Chapter Summaries

Gecko Moria and Kuma brought Thriller Bark and a zombie army to Sky Island, but Ling Donglai intercepted the island ship before it could crash into Izumo. Perona survived his Molecular Breakdown, revealing herself as a Hollow-Hollow Fruit user and forcing Ling Donglai to retreat.

• Gecko Moria planned to take Thriller Bark to Sky Island with Kuma and ordered his crew to capture the skeleton and protect Ryuma.
• Kuma teleported Thriller Bark to the sky above Izumo, where Perona panicked before using her ability to fly.
• Nami warned Ling Donglai of the approaching island ship, and he ordered her to protect Izumo with Overlord's Domain.
• Ling Donglai struck Thriller Bark with Molecular Breakdown, but Kuma teleported the ship onto the White-White Sea before it was destroyed.
• Perona was left floating in the sky and emerged unharmed from Molecular Breakdown, prompting Ling Donglai to recognize her Hollow-Hollow Fruit ability and vanish.

Ling Donglai struggled to understand Perona’s ghostly nature and ordered Izumo’s people to shelter as Izumo and Germa unleashed heavy weapons against Gecko Moria’s island ship. Moria survived the bombardment and sent his remaining zombies to attack Izumo, where mechanical soldiers moved to meet them.

• Ling Donglai concluded that he could track Perona only with his eyes and ordered everyone in Izumo to take shelter.
• Kuma refused Moria’s request to teleport the island ship again, and Izumo began a missile bombardment after locating it in the White-White Sea.
• Izumo’s bombardment destroyed most of Moria’s zombie army, while Moria protected Perona’s body from the blasts.
• Reiju ordered the Void Ray to fire its plasma cannon at Moria, who endured the strike with Armament Haki.
• Moria ordered his surviving zombies to attack Izumo, and Germa’s mechanical soldiers advanced to fight them.

Ling Donglai defeated Gecko Moria after Ryuma's Shusui clashed with Ling Donglai's Tai'a, and he sealed Moria with the Magnetic Field Heavenly Lock. Ling Donglai then exposed Kuma as a member of the Revolutionary Army and demanded that he choose a side.

• Moria sent his general zombies into battle while the Clear-Clear Fruit user offered to infiltrate Izumo with Ryuma.
• Ling Donglai attacked the island ship with Molecular Breakdown, prompting Moria to awaken Oars and summon Ryuma.
• Ryuma's Shusui met Ling Donglai's Tai'a, but Ling Donglai's strike destroyed Ryuma's zombie body and sent Shusui flying.
• Moria summoned Oars, but Ling Donglai sliced through the giant's emerging arm and struck Moria's vital parts.
• Ling Donglai sealed Moria with the Magnetic Field Heavenly Lock, then confronted Kuma and revealed his Revolutionary Army identity.

Ling Donglai captured Kuma and learned the Five Elders were discussing how to contain Sea Tiger and the Cloud Continent. He eavesdropped on their plans and then found the unconscious Perona aboard the island ship.

• Ling Donglai forced Kuma to wear Seastone handcuffs and said he wanted Kuma's help exploring the limits of his Devil Fruit power.
• Kuma answered a World Government call and reported that Gecko Moria had been defeated and he had been captured by Sea Tiger.
• The Five Elders decided to pursue conciliation and trade with the Cloud Continent while sending agents to gather scientific intelligence and preparing to destroy Sea Tiger if he researched history.
• The Five Elders discussed removing Gecko Moria from the Shichibukai, using Buggy for publicity, recruiting Devil Fruit users, and drawing Golden Lion toward Sea Tiger.
• Ling Donglai secretly listened to the Five Elders through the Den Den Mushi and said he would deal with any agents sent to Izumo.
• Ling Donglai found Perona asleep aboard the island ship and noted that her body seemed to have lost its soul.

Ling Donglai took Perona’s unconscious body while her soul wandered through Izumo City, where she encountered Skypieans connected by the Kara Link. Perona demonstrated her Negative Hollow ability, and Nami’s network quickly restored its victim’s mood, while Nami considered how dangerous Perona’s powers could become.

• Ling Donglai examined Perona’s unresponsive body, carried her through the island ship, and used the Kara Link to tell her that Gecko Moria was imprisoned and her body was in his hands.
• Perona wandered into a Skypiean home and learned that the residents believed God had suppressed the outsiders and their army.
• Ling Donglai briefly took control of the Skypiean through the Kara Link and warned Perona that he could control her body whether or not her soul returned.
• Perona attacked the Skypiean with Negative Hollow, leaving him depressed, and Nami used the Kara Link to restore his optimism.
• Nami recognized the potential of Perona’s soul-based ability and compared its possible development to Big Mom’s Soul-Soul Fruit powers.

Perona explored Izumo’s defenses and encountered Enel, who explained that Ling Donglai had defeated him and predicted Moria’s side would lose. She found Moria defeated and Kuma surrendered, while Ling Donglai captured Hogback and Perona’s body.

• Perona met Enel in the park, but he refused her offer to remove his Seastone cuffs and said Ling Donglai’s strength made victory impossible.
• Perona flew toward the fighting and saw Izumo’s Ion Cannons repeatedly destroy groups of zombies.
• Perona found the island ship devastated and discovered Moria covered in wounds, then flew toward the location of her body.
• Perona encountered Kuma in Seastone cuffs, and he calmly said he had surrendered.
• Ling Donglai found Hogback hiding near Perona’s body, recognized him as a renowned surgeon, and marked him as a prisoner.

Perona discovered that Kuma and Absalom could no longer help her attack Izumo, so she went looking for Ling Donglai. Ling Donglai explored the island ship’s prison, found Brook, and questioned him about his soul and the Underworld.

• Perona learned that Kuma had surrendered and Absalom had lost the use of his ability, then set off to find Sea Tiger.
• Perona sensed that her body was moving and guessed that Sea Tiger was heading to the prisoners’ cells.
• Ling Donglai broke through the walls to reach the lower prison levels, where he found Brook chained among the shadowless prisoners.
• Brook revealed that his shadow had returned after Ling Donglai defeated Gecko Moria and demonstrated how his soul could leave his body.
• Ling Donglai asked Brook about the Underworld and his soul, then asked Brook to show him the Underworld’s chilling power.

Ling Donglai used Brook’s sword attack to sense the fluctuations of the soul, then forced Perona to return to her body by threatening Gecko Moria. Perona woke up in Ling Donglai’s custody, furious and humiliated.

• Brook attacked Ling Donglai with Hanauta Sancho: Yahazu Giri, but Ling Donglai’s magnetic field stopped his sword and let him sense the chill of Brook’s soul power.
• Perona descended and sent Negative Hollows after Ling Donglai, but Brook disrupted them and stood between them.
• Ling Donglai used Perona’s body to investigate the link between body and soul, angering her and making Brook question his benefactor’s behavior.
• Ling Donglai threatened to destroy Moria and study his soul unless Perona returned to her body, and Perona complied.
• Perona awoke in her body and demanded to know what Ling Donglai had done to it.

Ling Donglai dealt with the aftermath of the battle on Izumo, arranged to study Brook’s body and soul, and recruited Kuma to help remove Devil Fruits from prisoners. Nami reported that Izumo had suffered almost no casualties and proposed a new solar technology, while Ling Donglai planned to obtain the Wapometal Izumo needed.

• After Perona returned to her body and was overwhelmed by its sensations, Ling Donglai asked Brook to let him study the connection between body and soul.
• Brook introduced himself and explained his promise to reunite with Laboon at Twin Cape, agreeing to stay for two weeks while Ling Donglai studied him.
• Ling Donglai told Kuma he would release him if he helped remove Devil Fruits from imprisoned ability users, and Kuma agreed to try.
• Ling Donglai freed Nami, who reported that Izumo had suffered almost no casualties and proposed developing a sunlight-reflecting technology called the Prism Core.
• Ling Donglai planned to use Kuma’s ability or mind control to obtain Wapol’s Wapometal, and considered feeding the Baku Baku no Mi to a giant beast if necessary.

Ling Donglai brought Kuma to Izumo’s Sun Prison to extract Devil Fruit powers from its prisoners, while explaining his surveillance-driven rule and his belief that Izumo could provide people with peace. Kuma successfully extracted the Clone-Clone Fruit from Mr. 2 Bon Clay as Ling Donglai left to study soul fluctuations.

• Ling Donglai ordered Perona taken away and brought Kuma to the Sun Prison to deal with the imprisoned Devil Fruit users.
• Kuma questioned Ling Donglai’s surveillance of Izumo and warned that his ambitions and methods could make the country enemies.
• Ling Donglai told Kuma that the prisoners would undergo labor reform after their powers were extracted.
• Kuma struck Mr. 2 Bon Clay and used his ability to remove the Clone-Clone Fruit power and place it into a nearby fruit.
• Ling Donglai left Kuma to extract the remaining powers and went to study soul fluctuations.

Ling Donglai studied Perona’s soul with Reiju and used his magnetic ability to make her help him cultivate. Two months later, reconnaissance satellites detected an enormous elephant approaching Sky Island, stretching from the Cloud Continent to Fish-Man Island.

• Ling Donglai recalled how Kuma could eject Devil Fruit powers and how the Navy’s research made extraction reliable; after two weeks of study, Brook left the Cloud Continent.
• Ling Donglai removed Perona’s Seastone handcuffs and pressured her into leaving her body by threatening Gecko Moria.
• Reiju examined Perona’s body and asked questions about how souls worked, while Perona refused to enter another body for experiments.
• Ling Donglai linked Perona’s body to an invisible magnetic field and told her to help him cultivate.
• The World Government suppressed news of two Shichibukai defeats and promoted Ling Donglai as the White King of Sky Island.
• Two months later, satellites detected a twenty-thousand-meter-tall elephant approaching Sky Island, with its head against the Cloud Continent and feet on Fish-Man Island.

Ling Donglai, Nami, and Robin discovered Zunesha approaching Izumo and learned that Zou, the Mink Tribe’s home, stood on its back. They traveled to Zou in stealth to observe its people, while Robin noted that the powerful Mink Tribe would be difficult to rule.

• Nami reported that Zunesha was approaching Izumo, and Ling Donglai saw it eat trees from a Sky Island orchard.
• Ling Donglai decided to let Zunesha eat the apples and took Nami and Robin toward Zou.
• Nami sensed the Mink Tribe’s crackling currents, and Robin explained that Zou’s inhabitants were famously strong and wary of humans.
• Ling Donglai, Nami, and Robin entered Zou undetected and admired the animal-like Mink sentries.
• Robin warned Ling Donglai that ruling the Mink Tribe would be troublesome, while he denied wanting to conquer every place he saw.

Ling Donglai spoke with Zunesha about the ancient weapons and learned that Uranus could destroy the world, then brought Chopper to Izumo. Meanwhile, Golden Lion Shiki set his sights on Sky Island and the White King’s weather-controlling power.

• Ling Donglai asked Zunesha about the Void Century, Uranus, and Poseidon, but Zunesha knew little of human history and warned him that Uranus could cleanse the world if angered.
• Zunesha explained that its endless journey was punishment for a past mistake, then created Zou’s Fire Rain before continuing on its way.
• Ling Donglai returned to Izumo with Nami and Robin, where Nami handled the newly captured blue-nosed reindeer and Ling Donglai named him Chopper.
• Ling Donglai decided to postpone visiting Fish-Man Island to find Poseidon until he had grown stronger.
• Golden Lion Shiki read about the White King, resolved to claim his weather-controlling power, and flew his floating islands toward Sky Island before planning to destroy East Blue.

Golden Lion Shiki brought more than a dozen floating islands toward Cloud Continent, forcing Ling Donglai to prepare for a confrontation with the legendary pirate. Ling Donglai dismissed Shiki’s current condition as a weakness and ordered Robin to arrange a weather package for him.

• Golden Lion Shiki approached Cloud Continent with more than a dozen enormous islands floating through the sky.
• Ling Donglai recognized that Shiki’s arrival would spread his name throughout the world.
• The chapter recounted Shiki’s rivalry with Roger, his defeat at Edd War, and his escape from Impel Down after cutting off his shackled feet.
• Robin warned Ling Donglai that Shiki’s Float-Float Fruit posed a particular threat to Cloud Continent.
• Ling Donglai said Shiki was an old, weakened, crippled lion and ordered Robin to arrange a weather package for him.

Golden Lion attacked Ling Donglai’s territory to seize Weatheria’s meteorologists, and Ling Donglai summoned Queen to face him. Queen’s near-light-speed sword strikes forced Golden Lion to take Ling Donglai seriously, while Ling Donglai noticed the old pirate’s severe physical deterioration.

• Indigo questioned whether Golden Lion could overcome the King of Sky Island’s weather abilities, but Golden Lion hurled an island into the Cloud Continent to test its defenses.
• Ling Donglai used Molecular Breakdown to destroy part of the incoming island before it crashed into the White-White Sea, then confronted Golden Lion.
• Nami explained that the Weather Control Device needed half an hour to generate winds strong enough to disrupt Golden Lion’s control of the floating islands.
• Ling Donglai summoned Queen, who attacked Golden Lion after he demanded the sword and declared that he wanted her as his wife.
• Queen’s Wave Sword nearly struck Golden Lion, but he blocked it with Armament Haki and his foot swords, Oto and Kogarashi.
• Ling Donglai observed that the wheel lodged in Golden Lion’s head had damaged him so badly that he could not project Armament Haki outward.

Ling Donglai and Golden Lion fought across the White-White Sea as Shiki attacked with his swords and tried to recruit the Sea Tiger. Ling Donglai unleashed Molecular Breakdown, destroying the island and damaging Oto and Kogarashi, while Shiki struggled to escape his advancing power.

• Golden Lion used Lion Threat: Earth Roll and other sword techniques against Ling Donglai, who countered with the Extreme Flame Wave Sword and lightning strikes.
• Shiki hurled islands onto the White-White Sea, allowing his pirates to land on Cloud Continent, while missiles launched from Izumo toward them.
• Ling Donglai used Overlord's Domain to wrench Oto and Kogarashi from Shiki's feet, but Shiki caught the blades in his hands and challenged Ling Donglai to submit.
• Ling Donglai split the remaining island and unleashed Molecular Breakdown, while Queen's autonomous sword Tai'a attacked Shiki and blocked his escape.
• Shiki tried to cut through Molecular Breakdown, but the power melted through Oto and Kogarashi as Ling Donglai stood against the sun.

Golden Lion Shiki fought Ling Donglai with renewed strength, using Armament Haki and his remaining lifespan to revive his former power. As the battle escalated, Ling Donglai gathered a superheated plasma cloud into Tai'a for his White Emperor Sword attack.

• Shiki's broken swords and worsening wounds made him accept that his era had passed, but he resolved to die in a blaze of glory.
• Shiki used Armament Haki to resist Ling Donglai's Molecular Destruction and traded his lifespan for his former fighting strength.
• Shiki decided to kill the White King and protect the Great Pirate Era Roger had created.
• Shiki unleashed enormous blade waves and Conqueror's Haki, forcing Ling Donglai into an absolute disadvantage.
• Ling Donglai fused Tai'a with a million-degree plasma cloud and prepared his 150,000 Horsepower: White Emperor Sword.

Ling Donglai unleashed the White Emperor Sword’s full power against Golden Lion while Izumo’s forces fought the beasts and pirates flooding the White-White Sea. As Nami deployed more legions to contain the invasion, the Imperial Fist force of Kung Fu Dugongs prepared to enter battle.

• Ling Donglai used the White Emperor Sword’s attacks across the sea to batter Golden Lion, who resisted and formed a colossal lion from the water.
• Nami, Robin, and Reiju identified the rampaging beasts as wildlife from Merveille and sent Izumo’s mechanized forces to hold them back.
• Indigo ordered the Flying Pirate Fleet to launch IQ Missiles, making the beasts even more frenzied, and then ordered more animals released from other islands.
• Nami deployed the Dark Angels Legion, whose Dark Templars began a decapitation operation, while Apostles piloted Giant Spirit Gods to attack the beasts.
• Nami refused Robin’s offer to scout and deployed the Iron Warriors to defend the cities before sending out the Imperial Fist, a force of Kung Fu Dugongs.

The Imperial Fist halted the Flying Pirates’ assault, and Nami’s forces captured Indigo and learned Golden Lion’s plan to unleash IQ-enhanced animals on the East Blue. Meanwhile, Golden Lion recovered from Nami’s attack and renewed his duel with Ling Donglai, threatening the people below as their battle shattered floating islands.

• The Kung Fu Dugongs attacked the monsters while Indigo’s forces struggled under Izumo’s coordinated assault and the enemy’s air superiority.
• Dark Templars captured Indigo, and Nami questioned him about the island’s secret.
• Indigo revealed that Golden Lion had lifted the island into the sky and planned to release its savage IQ-enhanced animals across the East Blue.
• Golden Lion recovered from his pain, struck Ling Donglai with Oto and Kogarashi, and fought him as their attacks destroyed floating islands.
• Golden Lion pointed out the people below and attacked again, letting debris fall toward them as Ling Donglai faced his threat.

Ling Donglai fought Golden Lion while trying to protect the people below, then risked an unfinished fusion-powered Tai'a technique to overcome him. Golden Lion died beneath the sword’s sunlike light, though the attack also burned Ling Donglai.

• Ling Donglai blocked Golden Lion’s floating stones from striking the crowd, and Golden Lion exploited the opening to stab and slash him with a broken sword.
• Ling Donglai fought Golden Lion without Tai'a or his Overlord’s Domain, using simulated natural forces and learning advanced Armament Haki during their battle.
• Golden Lion discovered that his Float-Float Fruit no longer responded as Ling Donglai’s field energy weakened and White King took up Tai'a.
• Ling Donglai used Tai'a and the Overlord’s Domain to create an artificial sun, raising the sword’s temperature to twenty million degrees Celsius.
• Golden Lion raised uninhabited islands to shield himself, but Tai'a’s sword light killed him and scorched Ling Donglai.