Recaps

Usopp reunited with Yasopp on Elegia, where they embraced and cried after Yasopp apologized for leaving his family. The next day, the Straw Hat and Red Hair Pirates fought across the island, and Xia Chen joined the battlefield to ask Red Hair for an opponent.

• Yasopp recognized Usopp aboard the Thousand Sunny and told him he had grown into a real man.
• Usopp and Yasopp embraced, cried, and shared an emotional reunion as the Red Hair Pirates gave them space.
• After the crews held a banquet, the Straw Hat and Red Hair Pirates fell asleep in a clearing on Elegia.
• A clash between Luffy, Red Hair, and the two crews erupted the following day, damaging the island.
• Xia Chen appeared in the middle of the battlefield and taunted Red Hair by asking where his opponent was.

Xia Chen created a massive island near Elegia so the Straw Hat Pirates and Red Hair’s crew could fight without destroying the island, then flew to Windmill Island after receiving a message. He arrived at a cliff where an old man was waiting.

• Xia Chen formed a huge rocky island near Elegia and left the crews to deal with the wave caused by its landing.
• Zoro, Red Hair, Benn Beckman, and the others blasted the wave apart with their attacks.
• Luffy punched Red Hair toward the new island, and the fighters followed as their battle was about to begin.
• Xia Chen flew to Windmill Island, remembered the beach where he had first arrived in this world, and sensed the people on the island with Observation Haki.
• Xia Chen reached a cliff and found an old man sitting with his back turned, looking into the distance.

Garp told Xia Chen that the World Government had killed Ace, Sabo, and the Whitebeard Pirates, then asked him to protect Luffy. Xia Chen promised to keep Luffy safe and avenge Ace by destroying the World Government, leaving Garp shocked when he dismissed Imu as no big deal.

• Garp told Xia Chen that the World Government had wiped out the Whitebeard Pirates, including Ace and Sabo.
• Garp lamented that his son and two grandsons were dead and questioned whether becoming a Marine had been the right choice.
• Garp bowed to Xia Chen and asked him to protect Luffy, his last surviving grandson.
• Xia Chen said Luffy was his captain and promised that no one would harm him while he was around.
• Xia Chen vowed to avenge Ace by wiping out the World Government and told Garp not to act rashly.
• Garp warned Xia Chen about Imu, but Xia Chen said Imu was no big deal, leaving Garp shocked.

Luffy fought Red Hair on the enormous island beside Elegia, then revealed his Nika Form after Red Hair challenged him to show its power. As the Red Hair Pirates watched Luffy’s transformation, Sanji and Lucky Roux began fighting, while Luffy resumed his battle with Red Hair.

• Luffy struck Red Hair with King Kong Gun, but Red Hair blocked the punch and taunted him about the strength of his form.
• Luffy asked how Red Hair knew his fruit was the Sun God Nika, and Red Hair revealed that he had originally obtained the fruit for himself.
• Luffy returned to his normal appearance, then focused inward and transformed into Nika Form amid war drums and a burst of Conqueror’s Haki.
• Benn Beckman and the other Red Hair Pirates watched Luffy’s transformation with pride, while Sanji and Lucky Roux exchanged insults and began fighting.
• Luffy laughed as Red Hair asked whether he was going to fight, then appeared before him and threw a punch.

Luffy and Red Hair fought as Luffy tested how his Nika Form affected the unusually hard ground, while Red Hair used powerful slashes and Observation Haki to counter him. Luffy launched himself toward Red Hair again as Benn Beckman and Zoro’s fight continued elsewhere.

• Red Hair blocked Luffy’s attack, then planted Gryphon into the ground to stop his backward flight and praised Luffy’s speed and strength.
• Red Hair attacked with a powerful sword wave, which Luffy dodged by flattening his body, then followed with a barrage of flying slashes.
• Luffy used his fruit ability to raise the ground into a wall and block a slash, realizing he could manipulate the hard rock around him.
• Red Hair evaded Luffy’s attempt to strike him by predicting it with Observation Haki, and Luffy launched himself toward him again.
• Benn Beckman fired a bullet infused with Conqueror’s Haki and Armament Haki at Zoro, who countered with Extreme Tiger Hunt.

Zoro fought Beckman, shattered his Haki-coated bullet with Nine-Sword Style, and wounded him with Dead Man's Game. Beckman stopped holding back and fired a rapid line of bullets at Zoro, their merged shock waves forming a red laser.

• Zoro leapt over Beckman's shock-wave bullet and recognized the pressure of Beckman's strength.
• Beckman praised Zoro and the Straw Hat Pirates before Zoro tied on his bandanna and revealed Demon Aura: Nine-Sword Style.
• Zoro shattered Beckman's next bullet and cut a deep wound across Beckman's chest with Dead Man's Game.
• Beckman admitted he had underestimated Zoro and fired a stream of aligned bullets whose red shock waves merged into a laser aimed at him.

Usopp demonstrated his strength against Yasopp, fending off his father’s attacks and unleashing Ten Thousand Blades as they fought. Meanwhile, the Five Elders discussed their heavy losses and the order to eliminate pirates, recognizing that Xia Chen had disrupted the balance they once maintained.

• Zoro faced Beckman’s laser-like attack and slashed at it.
• Usopp shattered Yasopp’s Haki-coated bullet wave, then blocked a second shot with a sphere of wind.
• Usopp launched Ten Thousand Blades at Yasopp, who countered the wind blades with precise gunfire.
• Saturn told the Five Elders that the World Government had lost dozens of senior agents while wiping out Whitebeard’s remnants.
• The Five Elders considered involving the Navy in future operations and reflected that Xia Chen had broken the balance of power at sea.

The Five Elders agreed to obey Imu’s order to wipe out the pirates and chose Charlotte Linlin as their first Four Emperors target. Xia Chen returned to Elegia after Luffy and the Red Hair Pirates finished sparring, then wondered how much longer he would see the sunlight.

• The Five Elders decided to gather the World Government’s forces and strike the pirates before they could unite.
• Mercury proposed attacking a Four Emperors crew first, and the Five Elders chose Charlotte Linlin.
• Xia Chen returned to Elegia and found Luffy and the Red Hair Pirates exhausted and asleep after their day-long spar.
• Nami complained that the fight had kept her awake, and Xia Chen suggested waiting aboard the Thousand Sunny before holding a farewell banquet.
• Xia Chen looked at the golden pillars of light and wondered how much longer he could see such a sight.

On Elegia, the Red Hair Pirates and the Straw Hats said their goodbyes after the conflict with Tot Musica, and Shanks and Uta thanked Xia Chen for saving her. The crews’ members exchanged parting words, ending with Sanji and Lucky Roux arguing over whose cooking was better.

• Shanks and Luffy agreed to part ways and vowed to compete for the One Piece, while Luffy said he would become Pirate King and surpass Shanks.
• Uta told Luffy she would return to being the Red Hair Pirates’ singer and asked him to thank Xia Chen for saving her.
• Shanks said Xia Chen’s rescue of Uta had erased his resentment over Xia Chen’s actions during the Paramount War.
• Benn Beckman praised Zoro’s strength, and Zoro confidently said he would defeat Mihawk and become the World’s Greatest Swordsman.
• Lucky Roux mocked Sanji’s cooking and offered to teach him, prompting Sanji to insult Roux and challenge his confidence.

The Red Hair Pirates and the Straw Hats prepared to part, while Yasopp and Usopp reconciled over their father-son bond. They said goodbye, promising to meet again as rivals for the title of Pirate King.

• Lucky Roux accepted that Sanji had beaten him in their fight and remained determined not to admit Sanji was the better cook.
• Yasopp praised Usopp’s strength, apologized for missing his childhood, and broke down in tears.
• Usopp hugged Yasopp, told him he had always looked up to him, and the two cried together.
• Red Hair teased Yasopp, then traded jokes with him about Uta before playfully threatening him with Gryphon.
• Yasopp and Usopp promised to meet again as pirate crews competing for the title of Pirate King, then walked toward their ships.

As the Thousand Sunny sailed toward Egghead Island, Xia Chen and the crew learned that the Big Mom Pirates had been wiped out. Xia Chen discovered that the World Government was secretly attacking pirate crews around the world and wondered what Imu was planning.

• Xia Chen looked forward to reaching Egghead Island and meeting Vegapunk.
• Nami read that Big Mom and the Big Mom Pirates had been killed and Totto Land destroyed.
• Xia Chen suspected the World Government was behind the attack, since it was the only force capable of such a strike.
• Morgans told Xia Chen that the World Government had ordered him to conceal its involvement and that Navy and government forces were attacking pirate crews across the world.
• Xia Chen told Morgans to focus on their own affairs unless the World Government provoked him, then wondered what Imu was planning.

The Thousand Sunny reached Egghead Island, and the crew eagerly set out to explore it. Xia Chen sensed Vegapunk’s satellites and the Seraphim on the island, while Luffy was attacked by a laser as he approached the futuristic buildings.

• Usopp spotted Egghead Island, and the crew gathered to admire its futuristic buildings as the Thousand Sunny drew near.
• Luffy and Usopp launched themselves toward the island, and Xia Chen sent Chopper after them on the Flying Nimbus.
• Xia Chen used Observation Haki to sense Vegapunk and seven identical life-form presences, which he suspected were the Seraphim.
• Luffy reached the air above the buildings, where an alarm identified him as an intruder and a red laser shot toward him.

Luffy arrived on the island, where he mistook Astra, one of Vegapunk’s six satellites, for an impostor because she did not match his expectations of Vegapunk. Their argument was interrupted when Chopper crashed headfirst into a house, and Luffy freed him—only to face Chopper’s furious glare.

• Luffy dodged Astra’s laser and told her he had come to meet Vegapunk, whom he admired.
• Astra claimed she was Vegapunk, but Luffy rejected her claim because Xia Chen had told him Vegapunk was an old man.
• Astra and Luffy prepared to fight after neither would believe the other.
• Chopper flew into a futuristic house on the Flying Nimbus and got his head stuck in the ground.
• Luffy pulled Chopper free, then laughed at him until he noticed Chopper glaring at him with bloodshot eyes.

Chopper chased Luffy after Luffy nearly injured him, but Astra mistook them for intruders and attacked them with her laser gun. Luffy and Chopper pinned Astra down and prepared to knock her out, until an old man arrived and stopped them.

• Chopper transformed and chased Luffy after accusing him of nearly snapping his neck while trying to pull him free.
• Astra accused Luffy and Chopper of destroying the town and fired lasers at them, despite causing more damage herself.
• Chopper dodged Astra's lasers, grabbed her, and called Luffy over to help restrain her.
• Luffy and Chopper pinned Astra down and prepared to knock her unconscious when an old man called out to them.

Vegapunk arrived and explained that Astra was his advanced clone, while Luffy and Chopper mistook her for an enemy. He took them to tour the futuristic island, as Xia Chen and his companions arrived elsewhere and heard rough laughter ahead.

• Vegapunk appeared and warned Astra that she had nearly been taken apart.
• Luffy recognized Vegapunk as an old man and became excited about the island's flying clothes and food machine.
• Chopper and Luffy accused Astra of impersonating Vegapunk, but Vegapunk explained that she was his independent clone.
• Astra suggested deploying the Seraphim, then apologized after Vegapunk told her that Luffy and Chopper were guests.
• Vegapunk led Luffy and Chopper on a tour of the island, while Xia Chen and his companions arrived and heard laughter nearby.

Xia Chen and the Straw Hats encountered Lilith and Shaka on the future island, where Xia Chen revealed that they were Vegapunk's satellites. Shaka began guiding the group, but Xia Chen sensed Luo nearby.

• Sanji rushed to greet Lilith and was kicked away, while Nami challenged her claim to be Vegapunk.
• Lilith fired her laser gun at Xia Chen, but it had no effect, and he warned her to stop attacking.
• Xia Chen recognized Shaka as Vegapunk, and Shaka offered to guide him and the Straw Hats around the island.
• Xia Chen explained Vegapunk's satellites to Franky and the others, surprising Shaka and Lilith with how much he knew.
• Xia Chen sensed a presence and identified it as Luo.

Law arrived on Egghead Island gravely wounded after CP0 killed his crew, and he told Xia Chen and the others that Kuma had sent him there. Shaka suspected Kuma had a reason connected to Law’s Op-Op Fruit, so he led the group to ask Vegapunk’s main body.

• Xia Chen used his power to lower the injured Law in front of the group, and Law recognized Xia Chen and confirmed that the World Government had attacked him.
• Law used a green glow to heal some of his wounds and learned from Shaka that he was on Egghead Island.
• Law explained that CP0 had defeated his crew on Soro Island, killed his crewmates, and left him badly wounded with one arm missing.
• Law said Kuma had appeared during the attack and sent him to Egghead Island, though Law did not know why Kuma had saved him.
• Shaka suggested Kuma’s decision might be related to Law’s Op-Op Fruit, then led everyone to meet Vegapunk’s main body for answers.

Kaido learned that Edward Weevil, who claimed to be Whitebeard's son and had once cut off Zephyr's arm, wanted to join the Beasts Pirates. He went to meet Weevil, vowing to fight the World Government and Marines and turn the world upside down if they left him no place in it.

• King told Kaido that a powerful newcomer named Edward Weevil had arrived to join the Beasts Pirates.
• King said Weevil was as strong as he was, had cut off Zephyr's arm, and claimed to be Whitebeard's son.
• Kaido grew interested in Weevil and picked up his spiked club to meet him and test his strength.
• Kaido unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, knocking out most of the pirates outside the castle and drawing Jack and Queen's attention.
• Kaido vowed to kill any Marines who came after him and avenge Big Mom before declaring he would turn the world upside down if it had no room for him.

Imu ordered the Five Elders to begin slaughtering civilians worldwide, and they reluctantly agreed. On Egghead Island, Usopp explored ancient ruins and climbed onto a rusted robot, which began shaking beneath him.

• In the Flower Room, Imu said he was close to gathering the aura of evil and still needed the aura of good before his plan could succeed.
• Saturn questioned whether Imu intended to destroy the world, but Jupiter silenced him.
• The Five Elders discussed Imu's order to indiscriminately kill civilians worldwide and recognized the damage it would do to the World Government.
• Venus told the others to obey Imu and ordered a large-scale slaughter of civilians across the world.
• On Egghead Island, Usopp explored ancient ruins, found a rusted robot, and climbed onto it before it began trembling violently.

Usopp followed an ancient robot after it identified Luffy as Joy Boy and set off to find him. In Vegapunk’s control room, the Straw Hats learned that Kuma’s implanted program had brought Law to the island, and Vegapunk began explaining the Great Kingdom as Robin recalled Ohara’s forbidden research.

• The ancient robot scanned Usopp, found him non-hostile, and announced that Joy Boy had returned before walking off to find him.
• Usopp recognized that the robot meant Luffy and followed it to see what it would do.
• Shaka led the group to the central control room, where Luffy, Chopper, and Vegapunk were waiting.
• Vegapunk explained that an implanted program had directed Kuma to bring the Op-Op Fruit user to him, though Kuma’s consciousness had been erased.
• Vegapunk asked whether anyone knew of the Great Kingdom, and Robin revealed that Ohara had been destroyed for researching its history.
• Vegapunk warned that the World Government forbade research into the Void Century and would eliminate anyone who pursued it.

Vegapunk revealed that the Great Kingdom had been ruled by Joy Boy and that the World Government was preparing for a world destined to sink beneath the sea. He said human actions could hasten the sinking, and Xia Chen suspected the World Government’s worldwide slaughter of pirates was involved.

• Robin reaffirmed that she would uncover the true history even if it cost her life, and Vegapunk said Xia Chen’s strength made that safer.
• Vegapunk explained that Joy Boy led the Great Kingdom, which the twenty kingdoms defeated before erasing the Void Century and becoming the ancestors of the Celestial Dragons.
• Vegapunk revealed that the world’s islands would eventually sink beneath the sea, with Mary Geoise on the Red Line falling last.
• Vegapunk insisted the sinking was certain rather than a mere prophecy and said human intervention could accelerate it.
• Xia Chen asked whether the World Government’s slaughter of pirates around the world was speeding up the disaster.

Vegapunk explained that Imu planned to destroy pirates and then ordinary civilians to destabilize the world and escape its limits. He revealed that he had learned of the plan from Joy Boy, while its timing and Imu’s method remained unknown.

• Vegapunk told a story about a powerful “big brother” disrupting the world’s balance to escape “Mother,” and Xia Chen identified the figures as the World Government, Imu, and pirates.
• Vegapunk clarified that the World Government intended to slaughter all pirates, then ordinary civilians, which shocked Robin, Jinbe, and the others.
• Jinbe challenged the idea that the World Government would kill civilians, but Vegapunk argued that balance had already been broken by the pirate slaughter.
• Xia Chen asked when the civilian massacre would happen, how Imu would transcend the world, and how Vegapunk knew about the plan; Vegapunk said he did not know the first two answers.
• Vegapunk revealed that he had once met Joy Boy.

Vegapunk revealed that a consciousness projection of Joy Boy had told him about the world’s fate and Imu, prompting Xia Chen to wonder how Joy Boy knew about the World Government. An ancient robot began attacking the building, and the chapter ended with it declaring that it would get Joy Boy out.

• Vegapunk explained that he had found Joy Boy’s preserved consciousness projection, which had told him about the world’s fate and Imu.
• Xia Chen wondered how Joy Boy had known about the World Government and began to form a theory.
• An ancient robot outside the building began striking it, surprising Vegapunk, who had believed it was out of commission.
• Shaka activated a defensive shield that stopped the robot’s next punch from shaking the building.
• The robot raised its fist again and declared, “Joy Boy, I’ll definitely get you out!”

Xia Chen stopped Emeth’s attack and learned that Usopp had accidentally awakened the ancient robot. Emeth recognized Xia Chen as someone familiar but could not understand who he was, so Xia Chen asked Luffy to transform into Nika to explain.

• Vegapunk said Emeth no longer had enough power to break through the barrier, and Xia Chen went outside to prevent the robot from wasting its remaining energy.
• Vegapunk ordered Shaka to open an exit, and Xia Chen carried Luffy through it before asking Shaka to lower the barrier.
• Emeth’s fist struck Xia Chen’s raised palm, but Xia Chen stopped the blow without moving.
• Xia Chen asked Usopp whether he had awakened Emeth, and Usopp explained that he had climbed onto the robot before it woke and headed toward them, calling out for Joy Boy.
• Xia Chen told Emeth they were not enemies, and Emeth asked why Xia Chen knew his name.
• Xia Chen told Luffy to transform into Nika so he could show Emeth who he was.

Luffy transformed into Gear 5, and Emeth realized that the aura he had mistaken for Joy Boy’s belonged to Luffy. After Xia Chen summoned Vegito, Emeth reacted with urgent recognition, while Vegapunk and Shaka watched the giant robot arrive in astonishment.

• Luffy transformed, and Emeth recognized Joy Boy’s aura in him before realizing Joy Boy was dead and asking Luffy’s name.
• Luffy told Emeth that the Pirate King was the freest person in the world, and Emeth recalled Joy Boy sharing a similar dream of freedom.
• Xia Chen claimed Joy Boy had told him Emeth’s name, then asked Emeth whether he knew Vegito.
• Emeth reacted urgently to Vegito’s name, so Xia Chen summoned him; Vegito’s enormous landing made two craters.
• Vegapunk and Shaka saw Vegito on a projection and learned he was an ancient robot from Noah, while Emeth stared in shock.