Chapter Summaries

Roy used the Revolutionary Army’s potential interest in Pluton to pressure the Five Elders into appointing him a Shichibukai. After the deal was reached, his crew celebrated while a CP0 agent asked him to return the Dongdong Island data.

• Roy warned the Five Elders that he would offer his information about Pluton to the Revolutionary Army if they rejected his bargain.
• The Five Elders agreed to Roy’s conditions in exchange for the Dongdong Island data chip and appointed him a Shichibukai.
• The Five Elders told Roy to attack pirates and curb the Revolutionary Army’s growth, and said his appointment would appear in the newspapers within a day.
• Roy’s crew cheered his new status and celebrated the benefits his Shichibukai flag would bring.
• A CP0 agent entered and asked Roy to hand over the Dongdong Island data materials.

Roy used Dream Realm Exile to break the CP0 agent sent to deliver the Five Elders’ order, then learned that the World Government had already planned to grant him the Shichibukai title because of his Devil Fruit. The chapter left Roy aware that the Five Elders feared the Dream-Dream Fruit’s potential, though they knew little about the abilities he had developed.

• Roy questioned the masked CP0 agent about the Five Elders’ order and suspected the World Government had expected him to accept it.
• Roy used Dream Realm Exile to trap the CP0 agent in a dream of endless loneliness, breaking his resistance and making him submit as Fursis.
• Crocodile and Robin watched Roy’s power and realized he had revealed it to intimidate them.
• Roy asked Fursis whether the Five Elders had already intended to make him a Shichibukai, and Fursis confirmed it.
• Fursis explained that the World Government identified Roy’s fruit as the Dream-Dream Fruit and had feared pressuring him because earlier users could kill people in dreams.

Roy learned why the Five Elders feared his ability to kill people in dreams and discovered that Vegapunk had left the World Government’s human-gigantification research stalled while pursuing a more important project. After discussing the Five Elders’ failed attempt to use the Shichibukai against him, Roy let Fursis return with the Dongdong Island data as a reward for their performance.

• Fursis explained that the Five Elders believed Roy could use his dream abilities to kill Celestial Dragons, so they avoided provoking him.
• Fursis revealed that Dongdong Island was the World Government’s lowest-ranked secret base and that its research focused on human gigantification, a field led by Vegapunk at a higher-ranked base.
• Fursis said Vegapunk had left the gigantification project to pursue new research, prompting Roy to suspect that the World Government was developing the Pacifistas.
• Fursis confirmed that the Five Elders had intended to use the Dongdong Island data to persuade the Shichibukai to deal with Roy.
• Roy decided to let Fursis return with the data, calling it a reward for the Five Elders’ convincing performance.

News of Roy becoming the new Shichibukai, Nightmare, reached pirates across the seas and inspired ambition, rivalry, and revenge. In Foosha Village, Ace chose Roy as his first target for when he set sail.

• Capone Bege defeated a rival gang in West Blue, then learned Roy had become a Shichibukai and resolved to build his strength before entering the Grand Line.
• Eustass Kid crushed pirate ships in South Blue, celebrated Roy’s rise, and vowed to drag him from the Shichibukai seat when he reached the Grand Line.
• Trafalgar Law escaped his trackers in North Blue, read about Roy’s new title, and hoped to become a Shichibukai so he could take revenge on Doflamingo.
• Ace picked Roy as his first target after setting sail, then fought Luffy when Luffy tried to take his wanted poster.

Gladius delivered Doflamingo’s request to speak with Roy, while Crocodile revealed that he had submitted to Roy. Doflamingo proposed an alliance, but Roy’s knowledge that Doflamingo was a Celestial Dragon and Crocodile’s presence made Doflamingo reconsider the balance of power.

• Gladius confronted Roy’s crew at the Royal Palace, but Roy let him come to speak and Crocodile appeared behind him.
• Gladius gave Roy the Den Den Mushi from Doflamingo and left the guest room.
• Doflamingo contacted Roy and proposed an alliance, claiming that their past conflict was driven by profit rather than lasting hatred.
• Roy revealed that he knew Doflamingo was a Celestial Dragon, leaving Doflamingo stunned.
• Doflamingo recognized Crocodile’s voice and realized that Crocodile had submitted to Roy, prompting him to reassess Roy’s strength.

Doflamingo proposed secretly uniting the Shichibukai, and Roy challenged the plan’s weaknesses before revealing that Bartholomew Kuma could not choose to join. When Revolutionary Army commander Belo Betty appeared, Roy proposed including the Revolutionary Army, leaving the potential alliance open for discussion.

• Doflamingo pitched a Shichibukai alliance to Roy as a force that could influence the world’s balance of power.
• Roy questioned whether the Shichibukai could cooperate, citing Hawkeye, the Empress, Jinbe, and Gecko Moria as difficult recruits.
• Doflamingo said he had intended to recruit Bartholomew Kuma and Crocodile, and praised Roy as a valuable addition.
• Roy revealed that Bartholomew Kuma had no freedom to choose and identified the newly arrived Belo Betty as a Revolutionary Army commander.
• Belo Betty asked how Roy knew Kuma’s secret, while Roy remained silent and Doflamingo questioned whether they should continue.
• Roy suggested that the Revolutionary Army join the alliance, and Belo Betty recognized the prospect of gaining Shichibukai allies and securing supplies and weapons.

Roy and Doflamingo negotiated an alliance with Belo Betty, offering supplies and weapons in exchange for the Revolutionary Army’s future Pacifista data. Belo Betty agreed to a personal promise pending Dragon’s decision, and the first shipment was set to go to Alabasta.

• Doflamingo asked what benefits the Revolutionary Army could offer, and Roy proposed trading the Pacifista data for their cooperation.
• Belo Betty refused to hand over Kuma’s hard-won data, while Doflamingo and Crocodile realized Kuma was a Revolutionary Army member who had sacrificed himself to obtain it.
• Roy argued that Kuma’s sacrifice should serve the Revolutionary Army’s needs and urged Belo Betty to let Kuma decide, persuading her to agree to the deal pending Dragon’s approval.
• Belo Betty requested that the first shipment of supplies and weapons arrive in Alabasta within days, keeping the Revolutionary Army’s bases secret.
• After Belo Betty left, Doflamingo and Roy discussed the costs of aiding the Revolutionary Army and the potential profit of obtaining Pacifista data.

Cyclops’s crew retreated from the Forbidden Sea Area, while Foxy’s crew hoped to use Roy’s flag for protection. In Alabasta, Cobra enforced Roy’s rule as Vivi grew fearful, and Roy reviewed recruits before asking Robin about Judge’s work.

• Cyclops stopped his crew from pursuing the Foxy Pirates into the Forbidden Sea Area and warned them not to provoke Roy.
• After the One-Eyed Dragon Pirate Crew withdrew, Foxy told his crew to keep sailing toward Alabasta and seek permission to use Roy’s flag.
• Cobra defended Roy’s flag over Alabasta and had Minister Weil removed, while Vivi watched and feared the changes in her father and the palace.
• Robin told Roy that she had organized the Phantom Sword Grand Fleet and selected several promising recruits.
• Roy showed interest in Silver Fox Foxy’s Slow-Slow Fruit and asked Robin to bring Foxy to him.
• Robin reported that Judge had installed propellers on all the ships, allowing them to achieve low-altitude flight.

Roy brought the Phantom Sword Pirates’ enormous fleet to Sky Island with Judge’s propulsion system and help from his Devil Fruit Ability and Crocodile’s sandstorm. As the crew celebrated their arrival, Wyper and the Shandia warriors spotted the ships’ cargo of soil and began considering whether to seize it.

• Robin warned Roy that developing flight boosters was exhausting the budget, but Roy insisted the investment would pay off and planned to use Sky Island as a base.
• Judge assured Roy that the fleet’s propulsion could reach 3,000 meters, and Roy planned to extend its climb with his Devil Fruit Ability before Crocodile carried it the rest of the way.
• Roy’s Devil Fruit Ability stabilized the rising fleet, and Crocodile transformed into a golden storm to lift it onto the clouds of Sky Island.
• The Phantom Sword Pirates cheered their arrival as Roy let the commotion continue to draw out the island’s inhabitants.
• Wyper, Mantis, Braham, and Laki debated the fleet of Blue Sea visitors and the soil aboard its ships, while Wyper decided the Shandia should risk taking the land they desperately needed.

Roy’s fleet confronted the Shandia Warriors, who demanded the soil aboard their ships. After Roy effortlessly subdued Wyper and the others, he offered the Shandia land in exchange for obedience, leaving Wyper stunned by the promise.

• Wyper led the Shandia Warriors in demanding that Roy’s fleet hand over its land.
• Kenkon struck Wyper back and revealed that he was only one of the fleet’s ten strongest fighters.
• Two giants seized the Shandia Warriors, while Roy’s Conqueror’s Haki forced Wyper to his knees.
• Wyper repeatedly fired his Impact Cannon at Roy, but the attacks failed to harm him and left Wyper badly injured.
• Roy called himself God and offered the Shandia land in exchange for their obedience, astonishing Wyper.

Roy claimed the title of god and persuaded Wyper and the Shandia People to submit, promising to end their hatred with Angel Island and help them reclaim Shandora. Enel learned of Roy’s arrival and prepared to judge the newcomers himself, leaving a confrontation between the two self-proclaimed gods ahead.

• Roy ordered Dorry and Brogy to release the Shandia Warriors, then declared that he would restore peace between them and Angel Island.
• Roy reminded Wyper of the Shandia People’s goals of returning to Shandia, reclaiming Shandora, and fulfilling their ancestors’ promise, and Wyper agreed to submit.
• Laki warned Roy that Enel’s Rumble-Rumble Fruit made him a formidable threat, but Roy promised to defeat the false god and displayed control over lightning, flames, and frost.
• Wyper introduced Roy to the Shandia chief, who accepted submission, while Aisa said Roy frightened her more than Wyper did.
• Enel detected the disturbance with Mantra, dismissed his subordinates’ offers to handle the intruders, and declared that he would personally pass judgment on them.

Roy's group reached God's Island and confronted Enel at his shrine, where Ohm declared Roy the True God. Enel appeared and prepared to face the intruders.

• Roy led his group through Upper Yard while Judge recorded the island's giant creatures for his research.
• Roy used Dream: Salvation to control Ohm, who revealed that Enel had sent him to guide them.
• Crocodile asked Roy to let him fight Enel first, and Roy allowed the challenge to proceed.
• Ohm brought Roy's group to Enel's shrine and called on the false god to pay respect to the True God.
• Enel struck Ohm with lightning, but Ohm remained unharmed, and Enel appeared before Roy's group.
• Roy calmly called himself the True God, and Enel mocked him as a Blue Sea monkey.

Roy and Crocodile fought Enel at the shrine, where Crocodile’s sand and Enel’s lightning clashed as the Shandia Warriors watched. Crocodile injured Enel with Haki, but their battle reached a stalemate, and Roy stepped in to take over.

• Enel attacked Roy with lightning, but Roy blocked him with a wall of sand, revealing Crocodile as another Logia user.
• Crocodile and Enel fought across God's Island, while Wyper and Laki wondered whether Roy could end the long conflict between the Shandia People and Angel Island.
• Crocodile struck Enel with the Desert Treasure Sword, and Enel was shocked that Crocodile could hurt him despite his Elementalization.
• Enel used his speed and Observation Haki to avoid Crocodile’s attacks, leaving the two Logia users unable to deal effective damage to each other.
• Roy told Crocodile to leave the rest to him, and Crocodile retreated behind Roy.

Roy faced Enel’s lightning attack and revealed that he could wield lightning too, leaving Enel shaken. Roy had used Nightmare’s power to imitate lightning and crush Enel’s confidence, and Enel’s rage began to mask his fear.

• Enel called down a massive lightning strike that swallowed Roy, and the onlookers feared Roy had been defeated.
• Enel realized Roy had taken the lightning strike without using Elementalization and dismissed him as defeated.
• Roy appeared behind Enel, declared that he would return the lightning’s wrath, and struck Enel with a lightning pillar.
• Enel survived as a Logia user but was stunned that Roy could wield lightning, and he accused Roy of stealing a god’s authority.
• Roy revealed that Nightmare had borrowed lightning’s power to attack Enel’s pride, and Enel’s fury concealed his fear.

Roy overwhelmed Enel by evading his lightning, suppressing his Observation Haki, and injuring him with Armament Haki, then beat him in close combat. Enel’s desperate Thunder Explosion devastated Upper Yard and Cute Street, leaving the fate of Roy and Enel unclear.

• Enel unleashed his 60 Million Volt Thunder Dragon, but Roy strolled through the lightning and told him his Observation Haki was suppressed.
• Enel provoked Roy into attacking and transformed into a 200 Million Volt Thunder God, but Roy struck him with Armament Haki and sent him flying, badly injured.
• Roy offered Enel a chance to submit and see a wider world, but Enel refused and charged at him with his Golden Trident.
• Roy seized Enel and swung him around, while the Shandia Warriors celebrated, Crocodile watched warily, and the God's Enforcers stood stunned.
• Enel wrapped himself around Roy and detonated Thunder Explosion, shattering Upper Yard and the Giant Vine and reducing Cute Street to ruins.

Roy returned after Enel believed he had killed him, leaving Enel and the Shandia Warriors stunned by Roy’s apparent command over life and death. As Roy prepared to end the fight with his sword, Enel unleashed a massive lightning attack and Roy answered with Great Cataclysm.

• Conis wondered whether God had been defeated, while Pagaya worried that Enel might punish them for her words.
• Enel celebrated Roy’s apparent death, and the Shandia Warriors despaired at the thought of facing him without Roy.
• Roy’s crewmates revealed they were unfazed because Roy had died before, and Roy emerged from a black vortex.
• Roy explained that he had deliberately fallen into Enel’s trap, then urged Enel to surrender beneath his banner.
• Roy placed his hand on his sword, prompting Crocodile the Sand to recognize the move that had crushed his confidence.
• Enel unleashed Thunder Judgement as Roy invoked Great Cataclysm.

Roy defeated Enel with a sword strike that split the sky and unleashed a meteor shower across the sea, leaving Enel unconscious and the surrounding islands devastated. Crocodile the Sand recognized the scale of Roy’s strength, while Wyper was left determined to overcome his own weakness.

• Crocodile the Sand sent Wyper and the Shandia Warriors away from the coming battle, and Wyper accepted that his weakness limited his right to pursue his ambitions.
• Pagaya and Conis watched the thunderclouds spread over Angel Island before Roy’s sword light pierced the sky and destroyed Enel’s lightning sphere.
• Wyper and Laki saw the sky split, confirming Crocodile the Sand’s warning that they would not have survived near the battle.
• A meteor shower devastated pirate crews and islands across the sea, and the World Government named that day Disaster Day.
• Roy left Enel unconscious in his hand after stabilizing his injuries, while Crocodile the Sand realized how far Roy surpassed him.

After defeating Enel, Roy became the new God of Sky Island and brought Gan Fall back to lead Angel Island, gathering its residents and the Shandia People under his rule. As Wyper and Gan Fall cautiously discussed peace, Roy began restoring the shattered Sanctuary, leaving both peoples watching in awe.

• Roy took control of Angel Island after defeating Enel, and its residents accepted him without resistance.
• Roy summoned the Angel Island residents and the Shandia People to the Cloud Layer, where both sides eyed one another with suspicion and hatred.
• Gan Fall met Wyper, who urged him to keep Angel Island’s residents from provoking unrest, while insisting the old hatred remained.
• The Cloud Layer shook as pieces of the shattered Sanctuary rose through sandstorms and thunderclouds toward their original location.
• The gathered people realized Roy was reassembling the Sanctuary and watched as he began restoring God's Island.

Roy restored the shattered Upper Yard and united the Shandia People and Angel Island residents as members of God's Nation. He then visited Shandora with his crew to examine the Golden Bell and its Poneglyph, while Enel and Crocodile the Sand continued to clash.

• Roy used his power to restore Upper Yard, and the residents of Angel Island and the Shandia People bowed in awe.
• Over the next two days, the two peoples began working together as members of God's Nation and searched Shandora for its treasures and Golden Bell.
• Roy asked Robin to translate the Poneglyph and traveled to Shandora with his subordinates, riding the Lord of the Sky, Noland.
• Roy's group found the Golden Bell and the Poneglyph at its base, and Enel questioned why the ancient writing threatened the World Government.
• Crocodile the Sand explained the Poneglyphs' importance, and Roy stopped him and Enel from fighting on God's Island.

Roy and his companions read a Poneglyph describing the Sea King, then rang the Golden Bell after Wyper pledged loyalty to Roy. On the way back, Roy questioned Enel and Wyper about Observation Haki and learned about Aisa’s origins.

• Robin read the Poneglyph’s account of the Sea God Poseidon, while Roy suspected its description referred to a Sea King from the Void Century rather than Shirahoshi.
• Roy told Wyper to ring the Golden Bell, and Wyper swore eternal loyalty to him before the bell rang for the first time in four hundred years.
• Roy asked Enel how he and his God Enforcers had learned Observation Haki, and Enel said they gained Mantra by becoming one with Sky Island.
• Wyper confirmed that Aisa had been born with Mantra and told Roy that her father died in battle and her mother died after giving birth to her.
• Roy learned that Aisa’s mother had gone to battle while close to giving birth, leaving him astonished at the Shandia People’s resolve.