Recaps

After drawing with Hawk-Eye, Uya joined the Marines as a special vice admiral and pursued a way to understand time through Ain’s Return-Return Fruit. He honed his swordsmanship by defeating Marine vice admirals, then fought Akainu and left Marine Headquarters damaged as Sengoku confronted the two men.

• Uya drew with Hawk-Eye Mihawk in a battle that split an island, and the news spread across the sea.
• Kizaru failed to recruit Uya by force, then brought him to Marine Headquarters, where Sengoku appointed him a special vice admiral free from admirals’ orders.
• Uya asked Ain to demonstrate the Return-Return Fruit, endured her reversing his age, and concluded that a time-related Devil Fruit could help him grasp time’s power.
• Uya challenged Onigumo and the other vice admirals, defeating ten of them and sharpening his Sword Intent through their attacks.
• Akainu confronted Uya over the fights, but Uya blocked his magma punches and sent him through Marine Headquarters into the plaza.
• Kizaru, Aokiji, Garp, and Sengoku intervened as Akainu prepared to attack again, and Sengoku rebuked Akainu while considering whether to punish Uya, Akainu, or both.

Uya challenged Big Mom and Kaido in succession, defeating their forces with overwhelming Haki and gravity, tremor, and meteor attacks. The news of Kaido’s apparent death spread across the world, while the Five Elders chose to accommodate Uya and Doflamingo considered using his request for Ain as his adjutant.

• Uya announced that he would confront a Four Emperor and chose to begin with Big Mom, while Ain joined him aboard a Navy warship.
• Ain held off Cracker until Uya arrived, snapped Cracker’s sword, and killed him with a tremor.
• Uya reached Whole Cake Island, overpowered Big Mom’s Conqueror’s Haki, and stopped her from taking Ain’s lifespan.
• Uya used Chibaku Tensei to trap nearly the entire Big Mom Pirates, then struck Big Mom deep underground with Evening Elephant and left the island.
• Uya sailed into Kaido’s territory, gave Ain the Look-Back Fruit, and fought Kaido with punches and Armament Haki before shattering the island with the Power of Tremors.
• Uya summoned a meteor that crashed into the shattered island, then carried his warship away as the Beasts Pirates fled and Kaido remained missing.
• The Five Elders agreed to avoid making Uya their enemy and to satisfy his wishes, while news of Kaido’s defeat spread and Doflamingo considered exploiting Uya’s request for Ain as his adjutant.

Uya defeated Shanks and Whitebeard while displaying powers that led the world to suspect he possessed an Ancient Weapon. As Uya and Whitebeard prepared to resume their fight, Golden Lion Shiki intervened and lifted a vast section of the frozen sea into the air.

• Akainu withdrew the Marines from the pirate-held island and learned from Sengoku that Kaido of the Beasts was dead.
• Uya ate the Look-Back Fruit, discovered he could reverse time, and sailed to meet Shanks.
• Uya and Shanks clashed with Conqueror's Haki and swords, and Uya broke through to the realm of a great swordsman before Shanks admitted defeat.
• Observers around the world feared Shanks had died, while the Five Elders decided to raise Uya's status and others suspected his power came from an Ancient Weapon.
• Uya headed for Whitebeard's territory, where Ace and Jinbe tried to stop him, and Uya defeated Ace and froze Jinbe, the warship, and the surrounding sea.
• Whitebeard arrived, and Uya allowed Ace to rejoin his crew before blocking Whitebeard's attacks and overpowering his Tremor-Tremor power.
• Whitebeard fell back injured, and witnesses recognized Uya as the new world's strongest before Whitebeard prepared to fight him again.
• Golden Lion Shiki appeared with captured Marine warships, attacked Uya, and lifted a vast expanse of frozen sea into the air.

Uya killed Golden Lion Shiki, visited Fish-Man Island, and revealed his overwhelming power while giving Shirahoshi a way to see the sun. After Uya struck a Celestial Dragon at Sabaody, the World Government declared war on him, and the arc ended with him stopping attacks from Sengoku and three admirals with one punch.

• Uya shattered Shiki’s ice attack, killed him with a flying slash, and left as the world learned of his victory over Shiki and Whitebeard.
• Uya and Ain traveled underwater with Camie and Pappag, reached Fish-Man Island, and met Neptune and Shirahoshi.
• Uya revealed Shirahoshi was Poseidon, destroyed Vander Decken’s ship, and opened the sea above Fish-Man Island so she could see the sky and sun.
• Uya met Rayleigh at Sabaody, then sent a Celestial Dragon crashing through a building after the man tried to claim Ain as his wife.
• The Five Elders voted to eliminate Uya, ordered his appointment revoked, and sent the Marines to Sabaody as the World Government spread false claims about him.
• Uya refused to surrender when Sengoku and the admirals confronted him, then shattered their four attacks with one punch.