Chapter Summaries

After Enel escaped with Wyper, Urouge, and the Ark Maxim, he brought his new Thunder God Pirates to the Realm of Vermeil and tried to claim it from Golden Lion. Golden Lion rejected Enel’s demand and proposed taking the golden ship for his own conquest.

• Longinus learned Queen Otohime’s methods of persuasion as the Navy expanded its influence to Fish-Man Island and Otohime secured the World Nobles’ signatures.
• Gan Fall and the Skandia Chief told Longinus that Enel had escaped using lightning powers, taking Wyper, Urouge, and the Ark Maxim.
• Longinus absolved Gan Fall and the Skandia Chief of blame and reflected that the era was about to run wild.
• Enel arrived at the Realm of Vermeil with Wyper and Urouge and declared that the Thunder God Pirates would take over the islands.
• Golden Lion confronted Enel, and the two claimed each other’s island and ship.

Enel fought Golden Lion Shiki, whose swordsmanship and powers overwhelmed the Thunder God despite Shiki's old injury. Shiki defeated Enel and left the Flying Pirates fleeing the destruction.

• Enel struck Shiki with lightning, but Shiki emerged unharmed and answered with a Slash Wave that split a floating island in half.
• Shiki unleashed a storm of sword waves, forcing Enel to dodge while the Flying Pirates fled or were caught in the attack.
• Enel hit Shiki with Divine Punishment, weakening his Armament Haki, but Shiki countered with Lion's Wrath: Earth Roll.
• Enel transformed into Thor and collided with Shiki's earth attack, leaving a vast section of the island destroyed.
• Shiki revealed that he had cut off his own legs and overwhelmed Enel with sword waves and Lion's Wrath: Imperial Mausoleum Roll.
• Shiki seized control of Enel's Million Thunder and redirected it, then struck the distracted Enel with a Slash Wave and defeated him.

Enel and his companions joined Golden Lion’s crew after he promised to lead them in a plan to make the world feel pain. Enel then claimed he could restore Golden Lion to his former peak using the treasure Pure Gold.

• Golden Lion invited Enel, Wyper, and Urouge to join his crew, and Enel agreed while warning he would take over as captain if he surpassed Golden Lion.
• Golden Lion revealed his plan to unleash enlarged creatures driven into a frenzy by SIQ, then changed his strategy after Urouge questioned why he would not simply drop an island from the sky.
• Golden Lion said he planned to make the Government and Navy pay for Roger’s death and admitted Roger had been the only man he recognized as stronger than himself.
• Enel told Golden Lion that Pure Gold, the treasure he had sought, could grant eternal life and restore Golden Lion to his former peak.

Enel convinced Golden Lion Shiki to seek Pure Gold by luring the giant Lantern Fish with the Golden Ship, and Shiki declared he would reveal his return to the world. Later, Enel, Wyper, and Urouge discussed their secret mission for the Divine Envoy and revealed that Pure Gold would hinder their healing, while Golden Lion’s role was to advance the Divine Envoy and Original Sin.

• Enel told Golden Lion Shiki that Pure Gold might restore his injured body and explained that a giant Lantern Fish had swallowed the vanished island of Alchemie.
• Shiki agreed to lure the Lantern Fish with the Golden Ship, using its gold to attract the creature near the Alola Sea Area of the New World.
• Enel warned Shiki that the plan would draw attention, and Shiki welcomed the chance to announce his return to the world.
• Enel, Wyper, and Urouge met privately and said the Divine Envoy had predicted the Lantern Fish’s movements and wanted to use Shiki’s reputation to gain authority within the Navy.
• Enel and Wyper explained that Pure Gold slowed growth and healing, making it dangerous for fighters, and concluded that Shiki’s pursuit of it would serve the Divine Envoy and Original Sin.

Longinus and Issho escorted Koala toward her hometown after rescuing her from pirates, and Koala thanked Longinus for helping the slaves escape three years earlier. Sengoku then reported that a sword-slashed island had fallen from the sky, prompting Longinus to suspect the Golden Lion and prepare to search for his hidden base.

• Longinus and Issho let their soldiers fight the pirates on Caslan Island while preventing a surprise attack, then the navy defeated the crew and protected the residents.
• The mayor asked Longinus to take Koala to Foresight Island, and Longinus agreed to bring her home.
• On the warship, Issho called Longinus brave for seeking out Fisher Tiger instead of avoiding the consequences of the slave uprising.
• Koala thanked Longinus for ordering the navy not to intercept the slaves three years earlier, and Longinus urged her to leave her nightmares behind.
• Sengoku told Longinus that an island in the Bailuoda Sea Area had fallen from the sky with a cut made by supreme swordsmanship.
• Longinus suspected the Golden Lion and agreed to use his Griffin to search the sky for the pirate's base, with Issho accompanying him.

Longinus arranged for Koala to return to Foresight Island while preparing to pursue Golden Lion in the New World. In Wano Country, the masked swordsman Apophis defeated Jack and Queen and demanded to see Kaido, prompting King to recognize him as Kaido’s equal.

• Longinus asked Colonels Gels and Kalt to escort Koala to Foresight Island, then took Issho with him as he planned for the New World.
• In the Flower Capital, Jack demanded mammoth steak from a tavern owner and learned that a masked swordsman had come seeking Kaido.
• Apophis entered the Flower Capital and knocked Jack’s mammoth form into the air with a single Cutting Slash.
• Queen went to confront Apophis and was also defeated.
• King heard that Jack and Queen had fallen, identified Apophis by his Ghoul Mask and red pupils, and said he was on Kaido’s level.

Apophis offered Kaido a rubbing of the Road Poneglyph in exchange for help stopping Akainu, and Kaido agreed after demanding a fight. Their clash revealed that Apophis had a space-related ability, and Kaido was delighted to continue fighting him.

• Apophis offered Kaido a rubbing of the Road Poneglyph from Zou in exchange for help stopping Akainu.
• King questioned whether Apophis could prove the rubbing was genuine, while Apophis refused to explain his scheme.
• Kaido agreed to the deal but attacked Apophis to test whether he was worthy of making it.
• Kaido gained the advantage in their initial clash, sending Apophis flying backward.
• Apophis opened black holes in space and sent a slash through one to wound Kaido from behind.
• Kaido praised Apophis's attack and eagerly prepared to continue the fight.

Apophis used the Door-Door Fruit to battle Kaido on Onigashima, countering Kaido’s attacks with spatial gates and sword strikes. After Kaido adapted to Apophis’s movements and the two traded devastating blows, Apophis offered him half a day to decide whether to join his crew.

• Apophis used spatial gates to redirect his attacks and initially buried Kaido beneath a barrage of crimson slashes.
• Kaido transformed into his half-dragon form and counterattacked with dragon claws, his tail, and Heat Breath, but Apophis kept striking back through space.
• Kaido relied on his battle-honed instincts to anticipate Apophis’s spatial attacks and bent Nidai Kitetsu during their clash.
• Apophis redirected Kaido’s Heat Breath with two Space Gates, leaving Kaido charred but alive.
• Apophis gave Kaido half a day to accept his offer, and Kaido agreed to the deadline.

Boa Hancock and her sisters sailed to meet Apophis, whom Hancock had not seen in five years. When Hancock sensed that Apophis’s body was different, he revealed that he was using a clone and asked her to keep the secret.

• Boa Hancock eagerly prepared to meet Apophis, while Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold speculated about why he had summoned them.
• Boa Hancock rushed ahead after the sisters reached the island and embraced Apophis, then realized his body felt different despite recognizing his aura.
• Apophis explained that the body was a dead man he used as a clone because he needed two identities.
• Boa Hancock believed the clone’s feats proved Apophis was extraordinarily powerful and promised to kill anyone who learned his secret.

Apophis gathered Doflamingo and Boa Hancock and announced his plan to become the Fourth Emperor by securing power and reputation while keeping their Shichibukai positions intact. He told them to help seize Pure Gold, leaving Doflamingo and Hancock imagining what they might gain from it.

• Doflamingo traveled with the Donquixote Family to meet Apophis and discussed using Vergo and Corazon to influence Law.
• Doflamingo and his companions encountered Boa Hancock and the Kuja Pirates at the meeting place.
• Apophis announced that he intended to establish himself as the Fourth Emperor and said Hancock and Doflamingo would remain Shichibukai.
• Apophis asked them to help seize Pure Gold, which Doflamingo connected to the Op-Op Fruit's power and Hancock mistook for a gift from Apophis.

Apophis arranged for Doflamingo and Hancock to collect the missing Pure Gold as bait while he prepared to ensnare a larger target. In the New World, Golden Lion used a falling golden island to announce his return, leaving surviving pirates to spread the news.

• Apophis gave Doflamingo and Hancock boxes connected to his space and said he would set up teleportation gates for them, while warning them to follow his plan for the Pure Gold.
• Doflamingo proposed a covert alliance using the gates, but Hancock refused to let him set foot on Amazon Lily.
• A floating golden island descended on two pirate crews in the Alola waters, crushing many pirates and drawing the survivors into a fight over its treasure.
• Golden Lion appeared on the island with a self-abuser behind him and dismissed the pirates as useless trash.
• Golden Lion cut down pirates who attacked him and let the survivors escape to spread news of his return to the New World.

Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Golden Lion’s return and strengthened Marine vigilance as pirates gathered to join his Flying Pirates. When Carlos challenged Golden Lion, the old pirate shattered his supposed Absolute Defense and killed him, leaving the watching pirates stunned.

• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Golden Lion’s appearance in the New World and arranged for Sakazuki, Longinus, and Issho to respond to the suspicious pirate activity.
• Golden Lion and Enel waited for a Lantern Fish to be lured by a Golden Ship while pirates gathered on the Vermeil Islands to join the Flying Pirates.
• Carlos confronted Golden Lion and announced that he intended to take his head and use the victory to become one of the Four Emperors.
• Golden Lion blocked Carlos’s Barrier-Barrier Fruit defense with a barrage of slashes and warned that the same fruit had not saved its previous user.
• Golden Lion blasted Carlos into more than a hundred pieces, terrifying the pirates who had watched the challenge.

Golden Lion gathered pirates on the Vermeil Islands and promised them Pure Gold, but Apophis arrived and defeated him with a single slash. The pirates were left stunned as they wondered whether Golden Lion had fallen behind or Apophis had become overwhelmingly powerful.

• After seeing Golden Lion's strength, many pirates considered joining him, and he invited them to feast on the Vermeil Islands.
• Golden Lion revealed that he had lowered the floating islands to search for Pure Gold and promised to share it with his followers.
• Apophis arrived at the palace, terrifying the pirates, who warned Golden Lion about his reputation and strength.
• Golden Lion ignored the warnings and attacked Apophis with Lion's Slash Valley.
• Apophis countered with Crimson · Crescent and sent Golden Lion flying with one slash.

Golden Lion’s attacks failed to overcome Apophis, while Akainu and Kaido arrived and began fighting over the Marines’ actions in Wano Country. As the two clashed, Golden Lion confronted the humiliation he had carried since his defeat and pulled the rudder from his head and his swords from his legs.

• Golden Lion unleashed a golden sword storm and earth-made lion heads, but Apophis destroyed both attacks and sent him flying.
• Akainu arrived and killed pirates caught in his magma attack before confronting Golden Lion and identifying Apophis as a greater threat to the Marines and government.
• Kaido descended onto the island and challenged Akainu over the Marines’ actions in Wano Country three months earlier.
• Kaido attacked with Thunder Bagua, and Akainu countered with Great Eruption, creating a scorching shock wave as Apophis watched.
• Golden Lion reflected on his defeat and the excuse that removing his rudder would endanger his life, then declared himself Golden Lion and pulled the rudder and his leg swords free.

The Golden Lion removed the ship's wheel embedded in his head and pushed his Haki to its limit to fight Apophis. Apophis revealed his greater strength and prepared to give the Golden Lion a “luxurious funeral,” while secretly waiting for the next scene to begin.

• The Golden Lion tore out the ship's wheel and regained his battle instincts, drawing serious attention from Apophis, Akainu, and Kaido.
• The Golden Lion and Apophis clashed with Conqueror's Haki and fought at tremendous speed, carving up the land and sea.
• The Golden Lion praised Apophis's swordsmanship, then explained that he had chosen to keep fighting despite nearing death.
• The Golden Lion's two-sword attacks wounded Apophis, but Apophis struck back with a powerful slash and showed he had been holding back.
• The Golden Lion accused Apophis of hiding his full strength, and Apophis prepared to give him a luxurious funeral while waiting for the right moment.

Apophis and Golden Lion’s duel escalated until Golden Lion used his Devil Fruit to claim control of Apophis’s weapon. Longinus and Issho arrived on Griffin, and Longinus sent Issho to face Apophis as the battle continued.

• Golden Lion used his Observation Haki to track Apophis’s Space Gates, but Apophis struck him from one and slashed his abdomen.
• Golden Lion touched Apophis’s Demon Blade and used his Devil Fruit ability to make the weapon float under his control.
• A Sea King that approached the duel was cut apart by the fighters’ sword rays, frightening the nearby pirates.
• Longinus arrived on Griffin with Issho, prompting Apophis and Golden Lion to pause their fight.
• Kaido tried to charge Longinus, but Akainu sent him flying and kept him occupied.
• Longinus jumped from Griffin and assigned Issho to fight Apophis, and Issho accepted the challenge.

Issho challenged Apophis while Longinus and Golden Lion clashed in a devastating battle that shook the surrounding sea. As the fighters paused at the violent churning beneath them, a gigantic, glowing Giant Lanternfish surfaced.

• Issho confronted Apophis and summoned a meteorite, which Apophis, Golden Lion, Longinus, Akainu, and Kaido destroyed with their attacks.
• Longinus challenged Golden Lion and struck him with a powerful punch, sending him flying.
• Golden Lion unleashed Lion's Might: Ten Thousand Valleys, and Longinus answered with Six King Gun: Limit - Hundred Rounds.
• The collision of Golden Lion's sword energy and Longinus's shockwave deafened pirates, battered the sea, and halted the other battles.
• A vast shadow rose beneath the stranded pirates, and a Giant Lanternfish surfaced with a dazzling light shining in its lantern.

The giant Lantern Fish swallowed Vermeil Main Island and the pirates after Enel revealed that Pure Gold lay inside it. The strongest fighters entered its stomach, where Longinus blocked the Golden Lion and the others began considering how to control whoever found the treasure.

• Enel warned Issho, Apophis, Akainu, and Kaido that killing the giant Lantern Fish could send the Pure Gold to the bottom of the sea.
• Apophis explained that Pure Gold was said to grant eternal life, and Enel said they had to let the Lantern Fish swallow them to reach it.
• Morgans excitedly photographed the gathering of powerful fighters as the Lantern Fish swallowed the island and the surrounding pirates.
• The pirates landed inside the Lantern Fish's stomachs, where some fell into corrosive gastric fluid and the rest fled toward the islands.
• Longinus blocked the Golden Lion and said they could simply take the Pure Gold after someone else found it.

Longinus and the other major powers fought inside the Lantern Fish while Doflamingo’s crew and Hancock’s group searched for Pure Gold. Hancock found Mischna Asier and took him prisoner, intending to bring him to Lord Apophis to make Pure Gold.

• Longinus confronted the Golden Lion, Issho blocked Apophis, and Akainu pursued Kaido as their battles resumed inside the Lantern Fish.
• Diamante, Pica, Trebol, and Doflamingo headed toward the deepest stomach, discussing Apophis’s hidden knowledge and influence.
• Hancock, Sandersonia, and their companions reached a dinosaur-filled island where two pirate crews were fighting over a fat man.
• The pirates became infatuated with Hancock and offered her the man, but Hancock rejected their gift and shattered them with Perfume Femur.
• Hancock identified the fat man as Mischna Asier, and Sandersonia knocked him unconscious and carried him away so he could make Pure Gold for Lord Apophis.

Enel, Urouge, and Wyper discovered that the Lantern Fish’s lantern contained an enormous quantity of Pure Gold and prepared to destroy it. Meanwhile, Doflamingo secretly kept a tiny piece, but the remaining Pure Gold shattered during a battle among the powerful contenders.

• Enel, Urouge, and Wyper found that the Lantern Fish’s lantern held vast amounts of Pure Gold, which Enel planned to destroy while preserving light for the fish’s stomachs.
• Doflamingo took a fingernail-sized piece of Pure Gold and hid the rest in a box so it could draw attention away from him.
• A pirate threw a container of Pure Gold to Golden Lion, but Longinus struck him and the container passed from Kaido to Issho.
• Apophis attacked Issho, and the container was knocked away as Golden Lion, Longinus, Kaido, and Sakazuki charged after it.
• Golden Lion, Longinus, Kaido, and Sakazuki collided in a devastating battle, and the container and Pure Gold shattered.