Chapter Summaries

A year after Roger's withdrawal, Eternal City and the other great powers enjoyed a period of stability while Luo Han discovered Zou Island through the Lanternfish. Luo Han and his companions set out to visit it, but after arriving in the misty sea, they could not find Zunesha.

• Eternal City remained neutral and focused on development as the Whitebeard Pirates and Golden Lion's Flying Pirates grew stronger.
• The Lanternfish woke Luo Han through the Mind World and complained that Zunesha had disturbed it.
• Luo Han promised the Lanternfish he would help it get even with Zunesha and told Elles and Chiyue he had found Zou Island.
• Luo Han teleported the QQ to the plaza, and Elles, Chiyue, Aixi, and Cole loaded supplies aboard for the trip.
• Luo Han teleported the QQ and its passengers to the misty sea, where Aixi eyed the Lanternfish as food.
• Luo Han searched the surrounding sea with his Divine Sense but could not find Zunesha.

Luo Han and his companions searched a moving bank of fog for Zunesha and followed it to Zou Island. After clearing the fog, they landed beside the whale tree, where the island’s people appeared to be welcoming them.

• The Lanternfish told Luo Han it had lost Zunesha in the fog-covered sea, so Luo Han split up with Aixi, Elles, Chiyue, and Cole to search in different directions.
• Luo Han realized the fog was moving and searched along its path with Aixi, while Zunesha remained hidden and seemed wary of them.
• Luo Han called Elles, Chiyue, and Cole to join him and Aixi as they reached Zou Island aboard the QQ account.
• Luo Han used Psychokinesis to push away the fog around the island, revealing Zunesha and the whale tree.
• Luo Han landed the QQ account before the whale tree as the island’s people appeared to welcome the group.

Luo Han and his companions arrived on Zou, where he used his power to retrieve the Mink Tribe’s Road Poneglyph despite their opposition. He agreed to let them make a rubbing before taking it, leaving Tiger Fang and his people to honor their promise while waiting for the person they had promised it to.

• Tiger Fang and the Mink Tribe warriors confronted Luo Han’s group and demanded that they leave Zou.
• Luo Han revealed that he was Blue Demon and demanded the Poneglyph, but Tiger Fang offered to let him make a rubbing instead of taking the stone.
• Luo Han used Psychokinesis to pull the Poneglyph from the Whale Tree and immobilized the Mink Tribe warriors when they charged.
• Tiger Fang refused to abandon his people’s promise and asked to make a rubbing before Luo Han took the Poneglyph.
• Luo Han agreed to leave the Poneglyph in place while the Mink Tribe made a copy, then flew away with his companions.
• Tiger Fang sent his warriors to fetch paper and ink so they could make the rubbing and preserve their promise.

After taking the Red Road Poneglyph from Zou, Luo Han and his companions were struck by Zunesha and sent flying, but survived. Luo Han returned alone to face Zunesha again, preparing to meet its next attack with a colossal Psychokinesis blade.

• Tiger Fang learned that Luo Han had controlled Zou’s citizens and ordered the warriors to make rubbings of the Poneglyph.
• Ten days later, Luo Han took the Poneglyph aboard the QQ account and flew away from Zou with his companions.
• Zunesha struck the QQ account with its trunk, shattering Luo Han’s Telekinetic Shield, sending the group flying, and returning the Poneglyph to the Whale Tree.
• Luo Han caught the unconscious Aixi, sent her and the others back to Eternal City, and resolved to fight Zunesha alone.
• Zunesha attacked Luo Han again at full strength, and Luo Han formed a giant silver Psychokinesis crescent blade to counter its trunk.

Luo Han killed Zunesha, took the Red Road Poneglyph to Ark Island, and left the Mink Tribe grieving and vowing revenge. Back at Ark Island, he reunited with his companions and began training while Elles resolved to develop her own Devil Fruit powers.

• Luo Han severed Zunesha's trunk and killed it with Psychokinesis, then destroyed the Mink Tribe's Poneglyph rubbings and carried the Red Road Poneglyph away to Eternal City.
• Tiger Fang abandoned his plan to alert the World Government and rallied the Mink Tribe by revealing a hidden Poneglyph rubbing and promising that they would avenge Zunesha.
• Two days later, Luo Han returned to Ark Island and placed the Red Road Poneglyph beside the others at the bottom of the central lake.
• Luo Han reassured Chiyue, Cole, Elles, and Aixi that he was unharmed, then explained to Elles that Zunesha had likely been ordered to protect the Poneglyph.
• Luo Han began training in the Mind World, and Elles decided to train and develop her Devil Fruit powers as well.

Luo Han secured Ark Island’s central lake with a new Water God and spent two years watching Eternal City grow. After Sola’s intelligence team found Vegapunk on Science Island, Luo Han set out alone, while Sengoku, Tsuru, Kizaru, and CP0 also headed there.

• Luo Han had Charlotte Linlin infuse a ball of lake water with a piece of soul, then made it the Water God and merged it into Ark Island’s central lake to guard the Red Road Poneglyph.
• Luo Han ordered Takk to build a mountaintop villa, and two years passed as Eternal City expanded through Islands No. 9 to 18.
• Monica told Sola and Luo Han that Vegapunk and other scientists had succeeded in researching the Bloodline Factor on Science Island, and that Sengoku and Kizaru were already on their way.
• Luo Han took a Life Card Paper from Monica and flew toward Science Island alone.
• Sengoku, Tsuru, and Kizaru sailed toward the island with Marine forces, while CP0 also dispatched three warships; Kizaru remained confident that he could face Blue Demon.

Judge killed Dr. Kukuru while trying to seize the Life Design Blueprints, but Kukuru destroyed the stored research before dying. Vegapunk agreed to join the World Government, Judge escaped unconscious after Kizaru kicked him, and the Marines prepared to escort the captured scientists to G1 Branch.

• Judge accused Dr. Kukuru of being a World Government spy, then stabbed him and memorized several Life Design Blueprints.
• As he died, Dr. Kukuru pressed the machine’s self-destruct button, destroying the stored blueprints, and Judge smashed the machine in anger.
• Vegapunk warned that six warships were approaching and told Judge he planned to join the World Government, while Judge demanded blueprints and tried to take him.
• Judge fled through an underground passage, but Kizaru kicked him unconscious and brought Vegapunk outside.
• Sengoku and Tsuru gathered the captured scientists, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to return to G1 Branch.

Luo Han confronted Sengoku and the World Government forces on Science Island to take Vegapunk and the other scientists. He left Sengoku and the CP0 Chief badly injured while Kizaru remained trapped inside a basketball-sized psychic sphere.

• Luo Han revealed himself at the shore, prompting Sengoku to order a retreat and the CP0 Chief to report the mission’s abandonment to the Gorosei.
• The CP0 Chief ordered the scientists killed, but Luo Han’s Telekinetic Shield blocked their attacks, and Kizaru’s attempt to kick Luo Han ended with him compressed into a light-filled sphere.
• Luo Han tossed Kizaru high above the island and approached the scientists while Sengoku and the CP0 Chief watched.
• Sengoku attacked Luo Han, but Luo Han teleported onto his head and pierced him with Nation Destruction, leaving him bloodied in a crater.
• The CP0 Chief and other agents charged Luo Han, but Luo Han shattered the Chief’s energy shield and Haki before punching him through a mountain and into the sea.

Luo Han defeated Sengoku, Kizaru, and the CP0 fighters, then spoke with Vegapunk about the strange stream of future knowledge in his mind. He left with Kizaru and demanded Devil Fruits as ransom, while Tsuru took the injured Sengoku and the scientists back to Marine Headquarters.

• Luo Han blocked the attacks of the CP0 Chief and three captains, then defeated and sent them flying into the sea.
• Luo Han asked Vegapunk about his intelligence and learned that his mind contained information from around five hundred years in the future, possibly connected to knowledge from eight hundred years ago.
• Vegapunk asked to join the World Government to uncover the secrets in his mind, and Luo Han marked him with Amaterasu and gave him a Psychokinesis ring.
• Luo Han emerged from his shield, took Kizaru away as a lightbulb, and demanded one Mythical Zoan, one Logia, and one Paramecia Devil Fruit in exchange for him.
• Tsuru agreed to report Luo Han's ransom demand, and Luo Han teleported away with Kizaru.
• Tsuru stopped the Marines from attacking the scientists, then carried Sengoku to the warship and ordered the scientists brought along.

Luo Han brought Kizaru back to Eternal City and explained to Sola and Stussy that he had given Vegapunk to the World Government in exchange for research resources. Sola candidly explained her role to the Gorosei, who ordered her to report important intelligence and monitor Luo Han’s movements more closely.

• Luo Han used Amaterasu to control Judge and Kizaru, then left Judge on the island and brought Kizaru to Eternal City.
• Luo Han turned Kizaru into a streetlamp while waiting for the World Government to deliver three Devil Fruits.
• Luo Han told Sola and Stussy that Vegapunk had agreed to join him and that he had given Vegapunk to the World Government to fund his research.
• Sola told Luo Han she would answer the Gorosei honestly about how he learned of Vegapunk’s location.
• Sola left Eternal City and told the Gorosei that she had passed the intelligence to Luo Han and that he planned to trade Kizaru for a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit for Stussy.
• The Gorosei ordered Sola not to share World Government secrets with Luo Han and to report important intelligence and his known movements immediately.

Sola concealed Kizaru’s capture from the World Government, while Sengoku and the Marines discussed Luo Han’s overwhelming power. With Garp pursuing Roger toward the New World, the major factions anticipated renewed turmoil, and the World Government agreed to trade three Devil Fruits for Kizaru.

• Sola assured the Gorosei that she would keep Kizaru’s capture secret and turned her ship toward Eternal City.
• Sengoku told Garp, Zephyr, and Tsuru that Luo Han’s Armament Haki had nullified his defenses, and Garp explained how Luo Han’s Psychokinesis had trapped Kizaru.
• Zephyr warned Akainu and Aokiji to strengthen their Haki and physical techniques, while both young Marines resolved to grow stronger.
• Garp and his Marines continued pursuing Roger, whose return to the New World prompted the major factions to expect conflict.
• The World Government agreed to exchange three Devil Fruits for Kizaru, and Luo Han accepted the deal while agreeing to keep the capture secret.

Garp, Tsuru, and Aokiji arrived in Eternal City to exchange for Kizaru, drawing the attention of pirates and the major powers. They found Kizaru still serving as a streetlamp in the Pleasure District, and Garp’s anger threatened to spark a fight before the exchange.

• A Marine warship carrying Garp, Tsuru, and Aokiji approached Eternal City, prompting nearby pirates and merchants to watch and wonder whether conflict would break out.
• Chiyue met the warship and guided Garp’s group past Island No. 4 to Island No. 6, while Tsuru explained that Charlotte Linlin’s special creatures had come under Luo Han’s control.
• Garp left the Marine soldiers aboard the warship and followed Chiyue with Tsuru and Aokiji toward the Pleasure District, carrying the three Devil Fruits Luo Han wanted.
• Garp’s group found Kizaru still humiliated as a streetlamp, and Garp, Tsuru, and Aokiji began preparing to fight.
• Kizaru anxiously asked them to exchange him before they started a battle, fearing he would otherwise remain a streetlamp for life.

Garp, Aokiji, and Tsuru left Eternal City after retrieving Kizaru, while Luo Han distributed the Devil Fruits and began using the Door-Door Fruit to connect Eternal City to the Four Blues. He and Elles established Divine Tree Islands and Space Gates across the seas, creating an artificial All Blue.

• Chiyue gave the three Devil Fruits to Aokiji, who put Kizaru into a black box before the Marines departed Eternal City.
• Observers on Satellite Island took the warship's safe departure as confirmation that the World Government accepted Eternal City's existence.
• Luo Han gave the Vampire-form Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit to Stussy and entrusted the other two to Cole.
• Six months later, Elles planted three Divine Trees in East Blue while Luo Han opened a thousand-meter Space Gate connecting the sea to Eternal City.
• Luo Han and Elles planted Divine Tree Islands and opened Space Gates in North Blue, West Blue, South Blue, and the first half of the Grand Line.

Luo Han planned Eternal City’s Space Gate network and assigned guards to its new branches across the Four Blues and the first half of the Grand Line. He also announced a World Gourmet Competition in six months, leaving Stussy to organize the details as he returned to cultivating his Mind Fruit.

• Luo Han muffled the sound of the five heavenly river waterfalls with Psychokinesis before teleporting with Chiyue and Elles to a meeting about Eternal City.
• Luo Han proposed connecting Space Gates across the Four Blues and the first half of the Grand Line to Eternal City, making it a global transport and trade hub despite Stussy and Sola’s concerns about threats from pirates, Marines, and the World Government.
• Luo Han assigned Ochoku to the East Blue, Silver Axe to the West Blue, Monk Sanlong to the North Blue, and Byrnndi World to the first half of the Grand Line, while Takk arranged temporary guards for the South Blue.
• Luo Han announced a World Gourmet Competition in six months with a prize of one hundred million Beli and told Stussy to promote it and develop Eternal City’s branches with the underworld’s help.
• Luo Han left the meeting and returned to cultivating and developing the Mind Fruit, while Ochoku and the others went to guard Eternal City’s branches.

News of Eternal City’s artificial All Blue, gourmet competition, and Space Gates stirred the world, while the World Government decided to destroy Blue Demon before the gates opened. The Marines learned they would support CP0 in a war planned for six months later, while the World Government’s hidden force would confront Luo Han.

• Eternal City’s announcements drew chefs, adventurers, and ordinary people toward its branches, while powerful nations and corporations watched the Space Gates as a threat to their interests.
• The Gorosei confirmed that Eternal City’s Space Gates connected the Four Blues to the New World and concluded that the gates could undermine Mary Geoise’s role as a transit hub.
• The Gorosei chose war against Blue Demon and went to seek Lord Im’s approval to activate Perfect Armament Haki.
• Kong told Marine Headquarters that the World Government would launch the Blue Demon Extermination War when Eternal City opened its Space Gates and held the World Gourmet Competition six months later.
• Kong said the Marines and CP0 would hold off Eternal City’s forces other than Blue Demon, while an undisclosed force would confront Luo Han.
• The Marines began preparing battle plans, and CP0 secretly gathered powerful fighters from around the world.

After Kizaru revealed that the World Government planned to attack Eternal City in half a year, Luo Han discussed the intelligence with Sola and Stussy. They realized the Gorosei might be testing Sola by watching whether Luo Han acted on the leaked plan, leaving them unsure how to prepare without exposing her.

• Kizaru told Luo Han that the Gorosei had ordered an assault on Eternal City and planned to send forces in half a year.
• Luo Han worried that the World Government might discover Amaterasu’s mind-control ability and expose it.
• Luo Han summoned Sola and Stussy and told them about the planned attack, which the Gorosei had kept from them.
• Luo Han suggested that the Gorosei might be testing whether Sola and Stussy had betrayed CP0.
• Sola and Stussy reasoned that the Gorosei could use Luo Han’s response to the leaked intelligence to implicate Sola, while preparations for the attack could also reveal the leak.

Luo Han learned that the Gorosei had a way to counter his teleportation and began training to prepare for their coming attack. Five months later, the Gorosei ordered Kong to launch a Marine operation against Eternal City’s branches while Luo Han continued to train.

• Luo Han told Sola and Stussy that Niu Niu and the others could defeat the Marines and CP0, but he planned to train in case the Gorosei sent someone powerful enough to kill him.
• Luo Han feared Imu might command ancient robots capable of using Perfect Armament Haki, so he intensified his training in the Mind World.
• Over five months, Luo Han continued condensing Perfect Armament Haki while Ochoku, Silver Axe, and the others remained stationed at Eternal City’s branch islands.
• The Gorosei decided that Viper and Stussy did not need to know their plan and ordered Kong to begin the operation against Eternal City.
• Marine warships set out for Eternal City’s branches in the Four Blues and the first half of the Grand Line, drawing attention across the world.

As the Whitebeard Pirates celebrated Kozuki Oden becoming Second Division captain, Tian Yue Shi’s unease led Whitebeard to suspect that danger awaited Luo Han and Eternal City. Luo Han briefed his companions on the World Government’s planned attack and prepared them for a confrontation, though he did not know how many enemy powerhouses they would face.

• Tian Yue Shi appeared distracted during Oden’s celebration and refused his help, prompting Whitebeard to wonder whether she had foreseen trouble.
• Whitebeard read that Marine warships had been sent to watch Eternal City’s branches and decided to warn Luo Han.
• The next day, Whitebeard set out for Eternal City while Oden and the Second Division stayed behind because Tian Yue Shi was close to giving birth.
• Luo Han told his companions that the World Government planned to attack Eternal City, likely when the Space Gate opened.
• Luo Han explained that the battle would hinge on him and the World Government’s unknown powerhouse, but he did not know how many such enemies there were.

Luo Han prepared for a possible World Government surprise attack while Eternal City filled with visitors ahead of the Space Gate opening and World Gourmet Competition. Whitebeard and Roger arrived in the New World, but Chiyue barred Roger from reaching Ark Island, and he chose to wait two days and hold a feast.

• Luo Han told Aixi, Elles, Chiyue, and the others how to escape if the World Government attacked, then monitored Eternal City from the Mind World.
• Crowds gathered at Eternal City's branches as five Marine warships waited near Triangle Divine Tree Island, while the Marines hoped to catch the city off guard.
• The Whitebeard Pirates and Roger Pirates arrived at Eternal City after fighting along the way, and Luo Han considered whether Roger planned to exploit the coming conflict.
• Whitebeard sailed toward Ark Island, but Chiyue stopped Roger at the Vine Pulse Floating Island Chain and forbade him from going farther.
• Roger agreed to wait two days before meeting Luo Han and led his crew away to hold a feast, while Chiyue suspected the World Government's attack was near.

Whitebeard visited Luo Han in Eternal City as the Marines prepared to attack, but Luo Han insisted the coming conflict was his war. The next day, Whitebeard and other major pirate crews gathered outside the Circular sea current while Luo Han monitored Eternal City.

• Cole and Elles brought Whitebeard and his crew from Ark Island’s beach to the villa plaza, where they joined Luo Han and Aixi for a banquet.
• Whitebeard asked Luo Han about the Marines’ movements, and Luo Han said he had expected their attack and did not need Ochoku and the others recalled.
• Luo Han warned Whitebeard that the coming war would rival God Valley, but declared it his war and promised to win so he could retire in peace.
• Whitebeard agreed to watch from outside Eternal City, and he and Luo Han drank together before parting for the night.
• The next morning, Whitebeard’s crew left Eternal City and stopped outside the Circular sea current alongside the Roger Pirates, Golden Lion’s Flying Pirates, Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, and other New World pirates.
• Luo Han sensed the gathered pirate crews and continued monitoring Eternal City through the Mind World.