Chapter Summaries

Rayleigh and Luffy infiltrated Impel Down through an underwater route to rescue Ace, while Hancock’s request distracted Magellan from the alarm. As the jailers recognized the intruders, Rayleigh and Luffy split up to find Ace and Magellan, and Luo Chen left Marineford using his ability.

• Rayleigh took Luffy underwater and entered Impel Down through its reservoir, where a surveillance Den Den Mushi spotted them.
• Jailers in the surveillance room reported the intruders to Magellan, but Hancock persuaded Magellan to take her to see Ace before he addressed the alarm.
• Rayleigh and Luffy defeated the jailer gorillas sent to capture them and split up, with Rayleigh heading toward Magellan and Luffy searching for Ace.
• A jailer identified the intruders as Straw Hat Luffy and Dark King Rayleigh from their wanted posters.
• Luo Chen used his ability to slip out of Marineford because he was bored.

Luo Chen flew over Marineford and met Vice Admiral Gion, who asked about Catherine after learning she had left the Marines. Gion left reassured that Catherine was well, while Luo Chen returned to his assigned quarters to rest before Whitebeard arrived.

• Luo Chen surveyed Marineford from the sky and heard Gion warn him that Marines might mistake him for an intruder.
• Luo Chen landed near Gion, and they discussed her return to Headquarters and Chaton's unwanted proposals.
• Gion asked Luo Chen whether Catherine was safe and happy with his crew, and he assured her that Catherine was treated as a valued companion.
• Gion explained that Catherine had grown withdrawn after her brother's death and asked Luo Chen to tell her they would be enemies when they next met.
• Gion departed using Geppo, and Luo Chen said he looked forward to facing her after the war.
• Luo Chen headed to his assigned room to conserve his strength before Whitebeard arrived a day and a half later.

As Ace awaited execution at Marineford, Sengoku revealed that his biological father was Gol D. Roger, then explained why the Marines considered him a threat. The Gate of Justice opened unexpectedly, and a fleet of forty-three Whitebeard-affiliated pirate ships appeared, though Whitebeard himself was nowhere in sight.

• Sengoku told Ace that his mother, Portgas D. Rouge, had carried him for twenty months to conceal him, and revealed that Gol D. Roger was his father.
• Luo Chen refused to tell Doflamingo what he thought of Ace's revealed lineage, while Hancock watched Luo Chen with interest.
• Sengoku said Whitebeard had protected Ace and that the Marines were executing him to prevent him from rising to power in the next era.
• A soldier reported that the Gate of Justice had opened without authorization and that the control room could not be reached.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to prepare for battle when forty-three pirate ships appeared, but Whitebeard and his commanders were not among them.

Whitebeard and his fleet surfaced inside Marineford after approaching underwater, and he unleashed a seaquake that sent towering tsunamis toward Marine Headquarters. As his crew rallied around Ace, Sengoku warned the Marines that Whitebeard could destroy the world, and the battle began.

• The Marines and Shichibukai watched the approaching fleet, but Sengoku, Tsuru, and Garp realized Whitebeard was emerging from inside Crescent Bay instead.
• Four coated ships burst from the seabed, and Whitebeard appeared aboard the Moby Dick with all fourteen commanders in the harbor.
• Whitebeard greeted Sengoku, saw Ace on the execution platform, and struck the air to unleash a seaquake.
• Ace blamed himself for the rescue, but Whitebeard, Marco, and the other commanders reassured him and promised to save him.
• The resulting tsunamis swept toward Marineford as Garp explained Whitebeard’s power and Sengoku ordered the Marines to stay on high alert.

Whitebeard’s tsunami was stopped by Aokiji, whose ice also gave the pirates a path to charge toward Marineford. As the fighting intensified, Hawk-Eye attacked Whitebeard, but Jozu blocked his slash, and Kizaru began his own assault.

• Aokiji froze Whitebeard’s tsunamis and then froze the harbor, allowing the pirates to charge toward Marineford across the ice.
• The Marines fired on the advancing pirates, while the Whitebeard Pirates’ commanders appeared and destroyed incoming shells.
• Hawk-Eye drew his Black Blade and sent a massive slash toward Whitebeard.
• Jozu caught Hawk-Eye’s slash and knocked it into the sky, scattering the clouds.
• Kizaru launched his Yasakani no Magatama attack at Whitebeard.

Marco intercepted Kizaru’s barrage and fought him while Jozu hurled a massive block of ice toward Marine Headquarters. Akainu melted the iceberg with his Great Eruption and rained magma down on the pirates, but Whitebeard calmly impaled a magma projectile with his blade.

• Marco transformed into a phoenix and shielded Whitebeard from Kizaru’s light projectiles, healing from the wounds they caused.
• Marco kicked Kizaru through the side of the plaza, but Kizaru recovered quickly and warned the Giant Vice Admirals to watch the sky.
• Jozu broke a huge section of ice free and hurled it toward Marine Headquarters.
• Akainu used Great Eruption to punch through and melt the iceberg, then scattered magma projectiles over the pirates and their ships.
• Whitebeard impaled a magma projectile headed toward him on the edge of his great blade.

Luo Chen entered the Marineford battlefield, killed a group of pirates with Blood Breath, and helped the Marines turn their retreat into a counterattack. He then unleashed a storm of arrows at the pirates, prompting Marco to call for Vista to intervene.

• Luo Chen rushed toward Whitebeard using Soru and Geppo, while Doffy recognized the Navy techniques and Moria questioned Luo Chen's allegiance.
• Luo Chen landed in the plaza and killed several charging pirates with Blood Breath: Thorn-Paved Road, giving nearby Marines the opening to counterattack.
• Luo Chen formed tens of thousands of Blood Breath arrows and aimed them at the pirates, causing Marco to call Vista over to stop the attack.
• Luo Chen released the arrows, and the pirates and captains scrambled to evade or block the storm.

Luo Chen battled Vista before turning his attention to Whitebeard, but a tremor disrupted his spear and revealed Little Oars Jr. charging toward the execution platform to rescue Ace. Oars fought through the Marines and Shichibukai but was gravely wounded and fell before he could reach Ace.

• Luo Chen and Vista exchanged powerful attacks while Marines and pirates resumed fighting around them.
• Luo Chen launched a crimson spear at Whitebeard, but a tremor knocked it off course and drew his attention to Little Oars Jr.
• Oars ignored Whitebeard’s warning and advanced toward Ace, fighting off three Giant Vice Admirals as Whitebeard ordered his men to cover him.
• Marine cannon fire and Kuma’s Ursus Shock battered Oars, but he continued forward and tried to strike Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo severed Oars’s left leg, and Moria’s Shadow Horn Spear pierced him before another cannon barrage made him collapse short of Ace.

Little Oars Jr. fell, and Whitebeard avenged him by defeating a Giant Vice Admiral before ordering his pirates to advance. Meanwhile, Doflamingo forced Atmos to slaughter his own comrades, while Luo Chen was intercepted by Vista and began a fierce duel with him.

• Little Oars Jr. collapsed, and Whitebeard defeated a Giant Vice Admiral who attacked him before urging his pirates to press forward.
• Doflamingo used his strings to control Atmos the Buffalo, forcing him to kill his own men as he wept.
• Luo Chen noticed the slaughter and dismissed Doflamingo as cruel before deflecting Vista's Rose Rondo with a Flying Slash.
• Vista confronted Luo Chen and swore to eliminate him to protect Whitebeard's forces.
• Luo Chen accepted Vista's challenge, and the two began clashing swords, driving nearby fighters away.

As Whitebeard’s pirates broke through the marines’ ice defenses, Garp mourned beside Ace while refusing to abandon his duty. Luffy and a powerful group of allies suddenly arrived at Marineford to save Ace, leaving the battle poised to shift dramatically.

• Whitey Bay smashed a passage through Aokiji’s ice, allowing the pirate ships to enter the bay as Sengoku ordered the marines to prepare a response.
• Garp joined Ace on the execution platform, grieved over his grandson’s fate, and told Sengoku he would not interfere with the execution.
• Koby spotted a group falling from the sky and recognized Luffy, who shouted that he had come to save Ace.
• Luo Chen saw Luffy arrive with Rayleigh and several powerful pirates, including Count Patrick Redfield, Byrnndi World, and Dracula.

Luffy and the Impel Down prisoners arrived at Marineford to save Ace, drawing attention to Red and Rayleigh. As Garp took responsibility for confronting Red, Sengoku discovered that Rayleigh had also come to rescue Roger's child.

• Jozu's blow opened a lake in the ice, and a warship carrying Luffy and the Impel Down prisoners crashed into it.
• Jinbe rescued Devil Fruit users from the sinking ship, and Luffy spotted Ace on the Execution Platform.
• The Marines, Whitebeard, Sengoku, and Garp reacted to Luffy's arrival with the notorious prisoners.
• The Marines recognized Red on the ship's lookout platform, and Red vowed revenge against them.
• Garp offered to deal with Red and warned Sengoku that another old friend had arrived.
• Sengoku detected Rayleigh, who declared that he would do everything he could to save Roger's child.

Sengoku ordered Chaton and Momousagi to confront Dracula as the Marines faced growing trouble at Marineford. Rayleigh joined Whitebeard and Red, who clashed over their past rivalry before Rayleigh urged them to cooperate in rescuing Ace.

• Sengoku lost his temper over Rayleigh's arrival, but Garp calmed him and pointed out Dracula draining blood from a pirate to restore his strength.
• Garp advised Sengoku to send Chaton and Momousagi against Dracula, and Sengoku ordered the two Vice Admirals into action.
• Rayleigh revealed himself and joined Whitebeard, while Red mocked Whitebeard's weakened condition.
• Whitebeard's sons threatened Red, but Whitebeard stopped them and traded insults with Red.
• Rayleigh urged Whitebeard and Red to set aside their differences and unite to save Ace, and Whitebeard stopped himself from attacking.

Red joined Whitebeard’s side to hunt Luo Chen, while Luffy protected Whitebeard from Crocodile and declared his intention to save Ace. As Whitebeard weighed the news that Ace’s execution had been moved up, Kizaru attacked Luffy, and Ivankov knocked him clear of a laser blast.

• Reporters and the Supernovas watched Rayleigh and Red appear beside Whitebeard, and Urouge recognized Redfield as a legendary pirate who had likely been freed by Luffy.
• Red raced toward Luo Chen and joined Vista in a fierce three-way sword fight, with their clashes sending shock waves across the ice.
• Crocodile tried to stab Whitebeard, but Luffy kicked him away and stood between them, explaining that he would not let Ace’s brother be attacked.
• Whitebeard asked Luffy about his straw hat and why he had come; Luffy said he would become Pirate King and rescue Ace, then warned Whitebeard that the Marines had moved up Ace’s execution.
• Whitebeard told Marco he already knew about the changed execution schedule and suspected Sengoku had leaked it as part of a plan.
• Kizaru intercepted Luffy with a laser attack, but Ivankov knocked Luffy aside with Hell Wink before the blast struck.

Buggy used his followers to charge the Marines while Kizaru attacked Luffy, but Rayleigh intervened and fought Kizaru so Luffy could continue toward Ace. The two powerful fighters clashed as Luffy ran onward.

• Buggy's followers mistook his wish to flee for a promise to fight Kizaru, and he sent them against the Marines while planning to escape with Mr. 3.
• The escaped prisoners broke through a weak point in the Marine defense, allowing Luffy to thank Ivankov and charge ahead.
• Kizaru shot Luffy through the shoulder, pinned him down, and prepared to kill him with a kick.
• Rayleigh blocked Kizaru's attack and told Luffy to get up and continue toward Ace while he held Kizaru off.
• Kizaru fired at Luffy again, but Rayleigh deflected the beam, and the two began exchanging sword blows.

Luffy fought through the Marines and Moria’s zombies to reach Ace, refusing to turn back despite Ace’s pleas. As Jinbe held off Moria and Luffy pushed onward, Sengoku revealed that Luffy was Dragon’s biological son and Ace’s sworn brother.

• Luffy evaded Hina’s iron fences with Gear Second, then knocked aside two Marines and continued toward the execution platform.
• Moria sent wave after wave of zombie soldiers against Luffy, while Marines joined the attack and left him wounded and exhausted.
• Ace urged Luffy to retreat, but Luffy declared that he would keep going because he was Ace’s little brother.
• Jinbe swept Moria’s zombies with a seawater current and stayed behind to fight Moria, allowing Luffy to press onward.
• A Giant Vice Admiral attacked Luffy with a spiked club, but Luffy dodged each swing.
• Sengoku announced that Luffy was Dragon’s biological son and Ace’s sworn brother.

Sengoku revealed that Luffy was Dragon’s son as Luffy fought his way toward Ace at Marineford. Luffy defeated a Giant Vice Admiral, while Jinbe overcame Moria and freed the shadows Moria had stolen.

• Koby and Helmeppo, Smoker, and reporters reacted to Sengoku revealing Luffy’s parentage, while reporters secretly sent the news to their newspapers.
• Luffy used Gum-Gum Giant Gatling Shell to smash the Giant Vice Admiral’s club and knock him unconscious.
• Whitebeard ordered Marco to protect Luffy, while Garp closed his eyes, distressed by the danger facing both Ace and Luffy.
• Luo Chen dodged a blood-colored slash from Red as he fought Red and Vista, and Hawk-Eye moved toward Red after witnessing his swordsmanship.
• Moria stole the shadows of nearby Marines, absorbed them to grow larger, and attacked Jinbe with giant blades.
• Jinbe struck Moria with Gum Tile Straight Punch, forcing the stolen shadows out and causing Moria to shrink and fall.

Luffy was pinned down by Smoker, while Ivankov was prevented from helping by a modified Kuma. Bloody Prince Dracula intervened to save Luffy, leaving Smoker facing the powerful pirate.

• Tashigi attacked Luffy, but Smoker struck him with his Seastone Jitte and pinned him down.
• Luffy's Gear Second attacks passed harmlessly through Smoker, who overpowered him and weakened him with Seastone.
• Ivankov rushed to rescue Luffy, but Kuma fired lasers at him and Doflamingo explained that this was not the Kuma Ivankov knew.
• Smoker thrust his Jitte at Luffy's throat, but a blood-red arrow blasted it aside before it could hit him.
• Bloody Prince Dracula appeared and asked Smoker to release Luffy.

Dracula attacked Smoker and drained the life force of a Marine and a pirate, revealing that his Blood-Blood Fruit let him grow younger and regain strength. As he dreamed of absorbing vitality from the entire battlefield, Sengoku said Chaton and Momousagi had gone to stop him and warned Garp that Red would soon be free to attack.

• Dracula slashed Smoker through his Jitte and sent him crashing beneath the ice, then restrained Tashigi with blood vines.
• Dracula seized a Marine and a pirate and used Blood Control to drain their life force, making himself look younger.
• Dracula explained that his Blood-Blood Fruit let him replenish his vitality and said he planned to absorb life force across the battlefield to surpass his former strength.
• Garp warned Sengoku that Dracula was attacking Marines and pirates, and Sengoku replied that Chaton and Momousagi had gone after him.
• Sengoku warned Garp that Red remained dangerous and that Luo Chen might not hold out much longer, leaving Red free to attack the Marines.

Dracula defeated Smoker and stopped him from pursuing Luffy, while Luffy continued toward the Execution Platform. Chaton and Momousagi confronted Dracula on Sengoku’s orders, and Chaton discovered that Dracula could turn his body into blood to evade attacks.

• Dracula used Armament Haki to punch Smoker into the ice after Smoker attacked him.
• Dracula trapped Smoker in blood-red cherry blossoms and detonated them, leaving Smoker badly wounded and unable to move.
• Luffy continued toward the Execution Platform while Smoker tried to pursue him, but Dracula’s blood blossoms stopped him.
• Chaton and Momousagi arrived under Sengoku’s orders to capture Dracula and return him to Impel Down.
• Chaton attacked Dracula with Six Powers and an Armament Haki-enhanced Shigan, but Dracula turned into blood and reformed after the strike.

Momousagi and Chaton fought Dracula together and defeated him with a coordinated assault, then ordered Marines to cuff and carry him away. They turned their attention to arresting the other pirate, but Chaton wanted to recover before joining the fight against Red and Luo Chen.

• Chaton and Momousagi attacked Dracula together, but he blocked their early strikes and sent Chaton crashing into a wall.
• Chaton and Momousagi coordinated their attacks, breaking Dracula’s defenses and leaving him exposed to three lethal blows.
• Dracula was left gravely wounded in a crater, and Marines restrained him with Seastone Handcuffs and carried him away for treatment.
• Momousagi urged Chaton to help arrest the other pirate, while Chaton said he needed to recover before confronting Red and Luo Chen.