doflamingo’s brutal campaign spread across the seas. He then sought out Golden Lion Shiki’s Flying Archipelago, where an old acquaintance appeared and summoned Shiki.

• Shakky and Rayleigh discussed Rossi’s ambition to gather legendary figures and watched his Haki erase their bar from existence.
• Rossi returned to his golden ship, ordered his crew to sail for the New World, and left the first-half islands behind.
• Newspapers reported Rossi’s near draw with Sengoku and Doflamingo’s devastating purge of kingdoms that had challenged the Family.
• Rossi’s group traveled toward Shiki’s Flying Archipelago and reached Kingston City on Springwater Island.
• A white-robed stranger caught Henry’s cannon-powered bullet, asked him about Golden Lion, and told him to inform Shiki that an old acquaintance had arrived.
• Shiki descended over Kingston City, then met the white-robed stranger at a street stall, where the stranger greeted him as Mr. Horne.

Rossi revealed himself to Shiki and demanded that the Golden Lion wield his blades for him, then challenged him to a fight. Their battle began above Shiki’s Floating Islands, where Rossi broke through Shiki’s attacks and pressed the assault.

• Horne welcomed the hooded Rossi aboard Shiki’s ship and led him to the banquet on the Main Island.
• Shiki announced that Rossi had freed him from Impel Down, and Rossi invited him outside to stretch their legs.
• Rossi removed his hood, and Shiki recognized him as Rossi of the Family before asking why he had rescued him.
• Rossi demanded that Shiki wield his blades for him, and the two agreed to settle the matter with their swords.
• Rossi charged through Shiki’s ice lion and escaped the seawater trap with a cylindrical shock wave.
• Shiki raised his twin swords to block Rossi’s attack as he unleashed Thousand Slashes.

Rossi defeated Shiki’s resistance and persuaded him to join his plan to gather the ocean’s strongest fighters for an unprecedented war. Rossi then reached a harbor where Yamato, King, Queen, and other powerful figures confronted a group that included a mechanical creation of Rossi’s former colleague.

• Rossi suppressed Shiki in their sword fight, and Shiki agreed to wield his swords for Rossi again.
• Rossi left Shiki’s floating island and contacted his allies, confirming that Anok and the others had reached Dressrosa safely.
• Yamato, Queen, and King incapacitated the harbor guards and demanded that Rossi come out.
• A massive man attacked the red-lensed figure with Thunder Bagua, but the blow failed to move him.
• The Cat-Eared Girl revealed that her father had sent her to confront his former colleagues, and the red-lensed man recognized her as a creation built from memories and computation.
• The red-lensed man transformed his body with machinery and flesh as the Cat-Eared Girl launched Spark Queen and Prism Light.

Diamante, Doflamingo, and other Donquixote Family fighters battled Kaido’s forces as Doflamingo unleashed an island-splitting attack that Kaido survived and countered. After Kaido nearly defeated him, Doflamingo awakened his Conqueror’s Haki and forced Kaido back, leaving the two on equal footing.

• Diamante fought the masked man with the Golden Sword, but the man trapped his blade and struck him with a blazing wing; Diamante rose from the lava in Dark Gold Armor and resumed the clash.
• Trebol watched the battle while a stray attack pierced him, and Doflamingo confronted the man with the Spiked Club, who mocked his fighting ability.
• Doflamingo launched a string-and-electricity-powered slash that split the island, but the man survived and regenerated from his wounds.
• Kaido exploited Doflamingo’s hesitation, struck him with his Spiked Club, and left him broken in a crater while the Donquixote Family could not reach him.
• Kaido called Doflamingo no genius like Rossi, provoking Doflamingo to rise and block the club with his foot as black Conqueror’s Haki lightning erupted around him.
• Doflamingo knocked Kaido into the ruined island and declared that Rossi’s strength came from fighting harder than anyone; Kaido rose, recognizing Doflamingo as his equal.

Doflamingo survived Kaido’s surprise attack and reached a new level of strength, while Rossi traveled to Wano Country to ask its leaders for troops. He revealed that he planned to wage a war against Mary Geoise, leaving Oden and the others stunned.

• Doflamingo told Rossi that the Donquixote Family had driven off the Kaido Pirates, though they had suffered losses and the island where they had anchored had been destroyed.
• Rossi praised Doflamingo for standing up to Kaido, then crossed into Wano Country and headed for the Flower Capital.
• At Tenshu Castle, Shimotsuki Yasuie’s officials discussed improved grain harvests and the Family’s trade agreement with Wano Country.
• Rossi arrived during the meeting and asked Shimotsuki Yasuie and the other leaders to lend him troops for a war.
• Rossi announced that he intended to attack the Holy Land atop the Red Line, and Oden rose in shock at the news.

Rossi challenged Kozuki Oden, who agreed to fight him and promised to draw his blades for Rossi while asking him not to disrupt Whitebeard’s voyage. Rossi then reached Sphinx Island and announced that he had come to defeat Whitebeard, but sat down to wait when Marco said the captain was resting.

• Rossi told Kozuki Oden that Rayleigh and Shiki had agreed to join his war, and said he would challenge Whitebeard next.
• Kozuki Oden agreed to fight Rossi without holding back and promised to help him, asking that Whitebeard’s voyage be left undisturbed.
• Rossi warned that the coming conflict would destroy those who tried to remain safe, and said Wano Country could open its borders after the Celestial Dragons fell.
• Rossi arrived at Sphinx Island, where Whitebeard’s crew recognized Kozuki Oden returning to the ship.
• Rossi used Azure Flame to heal Oden, then told Marco and the crew that he had come to defeat Whitebeard.
• Marco said Whitebeard was resting, so Rossi sat down on the deck and said they could wait until he woke.

Rossi challenged Edward Newgate, explaining that he needed to reach the top to protect the Family, and the Whitebeard Pirates sailed to an uninhabited island for the fight. Marco, Vista, Thatch, and Jozu blocked Rossi’s path and demanded that he defeat them before challenging Newgate.

• Rossi proposed moving the battle away from the inhabited island and agreed that Newgate could set the terms if Rossi lost.
• Kozuki Oden recounted how Rossi had resolved Wano Country’s crisis, and Marco thanked Rossi for helping the Whitebeard Pirates’ Second Division Commander.
• Rossi told Newgate that he wanted to challenge him because he needed to stand at the top to protect the Family.
• The Whitebeard Pirates held a feast aboard the Moby Dick as they sailed toward an uninhabited island.
• Rossi flew to the island, where Marco, Vista, Thatch, and Jozu confronted him and demanded that he defeat them before challenging Newgate.

Rossi defeated Whitebeard’s commanders in a fierce battle, then faced Edward Newgate, the Whitebeard in his prime. Rossi opened their duel with a space-crossing slash that reached Newgate instantly.

• Rossi countered Thatch, Vista, Jozu, and Marco’s coordinated attacks, redirecting their strikes with precise swordsmanship and defense.
• Whitebeard and Kozuki Oden recognized Rossi’s overwhelming strength as the commanders struggled to see through the battle’s dust.
• Rossi used Oni Giri: Hakoku Sovereignty to blast away half of Marco’s body, then Oni Giri: Sanzu River to crack Jozu’s diamond armor.
• Whitebeard stopped Rossi from finishing Jozu, and the injured commanders withdrew as Rossi turned to face Edward Newgate.
• Rossi and Newgate declared their intentions to fight without restraint, and Rossi launched an ink-black slash that crossed the distance between them.

Rossi fought Whitebeard in a devastating duel and was overwhelmed by the Tremor-Tremor Fruit until a near-fatal attack pushed him to a new level. He emerged with his Black Domain ability active, which suppressed the light around Whitebeard's fist, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Rossi and Whitebeard clashed with their weapons, tearing apart the island and forcing the Moby Dick to retreat from the waves.
• Whitebeard struck Rossi with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power, injuring his hand and driving him backward despite his Haki defenses.
• Whitebeard unleashed Air Quake: Barrage, engulfing Rossi in a series of devastating tremor blasts as Kozuki Oden rushed toward the island to help him.
• Rossi emerged from the ruins bloodied and activated Silence: Black Domain, extinguishing the white light around Whitebeard's fist.
• Curiel spotted Rossi and Whitebeard locked in another stalemate amid the flooded crater.

Rossi pushed his Calm-Calm Fruit beyond ordinary sound, using it to challenge Whitebeard in a fierce battle that ended only after their fighting shattered the island. While recovering aboard ship, Rossi told Whitebeard that his Family had to grow stronger to survive, and Whitebeard guessed he was following Rocks's path by challenging the strongest fighters.

• Rossi explained that his Calm-Calm Fruit could silence even the vibrations he perceived through Observation Haki, and used the ability to create openings against Whitebeard.
• Rossi and Whitebeard exchanged sword strikes and Haki blows until the deserted island broke apart, forcing them to stop fighting.
• A nurse treated both bandaged fighters aboard ship and told Rossi to rest and avoid drinking or strenuous activity.
• Whitebeard questioned whether the title of World's Strongest justified the damage Rossi had taken, and Rossi said his Family needed strength to avoid disappearing.
• Whitebeard guessed that Rossi was challenging powerful figures to follow Rocks's path, and Rossi answered that it was all forced upon him.

Rossi recovered aboard Whitebeard’s ship, secured Whitebeard’s promise to join the coming war, and supported Jinbe’s decision to leave the Family and follow Fisher Tiger. After learning that Diez Barrels had obtained the Op-Op Fruit, Rossi redirected his companions toward Minion Island to seize it, while Jinbe prepared to depart with Arlong and the others.

• Rossi reassured the Family that he was safe, and Whitebeard reaffirmed that he would fight when Rossi began the war.
• Doffy told Rossi that Fisher Tiger had freed thousands of slaves in Mary Geoise and formed the Sun Pirates, and Jinbe confirmed that he wanted to leave the Family.
• Rossi supported Jinbe’s choice to follow Tiger and offered him two ships as a joining gift.
• After several days of recovery, Rossi gave Whitebeard a Den Den Mushi, and Whitebeard told Marco that the coming storm could not be avoided.
• Pica told Rossi that Diez Barrels had seized the Op-Op Fruit on Minion Island, so Rossi ordered Jora to redirect the Flying Carpet there.
• At Dressrosa’s harbor, Jinbe prepared to leave with Arlong and the others.

Jinbe left the Family with two ships after Fisher Tiger’s attack on Mary Geoise inspired him to return to Fish-Man Island. Rossi then confronted Diez Barrels in a frozen North Blue ghost town and took the Op-Op Fruit, leaving Pica wondering why the Family valued it so highly.

• Jinbe said farewell to Doflamingo and the Family as he sailed away on one of two new ships.
• Rossi reached the ghost town and found Diez Barrels’s men guarding a building in a disciplined perimeter.
• A flashback showed the gray-green-haired Gild Tesoro training with the Family after receiving a mythical vampire Devil Fruit.
• Rossi entered Diez Barrels’s hall and demanded the Op-Op Fruit, while the terrified pirates recognized his sword as Sandai Kitetsu and a Supreme Grade Sword.
• Diez Barrels surrendered the heart-shaped fruit to Rossi, who left with Pica and Jora.
• Pica asked Rossi what made the Op-Op Fruit special as Rossi held it in the snow.

Rossi brought X Drake to the New White Sand Orphanage, where he gave the Op-Op Fruit to Luo so he could cure Amber Lead Syndrome. The chapter ended with Lami waking from her hibernation pod and Luo embracing her.

• Rossi explained that the Op-Op Fruit could cure diseases including Amber Lead Syndrome, then brought X Drake with him to Dressrosa.
• Doflamingo let Rossi decide who would eat the Op-Op Fruit and said the Family could move forward without being held back by his obsession with immortality.
• At the orphanage, X Drake met Law and Ulti, while Rossi offered the fruit to Luo because of his medical knowledge and asked him to treat the sick children and people in the basement.
• Luo ate the Op-Op Fruit and promised to cure Lami, his companions, and the sleeping patients; Rossi told him that his life belonged to himself.
• X Drake began settling into the orphanage, and Monet offered to show him around.
• Lami woke from her hibernation pod, and Luo rushed to embrace her.

Lami awakened from her illness as Luo’s treatment began restoring the other children from Flevance, while the Five Elders blamed the Donquixote Family for the Holy Land’s vulnerability and ordered the Marines to prepare an attack. Rossi’s allies gathered in Dressrosa to discuss the coming war, and Vergo confirmed that the Marines had identified their Family as the target; Rossi then contacted two major powers.

• Lami woke free of the lead-colored marks, and she and Luo embraced as the children celebrated.
• Rossi reminded Lami to make up her missed training, while Luo continued treating the children from Flevance.
• The Five Elders discussed Fisher Tiger’s raid and the growing strength of Rossi and Doflamingo, then ordered the Marines to prepare to act against the Donquixote Family.
• Rossi and his allies met in Dressrosa and discussed how the raid had exposed cracks in the World Government’s authority and could bring war to their doorstep.
• Vergo reported that Garp had let slip that the Marines were targeting the Donquixote Family, and Rossi told him to withdraw when he could.
• Rossi used an encrypted Den Den Mushi to contact two powerful forces.

Rossi gathered the Charlotte Family, Whitebeard, Shiki, and Wano’s representatives at the Golden City, where old rivalries flared before being checked. As the Red Count and a mysterious hooded figure arrived, the gathering’s purpose and the identity of the newcomer remained unresolved.

• Rossi told Charlotte Smoothie to call her mother and warned that the coming storm would reach Totto Land.
• On the Queen Mama Chanter, Charlotte Linlin learned that Whitebeard’s fleet was heading to Dressrosa and that Rossi was the assassin Altaïr who had freed Shiki; Katakuri said he owed Rossi for helping him survive Scrap Iron Island.
• Charlotte Linlin sailed to the Golden City, where Shiki, Newgate, Kozuki Oden, and Rossi had gathered.
• Charlotte Linlin greeted Rossi as her son-in-law, provoking surprise from Shiki and Newgate, while Newgate and Linlin traded insults and nearly fought.
• The Red Count arrived with a hooded companion, and the gathered figures suspected the newcomer led the organization openly opposing the world.

Rossi gathered nine powerful figures and declared that the Donquixote Family intended to storm the Red Line, destroy Mary Geoise, and kill the Celestial Dragons. He and Doflamingo revealed that Uranus could erase islands, while Teach connected it to vanished nations, and Whitebeard attacked Charlotte Linlin after she insulted him.

• Dragon and Rayleigh arrived and took their places among the assembled legends.
• Kaido arrived seeking to join the war, and Rossi allowed him to take a golden chair despite Doflamingo's objection.
• Rossi announced his plan to attack Mary Geoise and reclaim freedom, shocking the Wano samurai and the gathered commanders.
• Rossi isolated the palace and asked why no one had shaken the Celestial Dragons' rule in eight hundred years.
• Doflamingo revealed that the Celestial Dragons possessed Uranus, which could destroy an island with sixteen beams, and Teach linked the weapon to historical disappearances.
• Charlotte Linlin insulted Teach, prompting Whitebeard to strike at her as she called for Napoleon.

Rossi and Doffy revealed that they were Celestial Dragons who had broken from their lineage, and explained that Imu, an eight-century-old founder, stood behind the World Government. The assembled pirates and allies agreed to join their campaign against the Celestial Dragons, then gathered their forces as Rossi warned that a strike from above the clouds could destroy their fleet.

• Charlotte Linlin challenged Whitebeard, but Teach and a silver-haired ally intervened, and Whitebeard warned her not to question his son.
• Rossi and his brother revealed their Celestial Dragon bloodline and said the nobles had relied on Uranus for eight hundred years.
• The brothers identified Imu as an eight-century-old founder who presided over the Celestial Dragons and revealed that the war would be a reckoning against the old order.
• Rossi warned the assembled legends against sabotage as Doffy joined him, and Kaido, Kozuki Oden, Whitebeard, Dragon, and Redfield accepted the coming battle.
• The allied fleet assembled beneath the mobile fortress, where Doffy vowed to reclaim what he had lost and Rossi warned that Imu could attack from above the clouds.

A vast alliance of pirates and resistance forces gathered under Doflamingo and Dragon, prompting the Five Elders to prepare for war as Morgans broadcast the fleet’s advance toward the Holy Land. In the North Blue, Vinsmoke Judge launched an attack on the Red Line and told Sanji he saw no chance of a miracle in him.

• A Wano samurai confronted Kaido over Wano’s bloodshed, but Big Mom intervened and warned everyone not to spoil the gathering.
• The Five Elders received reports of Whitebeard’s fleet, the Golden Lion’s forces, and simultaneous uprisings, then ordered preparations for war and a report to their lord.
• Morgans broadcast the enormous fleet, revealing Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Charlotte Linlin, Redfield, and Dragon among its leaders as it headed toward the Holy Land.
• Vinsmoke Judge ordered his fleet to seize Red Line defenses and supplies, declaring the spoils would secure Vinsmoke Family domination of the North Blue.
• Judge told Sanji that he saw no possibility of a miracle in him while Sanji’s brothers snickered.

Fisher Tiger chose to attack Mary Geoise from the flank and free slaves rather than join the frontal assault, while the allied fleet sailed toward the Red Line. Uranus struck with sixteen massive pillars of light, but the assembled powerhouses intercepted them, and Red Count summoned an apparition of Rocks D. Xebec, who confronted Rossi over who had initiated the operation.

• Judge warned a tearful boy that he had one last chance to prove his worth before the coming war.
• Fisher Tiger rejected the frontal assault and ordered his crew to climb the Red Line from the flank to free slaves at Mary Geoise.
• The allied fleet sailed toward the Red Line as Uranus unleashed sixteen enormous pillars of light over the sea.
• Rossi, Whitebeard, Kaido, Oden, Red Count, Rayleigh, and the other powerhouses countered the attack and shattered its pillars.
• Red Count revealed an apparition of Rocks D. Xebec, who addressed Rayleigh and then challenged Rossi, the operation's initiator.

Rossi led his allies against the Marines as Golden Lion raised the Golden City into the air, turning the battle into a clash between the era’s strongest fighters. The fighting continued around the floating city, where Rossi faced Fleet Admiral Kong and challenged the powers ruling from above.

• Rossi ordered his fleet to stop as the Marines formed a defensive line before the fortress.
• Golden Lion used his power to lift the Golden City out of the sea, and Kong, Sengoku, Zephyr, Garp, Tsuru, Borsalino, Kuzan, and Sakazuki prepared to meet them.
• Garp charged toward the rising island and confronted his son Dragon, while the Marines and pirates began fighting across the sea and in the air.
• Diamante, Trebol, Vergo, and Pica combined their abilities to keep the floating city intact amid the battle’s shock waves.
• Rossi clashed with Fleet Admiral Kong and said he understood the true faces of the Celestial Dragons and the one behind the curtain.

Rossi and the allied fighters broke through the Navy’s defenses and reached Mary Geoise, where tens of thousands of elite Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents awaited them. Rossi’s opening attack killed only a few dozen agents, leaving him to realize that the entire mass of masked fighters consisted of genuine agents.

• Rossi used three successive slashes on the same spot to wound Kong, then severed Kong’s arm with a spatially crossing strike when Kong’s momentum faltered.
• Garp pretended to be defeated, Borsalino withdrew, and the Navy forces retreated, leaving Sakazuki to be struck by Whitebeard.
• The Golden City broke through the rock overhead, revealing Mary Geoise and a vast force of Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents before the allied fighters.
• The Five Elders ordered Cipher Pol Aigis Zero to exterminate the rebels, and the agents surrounded the Golden City and attacked with a storm of Tempest Kicks.
• Rossi countered the agents’ attack with Oni Giri: Round Dance, but his slash killed only a few dozen, and he realized every masked fighter was a genuine Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent.

Rossi and the other attackers battled the World Government’s Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents and their awakened Zoan captains, whose numbers and regeneration initially threatened to overwhelm them. The attackers unleashed devastating attacks and forced the white-suited forces back to the castle, leaving the Five Elders grim as the battle approached their stronghold.

• Doflamingo, Rayleigh, the Rocks and Roger illusions, and Kaido fought the agents, while the agents evaded or cut free from their attacks.
• Awakened Zoan fighters ambushed the powerful combatants, and Rossi realized that Cipher Pol Aigis Zero’s members had likely been selected from successful Zoan awakenings while failed users became Impel Down’s Jailer Beasts.
• Shiki struggled against awakened bird Zoans as the Five Elders watched from Pangaea Castle and expected their forces to wear down the attackers.
• Rossi, Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, Monkey D. Dragon, and the other fighters unleashed powerful attacks that overwhelmed the agents and gradually outpaced the Zoans’ regeneration.
• The white-suited forces retreated toward the castle, and the Five Elders watched with grim expressions.

A mysterious woman in the Chamber of Authority crippled Kaido and froze the battlefield with her power, but Kaido opened his eyes and released a strange dark-red substance that made her pause. The chapter then shifted to Vice Admiral Tsuru waiting with hidden Marine allies before ending on Rossi confronting an incomprehensible sight at the Holy Land.

• The woman severed Kaido with a gesture, and Doflamingo and Rossi tried to stitch his body back together.
• The woman ordered the Five Elders to quiet the battlefield, then solidified the air and began crushing everyone near the castle.
• Kaido opened his eyes and released a dark-red substance toward the woman, causing her to pause and the frozen domain to crack.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru entered a cavern where Marine allies waited in hiding for an opening against the World Government.
• Rossi stared toward the Holy Land, overwhelmed by what he saw.

Imu revealed her Space-Space Fruit and overwhelmed the pirates and revolutionaries attacking her in the Holy Land, though Rossi managed to scratch her. The battle then shifted to the waters around G-1 Fortress, where the Navy’s top officers arrived and reversed the fighting’s momentum.

• Kaido told Rossi that he had deliberately left an opening before Doffy used strings to reassemble him after a slash split him in two.
• Imu appeared, shrank Shiki into a small golden figure, wounded Dragon, and sent Charlotte Linlin crashing through the Celestial Dragons’ domain.
• Imu identified herself as the user of the Space-Space Fruit and explained that she could open other worlds and summon puppets from them.
• Whitebeard unleashed repeated Quakes to disrupt Imu’s control of space, while Phantom Rocks’s attack failed and Rossi landed a shallow scratch on her fingertip.
• At G-1 Fortress, the allied pirate forces and special Devil Fruit warriors pushed back the Navy until Kong, Sengoku, Zephyr, Garp, Tsuru, and three young officers joined the fight.