Chapter Summaries

After routing the Big Mom Pirates, Uya sailed toward Kaido’s territory while the World Government chose to wait and see. His warship reached the Beasts Pirates’ waters, where their forces and the world watched for his coming clash with Kaido.

• The Five Elders decided to wait and see after Uya single-handedly routed the Big Mom Pirates.
• Ain told Uya that Big Mom was alive and her surviving pirates were fighting the Navy, but Uya chose to leave them to the Navy and continue toward the next Emperor.
• Uya reflected on Devil Fruit powers as rule-based abilities and considered how his strength might let him resist or shatter them.
• Uya’s warship entered the Beasts Pirates’ territory, and their affiliated forces watched it approach without daring to stop it.
• Major powers around the world focused on Uya’s impending confrontation with Kaido and the Beasts Pirates, whose members were feared for their strength and Zoan abilities.

Uya's warship reached the Beasts Pirates' territory, where Kaido had prepared to face him alone. Ain recalled her earlier encounter with Kaido and chose to overcome her fear by following Uya ashore, as Kaido rose to meet his arrival.

• Ain told Uya that Kaido had once overwhelmed Zephyr and escaped Marine custody, and said she feared him more than Big Mom.
• Uya became interested in testing Kaido's durability and using the fight to hone his Armament Haki.
• When the warship reached the island, Uya offered Ain the chance to stay aboard, but she chose to follow him ashore.
• Uya used Shockwave Sensing and found that the Beasts Pirates were waiting on ships offshore while Kaido stood alone on the island.
• Kaido sensed Uya's arrival, rose, and eagerly called out to him.

Kaido and Uya clashed with Conqueror's Haki, and Uya's Haki overwhelmed Kaido's as the two prepared to fight. Before meeting Kaido, Uya sensed the Look-Back Fruit in a Beasts Pirates warehouse and recognized its ability to reveal the past.

• Kaido unleashed his Conqueror's Haki across the island, and Ain resisted it without fainting.
• Uya let his Conqueror's Haki erupt and crushed Kaido's, astonishing the Beasts Pirates watching from their ships.
• Kaido praised Uya's Haki and charged toward him.
• Jack the Drought and the pirates declared their faith that Kaido would win despite Uya's superior Haki.
• Uya sensed Devil Fruits in a warehouse and identified the Look-Back Fruit as a way to see the past.

Uya confronted Kaido of the Beasts after finding the Look-Back Fruit, then proved his raw strength could match and overpower Kaido’s Haki-reinforced blows. Their fierce battle continued as ships from across the sea watched, awaiting a clash that could change the balance of power.

• Uya found the Look-Back Fruit, gave it to Ain, and told her to return to the warship.
• Uya intercepted Kaido of the Beasts and met his opening punch with a punch of his own, shaking the island and surrounding sea.
• Uya blocked Kaido’s Haki-coated punch with raw strength, then struck back hard enough to make Kaido stagger.
• Kaido recognized Uya’s unusual strength, grinned, and charged again.
• Uya stood his ground and collided fists with Kaido once more as the battle continued.

Uya unleashed Evening Elephant against Kaido, whose defenses and rapid regeneration let him recover from the devastating blow almost instantly. Kaido emerged from the crater excited and charged Uya again.

• Uya struck Kaido with the first step of Evening Elephant, driving him deep into the earth and unleashing aftershocks that wrecked the island and raised towering waves.
• Aboard the ships, Ain used her ability to erase part of the waves while the Beasts Pirates’ fish-men helped push them down; Jack and the others were shocked by Uya’s power.
• Uya sensed that Kaido had survived the attack and recognized the strength of his defenses and regeneration.
• At the bottom of the pit, Kaido’s surface injuries healed in less than a breath, leaving him unharmed.
• Kaido leaped out of the shaft, grinned at Uya, and charged him again with renewed excitement.

Uya concentrated his Armament Haki and used it to overpower Kaido, who realized Uya had not yet used his full strength. Uya then unleashed the Power of Tremors, and its attack erupted toward Kaido.

• Kaido repeatedly charged Uya, but Uya drove him back with punches and gradually increased the distance between them.
• Uya concentrated his Armament Haki onto his fist and struck Kaido, breaking his arm and sending him through the earth into a mountain.
• Kaido repaired his arm and angrily demanded that Uya stop holding back.
• Uya formed a white glow over his fist, making Kaido recognize a familiar power.
• Uya and Kaido's fists stopped short of touching as cracks spread through the space before Uya's fist and the Power of Tremors erupted toward Kaido.

Uya unleashed a devastating tremor punch that shattered the island during his battle with Kaido of the Beasts. Uya remained above the sea while Kaido was missing and blood stained the water, but Jack the Drought insisted the fight was not over.

• Observers and Beasts Pirates members expected Kaido of the Beasts to outlast Uya in their drawn-out battle.
• Uya's unrestrained power of tremors struck Kaido of the Beasts and shattered the island into fragments.
• Uya hovered above the sea as observers realized he had destroyed the island, while Kaido of the Beasts could not be seen.
• Observers spotted blood in the water beneath Uya and wondered whether Kaido of the Beasts had lost.
• Jack the Drought ordered the Beasts Pirates to stop talking and declared that the fight was not over.

Uya used Tengai Shinsei against the gravely injured Kaido of the Beasts, summoning an enormous celestial body above the sea. As the meteor struck the shattered island and ocean, Uya escaped with the Marines aboard their warship while pirates and onlookers fled in terror.

• Uya assessed Kaido of the Beasts' severe injuries and formed a hand seal to summon a colossal meteor.
• Uya vanished from above the sea, reached a distant warship, and lifted it out of the water to carry it away.
• The Beasts Pirates, including Jack the Drought, and other watching forces fled as the meteor descended.
• Kaido of the Beasts watched from the seabed as the meteor crashed into the shattered island and sea, producing towering waves.

Uya destroyed the island and the surrounding waves with Tengai Shinsei, then prepared to visit the next Emperor after implying that Kaido of the Beasts might be dead. Survivors and distant observers recognized that Kaido had been defeated and that the era was about to change.

• Uya lifted the warship beyond Tengai Shinsei's range, then shattered the enormous waves before they could hit it.
• Ain realized Uya believed Kaido of the Beasts might have died, though Uya said survival would have depended on luck.
• Uya took back the box from Ain and said they would visit the next Emperor.
• The Beasts Pirates struggled to rescue those swept into the sea as their battered ships approached the newly formed island.
• Observers from various factions saw Kaido's defeat as undeniable and concluded that the era would be rewritten.

The Five Elders watched Uya destroy an island and summon a massive meteor, then ordered the World Government and Marines to keep him content. News of Kaido's death spread across the sea, and Doflamingo began considering how Uya's interest in Ain might offer an opportunity.

• The Five Elders watched Uya shatter the island and summon a meteor, and the projection ended when a wave struck their observation ship.
• The Five Elders agreed to avoid making Uya their enemy and ordered officials to satisfy his wishes, including changing Ain's Marine rank.
• News that Uya had killed Kaido spread across the sea, alarming pirates and the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
• Doflamingo learned from Trebol that Uya had requested Ain as his adjutant and considered exploiting that information.

Akainu and Kizaru withdrew from their battle against the pirate crew in Totto Land and learned that Aokiji had gone to the Beasts Pirates’ territory to assist Uya. Sengoku then told Akainu that Kaido of the Beasts was dead.

• Akainu and Kizaru led the Marines in an assault on the pirate-held island, but lightning and fire from the dark clouds hindered their attack.
• Kizaru urged Akainu to retreat because the Marines had suffered heavy losses, and Akainu reluctantly ordered the withdrawal.
• Akainu blamed Uya for leaving the pirate crew alive and worried that Uya’s fight with Kaido of the Beasts would create more trouble for the Marines.
• Akainu contacted Marine Headquarters to request Aokiji’s support, but learned that Aokiji had gone to the Beasts Pirates’ territory instead.
• Akainu called Sengoku to challenge the decision to send Aokiji, and Sengoku told him that Kaido of the Beasts was dead.

Uya studied the time-type Look-Back Fruit while his warship sailed toward Red-Haired Shanks' territory, then ate it to examine its power directly. Ain feared he would die from eating a second Devil Fruit, but Uya remained unharmed, leaving her to question why he had chosen such a seemingly useless fruit.

• Uya analyzed the Look-Back Fruit and tried to touch the chaotic rules of time, but could not grasp them.
• Uya ate the Look-Back Fruit, alarming Ain, who believed he already had a Devil Fruit ability.
• Uya explained that he was not a Devil Fruit user and showed no ill effects after eating the fruit.
• Ain identified the fruit as a nearly useless support ability and asked why Uya had chosen it.

Uya used the Look-Back Fruit to gain control over time, demonstrating that he could reverse a teacup’s destruction. As his power recovered, he reached Red-Haired Shanks’s island, where the story left him poised for a clash.

• Uya explained that the Look-Back Fruit had let him perceive and touch the threads of time, despite Ain believing it was only useful for viewing the past.
• Uya reversed time to restore a crushed teacup, shocking Ain, the user of the Return-Return Fruit.
• Uya realized he could control time through his own power and might eventually master reversal, acceleration, and stopping time.
• Uya learned the warship was nearing the next Emperor’s territory and identified Red-Haired Shanks as their destination.
• Uya’s warship crossed Shanks’s territory without obstruction and reached the island where Shanks was waiting, as onlookers wondered how their clash would unfold.

Uya arrived on the island to meet Red-Haired Shanks, who greeted him with Conqueror's Haki. Uya answered with his own, and their powers met in a stalemate that shocked the Red Hair Pirates' officers.

• Uya walked ashore alone and approached the clearing where Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates' officers waited.
• Shanks kept his head lowered and unleashed Conqueror's Haki directly at Uya.
• Uya remained unaffected by Shanks's Haki and remarked that it was stronger than Kaido of the Beasts' and Big Mom's.
• Uya released his own Conqueror's Haki, blasting away the clouds and cracking the ground beneath him.
• Uya's and Shanks's Haki collided, suspending stones and sand in midair as the Red Hair Pirates' officers struggled under the pressure.

Uya overwhelmed Red-Haired Shanks in a Conqueror's Haki clash, leaving the Red Hair Pirates stunned. Shanks then eased the tension by inviting Uya to drink, while privately wondering about the loneliness he had sensed in Uya.

• Uya's Conqueror's Haki crushed Shanks's, and the resulting force cracked the ground and scattered the dust.
• The Red Hair Pirates watched in disbelief and readied their weapons as Shanks slowly raised his head.
• Shanks laughed off his defeat and invited Uya to have a drink.
• Uya accepted, and Shanks grew more convinced that Uya acted independently rather than as a Marine.
• Shanks recalled the profound loneliness in Uya's aura and wondered what past could have caused it.

Uya and Shanks shared wine while the Red Hair Pirates watched, weighing Uya’s power against their captain’s chances in an inevitable fight. Uya infused the wine with Natural Energy, and Shanks drank it without harm, leaving him astonished by its flavor.

• Shanks offered Uya wine from his hometown, but Uya lifted the wine from the jar and made it hover in the air.
• The Red Hair Pirates debated whether Shanks could defeat Uya, while Benn Beckman silently considered the matchup.
• Uya asked Shanks about Devil Fruits that controlled attraction, gravity, and floating, and Shanks said he had encountered some of their users.
• Uya infused the hovering wine with Natural Energy and invited Shanks to try it.
• Shanks drank the wine, found its taste astonishing, and asked Uya what he had done.

Shanks and Uya began their long-awaited duel after Shanks challenged him for a hundred jars of wine. Shanks opened with a powerful sword-domain slash that tore through the battlefield toward Uya.

• Shanks drank more of Uya’s wine, and Uya offered him a hundred jars if he won their fight.
• Shanks revealed his fierce desire to test himself against Uya, and Beckman led the Red Hair Pirates’ officers to high ground to watch.
• Shanks drew his sword as Uya summoned the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword, and their sword intents split a cloud and cracked the ground.
• The Red Hair Pirates’ swordsmen judged Uya’s sword intent more domineering but his swordsmanship a realm below Shanks’s.
• Shanks unleashed a flowing-water sword-domain slash that tore a trench through the earth and surged toward Uya.

Uya faced Shanks in a sword fight, blocking his ranged strikes without giving ground before they clashed at close quarters. Shanks gained the upper hand through superior swordsmanship, leaving Uya still composed as the island and sky were torn apart around them.

• Uya analyzed Shanks's sword energy and blocked his first slash with the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword without moving.
• Shanks coated his sword in Armament Haki and launched a concentrated strike, but Uya stopped it and the resulting energy carved a trench through the island and sea.
• Shanks rushed into close combat, and Uya intercepted his descending sword; their clash split the clouds above.
• Uya praised Shanks's swordsmanship, and the two exchanged further blows as Shanks's great-swordsman skill began to suppress Uya's.
• Observers concluded that Shanks's Haki and superior swordsmanship were countering Uya, while their battle devastated the island and clouds.

Uya and Red-Haired Shanks clashed in a sword fight, with Shanks initially seeming to hold the advantage. By learning from Shanks during their duel, Uya reached the pinnacle of swordsmanship, leaving the Red Hair Pirates and other observers stunned.

• Red-Haired Shanks pressed Uya with his swordsmanship, while Ben Beckman realized Uya was still holding back.
• Uya announced that their exchange was enough and focused on the swords as his sword intent grew more condensed.
• Uya struck Shanks back several steps, and Shanks recognized a change in Uya's sword intent.
• Uya's sword intent surged into a terrifying sword domain as he reached the pinnacle of swordsmanship.
• The Red Hair Pirates' swordsmen and other observers reacted with disbelief at Uya becoming a great swordsman.

Uya reached the pinnacle of swordsmanship during his duel with Shanks and unleashed a strike that split Red-Haired's territory and nearly cleaved the New World in two. Shanks conceded defeat, leaving Uya victorious over the third of the Four Emperors.

• Uya completed his breakthrough into the realm of a great swordsman and realized swordsmanship could concentrate all his power into a single strike.
• Uya coated the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword with Armament Haki stronger than Shanks's and swung it with the thirty percent of his power he had recovered.
• Uya's slash distorted space, opened an abyss across the island, and cleaved through the sea and Red-Haired's territory.
• Shanks recognized that he could not have blocked the strike and admitted defeat.
• Uya let the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword merge into his body.