Chapter Summaries

Bai Yu challenged Fujitora Issho in Han'ernaba, where their opening clash devastated the surrounding area. Fujitora then turned his blade toward the sky, leaving Ace stunned as Bai Yu anticipated a chance to push his template closer to its 75% threshold.

• Ace watched Bai Yu intimidate the city and stepped between him and Fujitora, urging him not to attack a blind man.
• Fujitora acknowledged Bai Yu's past deeds, accepted the challenge, and unleashed a gravity wave that forced Ace to use his Flame-Flame Fruit powers to escape.
• Bai Yu met Fujitora's Gravity Blade: Raging Tiger with his Zanpakuto, and their clash destroyed everything within hundreds of meters.
• Fujitora warned that their fight could endanger innocent people, then drew his Cane Sword and flicked it toward the sky.
• Ace stared upward in shock while Bai Yu welcomed the fight, hoping it would help him reach the 75% template-unlock threshold.

Bai Yu fought Fujitora Issho as the blind swordsman hurled a meteor and then formed the battlefield’s debris into a gigantic dragon. As the dragon descended, Bai Yu unlocked the Ichigo Kurosaki subordinate template and unleashed Getsuga Tenshō, leaving everyone blinded in darkness.

• Fujitora Issho summoned a meteor, and Bai Yu released Nozarashi and pulverized it with a powerful slash.
• Fujitora Issho used gravity to gather the falling debris and shape it into a colossal dragon for his final strike.
• Ace watched the battle and realized how far the fighters’ strength exceeded his own.
• Bai Yu’s main body template reached seventy-five percent, unlocking the Ichigo Kurosaki subordinate template.
• Bai Yu infused his new power into Nozarashi and fired Getsuga Tenshō at Fujitora Issho’s descending dragon, plunging everyone into darkness.

Bai Yu defeated Fujitora in a devastating battle that destroyed Han'ernaba, then invited him aboard his ship. Fujitora guessed Bai Yu wanted to recruit him, and Bai Yu gave Ace the first chance to make an offer.

• Bai Yu's slash destroyed the dragon, split the sky, and reduced Han'ernaba to ruins.
• Fujitora conceded defeat and asked why Bai Yu had come to find him.
• Bai Yu invited Fujitora aboard his ship, and Fujitora lifted a massive rock to carry them toward the open sea.
• Ace recognized Fujitora's value as a powerful aerial combatant and considered recruiting him for the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Trafalgar Law and the others questioned Fujitora about his blindness, and Fujitora explained that he had deliberately impaired his sight after seeing the world's filth.
• Fujitora asked whether Bai Yu intended to recruit him, and Bai Yu told Ace to speak first.

Ace invited Fujitora to become the Whitebeard Pirates’ Zeroth Division Captain, but Fujitora chose to follow Bai Yu after hearing his answer about helping poor countries. Ace accepted the choice with a joke and warned Bai Yu that the Whitebeard Pirates still stood behind him.

• Fujitora praised Ace’s position as Whitebeard’s Second Division Captain and recalled meeting Kozuki Oden.
• Ace offered Fujitora the Zeroth Division Captain’s position, which Whitebeard had created for Bai Yu.
• Fujitora asked what they would do for a poor country, and Ace said he would follow Whitebeard’s example by giving it treasure.
• Bai Yu said he would help the people build infrastructure and gain the ability to support themselves.
• Fujitora chose to follow Bai Yu and see the country where everyone was equal, declining Ace’s invitation.
• Ace joked that Bai Yu had set him up with his charisma and reminded him that the Whitebeard Pirates still supported Ace.

Bai Yu recruited Fujitora Issho to travel with him, then learned from Sengoku that Blackbeard had escaped Impel Down with several prisoners. The chapter left Bai Yu warned of the Five Elders’ schemes but undeterred by the danger.

• Bai Yu thanked Ace for giving Fujitora Issho another choice and welcomed Fujitora aboard.
• Sengoku called Bai Yu and revealed that Fujitora was a priority target for the World Military Draft.
• Bai Yu asked Sengoku whether the call concerned Blackbeard, prompting Ace to react tensely.
• Sengoku reported that Blackbeard had been revived, met the Five Elders, and escaped Impel Down with several prisoners after Magellan was ambushed.
• Bai Yu dismissed Sengoku’s warning and said the Five Elders would have to pay dearly if they tried to kill him.

Bai Yu told Sengoku he would deal with Blackbeard when the chance came, while Ace returned to Whitebeard to discuss the threat. Fujitora formally joined Bai Yu’s Blood Flag, and Daps arrived at Marine Headquarters with suggestions for Sengoku as Garp and Tsuru looked on.

• Bai Yu told Sengoku that Blackbeard would come after him and that he had an important plan, while Sengoku urged him to be careful and stay in contact.
• Ace decided to return to Whitebeard rather than pursue Blackbeard alone, and warned Bai Yu that the Five Elders might support Blackbeard against him.
• Bai Yu offered Fujitora the chance to take an Admiral position, but Fujitora asked why Bai Yu had killed the Celestial Dragons and then officially joined his command.
• Daps arrived at Marine Headquarters and invited Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru to hear the Five Elders’ suggestions.
• Garp berated Daps for the Five Elders’ repeated schemes against Bai Yu, while nearby Marines wondered why Daps had come in person.

Daps delivered the Five Elders’ orders for Sengoku to resign and named Sakazuki as the next Fleet Admiral, with Fujitora Issho and Ryokugyu filling the vacant Admiral posts. Sengoku accepted, then told Garp and Tsuru that the candidates might refuse—and hinted that Bai Yu had already acted ahead of the Five Elders.

• Daps accused Marine Headquarters of disobeying orders and presented documents requiring Sengoku to resign.
• Garp protested that removing Sengoku would weaken Marine Headquarters during several major threats, but Sengoku said he had expected to take responsibility.
• Tsuru asked who would replace Sengoku, and Daps named Sakazuki as Fleet Admiral and Fujitora Issho and Ryokugyu as Admirals.
• Sengoku accepted the orders, leaving Daps unsettled, and sent him away.
• Garp and Tsuru challenged Sengoku for not resisting, and Sengoku explained that the Five Elders planned to announce candidates before securing their agreement.
• Sengoku asked whether they would believe Bai Yu had already stolen a march on the Five Elders’ plan.

Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru learned that Bai Yu had recruited Fujitora Issho, threatening the Five Elders’ World Military Draft and possibly drawing in Ryokugyu as well. Meanwhile, Daps and the other Five Elders planned to resurrect Nusjuro and eliminate Bai Yu, but Sengoku’s easy agreement left them uneasy.

• Sengoku told Garp and Tsuru that Bai Yu had recruited Fujitora Issho, one of the Five Elders’ chosen draft candidates.
• Tsuru suggested Ryokugyu might follow Fujitora to Bai Yu, and Garp realized the World Military Draft could fail.
• Daps brought Nusjuro’s head to Rosa and ordered the Five Elders to find Nusjuro’s body and target Bai Yu as their primary variable.
• Rosa said Nusjuro’s body was missing and might have been eaten by Sea Kings, so Daps ordered Vegapunk to prepare a second body for Nusjuro’s resurrection.
• Daps told the Five Elders that Sengoku had agreed to the World Military Draft without objection, leaving them all with a shared sense of unease.

The Five Elders investigated an uneasy feeling and asked about Vegapunk’s experimental subjects, while Bai Yu’s crew reached Zou. Bai Yu prepared to meet the island’s two kings, and Law resolved to keep training.

• Daps suggested that their shared unease might be connected to Nusjuro’s death and said they should revive him sooner.
• Rosa opened a spatial doorway, and the Elders decided to inspect Vegapunk’s nearly ready experimental subjects.
• Three days later, Bai Yu’s warship approached Zou, and Law and the crew learned Bepo had been training with Bai Yu to prepare for returning home.
• Fujitora sensed something enormous, and the crew spotted Zou moving through the mist as its steps sent huge waves toward them.
• Fujitora used his Press-Press Fruit to shield the warship and steer it beside Zou’s foot, while Law reflected on his training and vowed to grow stronger.
• Bai Yu told Law he was up next.

Bai Yu had Trafalgar Law use weighted training before sending the warship toward Zou, while explaining that gravity training could help build strength for the journey to Laugh Tale. Law’s ROOM sent the ship ten thousand meters through the air, and Fujitora began training with gravity as Zou came into view.

• Bai Yu told Law to take the warship up Zou and let him remove his weights, while Fujitora offered to lift the ship himself.
• Bai Yu explained his gravity-training theory and pointed Fujitora toward the gravity chamber aboard the ship.
• Law removed all four wrist weights, felt his strength surge, and used ROOM to move the warship ten thousand meters through the air.
• Fujitora used the Press-Press Fruit’s gravity on himself and adjusted it for training, saying he would surprise Ryokugyu.
• Bai Yu spread his Observation Haki across Zou, alerting the powerful individuals hidden there.

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.