Chapter Summaries

Sengoku and Chaton confronted the cost of the Navy’s plan to transform its soldiers into fish-men, while the Five Elders discussed negotiations and efforts to reproduce the Fishman Potion. Bright agreed to send the captured soldiers to Zephyr and called for a meeting with Zephyr and Dragon, believing the final war was near.

• Chaton asked Sengoku to keep Gion and the other Navy heroes from being sacrificed, and Sengoku said he had requested negotiations with Fish-Man Island.
• The Five Elders considered whether to approve negotiations and ordered Caesar to try to reverse-engineer the Fishman Potion after Vegapunk was taken away.
• Bright returned to his office and received a call from Zephyr, who asked for the captured Navy soldiers so he could try to persuade them to join his side.
• Bright agreed to send the soldiers to Zephyr and said he would contact Dragon because the final war was not far away.

Bright discussed the nearly completed preparations for the final battle with Dragon and Zephyr, then agreed to hand the captured modified Fish-Man Marines to Zephyr. He took Vice Admiral Momousagi from prison to deliver her to Zephyr, while she remained defiant about Bright's plans for Fish-Man Island.

• Bright told Dragon and Zephyr that Pluto could be completed in about a year, and they described their forces' preparations for the final battle.
• Jinbe told Bright that the Navy wanted its captured modified Fish-Man Marines returned, but Bright refused and agreed to let Zephyr handle them.
• Bright and Jinbe discussed how the transformed Marines now had Fish-Man blood, and Bright suggested their captivity could create an opportunity against the Navy.
• After resting for two days, Bright went to the prison and told Vice Admiral Momousagi that the government had denied the experiment and erased the Marines' existence.
• Momousagi condemned Bright's plans for Fish-Man Island, but Bright took her from her cell and said he was handing her over to someone else.

Bright brought Gion and the other captured Marines to the NEO Marines’ hidden headquarters, where Gion reunited with her former teacher, Zephyr. Zephyr welcomed Bright and affirmed the fish-men’s role in his alliance, while Gion remained opposed to his ideals.

• Bright carried Gion and the other fish-men Marines across the sky toward the NEO Marines’ headquarters, while Gion resolved to try to persuade Zephyr to change his mind.
• Bright brought the group to a hidden, uncharted island that served as the NEO Marines’ headquarters.
• Zephyr came out to greet Bright and embraced him before noticing the chained Marines he had brought.
• Zephyr crouched beside Gion and asked how she had ended up in her fish-man form.
• Gion challenged Zephyr over his alliance with fish-men, and Zephyr declared them his most steadfast allies.

Bright and Zephyr discussed the captured Marines and the NEO Marines’ hidden base, while Gion discovered that Aokiji and Akainu had been turned into children and imprisoned. Bright then hurried back to Fish-Man Island after learning that Vegapunk was about to cut off his own head.

• Bright warned Zephyr to keep a close watch on Gion and said she might be difficult to control underwater.
• Gion recognized the imprisoned child versions of Aokiji and Akainu, who asked her about events at sea.
• Gion told Aokiji and Akainu that Bright had become an even greater threat.
• Ain approached Gion’s cell and sent purplish-red flames toward her, saying it was for safety.
• Bright received an urgent call that Vegapunk was going to cut off his own head and set off for Fish-Man Island.

Bright stopped Vegapunk from trying to cut off his oversized head and proposed using the Op-Op Fruit to help him instead. He asked Tesoro to search the North Blue for the Heart Pirates, whose crew included the Fruit’s user.

• Vegapunk tried to cut off his head, but Jinbe and Tesoro restrained him and urged him to wait until the laboratory was ready.
• Bright arrived and persuaded Vegapunk to postpone the operation, suggesting the Op-Op Fruit as a safer solution.
• Vegapunk agreed to wait and began using bubbles to make his head feel lighter.
• Bright told Tesoro to mobilize their intelligence resources to find the Heart Pirates in the North Blue.

Bright used Shyarly’s divination to locate Trafalgar Law in the North Blue after Tesoro and Morgans failed to find him through their intelligence networks. Shyarly identified Joy Town from a stack of photographs, and Bright learned it was on Svalbard Island.

• Bright gave up waiting for news from Tesoro and Morgans and asked Shyarly to divine where the Heart Pirates captain Trafalgar Law could be found.
• Shyarly saw Bright meeting a man wearing a furry hat in Joy Town, which Bright took to be Law.
• Bright asked Tesoro to collect photographs of every North Blue town named Joy Town so Shyarly could identify the one from her vision.
• Tesoro brought Bright a stack of photographs, and Shyarly selected the matching town.
• Bright identified the island as Svalbard Island, surprising Tesoro with his apparent mind-reading.

Bright searched Svalbard Island for Trafalgar Law and discovered that someone in Joy Town knew him. After confronting an old man, Bright learned from his reaction that the man could contact Law and asked for his phone number.

• Bright flew to Svalbard Island and used Observation Haki to confirm its location before entering Joy Town in disguise.
• Bright found the town's residents unusually happy but could not locate Trafalgar Law or Bepo anywhere on the island.
• Bright overheard someone wondering how Law and Bepo were doing and followed the voice to an old man's house.
• Bright asked the old man whether he could contact Law, recognized his reaction, and requested Law's phone number.

Bright waited on Svalbard Island for Trafalgar Law to return, then asked for his help and offered to share news about Doflamingo. Law listened warily as Bright began his offer.

• Bright stayed at Wolf's house for two days and reassured Wolf that he would not harm Luo and the others.
• Law returned to Svalbard Island aboard his submarine and ordered Bepo, Shachi, and Penguin to remain aboard while he went ashore alone.
• Bright used Observation Haki to detect Law's arrival and went with Wolf to welcome him at the entrance to Joy Town.
• Law agreed to speak with Bright, and the three returned to Wolf's house.
• Bright apologized for summoning Law and offered to tell him something about Doflamingo, making Law's eyes widen.

Bright told Law that Doflamingo was dead and that Tesoro had killed him, then asked Law to perform a dangerous surgery using the Op-Op Fruit. Law agreed to go with Bright, and his crew insisted on joining them.

• Law asked Bright about Doflamingo, and Bright told him Doflamingo was dead and had not died happily at Tesoro's hands.
• Bright asked Law to perform a dangerous surgery, explaining that only Law's Op-Op Fruit powers could safely carry it out.
• Law agreed to help, though he questioned how Bright knew about his Devil Fruit ability.
• Bepo and Law's two other companions burst in and demanded to accompany Law.
• Bright offered to help Bepo return to Zou, and Law decided that his whole crew would travel with Bright.

Bright carried Luo and his companions through the sky aboard the Polar Diving Boat and asked Luo to perform surgery to remove an old man’s extra head. Bright then spotted Germa 66 below and brought up the Sea Warrior Sora comic, while a government representative confronted Vinsmoke Judge.

• Bright told Luo that the surgery would involve cutting off an old man’s extra head, and Luo agreed to help.
• Shachi, Penguin, and Bepo cheered about heading toward the Grand Line, while Bright warned them that the New World was beyond their current abilities.
• Bright noticed activity on the sea below and asked Luo whether he knew of Germa 66.
• Luo recognized Germa 66 from the Sea Warrior Sora comic, and Bright said he could take part in the story.
• A government representative asked Vinsmoke Judge whether he intended to refuse the government’s goodwill.

CP0 agents tried to force Vinsmoke Judge into the World Government’s research project, but Bright arrived and stopped them. After Bright struck down the agents, he turned his attention to Judge, leaving Judge terrified.

• Judge refused CP0’s demand to take him for research and prepared to resist with his children.
• CP0 agents moved to fight Judge, his sons, and Poison Pink.
• Bright descended through the palace ceiling with a black-robed figure and confronted CP0.
• Yonji challenged Bright, while Judge feared his son had provoked the powerful newcomer.
• The lead CP0 agent ordered the others to flee, but Bright’s lightning swallowed them.
• Bright asked how he should deal with Judge, who stared at him in terror.

Bright offered to take Judge and the Vinsmoke Family to Fish-Man Island after the deaths of the CP0 agents put them at odds with the World Government. Judge recoiled at the proposal, leaving Bright’s attempt to recruit him unresolved.

• Bright killed the CP0 agents with lightning while Reiju watched Judge tremble in fear.
• Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji admired Bright’s power and challenged him until Judge ordered them to be quiet.
• Judge apologized for his sons’ behavior and asked Bright why he had come.
• Bright warned Judge that the government would treat the CP0 deaths as a declaration of war and could send an admiral to capture him.
• Bright invited Judge to move to Fish-Man Island, and Judge recoiled, asking what kind of joke it was.

Bright forced Vinsmoke Judge to submit after overpowering the Vinsmoke brothers, then prepared to take Judge away from the Kingdom of Germa. He told Judge to transfer authority to Reiju so she could keep the country stable.

• Judge refused Bright's demand to return with him to Fish-Man Island, and Bright announced he would use force.
• Judge attacked Bright with Electromagnetic Thrust, but his spear shattered against Bright's body.
• Niji, Ichiji, and Yonji attacked Bright with their signature moves, but he defeated each of them with ease.
• Reiju surrendered, and Bright captured Judge with Flame Clouds while leaving her in charge of Germa.
• Bright told Judge to transfer the country's authority to Reiju, warning that his sons could otherwise let Germa fall apart.

Bright brought Luo, Judge, and the Heart Pirates to Fish-Man Island so Luo could perform surgery on Vegapunk. After Vegapunk reunited with Judge and asked for his head to be removed, Luo began the operation.

• Bright flew the Polar Diving Boat through the New World and descended with it to Fish-Man Island.
• Bright took the submarine to the Sea Forest and went to fetch Vegapunk, leaving Luo and the others aboard.
• Bright brought Vegapunk to the submarine, where Judge and Vegapunk recognized each other after a long separation.
• Vegapunk asked Luo, the Op-Op Fruit user, to cut off his head, and Luo activated ROOM to begin the surgery.

Luo used the Op-Op Fruit to remove Vegapunk’s enormous head, and Vegapunk revealed that he had left the World Government to pursue his dream alongside Bright. Vegapunk asked Bright to leave Judge with him to help advance the Seraphim Project, and Bright agreed.

• Luo used his ROOM and blade to sever Vegapunk’s oversized head, while Bright’s clouds kept it suspended.
• Vegapunk thanked Luo and confirmed his identity, shocking Luo and Judge with his presence outside the World Government.
• Vegapunk said he had grown tired of the World Government and still dreamed of sharing knowledge and abundant energy with everyone.
• Vegapunk told Judge that Bright gave him hope, then praised Judge’s lineage-factor research and proposed using its results for another project.
• Vegapunk asked Bright to leave Judge with him to help the Seraphim Project, and Bright agreed.

Bright learned that the Seraphim Project could create replicas with power rivaling or surpassing the Shichibukai and pledged to fund Vegapunk’s research. Vegapunk began preparing to make more clones, while Bright moved nearby and warned that war with the World Government could come soon.

• Bright explained the Seraphim Project’s potential and told Vegapunk he would fully fund its development.
• Vegapunk decided to create more clones and recruited the reluctant Judge to help modify their brains.
• Bright took Vegapunk and Judge to the laboratory, where Franky and Master Tom saw Vegapunk’s enormous detached head.
• Bright told Vegapunk the final battle might be near and decided to stay close to the laboratory for safety.

Bright took Luo and his companions to Fish-Man Island and discussed how to reward Luo, while the Five Elders ordered the World Government to seize scientists and accelerate its underwater military preparations. Bright then brought up Pure Gold with Tesoro, as an imprisoned Fish-Man unexpectedly escaped his handcuffs at a NEO Marines base.

• Bright returned to the laboratory, where Vegapunk began turning his severed head into a computer and planning to create clones to help with the Seraphim Project and Pluto.
• Bright offered to take Luo to Zou and asked him to think about a reward before leaving; Luo agreed to visit Fish-Man Island first.
• The Five Elders blamed Judge for CP0's disappearance and ordered the capture of more scientists, while Caesar demanded access to the Science Unit's previous test subjects.
• Bright showed Luo and his companions around Fish-Man Island, then told Tesoro that he would not take Luo's Op-Op Fruit and asked whether he knew about Pure Gold.
• At a NEO Marines base, an imprisoned Fish-Man's body changed, and his handcuffs slipped off.

Ain delivered meals to the imprisoned Marines, who quietly waited for a chance to escape and report their location. Meanwhile, Luo’s crew traveled toward Zou aboard a Fish-Man Island Logistics Company ship, while Bright and Tesoro waited in the deep sea for Pure Gold to appear.

• Ain served food to Aokiji and the other captive Marines, then urged them to join Zephyr.
• Momousagi and the other prisoners continued waiting for an opportunity to escape or alert Headquarters.
• Luo and his crew traveled toward Zou with the Fish-Man Island Logistics Company, and Luo noticed a distant golden light.
• Bright and Tesoro waited outside Fish-Man Island, and Tesoro asked whether Pure Gold would come to them.

Bright brought Tesoro outside Fish-Man Island to meet the Lanternfish and obtain the legendary Pure Gold. After entering the creature’s belly, Bright sensed something unusual nearby, and Tesoro detected a human presence.

• Bright explained to Tesoro that Pure Gold existed and that Princess Shirahoshi had summoned the Lanternfish to them.
• Bright and Tesoro saw the gigantic Lanternfish approach, its head lantern glowing gold.
• The Lanternfish said his Pure Gold was stored in the lantern and let Bright and Tesoro enter his mouth.
• Bright and Tesoro found a lake and ruined island inside the Lanternfish’s belly, illuminated by the light above.
• Bright sensed something unusual and flew toward it with Tesoro, who noticed a human presence.

Bright and Tesoro explored the Lanternfish’s interior with Olga, a girl who had survived inside it for two hundred years, and agreed to take her out after finding Pure Gold. In the second stomach, they found a disguised man who recognized Olga, and she identified him as her father.

• Bright and Tesoro landed on the ruined island inside the Lanternfish and met Olga, who revealed she had lived there for two hundred years.
• Bright told Olga they were searching for Pure Gold and offered to take her outside; after Tesoro pressured her, she pleaded for their help.
• Bright flew Olga and Tesoro through the Lanternfish’s first stomach into its second, where Tesoro sensed another human nearby.
• Bright, Tesoro, and Olga found a man disguised as a dinosaur and eating meat in a cave.
• The man recognized Olga, and she called him her father.