Chapter Summaries

Bright and the others reached the moon aboard Hades and witnessed the Ancient Weapon’s devastating firepower. The bombardment stopped when Bright spotted the ruins of Birka on the lunar surface.

• Bright, Shanks, and the others admired the starry sky as Hades approached the moon.
• Bright and the others saw that the moon was barren, and Vegapunk explained that the Bikans had left their homeland for the Blue Sea.
• Vegapunk ordered Hades to fire, and its cannons blasted a massive crater into the moon’s surface.
• Hades unleashed a sustained barrage across the lunar landscape, demonstrating its destructive power and endurance.
• Bright ordered Hades to stop when he spotted the ruins of Birka ahead.

Bright and his companions discovered the buried Bikan city on the moon, where Doctor Vegapunk began examining the robots left behind. Murals revealed that the Bikans had fled to the Blue Sea after their resource use damaged their homeland, and Bright and his companions vowed to carry on their will by making technology benefit everyone.

• Bright used Flame Clouds to drill a passage through the moon's sand and lead the group into the underground ruins.
• Bright sent lightning into the darkness, activating lights that revealed a vast city and its small robots.
• Doctor Vegapunk eagerly went down to study the robots while Bright left Flame Clouds nearby to protect him.
• Bright and his companions explored the empty city and found murals recounting the Bikans' technological rise, environmental decline, and migration to the Blue Sea.
• Bright, Red-Hair, and Teacher Rayleigh agreed to inherit the Bikans' will by creating an era in which technology brought convenience to everyone.

Bright and his companions left the moon after exploring the Bikan city and confirming that Hades was ready. Back on New Fish-Man Island, they began gathering their forces for war against the World Government, and Bright invited Shyarly to look at the stars.

• Bright and the others found Doctor Vegapunk examining the intelligent robots left to guard the Bikan city, and he decided they should stay there.
• Bright, Rayleigh, and Shanks agreed that the preparations for war were complete, and Rayleigh planned to gather Mister Gaban and the other Roger Pirates.
• After returning to New Fish-Man Island, Bright contacted Zephyr and the others, who celebrated Hades's completion and began assembling the Revolutionary Army, the NEO Marines, and the New Marines.
• Bright felt unexpectedly empty as the war approached, so he went to Shyarly's Mermaid Cafe and asked her to look at the stars with him.

Bright and Shyarly watched the moon from above New Fish-Man Island as they talked about the coming war and the future. Bright found reassurance in Shyarly’s faith in him, and they agreed to marry after the war as the final battle against Imu approached.

• Bright carried Shyarly into the sky above New Fish-Man Island on Flame Clouds and spoke with her about their past trip to the moon.
• Bright told Shyarly that preparations were complete and nothing could stop the attack on the World Government.
• Bright worried about the sacrifices the war would bring and whether the world would truly improve afterward.
• Shyarly assured Bright that he would create the finest era, and his unease subsided as he took her hand.
• Bright asked Shyarly to marry him after they won the war, and she agreed.

CP0 agents freed Impel Down’s Level 6 prisoners to recruit them for the World Government’s coming war. Douglas Bullet agreed to fight Bright, while Patrick Redfield refused and Shiryu left Impel Down to join the war.

• CP0 agents pardoned the Level 6 prisoners in exchange for their service, and Catarina Devon and Avalo Pizarro accepted.
• CP0 tried to recruit Douglas Bullet and Patrick Redfield, telling them that most of the Navy’s upper ranks had rebelled and that Bright had defeated Sengoku and the Admirals.
• Douglas Bullet agreed to fight Bright, eager to test himself against someone said to have surpassed Roger.
• Patrick Redfield refused to fight for the World Government, so the CP0 agent deemed him useless.
• At Impel Down’s port, Shiryu told the CP0 agent he would join the war rather than remain as chief warden.

Bright gathered the NEO Marines, Revolutionary Army, New Marines, Fish-Man Island leaders, and pirate representatives to plan their final battle against the World Government. After revealing that the Government had recruited Douglas Bullet and other powerful fighters, Bright volunteered to act as bait and lure Imu into an ambush.

• Garp and Zephyr warmly reunited at the meeting, while Kizaru and Aokiji greeted each other after years apart.
• Bright opened the strategy meeting by proposing they draw Imu out and attack him by surprise.
• Bright warned the group that the World Government had recruited formidable criminals from Impel Down, including Douglas Bullet.
• Bright explained that some Government recruits were his allies, but they could not locate Imu because CP0 handled their contacts and Imu's Final Weapon remained hidden.
• Bright volunteered to lure Imu into an encirclement, and the others agreed to support his plan.

Bright proposed using Hades to lure Imu into a decisive battle while the Revolutionary Army, NEO Marines, and New Navy crushed World Government forces worldwide. His allies and their nations and tribes agreed to send troops, and Fish-Man Island mobilized its logistics forces, sea beasts, and Sea Kings to transport them.

• Bright argued that Imu would be forced to act soon because the opposing side’s strength would keep growing as Uranus matured, and he proposed appearing with Hades as bait.
• Dragon, Zephyr, and Garp agreed to prepare their forces to attack World Government strongholds across the world.
• Bright contacted the Giant King, Yamato, Inuarashi, and Nekomamushi, and they agreed to send troops to support the war.
• Fish-Man Island mobilized its logistics forces, sea beasts, and Sea Kings to transport armies and join the fighting.
• Bright and his allies prepared for a worldwide campaign while recognizing that luring Imu out remained essential to victory.

At the abandoned G-3 base, the World Government gathered Shichibukai and notorious fighters to prepare for the coming war. Bright approached aboard Hades, then leaped from the sky toward the assembled monsters.

• CP0 guided renowned figures, including Katakuri, Mihawk, Hancock, Moria, Bullet, and Pizarro, to the abandoned G-3 base.
• Moria questioned why the others had answered the World Government's summons, and Mihawk said he wanted to fight whoever held the title of strongest.
• Bullet entered and declared that he would fight and defeat the man called the strongest.
• Pizarro said the World Government needed the gathered fighters because the Navy had betrayed it, and Moria eagerly anticipated the coming war.
• Bright used Observation Haki to survey the gathering from Hades, then leaped from the sky as Hades waited for his call.

Bright crashed into the abandoned Marine base and demanded that the assembled fighters stop supporting the World Government. After Mihawk and Bullet challenged him, Bright called down Hades, a gigantic steel bird, as the sea boiled beneath its arrival.

• Bright's meteor-like entrance destroyed the Marine base, but Katakuri and Mihawk emerged unharmed, while Moria, Bullet, and the CP0 agents gathered nearby.
• Bright asked the gathered fighters to withdraw from the World Government or join his side, explaining that he did not want Imu to gain more strength.
• Bullet attacked Bright, but Bright stopped his punch and casually hurled him into the distance.
• Mihawk challenged Bright, and Bright recognized that Mihawk was acting to provoke a fight.
• Bullet returned inside a colossal robot, and Bright summoned Hades, which descended through the clouds as a gigantic steel bird and sent light toward the sea.

Imu and the Five Elders decided they had to confront Bright before Uranus matured, despite suspecting that Bright’s appearance was a trap. At the abandoned Marine base, Bright tried to stall while Bullet attacked him, but Bright destroyed Bullet’s giant arm and reached through the robot to grab his head.

• A CP0 agent reported that Bright had arrived with a terrifying flying machine, and Imu suspected it was Pluto.
• The Five Elders warned that Bright might be luring them into a trap, but Imu said their chances would worsen if they waited.
• Imu agreed to go to Bright’s location, though he wanted to avoid rushing blindly into the bait.
• At the abandoned Marine base, Bright let CP0 report his arrival while he tried to buy time.
• Bullet attacked Bright in his giant robot, and Bright burst the robot’s arm before reaching inside to seize Bullet’s head.

Bright effortlessly defeated Bullet, then exchanged blows with Hawk Eyes, whose challenge confirmed the immense gap between them. Just as Bright asked if anyone else objected, an unseen arrival spoke up.

• Bright tore Bullet from his fused robot armor and crushed him with internal-destruction Haki.
• Catarina Devon was stunned by Bright’s strength, while Katakuri put away his trident and King of Evil declared his surrender.
• Hawk Eyes challenged Bright, and Bright accepted the staged duel.
• Hawk Eyes attacked with a powerful sword barrage, but Bright deflected every strike and stopped him with a hand on his shoulder.
• Bright asked the gathered pirates if anyone else objected, and an unseen arrival answered that they did.

Bright and Imu met and began their final battle, while Dragon and the Revolutionary Army launched coordinated attacks around the world. The chapter left the seas and nations engulfed in a worldwide war against the World Government.

• King of Evil and the others realized that Bright and Imu were about to fight and retreated from the battlefield.
• Bright and Imu agreed that neither would leave until the other was defeated, then clashed with their fists.
• Pluto reported that Imu had appeared and started fighting Bright, so Black Arm Zephyr ordered the warship to move toward them.
• Dragon told Pluto to alert the world, and the signal to begin the war spread through the Den Den Mushi's radio waves.
• Giants, fish-men, merfolk, dwarves, the Mink Tribe, and other peoples rose from the seas as the Revolutionary Army launched attacks across nations.

Bright fought Im above the ruined Marine base and awakened his power after realizing his Haki alone was not enough. Bright finally read Im’s thoughts and struck him, sending him crashing into the sea, while a massive tsunami threatened the island.

• Revolutionary Army soldiers and Sea Kings trapped the fleeing royal family of the Kingdom of Goa after the harbor ships were destroyed.
• The Five Elders learned that Bright’s allied forces included many races and large numbers of Sea Kings, and they placed their hopes on Im defeating Bright.
• Bright entered his awakened Dragon Human form and challenged Im to fight seriously.
• Bright used the Voice of All Things to hear Im’s thoughts, caught his incoming fist, and slammed his head into Im.
• Im fell into the sea as a huge tsunami rushed toward the island, and Bright gathered flames, lightning, wind, and Haki in his mouth before exhaling.

Bright unleashed a devastating breath attack that revealed Imu’s true appearance but failed to kill him. As Hades and Bright tried to trap Imu with a coordinated attack, Imu escaped the blast alongside a colossal creature rising from the sea.

• Bright’s breath attack sent a towering wave toward the island, and Hawk Eyes swung his sword to try to break it.
• Imu emerged alive from the sea with his black robe destroyed, revealing his modified body to Bright.
• Imu explained that he had used Lunarian technology to enhance himself and later gained eternal life through the Op-Op Fruit’s Immortality Operation.
• Hades fired a light cannon at Imu, who dodged into a second beam rising from the sea.
• An iron ship and a colossal winged creature burst through the waves, and the creature roared in the sky.

Bright and Imu continued their aerial battle as Dragon’s allies searched for Imu’s hidden Final Weapon. Imu used the fight as bait, and a colossal beam erupted from beneath the sea, swallowing Pluto in light.

• Hawk Eyes destroyed the incoming tidal wave while Katakuri watched Pluto and Uranus appear beside the ruined Marine base.
• Bright and Imu resumed their fierce battle in the sky as the Ancient Weapons gathered around them.
• Dragon asked Jinbe to have Princess Shirahoshi command the Sea Kings to search the deep sea for Imu’s hidden weapon.
• Imu revealed that concealing his presence no longer fooled Bright and said he could not win the war by fighting Bright head-on.
• Bright warned the others of an attack from beneath the sea, but a gigantic beam erupted from the seabed and obscured Pluto.

Bright and Imu resumed their duel after Imu's ambush badly damaged Pluto, while the floating fortress raced toward the battlefield. As the Ancient Weapons and Red-Hair prepared to meet it, Katakuri called out to the Five Elders, asking to board the fortress.

• Bright realized the emerging colossal object was taking on water, while Pluto surfaced badly damaged after absorbing its powerful attack.
• Dragon reported that Pluto had lost nearly half its gun emplacements and could barely fire its main cannon again.
• Bright and Imu agreed to settle the fight themselves and clashed as the floating fortress approached.
• The Five Elders celebrated Imu's successful plan, while Hades, Red-Hair, and Uranus prepared to confront the fortress.
• King of Evil urged the group to flee the ruined Marine base, but Katakuri leaped up and asked the Five Elders to let them aboard.

Katakuri persuaded the Five Elders to let him aboard their floating ship by proposing that Brulee use her Mirror-Mirror Fruit to enter the enemy’s Ancient Weapons and attack them from within. The Five Elders agreed, and Katakuri’s group met CP0 and the Knights of God as they arrived to support the plan.

• The Five Elders questioned whether Katakuri’s group could help, but agreed to bring them aboard after Katakuri claimed he had a way to defeat the enemy.
• Katakuri, Brulee, Hawk Eyes, and the others were lifted onto the floating ship and taken into an enclosed room.
• Katakuri explained that Brulee could use mirrors to travel into the interiors of Pluto and the iron bird and attack their crews.
• The Five Elders ordered Katakuri to destroy Pluto and promised to provide Brulee with a mirror.
• The room opened, and Katakuri’s group encountered CP0 and the Knights of God.

Katakuri and the others entered Brûlée’s Mirror World alongside CP0 and the Knights of God, who planned to use her ability to reach the mirrors near Pluto. Just as the group spotted the mirrors, Katakuri’s allies launched a surprise attack.

• Katakuri recognized the Knights of God as a powerful Celestial Dragon order with authority over disputes among their own kind.
• The Knights of God’s leader asked Brûlée to guide them through her mirror, and CP0 entered first to scout the way.
• Katakuri, Hawk Eyes, Bullet, Moria, and the other mercenaries followed into the Mirror World before the Knights of God entered.
• Brûlée explained that directions and distances matched the real world, and the group ran toward the location of Pluto.
• When mirrors appeared ahead, Ice Age, Meteor Volcano, and Yasakani no Magatama rang out as Katakuri, Hawk Eyes, and the Empress of Pirates attacked.

Kizaru, Katakuri, Hawk Eyes, and the admirals ambushed the World Government forces in the mirror world, revealing Katakuri’s alliance with Bright. As the surviving Celestial Dragons and CP0 officers prepared to fight back, Yamato arrived with Wano’s warriors, the Giant King, and the Beasts Pirates, before another group appeared and stunned everyone.

• The attackers froze the ground, then struck the World Government forces with light bullets, pink arrows, a massive slash, and magma meteors.
• Kizaru joined Katakuri and Hawk Eyes, while Akainu, Aokiji, Fujitora, and Ryokugyu emerged to face the surviving enemy forces.
• Katakuri rejected the elderly Celestial Dragon’s accusation of betrayal, and his younger sister revealed that he had long been Bright’s friend.
• The Strongest Shield declared that the surviving CP0 officers and Knights of God could still fight, and the elderly Celestial Dragon ordered them to attack.
• Yamato arrived with Wano’s retainers, warriors from other races, the Giant King, and the Beasts Pirates led by King and Queen.
• Another group arrived from the opposite side, leaving the Strongest Shield stunned.

Tesoro, the Revolutionary Army, and the Seraphim joined Bright’s allies in the mirror world, where the battle against CP0, the Knights of God, and their forces began. Outside, Bright and Imu continued fighting while the Ancient Weapons clashed, and Pluto was reported too damaged to operate normally.

• Tesoro arrived with Sabo, the Revolutionary Army’s commanders, Kuma, and eight Kaido-like Seraphim, shocking CP0 and the Knights of God.
• Tesoro told Uta to protect herself and wait for the right moment, then unleashed a golden wave as Yamato, the Giant King, Akainu, Ryokugyu, and Hawk Eyes charged.
• Katakuri stayed back to protect Brulee, while King of Evil rallied the surviving prisoners and Sabo led the Revolutionary Army into battle.
• Tesoro sent the Seraphim into the fight, and four forces attacked from different directions as the mirror-world battle began.
• Bright and Imu continued fighting in the sky while the Ancient Weapons clashed; the floating ship’s shield withstood the steel bird’s blast, and Pluto’s crew said the ship was too damaged to operate normally.