Recaps

Kaos attacked Demon Valley Town’s pirates and provoked Pradanite into fighting him. As their battle began, Kaos formed a massive spiked club and swung at Pradanite, who dodged the blow.

• Kaos’s golden weapons attacked the Rum Tavern, killing more than ten of Pradanite’s men and driving Pradanite outside.
• Kaos announced he intended to wipe out the pirates and mocked Pradanite, prompting the Blood Thorn Pirates to charge.
• Kaos’s golden weapons deflected bullets and struck down the attacking pirates.
• Pradanite used his Thorn Fruit powers to cover himself in spikes and attack Kaos with Thorn Fist.
• Kaos formed Golden Armor and a huge spiked club, then swung at Pradanite, who dodged as the blow shattered the ground.

Chaos brutally defeated Blood Thorn Pradanite in Demon Valley Town, then learned that Rear Admiral Sakazuki had arrived. Chaos prepared to confront Sakazuki and make a grand entrance with his newly formed Fake Xuanyuan Sword.

• Pradanite attacked Chaos with thorn vines, but Chaos's Golden Armor withstood the spikes as he battered Pradanite through the town.
• Chaos killed Pradanite with repeated blows from his Golden Mace, leaving the watching pirates horrified.
• Pirates in Demon Valley Town panicked when they heard Rear Admiral Sakazuki and the Marines had arrived, while other crews stayed to watch.
• Chaos sensed several powerful auras approaching and waited for them on his Golden Throne.
• Chaos transformed his Golden Mace into the Fake Xuanyuan Sword and decided to challenge Sakazuki.

Sakazuki led Marines into Demon Valley Town to find the Blood Thorn Pirates, only to clash with Chaos after learning Chaos had already killed them. Their fight left Chaos shocked by Sakazuki’s strength, while the battle remained unresolved.

• Sakazuki and his Marines questioned pirates and learned where the Blood Thorn Pirates were hiding.
• A senior officer told Sakazuki that Chaos had killed Blood Thorn Pradanite and his crew.
• Chaos turned his Giant Golden Sword into weapons and launched a surprise attack on Sakazuki and the Marines.
• Sakazuki countered with his sword and magma, breaking through Chaos’s golden armor and wounding him with Armament Haki.
• Chaos’s attacks failed to harm Sakazuki, whose Logia body regenerated from the damage.
• Chaos transformed into a ten-meter-tall Golden Warrior and traded blows with Sakazuki, but Sakazuki overpowered him and left him stunned by his strength.

Chaos fought Sakazuki in a losing battle, enduring repeated blows until the Primordial Power within him awakened as a faint trace of Haki. After confirming the awakening, Chaos fled, leaving Sakazuki furious.

• Sakazuki overwhelmed Chaos with his magma powers, shattering his Golden Armor and repeatedly blasting him into the ruins.
• Chaos kept challenging Sakazuki despite his injuries, forcing him back at times but failing to damage his Logia body.
• During another clash, Chaos felt the Primordial Power awaken in his fist, while Sakazuki sensed a trace of Haki.
• Chaos tried to understand the new power as Sakazuki continued attacking and drove him across the battlefield.
• Chaos praised Sakazuki, demanded that his bounty report be published, and escaped through the sky as Sakazuki failed to catch him.

Chaos recovered in the mountains, awakened Armament Haki, and returned to Demon Valley Town expecting news of his bounty. After killing pirates who tried to steal his gold, he paid a cleanup crew to restore the street and went into the Tropical Grand Hotel.

• Chaos recovered from his injuries and awakened Armament Haki after years of training.
• Chaos spent five days practicing Armament Haki and destroyed a boulder with a black-and-gold fist.
• Sakazuki left Demon Valley Town after crushing dozens of pirate crews and nearly leveling part of the town.
• Chaos flew back to Demon Valley Town on a Giant Golden Sword, drawing the attention of local pirates and greedy newcomers.
• More than twenty pirates tried to take Chaos's gold, so Chaos killed them with golden spears.
• Chaos paid a lump of gold to a professional cleanup crew, then entered the Tropical Grand Hotel.

Chaos grew frustrated when Sakazuki failed to arrange a bounty poster for him, then left Demon Valley Town to seek out Marines who could teach him the remaining Six Powers. On the way to a Marine base, he spotted Rear Admiral Tobit’s warship pursuing a pirate ship and watched the Marines disable it with cannon fire.

• Chaos learned that five days had passed without a bounty poster and angrily blamed Sakazuki for forgetting to report him.
• Over the next ten days, Chaos fought pirates around Demon Valley Town until the town’s stronger crews fled.
• Chaos left Demon Valley Town aboard a Golden Longsword, intending to find Marines and learn the remaining Six Powers.
• Chaos spotted a Marine warship pursuing a pirate ship and hoped its officers could help him train.
• Rear Admiral Tobit ordered his Marines to bombard the pirate ship until it could no longer sail, leaving its crew facing surrender, capture of the warship, or death at sea.

Golden Emperor Gaia Chaos defeated Rear Admiral Tobit and captured him and ten other marines. He demanded that the Marines issue his bounty without shortchanging it by 100 million Berries, threatening to kill the hostages if they did.

• Tobit defeated a pirate captain and his marines began cuffing the surrendering pirates.
• Gaia Chaos arrived atop a Giant Golden Sword and attacked Tobit with flying weapons.
• Chaos and Tobit exchanged blows, and Chaos overpowered Tobit and smashed through the warship.
• Chaos dodged Tobit's Finger Pistol and struck him in the abdomen, leaving him unable to move.
• Chaos bound Tobit and ten other marines with a golden chain, announced his bounty demand, and flew away.

Chaos forced Rear Admiral Tobit to teach him the Six Powers, then released Tobit and his Marines after learning the techniques. With a 123 million bounty and a stronger foundation, Chaos planned to travel to Sky Island to develop his Gold-Gold Fruit.

• Chaos captured Tobit and ten Marines, then threatened to kill them until Tobit agreed to share his Six Powers training and insights.
• After half a month, Chaos had learned the basics of Finger Pistol, Iron Body, Tempest Kick, and Paper Arts, and he released Tobit and the Marines five days before reading the newspaper.
• Chaos saw that his bounty had risen to 123 million, which he suspected Tobit had helped secure.
• Chaos planned to go to Sky Island to train with its gold and improve his Gold-Gold Fruit before making his next move in 1497.

Gaia Chaos visited Weatheria to learn basic weather and navigation, then traveled to Sky Island and claimed control of the gold on God Island Apis. After Gan Fall’s guards attacked him, Chaos restrained them and asked Gan Fall to talk.

• Gaia Chaos arrived at Weatheria and told Hareda he wanted to learn about weather and navigation.
• Chaos spent ten days studying weather, received a permanent pointer, and left for the White-White Sea.
• Chaos reached God Island Apis and used his Gold-Gold Fruit powers to take control of its golden palace and plaza.
• Gan Fall asked Chaos whether he came from the Blue Sea, and Chaos said he wanted all the gold on Sky Island.
• Schneizel ordered the guards to seize Chaos, who bound them with streams of gold from the plaza.
• Chaos released the guards and asked Gan Fall to have a proper conversation.

After seven months of training on God Island Apis, Chaos demonstrated his new gold-based control technique and decided to leave Sky Island to strengthen his combat power and make the world know the Golden Emperor. He planned to depart the next day, while Nolan seemed delighted that he was going.

• Chaos completed a thousand push-ups beneath a golden mountain as Gan Fall watched, then called Nolan over to test a new move.
• Chaos used gold dust to control Nolan’s enormous body, shaped it into different forms, and named the technique Divine Control.
• Chaos reflected on his training progress, his four years in this world, and his belief that Roger was responsible for countless deaths after beginning the Great Pirate Era.
• Warriors brought food for Chaos and Nolan, and Chaos told Nolan he would leave Sky Island the next day.
• Chaos noticed Nolan’s happiness at his departure and taught the snake a lesson that night.

Chaos searched the sky for Bika while displaying the fifty-meter golden Goddess of the Heavens, but he failed to find it. At Marineford, Garp left to pursue Roger, forcing Sengoku to send Zephyr to cover Garp’s abandoned assignment as Tsuru offered to visit the academy.

• Chaos continued searching for Bika from atop the Goddess of the Heavens, hoping to find the Rumble-Rumble Fruit or recruit Enel, but he found no trace of the place.
• Garp departed Marineford with Kuzan and other officers to intercept Roger at Sabaody Archipelago, leaving his assignment to watch Golden Lion unfinished.
• Sengoku learned that Garp had abandoned his post and decided to send Zephyr to the New World, where Golden Lion and other powerful pirates threatened the Navy.
• Tsuru volunteered to go to the academy while Sengoku continued cursing Garp.

Chaos observed the lawlessness of the Sabaody Archipelago and read about Golden Lion’s powerful Flying Pirates. Dragon Horn Jax arrived to recruit the Roger Pirates, while Crocodile watched him and prepared to use him as a stepping stone toward the New World.

• Chaos relaxed at a café on Sabaody Archipelago and watched pirates clash amid the island’s everyday violence.
• Chaos read about Golden Lion’s twenty fleet captains and considered the Flying Pirates’ strength and ambitions.
• Dragon Horn Jax arrived with his crew, and the pirates around him made way in fear.
• A subordinate asked why Dragon Horn Jax had been sent to recruit the Roger Pirates, and Jax said he would destroy them if they refused.
• Crocodile watched Dragon Horn Jax from a rooftop and identified him as a stepping stone toward the New World.

Young Crocodile challenged Dragon Horn Jax, confident that his Logia powers made him invincible, but Jax struck him with Haki and left him badly injured. Crocodile struggled to understand how he had been hit and launched a massive sandstorm at Jax.

• Chaos spotted Crocodile approaching Dragon Horn Jax and decided to watch instead of challenging Jax himself.
• Crocodile blocked Jax and his crew, declared he would take Jax's head, and attacked with sand blades.
• Jax stopped Crocodile's attacks with Armament Haki, while Crocodile's Logia powers let him recover from Jax's first physical blow.
• Jax struck Crocodile with Haki and sent him crashing through buildings, leaving him bleeding and stunned.
• Crocodile launched a huge sandstorm at Jax as Jax advanced toward him.

Jax overwhelmed the young Crocodile with Armament Haki and offered to recruit him, but a gigantic golden Goddess of the Heavens descended on Sabaody and attacked Jax. The chapter ended with the Goddess’s strike devastating the ground as Jax and Crocodile escaped its reach.

• Jax endured Crocodile’s sand attacks and battered him with a series of blows.
• Jax grabbed Crocodile and offered to spare him if he joined his fleet.
• Chaos watched the fight and noticed a golden Goddess of the Heavens descending from the sky.
• The enormous Goddess appeared above Sabaody and fixed her attention on Jax holding Crocodile.
• Crocodile struck Jax to break free, then turned to sand as Jax escaped the Goddess’s descending hand.
• The Goddess’s hand slammed into the ground, spreading cracks and flattening the surrounding area.

Jax fought the enormous Goddess of the Heavens, a golden puppet controlled by Chaos, while pirates and Marines gathered to watch. Though Jax endured her attacks and revealed her true nature, the battle continued as the Marines recognized him as a Flying Pirates fleet captain.

• Chaos controlled the Goddess of the Heavens from a distant rooftop and ordered her to attack Jax.
• Jax transformed into his Triceratops form, knocked the Goddess of the Heavens back, and dented her face, but she healed immediately.
• The Goddess of the Heavens unleashed a barrage of giant weapons, and Jax dodged them before breaking off her lower leg.
• Jax realized the Goddess of the Heavens was a golden puppet, and her detached leg reattached itself as pirates gathered around, hoping to claim the gold.
• The Goddess of the Heavens attacked Jax with golden chains and weapons, while the arriving Marines identified him as Dragon Horn Jax, captain of the Flying Pirates' 20th Fleet.

Chaos revealed himself as the one controlling the Goddess of the Heavens after she killed Jax and his men. The pirates recognized him as the Golden Emperor, Gaia Chaos, and feared the Flying Pirates’ retaliation.

• Jax attacked the Goddess of the Heavens, but her injuries healed while she battered and trapped him in gold.
• The Goddess of the Heavens killed Jax’s rescuers with a barrage of golden needles, then released Jax’s lifeless body.
• The Goddess of the Heavens knelt and bowed toward Chaos, revealing that he controlled her.
• Chaos appeared on the Goddess of the Heavens’ palm, and the Marines and pirates identified him as the Golden Emperor, Gaia Chaos, whose first bounty was 123 million.

Chaos attacked the Marines on Sabaody Archipelago to earn a higher bounty, then fought Vice Admiral Ox to test his close-combat skills. The battle continued with both men exchanging powerful blows.

• Chaos sent a barrage of golden weapons at the Marines, forcing Vice Admiral Ox to order a retreat.
• Ox charged through the smoke and clashed fists with Chaos, who knocked him into the ground.
• Chaos jumped down to fight Ox directly while the Goddess of the Heavens rose above Sabaody Archipelago.
• Ox activated Life Return, increasing his physical power, and charged at Chaos again.
• Chaos and Ox traded punches and elbows, tearing up the ground and snapping nearby red trees.
• Chaos landed after their midair clash and reveled in the thrill of the fight.

Chaos and Ox fought at high speed, trading Six Powers techniques and devastating blows as both struggled to overcome the other’s defense. Chaos ended the chapter with the advantage after his Goldenization reinforced his Armament Haki and Iron Body, and he began a relentless barrage against Ox.

• Chaos and Ox exchanged powerful close-range attacks, with both using Armament Haki and Six Powers techniques.
• They pushed their Observation Haki and Shave to the limit, dodging and counterattacking through a blur of afterimages.
• Chaos and Ox continued their fight through the air and into the town, where their blows destroyed trees and buildings.
• Chaos seized Ox by the ankle and repeatedly slammed him into the ground, but Ox countered with a Finger Gun Barrage.
• Chaos and Ox struck each other while defending with Iron Body and Armament Haki, but Chaos’s Goldenization gave him the stronger defense.
• Chaos pursued the injured Ox, struck him with a series of kicks and a knee, and drove him into the ground as his barrage continued.

Chaos defeated Ox with martial arts, but Garp arrived and struck Chaos down before challenging him. Chaos chose to fight Garp despite the overwhelming gap in strength, and their battle continued with Garp holding the advantage.

• Chaos battered Ox until Garp caught Chaos's finishing kick and sent him crashing into a trench.
• Garp handed the injured Ox to the Marines and approached Chaos, while the pirates panicked at his arrival.
• Chaos resisted Garp's oppressive aura, armored himself in black-and-gold, and refused to retreat.
• Chaos attacked first, but Garp blocked his punches and kicks before countering and sending him through trees.
• Chaos used Soru to evade Garp and continued trading blows, but Garp blocked his knee and landed lightly on his feet.

Chaos fought Garp on Sabaody Archipelago but was badly outmatched and escaped using golden weapons and Marines as a distraction. The Marines then considered the threats posed by the Flying Pirates and the Golden Emperor, while Tsuru predicted that Golden Lion would spare Chaos.

• Chaos transformed the Goddess of the Heavens into a colossal Golden Sword and attacked Garp, who stopped it with one hand.
• Garp used flowing Armament Haki and powerful shock waves to shatter Chaos's weapons and defenses, leaving Chaos badly injured.
• Chaos controlled golden dust on nearby Marines and sent them, the Chains of Heaven, and weapons against Garp while he fled.
• Garp returned to the Marine base with Ox, Kuzan, and his subordinates, then asked how long it would take to finish coating a warship so he could pursue Roger.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku and Tsuru reviewed reports about Dragon Horn Jax and Chaos; Sengoku worried that Golden Lion might recruit or kill Chaos, while Tsuru said Golden Lion would not kill him.

The Marines publicized Gaia Chaos’s Gold-Gold Fruit and raised his bounty, making the Golden Emperor famous and drawing pirate crews toward him. Golden Lion Shiki’s fleet began discussing who would capture Chaos, leaving the hunt for him poised to begin.

• Tsuru and Sengoku realized the news about Chaos and the Gold-Gold Fruit could no longer be suppressed, so Tsuru decided to publicize it.
• The next day, newspapers announced that Chaos had killed Dragon Horn Jax, challenged Golden Lion, and received a 567-million-berry bounty.
• Pirates across the seas became eager to seize Chaos, and countless crews turned toward the Grand Line.
• At a gathering in Golden Lion Shiki’s skyborne stronghold, his captains read the news about the Golden Emperor.
• Lone Wolf Spand and Great Kong Omit each claimed they could bring Chaos back, while Crystalis laughed at Omit.

The Flying Pirates ordered Spand to capture Gild Tesoro alive, while Chaos learned that Marines had made him a worldwide target by spreading stories about his power and his supposed threat to the Golden Lion. After recovering from his injuries, Chaos disguised himself and headed into Sabaody’s lawless districts.

• Empress Khel offered to capture Gild Tesoro, but the Golden Lion assigned the task to Spand and gave him ten days to bring Tesoro back alive.
• A fierce-looking man read news about Tesoro and vanished from a tavern on a snowy island.
• Chaos hid in Grove 66, read reports that portrayed him as a threat, and resolved to improve his Haki or awaken his abilities.
• Chaos spent two days keeping a low profile while recovering, then dyed his hair gold and disguised himself with sunglasses, earrings, and a cigar.
• Chaos rode a bubble car through Grove 5, an area known for trafficking shops, auction houses, and lawless districts.

Chaos found Crocodile still on Sabaody Archipelago and watched him defeat a pirate crew before trying to recruit him. When Crocodile attacked instead, Chaos badly injured him and pursued him as he fled.

• Chaos sensed Crocodile in Grove 8 and traveled there, killing several groups of would-be robbers along the way.
• Chaos watched Crocodile defeat more than thirty pirates, then spoke with him about the time he had saved his life.
• Chaos offered to take Crocodile on as a subordinate and warned him to submit or run.
• Crocodile attacked Chaos with Crescent Dune, but Chaos dodged and kicked him through the red trees, destroying his bubble car.
• Crocodile fled in sand form, and Chaos pursued him with an Armament Haki-infused Tempest Kick.

Chaos defeated Crocodile and forced him to submit, while testing the limits of his Divine Control. Crocodile accepted the choice to live for now, but remained resentful as Chaos looked ahead to future excitement.

• Chaos battered Crocodile with Haki-coated kicks and golden weapons, leaving him badly injured in a crater.
• Chaos covered Crocodile with golden powder and attempted to control him, but Crocodile expelled the powder through Elementalization.
• Chaos bound Crocodile with the Chains of Heaven and gave him two choices: submit or die.
• After Crocodile questioned whether Chaos feared a temporary surrender, Chaos warned him not to attempt another kill unless he was certain of success.
• Crocodile threatened that Chaos would regret his arrogance, while Chaos declared that his life was all about thrills and excitement.

Chaos planned to train with Seastone and strengthen his Armament Haki, then told Crocodile that he intended to draw attention by visiting a Marine base. Crocodile feared the danger of staying with Chaos, but Chaos declared he would protect him and hinted that Crocodile had a role to play.

• Chaos decided to rest for the day and visit a Marine base the next day to obtain Seastone for training.
• Chaos considered fan theories about Armament Haki and resolved to improve his Haki regardless of how its stages were classified.
• Crocodile warned Chaos that visiting a Marine base near Marineford would attract trouble, addressing him as Boss.
• Chaos said he wanted attention, promised to protect Crocodile, and threatened to leave him behind if he could not keep up.
• As Crocodile worried about the dangers of staying with Chaos, Chaos told him it was his turn to step up.