Chapter Summaries

Big Mom, Kaido, and Blackbeard reacted to the news that Marco had handed Whitebeard’s former territory to Vic. Big Mom called off her planned incursion, Kaido admired Vic’s rise while pursuing a Devil Fruit deal, and Blackbeard seethed over losing the territory he believed was his inheritance.

• Big Mom confirmed with Morgans that Marco had willingly handed Whitebeard’s territory to Vic, then ordered Perospero to recall Katakuri and abandon their plan to seize part of it.
• Kaido read the news and wondered whether Vic was Joy Boy, while King insisted Vic could not be; King warned Queen not to repeat the name.
• Kaido told Jack to keep overseeing Doflamingo’s plan to mass-produce Zoan Devil Fruits with Caesar Clown, and warned him to watch for betrayal.
• Blackbeard complained that Marco had given Pops’ territory to Vic instead of him, then smashed a table in anger.

Blackbeard tried to reassure his crew that he could steal Devil Fruit abilities, while news of Vic becoming an emperor prompted reactions from Rayleigh, Hancock, Doflamingo, Hawk-Eye, and Crocodile. The chapter left Blackbeard under pressure to prove his promised ability and the other pirates reflecting on Vic’s sudden rise.

• Burgess and Shiryu questioned Blackbeard about their prospects, and Blackbeard promised to demonstrate his ability to steal Devil Fruit powers on the next island.
• Luffy fought a giant elephant as Rayleigh watched and wondered whether Shanks and Vic would shape the new era.
• Hancock admired Vic’s bounty poster, and Granny Nyon told a confused Kuja fighter that the empress had the terminal illness of love.
• Doflamingo read about Vic’s rise and blamed his crew and Devil Fruit for his own shortcomings, while deciding to maintain his relationship with Kaido.
• Hawk-Eye read the news as Zoro fought baboons, and Crocodile praised his earlier decision to befriend Vic.

Vic readied himself for the consequences of becoming a Four Emperor, but Akainu responded by launching a World Military Draft to rebuild the Marines. Vic returned to the Thor, settled into his new territory, and left its routine affairs to Marco.

• Garp reassured Koby that Akainu would not dare challenge him over Vic becoming a Four Emperor.
• Akainu accepted the news of Vic's rise with relief and launched a World Military Draft, offering Marine Admiral positions to recruits.
• Vic decided to let the draft identify promising candidates before he tried to bring them under his control, and he finished studying the medical library.
• Vic said goodbye to Chopper and returned to the Thor, where Rebecca and Olvia welcomed him.
• Vic toured Whitebeard's former territory under his flag and left minor problems there for Marco to handle.

Vic visited Baltigo to help the Revolutionary Army grow stronger and restored Sabo’s lost childhood memories. After using an improved illusion to awaken Haki in the soldiers, Vic left Dragon amazed by his ability.

• Vic met Robin and encouraged her to stay in Baltigo and grow stronger.
• Vic offered to restore Sabo’s lost memories, and Sabo agreed despite his hesitation.
• Vic restored Sabo’s memories of his sworn brothers, and Sabo later read old newspapers about them.
• Vic used an improved illusion to help the Revolutionary Army soldiers awaken Haki, with talented soldiers awakening both types.
• Dragon praised Vic’s Haki-awakening method and offered him the Revolutionary Army leadership.

Vic refused Dragon’s request to lead or arm the Revolutionary Army until the time was right, then returned to Sabaody two years after the Paramount War to watch the Straw Hat Pirates reunite. As the crew gathered and Rayleigh finished coating the Thousand Sunny, Luffy had yet to arrive.

• Vic rejected Dragon’s request to lead the Revolutionary Army and urged him to keep its strength hidden until the right moment.
• Two years after the Paramount War, Vic returned to Sabaody and met Rayleigh, who had finished training Luffy.
• Vic reflected on events across the New World, including Blackbeard taking Hachinosu, Law becoming a Shichibukai, and Kid being imprisoned in Udon.
• Vic left Rayleigh to greet the arriving Straw Hat Pirates and watched their reunion from a distance.
• Rayleigh finished coating the Thousand Sunny, and the Straw Hat crew gathered at Sabaody while Luffy had yet to arrive.

Luffy reunited with the Straw Hat Pirates on Sabaody, and the crew escaped the Marines to begin their voyage to Fish-Man Island. Vic watched them depart with Rayleigh, then drank with him before helping him back to Shakky's Rip-off Bar.

• Hancock disguised Luffy and brought him to Sabaody, where a cyborg exposed him and Luffy defeated it with a Haki-coated punch.
• Zoro and Sanji arrived and helped Luffy take down another cyborg as the Straw Hat Pirates reunited.
• The crew reached the Thousand Sunny with help from their allies, and Franky prepared the ship to submerge for the voyage to Fish-Man Island.
• Rayleigh and Vic watched the crew depart, and Rayleigh grew emotional as he saw Luffy and the others set sail.
• Vic and Rayleigh drank at a tavern until it ran out of liquor, then Vic helped the drunken Rayleigh return to Shakky's Rip-off Bar.

The Straw Hat Pirates discussed their ties to Vic and learned that Luffy was Dragon’s son, while Luffy insisted that he would become Pirate King by defeating the strongest rivals. As the crew compared their two years apart, Sanji brooded over how badly his own experience had gone and blamed Vic for sending Kuma to him.

• Sanji asked Luffy about Vic, and Nami explained that the Four Emperors were the New World’s strongest pirates.
• Robin revealed that Dragon, leader of the Revolutionary Army, was Luffy’s father, stunning the crew.
• Luffy said he wanted to thank Vic and Shanks but would eventually defeat them on his way to becoming Pirate King.
• The crew shared stories of their two years apart, and Nami resented that Vic had visited Robin but not her.
• Robin said Vic had sent Kuma to Sanji’s island, and Sanji vowed to get revenge on Vic for his ordeal among the okama.
• Luffy declared that he would have to defeat the other contenders because there could only be one Pirate King.

The Straw Hat Pirates reached Fish-Man Island, defeated Hody Jones’s coup, and helped avert the threat of Noah’s Ark, awakening Shirahoshi as Poseidon. They left with the royal family’s friendship and Shirahoshi’s trust, while Vic’s protection shaped events without changing their overall course.

• Caribou boarded the Thousand Sunny, surrendered after his sea beast fled from Luffy, and advised the crew on their underwater journey.
• The Straw Hat Pirates entered Fish-Man Island and found Hody Jones preparing a coup, while the island’s events largely followed their expected course.
• Vander Decken launched Noah’s Ark, Shirahoshi awakened as Poseidon, and Hody killed Vander Decken before the Straw Hats defeated Hody and his crew.
• Caribou stole treasure from Ryugu Palace and tried to kidnap Shirahoshi, but the pervert trio stopped him and Nami sent them to retrieve him.
• Neptune gave the Straw Hat Pirates the stolen treasure, kept the Tamatebako from endangering their ship, and the crew gained the royal family’s friendship and Shirahoshi’s trust.

The Straw Hat Pirates followed a distress call to Punk Hazard, where Trafalgar Law was plotting against Doflamingo and needed an outside force to disrupt the island. The chapter leaves the crew arriving on the burning island, with Smoker also pursuing them and Law’s plan poised to unfold.

• Luffy chose the Log Pose’s most violently spinning route, but the Straw Hat Pirates changed course after receiving a distress call.
• Smoker heard the call and recognized Luffy’s voice, so he set off after the Straw Hat Pirates.
• The crew arrived at Punk Hazard, an abandoned research island transformed by poison gas and the battle between Akainu and Aokiji.
• Trafalgar Law used his alliance with the Donquixote Family to investigate Doflamingo’s SAD operation while seeking a chance to recover his heart from Vergo.
• The Straw Hat Pirates entered Punk Hazard eager to help, despite the island’s flames and glaciers.

After the Straw Hat Pirates and Law defeated Caesar and escaped Punk Hazard, Doflamingo attacked Smoker to silence him. Aokiji intervened, froze Doflamingo, and forced him to withdraw without explaining what he had become.

• Luffy and Law's alliance defeated Caesar, abducted him, and destroyed the SAD production equipment, leaving Smoker and G-5 to deal with the aftermath.
• Doflamingo arrived at Punk Hazard, found Law and the Straw Hat Pirates gone, and decided to kill Smoker after learning his underworld identity had been exposed.
• Doflamingo defeated Smoker and prepared to kill him, but Aokiji appeared behind him and stopped the attack.
• Aokiji froze Doflamingo when he tried to strike Smoker, and Doflamingo broke free with difficulty.
• Doflamingo asked what Aokiji had become, then gave up on killing Smoker and left after Aokiji told him to get lost.

Vic drove Doflamingo away, then treated Smoker’s wounds with a mysterious fruit that rapidly healed him. Smoker recovered but remained wary after Vic revealed he had deliberately frightened him.

• Vic rebuked Doflamingo, who hurriedly fled with Baby 5 and Buffalo after recognizing the Emperor.
• Aokiji rushed to Smoker’s side, and Vic began treating Smoker while G-5 marines watched.
• Vic used lightning to expose Smoker’s wounds, immobilized him, and forced him to eat a mysterious fruit that healed him.
• Smoker regained control of his body and found his injuries gone, then hurriedly dressed in clothes Aokiji had tossed him.
• Smoker asked whether Vic had smiled strangely at him, and Vic repeated the grin, making Smoker retreat behind Aokiji.

Vic encouraged Smoker to recover from his defeats by strengthening his Haki and fundamentals under a master. He urged Smoker to study under Garp, leaving Smoker tempted by the chance to advance in the Marines but wary of Vic’s idea of training.

• Vic revealed that he had been teasing Smoker, and Smoker stayed at Punk Hazard with Vic and Aokiji while the Marines prepared to take over.
• Smoker asked Aokiji why he had left the Marines, and Aokiji said the World Government had never been everything to him and that Vic had helped him see things clearly.
• Vic pointed out that Smoker had lost four times in a row and advised him to focus on Haki and taijutsu rather than relying on his Smoke-Smoke Fruit.
• Smoker worried that his duties at G-5 would leave him no time to study under a master, but Vic told him to train first and practice at the base afterward.
• Vic recommended that Smoker become Garp’s student and assistant, and Smoker considered the opportunity to advance toward becoming a Marine Admiral while suspecting Vic wanted to put him through harsh training.

Vic convinced Smoker to seek training from Garp, then demonstrated that his Devil Fruit ability could heal wounds without a healing fruit. He offered to regrow Aokiji’s missing leg and began by paralyzing him and cutting away his ice prosthesis.

• Vic and Aokiji urged Smoker to ask Garp to train him, and Smoker agreed to try despite doubting Garp would accept him.
• Aokiji asked Vic for more healing fruit, but Vic explained that his Devil Fruit ability performed the healing and the fruit only supplied energy.
• Smoker brought Vic an injured man, and Vic healed the man’s wound while visibly drawing on his body’s flesh.
• Vic offered to regrow Aokiji’s missing leg, and Aokiji agreed after worrying about the cost to his body.
• Vic sent lightning into Aokiji to paralyze him, then used Sword Qi to cut off the ice prosthesis and its remaining piece of flesh.

Vic regrew Aokiji’s severed leg in front of the horrified G-5 Marines, then hinted that Devil Fruit Awakening was not the limit of a user’s power. Aokiji believed him and decided to study his awakened ice ability more closely, while Smoker stayed quiet.

• Vic used his ability and several Mystery Fruits to regrow Aokiji’s severed leg as Smoker and the G-5 Marines watched.
• Aokiji regained control of his body, tested his new leg, and marveled at Vic’s medical ability.
• Aokiji asked how Vic had developed his Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and Vic asked whether he thought Devil Fruit Awakening was the limit.
• Vic hinted that a further path to strength existed, and Aokiji resolved to pay closer attention to his awakened ice ability.
• Smoker kept quiet as Vic alluded to knowledge about the God Realm that the World Government had suppressed.

Vic left Punk Hazard and sent Aokiji toward Dressrosa to assess the Straw Hat Pirates, advising him how to earn a place with them. Vic then returned to Titan Island after Ace’s two years of training and told him it was time to set sail and find what he could not learn through fighting.

• Vic gave Aokiji an Eternal Pose to Dressrosa and advised him to help the Straw Hat Pirates in a crisis rather than join them immediately.
• Vic warned Aokiji that the Straw Hat Pirates’ ultimate target was Kaido and told him to leave Kaido to Luffy.
• Vic turned into lightning and left Aokiji to travel toward Dressrosa by bicycle with his penguin.
• Vic arrived at Titan Island and watched Ace and Bullet continue their fierce fight, where Bullet had awakened his Devil Fruit to keep pace with Ace’s Conqueror’s Coating.
• Vic told Ace that their two years were over and urged him to go out to sea because further fighting against Bullet would not help him master what he still lacked.

Vic reunited with Ace and Bullet after their two years of training, then told Ace about Blackbeard’s attack on Marco and the others and offered him Whitebeard’s former territory. Ace refused the territory and chose to prioritize revenge on Teach.

• Vic appeared after Ace and Bullet finished fighting, startling them with his strength.
• Ace lamented that he had not awakened his Flame-Flame Fruit, and Vic advised him to be patient and observe the world and nature.
• Vic told Ace that Blackbeard had attacked Marco and the others; Jozu had stopped breathing, but Vic revived him and saved the survivors.
• Vic explained that Marco had raised Vic’s flag over Whitebeard’s former territory, making Vic one of the Four Emperors, and offered to return the territory to Ace.
• Ace refused Vic’s offer and said he would seek revenge on Teach before pursuing territory of his own.

Vic warned Ace that Blackbeard could steal Devil Fruit abilities and use multiple powers, then watched Ace leave to reunite with the Whitebeard Pirates. Bullet asked to join Vic’s ship, but Vic refused because of their bad blood and his distrust of Bullet.

• Vic told Ace about Blackbeard’s ability to steal Devil Fruit powers and warned him to prepare for multiple abilities.
• Ace said he would not pursue Blackbeard alone and left to reunite with Marco and the other Whitebeard Pirates.
• Vic collected the Pure Gold from Ace’s residence and told Bullet that their wager was over and he was free to go.
• Bullet said he wanted to join Vic’s ship rather than challenge him, but Vic refused because of their past conflict and Bullet’s imprisonment.
• Bullet insisted that he revered the strong and would obey Vic’s orders as long as Vic fought him from time to time.

Vic arrived in Dressrosa with Bullet and met Aokiji while Doflamingo pursued Law and Fujitora followed. Meanwhile, Luffy entered Doflamingo’s colosseum tournament, where the advertised Tremor-Tremor Fruit drew powerful competitors, though Doflamingo had only used it as bait.

• Vic accepted Bullet into his crew, brought him to Rebecca and the others, and traveled to Dressrosa.
• Doflamingo chased Law after his plan to lure Doflamingo away failed, while Fujitora followed under orders that left him unable to act against Doflamingo.
• Vic told Aokiji about the darkness he had seen in Dressrosa, including Sugar’s attempt to turn him into a toy.
• Luffy entered Doflamingo’s colosseum tournament, hoping to win the Tremor-Tremor Fruit for Ace.
• Blackbeard and Jesus Burgess, Sabo and other Revolutionary Army members, Big Mom’s children, and many other fighters entered the tournament, while Vic came in person to claim the fruit if it was real.
• Doflamingo had announced the Tremor-Tremor Fruit as a prize to lure Luffy, despite knowing that offering such a power for real would invite disaster.

Vic and Aokiji entered the Corrida Colosseum to watch the tournament and investigate whether Doflamingo was offering the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Vic spotted Blackbeard in the stands but chose to wait, while Blackbeard sensed danger and grew wary.

• Vic reminded Aokiji that Fujitora was a good man, and they went to the crowded Corrida Colosseum to watch the fighting.
• Vic threw two spectators out of the stands, claiming he was saving them from the coming battle.
• Aokiji pointed out a man who looked like Blackbeard, and Vic confirmed his identity with Observation Haki.
• Vic refused Aokiji's offer to attack Blackbeard and said they should watch the matches before pursuing the Devil Fruit.
• Blackbeard felt an ominous premonition and became alert to the danger around him.

Luffy entered the colosseum tournament but changed priorities after Rebecca fed him and he learned about her suffering under Doflamingo. When Doflamingo captured Law and took him away, Luffy gave up competing for Whitebeard’s Devil Fruit and resolved to help his companions.

• Jesus Burgess won Group A, while Bartolomeo won Group B by using his barriers to block every opponent, including King Punch.
• Luffy met Rebecca, who bought him a meal, and he decided to target Doflamingo after hearing what the warlord had done to her.
• Fujitora interrupted Doflamingo’s attempt to kill Law, and Law escaped briefly after tricking Doflamingo with a fake Caesar heart.
• Doflamingo heard the fighting fish attacking the Thousand Sunny and flew toward the ship, while Luffy defeated Chinjao to win Group C and qualify for the final.
• Zoro reached the colosseum and told Luffy about the emergency, but Doflamingo arrived with Law and shot him as Fujitora stopped Zoro from intervening.
• Doflamingo took Law away, and Luffy abandoned the tournament to get out and help his companions.