Chapter Summaries

The D Projection brought the dead back, and Ace reunited with Roger before learning that Luffy had died and Joy Boy now occupied his body. Ace blamed Gigue and attacked him, but Roger intervened and was struck by a gravity beam that blasted him and Ace away.

• Garp recognized Gigue among the resurrected, while Dragon and Teach reacted with hostility toward him.
• Roger recognized Ace as his son, and Ace proudly reclaimed the Gol surname.
• Ace searched for Luffy and found Joy Boy, who explained that Luffy had died after entrusting his body to him.
• Ace accused Gigue of killing Luffy and attacked him with the Flare-Flare Fruit, but Gigue was unharmed.
• Roger moved in front of Ace, and a gravity beam wrapped in crimson-black lightning blasted them both away.

Gigue overpowered Roger and wounded Ace, while Rocks recognized Gigue as the Celestial Dragon who had obtained the Dark-Dark Fruit. As Roger prepared to avenge Ace, Gigue moved to face Joy Boy, and the Marines blocked Roger and Dragon from following.

• Gigue used Dark Gravity to pull Roger toward him, countered Roger's slash, and struck him with Muramasa, sending Roger retreating.
• Rocks recognized Gigue as the former God Valley slave and learned that he was both a Celestial Dragon and Fleet Admiral; Rocks laughed about Gigue possessing the Dark-Dark Fruit, then chose to watch.
• Roger found that Gigue's sword strike had also pierced Ace, and Ace's Nika Power body began slowly healing the hole in his chest.
• Roger told Ace to stay back and vowed to avenge his son, but Gigue flew past him to confront Joy Boy.
• Akainu, Kizaru, Aokiji, and Aramaki blocked Roger, while Garp stopped Dragon and struck him with an Iron Fist of Love.

Joy Boy controlled Garp and Rocks and sent them into the battle against the Marines, while Roger struggled against Akainu. To help Roger, Joy Boy transformed Ace into a sword, which Roger wielded as Ace asked to fight beside him.

• Teach lunged at Gigue for revenge, but Garp struck him and declared his loyalty to the Marines.
• Joy Boy used white light from his straw hat to control Garp and Rocks, then sent them toward the battlefield as Dragon followed.
• Akainu's group fought Roger until Garp, Rocks, Dragon, and Teach arrived, shifting the battle into a five-on-four clash.
• Lucia engaged Rocks, allowing Akainu to focus on Roger and knock the Nika-powered Ace from Roger's hand.
• Joy Boy transformed Ace into a sword, and Roger grabbed it as Ace asked to fight alongside his father.

Roger fought Akainu with Ace, whose flames proved vulnerable to Akainu’s magma despite Roger’s Haki. Elsewhere, Dragon abandoned his attempt to reach Garp and faced Aramaki, reigniting their old rivalry.

• Roger struck at Akainu with Ace, but Akainu’s magma extinguished Ace’s flames and made the blade cry out in pain.
• Akainu explained that Ace’s ordinary fire was inferior to magma, while Ace urged Roger to keep fighting with him protected by Haki.
• Roger continued battling Akainu with Ace as magma burned away his Nika Power clothing and Akainu repeatedly regenerated.
• Dragon turned away from Aramaki to head toward Garp, but Aramaki pursued him with a Haki-coated Violent Tree Spear.
• Dragon blocked and shattered Aramaki’s wooden spear with Dragon’s Claw, then exchanged threats with his former classmate as their battle began in earnest.

Aokiji defeated the unconscious Garp with his awakened ice powers while Dragon fought Aramaki nearby. After hearing Aramaki claim that the Marines had wiped out the Revolutionary Army, Dragon reacted in shock as he flew toward Garp.

• Aokiji froze Garp, shattered his defenses with an Ice Blade, and trapped him with Awakening: Final Ice Dome.
• Dragon lost focus after seeing Garp defeated, allowing Aramaki to strike him with vines and a giant treant.
• Dragon escaped Aramaki’s attack with his wind powers and flew toward Garp to help him.
• Aramaki pursued Dragon and claimed that the Marines had wiped out the Revolutionary Army, shocking him.

Dragon learned that the Revolutionary Army had been wiped out and unleashed his awakened Wind-Wind Fruit against Aramaki. Their battle reached a turning point when Aramaki’s attack shattered Dragon’s storm and sent him flying, his body dissolving into light.

• Aramaki told Dragon that the Marines had destroyed the Revolutionary Army in the East Blue, and Dragon stopped to demand confirmation.
• Dragon believed Aramaki and erupted in grief and fury, summoning hurricanes and lightning that reached Mary Geoise.
• Imu’s presence calmed the winds over Mary Geoise, while Nusjuro and the other three bowed and Joy Boy and Gigue sensed her.
• Dragon awakened the Wind-Wind Fruit and attacked Aramaki with Divine Tempest: Take-Mikazuchi.
• Aramaki awakened the Woods-Woods Fruit, countered with Iron Birch Cycad, and revealed that Gigue had destroyed the Revolutionary Army before he arrived.
• Aramaki’s Azure Ox broke through Dragon’s storm and struck him, sending him flying as half his body dissolved into light.

Aramaki defeated Dragon, while Kizaru battered Teach and prevented him from reaching Joy Boy. Joy Boy sent the Clan of D into battle, and Garling led the Divine Knights out as Imu ordered the remaining elders to join the fight.

• Aramaki taunted Dragon until his Nika Power body collapsed, then punched his remaining form into motes of light.
• Kizaru evaded Teach’s attempt to swallow him and stabbed Teach with Ama no Murakumo.
• Teach leapt toward Joy Boy for help, but Kizaru struck him with Yasakani no Magatama and sent him crashing down.
• Joy Boy sent the thirteen members of the Clan of D to reinforce the battle after the Admirals moved to aid Lucia and Akainu.
• Garling led the Divine Knights into battle, and Imu ordered Nusjuro and the other three elders to take to the sky.

Garling fought Damu D. Fury, a former companion of Joy Boy who wielded the Bomb-Bomb Fruit, and killed him with the Figarland Family's ultimate sword technique. Joy Boy charged down in grief, but Gigue intercepted him and severed Zou's trunk.

• Damu D. Fury recognized Garling as Cassius's descendant and attacked him with explosions from the Bomb-Bomb Fruit.
• Garling evaded Fury's attacks and survived his explosive self-detonation, while the Divine Knights fought the Clan of D around Nusjuro and the others.
• Fury declared that the Clan of D had returned to bring freedom, then clashed with Garling using Haki and his Devil Fruit ability.
• Garling used King's Sword: God Slaying to destroy Fury, who recognized the technique before fading away.
• Joy Boy dived toward Garling in rage, and Gigue intercepted him by grabbing Zou's trunk and twisting it off.

Gigue battled Joy Boy and severed part of Joy Boy’s body, leaving Joy Boy furious and humiliated. Joy Boy retaliated with a barrage of Nika-powered attacks as the fight continued outside the Red Line.

• Gigue attacked Joy Boy with eight dark tentacles, but Joy Boy endured them and yanked them from his abdomen.
• Joy Boy trapped Gigue’s foot with his body, but Gigue pulled free and cut off part of Joy Boy with Demonic Sword: Muramasa.
• Joy Boy realized his Nika ability could not restore the severed part and roared his anger at the Celestial Dragons.
• Imu blushed while watching from the Flower Chamber and remarked that Saint Gigue was an interesting man.
• Joy Boy charged Gigue with a punch, then unleashed Nika: White Machine Gun, sending countless white arms at him.

Gigue overpowered Joy Boy in a fierce battle, and Joy Boy fled after Zou sacrificed itself to protect him. Gigue continued pursuing him through the darkness-shrouded sky.

• Gigue and Joy Boy clashed with their strongest attacks, creating a vast storm of darkness and gravity.
• Gigue's Demonic Sword: Muramasa pierced Joy Boy's straw hat, causing the two members of the Clan of D on the battlefield to vanish.
• Joy Boy's distraction let Gigue overpower him and leave him weakened.
• Zou blocked Gigue long enough for Joy Boy to recover, but Gigue's attack killed Zou.
• Joy Boy fled while Gigue chased him, and Wanda and Carrot imagined how Pedro would react to the sight.

Gigue pursued Joy Boy through the sky while the battle below turned against the Clan of D as Dark Light Pillars drained their Nika Power. Lucia, Aokiji, and Aramaki worked together to throw Rocks into one of the pillars.

• Joy Boy recovered enough to turn and clash with Gigue, and their Haki blows tore open the sky.
• Joy Boy became a thousand-meter giant and struck at Gigue, but Gigue's Dark Tornado stopped his hand and drove him back into the darkness.
• Dark Light Pillars drained the Nika Power of Clan of D fighters, allowing Nusjuro and the other World Government forces to kill several of them.
• Roger dodged the pillars and Akainu's magma attacks while protecting Ace, as the Clan of D began to lose ground across the battlefield.
• Lucia, Aokiji, and Aramaki coordinated their attacks against Rocks, bound his feet, and hurled him into a Dark Light Pillar.

Rocks regained his self-awareness after breaking free of the Dark Light Pillar, then revealed that he intended to fight Joy Boy. He gathered his Haki and prepared to face the battle above.

• Rocks awakened, broke free from the Dark Light Pillar with his Conqueror's Haki, and noticed the black mist in his chest.
• Lucia attacked Rocks, but he used his future-seeing Observation Haki to deflect her blade and shove her away without seriously injuring her.
• Lucia, Aokiji, and Aramaki realized Rocks did not intend to fight them, and Rocks told them he was no longer their enemy.
• Rocks announced that he would raise hell and fight Joy Boy for controlling him like a puppet.
• Rocks unleashed black-and-red Haki lightning and declared his return as the Pirate Overlord.

Rocks and Garp broke free of Joy Boy’s control through Gigue’s Darkness Purification and turned against Joy Boy. Garp reconciled with Aokiji and Aramaki before joining the fight beneath the dark canopy.

• Rocks attacked Joy Boy, thanked Gigue for freeing him, and revealed that Darkness Purification had severed Joy Boy’s control.
• Garp broke free of Aokiji’s Final Ice Dome after Darkness Power eroded the ice.
• Garp told Aokiji he had done well and assured Aramaki that killing Monkey D. Dragon had been the right choice, then exchanged salutes with him.
• Garp told Lucia that Gigue had helped him find his way and flew into the dark canopy.
• Aramaki pressed Aokiji to share Gigue’s words, and Aokiji recalled, “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.”

Gigue praised Vice Admiral Garp for upholding his justice in the East Blue, and Garp joined Rocks in fighting Joy Boy. Joy Boy’s control over Luffy’s body faltered under Garp’s presence, allowing the two men to beat him back as Gigue closed in with Muramasa.

• Rocks attacked Joy Boy, who knocked him back before Gigue’s darkness caught him.
• Garp burst through the darkness and punched Joy Boy away, then exchanged a formal greeting with Gigue.
• Gigue praised Garp’s justice and acknowledged him, and Garp saluted him before declaring his intent to defeat Joy Boy.
• Garp and Rocks attacked Joy Boy together, while Gigue realized Luffy’s lingering feelings for Garp weakened Joy Boy’s control.
• Garp and Rocks struck Joy Boy in the face, and the battered Joy Boy fled as Gigue pursued him with Muramasa.

Gigue, Garp, and Rocks attacked Joy Boy together, but Joy Boy unleashed a transformed Nika power that overwhelmed the battlefield and trapped Gigue with an apparent power of rules. The chapter ended with Garp being flung into Rocks while Gigue remained caught in Joy Boy’s invisible grip.

• Gigue used his Lunarian speed form to catch up with Joy Boy and trapped him in a Black Coffin before striking him down toward Garp and Rocks.
• Garp and Rocks hit Joy Boy in the back, but Joy Boy knocked Rocks away and rushed back up to Gigue.
• Gigue engulfed Joy Boy in Darkness Power and attacked with Demonic Sword: Muramasa, but Joy Boy activated Limit Break: Nika Light and filled the sky with blinding light.
• Gigue used Dark Moon Tide to gather the darkness around Joy Boy, who emerged as a featureless figure of white radiance.
• Joy Boy seized Gigue with an invisible force that prevented him from entering Shadow Transformation, then repelled Garp into Rocks with a wave of his hand.

Joy Boy and Gigue battled above Mary Geoise as Imu intervened with golden lightning. Joy Boy headed toward Mary Geoise to confront the unseen attacker, while Gigue intercepted him and the fight continued over the Red Line.

• Joy Boy restrained Gigue with Nika Power, but Gigue broke free and unleashed Darkness Power.
• A golden lightning sphere appeared and struck Joy Boy’s phantom, freeing Gigue before exploding against Joy Boy’s defenses.
• Joy Boy asked which of the original twenty had attacked, then headed toward Mary Geoise after a second lightning sphere began to form.
• Gigue intercepted Joy Boy above Mary Geoise, and their clash sent alternating waves of light and darkness across the sky, knocking Celestial Dragons unconscious.
• Monet stopped Sugar from flying up to check on Gigue and reassured her that Young Master was the strongest.
• Imu rose from the Void Throne in the Flower Chamber, golden electricity still crackling around her hands.

Imu emerged from the Void Throne and appeared beside Gigue during his battle with Joy Boy, using Heretic Removal to erase Joy Boy’s Nika Power around them. Joy Boy recognized her as Nefelt D. Lily and accused her of betraying the Clan of D.

• Imu revealed her face, descended from the Void Throne, and absorbed it into her back, leaving a golden brand.
• Joy Boy gained the upper hand against Gigue, who held back his strength while waiting for Imu to appear.
• Imu arrived before Gigue and enclosed them both in a transparent barrier with Heretic Removal, making Joy Boy’s Nika Power vanish from their surroundings.
• Gigue admired Imu’s beauty and began suggesting her name should change, but Joy Boy interrupted him.
• Joy Boy recognized Imu as Nefelt D. Lily and called her the greatest sinner of the Clan of D.

Lily confronted Joy Boy and fought him alongside Gigue, using abilities resembling several Devil Fruits. Joy Boy repeatedly recovered from their attacks and demanded to know what Lily's true ability was.

• Lily argued with Joy Boy over order and rebellion, then used spatial transposition to evade his charge.
• Lily struck Joy Boy with golden lightning and asked Gigue to seal him with Darkness Power, but Joy Boy reformed and repelled the darkness with Nika Power.
• Joy Boy attacked Lily, and Gigue joined the fight while Lily pierced Joy Boy with a black arrow.
• Lily used the black arrow to bind Joy Boy and direct Gigue's slash at him, but Joy Boy recovered and destroyed the surrounding arrows.
• Joy Boy demanded to know what Lily's ability was.

Lily and Gigue continued their assault on Joy Boy above Mary Geoise, and Lily revealed her true Devil Fruit ability as Joy Boy struggled against them. The chapter ended with Lily transformed into the Mythical Zoan: Source Demon Form, facing Joy Boy.

• Lily and Gigue pressed Joy Boy with black arrows and Shadow Clones, leaving him at a disadvantage and making him fear a repeat of his defeat eight hundred years earlier.
• Joy Boy vowed to kill Lily and Gigue, then sent Flame Cloud Clones after Gigue while charging at Lily.
• Lily clashed with Joy Boy, and their battle's shockwaves crushed several Celestial Dragons below as the others fled under the Figarland Family's protection.
• Lily vanished from Joy Boy's reach and mocked his belief that the twenty kings would need to unite to defeat him again.
• Lily transformed into her Mythical Zoan: Source Demon Form, causing Devil Fruit abilities across the world to falter in fear.

Lily used her Source Power to trap and damage Joy Boy, but he attempted to escape under cover of Nika Light. Gigue intercepted him, and Lily sent her Demon Army after him.

• Lily summoned a demon phantom that swallowed Joy Boy and bound him with spiraling patterns, then expelled him covered in black spots as her Source Power began dismantling his body.
• Joy Boy decided to retreat and vanished into a blinding sea of Nika Light, while Lily mistook his escape for an attempt to hide and summon a surprise attack.
• Lily summoned a Demon Army from black Devil Fruits, while Gigue saw through the light and chased Joy Boy toward the sky.
• Gigue returned with Joy Boy and used repulsion to send him into the Demon Army, whose members attacked him with beast forms and a barrage of Devil Fruit abilities.
• A purple beam halted Joy Boy, and mochi demons wrapped around his feet and dragged him back into the beast horde.