An unlikely but still possible outcome:
blackbeard defeats Law. Law is near death and is being kidnapped by Blackbeard, because he wants Law to make him immortal.
meanwhile the strawhats decides to take on blackbeard and save Law.
blackbeard appears to win or something that makes luffy near...
I was just thinking..
Blackbeard can nullify devil fruit abilities, so i was wondering about why the awakening happened at all now in the final saga.
could it be that coating yourself with CoC Haki makes it possible to avoid his draining of powers. Kind of like armor/ a crust that makes it...