Chapter Summaries

As the world argued over the World Report and Bright’s claim to the Pirate King title, Bright waited for Doctor Vegapunk to finish his artificial sun. A week later, Vegapunk arrived with the completed sphere, ready to send it into the sky.

• People across the world argued over whether the World Government or the rebel alliance told the truth, while realizing a great war was coming.
• News that Bright had reached Final Island and become Pirate King dismayed Luffy and Teach, while Whitebeard laughed at the news.
• Bright considered how to defeat Imu and decided to wait until Doctor Vegapunk completed his artificial sun.
• A week later, Fujitora brought Doctor Vegapunk and the completed artificial sun to Bright above Fish-Man Island.
• Doctor Vegapunk announced that the sphere could provide light and heat to Fish-Man Island and the surrounding deep sea, then proposed sending it into the sky.

Bright and Doctor Vegapunk activated a giant artificial sun that restored light and warmth to Fish-Man Island. Bright then proposed using Kaido’s Lineage Factor to add awakened abilities to his replica Azure Dragon Fruit, and Vegapunk eagerly agreed to begin the experiment.

• Doctor Vegapunk explained that the antigravity sphere would circle Fish-Man Island and release enough light and heat to support life in the deep sea.
• Bright activated the sphere, which rose into the deep sea and illuminated Fish-Man Island.
• The island’s residents reacted with confusion as the sphere’s light spread across the island and surrounding waters.
• Bright asked Doctor Vegapunk to help awaken his ability by extracting Kaido’s Lineage Factor again and adding its awakened traits to his replica fruit.
• Doctor Vegapunk agreed enthusiastically, and Bright revealed that Kaido was visiting Fish-Man Island.

Bright brought the imprisoned Kaido to Vegapunk so he could collect Kaido’s blood for research, then asked whether Kaido would join a coming war against the World Government. Bright returned Kaido to the undersea prison, while Fish-Man Island’s residents celebrated the Artificial Sun and considered expanding into the deep sea.

• Bright visited Kaido in the deep sea and confirmed that Kaido had mastered Awakening.
• Bright took Kaido to Vegapunk, who collected his blood for another research project despite Kaido’s protests.
• Bright told Kaido that a war against the World Government was coming and asked whether he was interested in fighting.
• Bright returned Kaido to the undersea prison and said he might consider releasing him for the final battlefield.
• Fish-Man Island’s residents praised Bright for creating the Artificial Sun and discussed opening new homes farther into the deep sea.

Bright ate the artificially cultivated Devil Fruit containing the awakened power of the Azure Dragon Fruit, despite Vegapunk warning that it carried Kaido’s will. Bright began awakening, then lost consciousness as Kaido’s laughter echoed around him, leaving Vegapunk worried.

• The Marines continued trying to rally support, while Bright stayed out of their efforts and waited in Vegapunk’s laboratory.
• Vegapunk presented Bright with the successfully cultivated fruit and warned him that its awakened power carried Kaido’s influence.
• Bright trusted that he could break free of Kaido’s will and ate the fruit.
• Bright’s body grew scales, horns, and a tail as his power began awakening.
• Bright lost consciousness as Kaido’s laughter rang in his mind, and Vegapunk urged him to hang on.

Bright's Zoan awakening spiraled out of control as Kaido's will tried to consume him, leaving the Marines facing a berserk monster. Bright defeated the azure dragon in his mind and emerged with a transformed body, apparently awakened.

• Bright's body twisted and grew as he roared, and Ryokugyu, Garp, Kizaru, Fujitora, and Vegapunk recognized that his awakening had gone berserk.
• Vegapunk warned that Bright had to overcome Kaido's will himself or risk being taken over by it.
• Bright's monstrous form charged the Marines and raised a claw, but froze before Garp's blackened fist could meet it.
• In the spiritual world, the azure dragon swallowed Bright, but a red dragon burst from its body, overwhelmed it with flames and lightning, and swallowed it in turn.
• Bright's monstrous body contracted into a more controlled form, with brown fur and steam-like ribbons trailing from his back, and Kizaru recognized the change as an awakening.

After awakening his replicated Mythical Zoan, Bright gained a major boost in strength but decided he still needed to master Observation Killer before facing Imu. He traveled to Sabaody to ask Rayleigh for training and urge Rayleigh and Shakky to relocate to Fish-Man Island ahead of the coming war.

• Bright completely crushed Kaido's lingering will in the Devil Fruit and awakened its powers, greatly increasing his physical abilities and elemental strength.
• Fujitora, Ryokugyu, and Kizaru marveled at Bright's power, but Bright said he still needed to improve his Haki and learn to counter Observation Killer.
• Bright bid Dr. Vegapunk farewell and traveled to Sabaody Archipelago to find Rayleigh.
• Bright asked Rayleigh and Shakky to come to Fish-Man Island because staying in Sabaody had become dangerous.
• Bright asked Rayleigh to teach him Observation Killer, which Roger had mastered.

Bright used his awakened powers to carry Shakky’s bar through the sea toward Fish-Man Island with Rayleigh. Their journey was interrupted when Shanks called to report that Imu was pursuing him and Uranus.

• Rayleigh said he had never mastered Observation Killer and could only pass on Roger’s advice to Bright.
• Bright revealed that he had awakened his Devil Fruit, then offered to move Shakky’s entire bar instead of having her pack it.
• Bright lifted the bar into the sea inside a bubble and guided it toward Fish-Man Island while monitoring their surroundings with Observation Haki.
• Shanks called Bright and said Imu was chasing him and Uranus, and that Uranus was not fast enough to escape.

Bright learned that Shanks was carrying Uranus toward Fish-Man Island and that Imu was pursuing him to seize the Ancient Weapon. Bright raced to intercept them and discovered Uranus was a colossal dragon, the King of the Heavens.

• Bright apologized to Rayleigh and Shakky, then left Fish-Man Island to respond to the danger facing Shanks.
• Bright recalled that Rocks had attacked God Valley to seize Uranus's egg, but Roger obtained it and entrusted it to Rayleigh, who later passed it to Shanks.
• Bright realized Imu had targeted Shanks and Uranus, so he raced through the sky to reach them before Imu could take the Ancient Weapon.
• Bright sensed Imu's flying ship behind a powerful presence and identified the being ahead as Uranus, a gigantic dragon soaring through the heavens.

Bright joined the Red Hair Pirates as Uranus pursued them and set out to hold off the Final Weapon while Shanks continued toward Dressrosa. Bright dodged its beam and entered the clouds, where he saw the weapon’s true form.

• Bright transformed into lightning and landed on the Red Hair Pirates’ ship as Uranus carried it through the sky.
• Shanks and Ben Beckman explained that Uranus was still immature and could not escape the Final Weapon pursuing them.
• Bright told Shanks to keep flying while he stayed behind to hold off the Final Weapon, revealing his newly awakened power.
• Shanks agreed to wait above Dressrosa, and Bright flashed away toward the pursuer.
• The Final Weapon fired a beam at Bright, but he evaded it and plunged into the clouds.
• Bright saw the Final Weapon’s shape for the first time and thought it looked like a Straw Hat.

Bright attacked Uranus but could not break its barrier, and Imu confronted him after Bright resisted the weapon’s barrage. Bright withdrew once Uranus had carried Shanks and his companions away, leaving Imu to acknowledge that he could no longer stop him.

• Bright dodged Uranus’s gunfire and struck its barrier, but his attacks failed to damage the flying saucer.
• Bright hindered Uranus’s advance with repeated attacks, prompting Imu to deploy floating cannons that Bright destroyed with lightning.
• Imu charged Bright and exchanged a powerful blow with him, but Bright’s speed let him retreat beyond Imu’s reach.
• Bright ended the fight because Uranus had already carried Shanks and his companions away, and he told Imu they would meet again on the final battlefield.
• Bright vanished into the sky, and Imu admitted that there was nothing he could do to stop him.

Bright caught up with Red-Hair and the Red Hair Pirates on Uranus after escaping Imu, then led them toward Fish-Man Island. He planned to gather allies and retrieve Pluto from Wano Country as the final war approached.

• Bright used his awakened speed to catch up with Uranus and the Red Hair Pirates, then told them they could change course to escape Imu.
• Red-Hair explained that Imu had pursued them to learn Uranus's location because the World Government knew his family's hereditary duty to care for Uranus.
• Bright invited Red-Hair and his crew to stay at Fish-Man Island until the final war, and Red-Hair accepted.
• Bright decided to retrieve Pluto from Wano Country and contact their allies after bringing the Red Hair Pirates to Fish-Man Island.
• Bright coated Uranus in a bubble, and the group traveled beneath the sea to Fish-Man Island, where Uranus's arrival caused a sensation.

Bright brought Uranus to Vegapunk’s laboratory in the Sea Forest, where Vegapunk examined the ancient creature and Shanks reunited with Rayleigh and Shakky. Marines and pirates gathered together, and Bright said they could win the coming war if they stayed united.

• Bright brought Uranus to the Sea Forest, where Vegapunk excitedly examined the creature and its connection to Bikan technology.
• Shanks reunited with Rayleigh and Shakky, who recalled caring for Uranus when he was young.
• Ryokugyu joined the reunion, followed by Garp, Tsuru, Kizaru, Fujitora, Momousagi, and Chaton.
• Tsuru acknowledged that Roger, Rayleigh, and Shanks had helped prevent Uranus from becoming another enemy at God Valley.
• Fujitora said the gathered forces might win, and Bright declared that unity would secure victory in the coming war.

Bright gathered with Shanks, Uta, Rayleigh, Garp, and Tesoro, then left to open Wano Country and uncover Pluto. He planned to find Zunesha first because they had agreed to work together.

• Uta reunited with Shanks, and the Red-Hair Pirates rescued her from his unsteady one-handed spinning.
• Bright showed Tesoro Uranus, explaining that Shanks had taught him Haki.
• Shanks introduced Uta to Rayleigh and Garp, and the group discussed Luffy and the end of the Great Pirate Era.
• Bright told Shanks and Rayleigh he was leaving to prepare for his battle with Imu, while Rayleigh agreed to study Roger's training information.
• Bright headed for Wano Country to open it and reveal Pluto, intending to find Zunesha and honor their agreement.

Bright and Zunesha began opening Wano Country to the world by destroying the walls that had isolated it for eight hundred years. Zunesha’s assault sent the inland sea rushing away and revealed land as Wano Country prepared for a new era.

• Bright found Zunesha and told him it was time to open Wano Country and reveal Pluto.
• Bright called Yamato, who welcomed the plan and said Wano Country had been waiting for this day.
• Zunesha carried Bright to Wano Country, where Yamato, Denjiro, and the retainers confirmed that the people were prepared.
• Bright lifted the group into the sky as Zunesha struck and began breaking through Wano Country’s high walls.
• Zunesha pushed through the walls, causing the inland sea to drain and submerged land to emerge.

Bright revealed that Pluto, one of the Ancient Weapons, was hidden beneath Wano Country and said its power was needed to defeat their final enemy. After Zunesha drained the sea and destroyed the surrounding walls, Bright located Pluto under the Flower Capital and pulled the enormous ship from a lava lake.

• Bright told Yamato and the samurai that Wano Country had been sealed to hide Pluto, a weapon left by Joy Boy.
• Zunesha destroyed Wano Country’s walls and washed mud from the exposed land, revealing its ancient plains and coastline.
• Bright said he would retrieve Pluto and flew toward the Flower Capital after sensing the weapon underground.
• Bright transformed into his Dragon Human form and melted a passage through the land to reach a lava-filled cavern.
• Bright used Flame Cloud to pull a huge black metal ship from the lava, revealing Pluto.

Bright brought Pluto out of its underground chamber and carried it across Wano to Yamato and the others, where Yamato eagerly explored the warship. Inside Pluto, a gentle voice welcomed Den Black as its successor.

• Bright found a pre-dug passage and smashed through its sealed walls to bring Pluto out from beneath Wano.
• Bright carried Pluto to the ruins where Yamato and the others were exploring, and Yamato leaped up to see the ship.
• Bright set Pluto down and warned Yamato that it needed maintenance after centuries in magma.
• Bright opened Pluto's entrance and took Yamato inside to explore the ship.
• When Den Black stepped through the doorway, Pluto lit up and a gentle voice welcomed him as its successor.

Bright entered Pluto and met the ancient weapon’s artificial intelligence and ship spirit, who pledged to help him in the final war. With Yamato and Wano Country also offering support, Bright prepared to take Pluto back and urged Yamato to gather forces.

• Bright and Yamato entered Pluto and heard its calm voice explain that it was the ship itself, not a living creature.
• Pluto recognized Zunesha’s arrival as the promised moment and identified Bright as the successor Joy Boy had awaited.
• Bright met Pluto’s projected form in the central control room and learned that it combined Birka’s artificial intelligence with a ship spirit.
• Bright told Pluto that another Pluto was being completed and Uranus had been reclaimed, and Pluto pledged its power for the final war.
• Yamato offered the help of herself and Wano Country, and Bright agreed before urging her to gather forces and preparing to take Pluto back.

Bright brought Pluto to Fish-Man Island, where the ancient battleship reunited with Vegapunk and the others. With all three Ancient Weapons gathered, Bright began preparing for the coming conflict by arranging Observation Killer training with Shanks.

• Bright carried Pluto from Wano Country to Fish-Man Island and placed him in the coral forest.
• Vegapunk arrived, recognized Pluto as an extraordinary ancient ship, and eagerly questioned him about the past.
• Rayleigh, Shanks, and the Marines arrived, and Bright confirmed that all three Ancient Weapons had been gathered.
• Bright told Rayleigh it was time to begin training, and Rayleigh revealed that Shanks could teach Bright Observation Killer.
• Bright accepted Shanks's offer to train him so he could face Imu without being outmatched in Observation Killer.

Bright learned how Observation Killer worked from Shanks as the World Government gathered allies and considered recruiting prisoners from Impel Down. Bright then confirmed that Katakuri would attack the government from within when the war began, and promised he would not be alone.

• Shanks explained that Observation Killer restrained and disrupted its user's aura to interfere with other people's Observation Haki, then described how it felt to use the technique.
• The Five Elders discussed their shortage of powerful fighters and decided to summon several Shichibukai and Katakuri.
• The Five Elders proposed recruiting some of Impel Down's prisoners to bolster the World Government's forces.
• Bright learned that the government had contacted Katakuri and told him to strike from within when the war began.
• Katakuri agreed to Bright's plan, and Bright hinted that others would join him.

Bright secured support from Elbaf and other minority tribes while training to master Observation Killer. He then escorted Vice Admiral Garp, Vice Admiral Tsuru, and their allies to meet hidden New World Marine forces and help establish a new Marine force.

• Bright contacted the Minority Tribe Alliance, whose members joined his side, and Elbaf's Giant Tribe pledged its support.
• Bright continued training Observation Killer under Teacher Shanks and made rapid progress.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru told Bright that many Marine soldiers and several hidden branch Vice Admirals were ready to follow them and form a new Marine force.
• Bright offered to escort the Marines and provide material support from Fish-Man Island, and Vice Admiral Garp thanked him.
• Bright led the Marines toward the New World, where the hidden Vice Admirals and their troops awaited them.