Recaps

Golden Lion Shiki returned to the seas and told Whitebeard that a mysterious man had recruited him to kill the hidden King of the World, an eight-hundred-year-old ruler tied to Rocks’s death. Whitebeard refused to join him, and Shiki left to announce his return by targeting the Navy.

• Golden Lion Shiki appeared aboard Whitebeard’s ship and said he had abandoned his old plan after spending more than a decade away.
• Shiki told Whitebeard that a mysterious man had revealed the King of the World killed Rocks and had ruled from the shadows for eight hundred years.
• Shiki invited Whitebeard to help take down the King of the World, but Whitebeard refused to risk his family.
• Whitebeard asked who the mysterious man was, but another visitor approaching across the sea interrupted Shiki before he could explain.
• Shiki flew away, planning to formally return by attacking the Navy.

Yamato reached the Whitebeard Pirates and announced that she was Kaido’s daughter and the inheritor of Kozuki Oden’s will, while news of Naito’s capture of Doflamingo spread across the world. The chapter then shifted to Dunas Kingdom, where farmers planted another crop for Lord Night King and Johansen stood with soldiers assembled in the royal capital.

• Yamato arrived aboard the Moby Dick and told Whitebeard and Izo she had come to share the story of Kozuki Oden’s final days.
• Newspapers reported Doflamingo’s crimes and capture by Naito, prompting celebration and concern among people connected to the Donquixote Family.
• A young man in North Blue read the news of Doflamingo’s capture and wondered whether he still needed to avenge Mr. Corazon.
• Kaido dismissed the idea of rescuing Doflamingo, complained that Naito had interfered again, and focused on finding Yamato and awaiting the first Artificial Devil Fruits.
• Mayor John supervised farmers planting another batch of crops for Lord Night King in East Mountain Town, while Johansen stood among soldiers assembled at the royal palace.

Gaston formed a special unit of a thousand elite soldiers to serve Lord Night King and distributed Artificial Devil Fruits, with 167 soldiers gaining abilities. Meanwhile, Naito began testing a new idea by preparing to use a living lion whose consciousness had been erased.

• Gaston told the soldiers that Lord Night King needed a special unit and warned them that the Artificial Devil Fruits had a low success rate and permanent side effects.
• Johansen volunteered to eat the first fruit, transformed into a winged birdlike hybrid, and was named leader of the unit by Gaston.
• The soldiers each ate a fruit, and 167 of the thousand gained abilities, leaving many in bizarre hybrid forms.
• Naito met Luna and Buckingham on a cloud island above the Dunas Kingdom, where Buckingham explained that he had erased a lion's consciousness.
• Naito agreed that the lion's body was ready and told Buckingham to begin.

Naito tested Wapol’s ability to fuse fierce beasts, then assessed his crew’s growing strength as he prepared to expand beyond the Dunas Kingdom. The chapter ended with Judge arriving in the City of Dreams.

• Naito had Wapol fuse a lion with a pirate, creating a huge creature whose human-lion form could be adjusted.
• The fused lion-man trained against Anthony and demonstrated that he could use Haki, though Anthony still defeated him.
• Naito told Luna to capture more fierce beasts after deciding the fusion was useful for strengthening high-level foot soldiers.
• Naito declared the Dunas Kingdom fully under his control and announced that the crew would begin expanding openly.
• Naito reviewed the rising strength of his officers and judged that his crew had Four Emperors-level combat power.

Naito began preparing to seize the sea between Kaido and Whitebeard’s territories, then entered Judge’s dream and demanded his submission. The chapter ended with Judge terrified after Naito tortured him in the Dream World and asked him to answer again.

• Naito declared the sea between Kaido and Whitebeard’s territories his target and said he would face Ochoku if necessary.
• Naito ordered the beast army to take shape, approved sending the remaining Artificial Devil Fruits to Kaido, and criticized the slow progress of their research.
• Naito located Judge aboard the Germa Kingdom’s snail fleet and pulled his consciousness into the Dream World.
• Judge refused to submit to Naito, who tortured him for about ten minutes before demanding a new answer.

Naito forced Judge to submit, brought him into the Dream World, and assigned him to work with Caesar and Stussy on improving Artificial Devil Fruits. Meanwhile, Whitebeard and his crew discussed Kozuki Oden’s fate and regretted that he had not asked them for help.

• Naito threatened Judge with prolonged dream torture until Judge surrendered and accepted the hub.
• Judge awoke, entered his dream world, and reveled in ruling the North Blue before Caesar called him to Valhalla.
• Caesar and Stussy told Judge that Naito was behind World and his group, and that they were preparing to stir up trouble in the New World.
• Judge learned he would help Caesar and Stussy improve Artificial Devil Fruits and hoped to earn the chance to govern the North Blue.
• Whitebeard, Marco, Vista, and Izo discussed Oden, with Izo saying Oden feared Orochi’s reaction and may have believed his lies.

Yamato left the Whitebeard Pirates after gaining Whitebeard and his allies’ support for a future return to Wano, then set out to retrace Roger’s route. Meanwhile, Naito continued restoring order in Dressrosa and prepared to leave with Gion and the Affiliated Nations’ kings.

• Izo warned against seeking revenge in Wano, but Yamato declared that she wanted to return and open the country’s borders for her own sake.
• Whitebeard agreed to fight Kaido as Kozuki Oden’s brother, and Marco, Vista, and Izo offered to help in their personal capacities.
• Yamato departed the Moby Dick to travel through the four Blues, beginning with the North Blue, while a Whitebeard Pirate wondered whether Oden’s logbook revealed the location of the One Piece.
• Naito used marines and Dressrosa’s soldiers to suppress troublemakers and hunt the Donquixote Family’s remaining members after their defeat.
• Gion brought several kings of Affiliated Nations to meet Naito in Dressrosa, and they agreed that it was time to leave.

CP0 arrived in Dressrosa to take Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family into custody, allowing Naito and Gion to depart. As Dressrosa’s people thanked Naito and Viola expressed a desire to become a Marine, the story left the fleet sailing away and the Golden Lion aboard a massive ship in the New World skies.

• Guernica and the CP0 agents arrived, took custody of Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family, and told Naito and Gion they could continue their escort mission.
• Naito led the Marines aboard their ships and departed Dressrosa with Gion.
• King Riku, his family, and the people of Dressrosa thanked Naito as his fleet sailed away.
• King Riku promised Rebecca that Naito would return, and Viola told him she wanted to become a Marine like Naito.
• The Golden Lion smoked on the deck of a massive ship soaring through the New World skies and looked troubled.

After escorting the kings of the Affiliated Nations, Gion returned to Marine G-14 Base while Naito continued toward the first half of the New World. As Gion arrived, a mountain fell from the sky, and she frantically cut it apart to save the base.

• Gion and Naito parted ways near G-14 Base, with Naito setting out to meet Teacher Zephyr and seek a contribution toward his promotion.
• Gion returned to G-14 Base and met Vice Admiral Jenice, who agreed to take two days off to recover.
• A mountain suddenly descended toward G-14 Base, threatening its ten thousand personnel.
• Gion used Konpira and her Armament Haki to split the mountain and slash it into countless fragments.

Golden Lion Shiki attacked G-14 Base, forcing Gion to confront him and call for reinforcements. Sengoku and Naito learned of the attack, and Naito set out to help as Sanji asked who Shiki was.

• Golden Lion Shiki appeared over the ruined G-14 Base and announced that he would use Gion as the first sacrifice to proclaim his return.
• Gion ordered Vice Admiral Jenice to contact Marine Headquarters and request Naito’s support.
• Jenice’s message reached Sengoku, who told the Marines to contact Naito and put his faith in him and Gion.
• Naito received the alert, agreed to hurry to G-14 Base, and privately wondered why Shiki had returned.
• Binz recognized Shiki as the flying pirate, while Sanji asked who he was.

Naito left Ain, Sanji, and Binz to confront Golden Lion at G-14 Base, where Gion tried to stall the pirate while the Marines evacuated. Golden Lion revealed his Conqueror’s Haki Coating and sent Gion crashing into the harbor, but she judged that he had weakened and burst back out of the water.

• Naito reassured Ain and flew toward G-14 Base, while Sanji and Binz worried about him.
• At the ruined base, Gion kept Golden Lion waiting as Vice Admiral Jenice spoke on the phone and prepared the Marines to evacuate.
• Golden Lion attacked Gion with a Flying Slash, but she shattered it with Konpira and challenged him again.
• Gion and Golden Lion clashed repeatedly until he coated his leg blades with Conqueror’s Haki and struck her into the harbor.
• Underwater, Gion realized Golden Lion was weaker than Garp and burst out of the sea like a torpedo.

Golden Lion devastated G-14 Base and badly wounded Gion, but Naito arrived to help her confront him. Naito unleashed a vast swarm of clones that even Golden Lion’s Observation Haki could not distinguish from the real one.

• Golden Lion transformed G-14 Base into lion heads and slaughtered Marines while Gion attacked him in rage.
• Golden Lion overwhelmed Gion with Haki-coated strikes, leaving her gravely wounded.
• Naito arrived, joined Gion, and took the lead against Golden Lion.
• Naito launched a swarm of clones that confused Golden Lion and pressed through his slashes to surround him.

Naito and Gion fought Golden Lion in the air, using Naito’s illusions and evasive skills to land several blows. Golden Lion found a way to threaten them by targeting Gion, and Naito declared he would take his ability further as they faced another attack.

• Naito’s illusions let him strike Golden Lion while Gion attacked, but Golden Lion raised rubble with Lion’s Might: Imperial Earth Bind to fill the sky with dangerous fragments.
• Naito evaded the rubble by turning his body into a thin line with Kami-e and Life Return, then hit Golden Lion with a Haki-coated Serious Punch.
• Golden Lion trapped Gion in a giant hand of rubble and nearly struck her down, but Naito intervened and injured his fist blocking Golden Lion’s blade.
• Golden Lion realized Naito was protecting Gion and pursued them, forcing both of them to block his simultaneous sword strikes.
• Naito told Gion he would take his current ability a step further.

Naito awakened his Illusion-Illusion Fruit and used illusions to help Gion drive Golden Lion away from G-14 Base. Golden Lion escaped, leaving the base in ruins and its surviving soldiers struggling in the sea.

• Naito awakened his Illusion-Illusion Fruit, creating illusions of both himself and Gion that Golden Lion could not distinguish from the real pair.
• Naito and Gion attacked Golden Lion through the illusions, while Golden Lion struggled to identify their real attacks and began running out of stamina.
• Golden Lion summoned rock lions to attack the soldiers in the sea, forcing Naito and Gion to destroy the monsters instead of pursuing him.
• Golden Lion fled into the sky after threatening Naito, and Naito's illusions vanished once Gion sensed that he was gone.
• Naito and Gion surveyed the destroyed G-14 Base, where many soldiers had died and the survivors were still struggling in the sea.

After Naito and Gion drove off Golden Lion Shiki, they counted the terrible losses at G-14 Base and waited for transport for the survivors. When Ain arrived, she clung to Naito and admitted how afraid she had been of losing him.

• Naito and Gion watched the surviving Marines reach shore and learned that more than eight thousand had died.
• Naito reported the victory and the destruction of G-14 Base to Sengoku, who arranged transport for the survivors and told Naito and Gion to lead them back.
• Gion vowed to make Golden Lion pay for the bloodshed, and Naito called Ain to bring her group to the island.
• Ain arrived with the others and embraced Naito, confessing that she had been scared he would die and leave her.
• Naito teased Ain for doubting him, and she told him to stop acting hopelessly at a time like this.

Ain confessed her feelings to Naito and kissed him, while Gion watched with jealousy. Naito refused to call it dating, but Ain accepted that he did not dislike her and decided to keep pursuing him.

• Ain embraced and kissed Naito while Binz covered Sanji's eyes and Gion watched in silence.
• Ain kissed Naito again, and Naito returned the kiss as Gion felt jealous.
• Binz interrupted them, and Sanji congratulated Ain on dating Naito.
• Naito said he would not date anyone and claimed he kissed Ain because he respected her.
• Ain said she understood that Naito did not dislike her, took his hand, and resolved to keep pursuing him.

After Golden Lion attacked and destroyed G-14 Base, Naito and Gion drove him away, and reports of their feat spread worldwide. Naito was promoted to Vice Admiral, leaving him to consider his next assignment and how to reach Admiral-level strength.

• Yamato crossed the Calm Belt aboard a Sea King sent by Night King and set course for the North Blue.
• Naito and Gion helped bury the dead Marines at G-14 Base before the survivors departed for a nearby Affiliated Nation.
• Newspapers reported Golden Lion’s attack and praised Naito and Gion for driving him away, drawing reactions from powerful figures across the seas.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku promoted Naito to Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral and said they would discuss his next assignment after he returned.
• Naito resolved to master Conqueror’s Haki Coating and wondered whether he could remain in the Marine Guerrilla Unit as a Vice Admiral.

Naito received his Vice Admiral promotion while Gion accepted her medal and reward, and Ain joined him for training. On a Sky Island above the Dunas Kingdom, Luna prepared to unleash an army of giant beasts, while Kaido tested the newly ripened Artificial Devil Fruits on his pirates.

• Sengoku awarded Gion the Distinguished Marine Cross Medal, one special-class merit, and ten million Beli, and told her that a ship was coming to pick her up.
• Binz envied Naito’s promotion, while Ain proposed a date and then offered to train with him instead; Gion watched them with unease.
• Luna looked down at rows of giant beasts on a Sky Island above the Dunas Kingdom and declared that it was time.
• Salt told Kaido that the Artificial Devil Fruits had a success rate of roughly one in ten to one in five and gave users about half the boost of an ordinary Zoan.
• Kaido had twenty Beasts Pirates eat the fruits, and four gained animal abilities, prompting Queen to demand tests of their strength.

Kaido accepted the price of the Artificial Devil Fruits and agreed not to interfere with Salt's master's plans. Salt's forces invaded the Denton Kingdom, where giant beast-like pirates smashed their way toward the royal palace.

• Kaido watched four pirates test their new powers and learned that the next batch of fruits would be larger and ripen in about a year.
• Salt told Kaido that his master was about to make a move, and Kaido agreed to stay out of the way.
• Salt set the price at five million Beli per fruit, and Kaido ordered King to pay the remaining two billion Beli.
• In the Denton Kingdom, giant beast-like pirates descended from a cloud and charged toward the royal palace.
• Captain Toret tried to stop the werewolf, but it flattened him with a slap as the other monsters smashed into the palace.

Luna and the beastmen took control of the Denton Kingdom for Naito, bringing its king and leaders into the City of Dreams. Luna then hurried to another non-affiliated country and began the same takeover.

• King Kreku surrendered to Luna and the giant beastmen after they surrounded him in the palace.
• Luna brought Kreku into the City of Dreams and ordered him to summon the kingdom’s power holders.
• Luna knocked out the arriving soldiers with Conqueror’s Haki, then turned the kingdom’s leaders into hubs for Naito.
• Luna left giant beasts to guard the Denton Kingdom and flew off on Zeus to take over another country.
• Luna and the beasts quickly secured the next country using the same approach.

Naito received orders from Sengoku to protect the World Government’s Affiliated Nations as giant beasts seized Ochoku’s territory and war loomed. Borsalino was sent to support him, while Sengoku warned Naito not to get involved unless necessary.

• Ochoku read that the Fred Kingdom had been attacked and received an urgent call reporting that his forces were under assault.
• At the Fred Kingdom, Fleet-Footed Reg fought a giant rhinoceros beast, then was struck by a salt arrow fired from above.
• Naito received a call from Sengoku, who said the giant beasts had taken the Fred Kingdom and wiped out its stationed pirates.
• Sengoku ordered Naito to protect the Affiliated Nations and avoid the coming conflict unless absolutely necessary.
• Sengoku told Naito that Borsalino was on his way to support him, leaving Binz distressed at the arrival of another crisis.

Naito's fleet headed toward the attacked Affiliated Nation while Luna's beasts continued conquering countries, drawing suspicion from pirates who thought Golden Lion was behind the attacks. Ochoku sent Bristone to retake the Fred Kingdom as Luna ordered Salt to intercept him, and Ochoku prepared for a larger war.

• Naito and Vice Admiral Gion turned the fleet toward the nearest attacked Affiliated Nation, while pirates across the New World suspected Golden Lion was behind the giant beasts.
• Kaido recognized World's operation as an expansion toward Ochoku's territory and, despite coveting the beasts, held back because of his agreement with World.
• Luna's beasts crushed the defending army in another country, and the country fell under her control.
• Miss Bakkin told Luna that Ochoku had sent Bristone toward the Fred Kingdom, and Luna ordered Salt to deal with him while the expansion continued.
• Ochoku sent Bristone to retake the Fred Kingdom, expecting the hidden enemy to reveal himself and believing the real war would begin afterward.

After the beasts seized the last non-member country in the waters, Naito and Gion returned to a central Affiliated Nation to prepare for trouble. In the Fred Kingdom, Bristone confronted the beasts but was poisoned by Swift Sword Salt, revealing that World’s crew had taken over the country.

• Naito and Gion slowed their advance after the beasts stopped expanding and decided to return to a central Affiliated Nation.
• Bristone arrived in the Fred Kingdom and charged toward the three beasts camped beside the royal palace.
• Bristone attacked the giant rhinoceros man, but Salt appeared and intercepted him with a Haki-coated sword that transformed into a snake.
• Salt’s snake bit Bristone and injected him with black mamba venom, leaving him weakened despite his Haki and powerful physique.
• Bristone recognized Salt as Swift Sword Salt and realized that World and his crew were behind the beasts.

After Salt killed Bristone in Fred, the Marines learned that World’s forces were active again and considered waiting for a clash between World and Ochoku. Naito and his companions headed toward Hachinosu as Kizaru arrived to join them.

• Salt used his speed and venomous sword to weaken Bristone, then killed him and sent the giant beasts to deal with the remaining pirates in Fred.
• Naito traveled toward Hachinosu on Zeus and noted that Kizaru was approaching.
• Sengoku told Naito that Salt had killed Bristone and concluded that the giant beasts belonged to World.
• Sengoku ordered Naito’s group to wait for a possible battle between World and Ochoku before making a move.
• Binz, Ain, and Gion discussed World’s return and the Marines’ limited options without Kizaru.
• Kizaru arrived on the Marine ship in a beam of light.

Kizaru arrived to reinforce the Marines as Charlotte Linlin learned that World’s forces had killed Ochoku’s subordinate Bristone and offered Ochoku an alliance. Before they could act together, Naito’s group reached Hachinosu and unleashed a devastating lightning barrage on the island.

• Kizaru reached the Marines after racing across the Grand Line and asked for food.
• Charlotte Linlin recognized World’s crew in the news and ordered Katakuri to assemble their forces.
• Linlin called Ochoku, told him Bristone and his pirates had been killed by Swift Sword Salt, and offered help in exchange for payment.
• Ochoku spotted Naito’s motionless cloud above Hachinosu and told Linlin that World’s forces had already arrived.
• Naito ordered Zeus to summon a storm, and lightning engulfed Hachinosu, destroying buildings and striking down pirates.