Chapter Summaries

After two and a half months of travel, Cifer brought his companions to Fish-Man Island, where they reunited with Shirahoshi. The chapter left the crew meeting her in the streets.

• Norn became mayor of Rona Town, Issho apologized to the people of the Qing Kingdom and was forgiven, and Kuma, Bonney, and Chopper reunited with people from their pasts.
• Cifer told Robin that Sauron was alive and advised her to visit the giants' homeland in the New World.
• Lucci captured a fleeing pirate ship, and Cifer acquired a Devil Fruit before choosing Fish-Man Island as their next destination.
• Cifer took Little Ul through space to Fish-Man Island, where friendly residents welcomed him and told him Shirahoshi was out in the streets.
• Cifer told Nolan and Enel that Shirahoshi was his first companion, then Shirahoshi arrived on Mekaro and said she had missed him.

Cifer reunited with Shirahoshi at Ryugu Palace and reassured Neptune that he had not come to take her away. He revealed a special fruit meant to give Shirahoshi powers and declared that he would make the world match her dreams.

• Cifer greeted Shirahoshi, who happily embraced him, and reunited with Jinbe on Fish-Man Island.
• Nolan and Shirahoshi quickly became friends while Cifer, Enel, and Jinbe went to speak with Neptune.
• Neptune voiced concern that Cifer had come before the agreed time to take Shirahoshi, and Cifer said he had only stopped by to visit before entering the New World.
• Jinbe worried that Shirahoshi could not protect herself outside Fish-Man Island, and Enel promised that a god would protect their future companion.
• Cifer showed Neptune and Jinbe a special fruit that was not a Devil Fruit but could grant Shirahoshi powers, then vowed to make the world fit her dreams.

Cifer’s crew shared a banquet with the royal family of Fish-Man Island, and Shirahoshi ate the fruit Cifer gave her. Robin learned that Shirahoshi was Poseidon, and the chapter ended with Shirahoshi introducing the crew to the Sea Kings she could command.

• Cifer joked with Shirahoshi, introduced her to Enel, and gave her a fruit that she swallowed despite Neptune’s concern.
• Cifer’s companions and the royal family attended a lavish banquet at Ryugu Palace.
• Robin revealed that she had learned from the Poneglyph that Shirahoshi was the ancient weapon Poseidon, and Neptune confirmed it.
• Shirahoshi brought Cifer’s group to meet the enormous Sea Kings she called Little Blue, Little Gray, and Little Yellow.
• Cifer praised Shirahoshi and patted her head as Robin and the others reacted to the scale of Poseidon’s power.

After Shirahoshi revealed her new ability to transform her tail into legs, she told Cifer that people’s slander had made her fear he might leave her. Enel learned that the slander had upset Shirahoshi and punished the offenders with lightning, leaving Jinbe under Issho’s pressure as he tried to intervene.

• Shirahoshi showed Cifer that she could transform her tail into legs and said she had wanted him to be the first to see.
• Shirahoshi tearfully told Cifer that people had called him evil and warned her that he would destroy Fish-Man Island; Cifer promised he would never leave her.
• Enel asked Neptune how the slanderers and bullies should be punished, then rejected Neptune’s suggestion of imprisonment as too lenient.
• Enel used his Mantra to locate people across Fish-Man Island who had slandered Cifer and struck them with lightning, leaving them bedridden for at least a week.
• Jinbe tried to stop Enel, but Issho warned him not to interfere, and Jinbe felt his body grow heavier.

After warning Jinbe to control the fish-men who had insulted Shirahoshi, Cifer’s group spent a week on Fish-Man Island before departing aboard the Little Ul. Enel and Lucci confronted Hody’s group, while Shirahoshi stayed behind and Madame Shyarly watched Cifer’s departure.

• Cifer warned Jinbe that the fish-men who had upset Shirahoshi needed to be kept in line, and Jinbe promised to speak with Neptune.
• During Cifer’s group’s week on Fish-Man Island, Neptune urged the residents to honor Cifer, and the island’s people grew more accepting of the humans.
• Enel and Lucci entered a tavern in the Fish-Man District to deal with Hody’s group, and Lucci began attacking them.
• The coated Little Ul departed for the New World, while Shirahoshi waved goodbye and Cifer told her she might become a wanted villain when they returned.
• Madame Shyarly watched the departing group from the Mermaid Cafe, and Cifer looked back toward Fish-Man Island as their gazes seemed to meet.

After the Little Ul reached the New World, Cifer’s crew encountered a Marine fleet escorting the World Government’s Heavenly Gold. Cifer attacked the fleet to claim the treasure, while T-Bone continued opposing him.

• Shirahoshi’s Sea Kings escorted the Little Ul to the surface, and Enel cleared a path through the New World’s storm clouds.
• Cifer spotted Marine warships escorting World Government vessels and approached the fleet.
• T-Bone identified himself as a Marine commodore and tried to stop Cifer from taking the Heavenly Gold.
• Cifer kicked T-Bone through a warship and used Spiritual Pressure to knock out the Marines who charged at him.
• The suited escorts surrendered the treasure, but T-Bone recovered and confronted Cifer again inside the ship.

T-Bone stood against Cifer to protect the Heavenly Gold, fearing that taking it would leave civilians to suffer even more. Cifer offered him a choice, and T-Bone agreed to lead Cifer’s group to the allied nations so he could judge whether they could help the people.

• T-Bone rallied the Marines and refused to let Cifer take the Heavenly Gold, explaining that the nations’ civilians would suffer if the World Government demanded it again.
• Cifer returned a piece of gold to T-Bone and argued that justice could not protect civilians while T-Bone served the World Government.
• Cifer offered to leave the Heavenly Gold untouched if T-Bone took him to the nations where it had been collected.
• After imagining civilians starving, losing their homes, or dying in pirate attacks, T-Bone agreed to lead Cifer’s group there.
• T-Bone told the Marines he was willing to gamble for justice and asked them to help protect civilians if anything went wrong.

T-Bone arrived at a kingdom with Cifer, Issho, and their group, where pirates were attacking civilians. As T-Bone fought the pirates’ captain, Lucci confronted the suited World Government agents trying to flee with the Heavenly Gold.

• Sengoku learned from T-Bone that Ulquiorra had seized a government cargo ship and a Marine warship, and Akainu ordered T-Bone to protect the civilians.
• T-Bone admitted he had helped Ulquiorra because he wanted the impoverished nations to have a chance to live.
• At the kingdom’s harbor, T-Bone led his Marines toward the town after spotting pirate ships, while Issho, Cifer, and the others followed.
• The suited agents attacked the Marines guarding the cargo ship and tried to sail away, but Lucci appeared and challenged them.
• T-Bone found the town devastated by pirates, struck down a group with his sword, and was knocked back by their captain.

T-Bone fought a pirate crew attacking civilians but was saved by Issho and Cifer’s group. After learning a CP member had attacked his wounded subordinates, T-Bone gave up his Justice Cape to bind their injuries and confronted the agent.

• T-Bone fought a pirate captain who had slaughtered civilians, but the captain broke his sword and nearly killed him.
• Issho arrived and used his power to crush the pirate captain and crew, while T-Bone tried to shield him from their attack.
• Cifer and his group arrived, and T-Bone thanked Issho for saving him and the civilians despite learning Issho was their companion.
• T-Bone apologized to the town’s police captain for failing to protect the civilians, as Cifer and Issho finished off the pirates.
• Lucci revealed that a CP member had attacked T-Bone’s injured subordinates, and T-Bone tore up his Justice Cape to bandage them before approaching the agent.

Cifer brought T-Bone and his companions to the capital, where he revealed that he intended to return the Heavenly Gold so the starving citizens could receive relief. He urged the king to abandon the World Government and accept Cifer as the country's new king, leaving T-Bone's choice unresolved.

• T-Bone killed the suited man and defended his idea of justice, while Cifer invited him to join his cause.
• Cifer asked the police captain to lead the group to the king, and they traveled through poverty-stricken villages before reaching the capital.
• The king welcomed Cifer and asked what he wanted, and Cifer said he had come for the Heavenly Gold.
• Cifer explained that he planned to return the Heavenly Gold to help the starving citizens, but the king warned that losing World Government protection could endanger the country.
• Cifer sat on the throne and asked the king to bear his name and crown him king.

Cifer offered to protect the king’s country, and the king chose to stop paying Heavenly Gold and place his nation under Cifer’s flag. T-Bone left the Marines with his men to follow his own justice, while Cifer’s group reached a wealthy capital built on the suffering of its poor.

• Cifer offered to return the king’s Heavenly Gold and make the country his territory, and the king accepted his protection.
• The king announced that he would stop paying Heavenly Gold, and T-Bone apologized for the World Government’s failure to protect the country.
• T-Bone told Cifer he would leave the Marines and become his subordinate, and every Marine present knelt to join him.
• Cifer opened a path through space, and his group departed with the recovered Heavenly Gold and captured pirate ships.
• Over the next half month, Cifer’s group visited three more countries, and two returned their Heavenly Gold and raised Cifer’s flag.
• Cifer’s group arrived at a country where the poor starved while the upper class prospered, and Cifer asked T-Bone who the common people’s enemies were.

Cifer’s group encountered a silver-haired youth who had slaughtered the palace guards and rulers, driven by the misery he witnessed among the country’s people. After Issho subdued him, the youth explained why he had come to kill those in power, leaving the group shaken by the country’s deeper suffering.

• T-Bone’s companions condemned the royal family, while Issho reminded him that they were no longer bound by the Marines’ duties.
• Cifer’s group reached the palace and found the guards dead, then a silver-haired youth charged at Cifer.
• Nolan attacked the youth, but he smashed her rocks before Issho restrained him with gravity.
• The youth unleashed Conqueror’s Haki and resisted Issho, but Cifer had Issho release him and demanded an explanation.
• The youth said he had killed the palace’s people because he had seen commoners driven to terrible choices just to survive, and had been told to kill the king instead.
• Cifer’s group was shaken by the country’s devastation, while Issho struggled to judge the youth’s actions.

Qiaomu sought out Ulquiorra Cifer, hoping to follow him until Cifer became the world’s sole evil and then kill him. Zephyr arrived to establish the New Marines, while Kuma planned for the Revolutionary Army to intervene in the country, and Zephyr recruited Qiaomu.

• Qiaomu asked to become Cifer’s companion so he could grow strong enough to eliminate Cifer after Cifer fulfilled his declaration.
• Zephyr arrived with Ain and Binz, explained that he had tracked Cifer, and said he wanted to train future New Marines rather than serve as Cifer’s subordinate.
• Cifer ordered T-Bone to empty the palace and give its Heavenly Gold to Zephyr to fund the New Marines.
• Kuma said the Revolutionary Army should intervene because the country’s corrupt upper class would keep the Heavenly Gold from reaching its people.
• Zephyr invited Qiaomu to join him and introduced himself as the Commander-in-Chief of the New Marines, and Qiaomu gave his name.

Qiaomu joined Zephyr’s crew while Cifer’s companions set course for a New World training base. A newspaper labeled Cifer the fifth Sea Emperor, prompting his crew to suspect the World Government was trying to provoke the Four Emperors, but Cifer welcomed any challengers.

• Qiaomu agreed to follow Zephyr, and T-Bone and his subordinates boarded Zephyr’s ship with them.
• Cifer told his crew to grow stronger and find a base in the New World, and Lucci steered the Little Ul toward the destination marked by Zephyr’s Eternal Pose.
• After a week at sea, Nolan bought a newspaper reporting that Cifer had been named the fifth Sea Emperor.
• Robin and Lucci suspected the World Government had labeled Cifer a Sea Emperor to provoke the Four Emperors into confronting him.
• Cifer dismissed the scheme and said he would gladly defeat any Sea Emperor who came after him.

Cifer and his crew reached Pirate Island Hachinosu, where they encountered Law and Ochoku amid a clash at Rocky Port. Ochoku recognized Cifer as a threat greater than even Rocks, while Law found himself caught between them.

• Cifer read that Gecko Moria had vanished, Charlotte Will and A Gin had become Shichibukai, and one position remained vacant.
• The Little Ul approached Hachinosu, and Kuma explained that the island had been Rocks D. Xebec’s base.
• Cifer’s crew docked amid fighting, where Law was trying to leave with the hearts of Ochoku’s subordinates.
• Ochoku confronted Law and revealed he had been watching him, but the Little Ul’s arrival drew his attention to Cifer.
• Law recognized Cifer and grew tense as he found himself surrounded by Cifer and Ochoku.

Law tried to escape Hachinosu after completing his purpose, while Ulquiorra Cifer and Enel confronted Ochoku. Enel overwhelmed Ochoku, who finally offered to surrender Hachinosu.

• Law used ROOM to escape with his companions and the boxes, but Ochoku tracked them with Observation Haki and attacked with his sword.
• Ochoku questioned Cifer, who dismissed him, and Enel struck Ochoku with lightning before their battle began.
• Ochoku's pirates tried to take civilians hostage, but Issho stopped them with a powerful slash, and Koby let the civilians choose whether to stay.
• Cifer declared Hachinosu his territory and allowed civilians to remain there if they wished.
• Enel injured Ochoku and wore him down, until Ochoku called off the fight and offered to give him Hachinosu.

Enel and Lucci defeated Ochoku and Big Fool in Rocky Port, ending the battle for Hive. Cifer rejected the surviving pirates’ surrender and ordered Las Noches built at the island’s center.

• Big Fool charged Lucci to protect Ochoku, but Lucci transformed and fought him for the Power-Power Fruit.
• Enel battled Ochoku, whose age left him unable to withstand Enel’s Thunder Magnetic Storm.
• Lucci defeated Big Fool with Maximum Wheel: Six King Guns as Enel struck down Ochoku.
• The surviving pirates offered to serve Ulquiorra, but Nolan and Lucci began killing them instead.
• Cifer ordered Koby to take Ochoku to Marineford and return his bounty, then destroyed the skull-shaped building and announced plans for Las Noches.

Cifer offered Law a place among his forces, but let him leave when he could not decide whether to give up his freedom. After Law departed, Cifer hired Uzi and his disciples to build something on the island, and a civilian asked what the remaining residents would have to give in return.

• Law thanked Cifer for twice escaping danger and assured Lucci that he did not want to become their enemy.
• Cifer asked whether Law could protect his companions in the New World and offered him a place under Chopper, but told him to leave when he hesitated.
• Law departed with his companions, while Bepo and Chopper reluctantly waved goodbye.
• Cifer asked for someone who understood construction, and Uzi introduced himself along with around a dozen of his disciples.
• Cifer promised Uzi full payment and the finest materials, then Enel delivered a treasure bag as a deposit.
• A civilian asked Cifer what the island’s remaining residents would have to give him.

Cifer established his rule over the island and ordered Uzi to build Las Noches, a palace modeled after a recording. Lucci ate the Power-Power Fruit and challenged Enel to a fight, while Cifer declared that their palace would stand in the heavens.

• Cifer told the islanders to give him their hearts and live well, and they celebrated their freedom as he walked toward the island’s center.
• Uzi sent his disciples to gather their trade tools, then followed Cifer with them to the island’s center.
• Lucci ate the Power-Power Fruit and felt his strength increase, then challenged Enel to a fight.
• Cifer told Lucci and Enel to find an open place so they would not damage the island, and the two raced away.
• Cifer gave Uzi a Den Den Mushi recording of a palace and ordered him to build a close imitation using the best available materials.
• Cifer told Uzi not to build the palace on the ground and declared that it would stand in the heavens.

Cifer commissioned Uzi to build a sky palace named Las Noches and let the civilians of Rocky Port search for pirate treasure in exchange for half of what they found. The civilians gathered mountains of treasure, while Kuma reflected that Cifer had become a savior to people suffering in the world.

• Cifer showed Uzi a palace design and named the planned structure Las Noches, inspiring Uzi to make it his proudest work.
• Nolan complained that the projected palace was bare, and Cifer explained that the image showed only the main hall and that they could add more later.
• Enel defeated Lucci in a training fight, and Chopper treated Lucci's injuries while Lucci insisted he wanted to improve through real combat.
• Cifer told the civilians to search for pirate treasure and keep half of whatever they found, prompting them to enthusiastically join the search.
• The civilians piled up mountains of gold and silver treasure, and Cifer confirmed that they had kept their own shares.