Recaps

Bai Yu and his crew arrived in Zou, where Pedro and two Guardians attacked them after learning they had come to recruit the kings. Bai Yu quickly defeated the three, and Cat Viper’s court learned that Pedro had been one-shotted.

• Pedro confronted Bai Yu’s group and threatened them for entering Zou and seeking the kings, while Bepo identified Bai Yu as his captain.
• Bai Yu said he wanted to meet Inuarashi and Cat Viper, angering Pedro, who ordered the Guardians Blackback and Roddy to attack with him.
• Pedro, Blackback, and Roddy struck at Bai Yu, but he evaded them and Bepo warned that even the Four Emperors would not dare provoke him.
• Bai Yu used Thunder Breathing: Thunderclap and Flash to knock out Pedro, Blackback, and Roddy in a single attack.
• At Cat Viper’s palace, Wanda and Sicilian sensed an intruder, and a panicked messenger reported that Pedro had been one-shotted.

Carrot reported that Bai Yu had one-shotted Pedro and claimed the Mink Tribe’s kings would accept his invitation to sea, prompting Cat Viper and Inuarashi to confront him. Bai Yu revealed that he knew about Kozuki Oden, and as Inuarashi charged, Carrot remembered that Bai Yu was someone even the Four Emperors did not dare provoke.

• Carrot told Wanda and Sicilian that Bai Yu had one-shotted Pedro and said the two kings would agree to sail with him.
• Cat Viper set out to confront Bai Yu, and Inuarashi intercepted him at the Mokomo Dukedom’s entrance.
• Inuarashi and Cat Viper demanded to know why Bai Yu thought they would join him, and Bai Yu asked whether they wanted to avenge Kozuki Oden.
• Inuarashi suspected Bai Yu was connected to Wano Country or Kaido of the Beasts and charged at him.
• Carrot remembered that Bai Yu was someone even the Four Emperors did not dare provoke, leaving Cat Viper and the others stunned.

Bai Yu overwhelmed Inuarashi with a powerful strike, then challenged him and Cat Viper to attack together. The two kings launched their strongest combined technique against Bai Yu’s golden skeleton, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Bai Yu struck Inuarashi with Kendo: Bisection, sending him and Cat Viper flying and carving a huge trench through the battlefield.
• Cat Viper warned Inuarashi that Bai Yu had not shown his full strength and urged him to cooperate so they could learn why Bai Yu knew about Kozuki Oden.
• Inuarashi agreed to join Cat Viper, and the two attacked Bai Yu from opposite sides with Canine Scourge and Crimson Cat Dance.
• Bai Yu’s golden skeleton absorbed their pincer attack, and he taunted them that their revenge would not even pierce Kaido’s defenses.
• Cat Viper and Inuarashi built up speed before unleashing Oden One Sword Style: Togen Totsuka against Bai Yu’s golden skeleton.

Bai Yu overwhelmed Cat Viper and Inuarashi, first defeating them with Thunder Bagua and then striking them down again after they transformed into Sulong. The two kings realized their strongest trump card was no match for him.

• Cat Viper and Inuarashi's combined attacks failed to move Bai Yu's blade, and Bai Yu mocked their imitation of Kozuki Oden's techniques.
• Bai Yu used Thunder Breathing: Thunder Bagua to blast Cat Viper and Inuarashi into a crater, leaving them bloodied with their weapons broken.
• Wanda reminded Carrot that Cat Viper and Inuarashi had not yet used the Mink Tribe's strongest technique.
• Cat Viper and Inuarashi transformed into Sulong forms and prepared to test their trump card on Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu used Thunderclap and Flash: Godspeed Bagua to pass them in an instant, crushing their ribs and leaving them unable to see his attack.

Bai Yu defeated Inuarashi and Cat Viper, and the two Mink leaders agreed to join his crew if he spared their people and helped avenge Kozuki Oden by defeating Kaido and opening Wano Country. After Trafalgar Law revealed that Bai Yu was already preparing to attack Wano Country, the leaders offered to serve as his vanguard.

• Wanda ordered Carrot to flee and warn the Mink Tribe while the others rushed to rescue Inuarashi and Cat Viper.
• Inuarashi and Cat Viper stopped the warriors, admitted they could not defeat Bai Yu, and agreed to join him if he spared the Mink Tribe and promised to defeat Kaido, destroy the Beasts Pirates, and open Wano Country.
• Trafalgar Law appeared as the ship's doctor and said Bai Yu had severely wounded Charlotte Linlin, was locked in a fight to the death with Kaido, and was about to attack Wano Country.
• Cat Viper and Inuarashi offered to serve as Bai Yu's vanguard if he would kill Kaido and open Wano Country.

Bai Yu convinced Cat Viper and Inuarashi to join his fight against Kaido, and he prepared to lead the Mink Tribe toward Wano Country. Meanwhile, the alliance banquet on Whole Cake Island drew uninvited guests as news of the Four Emperors' alliance spread.

• Bai Yu announced that he would strike Kaido’s weakened home base before the alliance banquet on Whole Cake Island.
• Cat Viper and Inuarashi accepted the chance to avenge themselves and swore their lives to Bai Yu’s cause.
• Wanda, Pedro, and the other Minks echoed their kings’ oath, while Bai Yu received system rewards for defeating Cat Viper and Inuarashi.
• Bai Yu ordered the Minks to pack and leave for the sea, and Cat Viper and Inuarashi agreed to bring Wanda and the others to Wano Country.
• Uninvited guests arrived on Whole Cake Island as news of the Four Emperors’ alliance spread.

Charlotte Linlin and Kaido expanded their Four Emperors Alliance and pursued support from powerful factions, while Katakuri’s predictions guided the alliance’s plans. The chapter ended as Katakuri’s eyelids began twitching violently, signaling a potentially immense crisis.

• Perospero reported that the alliance had recruited nearly nine thousand fighters in three days, bringing its membership close to one hundred thousand.
• Katakuri told Charlotte Linlin that the underground black market kings, the Vinsmoke Family, and the Giant Kingdom were potential allies, and that representatives had been invited to a banquet.
• Charlotte Linlin entrusted Katakuri with handling important contacts because his Observation Haki could predict fortune and misfortune, while Perospero accepted that he could not challenge Katakuri’s role.
• Perospero noticed Katakuri’s eyelids twitching wildly, and Charlotte Linlin, Kaido of the Beasts, and the others realized his precise prophecy was signaling a grave crisis.

Katakuri predicted an ill omen involving a “grand gift” and Kaido’s roar, but could not see what would happen. Daps then appeared at the alliance gathering claiming he had brought a grand gift, and Charlotte Linlin demanded an explanation.

• Katakuri experienced a prophetic spasm and told Charlotte Linlin and Kaido that he had heard the words “grand gift” and Kaido’s roar but could not see the event clearly.
• Charlotte Linlin and Kaido dismissed the warning, arguing that they would both attend the Four Emperors Alliance banquet and prevent Bai Yu from exploiting an opening.
• A powerful spatial fluctuation appeared, and Daps stepped through a vortex, saying he had come to bring them a grand gift.
• Charlotte Linlin confronted Daps about the Five Elders’ earlier failed cooperation plan and demanded a reasonable explanation for his return.

Daps came to Whole Cake Island to propose that the Big Mom Pirates and Kaido help the Five Elders kill Whitebeard, who they feared might ally with Bai Yu. He promised Nusjuro would join them and insisted the plan would also ensure Bai Yu died.

• Daps told Charlotte Linlin that the Five Elders wanted to end the Four Emperors’ balance and asked for a partnership.
• Perospero threatened Daps, but Katakuri stopped the Big Mom Pirates from attacking and urged Daps to explain himself.
• Daps revealed that the Five Elders planned to target Whitebeard because he was close to Bai Yu and would likely attend Charlotte Linlin’s invitation gathering.
• Kaido of the Beasts and Charlotte Linlin warned that they would not fight Whitebeard just to serve as the Five Elders’ weapon.
• Daps presented intelligence reports and promised Nusjuro would arrive early to explain Bai Yu’s abilities, declaring that Bai Yu had to die.

Daps told Charlotte Linlin and Kaido that Nusjuro would support the Four Emperors Alliance, and they decided to proceed with their plan to kill Whitebeard. Ace returned to the Moby Dick and warned Whitebeard that Bai Yu had predicted his death at the Totto Land Banquet, but Whitebeard’s decision remained unresolved.

• Daps claimed Nusjuro was alive and would arrive before the banquet, then vanished.
• Charlotte Linlin committed the Four Emperors Alliance to the battle, and Kaido agreed that Whitebeard would likely attend.
• Ace returned to the Moby Dick, where Marco welcomed him and Whitebeard reassured him that he was not disappointed.
• Whitebeard vowed to kill Teach for betraying the crew and murdering Thatch.
• Ace told Whitebeard that Bai Yu had predicted a deadly calamity for him and relayed Shanks’s warning that the Totto Land Banquet was a trap.

Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates accepted the Four Emperors Alliance’s banquet invitation, despite Ace’s fears for Whitebeard. Four days later, the Alliance’s open recruitment brought pirate crews flocking to Whole Cake Island, swelling its ranks to a reported hundred thousand.

• Whitebeard said he would attend the banquet, viewing the invitation as a challenge to the Whitebeard Pirates’ dignity and daring Charlotte Linlin and Kaido to attack.
• Ace and Jozu pledged to fight alongside Whitebeard, and Ace said Bai Yu had promised to send the Alliance a big gift but had not confirmed whether he would attend.
• Whitebeard called for a banquet aboard the ship, while Ace watched the restless sea and worried that the coming conflict would not end simply.
• Four days later, pirate crews from across the New World and the first half of the Grand Line flocked to Whole Cake Island after hearing that the Four Emperors Alliance was recruiting.
• Rumors claimed the Alliance had reached a hundred thousand members, drawing still more pirates to join.

As the Four Emperors Alliance banquet drew powerful factions to Whole Cake Island, the underground black market kings debated whether Bai Yu would attend and challenge the alliance. Germa 66 arrived, with Vinsmoke Judge openly declaring their interest in the alliance, as Perospero announced that Big Mom and Kaido would soon appear.

• Drug Peclo questioned Stussy about her ties to the World Government and whether she would join the Four Emperors Alliance.
• The underground black market kings discussed Bai Yu's record and wondered whether he would attend the banquet and provoke another major incident.
• Yonji mocked the underground kings and proclaimed that Germa 66 had come to accept the alliance's invitation.
• Vinsmoke Judge rebuked Yonji only superficially, while the underground kings considered Germa 66's military strength.
• Perospero welcomed Vinsmoke Judge and said Big Mom and Kaido would attend the banquet in person.

Bai Yu, Cat Viper, Inuarashi, and Fujitora reached the waters around Wano Country, where Bai Yu planned to attack openly and deliver a gift to the Four Emperors Alliance banquet. Fujitora lifted their warship over the whirlpools, revealing Wano Country’s entrance ahead.

• At the Four Emperors Alliance gathering, Perospero told Judge and the others that the Whitebeard Pirates and Red Hair Pirates had arrived, while mocking Bai Yu for supposedly being too afraid to come.
• Seven or eight nautical miles from Wano Country, Bai Yu asked Cat Viper to confirm their route and stressed that they had to arrive before the banquet began.
• Cat Viper explained that the usual entrance was guarded by Kaido’s forces and suggested they enter by a side route.
• Bai Yu rejected the detour and told Fujitora to take charge of getting them through the whirlpool zone.
• Fujitora used gravity to lift the warship above the whirlpools, and Cat Viper and Inuarashi recognized the entrance to Wano Country.

Fujitora used his Press-Press Fruit to hurl shipwrecks toward Wano Country’s entrance, while Queen and the Flying Six discovered the Beasts Pirates were under attack. The wreckage engulfed the sea entrance before they could escape.

• Fujitora lifted the warship and surrounding wreckage into the sky as Cat Viper and Inuarashi watched and hoped the attack would help them take revenge and open Wano’s borders.
• Who's-Who urged Queen and the Flying Six to strengthen the Beasts Pirates and fill the vacant All-Star position while Kaido attended the alliance banquet in Totto Land.
• Queen dismissed the idea of going to the banquet and told Who's-Who to wait until Kaido returned.
• Queen noticed the surveillance screen had gone dark and ordered the guards to check it.
• The guards spotted ships floating in the sky, and Queen transformed into his brachiosaurus form and fled with the Flying Six as the wreckage struck Wano’s sea entrance.

Bai Yu attacked the Beasts Pirates’ harbor entrance in Wano, and Queen and the Flying Six faced him as reinforcements were still far away. Dorry and Brogy unleashed a devastating blow against the Flying Six, leaving Cat Viper and Inuarashi stunned by the giants’ power.

• Bai Yu’s falling ship wreckage destroyed the harbor defenses and forced Queen and the Flying Six to flee the ruins.
• Queen recognized Bai Yu and warned him of Kaido’s wrath and the Four Emperors Alliance, but Bai Yu explained that his attack was meant as a gift for Kaido.
• Queen ordered the Flying Six to attack and stall for reinforcements, then transformed and fled instead of fighting.
• Dorry and Brogy blocked the Flying Six and unleashed their Ryuo: H sovereign attack, devastating the area and overwhelming the pirates caught in its path.
• Cat Viper and Inuarashi watched the giants’ immense attack and were left dumbstruck.

Bai Yu and the two giants devastated the Beasts Pirates at Wano’s estuary, and Bai Yu killed Queen, gaining unlock progress toward Ichigo Kurosaki’s second-stage Subordinate Template. He reunited with Carina and the others, but Carina’s shot at a hidden figure missed as the figure escaped.

• The two giants’ attack obliterated the estuary ruins and left the Flying Six battered, while Cat Viper and Inuarashi were stunned by their strength.
• Queen tried to contact Kaido, but Bai Yu killed him with a slash and gained one percent unlock progress, bringing his total to 74.7 percent.
• Carina and the others arrived by warship, and Bai Yu greeted Carina after their long separation.
• Carina spotted a figure hiding several thousand meters away and fired a laser, but the figure escaped despite her believing she had hit it.

Bai Yu defeated the Flying Six and set out with Cat Viper and Inuarashi to confront Kurozumi Orochi. At the Four Emperors Alliance gathering on Whole Cake Island, Charlotte Linlin and Kaido of the Beasts appeared before the Whitebeard Pirates arrived.

• Bai Yu told Carina that the woman had been allowed to escape, ordered the Flying Six tied up, and named Kurozumi Orochi as their next target.
• Cat Viper and Inuarashi thanked Bai Yu and eagerly joined the journey to confront Orochi.
• Fujitora lifted the warship with gravity, and Trafalgar Law recognized how useful the transport was.
• At the alliance gathering, Drug and the other guests pressed Perospero to show them the two Emperors before they chose whether to join.
• Charlotte Linlin and Kaido of the Beasts emerged from the palace, and the crowd was told that the Whitebeard Pirates had arrived.

Whitebeard arrived at the Totto Land Banquet with his commanders and allied pirate crews, and he traded insults with Kaido and Charlotte Linlin over their alliance and their fear of Bai Yu. With the Red Hair Pirates also present, the gathering awaited Bai Yu’s arrival and wondered whether the Four Emperors would clash.

• Whitebeard arrived aboard the Moby Dick with his sixteen division commanders and dozens of subordinate pirate crews.
• Charlotte Linlin recalled her grudge against Whitebeard for rejecting her proposal and saw the alliance with Kaido as a chance for revenge.
• Kaido taunted Whitebeard for bringing so many pirates, and Whitebeard answered that Kaido and Charlotte Linlin had gathered an army because they feared Bai Yu.
• Kaido claimed Bai Yu was afraid to attend, pointing out that the Red Hair Pirates had arrived while Bai Yu had not.
• The gathered pirates reacted to all four Emperors being present and waited to see whether Bai Yu would appear or conflict would break out.

Whitebeard confronted Kaido and Linlin at the Four Emperors Alliance banquet, while Shanks refused to join Kaido and warned that the Five Elders were present. Linlin summoned Nusjuro, whom Bai Yu had supposedly killed, and he appeared before the stunned crowd.

• Whitebeard arrived at the banquet and demanded that Kaido either fight or retreat.
• Kaido declared that the alliance intended to kill Whitebeard and challenged Shanks to choose a side.
• Shanks rejected Kaido's offer, vowed to stop whoever started the fight, and urged Kaido to bring out the others.
• Linlin revealed that the Five Elders had joined the alliance and called for Nusjuro.
• Nusjuro emerged in his kimono with his sword, shocking Whitebeard, Shanks, and the assembled guests.

Kaido and Nusjuro mocked Whitebeard and claimed Bai Yu had only pretended to kill Nusjuro, but Whitebeard and his crew refused to surrender. As the standoff turned violent, Great Whirlpool Spider stabbed Whitebeard, leaving Marco horrified by the wound.

• Kaido claimed Bai Yu had faked Nusjuro’s death and offered to spare Whitebeard’s crew if Whitebeard killed himself.
• Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates rejected Kaido’s offer, and Whitebeard challenged the Four Emperors Alliance to fight.
• Nusjuro called Whitebeard half-dead and said the alliance had a chance to kill him.
• Great Whirlpool Spider suddenly stabbed Whitebeard in the chest and then attacked Marco as he rushed to help.
• Ace struck Great Whirlpool Spider with Fire Pistol, and Marco reached Whitebeard and saw the wound, turning ashen with despair.

Whitebeard was stabbed by Catarina Devon, disguised as Great Whirlpool Spider, as part of Teach and Nusjuro's plot. Gravely injured and facing Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and Nusjuro, he was left struggling to survive as Marco called for Bai Yu.

• Marco saw Whitebeard's chest wound, and Great Whirlpool Spider claimed his Ryuo-infused stab had shattered Whitebeard's heart.
• Whitebeard said the attacker was not Great Whirlpool Spider and questioned Nusjuro about his allies and their connection to Teach.
• Teach emerged from a pirate ship with his followers, and Great Whirlpool Spider revealed herself as Catarina Devon.
• Whitebeard unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, but Kaido and Charlotte Linlin joined forces against him and overwhelmed his wounded Haki.
• Ace added his Conqueror's Haki to Whitebeard's, but he could not turn the tide against the two Emperors.
• Nusjuro prepared to attack, so Marco urged the others to find Bai Yu and asked Shanks to hold Nusjuro back.

As Whitebeard weakened under the combined Conqueror’s Haki of Nusjuro, Katakuri, and the others, Red-Haired Shanks stopped Nusjuro from interfering while Blackbeard admitted he could not use Conqueror’s Haki. Ace remembered that Bai Yu had left Whitebeard a brocade pouch containing something that could save his life.

• Red-Haired Shanks drew Gryphon and warned Nusjuro that he would stop him from acting, while Benn Beckman and the Red Hair Pirates backed him up.
• Blackbeard said he did not know how to use Conqueror’s Haki, so Katakuri joined Charlotte Linlin and unleashed his own Haki against Whitebeard and Ace.
• Whitebeard shoved Ace away and took the three combined streams of Haki, causing his injuries to erupt as he staggered and spat blood.
• Ace asked Marco about Bai Yu’s promised gift, but Marco said he could not reach him and urged Ace to recall what Bai Yu had told him.
• Ace remembered Bai Yu’s instruction to open the brocade pouch he had left for Whitebeard if Pops was about to die, because it contained something that could save him.

Ace used the Senzu Bean Bai Yu had left for Whitebeard, and it healed Whitebeard’s fatal wound and many of his hidden injuries. The stunned onlookers were left wondering whether Bai Yu really was a god.

• Ace revealed that Bai Yu’s brocade pouch contained a bean and a note saying it would restore someone to full health.
• Blackbeard mocked the idea that the bean could save Whitebeard, while Nusjuro urged Kaido to stop him.
• Ace trusted Bai Yu, and Whitebeard took the Senzu Bean and ate it despite the others’ doubts.
• Red-Haired blocked Nusjuro from intervening as Whitebeard’s wound rapidly healed.
• Whitebeard felt reborn as the bean also healed some of his longstanding hidden injuries, leaving Blackbeard and the others stunned.

Whitebeard, healed by Bai Yu, attacked Blackbeard with overwhelming Haki and left him badly wounded. Blackbeard called on Kaido and Charlotte Linlin to help defeat Whitebeard and take his Devil Fruit power.

• Nusjuro berated Blackbeard for failing to stop Whitebeard from being healed.
• Blackbeard charged Whitebeard and used Dark Tide, but Whitebeard stopped Marco and Ace from intervening.
• Whitebeard struck Blackbeard with a Conqueror's Haki-coated Long-Distance Slash, sending him flying and carving a thousand-meter scar through the docks.
• Jozu and the Whitebeard Pirates celebrated Whitebeard's recovery and vowed to repay Bai Yu, while Marco warned them the battle was still difficult.
• Whitebeard demanded that Blackbeard face him, and Blackbeard emerged from the rubble with a grievous chest wound.
• Blackbeard pleaded with Kaido and Charlotte Linlin to join him against Whitebeard, arguing that his Dark-Dark Fruit could nullify Devil Fruit powers.

Whitebeard attacked Blackbeard, but Kaido and Charlotte Linlin intervened to protect him. Katakuri foresaw a crisis, and King reported that Bai Yu had invaded Wano Country, prompting Kaido to abandon the confrontation and strike Blackbeard in anger.

• Whitebeard unleashed a Haki slash at Blackbeard, and Kaido and Charlotte Linlin blocked it together.
• Blackbeard urged the two Emperors to kill Whitebeard, boasting that their alliance would soon defeat him.
• Someone noticed Katakuri's eyelids twitching, and Katakuri foresaw King rushing toward them with news of a major crisis.
• King reported that Bai Yu had stormed Wano Country, defeated Queen in three moves, captured the Flying Six, and was advancing on the Flower Capital.
• Kaido called Blackbeard a jinx and slapped him with a Haki-charged blow.