Chapter Summaries

Joy Boy fought through Lily and Gigue’s Demon Army but was overwhelmed by demons with a range of Devil Fruit powers. With his escape routes gone, he clashed with Gigue as Darkness Power steadily eroded his Nika Power.

• Joy Boy broke free from the Barrier-Barrier demon’s spherical prison by using Nika Power, but the surrounding demons continued to pin him down.
• Joy Boy realized he could no longer teleport away because Zou, his last living companion from eight hundred years earlier, had been killed by Gigue.
• Joy Boy fought off the Demon Army and rose toward Lily and Gigue, but Lily’s bat wings blocked his attack while Gigue moved in with Muramasa.
• Joy Boy’s Nika Dance blasted most of the approaching demons away, and he struck at Gigue with two King Guns.
• Gigue met Joy Boy’s attack with Darkness Power, and Lily watched as darkness steadily consumed the light around Joy Boy.

Gigue and Lily overwhelmed Joy Boy, leaving him gravely wounded and isolated as they challenged his claim that the world supported his vision of freedom. Lily explained that most people had opposed Joy Boy’s aimless pirate way of life and that she had joined forces with Saint Cassius.

• Gigue pursued Joy Boy, overwhelmed him with attacks, and wounded him with the Demonic Sword: Muramasa.
• Joy Boy accused Lily of paying a price for controlling the world, and she reacted to his words.
• Gigue asked Joy Boy who was truly isolated and helpless, then challenged his claims about his ideology and past defeat.
• Lily said Joy Boy had only a handful of companions and that most people joined the Twenty Kings against him.
• Lily explained that she had urged Joy Boy to establish an orderly kingdom, but after he refused, she waited until she met Saint Cassius.
• Gigue wondered whether Lily and his ancestor had been involved, and Lily asked what nonsense he was thinking.

Gigue and Lily attacked the weakened Joy Boy, breaking his Nika barrier and destroying one of his arms as Gigue prepared the supreme strike linked to his ancestor, Saint Cassius. Facing certain death, Joy Boy erupted in white flames and melted away, leaving only his beating golden heart as the Drums of Liberation continued to sound.

• Gigue questioned Lily about her relationship with Saint Cassius, and Lily said they had joined eighteen others to fight Joy Boy.
• Joy Boy tried to turn Gigue against Lily, but they agreed to focus on killing him.
• Lily and Gigue attacked together, and Lily’s black spear shattered Joy Boy’s barrier and pulverized one of his arms.
• Gigue began preparing a supreme darkness strike, and Lily and Joy Boy recognized the power from their earlier battle.
• Joy Boy panicked and ignited himself with white flames, melting away until only his golden heart remained, beating as white veins spread and the Drums of Liberation sounded.

Gigue defeated Joy Boy with King's Sword: God Slaying, destroying the golden heart that powered him and causing his body to fall apart into the sea. Afterward, Gigue approached Lily and tested her response by grabbing her wrist and pulling her down, leaving their relationship uncertain.

• Lily attacked Joy Boy's golden heart, but it bounced through the web and launched itself toward Gigue.
• Gigue used King's Sword: God Slaying to strike the golden heart and destroy it.
• Joy Boy lost his Nika Power, fell into the sea, and shattered apart, leaving only part of his face afloat.
• Gigue reunited with Lily, who asked him to confirm that Joy Boy was dead.
• Gigue grabbed Lily's wrist and pulled her down; she summoned demon phantoms but did not attack him.

Gigue and Lily watched Joy Boy’s final remains dissolve, ending his life and erasing the Nika Fruit. Across the battlefields, the Clan of D vanished, while Kuma captured the defeated Loki to bring him and the Apollo Fruit to Gigue.

• Gigue stopped Lily from destroying Joy Boy’s last remains immediately, and they watched as his consciousness and soul disappeared, taking the Nika Fruit with him.
• The Clan of D members vanished across the battlefield; Kizaru realized Gigue had won, and Roger watched Ace disappear from his hand.
• Garp disappeared after asking Aokiji to tell Sengoku to bring rice crackers to his grave and not to hurry to the afterlife.
• Rocks spoke with Garling, called Gigue the rightful strongest, and vanished.
• Kashou held the defeated Pedro while Kuma announced Gigue’s victory, then took the unconscious Loki away for Gigue to collect the Apollo Fruit.

After Joy Boy's death, Lily offered Gigue any reward he wanted, but their exchange turned into teasing and a close encounter. Lily killed Saint Peter for insulting her, then told Gigue that she would spare him, leaving him to question whether she could not bear to kill him or was unable to do so.

• Lily dismissed her demon form, offered Gigue any reward, and showed him the Void Throne mark on her back.
• Gigue mistook Lily's intentions, teased her, and rubbed her back until she angrily pushed him away.
• Nusjuro stopped Saturn and Mars from approaching, while Saint Peter's remark about Lily being a woman prompted her to kill him.
• The Marines reacted to Peter's death, and Lily said that everyone except Gigue would die if she wanted them dead.
• Gigue stepped close to Lily and asked whether she spared him because she could not bear to kill him or could not kill him.

Gigue began extracting the Void Throne's power from Lily, but he used the opportunity to restrain and tease her instead of simply taking the seat. Lily demanded to know what else he wanted, and Gigue left her waiting for an answer while she asked him to return her clothes.

• Lily said she did not want to kill Gigue and offered him the Void Throne, letting him press his Darkness Power against its mark on her back.
• Gigue extracted the Void Throne's power while Lily used the Calm-Calm Fruit to hide their sounds, and he created a private space where they could still hear each other.
• Gigue restrained Lily from behind as she realized he had bypassed her sound-erasing ability and could not use her powers to escape.
• Gigue teased Lily and used his Darkness Power to remove her clothes as she demanded that he stop and reminded him what the Void Throne represented.
• Lily asked what else Gigue wanted, and he said that the previous holder of supreme power would normally die, then denied that he intended to kill her.

Gigue discovered that absorbing the Void Mark's energy would bind him with invisible golden threads, so he stopped the process and confronted Lily while keeping her powerless. He rejected her claim that he needed the Void Throne's recognition to become king and continued forcing himself on her.

• Gigue noticed that the Void Mark's energy did not strengthen him and that golden threads were wrapping around his body as he absorbed it.
• Gigue halted the absorption while keeping his connection to the Void Mark, and Lily tried to persuade him by offering herself.
• Gigue mocked Lily's attempt to seduce him and kissed her, leaving her limp while he kept his hand on the Void Mark.
• Gigue restrained Lily by pulling her hair, but she protested that he had not become the true King of the World or earned the Void Throne's recognition.
• Gigue dismissed the need for the throne's approval and told Lily that his power already surpassed hers.

Gigue remained alone with Lily inside a black sphere while the Five Elders, Marines, Divine Knights, and Gigue’s attendants waited outside. As the Marines declared their loyalty to Gigue and the others speculated about Lily’s status, the sphere remained closed.

• Gigue took control of Lily inside the black sphere, leaving her overwhelmed by the unfamiliar sensations.
• Nusjuro and the other four Five Elders knelt on the ice below the sphere, while Garling and the Divine Knights watched anxiously.
• Aokiji voiced concern that Lily might attack Gigue, and Aramaki, Aokiji, and Akainu affirmed their allegiance to Gigue as Kizaru prepared for conflict.
• Lucia watched the sphere and reflected on the foundation Gigue had built.
• Sugar, Monet, Shalria, Robin, and Olvia waited above Mary Geoise and discussed why Lily might be addressed as a man.

Gigue returned to Mary Geoise with Lily after executing Joy Boy, and the Celestial Dragons and their followers fled before him. He dealt playfully with Lily until Nusjuro, the other Elders, Garling, the Divine Knights, and Marine Admirals arrived, leaving Lily watching Gigue as they acknowledged her.

• The black sphere opened, revealing Gigue holding Lily as they descended to Mary Geoise.
• Gigue announced that Joy Boy had been executed, sending the Celestial Dragons and their lackeys scattering while the Golden Armor Guards welcomed him home.
• Gigue teased Lily and used the mark on her back, then stopped and set her beside him when she told him to stop.
• Nusjuro and the other three Elders knelt before Lily, the Divine Knights went down on one knee, and the Marine Admirals bowed after Gigue shook his head.

After Lily declared Gigue the master of Mary Geoise, Nusjuro rejected her abdication and attacked Gigue, who froze him with a golden Void Mark and began killing him in agony. Gigue then ordered the Divine Knights to expel the Izambaron Family from the Holy Land and drive them from the Red Line within three days.

• Gigue ordered Saturn, Nusjuro, and Mars to rise, but Nusjuro and Mars challenged Saturn for obeying Gigue instead of Imu.
• Lily revealed that she had handed control of the Void Throne to Gigue and declared him the master of Mary Geoise.
• Nusjuro called Lily an impostor, transformed into his Horse Bone form, and charged at Gigue with his sword.
• A golden flash from Gigue froze Nusjuro, and black mist began rising from him as he screamed in prolonged agony.
• When members of the Izambaron Family returned and cried out to Nusjuro, Gigue ordered the Divine Knights to remove the family from the Holy Land and drive them from the Red Line in three days.

Gigue spared the defeated Izambaron Family for three days so they could spread word of his power, then turned his attention to his allies and Lily. The Marines prepared to regroup beneath the Red Line, while Lily agreed to return with Gigue but rejected his suggestion of another intimate encounter.

• Gigue ordered the Divine Knights to escort the Izambaron Family away and gave them three days before their execution.
• Gigue teased Lily about pleading for Nusjuro, who had turned into a puddle of black liquid, and she refused to call him loyal.
• Gigue thanked Akainu and the other Marines and told them to organize the troops; Akainu ordered them to stand by beneath the Red Line.
• Garling praised Sakazuki, and Gigue praised his subordinates before embracing Lucia, who kissed his cheek.
• Gigue invited Lily to return to his family and hinted at a deeper exchange, but Lily agreed to go only if there was no repeat of their earlier encounter.

Gigue hosted a banquet for Marine Headquarters' senior officers and discussed the vacant Five Elders position with Garling. He proposed a successor to Nusjuro and left the guests astonished by turning to Kizaru.

• Gigue held a celebration banquet in the Figarland Clan Land for Marine officers of vice admiral rank and above.
• Sugar asked Monet about Gigue keeping his hand on Lily's back, and Garling asked Gigue directly; Gigue said he was treating Lily's injury from her battle with Joy Boy.
• Gigue teased Lily during the banquet by feeding her shellfish, while Lily endured his attention because of the sensation from his hand.
• Gigue told Garling that Nusjuro had died and asked about filling the vacant Financial Martial God position among the Five Elders.
• Gigue suggested a candidate for the vacant post by turning toward a bewildered Kizaru.

Gigue made Kizaru a Celestial Dragon and named him the new Financial Martial God, then celebrated with the newly canonized Marines and the other guests. As the banquet continued, Gigue said he planned to bring Shanks back to the family, while sharing an affectionate moment with Garling.

• Gigue appointed Kizaru the new Financial Martial God and revealed that he had made him Saint Borsalino, a Celestial Dragon.
• Gigue toasted Saint Sakazuki, Saint Kuzan, Saint Aramaki, Saint Borsalino, and Saint Kuma, and Akainu joked that their wine glasses were too small.
• Gigue force-fed Lily wine after she refused to drink, then returned to drinking with the others.
• Gigue told Garling that he planned to bring Shanks back to the family and would enforce the family rules if Shanks refused.
• Gigue and Garling exchanged affectionate words before continuing to drink as the banquet wound down.

Gigue kept Lily under his control after the banquet, draining her power and forcing her to share his bed while he declared that he intended to conquer her. Lily resisted and insisted on her identity as Nefelt D. Lily, but she remained too weak to fight him as he questioned her about her long isolation.

• Gigue returned to the Royal Chamber with Lily and ordered Sugar and Robin to wash her despite her protests.
• Gigue carried Lily to bed alone, held her close, and drained her power when she insulted him.
• Gigue kissed Lily and told her that he wanted to conquer her, while she insisted that she could not be conquered by him.
• Lily declared her name was Nefelt D. Lily, and Gigue dismissed the full name and called her his woman.
• Gigue caught Lily's weak attempt to strike him and asked whether she had been lonely on the throne and why she had never gone out to see the world.

Lily and Gigue spent the night together, with Lily agreeing to give him the Void Mark as she grew tired of holding power. In the morning, Gigue prepared to resume his Fleet Admiral duties, while Lily insisted he complete the transfer.

• Lily told Gigue she was tired of ruling and suggested he was better suited to the Void Throne.
• Gigue and Lily settled into an embrace and slept together.
• Lily woke lying on top of Gigue, and he teased her before getting up.
• Gigue reminded Lily that he had to arrange the Navy warships beneath the Red Line.
• Lily grabbed Gigue's hand and insisted he accept the Void Mark because its transfer was not yet complete.

Gigue arranged for the Marines to withdraw from beneath the Red Line, then began purging the former Five Elders by killing Mars and accepting Saturn’s resignation. He offered Saturn a gift related to the Immortality Surgery, leaving Lily to respond dryly to Gigue’s teasing about her own surgery.

• Gigue took Lily to the council chamber and arranged the Marines’ withdrawal while Saturn and Mars attended.
• Saturn announced he would resign as Scientific Defense God, and Mars angrily grabbed him before Gigue ordered him to let go.
• Gigue condemned Mars for his disrespect and ordered him to die; after Mars transformed into his Itsumade hybrid form, Gigue dispelled his Devil’s Power and dissolved him with black mist.
• Saturn watched Mars die, and Gigue praised Saturn for yielding his position and told him to go rest.
• Gigue called Saturn back and offered him a gift, then joked to Lily about her having undergone the Immortality Surgery early; Lily replied that she no longer thought it was a good thing.

Gigue restored Saturn’s youth with the True Ancestor Fruit’s power and arranged successors for the retired God positions. Saturn chose to continue scientific research, while Kuma, Aokiji, and Aramaki received new appointments.

• Gigue pierced Saturn’s neck and used Blood Qi Power to restore him from an elderly man to a middle-aged man.
• Gigue explained that the ability came from the True Ancestor Fruit, created by fusing the Vampire Fruit and the Blood-Blood Fruit.
• Saturn thanked Gigue and asked to remain at the research institute, and Gigue told him he could work at Vegapunk’s facility.
• Gigue appointed Kuma the new Scientific Defense God, with Saturn agreeing to assist him.
• Gigue named Kuzan the new Environmental God and Aramaki the new God of Agriculture, prompting Aramaki to drop to his knees in gratitude.

Gigue finalized the Five Elders’ appointments, naming Sakazuki the new Justice God of War after Garling gave up his seat. He then teased Lily about the Void Mark and urged her to return to the family with him, but she insisted they go to the Flower Chamber first.

• Aramaki celebrated his appointment as one of the Five Elders, and Gigue told him to compose himself.
• Garling offered his Five Elders seat to Sakazuki, and Gigue ordered Sakazuki to become the new Justice God of War.
• Gigue praised Sakazuki as the finest soldier, while Kizaru and Aokiji cooled him down when his emotions made him overheat.
• Lily asked what position Gigue would hold, and they argued over her former title as ruler of the world.
• Gigue teased Lily about giving him the Void Mark and asked her to return to the family with him, but Lily demanded they go to the Flower Chamber.

Lily took Gigue to the Flower Chamber, where the swords embedded in the platform attacked them as a curse tied to the Void Throne. Gigue discovered that ordinary attacks could barely stop the golden torrent, while Lily insisted he must take all the Void Marks to learn how to break the curse.

• Gigue dismissed Garling, Akainu, and the others before agreeing to accompany Lily to the Flower Chamber after teasing her into asking politely.
• At the Flower Chamber, Gigue blasted open the gate after Lily explained that she had lost control of the place.
• The golden swords embedded in the platform came alive and attacked Gigue and Lily, forcing Gigue to shield them with a repulsive force field.
• Gigue swept the swords into a Dark Tornado, but they broke free and formed a torrent that pursued them through the hall.
• Lily explained that the swords were a curse from the Void Throne and said Gigue had to take all the Void Marks to learn how to break it.
• Gigue's punch briefly halted the golden torrent, and he began gathering Darkness Power and Haki for a stronger counterattack.