Recaps

In 1496, Gaia Chaos continued training on Goat Island, where he had spent three years building his strength and developing the Gold-Gold Fruit. He had learned Soru and planned to leave only after he was strong enough to make a flashy entrance.

• Gaia Chaos chased down and kicked a huge tattooed tiger, then mocked it for growing thinner.
• Chaos recalled that he had obtained the Gold-Gold Fruit shortly after transmigrating in 1493, mistaking it at first for the Glint-Glint Fruit.
• Chaos explained that he had stayed on Goat Island for three years to train before venturing into the world.
• Chaos made the tattooed tiger bite his gold-transformed arm, but its teeth could not leave a mark.
• Chaos described how training had made him superhuman, helped him develop his fruit powers, and led him to learn Soru three months earlier.

After three years of brutal training with the animals on the mountain, Chaos mastered Shave and decided he was ready to leave and gain real combat experience. He continued fighting the lion, tiger, and crocodile before departing for the day, while they hoped he would never return.

• Chaos reflected on his training, noting that he had mastered Shave but had not awakened the other powers or Haki.
• Little Tiger carried Chaos to Little Lion, whom Chaos ordered to catch two deer, and Chaos kicked the river’s crocodile, Little Jaw, for practice.
• Chaos made Little Lion, Little Tiger, and Little Jaw prepare their catch, then decided that he needed to leave the mountain and face real opponents.
• After dinner, Chaos fought all three animals, dodging their attacks and taking hits until sunset.
• Chaos said goodbye and left with a deer, while the three animals hoped he would disappear for good.

After three years of living quietly on Goat Island, Chaos decided to leave and make a name for himself in the dangerous world beyond. He planned to board a merchant ship in a few months and trained hard to prepare for the voyage.

• Chaos sold a deer to the town butcher and shared a meal at Tist's udon shop.
• Chaos read a newspaper about clashes involving Redfield, Sengoku, Garp, Roger's crew, Whitebeard, Shiki, Kaido, and other notorious figures.
• After seeing how dangerous and eventful the outside world was, Chaos resolved to stop laying low and become the King of B.
• Chaos returned to his cabin on Goat Island and planned to board a merchant ship expected in three or four months.
• Chaos trained at night, hoping to master one of the Six Powers or one of the Two types of Haki before setting sail.

Chaos developed his Gold-Gold Fruit powers during training, creating weapons, armor, flight, and a golden clone. After testing their limits, he resolved to keep training in the Six Powers and Life Return so he would not rely on his Devil Fruit alone.

• Chaos controlled the island’s buried gold, shaping it into weapons and a serpent that snapped a tree.
• Chaos formed golden armor and weapons, then tested his ranged attacks and strength against trees and rocks.
• Chaos flew using golden armor, a sword, and wings, and spent about an hour experimenting with aerial attacks.
• Chaos created a Golden Warrior that could imitate movements within ten meters, but its coordination and range remained limited.
• Chaos decided to pursue Observation Haki, Geppo, the Six Powers, and Life Return alongside physical training.

After five months of waiting, Chaos traded animal pelts for passage on a merchant ship bound for the Sabaody Archipelago and left Goat Island. As the ship departed, Little Jaw, Little Tiger, and Little Lion watched from the mountain and celebrated his departure.

• Chaos spotted a merchant ship and used Geppo to fly down from the mountain, then made Golden Inner Armor from refined gold.
• Chaos traded his animal pelts to a junior manager for a ticket aboard the ship, which was headed for the Sabaody Archipelago via Alabasta Kingdom and Water Seven.
• Chaos said goodbye to the villagers, boarded the merchant ship, and settled into a small room in the hold.
• Little Jaw, Little Tiger, and Little Lion watched the ship leave and felt relieved that Chaos was gone.

Chaos’s merchant ship came under attack by the Poison Fang Pirates, and he used his Golden Needles to kill pirates and protect the vessel. The fighting continued as both sides formed defensive lines and searched for the powerful fighter aboard.

• Chaos trained aboard the merchant ship until he woke to cannon fire and a pirate attack.
• Chaos saw the Poison Fang Pirates fighting the ship’s guards amid explosions and casualties.
• Chaos used a Golden Needle to kill a pirate who was about to defeat a guard.
• Chaos controlled five Golden Needles to kill more pirates, prompting the survivors to recognize a powerful fighter was aboard.
• The pirates and guards formed defensive lines while the battle continued.

Chaos intervened in the pirates’ attack on the merchant ship after Poison Fang defeated the Captain Commander. He fought Poison Fang directly and realized he was far stronger than his opponent.

• Poison Fang boarded the merchant ship and demanded its treasure, women, and cargo, but the Captain Commander refused.
• Poison Fang and the Captain Commander fought until Poison Fang shot and kicked him into the wreckage.
• Chaos attacked Poison Fang with a Giant Golden Sword, then transformed it into Golden Needles and killed or wounded numerous pirates.
• Chaos used Soru to evade Poison Fang and kicked him through the cabin, while the guards subdued the remaining pirates.
• Poison Fang charged Chaos with his cleaver, and Chaos blocked the blow with a Golden Sword as he recognized how strong he was.

Chaos defeated Poison Fang and his pirates, then chose to stay in Demon Valley Town to hone his combat skills and look for a route to Sky Island. He arrived on the island and entered through the jungle to avoid drawing attention.

• Chaos used his gold-based abilities to overwhelm Poison Fang, bind him with a golden chain, and kill him with a spear.
• The Captain Commander and the others thanked Chaos for saving the ship, and he accepted gold from the Poison Fang Pirates’ treasure.
• Chaos decided to seek out fights in Demon Valley Town to improve his techniques and planned to search Sky Island for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and gold.
• Chaos left the merchant ship, which turned away from the pirate town, and flew toward the island.
• Chaos landed in the jungle on the far side of Demon Valley Town and approached the town discreetly.

Chaos entered Demon Valley Town to test himself in its violent pirate underworld and confronted a gang backed by the Lion King Pirates. He killed the gang with ease, leaving the bearded leader as his final target.

• Chaos reached Demon Valley Town and saw pirates fighting and gambling on the bloodshed.
• Five thugs surrounded Chaos and demanded his money, claiming the Lion King Pirates backed them.
• Chaos killed the thug who prodded his forehead with a Finger Pistol strike.
• Chaos dodged a knife attack and killed its wielder, then killed another thug who fired a flintlock.
• Chaos swiftly killed the remaining thugs and turned toward their bearded leader.

Chaos defeated a Lion King Pirates subordinate and announced himself as the Golden Emperor Gaia Chaos, intending to make his name known. He settled into the Tropical Grand Hotel in Demon Valley Town, where the rough staff and rowdy pirates made clear what kind of place he had entered.

• Chaos kicked the bearded pirate into submission and decided to target the Lion King Pirates.
• When the bearded pirate demanded his name, Chaos introduced himself as the Golden Emperor Gaia Chaos and walked away.
• Chaos checked into the Tropical Grand Hotel’s most luxurious room by paying the pipe-smoking owner with gold.
• Triss led Chaos to his room, and he later went downstairs to eat.
• Chaos found Speck brawling verbally with the hotel’s pirate customers in the noisy hall.

Chaos confronted Lion King Gappa after Gappa came to avenge a subordinate Chaos had beaten. Chaos displayed his ability to fly and led Gappa and a crowd of spectators outside, where Gappa transformed into his hybrid lion form and prepared to fight.

• Chaos ordered food and wine at the Tropical Grand Hotel while listening to pirates discuss news and famous figures.
• Gappa brought more than thirty pirates to the restaurant to challenge Chaos for beating one of his men.
• Chaos left the restaurant and asked Gappa whether he was famous before Gappa invited him to fight elsewhere.
• Chaos flew over Gappa's crew and out of town, drawing spectators and bets on the coming fight.
• Gappa arrived at the open ground, transformed into his humanoid lion hybrid form, and readied himself to face Chaos.

Chaos fought Lion King Gappa to test himself against a stronger opponent, while four powerful pirates watched and began betting on his fate. The fight continued with Chaos using Gappa as a whetstone, and Zebra Killer Barnkes prepared to challenge him afterward.

• Gappa transformed with the Zoan-type Cat-Cat Fruit: Lion Form and attacked Chaos, who answered that one of them would kill the other.
• Chaos and Gappa traded blows, with Gappa's strength and experience repeatedly pushing Chaos onto the defensive.
• Chaos used Soru to vanish and resumed attacking Gappa, eager to grow stronger through the fight.
• Reaper Tesys, Blood Thorn Pradanite, Zebra Killer Barnkes, and Camel Tepieru watched from nearby rooftops and recognized that Chaos was using Gappa for practice.
• Tesys offered fifty million Berries to Barnkes if he could kill Chaos, while Pradanite and Tepieru also bet on Barnkes to win.

Chaos gained the upper hand against Garp after revealing his Devil Fruit ability to create and control golden swords, but gunfire from the Lion King Pirates interrupted his assault. The chapter left the fight unsettled as the pirates intervened.

• Chaos traded blows with Garp, whose claws and tail eventually caught him and slammed him repeatedly into the ground.
• Chaos formed a Golden Longsword and cut off Garp’s tail, revealing that he was a Devil Fruit user.
• Chaos split the sword into five blades, wounded Garp, and followed with Shave and powerful kicks that left Garp badly injured.
• Members of the Lion King Pirates fired at Chaos, forcing him to stop attacking Garp.

Chaos defeated Garp after turning his golden armor into a deadly barrage of needles and swords, but Zebra Killer Barnkes attacked him immediately afterward. Chaos unleashed fifteen Golden Longswords at Barnkes, who dodged every one with uncanny ease.

• Chaos transformed five Golden Longswords into thousands of needles and killed the fleeing pirates with a sweeping barrage.
• Garp ambushed Chaos, but Chaos blocked his claws with gold, kicked him into the ground, and killed him with Golden Longswords.
• Zebra Killer Barnkes appeared and kicked Chaos, sending him flying and injuring his nose.
• Barnkes identified Chaos's apparent metal-controlling ability while spectators predicted Chaos would lose after fighting Lion King Gappa.
• Chaos revealed his Golden Inner Armor, formed fifteen Golden Longswords, and launched them at Barnkes, who dodged every attack.

Gild Tesoro defeated Zebra Killer Barnkes and captured him alive, revealing the power of his Golden Fruit in a close and ranged fight. Tesoro flew off with his prisoner as Demon Valley Town’s pirates watched in disbelief, and Reaper Tesys reflected on the bet and Tesoro’s growing fame.

• Chaos recognized that Zebra Killer could use Observation Haki and decided to capture him alive.
• Chaos attacked Zebra Killer with golden armor, weapons, and close-range strikes, while Zebra Killer fought back in his zebra form.
• Chaos pierced Zebra Killer’s chest with golden spikes, then bound him in barbed golden chains without hitting a vital spot.
• Chaos carried the captured Zebra Killer into the sky, leaving the watching pirates stunned by his defeat.
• Reaper Tesys reminded Blood Thorn and Camel Tepieru that they owed him the bet and predicted that Gild Tesoro’s name would spread through Demon Valley Town.

Chaos captured Zebra Killer and questioned him about awakening Observation Haki, hoping to find the guidance he needed to train it. After hearing Zebra Killer’s account, Chaos reflected on how Observation Haki worked but still had no clear path to awakening it.

• Chaos took Zebra Killer to a ravine and demanded to know how he had awakened Observation Haki.
• Chaos promised to release Zebra Killer if he mastered the Haki within a year, and Zebra Killer agreed to explain his experience.
• Zebra Killer recounted how he had awakened Observation Haki six months earlier while Chaos questioned him throughout the afternoon.
• Chaos fed Zebra Killer by the bonfire and continued keeping him bound as he considered what Rayleigh had taught about Haki.
• Chaos reviewed Observation Haki’s basic abilities and its connection to calmness, sensing, and predicting opponents.

Chaos spent half a month training his senses in a ravine, then decided to risk his life in Demon Valley Town to awaken Observation Haki. After securing Zebra Killer in a gold coffin and keeping a small gold shield for emergencies, he headed to a bar where three dangerous pirates were gathered.

• Chaos realized his perception was improving but remained short of awakening Observation Haki, and he decided that facing mortal danger might break through the barrier.
• Chaos bound Zebra Killer inside a thick golden coffin in a hidden cave and kept a small layer of gold for his own protection.
• Chaos returned to Demon Valley Town and paid the Tropical Grand Hotel owner for information about Reaper Tesys, Blood Thorn Pradanite, and Camel Tepieru.
• The smoking owner told Chaos that the three pirates were still in town and directed him to a nearby bar.
• Speck and Triss watched Chaos leave, while the smoking owner scolded them for neglecting their work.
• Chaos reached the bar without bumping into anything as nearby pirates eyed the gold covering his eyes.

Chaos challenged Camel Tepieru and endured a brutal beating without using his Devil Fruit ability. As Camel Tepieru pressed his attack, Chaos began awakening Observation Haki, though he still could not evade every strike.

• Chaos entered the tavern, called out Camel Tepieru, and challenged him to meet at the place where he had fought Zebra Killer half a month earlier.
• Camel Tepieru arrived and transformed into a half-beast camel before overpowering Chaos with a series of attacks.
• Camel Tepieru demanded to know why Chaos refused to use his ability, but Chaos stood up and taunted him again.
• Chaos sensed Camel Tepieru's next attack in advance and realized his Observation Haki was awakening.
• Chaos used that forewarning to dodge one sweeping attack, but Camel Tepieru counterattacked before he could evade again.

Chaos escaped Camel Tepieru after using their fight to awaken his Observation Haki, recovered in his hidden ravine, and returned to Demon Valley Town for another bout. He left Camel Tepieru furious when he revealed he was using him as a training partner.

• Chaos began predicting some of Camel Tepieru's attacks, then fled by carrying himself into the sky and threatening to return.
• Chaos treated his severe wounds with herbs and gold, while news of the fight spread through Demon Valley Town.
• After two days, Chaos recovered, prepared herbs, and flew to town with Zebra Killer bound inside a golden coffin.
• Chaos entered a tavern, drew Camel Tepieru out, and lured him into another fight.
• Chaos fought with his eyes closed and blocked Camel Tepieru's attacks, prompting Camel Tepieru to realize he was being used to hone Chaos's Observation Haki.

Chaos used his fight with Camel Tepieru to improve his Observation Haki, then killed him and gained fame across Demon Valley Town. He left to recover and continue training before seeking his next fight.

• Camel Tepieru relentlessly attacked Chaos, who dodged and endured the assault for an hour and a half to train his Observation Haki.
• Chaos mastered turning his Observation Haki on and off at will, then struck Camel Tepieru and sent him flying.
• Camel Tepieru transformed into his full beast form and charged, but Chaos stopped him and revealed he had been using the fight for training.
• Chaos formed a golden rapier from his jewelry and fatally cut Camel Tepieru, who fell in human form.
• Chaos flew toward Demon Valley Town to bathe, eat, and consolidate his Observation Haki as news of Camel Tepieru's death spread.

Chaos released Zebra Killer after teaching him Observation Haki, confident he could defeat him again if he returned. Meanwhile, Rear Admiral Sakazuki annihilated a pirate crew and ordered his warship to hurry toward Demon Valley Town.

• Chaos turned the golden coffin and chains into a chair, declared he would honor his promise, and released Zebra Killer.
• Zebra Killer threatened Chaos before fleeing the ravine, while Chaos remained unconcerned about future revenge.
• Sakazuki diverted his warship toward Demon Valley Town after learning the Blood Thorn Pirates were there.
• Sakazuki destroyed a pursuing pirate ship with a sword slash and Great Eruption, killing its crew.
• Sakazuki ordered his men to speed up and destroy any pirate ships they encountered on the way to Demon Valley Town.

Chaos revealed his strength in Demon Valley Town by parading through the streets in golden armor and killing pirates who attacked him. As night fell, powerful crews gathered near the Tropical Grand Hotel, setting the stage for a violent confrontation.

• Chaos wore armor made from the ravine's gold and strode through Demon Valley Town, drawing greedy attention from the pirates.
• When pirates attacked him for his gold, Chaos split his giant sword into eighteen blades and killed them without moving.
• Chaos paid the smoking owner a large gold nugget to keep staying at the Tropical Grand Hotel, while Triss openly suggested poisoning him.
• The smoking owner, Triss, Speck, and Bard left the hotel with the gold and defeated more than a hundred attackers on the way to another property.
• As night fell, the Octopus Maniac Rotes and his crew discussed whether to attack Chaos, while a blond man wearing noble's clothing appeared atop a building.

Chaos lured pirates to the Tropical Grand Hotel, then provoked them when only weak crews dared approach. After he slaughtered a horde of attackers, Swordsman Crus entered the hotel to confront him and claim the gold.

• Chaos studied wanted posters and waited in the dark hotel as pirates gathered outside, hoping powerful opponents would come for him.
• Several pirate crews entered the hotel and vanished without a sound, while Zebra Killer and other strong pirates watched from outside.
• Chaos shouted insults from his window, provoking a horde of pirates to charge the hotel.
• Chaos killed the attackers in a brief, bloody fight, making the remaining pirates hesitate.
• Swordsman Crus, a lone pirate with a 124-million bounty, entered the hotel as Chaos sensed his powerful approach with Observation Haki.

Chaos fought Swordsman Crus, overwhelming him with barrages of golden weapons while maintaining his disdainful pose. After Crus unleashed a powerful Slash attack to break through the barrage, he fled the ruins, leaving Chaos and the watching pirates stunned.

• Crus entered Chaos's room and attacked with his Spiral Sword, but Chaos countered with golden weapons and destroyed the building around them.
• Chaos fired waves of golden blades at Crus, who fought through the barrage and broke it open with his Lone Goose Slash to charge toward Chaos.
• Crus cut through Chaos's Golden Throne and narrowly threatened him, forcing Chaos to use Soru to escape the strike.
• Chaos unleashed hundreds of golden weapons, battered Crus, and struck him with a gold-wrapped kick that sent him flying through the ruins.
• Crus used a hundred-meter Slash to clear a path through the next barrage and escaped, astonishing Chaos and the watching pirates.

After driving off Swordsman Crus, Chaos made a lavish entrance at a tavern and paid for every pirate’s food and drink before heading toward Blood Thorn Pradanite. Meanwhile, Rear Admiral Sakazuki arrived at Demon Valley Town with a small Marine force, intending to capture the Blood Thorn Pirates.

• Chaos drove off Crus, and the remaining powerful pirates withdrew while weaker pirates tried to steal his gold.
• Chaos reclaimed the stolen gold and used it to form Golden Warriors that carried him through town on a palanquin.
• After resting, Chaos ordered the tavern’s most expensive food and told the waiter to put everyone’s tab on him, sparking a celebration among the pirates.
• Chaos learned that Blood Thorn Pradanite was nearby and headed toward him in a conspicuous procession.
• Rear Admiral Sakazuki arrived at Demon Valley Town aboard a warship with fifty Marines to capture the Blood Thorn Pirates.