Chapter Summaries

Red-Haired Shanks tried to stop the conflict, but Charlotte Linlin’s demons threatened him instead. Bai Yu’s crew revealed an even more formidable lineup of legendary veterans, leaving Ace and Marco amazed by the ship’s “retirement home.”

• Red-Haired Shanks asked the assembled pirates to give him face and offered to fight anyone who wanted a battle, but Charlotte Linlin dismissed him and urged her demons to attack Bai Yu.
• The seventy-four demons unleashed their baleful auras and turned toward Shanks, making the onlookers wonder whether they considered the Red Hair Pirates an easier target than Bai Yu.
• Fujitora Issho and Rayleigh appeared, and Whitebeard pointed out that Bai Yu’s crew also included Gaban, Aokiji, and Shakky.
• Charlotte Linlin recognized Shakky, a former Rocks Pirates crewmate who had disappeared for decades, and questioned why she had joined Bai Yu.
• Ace wondered why Bai Yu’s ship seemed full of old men, and Marco identified the mast-side figure as Red Count Field, a legendary pirate who had stood against both Whitebeard’s and Roger’s crews.

Charlotte Linlin’s allies failed to appear as Bai Yu faced her on the battlefield, and Bai Yu revealed the severed head of Blackbeard Teach. The chapter ended with Charlotte Linlin staring in disbelief at the head she had hoped would save her.

• Red Count Field said he chose Bai Yu over Charlotte Linlin’s offer of the Vampire Model because he feared death more than humiliation.
• Charlotte Linlin called for CP0 to attack Bai Yu, but no one appeared.
• Katakuri told Charlotte Linlin that his vision showed CP0 was absent and they had likely been betrayed.
• Charlotte Linlin called for Blackbeard Teach, believing he could help defeat Bai Yu without CP0.
• Bai Yu tossed a severed head to Charlotte Linlin, who recognized it as Blackbeard Teach’s.

Bai Yu revealed that the Devil’s Medicine could awaken demons, and CP0 triggered a failsafe that unleashed their wills and set dozens of demons on him. He transformed and decapitated the first attacker as the horde continued charging toward him.

• Bai Yu told Charlotte Linlin that the Devil’s Medicine had not saved Blackbeard and recalled that Kaido and Nusjuro had died in their demon forms.
• Bai Yu exposed a CP0 agent, who revealed the Five Elders’ plan to seize Marine Headquarters and place the world under Imu’s control.
• The CP0 agent crushed a controller, awakening dozens of demons and sending them after Bai Yu.
• Charlotte Linlin, King, and Bullet struggled to suppress the demons’ wills within themselves, while Whitebeard offered to help Bai Yu and was refused.
• Bai Yu transformed, and when a fiery demon attacked him, he severed its head with a single strike.
• The other demons pressed their attack as Bai Yu stood alone against the horde.

Bai Yu slaughtered Charlotte Linlin’s demon army with ease, leaving only Charlotte Linlin and two others alive. He killed the final three as well, ending the battle with the old era’s forces defeated.

• Bai Yu killed thirty-eight demons with thirty-eight swift slashes, then advanced on the remaining thirty-three.
• The thirty-three demons panicked and fled, but Bai Yu pursued and killed them all.
• Charlotte Linlin and two others fought to regain control of their bodies as the demons’ power weakened.
• Charlotte Linlin pleaded and challenged Bai Yu, but he cut her throat along with the other two survivors.
• The three fell dead as Bai Yu called the fight boring.

After Bai Yu swiftly defeated Charlotte Linlin and the other devils, Whitebeard revealed that Bai Yu surpassed him and admitted that age had caught up with him. He planned to hand the Whitebeard Pirates to his sons after they left Totto Land, then invited the old-era survivors aboard the Moby Dick for a drink.

• Jozu asked why the devils had fallen so quickly, and Whitebeard demonstrated how a compressed strike could crack a rock with little apparent effort.
• Marco guessed Bai Yu had compressed his power into his blade, but Whitebeard said Bai Yu was stronger than him and called him the strongest of the new era.
• Whitebeard acknowledged that he had grown old, comforted the tearful Marco and the other division commanders, and said he would hand the Whitebeard Pirates over to them after they left Totto Land.
• Whitebeard invited the old-era survivors aboard the Moby Dick for a drink, and Rayleigh, World, and Field accepted.

After Whitebeard’s crew decided to keep carrying his flag, Bai Yu learned his power and System Points had increased by killing Charlotte Linlin and Bullet. He discovered the Five Elders had a second trump card aimed at Marine Headquarters and hurried there with Sengoku and Garp as a World Government warship arrived.

• Marco said Whitebeard’s crew had decided to keep carrying his flag, and Ace and the others silently agreed.
• Bai Yu’s Main Body Template unlock progress reached 89.8 percent and his System Points rose to 152,000 after he killed Charlotte Linlin and Bullet.
• Bai Yu killed the trapped CP0 agent, who had claimed the Five Elders had prepared a trump card against Marine Headquarters.
• Sengoku and Garp warned Bai Yu they could not reach Marine Headquarters in time, but Bai Yu said the glass bottle he had left there would let him get back quickly.
• Bai Yu took Sengoku and Garp by the shoulders and vanished, while Onigumo watched a World Government warship approach Marine Headquarters’ harbor.

Zero arrived at Marine Headquarters with two mysterious robed figures and offered Akainu Devil's Medicine on behalf of the Five Elders as a test of obedience. When Akainu challenged the demand, Zero gave him a choice between submitting or being replaced as Fleet Admiral.

• Onigumo put Marine Headquarters on alert as Zero's World Government warship approached, but Kizaru met Zero and let him enter after Akainu approved.
• Zero brought two black-robed figures into Akainu's office and said the Five Elders had sent him to offer Devil's Medicine.
• Akainu rejected the implication that he should prove his loyalty by taking the medicine and warned Zero against using force at Marine Headquarters.
• Zero told Akainu the Five Elders would either have him obey their orders or find someone else to serve as Fleet Admiral.

Zero confronted Akainu and Kizaru at Marine Headquarters, using his awakened Illusion-Illusion Fruit to trap them and conceal his allies. Akainu broke the illusion, but the black-robed figures ambushed him and his Devil Fruit power vanished as he glimpsed one attacker’s face.

• Akainu attacked Zero with Crimson Lotus Canine, but Zero’s illusion made the strike hit only a reflection.
• Akainu used Observation Haki to find Zero, while the two black-robed figures disappeared, and he ordered Kizaru to evacuate nearby Marines.
• Zero trapped Akainu and Kizaru in an illusion of a boundless sea, but Akainu’s awakened magma power shattered it and engulfed the Fleet Admiral’s Office.
• Akainu struck Zero with Great Eruption, only to discover that Zero was real and defending himself with Full-Body Armament Haki.
• The two black-robed figures seized Akainu, and his Devil Fruit power suddenly disappeared as he glimpsed a face beneath one figure’s cloak.

Zero and CP0 attacked Akainu and Kizaru at Marine Headquarters, stripping Akainu of his Devil Fruit powers and setting an impostor with magma powers against him. Akainu revealed he had secretly mastered advanced Taijutsu, counterattacked with the Sixth Gate and Ryuo Haki, and left Marineford’s Marines stunned.

• Akainu recognized the Five Elders’ trap and told Kizaru to find Tsuru and uncover Sengoku’s backup plan, but Zero said it was already too late.
• Zero revealed an impostor Akainu with the real Akainu’s magma powers and ordered him to kill Akainu.
• As the impostor attacked, Akainu opened the Sixth Gate of the Eight Gates Released, escaping the magma and surprising Zero and Kizaru.
• Akainu struck the impostor and Zero with Morning Peacock, then pursued them into the plaza and unleashed Ryuo Haki: Iron Peacock.
• Marine officers and soldiers arrived and watched in disbelief as Akainu’s Taijutsu combos shook Marine Headquarters.

Akainu fought a Kizaru impostor and warned the Marines that CP0 planned to replace their officers using clones capable of stealing Devil Fruit powers. As the clones attacked Marine Headquarters and Meteor Volcano rained magma over the plaza, Akainu saw the impostor rapidly heal and feared Marine Headquarters might fall.

• Akainu told Onigumo that CP0 intended to replace Marine Headquarters and urged him to find Tsuru and warn her about the black-robed agents who could steal Devil Fruit powers.
• A fake Kizaru attacked Akainu, but Akainu used the Sixth Gate of Eight Gates Released, Armament Haki, and Ryuo to knock the impostor into the ruins.
• Akainu revealed that CP0 had made identical copies of Marine officers and intended to seize control of Marineford, while Zero accused Akainu of being the impostor.
• A fake Akainu unleashed Meteor Volcano, raining magma over Marineford as the World Government warship exploded and black-robed clones spread across the base.
• The clones stole officers’ Devil Fruit powers and attacked them with those abilities, while Akainu ordered the Marines to scatter and retreat.
• The wounded fake Kizaru rapidly healed, prompting Akainu to question the Five Elders’ life gene technology and fear for Marine Headquarters.

Zero ordered the counterfeit Admirals to destroy Marine Headquarters while Akainu and Kizaru struggled against their copies. As Akainu was trapped and the attacks closed in, Tsuru revealed that Bai Yu had left a backup in a wine bottle and urged Kizaru to crush it.

• Kizaru rejoined Akainu and recognized the counterfeit officers’ stolen Devil Fruit powers as a threat.
• Zero ordered the counterfeit Kizaru and Akainu to kill the real officers and destroy Marineford.
• Akainu reopened the Sixth Gate and fought back, but a counterfeit Ryokugyu appeared and trapped him with roots.
• The counterfeit Akainu’s magma hound and the counterfeit Kizaru’s lasers bore down on Akainu, Kizaru, and the Marines.
• Tsuru emerged from the rubble and told Kizaru to crush the wine bottle containing Bai Yu’s backup.

Kizaru crushed Tsuru’s liquor bottle and summoned Bai Yu to Marine Headquarters, where he stopped the impostor Akainu and Kizaru’s attack. Zero called for confirmation and learned that Bai Yu had already killed Charlotte Linlin’s seventy-four demons and disappeared from Totto Land.

• Kizaru hesitated over Tsuru’s bottle, then crushed it as the impostors’ attacks struck Akainu and Kizaru.
• Zero mocked the idea that the bottle could save Marine Headquarters and ordered the impostors to attack again.
• Yamakaji ordered the Marines to support Akainu and Kizaru, but roots burst from the ground and bound him and the others.
• Bai Yu appeared inside a golden skeleton, stopped the attacks, and told Zero to verify that he had returned from Totto Land.
• After seven calls failed, Zero contacted a woman, who reported that Bai Yu had killed Charlotte Linlin’s seventy-four demons within three minutes and urged Zero to withdraw.

Bai Yu returned to Marine Headquarters and confronted Zero, who activated a Magic-Sealing Zone that suppressed Devil Fruit powers. Bai Yu revealed that the zone imitated the weakening effect of Laugh Tale, while Zero responded by giving his Devil Fruit-wielding clones a mysterious Devil’s Medicine.

• Zero learned that Bai Yu had slaughtered seventy-four demons led by Charlotte Linlin and realized Bai Yu was already at Marine Headquarters.
• Zero deployed Pacifistas that formed a Magic-Sealing Zone, suppressing the Devil Fruit powers of Tsuru, Sengoku, and others nearby.
• Sengoku warned Bai Yu that the zone was meant to weaken his combat strength.
• Bai Yu explained that Devil Fruit powers weakened near Laugh Tale and vanished completely on the island, then speculated that the World Government had learned this secret there.
• Zero admitted that the zone could be countered and ordered Akainu, Kizaru, and the Devil Fruit-wielding clones to take the Devil’s Medicine, which transformed their bodies and released powerful auras.

Zero unleashed the Magic-Sealing Zone and sent forty-eight demons after Bai Yu, expecting the field to strip away his strength. Bai Yu's golden skeleton remained intact, and he cut down three demons with one swift strike.

• Zero activated the Magic-Sealing Zone and ordered the impostor Akainu and Kizaru to kill Bai Yu.
• The impostor Admirals struck Bai Yu, but his golden skeleton reappeared and withstood their attacks.
• Bai Yu told Zero the seal could not affect him and knocked the impostor Akainu backward with his Zanpakuto.
• Zero sent forty-eight demons to attack Bai Yu, whose golden armor blocked three Zoan demons' claws.
• Bai Yu passed the three Zoan demons and killed them with a single slash.

Bai Yu cut down wave after wave of demons sent by Zero, overwhelming even replicas boosted by the Devil’s Medicine. He reached within a step of Zero, who insisted that Bai Yu could not kill him.

• Bai Yu killed five demons with a lightning slash, leaving Marine Headquarters’ soldiers to flee the spreading blast.
• Zero ordered five more demons to stop Bai Yu, but Bai Yu sliced all seven attackers in half with Dark Cloaking.
• Bai Yu continued slaughtering the replicas until fifteen demons lay dead and he stood only a dozen meters from Zero.
• Zero declared himself the strongest demon and claimed Bai Yu had no right to kill him.

Zero transformed into a giant demon and launched his final attack on Bai Yu, combining a hidden clone with a massive Haki strike. Bai Yu crushed the clone and met Zero’s attack with the Eighth Gate and a slash, leaving the battlefield engulfed in light.

• Zero swallowed dozens of Devil’s Medicine capsules and transformed into a demon over a hundred meters tall.
• Zero claimed the Five Elders and Imu would save him and ordered Bai Yu to die.
• A clone identical to Bai Yu erupted from the ground and grabbed his ankle as Zero brought down a powerful Haki-laden hand.
• Bai Yu opened the Eighth Gate and crushed the clone beneath his feet.
• Bai Yu changed Tensa Zangetsu into Nozarashi and slashed at Zero’s descending hand, unleashing a blast that hurled nearby Marines away.

Bai Yu destroyed Zero and the Magic-Sealing Zone, but Marine Headquarters remained devastated and its officers had lost their Devil Fruit powers. After unlocking White Ichigo’s Bull-Head Form, Bai Yu warned that the Five Elders were planning something larger, leaving Akainu to decide Marine Headquarters’ next move.

• Bai Yu killed Zero, and the remaining Pacifistas exploded as the Magic-Sealing Zone collapsed.
• Marine officers realized their Devil Fruit powers had not returned, leaving Marine Headquarters weakened by more than half.
• Bai Yu received 48,000 System Points, reached 91.8 percent Main Body Template progress, and unlocked White Ichigo’s Bull-Head Form.
• Sengoku, Garp, Akainu, and Kizaru asked Bai Yu whether the Five Elders would appear, and he said their inaction suggested a larger plan.
• Bai Yu asked whether Marine Headquarters would keep serving as the World Government’s gateway, and Sengoku turned to Akainu for his decision.

After the Five Elders’ attack left Marine Headquarters weakened and its fighters stripped of Devil Fruit abilities, Sengoku and Akainu asked Bai Yu to return and take the Fleet Admiral’s seat. Bai Yu refused, but agreed to help Marine Headquarters if another crisis arose.

• Sengoku said he would go to the Holy Land Mary Geoise to seek the Five Elders’ answer and warned that Marine Headquarters might break away if they received no reasonable response.
• Sengoku asked Bai Yu to return to Marine Headquarters, explaining that the Marines had lost much of their strength and Garp was their only fighter who retained his full fighting ability.
• Akainu offered Bai Yu the Fleet Admiral position, admitting that he was inferior to Bai Yu and could give up the seat he had fought to claim.
• Bai Yu refused the position, saying he preferred cutting people down to managing Marine Headquarters.
• Garp laughed at Bai Yu’s refusal, while Sengoku asked him to help Marine Headquarters if the Five Elders threatened them again.

Bai Yu proposed that Marine Headquarters could learn powers beyond the Eight Gates, then revealed the returning Killer and Nusjuro hiding nearby. Killer claimed that Bai Yu came from another world, leaving the Marines stunned.

• Bai Yu explained that he wanted to help Marine Headquarters gain new powers so he would not have to face every threat alone.
• Sengoku praised the Eight Gates as a way to strengthen the Marines, but Bai Yu clarified that he meant another possible method.
• Bai Yu sensed concealed intruders and called on them to reveal themselves.
• Killer and Nusjuro appeared, and Bai Yu mocked Nusjuro for returning from death again.
• Killer said Imu had concluded that Bai Yu was not from this world, shocking everyone present.

Bai Yu mocked Imu and dismissed Nusjuro’s threats that the Five Elders would seize every Devil Fruit and rule the world. When Killer tried to teleport himself and Nusjuro away, Bai Yu opened the Gate of Death and raced in to strike Nusjuro.

• Bai Yu guessed that Imu might be a tree planter, provoking Nusjuro’s fury and Killer’s alarm.
• Nusjuro declared that the Five Elders would reclaim every Devil Fruit and offered the gathered fighters power if they served them.
• Bai Yu warned Nusjuro that Killer’s spatial jumps carried risks and that his mouth might hurt.
• Killer urged Nusjuro to grab him and began activating a spatial jump to escape.
• Bai Yu opened the Gate of Death, crossed a thousand meters in an instant, and brought his Zanpakuto down toward Nusjuro.
• Nusjuro begged Killer to get them away as Bai Yu’s attack closed in.