Recaps

Shiryu of the Rain ambushed Magellan with Seastone handcuffs and a hidden blade, then revealed that Level Six’s communications had been cut and other prisoners were part of his escape plot. Magellan ordered a lockdown and called for reinforcements, but Shiryu and the escaped prisoners prepared to attack everyone standing in their way.

• Magellan defended Bai Yu from the prisoners’ accusations and explained that Bai Yu was Garp’s grandson.
• Shiryu taunted Magellan, then shackled him with Seastone handcuffs and stabbed him in the chest.
• Magellan ordered Hannyabal to seal Level Six and contact Marine Headquarters for reinforcements.
• Shiryu revealed that Level Six’s Den Den Mushi signals were cut, broke out of his cell, and announced his plan to escape after killing the others.
• Catarina, Great Barrel, and the Corrupt King emerged from their cells, leaving Magellan to realize Shiryu’s plot involved releasing Level Six’s prisoners.

Bai Yu confronted Shiryu of the Rain and the escaped prisoners after Magellan was gravely wounded and stripped of his Devil Fruit powers. He healed Magellan with a Senzu Bean, then challenged them all to fight him alone.

• Shiryu of the Rain wounded Magellan and called on Bullet, Field, and the others to join his escape.
• Shiryu and Catarina's group sided against Bai Yu, while Bullet and the Red Count watched to see what he would do.
• Bai Yu said the Five Elders had sent him a gift, then gave Smoker a Senzu Bean to feed Magellan.
• The Senzu Bean instantly healed Magellan's fatal chest wound, though his Seastone Handcuffs still weakened him.
• Shiryu realized the bean could have far-reaching consequences, but Bai Yu claimed he had only one and challenged everyone to fight him alone.

Bai Yu confronted Shiryu of the Rain after Shiryu tried to recruit Crocodile, then overwhelmed him with two powerful sword strikes. The chapter ended with Shiryu wounded and stunned that Bai Yu’s Haki had surpassed his own.

• Shiryu of the Rain offered Crocodile a place in his group, but Crocodile warned him that Bai Yu was a monster.
• Shiryu charged at Bai Yu and struck his shoulder, but Bai Yu’s Armament Haki stopped the slash.
• Bai Yu counterattacked with Murasame and sent Shiryu crashing into a wall.
• Bai Yu pursued Shiryu and struck again, breaching his Full-Body Armament Haki and cutting his shoulder and chest.
• Shiryu crashed into a cell and questioned how Bai Yu’s Haki could surpass his own.

Bai Yu blocked Shiryu of the Rain, the Corrupt King, and Great Barrel, then used a black sphere’s power to break their coordinated attack. He seized Shiryu’s sword despite being wounded and prepared to end the fight.

• Shiryu of the Rain attacked Bai Yu with Purple Rainstorm and called on the Corrupt King and Great Barrel to join him.
• Bai Yu’s golden skull-like defense stopped their pincer attack, and he slashed the Corrupt King into a wall.
• Catarina transformed into a nine-tailed fox and used her bewitching ability to create nine figures of Shiryu, while Great Barrel’s sake pythons restrained Bai Yu.
• The nine figures and sake pythons vanished when a black sphere above Bai Yu shone, leaving the real Shiryu exposed.
• Bai Yu caught Raiu with his bare hand, suffered a cut, and charged Demon Sword Murasame with golden light and Dark Magic.

Bai Yu defeated Shiryu of the Rain and drove the other sixth-level prisoners back into their cells, while Magellan’s team subdued Shiryu. At Marine Headquarters, a CP0 agent reported a supposed riot and Magellan’s death, prompting the Five Elders to order Sengoku to support Impel Down by any means necessary.

• Bai Yu’s Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash severed Shiryu of the Rain’s arms and nearly cleaved him in two.
• Great Barrel, Corrupt King, and another pirate fled back into their cells, while Hannyabal ambushed Shiryu and knocked him unconscious as Magellan had arranged.
• Bai Yu dismissed the sixth-level prisoners, gave Crocodile his liquor, and watched Crocodile return to his cell.
• Hannyabal found the key to Magellan’s Seastone Handcuffs and suggested reporting him, while Magellan worried that the Five Elders had set Bai Yu up to fail.
• A masked CP0 agent told Sengoku and Tsuru that a riot had broken out, the sixth-level prisoners had been released, and Magellan was dead, then relayed the Five Elders’ order to support Impel Down and prevent any prisoner from escaping.

CP0 reported that Level Six prisoners had escaped from Impel Down, Magellan had been killed, and Bai Yu might be involved, prompting Garp to attack him. Sengoku restrained Garp and ordered an investigation and reinforcements, then set out for Impel Down with Garp and CP0.

• CP0 reported the Impel Down riot, Magellan’s death, and Bai Yu’s possible involvement.
• Garp erupted in rage and punched through Marine Headquarters, but Sengoku kicked CP0 out of the way and stopped Garp from attacking him.
• Sengoku warned CP0 to stop talking and promised Garp he would uncover the truth.
• Sengoku ordered Kizaru to go to Impel Down and Akainu to lead a fleet, then said he would go with Garp.
• CP0 left with Sengoku and Garp, confident the Five Elders’ plan would expose Bai Yu.

The Five Elders sent CP0 and Sengoku to Impel Down to contain Bai Yu, while Bai Yu prepared to retaliate against them with Magellan’s help. After unlocking and integrating Zenitsu Agatsuma’s template, Bai Yu began manifesting electrical powers, leaving Magellan alarmed by his growing strength.

• The Five Elders agreed to imprison Bai Yu at Impel Down or kill him if he resisted, and ordered CP0 agents to take control of the prison.
• Magellan questioned Shiryu of the Rain about the sixth-level riot, but Shiryu claimed an unknown person had supplied the prisoners with keys and weapons.
• Bai Yu told Magellan he would take revenge, then learned that a fleet of warships had arrived outside the Gate of Justice and said he would warn the Five Elders.
• Bai Yu’s main template reached forty percent, allowing him to unlock and integrate the Zenitsu Agatsuma Subordinate Template.
• Bai Yu gained Thunder Breathing and began crackling with electricity, making Magellan suspect that he had powers comparable to the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Sengoku, Garp, and Akainu arrived outside Impel Down as the Gate of Justice opened, revealing that Magellan was alive. Bai Yu then attacked a CP0 agent and relentlessly drove him toward death, leaving the agent to call for Hei San.

• Sengoku questioned Kizaru about whether anyone had escaped Impel Down, while CP0 insisted that Magellan was dead and the prison had fallen.
• Sengoku restrained Garp and warned that Bai Yu might have suppressed the unrest, but CP0 demanded that they enter the prison quickly.
• The Gate of Justice opened, and Magellan appeared alive, shocking the CP0 agent, who rushed toward the prison.
• Bai Yu intercepted the CP0 agent, called him a fugitive, and struck him repeatedly with Murasame.
• Bai Yu's attacks split a warship and shattered a tower, breaking the CP0 agent's arms; realizing Bai Yu meant to kill him before he could prove his identity, the agent called for Hei San.

Bai Yu attacked the CP0 agents who tried to stop him, killing one and sending Hei San crashing into a wall. After Hei San warned the remaining agents that Bai Yu had advanced Armament Haki, the two CP0 agents rushed in to attack him together.

• Sengoku declined to stop the CP0 agents from confronting Bai Yu, while Yamakaji questioned whether Marine Headquarters should intervene against CP0.
• Bai Yu used a lightning-fast slash to kill a CP0 agent and split a tower in half.
• Hei San shouted at Bai Yu, who charged him and struck him with lightning and advanced Armament Haki, knocking him into a wall.
• Hei San warned the two remaining CP0 agents that Bai Yu could use Ryuo, and they attacked him together with Black Shigan.

Bai Yu overwhelmed the CP0 agents at the harbor, killing three despite his Demon Sword Murasame shattering. He blocked Hei San’s escape and brought down a giant sword on him as Hei San pleaded for his life.

• Bai Yu used Spiritual Pressure and his golden skeleton to seize a CP0 agent and slash him into the dock.
• Bai Yu outpaced Hei San and killed the fallen CP0 agent with Gatotsu, piercing him and the wall behind him.
• Hei San and the remaining CP0 agent attacked Bai Yu with Shigan, and their barrage shattered the Demon Sword Murasame.
• Bai Yu sent the shattered sword fragments through the remaining agent, killing him and leaving Hei San as the last survivor.
• Hei San tried to flee, but Bai Yu blocked his path and swung a hundred-meter sword of converged fragments down at him as Hei San begged for mercy.

Bai Yu killed three CP0 agents after they failed to identify themselves, and Sengoku, Garp, and the Admirals covered for him by accusing them of misconduct. The group entered Impel Down’s surveillance room to hear Magellan explain the sixth-level riot and Bai Yu’s role in it.

• Hei San identified himself as a CP0 agent just as Bai Yu’s sword strike cut through the dock and sea, leaving him unharmed.
• Bai Yu claimed he had mistaken the CP0 agents for escaped prisoners, while Garp and Sengoku backed his account and blamed Hei San for failing to identify himself.
• Akainu and Kizaru refused to help Hei San, and he left after warning Sengoku to explain the incident to the Five Elders.
• Sengoku, Garp, and Yamakaji questioned Bai Yu about the reported sixth-level riot, and Bai Yu admitted he had slashed the prisoners and asked Magellan to explain what happened.

After learning that the Five Elders had plotted against Impel Down and Bai Yu, Sengoku promised to handle the dispute while Bai Yu left to complete his assignment to invite a Shichibukai. In Mary Geoise, Doflamingo questioned the Five Elders about Bai Yu, and Nusjuro claimed a plan to eliminate him was already underway before an urgent Den Den Mushi rang.

• Magellan confirmed that the Five Elders had arranged Shiryu of the Rain's attempt to kill him and release the prisoners, and that Bai Yu had saved him.
• Garp wanted to confront the Five Elders, but Sengoku stopped him and promised to seek an explanation while reassuring Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu welcomed the prospect of further attacks, rejected Sengoku's offer to send Vice Admiral Yamakaji with him, and left to invite a new Shichibukai.
• Doflamingo met the Five Elders in Mary Geoise and questioned whether Bai Yu's appointment as Fourth Admiral threatened the Shichibukai.
• Nusjuro assured Doflamingo that his seat was safe and said he had arranged for someone to deal with Bai Yu, but an urgent Den Den Mushi interrupted them.

After Bai Yu survived the Five Elders’ scheme at Impel Down, Nusjuro and Doflamingo learned that he had crushed the riot and killed three CP0 agents. Daps revealed that Bai Yu’s next mission was to invite Fire Fist Ace to the Shichibukai, a task that could bring him into danger.

• Doflamingo flattered Nusjuro as they waited for CP0 agent Hei San to report on Impel Down.
• Hei San reported that Bai Yu had suppressed the Level Six riot, saved Magellan, defeated the prisoners and Shiryu, and killed three CP0 agents before leaving Impel Down.
• Nusjuro raged at the failure, while Daps warned that Bai Yu’s next mission could put him in peril.
• Doflamingo questioned the Five Elders about their Shichibukai candidate, and Daps revealed that Bai Yu was going to recruit Fire Fist Ace.
• Doflamingo realized Bai Yu might cross paths with the person pursuing Ace and anticipated that the danger was only beginning.

Bai Yu and Momousagi Gion reached a pirate port while searching for Fire Fist Ace, and Bai Yu went to a tavern to seek information about the Spade Pirates. He asked the bartender Shali for their whereabouts and offered to pay, while Gion watched.

• Momousagi challenged Bai Yu and offered information about Fire Fist Ace, but Bai Yu declined and said he would find the information himself.
• Bai Yu went ashore at a rocky stretch of coastline, and Momousagi followed him after he told her to wear his cloak.
• Bai Yu led Momousagi through the pirate-filled town to its largest tavern, where the bartender Shali offered drinks and other services.
• Bai Yu told Shali he wanted the whereabouts of the Spade Pirates and asked her to name her price.

Bai Yu sought information on the Spade Pirates and learned that Whitebeard had joined up with Fire Fist Ace, but he lacked the money to buy the intelligence. He offered Aude the Jackal’s bounty as payment instead, and the tavern erupted as Aude and his men prepared to challenge him.

• Shali demanded eighty million Beli for information on the Spade Pirates, explaining that it concerned Whitebeard and Fire Fist Ace.
• Bai Yu accepted the price but said he had no money on hand, then pointed out Aude the Jackal as a head worth 120 million Beli.
• Shali warned Bai Yu that Aude was dangerous, while Aude’s men mocked him and threatened to take Gion.
• Bai Yu told Gion to leave the matter to him and offered Aude’s head to Shali as payment.
• Aude told Shali to accept the deal only if Bai Yu could take his head, and the pirates rose to watch the confrontation.

Bai Yu confronted Aude the Jackal and his pirates in a tavern, then revealed his overwhelming strength when their attacks failed to hurt him. After Aude transformed into a werewolf and unleashed a devastating strike, the chapter ended with the pirates realizing they had provoked someone far beyond their power.

• Bai Yu told Shali that he would deal with Aude's men and accepted the bounty arrangement.
• Four pirates attacked Bai Yu, but their blades flew from their hands and killed them after he stood unharmed.
• Gion reconsidered her belief that Bai Yu had gained his Marine Admiral position through connections after witnessing his power.
• Aude attacked Bai Yu with his serrated blade, but Bai Yu dodged his repeated strikes and then stopped the blade against his shoulder.
• Aude transformed into a werewolf and swung at Bai Yu with tremendous force, while Bai Yu claimed he was stronger than Sea Kings.
• Aude's strike shattered the tavern floor, and the pirates realized they had provoked someone they should never have crossed.

Bai Yu defeated Aude and took the intelligence scroll about Whitebeard and Ace from Shali's tavern. He left with Gion, while Shali's group planned to retrieve Aude's head and notify a Shichibukai.

• Aude's failed attack revealed Bai Yu as the Fourth Marine Admiral, and Aude fled the tavern with his pirates.
• Bai Yu unleashed Dimension Slash: Equinox, cutting down Aude and many fleeing pirates from tens of thousands of meters away.
• Gion was stunned by Bai Yu's immense range and precision, while Bai Yu took the intelligence scroll about Whitebeard and Ace.
• Bai Yu teased Gion as they left the tavern, and she denied being interested in him.
• Shali and her companions recovered from their fear and decided to retrieve Aude's head and notify a Shichibukai.

Doflamingo returned to the Donquixote Family and boasted that the World Government and a Four Emperor protected him. News that Bai Yu had killed a member of the Beasts Pirates on the family’s territory shattered his confidence, and Trebol asked whether they should cover up the incident.

• Trebol asked Violet whether she had found any trace of Doflamingo, and Viola warned the family about the Fourth Marine Admiral, War Demon Bai Yu.
• Doflamingo arrived at the palace, mocked Viola’s hope that Bai Yu would bring down the Donquixote Family, and claimed that even the World Government would not dare touch him.
• Trebol answered a Den Den Mushi call from Shali on Haji Island, who reported that Bai Yu had appeared there and killed a pirate while seeking intelligence.
• Shali revealed that the dead pirate was a member of the Beasts Pirates and that Bai Yu had traded Aude the Jackal’s head for information.
• Doflamingo crushed his wineglass as Trebol asked whether they should erase the incident from the record.

Doflamingo contacted Kaido after the Marines' new Fourth Admiral killed a pirate crew under the Beasts Pirates, prompting Kaido's crew to react angrily. The chapter ended with Jack demanding permission to kill the admiral.

• Doflamingo ordered his people to contact Kaido and said he would make the Fourth Admiral regret stirring up trouble in his territory.
• Kaido returned to Onigashima by crashing down from the sky and complained that he still could not die.
• Doflamingo called Kaido and explained that a pirate with a 120 million bounty under the Beasts Pirates had been killed.
• Doflamingo revealed that the killer was the Marines' new Fourth Admiral, who had used the pirate's head to buy information.
• Jack grew furious at the Marines and asked Kaido to let him kill the Fourth Admiral.

Kaido ordered Jack to pursue Bai Yu, prompting Garp to leave Marine Headquarters and prepare to protect his grandson if Kaido intervened. After drawing pirates into chasing his warship, Bai Yu decided to head for Olais Island, where they had mentioned gathering Beasts Pirates allies.

• Queen and King urged Kaido to let Jack attack Bai Yu, and Kaido issued the order to tear Bai Yu apart and bring back his head.
• Garp told Sengoku he would personally intervene if Kaido pursued or ambushed Bai Yu, and Sengoku agreed to support him.
• Three days later, three pirate ships pursued Bai Yu’s warship through the Olais Sea Area, boasting that they would claim the credit for capturing him.
• Gion warned Bai Yu that the pirates had gathered in Kaido’s name and urged him to return to Marine Headquarters rather than confront Jack.
• Bai Yu said the pirates had taken the bait and asked Gion for a Log Pose so they could sail to Olais Island.

Bai Yu attacked Kaido’s subordinates at sea and then headed straight for Olay Island to hunt more pirates and grow stronger. He arrived at the island, where over a thousand pirates panicked and fled as he set out to find them.

• Bai Yu cleaved Zhan Sha’s ship in two with a single slash, and the surviving pirates tried to flee.
• Zoro and Sanji blocked One-Eye and Monkey, then destroyed their ship and sent its pirates into the sea, where Sea Kings devoured them.
• Bai Yu ordered the crew to head for Olay Island, while Gion wondered at his willingness to challenge Kaido’s forces and Hina teased her about him.
• Bai Yu reached Olay Island ahead of the warship and spread his Observation Haki across the island as the pirates at the docks fled in panic.
• Bai Yu resolved to use the fight against Kaido’s men to strengthen his template and considered seeking a deadly battle with Whitebeard.

Sheepshead gathered twelve pirate crews in a tavern to prepare for the Fourth Admiral, confident that the Beasts Pirates would make victory easy. The Fourth Admiral arrived without warning, killing the messenger and blasting Sheepshead through the wall, leaving the tavern in stunned silence.

• Sheepshead and the gathered pirate captains boasted that the Fourth Admiral would be easily defeated once Jack arrived.
• A messenger rushed into the tavern and warned the captains that the Fourth Admiral had come to kill them.
• Bai Yu hurled his Zanpakuto through the doorway, killing the messenger and sending it toward Sheepshead.
• Sheepshead blocked the Zanpakuto with Armament Haki, but its force hurled him through the wall and left him bleeding.
• The pirates stared at the carnage outside and fell silent.

Bai Yu confronted the pirates gathered on Olais Island and effortlessly withstood Sheepshead’s attacks. He unleashed a massive sword strike that swept through the tavern, leaving the gathered pirates overwhelmed by his power.

• Fisher Tiger rallied the pirate captains to fight Bai Yu, but Bai Yu revealed that the pirates waiting outside had already been killed.
• Sheepshead accused Bai Yu of ambushing him and refused his challenge to strike back until Bai Yu taunted him into attacking.
• Sheepshead charged Bai Yu with his Giant Ram Horn, but the attack failed to move him.
• Sheepshead slashed at Bai Yu with his sword, and Bai Yu caught the blade before summoning Murasame with Sword Control with Qi.
• Bai Yu swung Murasame and unleashed a hundred-meter blade aura that swallowed Sheepshead, the pirate captains, and the pirates in the tavern.

Bai Yu destroyed Olais Island and challenged Kaido, while Jack the Drought’s fleet learned of the attack as it sailed to confront the Marines’ Fourth Admiral. The chapter ended with Jack furious that Bai Yu had dismissed him and addressed his threat directly to Kaido.

• Bai Yu wiped out the pirates on Olais Island with a single slash and warned them to tell Kaido he was worth a slash.
• Pirates fled Olais Island and spread news of Bai Yu’s attack and challenge to Kaido.
• Jack the Drought led a fleet of over a dozen pirate ships toward Olais Island, expecting to face Bai Yu.
• Ginrummy received a photograph showing Olais Island cleaved in two and told Jack that Bai Yu had defeated Sheepshead and twelve high-bounty pirates.
• Jack roared in fury after learning Bai Yu had challenged Kaido without acknowledging him.

Jack ordered the Beasts Pirates to hunt down Bai Yu after he provoked them, while Marine Headquarters worried that Bai Yu’s mission to recruit Fire Fist Ace would bring him into conflict with Whitebeard. Tsuru revealed that Yamakaji had been sent to the Arans Sea to stop him before he could provoke another Emperor.

• Jack killed a pirate leader who tried to calm him, then ordered the Beasts Pirates to find Bai Yu and promised a promotion to whoever located him.
• At Marine Headquarters, Akainu questioned whether Sengoku had sent Bai Yu to provoke the Beasts Pirates, and Sengoku insisted he had only ordered Bai Yu to invite a Shichibukai.
• Tsuru reported that Fire Fist Ace and Jinbe had fought for five days before Whitebeard’s crew encountered them, and she feared Bai Yu would be harmed while trying to recruit Ace.
• Sengoku suspected the Five Elders had sent Bai Yu to use Whitebeard against him, but Tsuru warned that Bai Yu might attack Whitebeard instead.
• Tsuru said she had sent Yamakaji to the Arans Sea, and Sengoku hoped he would reach Bai Yu before he encountered Whitebeard.