Recaps

Kuzan and the Shichibukai entered the battle on Lulusia, while Vic’s explosive attack devastated the island and the Navy fleet. Vic killed Zephyr after their fight, leaving the Buster Call fleet battered by the resulting shock wave and earthquake.

• Kuzan assigned Moria to fight Kuro and Doria to support Zephyr, then took over Tokikake’s battle against Lilian.
• Kuzan’s oxygen-freezing attack failed to affect Lilian, who countered with powerful light and flame attacks.
• Doria joined Zephyr and Vic, and Vic detonated an enormous explosion that devastated the battlefield and sent a shock wave toward the Navy fleet.
• Momonga warned the Buster Call fleet, but the shock wave, hurricane, and earthquake crushed ships and swept Marines away despite Kuzan freezing the sea.
• Vic survived the blast and revealed himself as a Rock-Rock Fruit user, while Zephyr was left mortally wounded.
• Zephyr died after warning Vic not to become a new Celestial Dragon, and Vic sank his body into the magma.

Joshua and Vic drove Borsalino back while Doria escaped with Blueno, prompting the Five Elders to send Saint Saturn and Saint Mars toward Lulusia. Noah killed Tokikake and Kong, and a worldwide broadcast showed the deaths of the Fleet Admiral and an Admiral Candidate.

• Kuzan and Borsalino sensed Zephyr's death as Vic emerged from the magma and joined Joshua in attacking Borsalino.
• Vic and Joshua trapped Borsalino between explosions, Thunder Kirin, and a Ruby Laser Cannon, forcing him to flee as their attacks devastated Lulusia Island.
• Doria knocked out Blueno and escaped from the Buster Call fleet after Zephyr's death was confirmed.
• Saint Saturn and Saint Mars set out for Lulusia while Saint Nusjuro, Saint Warcury, and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter put Mary Geoise on alert.
• Noah killed Tokikake and then exploited the poison in Kong's lungs to defeat him with Hokuto Burst Fist.
• A Live Broadcast Den Den Mushi showed Kong's death to the world, horrifying the kings and nobles of the Affiliated Nations.

Noah and his allies defeated the Marines at Lulusia and confronted Saint Saturn and Saint Mars. After the Five Elders arrived and Saturn began summoning reinforcements, Noah’s group escaped to their underground base on York Island, leaving the Elders to assess the battlefield.

• Kuzan ordered Borsalino to retreat while he held off Noah’s allies, and Borsalino tried to cover Onigumo and Moria as they withdrew.
• Moria escaped with Doppelman, but Kuro killed Onigumo; Joshua shattered Borsalino’s arm when he attacked Kuro.
• Borsalino returned to Kuzan and found him injured, while Noah’s group faced two approaching presences identified as Saint Saturn and Saint Mars.
• Noah sent Saint Saturn flying with a single blow, then withdrew with his allies through their Escape Passages when Saturn began summoning the other Elders.
• Saint Saturn and Saint Mars ordered Borsalino and Kuzan to receive treatment and told Momonga to lead the Marines ashore and gather information.

After the Battle of Lulusia, Garp, Sengoku, Dragon, and Doflamingo responded to the Marines’ losses and the growing threat of the Kingdom of Dawn and the Liberator Organization. Their decisions left the seas bracing for further conflict.

• Garp mourned the Marines killed at Lulusia, then agreed with Tsuru to return and attend an internal meeting.
• Sakazuki took charge of Marine G-1 while Sengoku headed back to Marineford to become Fleet Admiral and organize the World Military Draft.
• Dragon rejected Ivankov’s proposal to ally with the Liberator Organization and secretly ordered agents to search for the Kingdom of Dawn.
• Doflamingo dismissed Trebol’s concerns, then agreed to help Cipher Pol locate the Kingdom of Dawn after the Five Elders offered him a favor.

After learning that the Red Hair Pirates had been annihilated, Luffy vowed to avenge Shanks and go to the New World, while Ace and Sabo pledged to join him. Across the East Blue and beyond, others received news of the fallen crew and Mihawk’s death, and several chose to hide the news from those they feared it would hurt.

• Dadan kept the news of the Red Hair Pirates’ destruction from Luffy, but Sabo later told Luffy and Ace while they were hunting.
• Luffy ran into the forest in grief, then vowed to avenge Shanks and fulfill their promise; Ace and Sabo promised to help him.
• At the Isshin Dojo, Koshiro read that Mihawk had been defeated and killed by Nico Robin, and reconsidered his beliefs about women’s strength.
• The village chief gave Banchina the news that Yasopp and the Red Hair Pirates had died, and she resolved to raise Usopp away from piracy.
• On Elegia, Gordon read the news and destroyed the newspapers, deciding to conceal it from Uta.

At the emergency Reverie, Saint Mars rallied the kings and World Government representatives against the Liberator Organization and the Kingdom of Dawn. The meeting ended with funding and recruitment measures approved, while the Shichibukai pursued their own plans and the World Government announced a draft that would add two Admiral positions.

• On the eve of the Reverie, Doflamingo questioned Kuzan about Noah, and Moria described how he and Onigumo had barely drawn against Kuro the Vampire.
• At the Reverie, Saint Mars presented the Liberator Organization and the Kingdom of Dawn as threats to the world’s nobles and merchants.
• Saint Mars secured agreement on a World Military Draft, an additional Heavenly Tribute, civilian recruitment, and intelligence gathering on the Kingdom of Dawn.
• Joseph observed the kings’ support for the World Government, while Wapol offered a thousand doctors and the Shichibukai advanced their private plans.
• The emergency Reverie ended, and the World Government announced a military draft with two additional Admiral positions.

Noah planned to relocate the populations and industries of the Paradise Sky and South Blue Governorates to the Sky Empire and the moon as the Kingdom of Dawn prepared for growing scrutiny and conflict with the World Government. He reorganized several officials and ordered stronger counterintelligence, while Tomani proposed redirecting the World Government’s investigators toward the Revolutionary Army.

• Noah reviewed reports on the Moon Governorate’s expanded cities and capacity, and planned to move more people there while preparing the Blue Planet governorates to merge with the Sky Empire.
• Noah ordered the Paradise Sky Governorate dissolved and its population moved to the Sky Empire, with Ray’s Strategic Support Squad handling the relocation; he reassigned Enel to the Department of Supervision.
• Noah ordered the South Blue Governorate dissolved and its population and industrial equipment transferred to the Moon Governorate under Ray and Joshua.
• Noah appointed Kuro to establish and lead the General Staff Department, then instructed the Department of Supervision and the Distillery to strengthen counterespionage and spread false leads.
• Tomani proposed using the Revolutionary Army to draw CP investigators toward White Soil Island, and Noah accepted the idea after concluding Dragon’s group had treated the Kingdom of Dawn as an enemy.

Noah promoted nine members to elite status, gave them Devil Fruits, and assigned them to new posts. He then joined Robin and the others to consider expanding the Sky Empire into the North Blue, where they weighed routes across the Calm Belt and left security concerns unresolved.

• Noah promoted nine members to elite status, gave them badges and uniforms, and distributed Devil Fruits to seven of them.
• Noah assigned Laki, Don Bachino, Don Brindo, and Don Hockera to Robin’s New World Governor’s Office, while Ladget, Shakky, Bepo, and Don Arbell received other posts.
• Noah traveled to the Sky Empire’s headquarters, where Robin asked about his plans for expansion.
• Kuro proposed four ways for the Sky Empire to reach the North Blue across the Calm Belt.
• Robin favored artificial Sky Islands or a route built by moving islands, but worried that enemies could cut either route off.

Issho arrived at Sky Island seeking the Kingdom of Dawn and asked to see it as it truly was. Noah brought him to the Kingdom’s lunar headquarters, where Issho learned why the population had been moved from Lulusia.

• Issho reached the ruins of Lulusia and used Gambler's Fireline to lift a slab of rock toward Jaya Island.
• Ohm and Shura went to Heaven's Gate after the slab landed on the White Sea, where Ohm recognized Issho and sent an emergency signal.
• Issho told Ohm he had come to visit the Kingdom of Dawn, and Noah arrived by ark with Ray, Penguin, Alber, and others.
• Noah warned Issho that entering the real Kingdom of Dawn meant he would not be able to leave, but Issho agreed to go inside.
• Ray opened a wormhole, and Noah led Issho to the moon, explaining that most of Lulusia's population had been moved there for safety.

Noah showed Issho the thriving lunar city of Birka and explained his plans to create lasting peace, including his willingness to seek eternal life and bear its burdens. Issho joined the Liberators, then learned about Noah’s ability to create Apostles and the organization’s hidden strength.

• Noah explained that solar panels powered the moon’s underground cities, then showed Issho the prosperous streets of Birka.
• Over lunch, Noah argued that replacing the World Government’s rulers would not solve the deeper causes of suffering and revealed that Imu and the Five Elders had lived for centuries.
• Noah said he would bear the burden of preserving peace if necessary, and Issho agreed to join the Liberators despite disagreeing with Noah’s methods.
• Issho declined Noah’s offer to treat his eyes, then asked how Shiki had regained his youth and healed his body.
• Noah revealed that Shiki was a modified human and explained that he could create up to seventy-four Apostles from Devil Fruit Users, including Shiki, Kaido, and Weevil.

Shiki and Vic built a concealed passage through the North Blue Calm Belt while Noah reinforced the Sky Empire against a possible attack by Borsalino. After reviewing the Liberator Organization’s strength and the World Government’s readiness, Noah decided to focus on weakening the Affiliated Nations and building up his forces before any decisive battle.

• Shiki moved more than a hundred islands into the North Blue Calm Belt, while Vic raised undersea ridges and helped create a fortified passage protected by poisonous sea life.
• The Paradise Governorate’s troops and screened families settled along the passage, which remained hidden from the Navy and other outside powers.
• Noah sent Doria, Shiru, and Gairam to reinforce the Sky Empire and prepared for the possibility that Borsalino would attack.
• The World Government formed a rapid support squad led by Saint Saturn and Saint Mars, with Borsalino and three CP0 members, and Tsuru developed emergency plans.
• Noah chose to target the Affiliated Nations and strengthen the Liberator Organization rather than continue sneak attacks or rush into a decisive war.

Shiki’s Flying Fleet entered North Blue, destroyed the Marine observation posts in the Baku Archipelago, and seized three World Government Member States. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku and Tsuru planned a response, and the Five Elders approved Sakazuki’s deployment to reshape the Marines’ New World bases.

• A Marine spotted the Sky Empire’s Flying Fleet near the Baku Archipelago, and the observation posts sent up red flares.
• Shiki used meteorites to destroy all seven observation posts and moved three World Government Member States and eight uninhabited islands into Baku Province.
• Shiki hanged the kings and nobles of the three Affiliated Nations and focused on transforming the archipelago and integrating its civilians.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed sending Borsalino and Sakazuki to counter the Sky Empire, with Tsuru proposing that Sakazuki destroy two New World node islands.
• Sengoku asked the Five Elders to approve the plan to destroy two node islands and turn the remaining one into G0 Base, and Saint Saturn approved.

Sakazuki triggered the destruction of Hot Spring Island and established a Marine base on Hell Valley Island, while the World Government’s actions alarmed powers across the New World. Robin and Kuro planned for the Sky Empire to shift some of its foundations to the North Blue, and Noah’s raids in the South Blue further strained the World Government.

• Sakazuki caused Hot Spring Island’s volcano to erupt and destroy the island, while Marines destroyed another ley line node with Dyna Stones.
• Morgans warned the Sky Empire and Noah that destroying Hell Valley Island’s node could devastate the New World, and Robin and Kuro decided to slow expansion there while developing the North Blue.
• Sakazuki established a Marine base on Hell Valley Island, and the Big Mom and Whitebeard Pirates grew concerned about the World Government’s threat to the New World.
• The Five Elders told the New World’s Affiliated Nations that the Marines’ actions were meant to curb pirate expansion and promised to warn the kings before any destruction.
• Noah and Ray’s group emptied eight inhabited islands in the South Blue, including four Affiliated Nations, plunging the region into chaos.

Kuro and Lilith captured Moria and the Mysterious Four, and the Liberator Organization took control of Thriller Bark. Noah made Moria an Apostle, but Moria discovered that Captain John’s memories were beginning to influence his mind.

• Kuro defeated Moria while Lilith captured Perona, Absalom, and Hogback, leaving the Liberator Organization in control of Thriller Bark.
• Enel sorted the island’s captives by their past deeds, and Lilith took the irredeemably wicked prisoners away as experimental material.
• Lilith’s staff killed Absalom and Perona to recover their Devil Fruits, while Hogback was sent to Luo for interrogation.
• Noah made Moria the Moon Apostle, replacing King, and Moria placed his shadow in Captain John’s corpse to absorb its remaining memories.
• Moria realized Captain John’s memories were affecting his thoughts, and Noah warned that absorbing more memories could cause a mental breakdown.

Noah explored new uses for Moria’s Shadow-Shadow Fruit and uncovered valuable information in the memories of Captain John, Shimotsuki Ryuma, and Oars. After testing shadow-swapping, Noah prepared living dead and examined Okna Parasite eggs, whose many risks made them unsuitable for widespread use.

• Noah used Barton’s Swap-Swap Fruit to remove unimportant parts of Moria’s memories, learning that Captain John had stolen the Rocks Pirates’ treasure and that two Devil Fruits remained from it: the Ankylosaurus Fruit and the Wheel-Wheel Fruit.
• Moria devoured the residual memories of Shimotsuki Ryuma and Oars, uncovering Ryuma’s swordsmanship and Haki training methods and learning that Oars had created Wano Country’s cliffs; Noah had him record useful information for Robin and Kuro.
• Moria tested spatial travel through the Shadow World and found that Doppelman needed a shadow as an anchor, while Noah realized he could use his Apostles as teleportation points and carry people and supplies inside cards.
• Moria swapped his shadow with Kuro’s and then attached it to Ryuma’s corpse, which spoke and said Ryuma’s remaining instinctive will had vanished, allowing it to control the body completely.
• Noah took ten villains from Lilith’s cards, had Ray remove their frontal lobes, and inspected Okna Parasite eggs, whose risks included severe malnutrition, deathlike sleep, and fatal allergic reactions.

Noah and Moria transformed villains into living-dead soldiers and developed new uses for wandering shadows, including scouting, restraint, storage, and combat. Noah strengthened Moria with vitality and Magic Cards before leaving Thriller Bark with his companions for their next destination.

• Noah and Moria implanted Okna Bug eggs into living-dead villains, creating wandering shadows and soldiers no longer vulnerable to sea salt or strong sunlight.
• Noah and Ray removed the prefrontal lobes of four villains, and Moria gave them Devil Fruits to create the Turtle, Dragon, Sheep, and Fish Generals.
• Moria tamed more than a dozen wandering shadows and developed techniques including Shadow Parasite, Black Shadow Kingdom, Juice-Bursting Octopus, and Shadow Stomach Pouch.
• Noah and Ray finished operating on more than eight hundred villains, and Noah ordered Moria to stay on Thriller Bark and recover.
• Noah gave Moria more than a hundred years of vitality and a stack of Magic Cards, then departed with his companions through a wormhole.

Noah retrieved Captain John’s treasure, including two Devil Fruits, then attacked Huazha’s Domain of Beasts and transformed its leaders into Minor Arcana Apostles. By the chapter’s end, the Domain of Beasts’ entire upper echelon had been dealt with.

• Noah met Juniper in the Rudolph Archipelago and learned that Huazha would sail to Sabaody to trade with Doflamingo.
• Noah and his companions found Captain John’s hidden treasure on Sea Sand Island and took the Wheel-Wheel Fruit, the Ankylosaurus Fruit, and the treasure.
• Noah ambushed Huazha’s ship at sea, defeated its crew, and transformed Leba into an Apostle after removing part of his brain.
• Noah rejected Huazha’s offer to submit and transformed him into a Minor Arcana Apostle.
• Noah ordered Huazha and Juniper to continue to Sabaody, then captured and transformed Sullivan, Harris, and Huazha’s two Zoan-using officers into Apostles.

Noah reorganized the Domain of Beasts, removed its hidden intelligence agents, and created new beast commanders before heading to Alabasta to target Crocodile. At Rain Dinners, Crocodile pursued the Poneglyph and Ancient Weapon with Baroque Works while Baccarat went to investigate a suspiciously lucky casino newcomer.

• Noah relocated civilians and beast soldiers across the Rudolph Archipelago, and Mary helped uncover all seventeen intelligence agents among the beast soldiers.
• Noah had the agents killed, sent twelve abusive beast soldiers to Moria, and turned three others into Minor Arcana Apostles, restructuring the Domain of Beasts around Huazha.
• Noah left the archipelago and set his sights on Crocodile, who was expanding Baroque Works and searching Alabasta for a Poneglyph and an Ancient Weapon.
• Baccarat told Crocodile that she needed to absorb the luck of about a thousand more people, so Crocodile ordered a casino promotion to attract newcomers.
• A casino manager reported that a newcomer had won fifteen times in a row, and Baccarat went to investigate while Crocodile looked at Robin's wanted poster.

Noah infiltrated Crocodile’s casino, overcame its luck-based defenses, and turned Baccarat, Crocodile, Mad, and other Baroque Works agents into Apostles. He left Crocodile in control of Baroque Works with orders to bring Alabasta under Noah’s control.

• Noah challenged Baccarat to Russian roulette, survived repeated shots, and exposed her luck when the final bullet misfired.
• Crocodile invited Noah to a private room, where Seastone gas weakened Crocodile, Baccarat, and Mad and Noah revealed his identity as Dawn Noah.
• Ray removed Baccarat’s frontal lobe, and Noah transformed her into the Major Arcana Apostle The Wheel of Fortune.
• Noah turned Crocodile into The Star and Mad into a Minor Arcana Apostle, then later subdued Eric the Whirlwind and the senior Baroque Works agents, including Bon Clay as The Hanged Man.
• Noah ordered Crocodile to redirect Baroque Works’ plan toward bringing Alabasta under his control and assigned Tomani and Gem to support the organization.

The Sky Empire expanded its territory and launched an invasion of the North Blue, prompting Doflamingo to abandon his base there and flee to the West Blue. Noah then obtained two Devil Fruits and helped Uncle Joseph overcome his strength bottleneck by exchanging the Blood-Blood Fruit for the Silverback Gorilla Fruit.

• Shiki moved Fusang Province and Gale Province onto the Sky Province clouds, relocated Rainbow Province near Baku Province, and reinforced Torrent Province.
• The Sky Empire conquered six Affiliated Nations and five non-affiliated nations in less than a week, throwing the North Blue into chaos.
• Doflamingo packed up the Donquixote Family's treasures and elite members and fled the North Blue for the West Blue.
• Noah's group entered the Lvneel Kingdom, where Noah used Moria's ability to steal the Salt-Salt Fruit and Blood-Blood Fruit from nobles preparing to flee.
• Noah traveled to the Rum Kingdom and exchanged the Blood-Blood Fruit for Uncle Joseph's Silverback Gorilla Fruit, allowing Joseph to draw on the life force stored in his body.

Noah refused to replace the Devil Fruits of his established allies and then took his group to confront Germa 66 in the North Blue. He defeated Judge, sent his family to the moon, and turned Judge into a Minor Arcana Apostle.

• Noah asked his allies whether they wanted to change their Devil Fruits, but they declined because they were satisfied with their abilities.
• Noah traveled with Lilith and the others to Germa 66’s snail-ship island in the North Blue.
• Noah entered the dining room, where Reiju recognized the Liberator Organization, and sent Yonji through a wormhole to the moon.
• Judge ordered Ichiji and Niji to stop their attack, then tried to escape as Noah sent them and Reiju to the moon.
• Noah overwhelmed Judge with electricity and iron sand, knocked him unconscious, and made him a Minor Arcana Apostle using the Wheel-Wheel Fruit.

Noah reorganized Germa 66 under Jay and had Judge develop affordable armored soldiers by combining cloning, human modification, and exoskeleton technology. After the first models proved effective, Noah ordered mass production and prepared Germa to expand its territory in the North Blue.

• Noah directed Judge to develop intelligent biological brains and exoskeleton mechs instead of relying on costly modified humans, and transferred Jay, Ladget, and Queen to Germa 66.
• Noah returned Niji, Ichiji, Yonji, and Reiju to Judge, while Jay became the real leader of Germa 66 behind the scenes.
• Noah planned for Germa to occupy non-affiliated nations in the northeastern North Blue and transferred King, Jack, and Yamato there as supposed Beasts Pirates remnants.
• Judge, Queen, and the others developed three first-generation armored soldier models for naval, aerial, and land combat, each roughly as strong as a Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral.
• Noah approved mass production of the armored soldiers, and Germa began refitting snail ships into high-tech warships equipped with laser and electromagnetic cannons.

The Marines promoted Fujitora Issho, Ryokugyu Aramaki, and Momousagi Gion to Admirals, while Germa 66 invaded and conquered the Siru Kingdom. The chapter ended with Sengoku examining reports of Jack and powerful flying soldiers in Germa’s forces and realizing the intelligence deserved serious attention.

• Sengoku and the Five Elders agreed to promote Issho and Aramaki to Admiral, and also promoted Gion to preserve the Marines’ balance of power.
• The Marines announced Fujitora Issho, Ryokugyu Aramaki, and Momousagi Gion as their three new Admirals.
• Germa 66 invaded the Siru Kingdom with fifteen modified snail warships and 1,500 armored combat soldiers.
• Jack killed a slave trader at Stone Port, and Germa’s soldiers seized the harbor and declared the kingdom their territory.
• Komei brought Sengoku intelligence about Germa’s conquest, Jack’s presence, and its powerful flying soldiers, prompting Sengoku to study the reports with concern.

The Germa Kingdom conquered eight non-affiliated nations and seized control of the northeastern North Blue, prompting Sengoku to plan against the Sky Empire and the Five Elders to negotiate with Judge. The chapter ended with the Five Elders granting Germa control of the northeastern waters without receiving its robot technology.

• The Germa Kingdom deployed its Four Horsemen and armies to conquer seven surrounding nations in less than a week and establish patrols across the northeastern North Blue.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Germa’s expansion and decided to send Issho to the North Blue and Kuzan to the New World to counter the Sky Empire.
• Sengoku learned that Doflamingo had withdrawn to the West Blue and was preparing to fight the Capone and Gambino Families.
• King compiled information on the eight conquered island nations as Germa’s snail castle ships formed artificial islands and safe sea routes.
• Saint Mars demanded Judge’s robot technology, but Judge refused and threatened the Five Elders with what he knew about Uranus and the Mother Flame.
• Judge demanded control of the northeastern North Blue, and the Five Elders agreed without securing the robot technology.

Judge used the World Government’s need to protect Vegapunk’s secret projects to buy time, then Germa took control of eleven North Blue nations and clashed with the Sky Empire. The Sky Empire eventually retreated under Marine pressure, while Sengoku and the Five Elders became more wary of Germa’s growing strength.

• Judge used his knowledge of Vegapunk’s Mother Flame and Pacifista projects to force the Five Elders into a temporary compromise.
• Germa took control of eleven World Government Member States in the northeastern North Blue, joining its territory to the Sky Empire’s border.
• Issho drew Shiki away from the Sky Empire’s advance, while Monet and Wyper continued toward Germa and Yamato and King prepared to defend its border.
• Monet and Yamato fought for five days, then King and Wyper battled for five more before both sides sent reinforcements.
• After several more days of fighting and Marine pressure, the Sky Empire retreated, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to keep gathering intelligence on Germa.