Recaps

Doflamingo awakened his Devil Fruit, transforming the arena and surrounding ground into strings, but Luffy broke through his defenses and sent him crashing into a mountain. Doflamingo’s shaken crew reaffirmed their faith in him as a figure began floating out of the crater.

• Doflamingo explained his Devil Fruit Awakening and attacked Luffy with enormous Armament Haki-coated strings as the others moved away from the fight.
• Luffy dodged Doflamingo’s attacks, but a massive string strike sent him flying across the transformed ground.
• Luffy entered Gear Second and rushed Doflamingo, yet his first punch was blocked by a wall of strings.
• Luffy shattered Doflamingo’s string wall with a golden-red flash around his fist and punched him into the mountain Pica had created.
• Trebol, Lao G, Diamante, and the others feared Doflamingo had lost, then declared their belief that he would not go down as a figure emerged from the crater.

Luffy and Doflamingo fought as Doflamingo’s endless awakened threads threatened to outlast Luffy. A massive fireball and shock wave from Xia Chen’s clash with Kaido shook Dressrosa, and Doflamingo ordered his forces to abandon their agreement and attack the Straw Hat Pirates.

• Doflamingo used Ever White against Luffy, whose Haki-coated Jet Gatling punches shattered the threads, but Doflamingo said his awakened powers could replace them endlessly.
• Luffy recognized that the fight was draining his stamina and prepared to use another move.
• A huge fireball appeared in the distance, and its shock wave swept across Dressrosa and damaged countless buildings.
• Sanji and the others suspected Xia Chen had caused the explosion, while Diamante, Pica, and Doflamingo feared Kaido had likely been defeated.
• Doflamingo declared the agreement off, charged at Luffy, and sent Diamante and the others to attack Zoro and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Luffy revealed Gear Fourth: Boundman and struck Doflamingo with overwhelming force, sending him crashing through a mountain and into a sea of threads. Doflamingo counterattacked with thousands of Armament Haki-coated threads, engulfing Luffy and leaving his condition unknown.

• Diamante and the others fought Zoro and his group, while Doflamingo continued battling Luffy.
• Luffy punched Doflamingo and warned him that impatience left him vulnerable, prompting Doflamingo to regain his composure.
• Luffy transformed into Gear Fourth: Boundman and struck Doflamingo, sending him through a mountain and into a wall of threads.
• Doflamingo climbed out of the threads, wary of Luffy and feeling his arms tremble from the punch.
• Doflamingo launched Thousand Arrows: Piercing Heart: Feather Thread, and thousands of Haki-coated threads struck and engulfed Luffy.

Luffy defeated Doflamingo with Gear Fourth, freeing Dressrosa’s toys and ending the Donquixote Family’s fight. The Straw Hats secured the Storm-Storm Fruit, while Xia Chen remained on Green Bit with the wounded Kaido and Jack.

• Luffy’s King Kong Gun shattered Doflamingo’s Sixteen Holy Bullets: God Thread and drove Doflamingo through the Flower Field, splitting it in two.
• Doflamingo’s glasses shattered, confirming his defeat, and the toys across Dressrosa transformed back into living beings.
• Zoro and the others defeated the Donquixote Family’s officers and secured the Storm-Storm Fruit; Sanji handed it to Luffy, who decided to leave it with Xia Chen.
• On Green Bit, Xia Chen told Jack that Kaido would recover after a few months in Wano Country.
• Jack saw the situation out at sea and dismissed the people there as fools with a death wish.

Xia Chen destroyed the pirate fleet that had challenged him near Green Bit, then flew to Dressrosa and discovered a presence that made him investigate. Meanwhile, the people freed from Doflamingo’s spell reunited with their families as former animal toys rampaged through the town.

• Xia Chen silenced the pirates mocking him by raining purple ice crystals down on their ships, killing them and freezing the surrounding sea.
• Xia Chen left Kaido behind and flew toward Dressrosa, while Jack watched him go in terror.
• Xia Chen arrived in the ruined town, used Observation Haki to locate Luffy and the others, and sensed someone unexpected.
• Dressrosa’s restored humans reunited with their families, while the animals freed from their toy forms rampaged through the town.
• Every human and animal turned toward the Flower Field, and Xia Chen entered an alley and tentatively asked the figure there if he was Sabo.

Xia Chen confronted Sabo in Dressrosa and discovered that Imu was controlling his body. Imu admitted to destroying the Revolutionary Army and killing Dragon, then revealed he had done it simply for fun.

• Xia Chen recognized Sabo in Dressrosa but sensed that something about him was wrong.
• Xia Chen accused Sabo of being Imu, and Imu reacted with anger when Xia Chen mentioned his name and Joy Boy.
• Imu admitted he was controlling Sabo and explained that the Rocks Xia Chen had seen at Thriller Bark was his clone.
• Imu admitted using Sabo's body to kill Dragon and destroying the Revolutionary Army.
• Xia Chen challenged Imu's explanation for attacking the Revolutionary Army, and Imu confessed he had done it for fun.

Xia Chen fought Imu, who was controlling Sabo’s body, and found his strength disappointing. Xia Chen froze Imu with his awakened Pluton Hades Fruit and prepared to deal with the real business.

• Xia Chen tested Imu’s strength with a punch, then fought him in a clash that devastated Dressrosa.
• Xia Chen questioned whether Sabo’s body limited Imu and demanded that he give up control of it.
• Luffy and the others sensed Xia Chen fighting and ran toward the battle to see who could challenge him.
• Xia Chen criticized Imu’s strength, and Imu claimed his true body and Rocks avatar were far stronger.
• Xia Chen used Netherworld Cold Aura, Ice of Extreme Cold to freeze Imu into an ice sculpture, then golden light shone from his eyes.

Xia Chen reunited with Luffy and revealed that the person he had captured was Sabo, whom Luffy had believed dead. Elsewhere, Imu, disguised as Rocks, reflected on his plans for Xia Chen and prepared to pursue the power of the Pluton Hades Fruit.

• Luffy met Xia Chen and bragged that the others had easily defeated Doflamingo.
• Xia Chen showed Luffy his captive, and Luffy recognized him as Sabo, who was alive.
• Xia Chen told Luffy that Sabo could explain how he survived and might know about Luffy's father's death.
• On Thriller Bark, Imu revealed that he was Rocks and admitted that he had used Sabo to test whether Xia Chen's fruit had awakened.
• Imu recalled saving Xia Chen on Jaya Island and said he had been waiting for Xia Chen to grow strong enough to awaken the Pluton Hades Fruit.
• Imu decided to abandon his failed plan and begin a new one.

Sabo revealed that he had watched Imu control his body and kill the Revolutionary Army, leaving him overwhelmed with guilt. Luffy forgave him and vowed to confront Imu, though Xia Chen warned that defeating Imu would be extremely difficult.

• Sabo told Luffy that Imu had controlled him while he watched himself kill Dragon and nearly all the Revolutionary Army on Baltigo.
• Xia Chen explained that Sabo had been unable to control his actions, and Luffy told Sabo he did not blame him.
• Sabo embraced Luffy, broke down sobbing, and eventually passed out.
• Xia Chen and the others carried Sabo to a nearby house and laid him down to rest.
• Luffy vowed to send Imu flying, but Xia Chen warned that even Luffy's future chances against Imu would be slim.

Luffy left the threat of Imu to Xia Chen, who decided to face Imu himself. As Dressrosa celebrated its liberation, Xia Chen killed Doflamingo’s officers and left Doflamingo alive for later.

• Luffy told Xia Chen to take revenge on Imu, reasoning that Xia Chen’s father was his father too.
• Xia Chen decided to confront Imu himself, believing Luffy was not yet strong enough to defeat him and that Imu would soon come after them.
• The people of Dressrosa celebrated their freedom and welcomed the Straw Hat Pirates as their heroes.
• Xia Chen found Doflamingo and his officers unconscious and burned the officers to ash.
• Xia Chen left Doflamingo alive because he still wanted to tease him.

Xia Chen revealed to the captured Doflamingo that Kaido had told him about Doflamingo’s past, and Doflamingo calmly recounted how a powerful man in Wano had assaulted and blackmailed him. After Doflamingo asked for death and hinted he may have opposed Xia Chen on purpose, Xia Chen used Planetary Devastation to kill him.

• Xia Chen woke the frozen Doflamingo and told him that his officers were dead and he would soon join them.
• Xia Chen said Kaido had told him a secret about Doflamingo, but Doflamingo calmly admitted that a man in Wano had assaulted him and recorded it, giving Kaido leverage over him.
• Doflamingo said the man was still alive and warned Xia Chen that he might target him, though Xia Chen dismissed the threat.
• Doflamingo asked Xia Chen to kill him and suggested he may have opposed Xia Chen deliberately because he wanted to die.
• Xia Chen said he admired Doflamingo but would not spare an enemy, then invoked Planetary Devastation.

Sabo mourned what had happened and resolved to fight the World Government, then asked Luffy for the Storm-Storm Fruit so he could carry on a fallen man's will. The chapter ended with Sabo accepting the fruit and declaring that he would change the world.

• Sabo grieved over the loss of his former life and vowed to hunt down members of the World Government, especially the Celestial Dragons.
• A huge sphere of rock formed above the celebration, while Xia Chen watched from atop it.
• The next day, Sabo told Luffy he would keep fighting the World Government, and Luffy urged him to stay alive so the three brothers could reunite.
• Sabo asked Luffy for the Storm-Storm Fruit, and Luffy had Xia Chen give it to him.
• Sabo accepted the fruit, said he would inherit a man's ability and will, and declared that he would change the world.

As the Thousand Sunny sailed through the New World, Xia Chen nearly completed his God-Level Haki training and revealed two Awakening Stones. The crew spotted the Gran Tesoro, the golden entertainment ship ruled by Gild Tesoro, and headed toward it.

• Luffy and Usopp talked about Luo leaving the crew to find his crewmates after getting his revenge.
• Xia Chen realized he was close to fusing the Three Types of Haki into God-Level Haki and examined the two Awakening Stones he had collected.
• Usopp spotted a huge golden object approaching, and Xia Chen recognized it as the Gran Tesoro.
• Nami explained that the Gran Tesoro was the world's largest entertainment city, and Xia Chen revealed that its owner, Gild Tesoro, could turn things into gold with the Gold-Gold Fruit.
• Xia Chen explained that Tesoro's gold lost its power in seawater and that Tesoro controlled twenty percent of the world's Beli.
• Luffy urged the crew to enter the Gran Tesoro, and Nami shouted for the Thousand Sunny to sail at full speed.

The Thousand Sunny entered Gran Tesoro, where the Straw Hat Pirates marveled at the golden spectacle while Xia Chen stayed alert to Tesoro’s power. After Tesoro recognized the Straw Hat Pirates, the crew reached the harbor and spotted a car before a woman approached them.

• The Thousand Sunny sailed through Gran Tesoro’s golden entrance, and Xia Chen used Haki to destroy gold dust that seeped into him.
• The Straw Hat Pirates watched the golden rain and reacted to the singer, while Tesoro celebrated his belief that money could solve everything.
• Tesoro spotted the ship and recognized the Straw Hat Pirates.
• At the harbor, Luffy pointed out a car, and a woman approached the crew and asked if they were the Straw Hat Pirates.

Baccarat welcomed the Straw Hat Pirates to the entertainment city and offered them a ride in a Turtle Rolls-Royce. Xia Chen drove off alone, while news of his recent massacre frightened visitors into fleeing or keeping a low profile.

• Baccarat introduced herself as the VIP greeter and showed the crew the golden Turtle Rolls-Royce.
• Xia Chen deliberately let a sliver of his aura intimidate Baccarat as a warning to Tesoro, then took the car for a spin without the others.
• Luffy, Usopp, Franky, Chopper, and the others yelled at Xia Chen for leaving them behind.
• Nearby visitors recognized the Straw Hat Pirates and, remembering the recording of Xia Chen freezing nearly a hundred thousand pirates, hurried away or vowed not to cause trouble.
• Baccarat arranged another Turtle Rolls-Royce and invited the crew to tour the city.

Xia Chen toured the Gran Tesoro and encountered Marine Admiral Ryokugyu, who deferred to him. After learning Ryokugyu was there to protect the Celestial Dragons, Xia Chen killed them with floating flames, leaving the island in shock.

• Xia Chen joyfully drove the Turtle Rolls while Baccarat showed Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates around the Gran Tesoro’s commercial district.
• Tesoro worried about the powerful visitors aboard his ship and ordered Tanaka to prepare an extravagant welcome for Xia Chen.
• Xia Chen ran into Ryokugyu, who greeted him obsequiously and explained that he had come to protect the Celestial Dragons and respond to the Big Mom Pirates’ presence.
• Ryokugyu told Xia Chen that Katakuri and Cracker were aboard with members of the Big Mom Pirates.
• Xia Chen located the Celestial Dragons with Observation Haki and killed them with floating flames, then told Ryokugyu there was no one left for him to protect.

Xia Chen left Ryokugyu to report the Celestial Dragons’ deaths and encountered Gild Tesoro, who treated him with deference. When Dika accused Tesoro of trapping people in debt and asked Xia Chen to free him, Xia Chen ordered Tanaka to release him, leaving Tesoro worried about what Xia Chen might do next.

• Xia Chen praised Ryokugyu for supporting his actions, and Ryokugyu ordered the Marines to withdraw and report what had happened to the Five Elders.
• Tesoro greeted Xia Chen respectfully, startling the people under his control when they recognized Xia Chen as the World's Strongest Man.
• Dika ran up to Xia Chen and demanded that he make Tesoro let him go, so Tesoro ordered Tanaka to restrain him.
• Dika told Xia Chen that Tesoro had trapped him and many others through gambling debts and gold dust, while Tesoro denied setting him up.
• Xia Chen told Tanaka to release Dika, who stood up and complained that Xia Chen had taken too long to speak.

Xia Chen killed Dika after Dika demanded that he make Tesoro kneel, then went with Tesoro to tour the Gran Tesoro. Meanwhile, Katakuri and Cracker arrived on a mission to deliver a message to Sanji, and Cracker spotted their target.

• Dika demanded that Xia Chen make Tesoro apologize, but Xia Chen froze Dika and destroyed him.
• Xia Chen told Tesoro to show him around, and Tesoro hurried after him with Tanaka.
• Katakuri and Cracker discussed their mission to find the Straw Hat Pirates and tell Sanji about marrying into the Big Mom Pirates.
• Katakuri went to look for doughnuts while Cracker searched the Gran Tesoro.
• Cracker spotted the mission target and called Katakuri back.

Cracker approached Sanji on behalf of the Big Mom Pirates to propose a marriage alliance with the Vinsmoke Family, but Sanji rejected it and denied belonging to the family. After Cracker left, he and Katakuri heard a crash nearby and went to investigate two powerful presences.

• Baccarat showed the Straw Hats around Gran Tesoro and promised Nami a large gift of Beli from Tesoro.
• Cracker told Sanji that the Big Mom Pirates wanted him to marry into the Vinsmoke Family as part of an alliance, but Sanji rejected the proposal.
• Robin explained that the Vinsmoke Family was a feared North Blue royal family that could attend the Reverie, while Zoro teased Sanji and fought with him.
• Nami asked Baccarat to take her to the best casino, and Baccarat drove off while Sanji and Zoro continued fighting.
• Cracker told Katakuri that Sanji had refused the marriage alliance, then ran toward a nearby crash after sensing something interesting.
• Katakuri sensed two powerful presences near the crash and followed Cracker.

Xia Chen encountered Stephen Gek, a bizarre old man who claimed his Man-Man Fruit let him steal the talent of more gifted men by becoming one with them. After Gek revealed his power and unleashed King Level Conqueror's Haki, Xia Chen encased him in ink-black ice.

• Tesoro showed Xia Chen around the city until Xia Chen spotted a strange old man hopping along the street.
• Xia Chen attacked the man, who caught his punch and identified himself as Stephen Gek.
• Gek said he had used his Man-Man Fruit to inherit the talent of more gifted men, including Doflamingo, and planned to take Xia Chen's talent.
• Gek released King Level Conqueror's Haki, knocking out people nearby, but Xia Chen trapped him inside ink-black ice.

Xia Chen defeated Stephen Gek with his ink-black ice and gave the frozen sculpture to Tesoro, while Katakuri and Cracker realized how dangerous it would be to antagonize him. After two days of hospitality aboard the Gran Tesoro, the Straw Hat Pirates sailed away as Tesoro considered their friendship worth the five billion Beli he had spent.

• Xia Chen froze Stephen Gek in his ink-black ice, and Tesoro asked to keep the sculpture for his collection.
• Xia Chen gave Tesoro the sculpture and left aboard the Turtle Rolls-Royce.
• Katakuri and Cracker witnessed Xia Chen's victory, feared what it meant for their crew, and then went off to explore the Gran Tesoro.
• The Straw Hat Pirates spent two days aboard the Gran Tesoro before sailing away on the Thousand Sunny.
• Tesoro watched the Thousand Sunny depart, pleased that his hospitality and five billion Beli had earned him the Straw Hat Pirates' friendship.

Xia Chen returned to Amazon Lily and reunited with Hancock, then the Five Elders discussed the deaths of Celestial Dragons and learned that Imu would personally deal with Xia Chen. The chapter left the Elders confident that their troubles would soon end.

• Xia Chen returned to Amazon Lily and embraced Hancock, who complained that he had stayed away for almost two months.
• Xia Chen told Hancock about his recent experiences while they lay together in bed.
• Jupiter reported to the Five Elders that Xia Chen had killed several Celestial Dragons aboard the Gran Tesoro.
• Saturn said the Celestial Dragons had brought their deaths on themselves and revealed that Imu planned to deal with Xia Chen personally.
• The Five Elders celebrated Imu's decision and expected to regain their freedom from Xia Chen's influence.

Kaido told Big Mom that Xia Chen had helped him awaken King Level Conqueror's Haki and that Xia Chen was stronger than anyone else in the world. After Kaido teased Big Mom about her appearance, the two clashed, and their attack split the clouds above them.

• Kaido and Big Mom emerged from a clash and discussed how Kaido's strength had changed.
• Kaido explained that Xia Chen had helped him advance his Haki and had spared his life after defeating him.
• Kaido declared that he feared no one but Xia Chen and demonstrated his King Level Conqueror's Haki.
• Big Mom asked whether Xia Chen might help her advance her Haki, but Kaido doubted it and mocked her appearance.
• Big Mom attacked Kaido with Ikoku, and Kaido countered with Thunder Bagua.
• Kaido and Big Mom's weapons collided, sending out a shock wave that split the clouds overhead.

Sabo killed a Cipher Pol agent who had been tracking him and challenged the World Government to come after him. Meanwhile, Xia Chen agreed to join the Straw Hat Pirates at the Pirate Expo with Hancock, while organizer Buena Festa prepared for the possibility that Xia Chen had arrived and questioned an ally about changing their plan.

• A Cipher Pol agent spotted Sabo on Buji Street and reported his location, but Sabo appeared behind him and killed him.
• Sabo picked up the agent’s Den Den Mushi and told the World Government’s agents that he would wait for them on Buji Street.
• While fishing with Hancock on Amazon Lily, Xia Chen received a call from Luffy and Usopp urging him to come to the Pirate Expo on Delta Island.
• Xia Chen agreed to join the Straw Hat Pirates and invited Hancock, who accepted and said she did not want to be apart from him.
• Buena Festa monitored the Straw Hat Pirates’ arrival, worried that Xia Chen might be with them, and went underground to ask whether their plan needed to change.

Bullet recognized Xia Chen as the man whose arrival had enabled his escape from Impel Down, but chose to continue the plan and welcomed the chance to fight him. On Delta Island, Bartolomeo defeated Ryan Dorry and refused to spare him.

• Festa asked Bullet whether they should change their plan after learning Xia Chen was coming, but Bullet ordered him to proceed and said he wanted to face Xia Chen.
• Bartolomeo mocked the pirates gathered at Delta Island until Ryan Dorry confronted him and demanded that he kneel.
• Dorry attacked Bartolomeo, who sent him flying and broke his wrist with a single blow.
• The crowd identified Bartolomeo as a notorious pirate with a two-hundred-million-Beli bounty, and Dorry kowtowed to beg for mercy.
• Bartolomeo refused to let Dorry go and used Barrier Crash against him.