Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan helped complete a hidden assault base beneath the Red Line while learning that Enel’s group had killed Saint Saturn and captured Vegapunk and his satellites. He planned the next steps against the World Government, and Dragon soon announced that the base was finished.

• Lin Yuan asked Dragon about the World Government’s nearby army camps and said he would investigate one after the base was complete.
• Enel reported that his group had killed Saint Saturn, defeated two Admirals, captured Vegapunk and his satellites, and suffered no injuries.
• Lin Yuan told Enel to keep following the Straw Hat Pirates, then send Vegapunk and the others to Wano Country on an Ark Maxim.
• Lin Yuan told Yamato and Kuina that he intended to overthrow the World Government and eliminate the Celestial Dragons, recalling how they had mistreated his friends.
• Dragon called Lin Yuan over and announced that the assault base was finished.

Lin Yuan inspected the underground base Dragon would command, then traveled along the Red Line with Kuina and Yamato to survey World Government forces. On their way back toward Mary Geoise, Kuina and Yamato killed a Celestial Dragon Army Admiral who attacked them.

• Lin Yuan showed Dragon the hidden underground city and left him in charge while weapons and defenses were prepared.
• Lin Yuan ordered Li Taibai and the other five commanders to protect the base, then departed with Kuina and Yamato.
• Lin Yuan spent a month flying along the Red Line and found dozens of World Government camps and several Admiral-level powerhouses.
• After hearing preparations were nearly complete, Lin Yuan decided to return toward Mary Geoise without attacking the camps and their forces.
• A Celestial Dragon Army Admiral flew toward Lin Yuan's Flame Clouds, and Kuina and Yamato killed him with a kanabo strike and a sword slash.

Lin Yuan, Kuina, and Yamato killed an Admiral-level Celestial Dragon and obtained his rare flying Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit. After learning of the death, the Five Elders resolved to investigate Lin Yuan and the Abyss Chamber of Commerce while planning further action against their enemies.

• Lin Yuan, Kuina, and Yamato defeated the Celestial Dragon, took his Devil Fruit, and headed back before the World Government could respond.
• The Five Elders learned the Celestial Dragon had died and discussed the World Government's recent losses, including Saint Saturn, Borsalino, and the Marines who had disappeared.
• Saint Figarland Garling told the other Elders that Lin Yuan had defeated Shanks and urged them to investigate the Abyss Chamber of Commerce and its ties to other pirate crews.
• Saint Figarland Garling proposed reporting to Imu, investigating the New World and Revolutionary Army, and killing the Straw Hat Pirates at any cost.
• The Five Elders agreed to Saint Figarland Garling's proposals.

Saint Topman Warcury and Saint Marcus Mars led a powerful force to investigate Egghead, but they withdrew without pursuing the Straw Hat Pirates or confronting the Abyss Chamber of Commerce. Lin Yuan learned of their visit from Tesoro and continued preparing for what he expected to be a coming conflict with the World Government.

• Saint Topman Warcury and Saint Marcus Mars examined Egghead’s wreckage and concluded that Saint Saturn and Borsalino had likely been ambushed by powerful enemies.
• Saint Marcus Mars warned against investigating the Abyss Chamber of Commerce because Lin Yuan and his fighters were too dangerous to challenge without knowing their full strength.
• The two Elders decided to return to Mary Geoise, and Fish-Man warriors observed their departure from beneath the sea.
• Tesoro told Lin Yuan that the World Government had sent many powerful fighters to Egghead, and Lin Yuan learned they had left without visiting the chamber’s empty headquarters.
• Lin Yuan told Tesoro to hurry, and Tesoro said everything would be ready within two months.

Sakazuki learned that Sengoku and Tsuru planned to retire, leaving him isolated as the World Government tightened its grip on the Marines. After they departed, a messenger reported that the Straw Hat Pirates had reached Laugh Tale and become the new Pirate King.

• Sakazuki resented the World Government's appointment of two new Admirals and their disrespect toward him.
• Sengoku and Tsuru told Sakazuki they planned to retire, and Sengoku warned that the Marines might become a tool of the World Government.
• Sakazuki doubted Borsalino had died but agreed to let Sengoku and Tsuru retire, sending them off with Garp's warship.
• Sengoku thanked Sakazuki and warned him to be careful of the World Government before leaving with Tsuru.
• A messenger informed Sakazuki that the Straw Hat Pirates had found Laugh Tale and become the new Pirate King.

After the Straw Hat Pirates reached Laugh Tale, Luffy celebrated finding the final island and becoming Pirate King while Morgans broadcast the news worldwide. As the World Government and Marines reacted, Lawrence prepared to leave and join Lin Yuan’s assault on the Red Line.

• Sakazuki called a meeting of senior Marine officers after learning the Straw Hat Pirates had found Laugh Tale, and he saw capturing Luffy as a chance to strengthen his standing.
• Luffy landed on Laugh Tale and celebrated achieving his dream as Pirate King while Morgans filmed and prepared to spread the news.
• Morgans’s footage and the Abyss’s networks carried news of Luffy’s arrival around the world, alerting the World Government, the Marines, and Imu.
• Zoro told the others he intended to pursue his own dream, while Lawrence stayed behind with Morgans and arranged to travel to Lin Yuan in the Ark Maxim.
• After the others left to explore Laugh Tale, Lawrence declared that the Celestial Dragons’ end was near.

After reaching Laugh Tale and finding no treasure, the Straw Hat Pirates watched Lawrence and Zoro depart to pursue their own paths. Lin Yuan launched his war plan as the World Government and Marines moved to capture Luffy, leaving the world on the verge of a final conflict.

• Luffy and the others searched Laugh Tale but found no treasure, while Sanji noticed the many names of Lin Yuan's women carved into the stone.
• Lawrence announced he was leaving to pursue his dream, and Luffy accepted his departure.
• Zoro also left, urging Sanji to go to Gourmet City and warning him that the coming conflict was too dangerous; he boarded the Ark Maxim with Lawrence.
• Molly and Sanji feared Zoro might not return, but kept the details from Luffy and agreed to explain them after reaching Gourmet City.
• The World Government and Marine Headquarters ordered their forces to find the Straw Hat Pirates and capture Luffy.
• Lin Yuan ordered the Revolutionary Army and his allies to seize territory, prepare for battle, take control of Marine branches, and place bounties on the Celestial Dragons.

Lin Yuan’s orders sparked a covert takeover at Marine Base 110 while the World Government remained distracted by Luffy’s discovery of the One Piece. Red and Aaron killed Wells and began turning the base over to the Chamber of Commerce, leaving Red to cut communications with Marine Headquarters and hope Lin Yuan succeeded.

• Lin Yuan’s orders reached hidden agents across the world, including those inside Marine bases and the World Government’s Affiliated Nations.
• At Marine Base 110, Aaron arrived with Red and told Wells they had an order from Marine Headquarters to close the net.
• Red stabbed Wells through the heart, and Aaron struck him as he fell; Red then told Wells’s secretaries to keep working and promised to spare them.
• Red ordered Aaron to secure the base and eliminate Wells’s loyalists and the nobles’ supporters, while Aaron said he could finish that day.
• Red told Aaron that the base now belonged to the Chamber of Commerce, and Aaron eagerly left to carry out the takeover.
• Red cut off the office’s communications with Marine Headquarters and wished for Lin Yuan to win.

While mysterious forces overthrew rulers in affiliated nations and severed Marine Headquarters’ contact with its bases, Sakazuki discovered the communications failure and asked Vice Admiral Tsuru for an explanation. Tsuru concluded that the bases and branches had broken away or rebelled, leaving Sakazuki stunned.

• Powerful figures attacked Marine Bases and affiliated nations worldwide, killing corrupt rulers and helping new leaders seize power.
• The fighting ended within days, but Marine Headquarters lost contact with its bases and branches.
• Ten days later, Sakazuki noticed that his office had received only Headquarters documents and learned the intelligence network had been cut off from the outside.
• Sakazuki tried calling several Marine contacts, but every call was rejected or unanswered.
• Sakazuki reached Vice Admiral Tsuru, who told him the Marine Bases and branches had likely broken away or rebelled.

Sakazuki ordered Fujitora Issho to investigate the Marine Bases after losing contact with them, while Tsuru and Sengoku considered what might have happened. Their discussion at Garp’s old home was interrupted when Garp appeared.

• Sakazuki ordered Fujitora Issho to investigate the nearest Marine Base and threatened him if he refused.
• Fujitora Issho agreed to head for the base, which had already been abandoned by its personnel under the commander’s leadership.
• At Garp’s old home, Tsuru told Sengoku that either the World Government was moving against Marine Headquarters or a powerful force had taken control of the bases.
• Garp entered the house, and Sengoku and Tsuru recognized him.

Garp reunited with Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru and revealed that Lin Yuan had captured him and was preparing to attack the World Government. He described Lin Yuan’s overwhelming forces and invited his old friends to join the coming assault.

• Garp reunited with Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru, then explained that Lin Yuan had defeated and secretly imprisoned him.
• Garp warned Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru that Lin Yuan and his allies could overwhelm Marine Headquarters, listing powerful pirates, giants, former Marines, and other fighters under Lin Yuan’s command.
• Garp told Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru that Lin Yuan had unified the New World, controlled Marine Bases, and orchestrated Whitebeard’s attack on Marine Headquarters.
• Garp invited Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru to join him in attacking the World Government and fighting the Five Elders.

Sakazuki waited anxiously for news of Fujitora Issho, unaware that Lin Yuan’s forces had prepared to seize Marine Headquarters. Sengoku, Vice Admiral Tsuru, Garp, and their allies set out for Marine Headquarters, leaving Sakazuki unaware of the force approaching him.

• Tesoro sent Redfield and Shiki to intercept Fujitora Issho, while Lin Yuan ordered Garp, Bullet, Mihawk, and Kuzan to move against Marine Headquarters.
• Sakazuki spoke with Sengoku and learned that Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru were heading to Marine Headquarters after Fujitora Issho disappeared.
• Garp, Sengoku, and Vice Admiral Tsuru met up with Borsalino, Enel, Bullet, Mihawk, and Kuzan, and accepted the plan to bring the Marines under their control and overthrow the World Government.
• Enel urged the group to hurry, and Bogard ordered their ship to make full speed for Marine Headquarters.

Sengoku, Tsuru, and Garp returned to Marine Headquarters as part of Lin Yuan’s plan to seize it and destroy the World Government. Sakazuki realized the conspiracy involved Lin Yuan just as the attack began.

• Sakazuki worried that Fujitora Issho had vanished, while Redfield and Shiki brought the captured Admiral toward Marine Headquarters.
• Sakazuki welcomed Garp’s warship alongside several Vice Admirals, unaware that Sengoku and Tsuru had joined Lin Yuan’s side.
• Garp revealed himself and restrained Sakazuki with Seastone handcuffs, while Kuzan froze the welcoming Vice Admirals.
• Tsuru told Sakazuki that they had come to take over Marine Headquarters and destroy the World Government.
• Sengoku, Mihawk, and Bullet attacked the World Government’s Admirals as Enel and Borsalino flew toward the fighting.
• Sakazuki recognized Lin Yuan’s involvement and cursed the burden of being Fleet Admiral.

Sengoku, Mihawk, Bullet, Enel, and Borsalino fought the World Government’s Marine Admirals at Marine Headquarters while Redfield hunted down spies. Tsuru revealed that their group intended to take control of Marine Headquarters, overthrow the World Government, and wipe out the Celestial Dragons.

• Sengoku ordered the Marines away from the Admiral-level battles, then attacked a World Government Admiral alongside Mihawk.
• Bullet transformed into a steel giant and battered the other Ancient Zoan Admiral into a bloody mess.
• Enel and Borsalino joined the fight, while Redfield and his vampire bats killed spies at Marine Headquarters.
• Sakazuki asked Garp why he was guarding him, and Gion questioned Tsuru about the veterans’ actions and Borsalino’s return.
• Tsuru told the Marines that their group planned to take control of Marine Headquarters, overthrow the World Government, and wipe out the Celestial Dragons.

Garp, Kuzan, and Vice Admiral Tsuru revealed that Lin Yuan’s forces had taken control of the Marines outside Marine Headquarters and gathered powerful factions across the world. Facing the scale of Lin Yuan’s power, Sakazuki gave up his position as Fleet Admiral.

• Sakazuki and the Marine officers doubted that Garp, Kuzan, and Vice Admiral Tsuru could challenge the World Government, but Garp said they had killed Saint Saturn and could defeat its forces.
• Kuzan revealed that he and Garp had joined Lin Yuan’s Abyss Chamber of Commerce and that the Marine Bases and branches were already under their control.
• Sakazuki challenged Kuzan to name powers that could oppose Lin Yuan, and Kuzan said Whitebeard Newgate, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido of the Beasts had joined him while Red-Haired Shanks had fled.
• Kuzan and Garp revealed that the Giant Kingdom had split and joined Lin Yuan, along with the underground emperors, the World Economy News Paper Company, former Shichibukai, escaped prisoners, Shiki, and Bullet.
• After hearing that Lin Yuan commanded even more powerful fighters, Sakazuki declared that there would be no Fleet Admiral from that day onward.

Sengoku and the gathered former Marines broke with the World Government and prepared to take Marine Headquarters away under Lin Yuan’s protection. Shiki lifted all of Marineford from the sea, and the Marines left their old location.

• Garp kept Sakazuki in Seastone handcuffs, while Gion and the other Vice Admirals agreed to follow Garp and Kuzan.
• Garp brought Sakazuki and the Vice Admirals to Sengoku, who announced that the Marines were no longer under the World Government.
• Enel promised that Lin Yuan and the Abyss Chamber of Commerce would fund the Marines and double their pay, while Garp assured them he would protect them.
• A warship carrying Redfield, Shiki, and Fujitora Issho arrived at Marine Headquarters.
• Shiki used the Float-Float Fruit to lift Marineford out of the sea and move it from its original location.

Lin Yuan gathered his forces for a planned assault on Mary Geoise while Imu prepared the World Government to resist and erase its enemies. One week later, the attack began as Lin Yuan’s army advanced toward Mary Geoise and both sides mobilized.

• Enel reported that his forces had seized Marine Headquarters, and Sakazuki and the other eligible officers were offered the chance to join Lin Yuan’s fight.
• Lin Yuan assembled reports from his allies, ordered a coordinated attack on Mary Geoise one week later, and assigned Dragon and Tesoro to lead the army while he targeted Imu.
• Lin Yuan checked that Kuina and Yamato were prepared to fight as Imu ordered the Holy Knights, World Government warriors, and sleeping forces to assemble.
• Imu declared that she would destroy her enemies and create another Void Century, then expressed interest in Lin Yuan.
• Seven days later, Lin Yuan’s forces gathered on the Red Line, Dragon cut off their retreat with a tornado, and the coalition advanced toward Mary Geoise by air and sea.
• Belo Betty rallied the Army camp defending Mary Geoise and ordered the troops to tear into the approaching forces.

The Revolutionary Army and Lin Yuan’s personal guard attacked the World Government’s forces on the Red Line and quickly overwhelmed them. After Lin Yuan sensed that Imu had blocked his Observation Haki, Dragon and Lin Yuan’s commanders killed the Army Admiral, and Lin Yuan ordered the advance to continue.

• Belo Betty strengthened the Revolutionary Army as Dragon led twenty thousand soldiers against the World Government’s Army, while Lin Yuan sent his personal guard into battle.
• Yamato, Kuina, and Lin Yuan’s guards broke through the enemy lines as Dragon fought the Army Admiral in the air.
• Lin Yuan sensed that someone in Mary Geoise had blocked his Observation Haki and sent Li Taibai and Du Shaofu to help Dragon.
• Li Taibai, Du Shaofu, and Dragon struck the fleeing Army Admiral with coordinated attacks and killed him.
• With Yamato and Kuina blocking the escape route, the Revolutionary Army and Lin Yuan’s forces wiped out the World Government’s Army in under twenty minutes.
• Lin Yuan ordered his personal guard to follow him onward and told Bartholomew Kuma and Sabo to handle the forces in the rear.

Lin Yuan and a host of the world's strongest fighters gathered at Mary Geoise to challenge Imu and the World Government. Imu revealed the Government's hidden forces and ordered them to kill the invaders, as Lin Yuan prepared to begin the battle.

• Lin Yuan sent Bartholomew Kuma and the Revolutionary Army to hold off the troops on the Red Line, then flew to Mary Geoise with his personal guard, Dragon, and Belo Betty.
• Whitebeard Newgate, Big Mom Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, the Giant Race, Shirahoshi and the Sea Kings, and many other powerful fighters gathered behind Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan challenged Imu, who appeared on the Empty Throne while the Five Elders knelt before her.
• The World Government revealed tens of thousands of black-armored troops, Sea Kings, and dozens of ancient powerhouses, including Red-Haired Shanks.
• Imu ordered the Five Elders' forces to kill everyone but showed interest in Lin Yuan, who answered by snapping his fingers and shouting, "Fire!"

Lin Yuan’s forces struck Mary Geoise with Pluton, devastating Imu’s black-armored army and triggering a massive battle across the city. As both sides fought below, Lin Yuan and Imu prepared to face each other directly.

• Lin Yuan interrupted Imu as Pluton fired, while Wang Dawei raised a barrier to shield the allies; the blast killed or wounded more than half of Imu’s black-armored warriors.
• Imu ordered Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro and the surviving powerhouses to attack, while Whitebeard Newgate, Big Mom, Kaido, the Fish-Man Race, and the Marines charged into battle.
• Wang Dawei enclosed the battlefield with Barrier Space as Lin Yuan’s personal guard, Ripley’s Giants, the pirate crews, and Shirahoshi’s Sea Kings joined the fighting; the Ark Maxim also opened fire.
• Imu revealed that Lin Yuan had found Pluton and Poseidon and threatened to create another Void Century, while Lin Yuan vowed to end the Celestial Dragons and expose Imu’s crimes.
• Lin Yuan and Imu fixed their attention on each other, their auras colliding as they prepared to strike.