Recaps

Emeth recognized Vegito, explained that Joy Boy had altered Vegito’s memories, and offered to restore them. He revealed a purple crystal that Vegito had given him long ago: Vegito’s original body core.

• Emeth recognized Vegito, but Vegito had lost most of his memories and did not recognize him.
• Emeth explained that Joy Boy had modified Vegito’s memory chip to protect him, changing his personality in the process.
• Emeth was surprised to learn that Vegito had a new master, Xia Chen.
• Vegito eagerly accepted Emeth’s offer to help him recover his memories and potentially increase his strength.
• Emeth opened his chest and showed Vegito the purple crystal he identified as Vegito’s original body core.

Vegito restored his body core, regained his memories, and revealed that the Great Kingdom’s prophecy of the world sinking beneath the sea described an inevitable event. He began measuring the strange energy to estimate the time remaining, but his shocked reaction left the deadline unknown.

• Emeth told Vegito that his body core held his memories and that Vegito had once given it to him.
• Vegito put the core into his chest, triggering a transformation that turned him into a white-and-gold robot a hundred meters tall.
• Vegito remembered everything and told Xia Chen he needed to act for the Great Kingdom and the world.
• Vegito tried to share what he knew about the world sinking beneath the sea and its other secrets, but Xia Chen and Luffy had already heard those stories.
• Vegito said the strange energy could reveal how much time remained before the world sank, then cried out in horror as he sensed its concentration.

Vegito learned that Imu’s massacres were raising the world’s energy concentration and revealed a secret plan to find the Sea-Calming Heavenly Pillar before the world sank beneath the sea. After Xia Chen let him leave to search, Vegito challenged Luffy and quickly overwhelmed him with his upgraded power.

• Vegito panicked over the rising energy concentration until Xia Chen explained that Imu was carrying out massacres around the world to fulfill the prophecy.
• Vegito revealed that the Sea-Calming Heavenly Pillar could stabilize the oceans if placed at the world’s sea eye, and said he would search for it.
• Xia Chen let Vegito go, then Vegito challenged Luffy to a fight.
• Vegito struck Luffy and sent him flying, then pursued him at great speed.
• Xia Chen realized Vegito had become highly proficient in Observation Haki Killer and predicted that Luffy was in trouble.

After Vegito defeated Luffy in their spar, he explained that Luffy’s Nika fruit could awaken a second time, though Luffy needed to grow much stronger first. Xia Chen then warned that even a second awakening would not make Luffy stronger than Imu.

• Vegito used his machine core to overpower Luffy and explained that it had greatly increased his strength.
• Vegito told Luffy that the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika could undergo a second awakening once Luffy’s mind and body had grown enough.
• Vegapunk admitted he had not researched the fruit deeply because the World Government had erased its history, and Xia Chen praised Vegapunk’s scientific talent.
• Xia Chen confirmed that Luffy had a long way to go before a second awakening and said Imu would still be beyond Luffy’s strength.
• Vegito asked whether Xia Chen meant Imu, and Xia Chen confirmed it and warned that Imu was not as simple as Vegito thought.

Xia Chen explained that Imu had absorbed Zeus and Athena’s powers, making her far more dangerous than a second-awakening Nika could handle, and revealed his past battles with her and his absorption of Hades’s power. After sensing a new provocation from Imu, Xia Chen left the group in anger and told them to meet him at Elbaf if he had not returned by the time the Log Pose finished gathering magnetism.

• Xia Chen told the group that Imu had absorbed Zeus and Athena’s powers, and Vegapunk recalled ancient records of three world-destroying gods, including Hades.
• Xia Chen explained that he had fought Imu’s avatars and her past-era self, and that he had absorbed Hades’s power during six months of training on Eternal Night Island.
• Luffy wondered how Ace, Sabo, and the others were doing, while Xia Chen kept their deaths secret from him.
• Xia Chen sensed that Imu had provoked him, summoned the Flying Nimbus, and told the group to head to Elbaf if he had not returned before the Log Pose finished gathering magnetism.

Vegito left to search for the Sea-Calming Heavenly Pillar, while Vegapunk asked Law for blood to study the Op-Op Fruit’s Eternal Youth Surgery. Xia Chen rushed to Amazon Lily after discovering the World Government’s forces had attacked, where Hancock and the Kuja warriors faced the unexpected arrival of Red Hair and a bandaged woman.

• Vegito promised to find the Sea-Calming Heavenly Pillar and flew away, leaving Emeth hoping his old friend would succeed.
• Vegapunk asked Law to provide blood so he could research the secret of the Op-Op Fruit’s Eternal Youth Surgery.
• Xia Chen arrived above the burning island and knocked out many World Government personnel with his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Hancock told the Kuja warriors to avoid needless casualties and wait for Xia Chen to arrive.
• Hancock and the Kuja warriors watched a bandaged woman and a red-haired swordsman emerge from the forest, and Hancock recognized the man as Red Hair.

Figarland Shamrock revealed that he was Red-Haired Shanks’s twin brother and led the Holy Knights’ attack on Amazon Lily to avenge his father’s death at Xia Chen’s hands. As Gunko prepared to strike Hancock, Xia Chen’s overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki arrived, leaving the attackers trembling.

• Shamrock introduced himself as the commander of the Holy Knights, son of Figarland Saint Garling, and Shanks’s twin brother.
• Shamrock declared that he intended to kill people connected to Xia Chen and blamed Shanks for failing to save their father.
• Shamrock unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out many Kuja warriors while Hancock and a handful of others remained standing.
• Gunko attacked Hancock with black arrows, and Hancock petrified the first arrow with her Slave Arrow technique.
• Gunko gathered a stronger attack, but Xia Chen’s Conqueror’s Haki swept in and made Shamrock and Gunko tremble as Hancock recognized his arrival.

Xia Chen arrived at Amazon Lily and quickly killed Gunko and Shamrock after learning the World Government had sent troops to his territory. He reassured Hancock that he had arrived in time, while warning that Imu and the World Government would face the same fate.

• Shamrock and Gunko were terrified when Xia Chen appeared, and Xia Chen struck Shamrock hard enough to send him flying.
• Xia Chen shot Gunko through the heart with a laser, killing her.
• Shamrock tried to flee, but Xia Chen appeared before him and confronted him for attacking Amazon Lily.
• Xia Chen encased Shamrock in black ice and shattered him into pieces, while revealing that Imu and the World Government would be punished too.
• The Kuja warriors cheered Xia Chen as he reached Hancock and said he had arrived in time.

The Five Elders discussed the near-completion of their pirate extermination campaign and worried about Shamrock’s mission to Amazon Lily, but they dismissed the threat of Xia Chen because Imu had emerged. Their confidence collapsed when Xia Chen’s enormous meteor appeared above Mary Geoise, and they combined their powers to attack it.

• Jupiter reported that the pirate forces had nearly been wiped out, though the war had cost the World Government heavily, and that the civilian massacre plan had destroyed a dozen kingdoms.
• Saturn worried that Shamrock’s mission against Amazon Lily would provoke Xia Chen because Hancock was close to him, but Venus and the others insisted they could rely on Imu.
• The Five Elders celebrated the chance to retaliate against Xia Chen, then noticed the hall darken and looked outside.
• Saturn and the other Elders saw a vast continent-like meteor filling the sky above Mary Geoise and realized Xia Chen had summoned it.
• The Five Elders transformed into Mythical Zoan forms and fused their five energy attacks into one wave, which struck the falling meteor.

Xia Chen confronted Imu in her Athena form after she destroyed the Five Elders and threatened Mary Geoise. Imu revealed she had absorbed Athena’s and Zeus’s powers, and Xia Chen launched an attack as their fight began.

• The Five Elders were blasted into Mary Geoise, where their impact formed five enormous craters.
• A figure protected the Celestial Dragons by destroying the falling meteor and shielding Mary Geoise from its shock wave.
• Xia Chen met Imu, who confirmed her identity and explained that her current appearance was Athena’s.
• Imu questioned whether Xia Chen had eaten the Hades Fruit, and Xia Chen said he had never claimed to have it.
• Xia Chen surrounded himself with golden flames and sent an enormous pillar of fire toward Imu.

Xia Chen fought Imu at Mary Geoise and discovered that her growing strength and divine weapons made her a formidable opponent. After Imu boasted that no one could match her, Xia Chen sent her crashing into the city, injuring the Five Elders as well; Imu then removed the energy preventing their wounds from healing.

• Xia Chen and Imu’s flames clashed evenly, showing him that Imu had become stronger than before.
• Imu petrified Xia Chen with Medusa’s shield and pierced his chest with a golden spear, but Xia Chen restored his body and healed his wound.
• Imu claimed her strength had surpassed Joy Boy’s and that no one in the world could match her.
• Xia Chen struck Imu through her shield and sent her crashing into Mary Geoise, where the impact damaged the city and injured the Five Elders.
• Imu and the Five Elders rose to face Xia Chen, and Imu used pale blue energy to remove the golden light that was preventing the Elders from healing.

Imu and Xia Chen clashed above Mary Geoise, each unleashing immense power. After their battle destroyed the holy land, Imu stopped holding back and charged Xia Chen with her shield and spear.

• Imu sent the Five Elders down to protect Mary Geoise from the shock waves as she prepared to fight Xia Chen.
• Imu revealed the combined powers of Zeus and Athena, and Xia Chen inferred she had mastered them only recently.
• Xia Chen and Imu exchanged attacks with their weapons, unleashing shock waves that shattered Mary Geoise and knocked out the Five Elders.
• Imu realized Xia Chen's strength was close to hers and, with Mary Geoise destroyed, charged him at full power.
• Xia Chen returned the Jingu Bang to its normal size and swung it at Imu.

Xia Chen battled Imu above the Red Line, overpowering her giant construct with the Jingu Bang. He revealed his strongest form, Mimicry Great Sage Equaling Heaven, as Imu lay severely injured below.

• Xia Chen struck Imu into the Red Line, but she recovered and rose to face him.
• Imu combined black flames, blue lightning, and golden energy into a giant humanoid form and attacked Xia Chen with a spear.
• Xia Chen's Jingu Bang shattered the spear and pierced through Imu's energy, sending her giant form flying apart.
• Imu's chest caved in, and sacred golden light prevented her injuries from healing as she crashed into the Red Line.
• Xia Chen formed golden armor modeled on the Great Sage Equaling Heaven and revealed his Mimicry Great Sage Equaling Heaven form.

Xia Chen nearly killed Imu, but the Heavenly Dao appeared and repeatedly protected her from his attacks. Imu regained her confidence, only to be struck when the Heavenly Dao unexpectedly failed to intervene.

• Xia Chen restrained Imu with golden light and tightened it until she was close to dying.
• The Heavenly Dao appeared, identified itself to Xia Chen, and erased his attack on Imu.
• Xia Chen attacked the Heavenly Dao with the Jingu Bang, but it effortlessly blocked every blow without counterattacking.
• After recovering, Imu taunted Xia Chen, claiming the Heavenly Dao would keep her safe until she could resume her plans.
• Xia Chen sent another shock wave at Imu, and it struck her directly when the Heavenly Dao did not block it.

After failing to kill Imu, Xia Chen flew to Marineford as Sengoku proposed that the Marines break away from the World Government and seek help from pirates. The Marines agreed to oppose the World Government, with Sengoku and Garp insisting that cooperation with pirates was necessary to stop its massacres.

• Xia Chen left Imu severely injured and flew toward Marineford.
• Sengoku condemned the World Government's massacres of civilians and said the Marines must stop supporting its atrocities.
• Sengoku proposed making the Marines independent of the World Government, and the assembled officers agreed.
• Aokiji warned that the Marines lacked the strength to fight the World Government alone.
• Sengoku proposed seeking help from the Red Hair Pirates, the Beasts Pirates, and the Straw Hat Pirates, and Garp supported cooperating with them.

The Marines decided to break away from the World Government and stop its slaughter of civilians, but Xia Chen arrived at Marine Headquarters and revealed that he had already destroyed the World Government. He left the Marines to handle the aftermath, and Sengoku ordered Kizaru to verify what had happened at Mary Geoise.

• Sengoku ordered the Marines to confront the World Government and stop its operation against civilians.
• Xia Chen appeared at Marine Headquarters, and Garp invited him to help the Marines overthrow the World Government.
• Xia Chen told the Marines he had killed the Celestial Dragons and the Five Elders at Mary Geoise, leaving only its crippled ruler alive.
• Xia Chen warned the Marines to handle the aftermath and vanished, leaving Sengoku to understand his warning.
• Sengoku sent Kizaru to Mary Geoise to verify Xia Chen's account.

After settling Amazon Lily's postwar affairs and spending time with Hancock, Xia Chen headed for Elbaf when Luffy called. Kaido and Shanks also set sail for Elbaf, where the final contenders would compete for the last Road Poneglyph rubbing and the title of Pirate King.

• Xia Chen stayed on Amazon Lily to handle postwar matters and spend several days with Hancock.
• Luffy called Xia Chen from Elbaf and told him the Straw Hats had arrived, so Xia Chen set off to join them.
• Kaido visited the cenotaph he had built for Big Mom, then decided to sail to Elbaf and compete for the last Road Poneglyph rubbing.
• Shanks and Benn Beckman headed toward Elbaf, where Shanks anticipated seeing Luffy and competing for the Pirate King position.
• The chapter identified Luffy, Kaido, and Shanks as the final contenders for Pirate King.

Xia Chen collected the seventh Awakening Stone in Elbaf and learned that awakening would unlock his fruit’s final form. In West Village, Luffy and the others reunited with Dorry and Brogy while they waited for Xia Chen to arrive.

• Xia Chen received the seventh Awakening Stone and asked what awakening would do.
• Luffy greeted Dorry and Brogy in West Village, and the group reminisced about their meeting in Little Garden.
• Dorry asked where Xia Chen was, and Luffy said he was in Amazon Lily but would arrive soon.
• Brogy praised Luffy for becoming one of the Three Emperors, while Dorry and Brogy reflected on Xia Chen’s destruction of the World Government.
• Xia Chen appeared before the gathered group and greeted them.

Xia Chen reunited with Luffy and the others in Elbaf, then joined Dorry as he showed them Warrior’s Spring and the Walrus School. The group learned that Saul had founded the school twenty years earlier, and Sanji spotted something that caught his attention.

• Xia Chen arrived and greeted Luffy and the others, then asked where Robin was; Usopp said she was talking with Saul at the Owl Library.
• Dorry offered to continue showing the group around Elbaf, and Luffy and his friends eagerly set off with him and Xia Chen.
• Dorry brought the group to Warrior’s Spring and explained that it was a beach formed from part of Treasure Tree Adam, where giant children played.
• Luffy asked about the houses and swings built around the tree, and Dorry identified them as the Walrus School, founded by Saul at the king’s request twenty years earlier.
• Sanji reacted with surprise that Saul had founded the school, then fixed his gaze on something nearby.

Xia Chen reunited with Robin and met Gaban, the Pirate King's Left Arm, in front of Luffy and the others. The revelation left the group shocked and eager to hear more about Gaban's connection to Rayleigh.

• Robin played on a giant swing with Saul in giant-style clothing, and Sanji fainted after seeing her.
• Robin and Saul joined the group, and Saul felt the weight of Xia Chen's presence when their eyes met.
• Xia Chen greeted Robin after returning, while the others caught up with them.
• Gaban approached the group, and Dorry and Brogy welcomed him as Mr. Mountain.
• Xia Chen explained that Gaban knew Rayleigh well and revealed that Gaban had been the Pirate King's Left Arm, shocking Luffy and the others.

Gaban arrived to visit his old friends and learned how easily Xia Chen could defeat everyone present. After teasing Gaban about fathering a child with a giant, Gaban joined Brogy’s plan to show Luffy and the others around the island.

• Dorry asked Gaban why he had come, and Gaban said he wanted to visit his old friends.
• Gaban asked Xia Chen how strong he had become, and Xia Chen said he could easily beat everyone there with one hand.
• Xia Chen praised Gaban for having a child with a female giant and asked how he had managed it.
• Gaban reflected on his wife, his approaching death, and his relief that the World Government had been destroyed.
• Brogy said he planned to show Luffy and the others around the island, and Gaban asked to join them.

Dorry recounted how Mother Carmel took in Charlotte Linlin and left Elbaf with the children after Linlin destroyed a village. Xia Chen challenged the giants’ belief that Carmel was their benefactor, suggesting her rescue of Dorry and Brogy might have been staged with the Marines.

• Dorry explained that Sheep's House was an orphanage founded by Mother Carmel, not a place for raising lambs.
• Dorry told the group that Charlotte Linlin destroyed a village during the Winter Solstice Festival, fatally injuring Elder Jorul, and that Carmel persuaded Jarul to spare her.
• Dorry said Carmel left Elbaf with Linlin and the children, and that Carmel likely died after the Soul-Soul Fruit appeared in Big Mom.
• Dorry and Brogy said they revered Carmel because she had saved their pirate crew from execution by the Marines.
• Xia Chen suggested Carmel and the Marines might have staged the rescue, leaving Dorry and Brogy stunned.

Xia Chen revealed that Carmel had secretly trafficked children from the Sheep's House and staged the rescue of Dorry and Brogy to build her reputation. Dorry and Brogy struggled to accept the truth, while the others found Xia Chen credible.

• Xia Chen told Dorry and Brogy that Carmel had operated as a child trafficker while posing as a benevolent nun.
• Xia Chen explained that Carmel had staged the Giant Warrior Pirates' rescue with the World Government to strengthen her reputation and sell children to the government.
• Xia Chen revealed that Vice Admiral John Giant was one of the children Carmel sold and that she had planned to sell Big Mom as her final deal.
• The Straw Hat Pirates and Gaban believed Xia Chen, but Dorry and Brogy found the revelation difficult to accept because they had been grateful to Carmel for saving them.

The Straw Hat Pirates and the giants explored West Village and discovered that a Sunstone could draw rainbows in the sky. Chopper tried the stone after enlarging himself with a Rumble Ball and successfully drew a rainbow of his own.

• The group set aside the old story about Carmel and continued exploring Elbaf.
• At the cliffs of West Village, the Straw Hat Pirates marveled at a huge rainbow hanging close above them.
• Brogy explained that he had drawn the rainbow with a Sunstone and demonstrated the stone’s power.
• Chopper asked to try the Sunstone, swallowed a Rumble Ball to grow large enough to use it, and drew a rainbow.
• Everyone listened in stunned silence as Chopper hummed in his enormous reindeer form.

Luffy transformed into Nika Form to use the Sunstone, prompting Dorry and Brogy to explain the giants’ legends about Nika. They revealed that the world had been destroyed twice and identified the second Nika as Joy Boy.

• Luffy entered Nika Form, enlarged himself, and used the Sunstone to draw rainbows in the air.
• Usopp explained that Luffy’s awakened form was called Sun God Nika Form, startling Dorry and Brogy.
• Dorry and Brogy said giant lore described Nika as a liberator who appeared during great upheaval, though some giants saw him as a destroyer.
• Dorry explained that Nika had appeared twice in history and that the world had been destroyed during both appearances.
• Dorry revealed that the first Nika was a giant warrior from before the Void Century and the second was Joy Boy.