Chapter Summaries

Xia Chen brought Gordon to Uta, who learned that Tot Musica—not the Red Hair Pirates—had destroyed Elegia after possessing her as a child. As Uta broke down, a changed and terrifying Tot Musica emerged from her in black-and-red flames.

• Xia Chen brought Gordon before Uta and asked him to explain what had happened to Elegia.
• Gordon told Uta that Tot Musica had controlled her, used her Sing-Sing Fruit ability to escape, and destroyed Elegia before Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates stopped it.
• Gordon revealed that Shanks had blamed the destruction on his crew to spare Uta the truth.
• Uta blamed herself and began to cry, and Gordon rushed to comfort her.
• Uta's blood-red eyes and black-and-red flames appeared, and Tot Musica emerged from her body with an evil laugh.

Xia Chen confronted Tot Musica after it appeared in both worlds and revealed that his god-level Haki let him damage it in either world alone. He explained Luffy’s Haki bottleneck and claimed he could shatter the Sing-Sing World, leaving Tot Musica terrified.

• Tot Musica appeared without Uta singing its summoning song and revealed that its power had evolved.
• Xia Chen struck Tot Musica in the Sing-Sing World, sending it crashing into the stands, while Gordon watched in disbelief.
• Xia Chen explained that others had to attack Tot Musica in both worlds at once, but he could damage it in either world.
• Luffy challenged Xia Chen’s judgment of his strength, and Xia Chen told him that becoming a Four Emperor did not mean he was ready to match him.
• Xia Chen demonstrated god-level Haki and explained that Luffy needed more battles to overcome his Haki bottleneck.
• Tot Musica recovered, saw Xia Chen’s power, and shrieked in terror.

Xia Chen defeated Tot Musica in the Sing-Sing World and brought the exhausted Uta back to the real world. After finding a remnant of Tot Musica inside her mind, he destroyed it with golden flame.

• Tot Musica retreated into the seal beneath Elegia after Xia Chen proved his God-Level Haki could harm him.
• Uta collapsed from exhaustion, and the Sing-Sing World shattered as everyone returned to the real world.
• Xia Chen confirmed Uta was asleep and explained that Tot Musica had fled back into the seal.
• Xia Chen spotted a wisp of Tot Musica's demonic flame in Uta's mind and burned it away with golden flame.

Xia Chen removed Tot Musica’s hidden measure from Uta and said he had scared the monster back. The Red Hair Pirates arrived, and Red Hair reunited with the sleeping Uta aboard the Thousand Sunny, where Usopp awaited his father Yasopp.

• Xia Chen cleared Tot Musica’s backup measure from Uta, preventing it from emerging through her again.
• Xia Chen noticed the approaching Red Hair Pirates, and Usopp realized his father Yasopp was aboard their ship.
• Red Hair hurried toward the Thousand Sunny after spotting Uta in Xia Chen’s arms and asked about her condition.
• Xia Chen told Red Hair that Uta was only asleep and had scared Tot Musica back.
• Red Hair checked Uta, thanked Xia Chen for saving her, and took her into his arms.

After Xia Chen rescued Uta, Red Hair thanked him and prepared to face the truth Uta knew about Elegia. Luffy reunited with Shanks, then their affectionate meeting turned into a brawl as Luffy demanded that Shanks call him “Lord Luffy.”

• Red Hair thanked Xia Chen for saving Uta, and Xia Chen told him that Uta knew the truth about Elegia's destruction.
• Luffy returned to the Thousand Sunny and excitedly reunited with Shanks, who tossed Uta to Xia Chen before Luffy crashed into him.
• Shanks told Luffy he had grown into a real man, but Luffy bragged that he was a Four Emperor and demanded to be called “Lord Luffy.”
• Shanks beat Luffy, and the two Emperors wrestled on the ground while the Straw Hat crew watched.
• The Red Hair Pirates spotted Xia Chen holding Uta, and Benn Beckman noticed Shanks brawling with Luffy.

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.