Chapter Summaries

Xia Chen met Kaido and Jack on Green Bit, where Kaido revealed he had come to test Xia Chen’s strength rather than lead a crowd against him. Their Conqueror’s Haki clash left Kaido impressed, and the chapter ended as they charged into battle with matching Thunder Bagua attacks.

• Xia Chen arrived at Green Bit and greeted Kaido excitedly, calling him Teacher Kaido.
• Kaido explained that he had come to fight Xia Chen out of curiosity, while Jack would only watch and report to Joker that Xia Chen had arrived.
• Kaido challenged Xia Chen’s claim to have fought through Marine Headquarters, and Xia Chen unleashed his full Conqueror’s Haki.
• Xia Chen’s Haki overwhelmed Kaido’s and forced him several steps backward, exciting Kaido.
• Kaido charged with Thunder Bagua, and Xia Chen answered with the same attack.

Luo and the Straw Hat crew planned their approach to Doflamingo’s trap at the Flower Field while Xia Chen was away. Doflamingo prepared a deadly arena there, confident the crew would be helpless without Xia Chen.

• Doflamingo told Luo that Xia Chen had gone to Green Bit and challenged Luffy and the others to meet him at the Flower Field; Luffy vowed to defeat him.
• Luo warned the crew that Doflamingo might have set a trap and proposed leaving people behind with Caesar and Monet’s hearts as leverage.
• The crew drew lots to choose who would stay behind, and Chopper and Brook drew the long sticks.
• Usopp reluctantly joined Luffy and Zoro as they set off for the Flower Field.
• Doflamingo and his officers gathered at the enlarged Flower Field arena, where Doflamingo planned one-on-one death matches for the Straw Hat Pirates.

Xia Chen fought Kaido on Green Bit until Kaido transformed into his hybrid Azure Dragon form. In Dressrosa, Luo revealed that the toys were humans transformed by Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit and explained his personal vendetta against Doflamingo.

• Xia Chen taunted Kaido during their fight, then struck him hard enough to send him flying.
• Kaido, excited by Xia Chen’s strength, transformed into his hybrid Azure Dragon form and charged back into the fight.
• Luffy and his crew arrived in Dressrosa and reacted to the toys living like ordinary people.
• Luo told the crew that the toys had once been human and that Doflamingo was behind their transformation.
• Luo revealed that he had served under Doflamingo to avenge someone important to him and identified Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit as the source of the toy transformations.
• Usopp asked Luo what made Sugar so dangerous.

Luo explained the Hobby-Hobby Fruit’s powers to the Straw Hat crew, while Zoro and Sanji argued and fought. Elsewhere, pirate crews gathered to plan an attack on Xia Chen, and the Five Elders met with Sengoku in Mary Geoise.

• Luo explained that the Hobby-Hobby Fruit could turn people into toys, bind them with contracts, and erase them from others’ memories.
• Zoro suggested testing the memory effect on Sanji, prompting the two to trade insults and fight.
• Usopp asked how to avoid or reverse the transformation, and Luo admitted he did not know before a woman offered to answer.
• On an island near Dressrosa, Hu rallied a huge gathering of pirates to target the Straw Hat Pirates and Xia Chen, while privately considering bringing the pirates under his command.
• The Five Elders and Fleet Admiral Sengoku gathered in a large room in Mary Geoise to discuss an unspecified matter.

The Five Elders and Sengoku decided to let the pirates gathering on Moss Island face Xia Chen, while Xia Chen continued to dominate Kaido in their duel. Kaido declared that his endurance and a single powerful hit could still win him the fight, and Xia Chen prepared a stronger strike to prove him wrong.

• Sengoku asked the Five Elders whether the Navy should intervene as Doflamingo gathered pirates on Moss Island to target Xia Chen, but they ordered him to do nothing.
• Xia Chen repeatedly battered Kaido with Haki and physical attacks, while Kaido struggled to land a hit.
• Xia Chen considered Kaido’s advice to Luffy about relying on Haki and decided Kaido might have taught him by serving as a negative example.
• Kaido claimed that Xia Chen’s attacks were not strong enough and that he could win by enduring them before landing one decisive blow.
• Xia Chen laughed at Kaido’s assumption and vanished, appearing right in front of him as he prepared his next swing.

Luffy and the others reached the Flower Field after Violet warned them about Doflamingo’s preparations, while Violet wondered whether they could win without Xia Chen. At the arena, Luffy confronted Doflamingo, and their Conqueror’s Haki clashed with Luffy’s seemingly overpowering Doflamingo’s.

• Violet told Luffy and the others that Doflamingo had prepared a deadly arena and shared information about Sugar and the Donquixote Family.
• Luffy charged toward the Flower Field, and Zoro and the others followed while Violet worried about Xia Chen’s absence.
• Luffy and his companions arrived at the arena, where Doflamingo awaited them and vowed to kill them.
• Luo carried the unconscious Caesar into the confrontation, and Doflamingo seethed at Luo for bringing him to this predicament.
• Doflamingo and Luffy unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, and their surges collided as Doflamingo’s officers realized Luffy’s Haki appeared stronger.

Luffy and Doflamingo began their arena battle after their Conqueror’s Haki clash, while Usopp stopped Luffy from revealing Violet’s warning. The chapter ended with Doflamingo blocking Luffy’s first attacks and countering his Jet Whip.

• Luffy and Doflamingo clashed with Conqueror’s Haki, and nearby residents fell unconscious before both men withdrew their Haki.
• Usopp covered Luffy’s mouth to keep him from revealing that Violet had tipped them off, and Luffy praised Usopp for being reliable.
• Doflamingo explained the life-and-death arena rules, and Luffy challenged him to fight.
• Pica charged at Luffy after the crowd laughed at his high-pitched voice, but Zoro slashed him away before Doflamingo ordered him to stand down.
• Doflamingo entered the arena and threatened to make Luffy watch his companions die, then blocked Luffy’s Jet Pistol and countered his Jet Whip with Athlete.

Xia Chen overwhelmed Kaido with Haki alone, then challenged his assumptions about Haki and Devil Fruits. He offered Kaido a chance to advance beyond his current Haki bottlenecks, leaving Kaido eager to hear what Xia Chen planned.

• Xia Chen battered Kaido with a fierce barrage and slammed him into the ground with Heaven-Pillar, leaving Jack stunned.
• Kaido climbed from the crater badly injured and asked whether Xia Chen had shown his true strength, but Xia Chen said he had not.
• Xia Chen asked Kaido whether Haki alone could transcend all, and Kaido argued that Devil Fruit abilities also greatly increased strength.
• Xia Chen asked how long Kaido's Observation Haki and Conqueror's Haki had been stuck at their bottlenecks, then explained that his own Haki was stronger.
• Kaido admitted he wanted to improve and began asking whether Xia Chen planned to help him advance.

Xia Chen pushed Kaido to the brink of death in a brutal training session, helping him advance his Observation Haki and Conqueror’s Haki. After Kaido challenged him to keep fighting, Xia Chen trapped him in purple ice and sent a massive fireball crashing toward him.

• Xia Chen told Kaido he would help him break through so Kaido could put pressure on the people aboard Xia Chen’s ship.
• Xia Chen launched a super crash-course training session, repeatedly attacking Kaido and driving him to the edge of his limits.
• After an unknown amount of time, Kaido’s Observation Haki and Conqueror’s Haki advanced, and he thanked Xia Chen for helping him break through.
• Kaido erupted with Conqueror’s Haki and challenged Xia Chen to keep fighting.
• Xia Chen encased Kaido in purple ice, raised him into the sky, and sent an enormous fireball crashing down toward him as Jack watched in shock.

Luffy fought Doflamingo in the Flower Field of Dressrosa and gained the upper hand after activating Gear Second. Doflamingo stopped holding back and prepared to use his trump card.

• Luffy taunted Doflamingo with lines Xia Chen had taught him, then activated Gear Second and struck him hard enough to draw blood.
• Luffy asked Zoro and the others for the surname of a singer Xia Chen had mentioned, then mocked Doflamingo by calling him a show-off like Xia Chen.
• Luffy and Doflamingo exchanged increasingly fierce blows as the Straw Hat Pirates watched calmly and the Donquixote Family grew worried about Doflamingo losing.
• Luffy punched Doflamingo in the abdomen and sent him flying into a Spider Web Wall, whereupon Doflamingo declared he would stop holding back and make Luffy despair.

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.