Chapter Summaries

Jinbe and Neptune remained imprisoned after Hody Jones’s forces seized Ryugu Castle, while the escaped princes took Shirahoshi into the deep sea. Vander Decken IX intercepted them and tried to abduct Shirahoshi, but his giant subordinate fled after Fukaboshi wounded him.

• Jinbe was thrown into Neptune’s prison and questioned Neptune about the Energy Steroids, while Neptune realized the medicine might not have the life-draining effects he believed.
• Fukaboshi, Manboshi, and Ryuboshi brought Shirahoshi out of Hard-Shell Tower and told her that Fish-Man Island was in danger and Neptune was missing.
• Vander Decken IX tracked Shirahoshi with his Target-Target Fruit and confronted the princes, demanding that she become his bride.
• Vander Decken IX ordered Mentsumi, the Bald Sea Monster, to seize Shirahoshi, but Fukaboshi pierced Mentsumi’s palm with his Trident.
• Mentsumi cried over his wound and fled into the deep sea, leaving Vander Decken IX, the princes, and Shirahoshi stunned.

The Three Merman Princes tried to protect Shirahoshi from Vander Decken IX, but Vegapunk and Boa Hancock intervened after Vander Decken captured her. Vegapunk extracted Vander Decken’s Devil Fruit and fed him to the Sea Kings summoned by Shirahoshi, revealing the force of Poseidon’s power.

• Fukaboshi and his brothers fought off Vander Decken IX’s crew, but Vander Decken wounded Shirahoshi and used his weapons and cannonballs to overwhelm the princes.
• Vander Decken bound Shirahoshi with an anchor chain and tried to take her, but Boa Hancock subdued him with her Conqueror’s Haki.
• Vegapunk killed Vander Decken IX, extracted the Target-Target Fruit, and revived him before revealing that Sea Kings had gathered around them.
• Vegapunk threw Vander Decken toward the Sea Kings, which tore him apart, while Shirahoshi calmed the Sea Kings after they approached her.
• Hancock watched the Sea Kings leave and wondered at the power of Poseidon.

Vegapunk treated the injured Merman Princes and learned from Fukaboshi that Shirahoshi was Poseidon, then agreed to help reclaim Fish-Man Island in exchange for examining her. Vegapunk, Hancock, Shirahoshi, and the princes entered the island, where over a thousand Fish-Men Mutants surrounded them as the residents watched from hiding.

• Shirahoshi rushed to rescue her badly injured brothers, and Vegapunk used Yang Chakra to heal them.
• Fukaboshi admitted that Shirahoshi was Poseidon and asked Vegapunk to help retake Fish-Man Island; Vegapunk agreed, requesting that Shirahoshi visit his Research Base afterward.
• Shirahoshi peppered Vegapunk with questions as the group approached Fish-Man Island and discovered Fish-Men Mutants patrolling in far greater numbers than before.
• Vegapunk parted the ocean currents and led the group toward the island despite the princes’ concerns, while Hancock’s Haki silenced their objections.
• More than a thousand Fish-Men Mutants surrounded Vegapunk and Hancock as Shirahoshi hid behind them and the three princes stood ready; residents watched from their homes, reluctant to oppose Hody Jones’s rule.

Vegapunk and Hancock defeated Hody Jones’s army of Fish-Men Mutants and freed Neptune and the Ryugu Army. After the battle, Neptune returned to the throne and hosted a feast for Vegapunk, while reflecting that Fish-Man Island had managed without him.

• Vegapunk urged Hancock to go easy on the Fish-Men Mutants, and she began fighting Hody Jones’s forces.
• Jinbe told Neptune that Vegapunk had attacked Fish-Man Island, while Fukaboshi, Hoshi, and Manboshi rescued Neptune, Jinbe, and the imprisoned Ryugu Army.
• Neptune and Jinbe witnessed Hancock defeat nearly half of the Fish-Men Mutants with her golden sphere and gravitational power.
• Hody Jones leaped at Hancock, but she hurled him into the ground and ended the battle, leaving the Mutants defeated.
• Neptune reviewed reports showing that Fish-Man Island had continued functioning under Hody Jones, then held a feast to reward Vegapunk.

Vegapunk spared Hody Jones and his Fish-Men Mutants after they pledged allegiance, then promised to restore Fish-Man Island’s sunlight in exchange for help finding Imu. He secretly ordered Hody to expand his influence among the Fish-Men, cultivate Monster Cells, and bring Shirahoshi and the Sea Kings closer to his cause.

• Vegapunk threatened to turn the Fish-Men Mutants into test subjects, but Hody Jones offered his loyalty, and Vegapunk accepted the staged surrender.
• Neptune asked Vegapunk to solve Fish-Man Island’s sunlight problem, and Vegapunk offered an Artificial Sun in exchange for help locating Imu.
• Vegapunk showed Neptune and Shirahoshi an image of Imu, warned them not to confront the immensely powerful Celestial Dragon, and asked them to search for him.
• Vegapunk left Hody Jones and the Fish-Men Mutants on Fish-Man Island to help with the search and protect the island.
• Vegapunk privately ordered Hody Jones to undermine Neptune’s authority, win over the Fish-Men, spread Monster Cells, and build a relationship with Shirahoshi and the Sea Kings.

Vegapunk restored sunlight to Fish-Man Island and helped its people begin expanding, while Hody Jones built a vast force of Fish-Men Mutants to search for Imu. New planetary data then revealed that the World Government had apparently drained energy from the planet’s core, threatening all life, and Vegapunk began considering a space habitat as a last resort.

• Hody Jones followed Vegapunk’s instructions, secretly building his force while Neptune watched him warily, and Fish-Men and Sea Kings searched the oceans for Imu.
• Vegapunk cleared the haze above the Red Line with ten days of rain, restoring sunlight to Fish-Man Island, then allocated deserted islands for Fish-Men and merfolk to inhabit.
• Hody Jones’s Fish-Men Mutants grew to nearly one hundred thousand, aided by Monster Cells, sea beasts, and Sea King Monsters, but they still could not quickly find Imu.
• Vegapunk reviewed Dream Star’s planetary data with Queen and Nico Robin and concluded that the planet’s core was losing energy and might be solidifying.
• Vegapunk warned that the planet could become uninhabitable within months if the energy loss continued, and said he could try to build a space ecological garden to shelter its life.

Vegapunk's group entered a hidden space and discovered that Laugh Tale was an enormous Poneglyph, where the Straw Hat Pirates had just arrived. The two groups met on the island, and Vegapunk disarmed Zoro with his magnetic power.

• Vegapunk and Stussy found a concealed spatial layer beneath the New World's deepest waters and entered it with their companions.
• Vegapunk identified the square island as Laugh Tale, an immense Poneglyph whose landscape formed its carved words.
• Vegapunk learned how the Straw Hat Pirates had gathered the four Road Poneglyph coordinates and reached Laugh Tale, while Luffy lay unresponsive after receiving information from the island.
• The Straw Hat Pirates searched Laugh Tale for treasure, joked about Luffy and Zoro, and Crocodile silenced Usopp and Chopper after their teasing upset them.
• Zoro encountered Vegapunk's group and challenged them, but Vegapunk used magnetic power to pull away his swords and drag him across the ground.

Vegapunk reunited Zoro with the Straw Hat Pirates on Laugh Tale and revealed that the World Government’s extraction of the planet’s crustal energy could cause a mass extinction. After waking, Luffy described a dream that revealed Laugh Tale as the source of Devil Fruits and explained how the different types originated.

• Vegapunk found Zoro, recognized Enma, and led him to the Straw Hat Pirates after locating them with his electromagnetic senses.
• The crew reunited, and Vegapunk reassured Vivi that they were truly on Laugh Tale before introducing himself as the scientist who had given them the Thousand Sunny.
• Vegapunk told the crew that the fallen World Government had extracted the planet’s crustal energy, potentially triggering mass extinction and the collapse of the planet’s magnetic field.
• Luffy woke from his sleep and told Vegapunk that he had dreamed of flames and many Devil Fruits.
• Luffy explained that Laugh Tale was formed from the planet’s dreams and that Devil Fruits originated there, with Animal, Nature, and Superman types arising from different combinations of planetary energy, spirit, and human thought.

Luffy led Vegapunk and the others to the energy source beneath Laugh Tale, where they discovered that the World Government had polluted the planet’s outflowing spirit and diverted its energy. Luffy and the other Devil Fruit users purified the Rainbow Lake by absorbing its chaotic wishes, but Vegapunk concluded that the planet had already lost too much energy to avoid mass extinction.

• Franky tested Luffy’s identity after Luffy described seeing Laugh Tale and the formation of Devil Fruits in a dream.
• Vegapunk explained that Laugh Tale was a gigantic Poneglyph, and Luffy recalled that humanity’s conflict over its power had produced Devil Fruits before the Clan of D sealed it away.
• Luffy led the group to a hidden cavern beneath the island, where Vegapunk disrupted the weakened barrier protecting a rainbow lake and a golden Light Orb.
• Vegapunk determined that the World Government had polluted the planet’s spiritual outflow with human wishes and that much of the resulting energy was likely being absorbed by Imu.
• At Vegapunk’s direction, Luffy awakened the Nika Fruit and purified the lake as the other Devil Fruit users absorbed its spiritual thoughts and energy.
• The lake became clear and the Light Orb turned pale, but Vegapunk sensed that most of the planet’s consciousness and energy had already been lost, making mass extinction likely.

After Vegapunk confirmed that the planetary energy leak had stopped, he prepared to move the Pirate World's population into a Pocket Dimension and set out to recruit Golden Lion, whose Float-Float Fruit could help relocate entire islands. He invited Tatsumaki to join the mission, while the search for Imu remained underway.

• Vegapunk explained that the planet’s recovery would take far too long to save its inhabitants, so the Pocket Dimension was their only temporary refuge.
• Luffy, Vivi, and Vegapunk agreed to find Imu, and Luffy confirmed that the energy leak had stopped before Vegapunk resealed Laugh Tale.
• Vegapunk expanded the Pocket Dimension and sent Luffy and the others to search for Imu while he used Dream Star to locate Golden Lion.
• Vegapunk found Golden Lion studying the IQ Plant on his Floating Island and decided to recruit him to move islands into the dimension.
• Tatsumaki told Vegapunk she was bored, and he asked her to accompany him because Golden Lion’s abilities resembled hers.

Vegapunk and Tatsumaki confronted Golden Lion on his Floating Islands, where Tatsumaki defeated him and Vegapunk extracted his Float-Float Fruit ability. Tatsumaki ate the fruit and discovered that it complemented her Psychic Power, leaving her eager to test the new power.

• Vegapunk and Tatsumaki arrived at Golden Lion's Floating Islands, and Tatsumaki merged the island cluster into one.
• Golden Lion attacked Tatsumaki with his swordsmanship and Float-Float Fruit, but she pinned him with her Psychic Power and crushed his attacks.
• Vegapunk explained that he wanted Golden Lion's ability to help relocate civilians, then extracted the Float-Float Fruit from the barely breathing pirate.
• Tatsumaki held the falling islands aloft with her Psychic Power and ate the extracted Devil Fruit.
• Tatsumaki tested her new Float-Float Fruit ability and found she could reduce the weight of objects controlled by her Psychic Power without reducing their mass.

Tatsumaki tested the Float-Float Fruit by lifting and lowering a vast expanse of seawater without causing waves, while Vegapunk prepared to use her power for the Pirate World's relocation. In the sea, Hody Jones’s Monster Cells spread among fish-men and Sea Kings, and a searching Dragon Turtle escaped the Black Dragon before encountering Luffy’s crew.

• Tatsumaki anchored the floating island to the seabed, raised nearly one-tenth of the ocean into the sky, and returned it without disturbing the sea.
• Hody Jones spread Monster Cells through Fish-Man Island and began promoting them among the Sea Kings with Shirahoshi’s help.
• A Monster Cell-mutated Dragon Turtle found the Black Dragon in a deep-sea trench, but the sudden lifting of the seawater interrupted their confrontation and let it escape.
• The seawater descended without a ripple, and the Dragon Turtle surfaced and crashed into the Straw Hats’ iron ship.
• Luffy wanted to eat the Dragon Turtle, Sanji suggested making turtle soup, and a small furry animal pleaded with the crew to spare it.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates encountered Imu as a gigantic Black Dragon and were overwhelmed despite Luffy’s Nika awakening. Vegapunk arrived with Phoenix Armor and cut off Imu’s tail, but the battle remained unresolved.

• The Dragon Turtle Sea King warned the Straw Hat Pirates about the Black Dragon ahead, but Luffy insisted on sailing toward it, and Chopper chose to stay with his crew.
• Luffy awakened his Nika Fruit as the Black Dragon emerged from the sea and attacked the Thousand Sunny with a massive claw and Dragon Flame.
• The Black Dragon broke the Thousand Sunny and captured Luffy with a venomous bite, while its Dragon-Snake Heads seized most of the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Crocodile escaped Imu’s grasp and criticized his laughter, prompting Imu to strike at him with its tail.
• Vegapunk emerged from a Wormhole wearing Phoenix Armor, cut off Imu’s tail with a lightning blade, and faced the gigantic Black Dragon.

Vegapunk summoned Tatsumaki to restrain Imu, who had become a Cthulhu-like Black Dragon with an Immortal Body that revived whenever he was killed. Vegapunk then brought in Saitama, whose uncontrolled punch blew Imu apart, leaving it unclear whether the attack could overcome his ability to revive.

• Imu confronted Vegapunk, but his Black Dragon form regenerated its severed tail and charged at him.
• Vegapunk opened a Wormhole and brought Tatsumaki to the battle, where she twisted Imu into a sphere with her Psychic Power.
• Imu broke free of Tatsumaki’s crushing attack and revived; Vegapunk explained that Imu could revive until all the eyes on his body were gone.
• Vegapunk summoned Saitama through another Wormhole, interrupting him as boiling chili broth spilled over his head.
• Saitama saw Imu charge and punched him, accidentally bursting the Black Dragon apart and scattering its blood and eyeballs.

Saitama hurled the endlessly reviving Imu toward the sun, and Vegapunk took Saitama and Tatsumaki to check the result. They watched Imu burn, revive, and transform as the sun’s gravity pulled him inside, leaving him trapped in a cycle of death.

• Imu revived as the Demon Dragon and tried to flee, but Tatsumaki pinned him and explained that his millions of eyes gave him millions of lives.
• Saitama decided to throw Imu into the sun, grabbed the Demon Dragon’s tail, and launched him into the sky with Serious Launch.
• Vegapunk rescued the Straw Hat Pirates from the sea and froze the ocean’s surface while Saitama emerged from the water.
• Vegapunk opened a Wormhole and brought Saitama and Tatsumaki near the sun to check Imu’s trajectory.
• Imu arrived charred and barely alive, then repeatedly burned and revived in the sun while changing forms; Vegapunk watched as its gravity drew him inside.

After Imu’s death, Vegapunk moved the Pirate World’s people into a temporary Pocket Dimension while seeking a way to save them before it collapsed. He continued searching other worlds for a solution, but had not yet found a safe destination.

• Vegapunk explained that the Pocket Dimension would last only forty or fifty years, while the Pirate Planet’s environment would take thousands of years to recover, and presented interstellar exploration and planetary restoration as possible plans.
• Vegapunk assigned Stussy to run Umbrella Corporation while privately planning to control the Pirate World through the Chakra Network.
• Vegapunk used clones and the Gate of Time-Space to search for other worlds, recording coordinates and rejecting worlds he found unsuitable.
• Months later, the Pirate Planet had frozen and become uninhabitable, while Vegapunk continued searching and imprisoned a Gretchin from the dangerous Warhammer World for study.

Vegapunk explored another world and identified it as Dragon Ball World after meeting the Kiran Clan, whose leader was Giran. Learning that the story had only just begun, Vegapunk flew toward West City to meet Bulma and her father, hoping to investigate the Dragon Balls and the world’s technology.

• Vegapunk recalled the dangers of Warhammer World and stored his collected specimens before continuing his exploration.
• Vegapunk encountered Dinosaur People guarding Kiran Clan territory and suspected that he had arrived in Dragon Ball World after hearing them mention Capsule Corp Capsules.
• Vegapunk learned from Giran that the World Martial Arts Tournament was a little over a year away and that West City was several days away by car.
• Vegapunk flew away from the Kiran Clan, defeated attacking Pterosaurs, and reached the outskirts of a high-tech city.
• Vegapunk descended at the city’s edge and prepared to seek out Bulma’s family without drawing attention.

Bulma welcomed Vegapunk to her home and was immediately captivated by his looks, but their meeting turned into an intense scientific discussion about spatial structure. Mrs. Brief returned, teased Bulma about Vegapunk, and went to prepare food, leaving the two young scientists together.

• Bulma finished her Dragon Radar, gathered supplies for a trip, and opened the door to find Vegapunk waiting outside.
• Bulma invited Vegapunk in, and he presented her with formulas about spatial structure and folding.
• Bulma and Vegapunk exchanged ideas for hours until Bulma nearly fainted from exhaustion, and Vegapunk restored her energy with Yang Release Chakra.
• Mrs. Brief came home, mistook Vegapunk for Bulma's boyfriend, and noticed the extensive scientific work spread across the table.
• Mrs. Brief went to prepare food after teasing Bulma about taking precautions with her boyfriend.

Vegapunk visited Dr. Brief and Bulma, exchanged scientific ideas with them, then joined Bulma on her search for the Dragon Balls so he could seek knowledge to restore the Pirate World's environment. They found the Five-Star Ball and traveled toward Mount Paozu, where Vegapunk realized Son Goku should appear, though Bulma had not encountered him.

• Vegapunk visited Dr. Brief and impressed him with his scientific papers, and the three scientists spent several days exchanging ideas.
• After the research sessions, Vegapunk joined Bulma to search for the Dragon Balls, hoping to use Shenron's power to obtain knowledge that could restore the Pirate World's environment.
• Bulma and Vegapunk found the Five-Star Ball, and Bulma offered to let Vegapunk make the first wish for all the knowledge and technology in the universe.
• Bulma and Vegapunk continued their search for five or six days and reached the area near Mount Paozu.
• Vegapunk recognized Mount Paozu as the place where Son Goku should appear, but Bulma had not run into him.

Bulma and Vegapunk found Kid Goku at Mount Paozu and persuaded him to join their Dragon Ball search in exchange for returning his grandfather’s Four-Star Ball. After Goku proved his strength on the journey, they helped a Sea Turtle reach the shore, where Master Roshi appeared.

• Bulma and Vegapunk met Kid Goku, who mistook their Dragon Balls for his grandfather and refused to give up the Four-Star Ball.
• Bulma promised to return the Four-Star Ball after their wish, and Vegapunk encouraged Goku to travel and learn martial arts; Goku agreed to join them.
• Bulma, Vegapunk, and Goku continued their search, and Goku carried a Sea Turtle toward the shore after Vegapunk persuaded Bulma to help it.
• Goku defeated a Giant Bear Bandit who tried to rob them, while Vegapunk collected the bear’s biological cells.
• The group delivered the Sea Turtle to the shore, where Master Roshi arrived.