Recaps

Noah turned Kaido, Yamato, and several other captured fighters into Apostles while Shiki consolidated the Sky Empire’s rule over Wano Country. Shiki began purging criminal factions and hunting the remaining Kozuki allies, leaving only a few prominent holdouts unaccounted for.

• Noah recovered Kurozumi Orochi’s and Kurozumi Semimaru’s Devil Fruits, then transformed Kaido, Yamato, King, Black Maria, and others into Apostles.
• Shiki and Mary purged the Beasts Pirates and Orochi Group, recruited about twenty thousand ordinary soldiers, and established work relief in the Flower Capital.
• Robin reported Wano Country’s underground groups to Shiki, who assigned her and Blazing Sun to target gangs and illicit merchants.
• Shiki crippled Ashura Doji, detained his bandits, and captured the thugs at Kuri Castle.
• Shiki identified Shimotsuki Yasuie, Kozuki Sukiyaki, and Kozuki Hiyori as the remaining Kozuki figures still in Wano Country.

Hermit and Vic eliminated Kozuki Sukiyaki, Shimotsuki Yasuie, and Gyukimaru as the Noah Family removed potential threats across Wano. Robin and Black Maria killed Kozuki Hiyori, crushed a samurai ambush, and learned that Minamoto Ryuchi planned to rally nobles and seek Whitebeard Pirates' help against the Sky Empire.

• Hermit killed Kozuki Sukiyaki, while Vic found the Nidai Kitetsu, the Millet-Millet Fruit, and other weapons at his residence.
• Hermit claimed the Nidai Kitetsu, and Vic sent the Millet-Millet Fruit to the Castle Space for safekeeping.
• Hermit killed Shimotsuki Yasuie, and Vic captured Gyukimaru and sent him to the Castle Space to recover his Devil Fruit.
• Robin and Black Maria killed Kozuki Hiyori and burned her body after Robin said she would not live to see the prophecy fulfilled.
• Robin learned that Minamoto Ryuchi planned to rally regional nobles, select a new shogun, and send his son to seek the Whitebeard Pirates' support against the Sky Empire.
• Over a hundred masked samurai ambushed Robin and Black Maria, but Robin defeated them with poisonous flowers and snakes before ordering the city guards to clean up.

Robin and Black Maria imposed inheritance and personal income taxes to pressure Wano’s nobles, prompting Minamoto Ryuchi to send his son Toraji to seek help from the Whitebeard Pirates. Shiki captured Toraji and recovered his Mythical Zoan, which Noah assigned to Enel, who ate it and transformed into the Nue.

• Robin and Black Maria proposed new taxes to force Wano’s hidden opponents to act.
• The governor’s residence issued the tax decree, and soldiers reassured commoners that most would owe nothing.
• Minamoto Ryuchi decided to contact other noble families and sent Minamoto Toraji to seek aid from the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Shiki intercepted Toraji, captured him with Seastone Handcuffs, and recovered his Bird-Bird Fruit, Nue Form.
• Noah gave the Onyudo Fruit to Nola and offered the Nue Fruit to Enel.
• Enel accepted and ate the fruit, transforming into the Nue and beginning to describe its abilities.

The Sky Empire expanded into the former Beasts Pirates' territories while outside powers held back from challenging Shiki. In Wano, Robin and Black Maria launched a night assault on the nobles who had gathered forces against the Sky Empire, and Robin told Minamoto Ryuchi that his son Toraji was dead.

• The Sky Empire took over the former Beasts Pirates' territories, while the World Government, Whitebeard, and Big Mom avoided confronting Shiki.
• Minamoto Ryuchi and the Wano nobles consolidated their forces and chose a new shogun without learning that Toraji had been killed.
• Robin and Black Maria divided the targets for a night attack, with Black Maria taking the western district and Robin attacking the nobles' eastern district.
• Robin used her Bone Flower abilities to devastate the Minamoto residence and noble district, while Minamoto Ryuchi fought his way into her skeletal giant.
• Robin trapped Minamoto Ryuchi with her Hair Flower ability and revealed that Toraji was already dead.

After Robin and the Noah Family crushed resistance across Wano, the Sky Empire reorganized the territory as Fusang Province and began rebuilding it. Meanwhile, the New World’s power balance shifted as the Donquixote Family filled part of the Beasts Pirates’ gap and the Red Hair Pirates set out to enter the New World.

• Robin used Flower World: Mandala to weaken and kill the nobles and experts who fled after Minamoto Ryuchi’s death.
• Black Maria subdued western-city gangsters and ronin for transport to Udon Prison, while Joshua, Vic, Hermit, Anthony, Tomani, and others secretly exterminated rebel families across Wano.
• The Sky Empire renamed Wano Fusang Province, moved floating islands to expand it and establish Sky Province, and planned to transfer some of Fusang’s population.
• The Sky Empire upgraded factories, contained pollution, and restored agriculture, while ordinary people experienced safer and more prosperous lives than under Orochi or the Kozuki Clan.
• The Donquixote Family began filling part of the arms-market gap left by the Beasts Pirates as the Red Hair Pirates prepared to enter the New World.
• Rayleigh and Shakky watched the Red Hair Pirates descend beneath the water, and Rayleigh wondered about the power Shanks had encountered in the East Blue.

Shiki planned a territory exchange with the Big Mom Pirates to connect the Sky Empire’s scattered holdings, while Noah reassigned governors across the Kingdom of Dawn. Monet and Hermit set out for Totto Land to negotiate, as Red-Haired Shanks chose to head toward Dressrosa and meet Doflamingo.

• Robin proposed trading the waters around Hachinosu and the Sea of Hell to the Big Mom Pirates for territory nearer the Beasts Pirates’ lands, and Shiki approved the plan.
• Shiki chose Monet and Hermit as envoys, and Noah agreed to transfer Monet to the Sky Empire.
• Noah reassigned governors across the Kingdom of Dawn, including Enel to the Paradise Sky Governorate and Bege to the West Blue Governorate.
• Monet arrived at Sky Dome Island, where Robin explained the negotiations; Monet said she was ready for the mission after years of training.
• An ark ship departed Sky Province for Totto Land with Monet and Hermit aboard.
• Red-Haired Shanks and Beckman chose to sail toward Dressrosa to meet Doflamingo instead of visiting Whitebeard first.

Hermit and Monet arrived in Totto Land to negotiate a territory exchange with Charlotte Linlin, using a show of force before securing her agreement. The Navy learned of the deal and Monet’s abilities, raising its assessment of the Sky Empire’s threat while avoiding a direct campaign against it.

• Monet froze the sea and created an oxygen-free zone as Hermit and the Big Mom Pirates confronted one another.
• Hermit told Charlotte Linlin he had come on Shiki’s orders to negotiate a territory exchange, and Monet showed her the proposed islands.
• Hermit offered to give Big Mom the islands around Hachinosu in exchange for islands in Totto Land and promised Shiki would not invade for five years.
• Charlotte Linlin agreed to the exchange on the condition that Shiki fish Hachinosu out of the seabed, and Hermit accepted on Shiki’s behalf.
• Hermit and Monet left Totto Land, and the Navy raised the Sky Empire’s threat level after assessing their strength and Monet’s abilities.

Over the next month, Shiki organized the Sky Empire’s legions and departments, reshaped its islands into fortified provinces, and established guarded routes between them. The Five Elders chose not to confront him openly, while Shanks secured a foothold in the New World and drove the Donquixote Family out of the area around Dressrosa.

• Cracker took control of the waters around Hachinosu, while Shiki raised the sunken island back onto its original foundation.
• The Sky Empire completed the initial recruitment of four legions and assigned their commanders, while Shiki and Robin arranged its core departments and provinces.
• Shiki and Vic raised and reshaped islands across the five provinces, and the Department of Scientific Research introduced solar-powered airships and aerial war fortresses.
• The Five Elders discussed Shiki’s island-moving plans, the Op-Op Fruit, and the dwindling energy of Uranus, then decided to let Cipher Pol infiltrate the Sky Empire rather than confront Shiki directly.
• Shanks took a small island northwest of Dressrosa and defeated the Donquixote Family, forcing Doflamingo and his crew to retreat to the North Blue.

Noah returned to the sea and hunted down Ruru in Alabasta, recovering the Strong-Strong Fruit before sailing toward the East Blue. There, Noah and Kuro killed Bakkin and captured Weevil, leaving Noah with a powerful new prisoner.

• Noah and Kuro tracked Ruru to a casino in Nanohana Harbor, where Noah won thirteen million Beli from him at blackjack.
• After Ruru followed Noah outside and attacked, Kuro immobilized him, and Noah used Seastone Handcuffs to recover the Strong-Strong Fruit before killing him.
• Noah chose not to hunt the remaining Baroque Works agents and sailed the Prosperity toward the East Blue based on a tarot reading.
• When a small boat sent the Prosperity a distress signal, Noah recognized Bakkin and Weevil and sent Kuro to kill Bakkin.
• Noah dragged Weevil into the sea, deprived him of oxygen until he passed out, and sealed him inside a card.

Noah had Luo repair and enhance Weevil, then gave him the Strength Fruit and sent him to serve as the Sky Empire’s hidden trump card. Continuing toward the East Blue, Noah discovered an ancient civilization’s ruins beneath the Calm Belt and prepared to explore them.

• Noah asked Luo to examine and modify the unconscious Weevil, whose genetic defects and transplanted heart were causing serious problems.
• Luo repaired Weevil’s heart and body, improved his brain, and reshaped his physique before Noah gave him the Strong-Strong Fruit and made him an Apostle.
• Noah discovered that the fruit increased physical strength up to a hundredfold and used its power to greatly enhance his own strength.
• Noah sent Weevil to the Sky Empire as a hidden trump card and continued sailing toward the East Blue.
• Noah reached the Calm Belt, found extensive ruins beneath shallow waters, and prepared the Prosperity and his crew to explore them.

Noah and Robin explored the sunken Quebo Kingdom, recovering ancient artifacts and a Tree-Tree Fruit while tracing the region’s lost islands. After studying maps that pointed to other technologically advanced kingdoms, they reached the Gauss Kingdom and found its puppets still moving.

• Noah cleared silt from the Quebo Kingdom ruins, and Robin identified the temple and palace as belonging to the kingdom famed for woodcarving.
• Robin found a Tree-Tree Fruit in the palace, and Noah identified it as the Paramecia-type Tree-Tree Fruit and decided to store it for now.
• Robin spent three days exploring the ruins, collecting ancient wooden objects and rock paintings that mapped sixteen kingdoms and seventy-three uninhabited islands.
• Noah used the maps and Robin’s research to choose the Euclid Kingdom and Gauss Kingdom as the next sites to investigate.
• Two days later, the Prosperity reached the Gauss Kingdom ruins, where Noah discovered that many underwater puppets were still moving.

Robin discovered that Hart and 432 other survivors of the Gauss Kingdom had endured for eight hundred years beneath the sea, and Noah brought them into the Kingdom of Dawn. After exploring the ruined Euclid Kingdom, Noah and his companions sailed toward Oykot Kingdom in the East Blue.

• Robin met Hart, who told her that a tsunami had destroyed the Gauss Kingdom and that 736 people had survived at a research base.
• Hart explained that the Civilization Continuation Committee had cryopreserved most survivors while a small group operated puppets in shifts.
• Hart asked Robin to take the 432 people still in cryopreservation out of their underwater refuge in exchange for the kingdom’s treasures and technology.
• Mary screened the survivors, Robin took the Gauss Kingdom’s books, and Noah acquired its technology before lifting Gauss Island to the Paradise Sky Governorate.
• Luo and Andy treated Hart and the other 36 committee members, while Noah and his companions found little to explore in the ruins of the Euclid Kingdom.
• The Prosperity left the Calm Belt, entered the East Blue, and sailed toward Oykot Kingdom.

Noah visited the Noah Family’s training camp and checked on the Rum Kingdom before sailing through the East Blue, where Shachi destroyed the Krieg Pirates. The Prosperity stopped at Cocoyasi Village, where Noah quietly saw Bellemere and the young Nami and Nojiko, then continued toward Loguetown.

• Noah visited the family’s secret training camp near Mackerel Port and encouraged its recruits, including Ulti, Page One, Marianne, Mikita, and Carina.
• Noah met Uncle Joseph in Rum City and reviewed the kingdom’s military forces and the strength of its defenders.
• The Prosperity encountered the Krieg Pirates, and Shachi killed Krieg, Gin, Balu, and the other pirates before burning their ship.
• At Cocoyasi Village, Bellemere sold oranges to the Prosperity, and Nami chose to buy a book instead of a dress while Noah watched without approaching them.
• The Prosperity left Cocoyasi Village the next morning and arrived in Loguetown five days later.

The Red Hair Pirates prepared to challenge Shiki and the Sky Empire for territory in the New World, despite Beckman’s fears that they could not win. As the Red Force entered the central waters, the Marines and World Government secretly moved to use the coming clash to test and contain the Sky Empire.

• Shanks chose to challenge Golden Lion and sailed the Red Force into the New World’s central waters, while Beckman worried that the Red Hair Pirates lacked allies and a safe way to escape.
• Rayleigh and Shakky discussed the Sky Empire’s strength, including the Blazing Sun Legion and its chief officers Hermit, Black Maria, and Flower Garden.
• Kong and Tsuru decided to send Borsalino to hold Shiki back and ordered him to be stationed at G1 afterward.
• The Five Elders chose to bolster the Red Hair Pirates so they could probe the Sky Empire and help keep it in check.

Noah secretly emptied the Lulusia Kingdom and prepared to face the Marines’ response, while Shiki arranged forces in the Sky Empire to confront the approaching Red Hair Pirates. The chapter ended with Vice Admiral Comil reporting Lulusia’s disappearance to Fleet Admiral Kong.

• Shiki assigned Robin to delay Mihawk and the CP Agents while gathering forces to meet the Red Hair Pirates in the Sky Empire.
• Noah sent Kyoshiro, Champagne, and other allies to the Sky Empire as intelligence agents from rival powers moved toward the Torrent Sea.
• Noah, Ray, Vic, and their companions evacuated Lulusia’s population to a prepared island, leaving the kingdom empty within three hours.
• Noah and his allies took control of the Lulusia Kingdom’s royal palace and prepared for a response from the Marines and World Government.
• Comil found that Cow Port was deserted, failed to reach Lulusia’s officials, and reported the lost contact to Kong.

Dawn Noah publicly declared war on the World Government and arranged for Morgans to broadcast his message worldwide. At Cow Port, Kuro killed Vice Admiral Comil and massacred his three warships, prompting Kong to dispatch a Buster Call fleet while Borsalino raced toward Lulusia.

• Noah told Kuro that the Marines were investigating Lulusia and declared that the Kingdom of Dawn would challenge the World Government.
• Noah called Morgans, revealed his identity as leader of the Hidden Ones Organization, and asked him to publish a declaration of war worldwide.
• Morgans agreed to publish the message for free and received the locations of hidden Live Broadcast Den Den Mushi in Lulusia.
• Kuro confronted Comil at Cow Port, killed him with his vampire abilities, and slaughtered the crews of all three G-2 warships.
• Kong ordered Borsalino to stop the Hidden Ones Organization and led Zephyr, Tokikake, Momonga, and Onigumo with ten Buster Call warships toward Lulusia.
• Borsalino left G-1 Base as a beam of light after Tsuru called him.

Joshua fought Borsalino at Cow Port while Noah’s declaration of war against the World Government spread across the world. The chapter ended with Fleet Admiral Kong’s Buster Call fleet arriving off Lulusia as Joshua confronted Borsalino about hoping to turn the battle around.

• Joshua and Borsalino clashed at Cow Port, fighting nearly evenly with their swords, Haki, light, and magnetic powers.
• Their battle continued for a day and a night while Noah’s group held back, waiting for the Buster Call fleet and senior Marine officers.
• A News Coo distributed Noah’s declaration of war and details about the Celestial Dragons’ Human Hunting Game as Kong’s fleet reached Lulusia.
• Zephyr read the newspaper, Onigumo ordered the Marines to confiscate the copies, and Kong received orders from the Five Elders to destroy the Kingdom of Dawn and Liberator Organization.
• The declaration sent shock waves around the world, and attention focused on Lulusia as Kong’s fleet arrived and Joshua taunted Borsalino about expecting reinforcements to change the outcome.

Joshua and his allies clashed with Kong and the Navy forces in the ruins of Cow Port. The battle spread across Lulusia Kingdom as Vic, Lilian, and Kuro engaged Zephyr, Tokikake, and Onigumo.

• Kong led Zephyr, Tokikake, Onigumo, and over a hundred colonel-ranked officers to face Joshua, while Momonga and three Commodores guarded the Navy warships.
• Noah, Vic, Kuro, Lilith, and Lilian joined Joshua, and Noah and Kong's forces clashed with Conqueror's Haki before Borsalino's light barrage was deflected.
• Vic challenged Zephyr, and the two fought with Armament Haki and physical attacks as they moved north across the grassland.
• Lilian faced Tokikake, unleashed her nuclear-fission-powered Cruel Sun, and killed a dozen Navy officers with radiation and high-energy neutrons.
• Kuro fought Onigumo with blood-based attacks, drained the blood of Navy officers, and used bats and darkness to evade Onigumo's Seastone weapons while pretending to be evenly matched.

Noah and Kong fought a destructive battle at Cow Port while the Liberator Organization held off the Marines. The Five Elders sent Shichibukai reinforcements, Tsuru dispatched Kuzan, and Doria secretly learned of the plan through the Noah Family.

• Lilith hid in the sky as Noah and Kong began fighting, unleashing attacks that devastated Cow Port and forced the Buster Call fleet to retreat farther out to sea.
• Momonga reported that Kong, Zephyr, Borsalino, Tokikake and Onigumo could not suppress the Liberator Organization, and Tsuru asked the Five Elders for permission to send Kuzan.
• The Five Elders refused to deploy the Holy Knights and ordered CP0 to bring Gecko Moria and Doria the Terror Weapon to Lulusia Kingdom.
• Tsuru received approval to send Kuzan, who left the Sabaody Archipelago using Geppo instead of his bicycle.
• The Noah Family learned that Doria had been contacted, while Doria appeared eager to accept the Five Elders’ request.

Shiki ambushed the Red Hair Pirates far from the Torrent Province, trapping them inside a ring of fallen islands while Monet turned the battlefield into an oxygen-free zone. Shanks and Beckman fought Shiki and Blazing Sun as their crewmates battled the Sky Empire’s forces, leaving the Red Hair Pirates at risk of defeat once their oxygen ran out.

• Shiki dropped more than a dozen islands around the Red Force, enclosing the Red Hair Pirates in a shallow lake, then attacked Shanks with a barrage of slashes.
• Monet unleashed Suffocation Hell while Who's-Who froze the lake, and the Sky Empire fighters attacked the Red Hair Pirates across the island ruins.
• Shanks clashed with Shiki, while Blazing Sun engaged Beckman and the other fighters battled their opponents.
• Shiki’s forces relied on oxygen balloons implanted by Luo and filled with Magic Card: Oxygen Tank, allowing them to fight freely in Monet’s oxygen-free zone.
• Beckman urged his crewmates to escape toward the sea, but Monet maintained Suffocation Hell across a radius of more than thirty kilometers, leaving the Red Hair Pirates dependent on their dwindling oxygen supplies.

As the Red Hair Pirates fought the Sky Empire, pirates, Marines, and other factions watched the broadcast and assessed their chances. Mihawk raced to help Shanks but was intercepted by Robin, whose transformed clone wounded him before he identified her as a Flower-Flower Fruit user.

• Rayleigh and Shakky watched the battle and feared Monet's oxygen-free zone would overwhelm the Red Hair Pirates.
• Tsuru and Kurouma judged that Monet's ability could defeat most opponents in a prolonged fight, while the Whitebeard and Big Mom Pirates watched the broadcasts for their own reasons.
• Mihawk hurried toward the battlefield after Cipher Pol ordered him to help Shanks, but he split a falling island sent to block his route.
• Robin introduced herself as the Sky Empire's Anbu leader and transformed her clone with a silver-gray exoskeleton.
• Robin's clone attacked Mihawk, who struck it away but suffered a wrist wound from her Organ Flower and asked if she had the Flower-Flower Fruit.

Nico Robin revealed her identity and awakened Conqueror’s Haki, then fought Mihawk with her Devil Fruit powers. After a day and night of battle, Mihawk was exhausted, and the CP0 agents watching no longer dared to ambush Robin.

• Robin emerged from the lake, broke her mask, and revealed herself as Nico Robin.
• Robin awakened Conqueror’s Haki and transformed into Ultimate Body: Flower Devil to fight Mihawk.
• Robin used her clones to replenish her stamina while she continued attacking Mihawk through the day and night.
• Mihawk grew exhausted from Robin’s relentless attacks, while the watching CP0 agents abandoned their plan to ambush her.

Hermit killed Yasopp, and Shiki overwhelmed and killed Shanks as the Red Hair Pirates began to collapse. Blazing Sun then killed Beckman, leaving the Sky Empire’s enemies with the upper hand.

• Hermit secretly corroded Yasopp’s oxygen tank and weapons before blinding him and dissolving his body with Corrosion Gas.
• Shanks ordered the Red Hair Pirates to retreat, but Shiki struck him with Divine Descent: Hundredfold Strength and killed him with Absolute Killing Fist.
• Shiki buried Shanks beneath the glacier after taking Gryphon.
• Beckman saw his Vivre Card burn away and realized Shanks was dead.
• Blazing Sun destroyed Beckman’s sword and killed him with Great Heat Death.

The Sky Empire wiped out the Red Hair Pirates, prompting grief and alarm across the seas. As reinforcements arrived at Lulusia, Noah regained access to his full power and intensified his fight against Kong.

• After Shanks, Beckman, and Yasopp fell, Shiki, Blazing Sun, and Hermit helped destroy the Red Hair Pirates in under fifty minutes.
• Rayleigh mourned the Red Hair Pirates’ defeat, while Joker killed the people mocking them in a bar on Sterling Island.
• Dragon regretted Shanks’s death, and Doflamingo set aside plans to return to the New World after seeing the Sky Empire’s strength.
• The Five Elders ordered CP0 to retreat from Robin’s fight with Mihawk and urged Vegapunk to accelerate Mother Flame research.
• Sengoku and Sakazuki watched the Lulusia broadcast as CP0 agents, Gecko Moria, Doria the Terror Weapon, and Kuzan arrived too late to aid the Marines.
• Noah learned of the Red Hair Pirates’ destruction, regained access to his Conqueror’s Haki and Strength Fruit, and pressed his attack on Kong.

Robin defeated and killed Mihawk on a deserted island, while Judgment and Champagne intercepted the three CP0 agents and captured two of them. The Five Elders learned how formidable Robin had become, while the outside world remained unaware of the battle.

• Champagne and Judgment blocked the three CP0 agents from withdrawing and attacked their reconnaissance ship.
• Judgment used his emotion-influencing flame clouds to disorient the CP0 agents, killed Monkey Mask, and drove Bird Mask into the sea.
• Champagne struck Butterfly Mask with a seastone shortsword, leaving one CP0 agent dead and two captured.
• Mihawk, exhausted by Robin's attacks, unleashed his final slash, but Robin overwhelmed it with her Thousand-Armed Guanyin bone fists.
• Robin confirmed Mihawk was dead, took Black Blade Yoru, burned his body, and left the island as flowers bloomed across it.
• The Five Elders at Mary Geoise grew apprehensive about Robin's power, while the outside world remained unaware of the battle.