The Divine Eye Pirates' aggressive expansion had initially put many forces on guard, fearful of being caught up in it. However, after seeing that the Divine Eye Pirates had occupied ten islands and then made no further moves, the other forces gradually relaxed and turned their attention elsewhere.
After being active for a while in 1503, the Divine Eye Pirates fell silent. News of them became scarce in the New World, but the storms there only grew fiercer. The pirate boom in the first half of the Grand Line and the Four Blues showed no signs of slowing either.
To maintain the Navy's suppression of Pirates, the World Government conducted a worldwide recruitment drive, bringing many promising people into the Navy.
However, these new troops only had a noticeable effect in the first half of the Grand Line and the Four Blues. They were of very limited use against the Pirates of the New World, because the New World was now a battlefield of monsters. No matter how many ordinary soldiers were sent in, they would only be throwing away lives.
The struggle in the New World was intense. Older-generation Pirates like Golden Lion and Whitebeard; middle-generation figures like Big Mom, Kaido, and Silver Axe John; and younger-generation figures like Red-Haired Shanks, Hawk Eyes Mihawk, Bear, Doflamingo, Crocodile, and Gecko Moria—these people fought endlessly in the New World, whether for wealth, territory, fame, or dreams. Every day was lively with conflict.
The Divine Eye Pirates were only relatively peaceful. Other ambitious Pirates still came looking for trouble, but they failed to recognize the gap in strength and were effortlessly dealt with by the Divine Eye Pirates, unable to stir up any real waves.
Besides famous pirate powerhouses, experts from some powerful New World nations also got involved, such as the