Chapter Summaries

Bai Yu appeared in Dressrosa and attacked Diamante after Diamante confronted Viola and Kyros. He withstood Diamante’s sword strike and launched a distant slash at the fleeing Donquixote officer.

• Diamante questioned Viola about Buffalo and Baby 5, then threatened Kyros and Rebecca when they demanded to know who he was.
• Diamante attacked Viola with Fluttering Bull Horn, but a black shadow struck him and hurled him into a burning house.
• Diamante recognized the shadow as Bai Yu, the Fourth Admiral, when he saw the Demon Sword Murasame.
• Bai Yu told Diamante he had come to cut down Joker and would leave before Kaido arrived.
• Diamante struck Bai Yu with an invisible slash and fled, but Bai Yu remained unharmed and swung Murasame with Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash: Far Shore.

Bai Yu killed Diamante with one slash, then revealed that the toy soldier was Kyros and Rebecca’s father before taking Viola and Rebecca to the Corrida Colosseum. Doflamingo learned that Bai Yu might be coming to Dressrosa and dismissed the warning because Kaido was hunting him.

• Bai Yu cut Diamante in half with a single slash, shocking Kyros, Rebecca, and Viola.
• Viola asked Bai Yu to bring Kyros and Rebecca with him, and Bai Yu revealed that the toy soldier was Kyros, Rebecca’s father, whose identity Sugar’s power had erased from their memories.
• Bai Yu took Viola and Rebecca toward the Corrida Colosseum, intending to expose Sugar’s hiding place before confronting Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo anticipated that Kaido would kill Bai Yu and considered using the news to claim credit with the Five Elders.
• Nusjuro warned Doflamingo that Bai Yu had said he would come slash him, but Doflamingo refused to believe Bai Yu would appear while Kaido hunted him.

Doflamingo dismissed the Five Elders’ warning that Bai Yu was coming for him, until his subordinates’ Vivre Card Pieces burned to ash and Dellinger and Gladius reported seeing Bai Yu approach. Nusjuro seized the chance to have Kaido alerted, hoping to trap Bai Yu in Dressrosa.

• Nusjuro warned Doflamingo that Bai Yu might attack him and ordered him to investigate.
• Doflamingo told Trebol to contact the Donquixote Family and confirm everyone’s whereabouts.
• Trebol discovered that several of Buffalo’s group and Diamante could not be reached, and their Vivre Card Pieces had burned to ash.
• Doflamingo ordered his people to stay alert and accused Law of launching another attack.
• Dellinger and Gladius reported that War Demon Bai Yu was flying toward them, and Doflamingo erupted in anger.
• Nusjuro urged Doflamingo to notify Kaido that Bai Yu was in Dressrosa so Kaido could stop him escaping.

Bai Yu confronted Dellinger and Gladius at the Corrida Colosseum after revealing he knew about Sugar and Pica. He unleashed a massive slash at the two officers before Doflamingo could arrive.

• Doflamingo ordered Dellinger and Gladius to stall Bai Yu while he rushed to the Corrida Colosseum, and he told Trebol to have Pica protect Sugar.
• Nusjuro urged the other Five Elders to contact Kaido so Kaido could join forces with Doflamingo and kill Bai Yu.
• Viola came forward and tried to help Bai Yu, but Dellinger and Gladius threatened her and Rebecca as they prepared to hold him off.
• Bai Yu revealed that he could sense Pica guarding Sugar beneath the arena, then gathered mana around Murasame as Dellinger and Gladius prepared to fight.
• Bai Yu unleashed Mana Zone: Dimension Slash: Equinox, sending a hundred-meter slash toward Dellinger and Gladius.

Bai Yu’s Dimension Slash cut through Gladius’s explosion, killed Gladius, and continued into the underground trading hall, where it killed Pica and knocked Sugar unconscious. After receiving 120 System Points, Bai Yu asked the system to redeem a blind box.

• Dellinger warned Gladius to dodge, but Gladius used Full-Body Explosion to try to stop Bai Yu’s slash.
• Bai Yu’s Dimension Slash cut through the explosion and killed Gladius before heading toward the underground trading hall.
• Trebol warned Pica that the colosseum was under attack and told him to protect Sugar until Doflamingo arrived.
• Pica covered himself in Full-Body Armament Haki, but Dimension Slash left him with only half his body, while the blast knocked Sugar unconscious.
• The system awarded Bai Yu 120 System Points for killing Pica, and Bai Yu asked it to redeem a blind box.

Bai Yu obtained top-tier Observation Haki just as Doflamingo arrived in Dressrosa and unleashed his Birdcage. Trapped with Doflamingo inside, Bai Yu prepared to fight while the Marines feared Kaido’s imminent arrival.

• Bai Yu opened a System Blind Box and gained top-tier Observation Haki, which let him foresee the immediate future.
• The Corrida Colosseum collapsed, freeing the people transformed into toys and restoring their memories, including Rebecca, Viola, and Kyros.
• Doflamingo arrived, learned that Gladius was dead and Pica’s fate was unknown, and encased Dressrosa in his Birdcage.
• Yamakaji tried and failed to cut through the Birdcage, then warned that Bai Yu had little time to defeat Doflamingo before Kaido arrived.
• Bai Yu told Doflamingo he would cut him down and declared that fighting spirit mattered most in a death match.

Bai Yu overwhelmed Doflamingo with his Conqueror’s Haki and killing intent, then countered Doflamingo’s thread-clone ambush. The chapter ended as Bai Yu’s immense sword attack reached Doflamingo, who tried to defend himself with a Spider Web Wall.

• Doflamingo unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki at Bai Yu, but Bai Yu’s stronger Haki suppressed it.
• Bai Yu released Scissor Seven’s killing intent, shattered Doflamingo’s Haki, and sent him crashing into the ruins.
• Bai Yu crossed the distance and struck Doflamingo with Sword Pressure, but Doflamingo used a thread clone to set up a rear attack.
• Bai Yu caught Doflamingo’s wrist and used Kendo: Bisection, unleashing a giant blade aura toward him.
• Doflamingo shouted Five Color Strings: Spider Web Wall as Bai Yu’s attack reached him.

Bai Yu's slash nearly cut down Doflamingo, who healed himself and awakened his Devil Fruit to turn the surrounding area into threads. With Kaido hunting Bai Yu and the countdown running, Doflamingo launched his awakened attack as Bai Yu welcomed the fight.

• Bai Yu's massive slash tore through Doflamingo's threads, shattered part of the King's Plateau, and left Doflamingo with a deep wound.
• Doflamingo used white threads to stitch his wound closed, then threatened to capture Bai Yu and hand him over to Kaido.
• Doflamingo awakened his Devil Fruit, turning buildings and everything nearby into white threads, while Yamakaji warned Bai Yu that three and a half minutes had passed.
• Bai Yu said he had finished warming up and urged Doflamingo to fight, unsettling Doflamingo despite his awakening.
• Doflamingo gathered the surrounding threads and attacked Bai Yu with Ever White, and Bai Yu challenged him to make his blade sharp enough.

Bai Yu used his Observation Haki and Thunder Breathing to evade Doflamingo’s awakened string attacks and wound him with a lightning-fast slash. Yamakaji explained that Doflamingo suspected Bai Yu had Katakuri’s ability to glimpse the future, leaving the onlookers stunned by the possibility.

• Doflamingo unleashed Ever White and Break White, but Bai Yu dodged the attacks with uncanny ease.
• Doflamingo fired over a thousand Haki-coated feather arrows at Bai Yu, who found a gap and used Thunder Breathing: Thunderclap and Flash to strike him through Shield White.
• Doflamingo emerged from the ruins wounded and accused Bai Yu of honing his Observation Haki to Katakuri’s level.
• Smoker asked Yamakaji about Katakuri, and Yamakaji explained that the Sweet Commander could glimpse the future when danger struck.
• Yamakaji suggested Bai Yu had mastered the same ability, and the onlookers reacted with awe.

Bai Yu defeated Doflamingo with a lightning-fast Godspeed strike, killing the Shichibukai in only four minutes. With Doflamingo dead and the Birdcage gone, witnesses began spreading news of the Navy admiral’s victory.

• Bai Yu dismissed Doflamingo’s confidence in his Observation Haki and challenged his composure.
• Doflamingo unleashed Sixteen Holy Bullets: God Thread at Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu used Godspeed to evade the barrage and strike Doflamingo, suffering strain to his feet.
• Doflamingo’s throat wound prevented his threads from healing it, and his head fell from his body.
• Doflamingo’s death caused the Birdcage to disappear, and witnesses announced Bai Yu’s victory.

Bai Yu killed Doflamingo in four minutes, then used his Observation Haki to foresee Kaido's early arrival and fled toward the sea. Marine Headquarters learned that Bai Yu had escaped the Birdcage, while Garp headed to help him face the coming danger.

• Gion and Yamakaji recognized Bai Yu's strength after he effortlessly killed Doflamingo, and Smoker urged them to report the battle and locate Kaido.
• Bai Yu gained System Unlock Value and System Points for killing Doflamingo, but remained just short of unlocking a new power.
• Bai Yu sensed danger with his Observation Haki and transformed into lightning to flee.
• Sengoku warned Yamakaji that Kaido would reach Dressrosa within five minutes and urged the Marines to help Bai Yu escape the Birdcage.
• Yamakaji reported that Bai Yu had already killed Doflamingo and fled after foreseeing Kaido's arrival, shocking the officers at Marine Headquarters.

After hearing that Bai Yu had killed Doflamingo in four minutes, Sengoku feared he would challenge Kaido and ordered Yamakaji to stop him. Kaido and King arrived in Dressrosa, and Yamakaji told the enraged Kaido that Doflamingo was already dead.

• Akainu suggested that Bai Yu might try to cut down Kaido, and Sengoku ordered Yamakaji to stop Bai Yu and buy time for Garp.
• Kaido arrived in Dressrosa much earlier than expected, accompanied by King the Conflagration.
• Sengoku sent Kizaru to Dressrosa, and Kizaru left at top speed.
• Kaido demanded that Bai Yu and Doflamingo appear, threatening to kill Doflamingo if he could not explain his absence.
• Yamakaji told Kaido that Doflamingo had already been killed, leaving everyone braced for Kaido's reaction.

Yamakaji revealed Doflamingo’s beheaded corpse to Kaido, provoking the Emperor to attack the people of the country. Bai Yu stopped Kaido with a challenge to fight him, leaving the Marines stunned and hoping he could survive until Garp arrived.

• Yamakaji told Kaido that Doflamingo had been killed, and a fleeing figure carrying Doflamingo’s corpse confirmed it.
• Kaido realized Doflamingo’s death threatened his Artificial Devil Fruit ambitions and vowed to slaughter everyone in the country.
• Kaido began swinging his electrified club despite Sengoku’s warning over the Den Den Mushi.
• Bai Yu called out to Kaido and challenged him to fight, making Kaido stop his attack.
• Gion, Carina, and Nami recognized that Bai Yu had not been running away, while Nami hoped he could hold out until Garp arrived.

Bai Yu waited in Dressrosa for Kaido, openly declaring that he would fight him with his blade while Big News Morgans broadcast their exchange. Whitebeard and the others learned that Kaido had caught up with Bai Yu and feared that Doflamingo’s alliance with Kaido left him trapped.

• Kaido and King raced toward Bai Yu as Sengoku sent Yamakaji and others after them and said Garp and Kizaru would arrive later.
• Bai Yu spotted Big News Morgans near the beach and challenged him to stop hiding while Morgans broadcast their conversation.
• Morgans questioned Bai Yu’s confidence in facing Kaido, and Bai Yu mocked him as too weak to fight before turning his attention back toward the approaching Kaido.
• The broadcast connected across the New World, and Ace hurried to Whitebeard after Jozu announced that Kaido had caught up with Bai Yu.
• Whitebeard and Marco warned Ace that Bai Yu was in Dressrosa, where Doflamingo—Kaido’s ally—could also intercept him.

After learning Bai Yu had killed Doflamingo in four minutes, the Whitebeard Pirates reconsidered his strength but doubted he could break through Kaido’s defenses. Kaido arrived at Dressrosa, where Bai Yu eagerly prepared to fight him.

• Ace learned from Diamond Jozu that Bai Yu had slain Doflamingo in four minutes, and Jozu showed the crew photographs confirming it.
• Whitebeard acknowledged Bai Yu’s strength but said Kaido’s extraordinary defenses made him a far more formidable opponent than Doflamingo.
• Ace worried that Bai Yu could not defeat Kaido, while Marco reassured him that Bai Yu might have a hidden trump card and could buy time.
• Shanks and Charlotte Linlin watched the live broadcast as Kaido arrived in dragon form.
• Bai Yu greeted Kaido and challenged him to fight.

Bai Yu launched a series of surprise attacks against Kaido, smashing him into the beach and making Morgans announce that the Emperor had been slashed down. Kaido rose from the ruins with only a white mark on his scales, revealing that Bai Yu’s powerful strike had barely harmed him.

• Kaido threatened Bai Yu, who attacked first with Murasame and unleashed a powerful sword slash.
• Kaido shattered Bai Yu’s attacks with Thunder Bagua and Demolition Gust, breaking Murasame in the process.
• Bai Yu sent the broken sword fragments into Kaido, then switched to Golden Lion’s Sakura and struck him down with Thunder Breathing: Thunderclap and Flash.
• Morgans broadcast that Bai Yu had slashed Kaido down, while King said Bai Yu had impressive strength but was doomed for killing Jack and ruining Kaido’s ambitions.
• Kaido rose from the crater without serious injury, leaving only a white slash mark on his scales.

Bai Yu’s lightning slash failed to pierce Kaido’s scales, so he began charging a far more powerful attack as Kaido struck back with Thunder Bagua. The chapter ended with Bai Yu calling the move his strongest strike, just as Kaido’s attack came down.

• Bai Yu’s thunderous slash left Kaido unharmed, and Whitebeard told Ace that even he needed a technique to break Kaido’s defense.
• Bai Yu drank liquor and declared that the exchange had only been a warm-up, angering Kaido.
• Kaido attacked Bai Yu with Thunder Bagua, and Bai Yu used Thunderclap and Flash: Sixfold Flash to gather lightning into his right arm.
• Gion explained that Bai Yu’s new attack focused on his arm and could be several times stronger than the strike he used to kill Doflamingo.
• Kaido launched another Thunder Bagua as Bai Yu stopped moving and announced that his strongest strike was ready.

Bai Yu struck Kaido with a lightning-fast sword attack that pierced his scales and nearly severed his neck, shocking everyone watching. Whitebeard and Sengoku suspected the blow had exhausted Bai Yu, leaving his next move—and his chances against an enraged Kaido—uncertain.

• Kaido brought the Hassaikai down on Bai Yu, who drew Murasame and surged forward as lightning to attack him.
• Bai Yu's strike sent Kaido crashing into shore and opened a meter-wide wound through his neck scales, nearly beheading him.
• Whitebeard praised Bai Yu's strength but warned Ace that the strike had likely used all of Bai Yu's strength and that Kaido remained dangerous.
• Tsuru, Sengoku, and the Marines recognized that Bai Yu had breached Kaido's defenses despite lacking Conqueror's Haki Coating.
• Sengoku said Bai Yu might still have another trump card, or Kaido would tear him apart, as the Marines watched for his next move.

Bai Yu endured Kaido’s dragon breath and appeared to be blasted into retreat, prompting Kaido to chase him. Bai Yu then plunged into the sea, leaving Kaido furious as he attacked the water in search of him.

• Kaido healed his neck wound and threatened to kill Bai Yu, while Bai Yu drank liquor and challenged him to keep fighting.
• Kaido fired dragon breath at Bai Yu, who charged into the attack and was hurled far across the sea.
• King realized Bai Yu was using the blast to escape and warned Kaido to stop him.
• Kaido chased Bai Yu, but Bai Yu halted his flight, drained his liquor, and plunged into the sea.
• Kaido searched for Bai Yu with Observation Haki and repeatedly blasted the sea, destroying Sea Kings and nearby shores.

Garp arrived to stop Kaido from attacking the Marines after Bai Yu disappeared into the sea, then threatened war against the Beasts Pirates. He refused to believe that his grandson Bai Yu was dead.

• Kaido, enraged by Bai Yu’s apparent suicide, turned his Dragon Breath on Gion, Yamakaji, and the other Marines.
• Garp struck Kaido’s Dragon Breath apart with Iron Fist Azure Sky Break and confronted him.
• Kaido mocked Garp’s age and compared him to his grandson, prompting Garp to threaten an attack on Wano Country and a Marine Buster Call.
• King stepped between Garp and Kaido, defended the Beasts Pirates, and urged Garp to consult Sengoku and the Five Elders before declaring war.
• Garp dismissed King’s taunt and insisted that Bai Yu would not die.