Chapter Summaries

Ling Donglai watched pirates massacre his village and decided that survival meant abandoning his old values and seizing power. He set out for Sky Island, intending to take lightning, then asked to join a pirate crew.

• The village chief told Ling Donglai about his failed voyage and urged him to keep dreaming as pirates approached the village.
• The village chief confronted a pirate with his rusty katana, but the blade broke and he fell; a broken fragment killed the pirate.
• A pirate killed the strong man who had rushed to help the village chief, exposing the villagers hiding in the mountains.
• Ling Donglai walked through the bloodied village, resolved to seek power on Sky Island and take the lightning.
• Ling Donglai took the village's remaining food, went to the shore, and asked to join a pirate crew.

Ling Donglai realized his Insight Eye could perceive others’ thoughts and weaknesses, while Nami and the villagers carried out their plan to move the island into the sky. After the island became a new Sky Island, Ling Donglai sensed strange magnetic fields and discovered a conceptual force resembling killing intent.

• Ling Donglai recognized that his strength had returned to one hundred thousand horses, letting him sense others’ inner thoughts, and he considered studying elementalization.
• Ling Donglai reassured Robin and reflected that his abilities had brought his Observation Haki to an extraordinary level.
• Genzo and the villagers agreed to move the island to the sky, and Nami told them Sky Island offered tax exemptions and free schooling.
• Ling Donglai transported the villagers to Weatheria Island, where Nami used a Knock Up Stream to raise the island while Weatheria’s scholars created clouds to catch it.
• Ling Donglai perceived magnetic-field fluctuations, discovered the island’s weak point, and named his power the Insight Eye.
• Ling Donglai sensed strange magnetic fields that resembled killing intent and explained that such a force could attack an enemy’s will.

Ling Donglai followed strange killing-intent fluctuations to Asuka Island, where he found the cursed Seven-Star Sword and cleansed it back into a holy sword. He added the awakened sword spirit to his collection and decided to forge a spiritual sword of his own.

• Ling Donglai sent Nami to take the Sky Island back while he and Robin followed ownerless killing-intent fluctuations toward the Grand Line.
• Robin told Ling Donglai the legend of Asuka Island and the Seven-Star Sword, which had become cursed after absorbing the resentment of war.
• Ling Donglai found the Seven-Star Sword in a stone cave, resisted its attack, and learned that it had been drawing in baleful energy to break its seal.
• Ling Donglai cleansed the sword with his killing intent, restoring its holy radiance and lifting its seal.
• The Seven-Star Sword thanked Ling Donglai, who claimed it for his collection and asked Robin to record the discovery as he planned to forge his own spiritual sword.

Ling Donglai returned to the Sky Continent with the Seven-Star Sword and discovered its spirit could merge with him, wield formidable powers, and summon the dead. After learning that two kings had descended, he resolved to develop other spirits and forge a weapon of his own.

• A shrine maiden discovered that the ancient seal and the Seven-Star Sword had vanished after Ling Donglai left with the sword.
• Nami told Ling Donglai the Sky Island people had made him cloud-iron armor, and he put it on for the upcoming coronation.
• Nami examined the Seven-Star Sword, which flew to Ling Donglai and merged with him as a glowing sword-shaped mark on his chest.
• Ling Donglai learned that Seven-Star could regulate his mind, sense malice, draw power from the stars, and grow stronger by absorbing his killing intent.
• Seven-Star manifested a hazy physical form and warned Ling Donglai that two kings had descended, information it said came from wandering Sea Kings' souls.
• After Seven-Star demonstrated its Dead Dominion ability, Ling Donglai decided to develop spirits and create a weapon that could give birth to a sword spirit.

Ling Donglai forged a new weapon from plasma, Conqueror’s Haki, and Treasure Tree Adam, hoping to create a sword with its own spirit. The weapon became a proud sword maiden named Tai'a, who immediately refused to obey him.

• Ling Donglai told Robin he wanted Treasure Tree Adam to forge a weapon worthy of being called a divine weapon.
• Ling Donglai climbed to the summit of Upper Yard and spent a week shaping plasma into a sword and tempering it with Haki.
• Nami and Robin returned with branches of Treasure Tree Adam, which Ling Donglai refined into a small box-shaped weapon.
• Ling Donglai named the weapon Tai'a, but it destroyed his attempt to carve the name and formed a humanoid sword maiden.
• Tai'a declared that Ling Donglai could not command her just because he had created her.

Ling Donglai battled the newly forged Queen, whose pride and power made her seek to kill her creator and rule alone. After she unleashed her attacks and he shattered Jaya Island to strike back, Ling Donglai ended the performance test with a devastating violet beam.

• The Queen declared that the world needed no second king and attacked Ling Donglai, while Nami took Robin down to White Cloud City to escape their killing intent.
• The Queen fired increasingly numerous plasma cannons and struck Ling Donglai with an Asura Evil Light Slash, but he emerged from the sea unharmed and summoned the Wave Sword.
• The Queen copied Ling Donglai's Heavenly Thunder Wave and vanished as an electromagnetic wave, but Ling Donglai caught her with a full-power punch and blasted her into Jaya Island.
• Ling Donglai used the Immovable Wisdom King Formation to lift everyone on Jaya Island, then reversed its geomagnetic force and split the island into four pieces.
• The Queen commanded a railgun attack and changed the weather, but Ling Donglai declared the performance test over and fired violet beams that tore apart matter at the molecular level.

Ling Donglai destroyed Jaya Island with his Life Disintegration Ray and forced Queen to surrender, then named the sword Tai'a. He left with Tai'a after she absorbed his Armament Haki and froze the surrounding sea with a single slash.

• Ling Donglai used his Life Disintegration Ray to destroy the island’s weapons and break down the matter around him, deepening his understanding of molecules.
• Queen failed to escape as electromagnetic waves because Ling Donglai had sealed the surrounding space, and she begged him to stop by calling him Dad.
• Ling Donglai revealed that Queen’s Adam-wood hilt was her weakness and took it into his hands.
• Queen objected to the possibility of Ling Donglai making more weapons like her, and he reassured her that Adam branches were too rare for mass production.
• Ling Donglai named the sword Tai'a, let her draw Armament Haki from him, and froze the sea with a slash.

Ling Donglai handed the aftermath of the destroyed Jaya Island to Aokiji, who arrived and questioned his unusual powers. Before leaving for his coronation ceremony, Ling Donglai learned that Aokiji suspected Nico Robin was with him.

• Ling Donglai contacted Hina and asked the Marines to handle the destruction on Jaya Island, learning that Aokiji was on his way.
• Aokiji arrived by bicycle and recognized Tai'a as an elf while she demanded that he kneel before her.
• Ling Donglai released the people held in the sky, and Aokiji froze the sea beneath them.
• Aokiji questioned how Ling Donglai had developed such powerful electromagnetic abilities despite being reported as a Zoan user.
• Ling Donglai said he would leave for his coronation ceremony, and Aokiji asked whether Nico Robin was with him.

Ling Donglai admitted that Robin was with him, and Aokiji tested his strength in a brief fight before warning that Cipher Pol would come after him. Aokiji agreed to wait until Ling Donglai had established Robin’s Sky Continent before reporting him.

• Ling Donglai admitted to Aokiji that Robin was with him, while Aokiji froze fleeing pirates in place.
• Ling Donglai poured his Haki into Queen, who stopped time and attacked Aokiji with an Extreme Flame Wave Slash.
• Aokiji blocked Queen’s attack with Haki and told Ling Donglai to leave, acknowledging his strength.
• Ling Donglai withdrew Tai'a and accepted that he was still slightly weaker than an admiral in a direct fight.
• Aokiji warned that Cipher Pol would pursue Ling Donglai and asked him to prove he could protect Robin.
• Ling Donglai asked Aokiji to report him after he established the Sky Continent, Robin’s life’s work.

Ling Donglai used the Overlord's Domain to connect and organize the Skypieans, beginning a program to train Apostles and develop Sky Island's military strength. As the founding ceremony approached, the World Government and Marines moved to investigate the new nation, while Aokiji anticipated trouble.

• Ling Donglai decided he needed to strengthen himself and his faction, then spread the Overlord's Domain across the Sky Continent.
• Ling Donglai used the sacred Khala to coordinate the Skypieans and selected Apostles to memorize command codes and prepare for Current Drive training.
• Ling Donglai planned to build Sky Island's forces and draw Germa closer to counter the World Government's power.
• Aokiji recovered from his injuries and considered whether Vegapunk would take interest in Ling Donglai's sentient weapon.
• News of Izumo Kingdom and Jaya Island's destruction spread, prompting the World Government to send Cipher Pol agents and the Marines to establish a presence.
• Sky Island's founding ceremony arrived, and Aokiji foresaw an approaching storm.

Representatives from the World Government, Marines, Alabasta, Germa, and other groups arrived at Sky Island, where the World Government representative tested the kingdom’s claim that its ruler was a god. Conis guided them through Sky Island’s defenses, leaving the World Government representative weighing how to establish relations with the Izumo Kingdom.

• The visiting representatives reached Sky Island, and Aokiji reflected on Ohara’s destruction and wondered whether Sea Tiger could protect the last person able to translate Poneglyphs.
• The World Government representative questioned Sky Island’s surveillance, and Conis introduced herself as their guide to Upper Yard and explained that God bestowed the Apostles’ flying power.
• The World Government representative mocked Sea Tiger’s use of the title god and suggested Sky Island might be a Divine Race, while Vivi defended it as an ordinary custom.
• Conis explained that storm clouds around Sky Island were part of a Weather Control Device protecting it from pirates.
• At the South Heaven Gate, the representatives saw Giant Spirit Gods armed with heat-ray guns, and Conis described their use in combat.
• The World Government representative fell silent and considered how the World Government should establish diplomatic relations with the Izumo Kingdom.

Aokiji, Smoker, Hina, and other representatives toured the Izumo Kingdom before its founding ceremony, learning about its work system, technology, and Templars. Ling Donglai began his speech by describing the cruelty he had witnessed in the Blue Sea and declaring that he had a dream, stirring the Sky Island residents into fervor.

• Conis guided the representatives through the Izumo Kingdom, explaining its work customs, decorative wings, and the role of Templars.
• The representatives traveled to White Cloud City, where Conis led them to the royal palace to await the founding ceremony.
• Smoker reflected that Sea Tiger had made the Marines' work easier, while Aokiji warned that the situation was not so simple and Hina reminded Smoker of his punishment.
• Ling Donglai appeared in silver-white armor and began the founding ceremony with a speech about the strong ruling the weak and his resolve to forge new laws.
• Ling Donglai declared that he had a dream, and his empathy and Conqueror's Haki made the residents of Sky Island grow fervent.

Ling Donglai announced that Izumo Kingdom would join the World Government while declaring war on Drum Kingdom to free its remaining doctors. He promised a long-range superweapon strike after giving Drum Kingdom's king one day to consider his response.

• Conis and Gan Fall described Kara Link to Smoker as a bond that let the people understand and follow their Emperor's will.
• Ling Donglai met the World Government representatives and agreed that Izumo Kingdom could join, postponing discussion of the Heavenly Tribute.
• Ling Donglai declared war on Drum Kingdom and said Izumo would launch a long-range strike after giving its king one day to respond.
• Ling Donglai asked the World Economy News Paper reporter to publicize the declaration, while the reporter speculated about the war's motives.

Ling Donglai prepared to attack Drum Kingdom while stalling the World Government, and Aokiji left Sky Island after alerting CP about Robin and handing Spandam responsibility for a Buster Call. As CP9 agents headed to capture Robin, Drum Kingdom’s king vowed to resist Sea Tiger’s attack.

• Ling Donglai told the World Government representative that Nami would negotiate Heavenly Tribute, while privately planning to delay negotiations until after the war with Drum Kingdom.
• Aokiji called Spandam about Robin and the Buster Call, then used Ice Age to create an iceberg and left to settle matters from twenty years earlier.
• Spandam took charge of the Buster Call and ordered CP9 to capture Robin and obtain Pluton’s blueprints.
• Ling Donglai ordered Gan Fall and the Temple Knights to intercept the CP agents, while explaining to Hina that he intended to become a hero by ending Roger’s era.
• Spandam sent CP9 toward Sky Island to pursue Robin, and Drum Kingdom’s king declared that he would not surrender to Sea Tiger.

Ling Donglai bombarded Wapol's castle with a Lightning Storm, then rejected joining the World Government while leaving the door open to trade. Meanwhile, CP agents infiltrated Izumo to capture Robin, but their arrival was detected immediately.

• Ling Donglai ordered a Lightning Storm to bombard Wapol's castle after Wapol refused to surrender.
• After learning that World Government allies were forbidden from attacking one another, Ling Donglai withdrew Izumo's agreement to join and criticized the alliance's lack of benefits.
• A Marine warship carrying CP agents entered Izumo, and Gan Fall inspected it but found it empty.
• The CP agents used an alternate space to evade detection as they planned to find Robin and take her away.
• Lucci sent the agents through an Air Door, but they sensed Izumo's detectors watching them as soon as they emerged.

Ling Donglai sent Gan Fall to capture the Cipher Pol agents, but they escaped using Bruno’s Door-Door Fruit. Ling Donglai resolved to obtain the fruit and planned to develop a reliable way to extract Devil Fruit powers.

• Ling Donglai noticed the Cipher Pol agents inside Overlord's Domain and ordered Gan Fall to deal with them.
• Gan Fall attacked the agents with lightning and Word Spirits, leaving them badly wounded as they used the Six Powers to defend themselves.
• Bruno opened a door, and the Cipher Pol agents vanished before Gan Fall could handcuff them.
• Gan Fall cleared the smoke with Clear Skies and searched the surrounding area with the Dark Templars.
• Ling Donglai recognized Bruno’s alternate-space ability as the Door-Door Fruit and planned to capture its user and develop a method to extract Devil Fruit powers.

After Gan Fall's forces ambushed CP9, the injured agents hid in Bruno's alternate space, stole food to recover, and tried to understand how they kept being found. Lucci proposed a surprise attack to capture Gan Fall and force him to reveal Izumo's secrets.

• Bruno, Lucci, Kaku, and Jabra assessed the squad's injuries and suspected Gan Fall's forces had anticipated their operation.
• Lucci and Bruno used money and a forged exchange check to take food from a store, then returned to the alternate space to recover.
• Gan Fall arrived at the store moments later, while Ling Donglai remotely gave him one final chance to capture the intruders.
• Lucci ordered Bruno to lure Gan Fall through a door so the remaining agents could ambush him with their strongest attacks.

Gan Fall repelled Lucci and the CP9 agents after they attacked him, then summoned Dark Templars into the alternate space. Lucci was the only agent left standing, but a Dark Templar quickly knocked him unconscious.

• Lucci ordered the Zoan users to cover Gan Fall with attacks while he delivered the killing blow.
• Bruno opened an Air Door and tried to strike Gan Fall from behind with Revolving Door, but Gan Fall’s Fus Ro Dah hurled him away.
• Lucci resisted the repelling force long enough to unleash Rokuogan, but Gan Fall blocked the shockwave and the force flung Lucci away.
• Gan Fall revealed that he had detected Bruno through the bioelectric currents in his body, and Dark Templars entered the alternate space as Bruno and the other agents lay unconscious.
• Lucci rose and attacked a Dark Templar with Soru: Sword, but the warrior remained unharmed and smashed Lucci into the ground.

Lucci and Bruno were defeated and captured by Gan Fall, who sent them to prison after Ling Donglai rejected the World Government representative’s demand. On the Florian Triangle, Kuma arrived to deliver the World Government’s latest order to Gecko Moria.

• Lucci repeatedly rose to fight the Dark Templars, awakened two types of Haki, and was ultimately knocked unconscious and taken away.
• Bruno tried to escape using his Devil Fruit power, but Armament Haki stopped him, and the warriors knocked him unconscious.
• Gan Fall placed Seastone handcuffs on the captured CP9 agents and set off for the prison.
• Ling Donglai dismissed the World Government representative, who threatened him before leaving.
• Kuma found Gecko Moria’s island ship in the Florian Triangle and told Moria that the Shichibukai’s prestige had suffered after one member lost his title and Doflamingo was defeated by Sea Tiger.

Gecko Moria accepted the World Government’s assignment to confront Sea Tiger in Izumo, despite Kuma warning that he might not be strong enough. He insisted on fighting alone and planned to gather his shadow victims before leaving with his island ship for Sky Island.

• Kuma told Gecko Moria that the World Government wanted him to pressure Izumo and challenge Sea Tiger without officially acknowledging the mission.
• Kuma revealed that Sea Tiger had detained a Cipher Pol agent, giving the World Government a reason to target Izumo and pursue its weather-controlling superweapon.
• Gecko Moria refused to team up, but demanded that Kuma transport his island ship to Sky Island because his zombies needed protection from sunlight.
• Kuma warned Gecko Moria that his strength had declined since Kaido defeated him, but Moria angrily insisted that Sea Tiger could not beat him.
• Gecko Moria agreed to confront Sea Tiger alone and asked for two days to capture the people whose shadows he had taken.