Chapter Summaries

Julian’s crew sailed toward Water Seven while Julian planned future operations and discussed Observation Haki with Herbert. When a small boat approached the Flame Dragon, Julian met fifteen-year-old Shanks, who said he was searching for adventure and the Final Island.

• Julian brought his crew aboard and continued sailing for Water Seven, then spent recreation time playing cards with the Division Captains.
• Julian planned to train with Rayleigh at the Sabaody Archipelago and later have Pierre lead an attack on Punk Hazard’s research center.
• A squad leader led a night patrol aboard the Flame Dragon and encouraged his crew to train and remain loyal to Julian.
• Julian and Herbert discussed Observation Haki levels and Julian’s proposed Mud Net technique before Navigator Garud reported an approaching boat.
• Herbert used a gust of wind to bring Shanks and his small boat onto the Flame Dragon after Shanks asked Julian for fresh water.
• Julian questioned Shanks about sailing alone, and Shanks said he wanted to adventure and reach the Final Island.

Julian invited Shanks to a banquet aboard the Flame Dragon, where Shanks spoke about Roger and his dream of becoming Pirate King. The next morning, Shanks sailed toward Long Ring Long Land to begin his travels, while Julian and Herbert discussed his potential and the advanced method for improving Observation Haki.

• Julian invited Shanks to stay for the Flame Dragon Pirates' banquet, and Shanks met Julian's division captains and crew.
• At the banquet, Shanks described Roger as the freest man in the world and said he wanted to inherit Roger's will and form a crew of his own.
• Julian defended Roger's legacy, while his officers praised Julian and declared their ambition to make the Flame Dragon Pirates the strongest crew.
• After spending the night aboard the Flame Dragon, Shanks accepted food and wine from Julian and sailed toward Long Ring Long Land with Herbert's hurricane guiding his boat.
• Julian told Herbert that Shanks had limitless potential and could awaken Observation Haki Killer, while Herbert noted that Shanks's method for improving Observation Haki worked.

Julian trained his crew while sailing toward Water 7, recruiting one pirate crew and destroying another along the way. After several days at sea, his fleet arrived at Water 7 and prepared to go ashore.

• Julian trained his crew in gravity space and continued practicing the Flesh Fist as they sailed toward Water 7.
• Fleet Admiral Steel Bone Kong ordered Kizaru to monitor Julian's movements without interfering.
• Julian forced Black Bull Agiri and his crew to work for him on Jaya Island and seized their treasure.
• Herbert killed Flame Swordmaster Fouts and cut the Flame Sword Pirates' ship in half, after which Julian wiped out the remaining crew and took their treasure.
• Julian's fleet arrived at Water 7, and he ordered everyone to stop the ships and go ashore.

Julian arrived in Water Seven seeking Shipwright Tom and warned him that the World Government knew he had Pluto’s blueprints. Tom handed the blueprints to Julian for safekeeping, and Julian promised to protect Tom and Water Seven.

• Julian led his cloaked crew through Water Seven, where residents recognized him and he asked for directions to Tom’s Workers Shipyard.
• Julian reached the shipyard and met Tom, Franky, and Iceberg, then asked to speak with Tom privately.
• Julian told Tom the World Government was preparing a Buster Call because Tom had built Roger’s ship and possessed Pluto’s blueprints.
• Tom retrieved the blueprints and gave them to Julian, who promised to safeguard them and protect Tom and Water Seven.
• Julian introduced Tom to Herbert and the others, pledged Flame Dragon Kingdom’s support, and discussed Water Seven’s future sea-train construction.

Julian left Water 7 after helping Tom and planned to use a fabricated version of Pluto’s blueprints to bargain with the World Government. He reached Ghost Island with his crew, where Ilman found the Hollow-Hollow Fruit, and Julian called off the search after claiming it.

• Julian bid farewell to Tom, Franky, and the shipyard workers before leaving Water 7 with his crew.
• Julian ordered navigator Garud to make a convincing but incomplete copy of Pluto’s blueprints for a deal with the Gorosei.
• After five days of sailing, Julian landed on Ghost Island and sent his officers and crew to search the island.
• Herbert used a gale technique to clear the island’s mist, and Julian flew toward the center to continue the search.
• Ilman found a Devil Fruit, and Julian identified it as the Hollow-Hollow Fruit.
• Julian told Herbert to recall the crew and reflected that Blackbeard might later pursue Absalom’s Clear-Clear Fruit.

Julian and the Flame Dragon crew trained during their voyage to the Sabaody Archipelago, where Herbert accidentally unleashed a devastating slash inside the ship’s training space. As they arrived, Julian told Herbert to keep a low profile around the Celestial Dragons and planned to seek information from Shakky before visiting the legal slave auction houses.

• Julian led the officers through intensive training in the Gravity Mud Space, using portraits of Momonosuke as targets.
• Herbert lost control after seeing Momonosuke’s portrait and unleashed a powerful hurricane slash, which Julian and the other officers barely contained.
• Julian dismissed the training space and told Herbert and the crew to rest and control their killing intent.
• As the Flame Dragon neared Sabaody, Julian warned Herbert to avoid conflicts with Celestial Dragons and said they would seek Shakky’s intelligence about Rayleigh.
• Julian and Herbert discussed the crew’s ambitions and their history before the Flame Dragon docked at Island One.
• Julian prepared to visit Islands One through Twenty-Nine, where the legal Slave Trader Auction Houses were located.

Julian landed at Sabaody Archipelago and bought hundreds of slaves, freeing them and recruiting Gild Tesoro after Herbert rescued Stella. The group returned to Island One, where Julian asked Tesoro to find connected villas and locate the Rip-off Bar.

• Julian split his officers up to investigate Island One and buy special slaves, then purchased and freed hundreds of people, including the Giants Rikiji and Kuroki and the Fish-Man Brahms.
• Herbert contacted Julian about Gild Tesoro, who was begging for help saving Stella, and Julian told Herbert to help him.
• Herbert bought Stella for sixty million Berries, gave Tesoro the key to her collar, and invited the pair to join the Flame Dragon Kingdom.
• Herbert brought the freed slaves, Tesoro, and Stella back to Julian, who asked Tesoro to find connected villas and the Rip-off Bar.

Julian gathered the rescued fish-men and giants, recruited them into the Flame Dragon Kingdom, and sent teams on missions to Fish-Man Island and Punk Hazard. He remained in the Sabaody Archipelago awaiting news from Tesoro after dispatching the giants to Jaya Island.

• The Division Captains returned with 1,350 slaves, and Julian sent ordinary people to Flame Dragon City while keeping the fish-men and giants to join his forces.
• Julian appointed Brahms to lead the Fish-Man Warriors and Gatlin to command a giant squad, while Menas took charge of a female giant squad.
• Julian ordered Brahms to seek cooperation with Fish-Man Island and assigned Herbert, Pierre, Leo, Doronsa, and the Sky Generals to raid Punk Hazard for researchers, technology, and Vegapunk's artificial Dragon Devil Fruit.
• Herbert departed with his team aboard a fast ship, while Julian announced that Fish-Men could freely join Flame Dragon City and receive its benefits.
• Julian sent Gatlin and the other giants to Jaya Island, then let several Division Captains explore Sabaody while he waited aboard the Flame Dragon for news from Tesoro.

Julian visited Shakky’s Rip-off Bar to obtain a route to Sleepy Ancient Town and locate Rayleigh, then paid Rayleigh to teach him advanced Haki techniques. He began training on Rayleigh’s hill and shared the Armament Haki method with his companions, while Tesoro trained to grow stronger.

• Tesoro led Julian to Rip-off Bar, where Julian treated him to egg fried rice and asked Shakky for a route to Sleepy Ancient Town and a meeting with Rayleigh.
• Shakky gave Julian a Log Pose and told him Rayleigh was in a small house atop the hill, while Julian promised to help find Boa Hancock and her sisters.
• Julian offered Rayleigh money to teach him advanced Haki techniques and provide manuals on black blades, then began training Armament Haki under his guidance.
• Julian trained daily with Rayleigh and taught George, Paige, Allison, Rekdon, Cleo, and the others Rayleigh’s Armament Haki method, while Tesoro practiced Marine Rokushiki.
• Rayleigh discovered Julian was using Mud Gravity Space to train his physique, and Julian practiced Iron Body and his other Rokushiki techniques under the added pressure.

Julian trained with Rayleigh to strengthen his Conqueror's Haki, but Rayleigh refused to reveal anything about Laugh Tale or the Kate Clan's past. Meanwhile, Julian's allies headed toward Punk Hazard, and the World Government, Marines, and Morgans reacted to his growing influence.

• Julian clashed his Conqueror's Haki against Rayleigh's and was ultimately overwhelmed, then thanked Rayleigh for the lesson.
• Julian tried to coax information about Laugh Tale and the Kate Clan from Rayleigh, but Rayleigh refused and ordered him back to training.
• Brahms arrived at Fish-Man Island to offer friendly relations on Julian's behalf and retrieve Oxygen Grass, while Herbert's group entered the New World.
• Herbert and Pierre led the Kozuki Pirates toward Punk Hazard, planning to loot the research center before considering raids on nearby World Government member nations.
• The Gorosei praised Julian's crackdown on pirates in Sabaody, while Fleet Admiral Kong ordered Sakazuki to capture pirates and Morgans continued promoting Flame Dragon City.

Herbert led the Kozuki Pirates in an assault on the World Government Research Center at Punk Hazard, where they fought CP0 and tried to reach Vegapunk. The World Government ordered Marine reinforcements, and Aokiji set out from Branch G5, unsure whether he would arrive in time.

• Herbert led the masked Kozuki Pirates to Punk Hazard and ordered the crew to destroy the research center because of its experiments on abducted orphans.
• Pierre captured four Marine guards and Herbert learned that they could not enter the facility, so the pirates prepared to attack directly.
• Leo blasted open the entrance, and Herbert’s Paradise White Dragon attack killed or wounded many CP0 members as the pirates stormed inside.
• CP0 members tried to evacuate Dr. Vegapunk and destroy research materials while staff raised the alarm.
• Kizaru reported the attack to Fleet Admiral Kong, who consulted Saint Saturn; the Gorosei chose to await Lord Im’s orders and directed Kong to send Marines.
• After Sakazuki could not be reached, Kong ordered Kuzan of Branch G5 to support Punk Hazard, and Aokiji set out with his Marines.

Herbert and the Kozuki Pirates seized Vegapunk’s research center after CP0 evacuated Vegapunk, while Caesar Clown and Stussy remained behind. Herbert’s crew captured Stussy, recruited Caesar, and collected research materials and artificial Devil Fruits, leaving a substitute fruit for Momonosuke.

• Herbert, Pierre, and the others fought through the research center as CP0 destroyed research records and escaped with Vegapunk.
• Stussy stayed behind to cover the retreat, while Caesar Clown was left behind and argued with her about their worth as researchers.
• Herbert’s group entered the laboratory, learned Vegapunk had escaped, and bound Stussy while Caesar agreed to help gather the remaining research.
• Herbert ordered the crew to collect the surviving research, artificial Devil Fruits, and samples, including Vegapunk’s replica of Kaido’s Azure Dragon fruit.
• Pierre replaced the stolen Dragon fruit with a failed artificial fruit for the hungry Momonosuke and gathered more than ninety artificial Bird-Bird Fruits.

Herbert’s group raided the World Government Research Center on Punk Hazard, rescued an experimental subject, captured its researchers and valuable cloning technology, and destroyed the facility. They sailed back toward Fish-Man Island with Caesar Clown, Stussy, and a massive haul, eager to report their success to Julian.

• Herbert spared Stussy after deciding that clones were human, but Pierre and Caesar Clown pressured her to join the Kozuki Pirates or die.
• Ilman and the Ten Sky Generals captured the research staff, found living human experiment subjects, and destroyed the specimen room.
• Herbert’s group took Caesar Clown, Stussy, the researchers, cloned Bloodline Factor samples, and Artificial Devil Fruit technology aboard the ship.
• Caesar Clown detonated the research center, and Herbert’s group left Punk Hazard while mocking the World Government and disguising their pirate ship as a merchant vessel.
• Herbert directed the ship toward Fish-Man Island and planned to meet Julian at Sabaody with news of their haul and two powerful Logia Devil Fruits.

The Kozuki Pirates’ attack on Punk Hazard earned Kozuki Bull-Horse a five-hundred-million-Berry bounty, while Julian’s crew prospered in Sabaody and Julian continued training under Rayleigh. Rayleigh linked the Kozuki Pirates to Kozuki Oden, and Julian celebrated the prospect of using them for his plans against the World Government.

• The Gorosei ordered Kozuki Bull-Horse’s bounty raised by five hundred million Berries and called for the Kozuki Pirates to be hunted down and executed.
• Herbert ordered the Moonlight to evade a Marine warship carrying Kuzan, and the ship sped away using Herbert’s Devil Fruit ability.
• Julian warned his crew to avoid Celestial Dragons while George and Allison’s crews hunted pirates and Slave Traders, rescued nearly nine thousand slaves, and seized an Ancient Zoan Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Claw Dragon Form.
• Julian trained with Rayleigh, demonstrated his improved Conqueror’s Haki, and declined Rayleigh’s offer to teach him a Haki Divine Leg technique for another five hundred million Berries.
• Rayleigh showed Julian the news about Kozuki Bull-Horse and guessed the Kozuki Pirates were relatives of Kozuki Oden, who had settled Wano Country.
• Julian privately decided the Kozuki Pirates could serve his plans against the Celestial Dragons, then laughed and claimed they would take down the World Government and define the era.

Julian kept his knowledge of Wano Country’s future from Rayleigh, accepted Rayleigh’s training manuals, and continued developing his human-form strength. Rayleigh began training him in hand-to-hand combat on Sabaody Archipelago, while Julian planned to expand his campaign against the World Government.

• Julian decided not to warn Rayleigh about Wano Country, Kaido, and Kozuki Oden because he wanted to avoid changing the timeline and did not care to save Wano’s samurai.
• Rayleigh recalled that Kozuki Oden had helped Roger and said Oden’s reputation as a heroic fine man was deserved, while Julian concealed his mockery of Oden.
• Julian invited Rayleigh to visit his Flame Dragon Kingdom and Sky Island, but Rayleigh declined for now and handed him several Haki and combat training manuals.
• Rayleigh praised Julian’s intelligence and frightening growth, then began guiding him through hand-to-hand combat.
• Julian chose to train in human form on Sabaody, where transforming into Flame Dragon form could attract elite CP0 agents, and judged that he could not reliably prevent Kizaru from escaping.

Julian trained with Rayleigh on Sabaody and learned that Imu Saint was the only person said to have reached a realm beyond peak Emperor strength, but Rayleigh refused to reveal more about Laugh Tale. Meanwhile, Herbert’s crew reached Fish-Man Island to meet King Neptune and Queen Otohime and discuss an alliance with Flame Dragon City.

• Julian sparred with Rayleigh, whose Flowing Armament Haki overwhelmed his attacks, while trying to learn more about the Final Island.
• Rayleigh said that Imu Saint was probably the only person in the legendary realm beyond peak Emperor level, then refused to tell Julian more about Laugh Tale.
• Aokiji’s warship headed for Punk Hazard while Herbert’s crew sailed toward Fish-Man Island with captured researchers and a traumatized Lunarian test subject.
• Herbert arrived at Fish-Man Island, where Brahms reported that King Neptune had agreed to an alliance and Queen Otohime wished to meet him.
• Herbert followed Brahms toward Dragon Palace, leaving Sky Seven and Sky Eight behind to guard the ship.

Herbert negotiated an alliance between the Flame Dragon Kingdom and Fish-Man Island, then led thousands of Fish-Men and mermaids toward Jaya Island. Meanwhile, Julian continued training with Rayleigh and asked when he would master Conqueror's Haki Entanglement.

• Herbert told Neptune and Otohime that the Flame Dragon Kingdom would welcome Fish-Men to Jaya Island, while warning them about the dangers of the Sabaody Archipelago and urging them to strengthen their people.
• Neptune agreed to form an alliance with the Flame Dragon Kingdom, and Herbert's group spent a day as guests at Dragon Palace.
• Herbert departed with more than five thousand male Fish-Men and over five hundred female mermaids, including several powerful Fish-Man Karate masters, bound for Jaya Island.
• Fish-Men on the island discussed Julian's reputation, while Brahms introduced Apache, Wadatsumi, Aji, and Agu to Herbert aboard the departing ships.
• Julian trained with Rayleigh, reflected on his growing Conqueror's Haki, and asked when he could learn Conqueror's Haki Entanglement.

Julian challenged Rayleigh to test his Conqueror’s Haki, demonstrated his combat techniques, and persuaded Rayleigh to show him Divine Departure. After Rayleigh left, Julian practiced the technique and continued training toward Conqueror’s Haki Entanglement.

• Julian clashed Conqueror’s Haki with Rayleigh and proved that his strength had improved enough to rival first-rate powerhouses.
• Julian demonstrated Gale Style Swordsmanship, Elbaf Spear, and Flame Burst—Ikoku, destroying a mountain peak before using his Earth-Earth Fruit to contain the damage.
• Rayleigh explained Divine Departure and demonstrated it, cutting through a mountain peak with Conqueror’s Haki and Flowing Armament Haki.
• Julian watched Rayleigh leave, then practiced Divine Departure himself and shattered another mountain peak with his developing technique.
• Julian repaired the peak and continued training, concluding that mastering Divine Departure required stronger Conqueror’s Haki Entanglement.

Julian rushed to the Sabaody Archipelago after CP0 agents captured Tesoro and Stella for Celestial Dragon Jess Saint Narogash. He arrived amid the fight, overwhelmed the CP0 agents with Conqueror's Haki, and asked the injured George if he was hurt.

• Julian trained alone and discovered that shouting encouragement and threats slightly strengthened his Conqueror's Haki.
• George confronted CP0 agents who had chained Tesoro and Stella, while Allison arrived and prepared to fight them.
• Tesoro and Stella retreated as George and Allison battled the CP0 agents; George endured their attacks while Allison struggled against his opponents.
• Julian flew to the battlefield in Flame Dragon Beastman Form after resolving to protect his people, and George knocked the CP0 leader away while continuing to fight.
• Julian landed in the battlefield and unleashed a surge of Conqueror's Haki that made the CP0 agents collapse; he then asked George if he was injured.

Julian killed the CP0 agents who had attacked Tesoro and Stella, then used Conqueror’s Haki to knock Saint Jess unconscious while he abused civilians. After learning that Admiral Sengoku was being sent to Sabaody, Julian reunited with Herbert’s returning crew and ordered everyone to leave the archipelago.

• Julian trapped and killed the CP0 agents with his Earth-Earth Fruit, then had George take Tesoro and Stella to the villa for treatment.
• Julian went to central Sabaody with Allison and found Saint Jess shooting civilians and forcing them to kneel.
• Julian burrowed beneath Bubble Park and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, knocking Saint Jess and the surrounding guards and civilians unconscious.
• The CP0 leader called Fleet Admiral Steel Bone Kong, who dispatched Admiral Sengoku, so Julian escaped underground and warned his crew to avoid the Marines.
• Herbert called Julian to report that his team had returned with a huge haul, and Julian ordered them to meet at Pier Eleven so they could leave Sabaody immediately.