Chapter Summaries

Bai Luo and Robin explored a World Government ship in the Seven Colored Mist and found a Marine Six Powers training guide, a Poneglyph rubbing, and other intelligence. Robin gained new hope of uncovering the lost history, while Luffy and Sanji continued searching the wrecks for treasure.

• Luffy and Sanji joined Bai Luo and Robin in searching the abandoned ships and found valuable treasures.
• Bai Luo found a book aboard a ship marked CP and explained that it contained a Marine Six Powers learning method, a World Government mission, and intelligence.
• Robin discovered that the ship carried a well-preserved Poneglyph rubbing and hurried to retrieve it.
• Bai Luo and Robin read that the rubbing described Poneglyph types and explained that the lost history could be understood by gathering their contents.
• Robin thanked Bai Luo for helping her find a renewed goal, then secured the rubbing before they returned to Luffy and Sanji.

Bai Luo and his companions discovered a trove of treasure inside the Seven Colored Thing, escaped its destruction, and returned to the Going Merry. The chapter ended with the crew learning how much treasure they had found.

• Luffy and Sanji piled up treasure, but Robin collapsed after touching a Gem with an effect similar to Seastone, and Bai Luo caught her.
• As the group prepared to leave, the sea distorted and Dr. Henzo explained that a passage had opened through the Rainbow Tower.
• Witton appeared and claimed the treasure, but Luffy knocked him away with two attacks.
• The Seven Colored Thing and rainbow bridge exploded, and Sanji carried Luffy and Dr. Henzo to safety while Bai Luo brought Robin out.
• Bai Luo reunited with Chopper and Usopp and recounted what had happened, leaving the crew astonished by the treasure inside.

The Straw Hat Pirates helped end Witton’s rule on Lulujia Island, celebrated with the residents, and resumed their voyage. After following a treasure map and finding Golden Lion’s Kirin horn instead of riches, they reached Hannibal and learned of a deadly sea race offering three hundred million Belly.

• Nami learned that she had missed out on the treasure found inside the Seven Colored Thing and pretended to have heart pain.
• Labane and Ajibi reunited with Dr. Henzo, and Aranei announced that Witton’s regime had ended.
• Luffy led the Straw Hat Pirates and the people of the city in a bonfire banquet before the crew left Lulujia Island the next morning.
• The crew followed a drifting treasure map to the Kingdom of Rare Beasts, where Bai Luo obtained Golden Lion’s Kirin horn and Nami was disappointed that it was not gold or silver.
• At Hannibal, the crew learned that a deadly sea race offered a prize of three hundred million Belly, catching Nami’s attention.

Nami recruited Bai Luo for a game, reluctantly agreed to split the prize money with him, and collected their winnings after Luffy defeated Spade. The Straw Hat Pirates were then startled when a ship fell from the sky beside the Golden Merry, and Nami discovered their Log Pose had broken.

• Nami asked Bai Luo to join the game, and he agreed on the condition that they split the reward fifty-fifty; she eventually accepted.
• After Luffy defeated Spade, the organizers paid the prize money, and Bai Luo took his share of one hundred and fifty million Belly.
• The Straw Hat Pirates resumed their usual activities aboard the Golden Merry until a huge sailing ship fell from the sky into the sea beside them.
• Bai Luo created a safe distance for the Golden Merry, while Nami noticed that the Log Pose had broken.

Robin explained that the Log Pose pointed toward Sky Island, and Bai Luo confirmed the legendary place was real. The crew reached Mushroom Town to seek information and meet someone Bai Luo wanted to find, where they encountered a town full of fighting pirates and a masked man proclaiming himself the Champion.

• Robin guessed that a nearby island's strong magnetism had disrupted the Log Pose and explained that it had recorded Sky Island.
• Nami dismissed Robin's claim, but Bai Luo confirmed Sky Island existed and described islands in the sky.
• Bai Luo, Luffy, Robin, Zoro, Nami, and others decided to explore Mushroom Town, while Sanji and Tiger Fiend stayed aboard the Golden Merry.
• Bai Luo and the group entered Mushroom Town and found pirates brawling throughout the streets as Nami hid behind Swift Edge.
• A masked man in a black tank top laughed and declared himself the Champion beside a pirate he had beaten.

Luffy defeated Bajies, then accidentally ate an apple that the Sickly Old Man had rigged with bombs, though the one Luffy chose was harmless. Bai Luo and the Straw Hat Pirates went to a bar to ask about Sky Island, where Bellamy decided to confront them.

• Bai Luo encouraged Luffy and Zoro to teach Bajies a lesson, and Luffy defeated him.
• The Sickly Old Man gave Luffy an apple, and Luffy ate it before Zoro could warn him about the bombs hidden in the other apples.
• The Sickly Old Man told the group that Luffy's apple had been the only one without a bomb, and Bai Luo suggested they seek information about Sky Island at a bar.
• Bellamy and Satchys discussed the Straw Hat Pirates' bounty posters, and Bellamy decided to use them for entertainment.
• Bai Luo, Luffy, and the others entered the biggest bar in Mushroom Town as Bellamy and his crew headed out to find them.

Luffy bickered with a man at a bar until Bai Luo revealed that the man was Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach, and accused him of killing a crewmate and hiding his ambitions for years. Blackbeard recognized that Bai Luo knew his secrets and demanded to know who he was.

• Luffy argued with a gap-toothed man over the bar’s food and challenged him after the man mocked his bounty.
• Luffy announced that his bounty was 120 million, leaving the man stunned and doubtful.
• Bai Luo warned Luffy that the man had killed his companions and spent more than ten years lying low for his ambitions.
• Bai Luo described the man’s ruthless methods, and Blackbeard calmly confronted him about how he knew.
• Bai Luo named him Marshall D. Teach, and Blackbeard grinned and admitted that Bai Luo knew who he was.

Luffy and his crew encountered Blackbeard in a tavern, where they argued over dreams and Sky Island. Bellamy then entered looking for the Straw Hat, and confronted Luffy.

• Usopp and Zoro recognized Blackbeard as the man Ace had sought, and Luffy identified himself as Ace’s little brother.
• Blackbeard mocked Luffy’s ambition to find Sky Island, but Luffy insisted that he believed it existed.
• Tavern patrons ridiculed Luffy and Blackbeard for believing in dreams, while Blackbeard declared that a person’s dreams would never end.
• Bellamy entered the tavern with his group, silencing the crowd, and singled out Luffy as the Straw Hat with a forty-million bounty.

Bai Luo and his crew confronted Bellamy's pirates after they mocked Luffy and his dreams, quickly overpowering them. When frightened tavern patrons tried to flee, Bai Luo stopped them and Swift Edge killed those who kept moving.

• Bellamy and his crew mocked Luffy, Bai Luo, and the others for believing in Sky Island and pursuing dreams.
• Bai Luo struck Bellamy and lifted him by the throat, while Zoro held Satchys at swordpoint and Robin disarmed the other pirates.
• Bai Luo's crew subdued Bellamy's group, drawing Blackbeard's attention; Bai Luo remained wary of Blackbeard and had Swift Edge and Fire Thunder watch him.
• The tavern patrons panicked and tried to escape, but Bai Luo ordered them to stop.
• When some patrons continued fleeing, Swift Edge cut them down.

Bai Luo drove the frightened pirates from the tavern, while Blackbeard warned Luffy’s group that the sea held dangers beyond their strength. Robin obtained directions to Kurike, who might know about Sky Island, and the crew learned Bellamy’s group followed Doflamingo.

• Bai Luo ordered the pirates to surrender their gold and treasure to compensate the tavern owner, and they fled after paying.
• Blackbeard told Luffy he would save their fight for Ace, then warned the Straw Hats not to mistake their current strength for readiness to rule the sea.
• Blackbeard praised Luffy and Bai Luo before leaving the tavern, while Robin asked the owner about Kurike and received a map to his home.
• Bai Luo threw Bellamy to the ground, and Robin explained that Bellamy’s group carried the Donquixote Family symbol because they admired Doflamingo.
• Zoro regretted missing his chance to fight Crocodile and reacted eagerly to the mention of Doflamingo, while Luffy asked who Doflamingo was.

After the Straw Hats dealt with Bellamy, they searched for Mont Blanc Kurike to learn how to reach Sky Island. Bai Luo concluded that Jaya Island’s terrain had been changed by the Rushing Sea Current, suggesting he had figured out the Golden Land’s location.

• Bai Luo described Doflamingo’s cruelty, frightening Nami, Zoro, Usopp, and Chopper.
• Luffy and his crew followed a map to find Kurike, meeting Ape and the Monkey, who told them about the Golden Land.
• Ape and the Monkey led the crew to Kurike, who explained that the Rushing Sea Current could launch a ship toward Sky Island but might destroy it.
• Luffy trusted Bai Luo to find a way to Sky Island, while Bai Luo wondered how powerful the current was.
• Bai Luo studied a map of Jaya Island and said its terrain had not originally looked as it did, prompting Nami to suspect the Rushing Sea Current had changed it.

Bai Luo convinced Curry Kai that the Golden Land had been swept into the sky, and Luffy’s crew set off for Sky Island with Tiger Fiend carrying the Going Merry. Blackbeard Teach watched them disappear into the clouds, while the crew marveled at Tiger Fiend’s flying strength.

• Bai Luo suggested that the Golden Land had been blasted into the sky by the Rushing Sea Current, and Curry Kai accepted the theory after his family’s centuries of fruitless searching.
• Luffy invited Curry Kai to join the search, but Curry Kai declined, content to know the truth, and Luffy promised to bring him news if they found the Golden Land.
• Luffy and his comrades set sail for Sky Island aboard the Going Merry, carried into the sky by Tiger Fiend.
• Van Augur aimed at the Going Merry, but Blackbeard Teach stopped him and watched the ship vanish into the clouds.
• The crew praised Tiger Fiend as he carried them upward, and he excitedly announced that he was speeding up.

Bai Luo and the others reached Sky Island’s entrance, where Amazon demanded an enormous fee before offering to let them enter for free. Bai Luo exposed the catch: entering without paying would make them illegal entrants, and Amazon then revealed the real fee was one hundred thousand Belly per person.

• The group arrived at Sky Island, and Amazon introduced herself as the guardian of the Gate of Heaven.
• Amazon told the Blue Sea visitors that entry cost one billion Ique per person, prompting Nami to challenge the price.
• Amazon said they could enter without paying, but Bai Luo warned that the offer likely concealed a catch.
• Amazon admitted that entering without payment would violate the laws and make them illegal entrants.
• Amazon explained that the fee converted to one hundred thousand Belly per person and asked who would pay the group’s total of one million one hundred thousand Belly.

Bai Luo and his companions paid the entrance fee and learned that the Sky Island they sought was Angel Island, under the rule of a God, before taking an Express Shrimp there. They arrived safely and marveled at the scenery and solid clouds, while the old woman secretly reported their arrival to a priest.

• Bai Luo and his companions paid the old woman 1.1 million Belly, and she explained Sky Island's regions and the danger of approaching God Island, Upper Yard.
• The old woman summoned an Express Shrimp, and Luffy and the others rode it toward Sky Island.
• After they left, the old woman called a priest and reported that Blue Sea visitors were heading to Sky Island.
• The Express Shrimp carried the Going Merry through the clouds and landed safely on Sky Island.
• Luffy and the others admired the beautiful scenery and discovered that the clouds beneath their feet were solid.

Luffy and the others explored Sky Island, met the local musician Conis and her father Paige Ya, and learned about some of the island’s unusual features. Paige Ya invited them to his home, where they arrived eager to sample Sky Island food.

• Luffy tried to bite a remarkably hard coconut and hurt his jaw.
• Bai Luo and the others spotted Conis playing a guzheng, and she welcomed the visitors from the Blue Sea.
• Sanji flirted with Conis until Nami punched him, and Conis laughed off the incident.
• Conis introduced her father, Paige Ya, and explained that his vehicle was called a Waver.
• Paige Ya invited the group to his home, and they accepted and traveled there past Sky Island sights including the Colorful Cloud Field and Cloud River.

The Straw Hat crew enjoyed Sky Island’s food and learned that God Enel ruled Angel Island and watched its people. After Luffy showed interest in visiting Enel, a Super Express Shrimp seized the Golden Merry and carried it away.

• The crew marveled at Sky Island’s shells and Sanji’s meal as they ate together.
• Conis told Luffy and the others that God Enel ruled the islands and could watch everything they did.
• Bai Luo said Enel was likely a powerful Devil Fruit user, while Luffy eagerly wanted to visit where the God lived.
• Nami screamed outside, and the crew saw a Super Express Shrimp carrying the Golden Merry away.
• Conis explained that Super Express Shrimps obeyed only God’s commands, and the crew suspected Enel had ordered their ship taken.

After Enel took the Golden Merry, Luffy’s crew set out for God Island to retrieve it, while a group of warriors also marched to overthrow Enel. The Straw Hats arrived at the giant tree on the island, and Nami suspected the Golden Land was above them.

• Luffy decided the Straw Hats would find Enel and take back the Golden Merry, but Bai Luo declined Conis’s father’s offer of a boat to avoid getting him in trouble.
• Bai Luo arranged for Fire Thunder and Swift Edge to carry the crew toward God Island, and Tiger Fiend transformed too.
• Enel watched the unusual vehicles from his palace and summoned several enormous figures to add danger to his game.
• A demon-like young leader rallied warriors to attack Enel and reclaim their homeland.
• Bai Luo and the crew reached God Island and marveled at its enormous ancient tree.
• Bai Luo guessed the tree came from Jaya, and Nami concluded the Golden Land might be above it.

Bai Luo’s group reached the Trial of the Gods while searching for the Merry and chose Gedatsu’s Marsh Trial. Gedatsu confronted them there, while the other priests went their separate ways and awaited Enel’s orders or pursued the Shandia.

• Robin guessed that the Merry had been taken to the island, and Bai Luo’s group crossed a forest to a gate marked with four trials.
• Bai Luo interrupted Luffy and chose the Marsh Trial, which the group entered together.
• Gedatsu celebrated the group’s choice, while Shura left to confront the Shandia and Satori and Ohm returned to await Enel’s orders.
• Bai Luo warned the group to be careful among the strange Swamp Clouds, then Gedatsu appeared and startled Nami.

Bai Luo and the others questioned Gedatsu, who revealed Enel’s plans, his island-wide Mind Net, and why the Going Merry had been taken. As Gedatsu began to describe Enel, the sky darkened and a huge bolt of white lightning struck him.

• Chopper and Robin examined the strange-looking Gedatsu, and Bai Luo’s group subdued him and forced him to explain Sky Island’s priests, trials, and conflicts.
• Gedatsu revealed that Enel had ordered the Going Merry taken because he was curious about its crew, and that Amazon had reported their arrival.
• Gedatsu explained that Enel’s Mind Net let him monitor the entire island, alarming Usopp while making Luffy eager to learn more about Enel.
• When Gedatsu began speaking Enel’s name, the sky darkened and a powerful bolt of white lightning struck him.

Luffy and the others learned that Enel was monitoring them and resolved to fight him and reclaim the Going Merry. After defeating priests and overcoming obstacles, they found the ship and began preparing a feast, but Sanji blamed Zoro for getting lost.

• Gedatsu was blasted into a crater, and Bai Luo said he was badly injured but still alive.
• The crew realized Enel's power let him watch them across the island, and Bai Luo silently agreed to their plan.
• Luffy and the others vowed to defeat Enel and take back the Going Merry.
• Two priests were defeated by the Shandia, while Bai Luo and the others found the Going Merry on an altar.
• The crew gathered food and prepared a feast to celebrate the ship's return.
• Sanji complained that Zoro had gotten lost after Robin briefly stopped watching him.