Recaps

Chaos waited at the tavern on Sabaody Archipelago as pirates converged to capture him, then used the Goddess of the Heavens and his golden weapons to slaughter the attackers. Crocodile fought the cannon fodder below while an even larger crowd rushed toward Grove 8.

• Pirates identified Chaos as the Golden Emperor and gathered outside the tavern, hoping to capture him alive and claim his wealth.
• Chaos told Crocodile to handle the weaker attackers while he faced sixteen stronger pirates who had gathered on nearby rooftops.
• Chaos summoned the Goddess of the Heavens, revealing his identity to people across half the Sabaody Archipelago and drawing crowds toward Grove 8.
• The sixteen pirates charged Chaos, but he used golden weapons to pursue and impale them as Crocodile killed attackers below.
• One pirate reached for Chaos, but the Chains of Heaven bound him before golden weapons pierced and killed him.

Chaos slaughtered thousands of pirates in Sabaody Archipelago's Area 8, then left with Crocodile for the Marine base. Vice Admiral Ox learned Chaos was approaching and prepared to report his presence to Marineford.

• Chaos used the Goddess of the Heavens to rain golden weapons on Area 8, killing the pirates who charged at him.
• Crocodile watched Chaos's power with dread as thousands of pirates and thugs died in the massacre.
• Chaos and Crocodile left Area 8, intending to visit the Marine base on Sabaody Archipelago.
• At the Marine base in Grove 60, Ox admitted he could not defeat Chaos and ordered a report to Marineford.
• A Marine rushed in to announce that Chaos had killed many pirates in Grove 8 and was heading toward the base.

Vice Admiral Tsuru mobilized to capture the Gild Tesoro after he remained on Sabaody, while Chaos forced Vice Admiral Ox’s garrison to surrender its Seastone. The Marines began fetching the stockpile under threat, as Tsuru’s warship headed toward the island.

• Tsuru learned that the Gild Tesoro remained on Sabaody and ordered Anka, Domir, and Canis to accompany her there.
• Tsuru informed Fleet Admiral Kong that she would lead the capture mission herself.
• Chaos confronted Ox and demanded the garrison’s Seastone and surrender, threatening to kill the Marines if they refused.
• Chaos turned the Goddess of the Heavens into a mass of weapons aimed at the garrison, and Ox agreed to surrender the Seastone to spare his Marines.
• Ox ordered Marines to retrieve the Seastone while Chaos gave them three minutes.

Chaos captured Ox and ten Marine officers to force Ox to teach him Life Return, while Tsuru arrived at Sabaody and prepared to pursue him. The chapter left Ox bound on an island near the Calm Belt, with Chaos promising to release him within three months whether or not he learned the technique.

• Chaos tested Crocodile with Seastone handcuffs, then bound Ox and ten Marine officers with Chains of Heaven and coated them in golden dust.
• Chaos took the captives from Sabaody, where thousands of people had died and news of his attack spread across the archipelago.
• Tsuru arrived at the Marine base and heard the account of Chaos's capture of Ox and the officers.
• Tsuru inferred that Chaos wanted to learn Life Return from Ox and ordered the Marines to resume the pursuit.
• At an island near the Calm Belt, Chaos told Ox he would release him within three months, whether or not he learned Life Return.

Spand pursued Gild Tesoro toward Sabaody while powerful figures gathered there, but Tesoro vanished. A month later, Chaos trained Life Return on an island, and Spand—after a string of clashes and injuries—was ordered to serve under Jelly Queen Annie.

• Spand read that Gild Tesoro had killed thousands of pirates and captured Vice Admiral Ox, then learned Tsuru was leading the Navy’s pursuit.
• Spand set out for Sabaody, while a cloaked figure arrived there and used powerful Observation Haki before disappearing.
• Chaos made Ox submit and studied Life Return while Crocodile trained on the island; Chaos imagined using the technique to control his body and improve his stamina.
• A month passed without any sign of Gild Tesoro, as several Great Pirates and powerful figures searched Sabaody.
• Spand clashed with the Roger Pirates and Garp at Fish-Man Island, then fought Perospero’s group and Gecko Moria in Sabaody, suffering injuries and losing most of his men.
• After Spand failed to find Gild Tesoro, the Admiral sent Jelly Queen Annie to capture him and ordered Spand to obey her.

Chaos released Ox and the Marines, then returned to the Calm Belt to train with Crocodile using Seastone. Tsuru learned how quickly Chaos had mastered Life Return, and his bounty rose to 783 million as the search for him spread to Skypiea Island.

• Chaos delivered Ox and the five Rear Admirals and captains to Skypiea Island, freed them, and flew away after telling them to raise his bounty.
• Chaos made Crocodile train with Seastone cuffs, then cuffed himself and practiced moving despite the weakness.
• Crocodile struggled to crawl while Chaos used the Seastone training to work on his strength and Haki.
• Ox and the others reported the past month to Tsuru, who was alarmed that Chaos had mastered Life Return in twenty-five days.
• Chaos’s bounty rose from 567 million to 783 million, and pirates flocked to Skypiea Island looking for him.
• Tsuru followed Ox’s directions to the island where the Marines had been held, but found it empty.

Roger and Garp clashed at sea before Roger’s crew escaped, while the chapter then followed Chaos and Crocodile after three more months of brutal Seastone training. Crocodile had gained a basic grasp of Haki but still knew Chaos could defeat him in seconds.

• Sambel warned Roger that Garp had caught up with the Ol Jackson, and Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban went to meet the Marines.
• Garp attacked Roger, their clash cleared the storm clouds, and Roger ordered his crew to flee.
• News of the clash reached Marineford as Marines, pirates, and kingdoms across the world made their moves while Gild Tesoro remained missing.
• Chaos called Crocodile out of the cave and demonstrated his strength with a slash that nearly brought the entrance down.
• Crocodile reflected that three months of Seastone training had taught him basic Armament and Observation Haki, though Chaos remained far stronger.

After three months of training, Gild Tesoro left the island with Crocodile and targeted the World Government’s Heavenly Gold to announce his return. He attacked a Gilgamesh Kingdom tribute convoy at sea, where a CPO agent met his first strike.

• Chaos ended his Seastone training and decided to leave with Crocodile to seek real combat and make trouble.
• Chaos chose the World Government’s Heavenly Gold as his target and identified the Gilgamesh Kingdom’s tribute convoy as a likely opportunity.
• A CPO agent and a Rear Admiral escorted the Gilgamesh Kingdom’s Heavenly Gold toward the Sabaody Archipelago as Marines gathered there to guard the tribute ships.
• Gild Tesoro appeared above the convoy aboard the Goddess of the Heavens, and the CPO agent and Rear Admiral recognized him.
• Chaos sent a golden ribbon at the convoy, and the CPO agent blocked it with an Armament Haki strike.

Chaos used his Gold-Gold Fruit and Armament Haki to overwhelm the Marines while Crocodile fought CPO. CPO kept stalling as the damaged ships filled with stranded Marines and reinforcements from Marineford were expected to arrive.

• CPO fought Chaos’s golden ribbon, but Chaos restored it after CPO broke it and then coated it with Armament Haki.
• Chaos sent the ribbon and ten Chains of Heaven after CPO, injuring him and wrecking the warship while Marines’ bullets failed to stop the gold.
• The golden ribbon broke into the merchant ship’s Heavenly Gold storage and absorbed the gold, while CPO escaped the wreckage and faced Chaos’s attacks again.
• Chaos ordered Crocodile to test his training by fighting CPO, and Crocodile joined the battle while Chaos watched from his throne.
• A Rear Admiral attacked Chaos, but the Goddess of the Heavens blocked him and crushed him with another hand.
• Crocodile held a slight advantage over CPO after ten minutes, while the Marines waited at sea for reinforcements from Marineford.

Chaos fought Borsalino after the Marine arrived to capture him for robbing the Heavenly Gold tribute, and he tried to recruit him before launching a serious assault. Borsalino narrowly avoided Chaos’s sword, but the fight remained unresolved as blood sprayed from his cut cheek.

• Chaos sensed Borsalino approaching from the Sabaody Archipelago, and Borsalino arrived to capture him for robbing the Heavenly Gold tribute.
• Borsalino attacked Chaos with a laser and Yasakani no Magatama, but Chaos and the Goddess of the Heavens defended themselves with Haki-coated weapons.
• Chaos invited Borsalino to join him and become one of the most arrogant men in the world, but Borsalino answered by kicking him with light.
• The Goddess of the Heavens protected Chaos from the kick, and Chaos rose from his throne to fight Borsalino at full strength.
• Chaos, the Goddess of the Heavens, and Gate of Babylon pressured Borsalino, who dodged their attacks before Chaos slashed his cheek with a black-and-gold longsword.

Chaos and Crocodile escaped after Chaos broke off his attack on Borsalino, while the World Government reacted to Chaos’s raids on Heavenly Gold by ordering his capture. Sengoku received orders to return from the New World, leaving Garp and Zephyr to manage the region.

• Chaos kicked Borsalino away and attacked him alongside the Goddess of the Heavens, but retreated with Crocodile when he sensed a powerful Navy figure approaching.
• Tsuru arrived and found Borsalino after Chaos and Crocodile had escaped.
• Chaos told Crocodile that a powerful figure had arrived, then mocked Crocodile for failing to defeat his opponent.
• The Five Elders learned that Chaos had stolen the Gilgamesh Kingdom’s Heavenly Gold and ordered Sengoku to capture him and raised his bounty.
• Chaos seized ten more merchant ships carrying Heavenly Gold, spreading news of his raids across the seas.
• Kong ordered Sengoku back from the New World, and Sengoku departed after leaving Garp and Zephyr to handle the region.

Whitebeard read reports about Golden Emperor Gaia Chaos and impulsively set sail for the Grand Line to recruit him, while Golden Lion sent Annie and Spand after the Golden Emperor. The Whitebeard Pirates began their journey as Annie and Spand prepared to compete over who would lead the mission.

• Newspapers reported that Gaia Chaos had robbed Heavenly Gold, announced his 1.098 billion bounty, and publicized Crocodile's 560 million bounty.
• Marco, Thatch, and Vista discussed recruiting the Golden Emperor to ease the Whitebeard Pirates' financial troubles.
• Whitebeard decided to head for the Grand Line, and his crew cheered as they set sail.
• Spand promised Golden Lion he would bring back the Golden Emperor, while Annie declared her interest in the mission.
• Spand demanded to lead the operation, but Annie threatened him with her ability until others told him to stand down.

At a Marine base, Sengoku and Tsuru assessed Gild Tesoro’s strength and disappearance after he stole the Heavenly Gold. On Post Island, Gild Tesoro and Crocodile were confronted by pirates who wanted Tesoro’s gold coat, and Tesoro became enraged when they failed to recognize him.

• Sengoku asked Tsuru whether the Navy had found Gild Tesoro, and she reported that he had vanished after robbing the Kakartia Kingdom’s tribute.
• Sengoku asked Borsalino about Tesoro’s strength, and Borsalino admitted that Tesoro had landed a hit on him.
• Tsuru warned Sengoku that Tesoro was talented and clever, citing how quickly he had learned the Six Powers and Life Return.
• On Post Island, Crocodile questioned whether it was wise for him and Gild Tesoro to walk openly, and Tesoro told him to act more brazenly.
• A dozen members of the Bucktooth Pirate Crew blocked Gild Tesoro and demanded his Golden Goose Down Coat, while nearby onlookers watched.
• Gild Tesoro furiously demanded to know how the pirates could fail to recognize him, and Crocodile stepped away, pitying them.

Chaos revealed himself as the Golden Emperor on a town street, then fought off a surprise attack from the invisible pirate hunter Goyatrans. After identifying Goyatrans as a Transparent Fruit user, Chaos offered him a choice between becoming his subordinate or dying.

• Chaos summoned the towering Goddess of the Heavens, terrifying the town and revealing his identity as the Golden Emperor while Crocodile found his spectacle embarrassing.
• An unseen attacker slashed Chaos's neck, but Chaos blocked the strike and counterattacked toward the attacker's suspected position.
• Chaos pinned the Bucktooth Pirate Crew to the street with weapons, then unleashed a barrage that wrecked nearby buildings as the attacker moved away.
• Golden dust revealed the masked assassin Goyatrans, whom Chaos recognized as a pirate hunter and likely Transparent Fruit user.
• Chaos told Goyatrans to submit or die while casually trimming his nails with a golden nail clipper.

Chaos defeated the invisible Goyatrans with his Gold-Gold Fruit and left him dying after rejecting his offer to serve. He then asked Crocodile to bring him several kinds of fruit so he could test an idea involving the Transparent Fruit.

• Goyatrans dismissed Chaos and tried to flee using the Transparent Fruit, but Chaos tracked him with a golden tornado.
• Chaos struck Goyatrans repeatedly and hurled him into the tornado, where Goyatrans begged to serve him.
• Chaos stopped the tornado, but found Goyatrans nearly dead and decided he was not worth keeping as a subordinate.
• Chaos asked Crocodile to fetch apples, bananas, pineapples, grapes, and other fruit for an experiment.

Chaos tried to make Goyatrans’s Devil Fruit transfer into ordinary fruit inside a sealed gold sphere, but the experiment failed. He went to a tavern with Crocodile, expecting powerful forces to come after him, and began surveying the island with Observation Haki.

• Chaos sealed Goyatrans and a pile of ordinary fruit inside a gold sphere, then killed Goyatrans with a golden spike.
• Crocodile and the watching pirates waited as Chaos sensed the sphere, while Admiral Sengoku set out after learning that Chaos had appeared on Post Island.
• After half an hour, Chaos opened the sphere and found Goyatrans dead and the fruit unchanged, confirming that his attempt had failed.
• Chaos and Crocodile left for a tavern in the eastern district, where Chaos paid for food and drinks for everyone with gold coins bearing his portrait.
• Chaos spread Observation Haki across most of the island and began surveying it.

Buffalo Aquit and his crew confronted Chaos in a tavern after hearing the Golden Emperor was on Post Island. Aquit attacked Chaos, who easily stopped his blow and summoned a Golden Warrior to fight him.

• Buffalo Aquit's crew learned the Golden Emperor was on Post Island and went to the tavern to ask whether he was a bad guy.
• Little Six accused Chaos of killing people, and Aquit attacked him with an Armament Haki-coated spiked club.
• Chaos caught Aquit's club without leaving his seat, then shoved Aquit back.
• Chaos summoned a six-meter-tall Golden Warrior and ordered Aquit to defeat it to earn forgiveness.
• Aquit met the Golden Warrior's club with his own, and their clash shook the ruined tavern.

Chaos tested the Golden Warrior against Aquite, a Zoan fruit user whose stubborn refusal to dodge turned their fight into a brutal exchange of blows. The Golden Warrior ultimately knocked Aquite down with a punch to the stomach.

• Chaos had the boss set up a golden table and watched the Golden Warrior fight Aquite while Crocodile offered to join in.
• The Golden Warrior coated himself in Armament Haki and overpowered Aquite, sending him crashing through buildings.
• Aquite transformed into his Water Buffalo hybrid form and fought the Golden Warrior head-on, trading blows that shattered the street.
• After their clubs were lost, the fighters continued punching each other; Aquite endured repeated hits but was finally hurled down by a punch to the stomach.

Aquite lost his grueling fight against Gild Tesoro’s Golden Warrior, but the puppet protected him when Paper Man Ilango tried to claim his bounty. Chaos watched as the Golden Warrior confronted Ilango, then revealed ten more Golden Warriors surrounding him.

• Aquite and the Golden Warrior traded punches until Aquite could no longer stand and admitted defeat.
• Paper Man Ilango appeared and planned to collect Aquite’s 220-million-Berry bounty before going after Gild Tesoro.
• Crocodile identified Ilango as a dangerous pirate hunter who wielded the Paper-Paper Fruit.
• Ilango tried to cut off Aquite’s head, but the Golden Warrior blocked his sword and warned him not to interfere.
• Ten Golden Warriors emerged from the crater, forming weapons from gold as they confronted Ilango.

Chaos used the Golden Warriors to capture the Paper Person and spare Buffalo Aquit, then continued experimenting with ways to kill Devil Fruit users inside the golden lotus. The pirates watched in confusion as the Golden Emperor’s actions seemed to suggest a ritual.

• The Paper Person attacked a Golden Warrior, but the Warriors transformed into gold and trapped him in a golden pillar topped with a lotus.
• The Golden Warrior left the Paper Person imprisoned and brought fruit and black cloth from the restaurant to the golden lotus.
• Chaos gave Aquit a golden spiked club engraved with Gild Tesoro and let him and his crew leave alive.
• Aquit promised to repay the kindness, while pirates nearby eyed the valuable club.
• Inside the lotus, the Paper Person was pierced by fruit and surrounded by black cloth as Chaos considered trying Seastone or Armament Haki next.
• The pirates speculated that the Golden Emperor was performing a ritual, recalling that he had smothered Goyatrans to death.

Chaos took Crocodile to a lavish night out in Post Island’s red-light district, drawing the attention of pirates and other forces eager to capture him. After the courtesans drugged Chaos and reported his capture to the madam, she said Lady Stussy would reward them.

• Chaos refused to explain his failed attempts to Crocodile and warned him that the next day might be dangerous.
• Chaos and Crocodile walked around Post Island as ships, including a warship, converged on the island.
• Chaos brought Crocodile to a brothel and showered the staff with gold coins as tips.
• Chaos enjoyed the brothel’s hot springs, wine, courtesans, and performances while watchers outside focused on him.
• The courtesans drugged Chaos, and the madam emerged with henchmen to claim him for Lady Stussy.

Chaos took control of the room where the madam and geisha had captured him, woke Crocodile, and prepared for Stussy’s arrival. Overnight, he made the Goddess of the Heavens rain pure gold powder over Post Island, sending its residents into a frenzy.

• Stella and the other geisha urged the madam to keep the Golden Emperor and escape their work, but the madam revealed she had already informed Stussy.
• Chaos woke and ordered Stella and the oiran to continue tending to him while the madam and her bodyguards stood down.
• Chaos used a Golden Warrior to retrieve the unconscious Crocodile, then had the madam’s people revive him and leave the room.
• Chaos warned the madam and her people not to send messages or leave the building, then told Crocodile to rest before Stussy arrived.
• The Goddess of the Heavens exploded above Post Island, scattering pure gold powder over the island.
• Pirates, criminals, and other residents rushed into the streets to collect the gold.

Gild Tesoro’s Golden Rain made the islanders and arriving pirates scramble for gold, only for the collected dust to vanish into the sky. As ships approached Post Island, the Golden Warriors repeatedly showered them with gold dust, and the pirates came ashore furious and eager to find out whether Gild Tesoro was still there.

• The madam warned Stella and the others not to touch the Golden Rain, contact outsiders, or leave the brothel, suspecting Gild Tesoro was monitoring them.
• By morning, pirates and thugs discovered that the gold dust they had collected had shot into the sky and disappeared, while clearheaded pirates suspected Gild Tesoro was behind it.
• Thousands of meters above Post Island, the gold dust reformed into the Goddess of the Heavens, which split into Golden Warriors and spread out over the surrounding sea.
• When the Rat Pirates entered the Golden Warriors’ range, the warriors became gold dust and showered the ship, then reclaimed the pirates’ collected dust and returned to the sky.
• Other ships approaching Post Island experienced the same Golden Rain, and the surviving pirates eventually came ashore asking whether Gild Tesoro had left.

Chaos used the Golden Rain to force pirates who approached his brothel to kneel, then confronted Stussy when she arrived. He tried to recruit her away from the World Government, promising a life of excitement, while Crocodile doubted Chaos’s idea of truly living.

• Stussy and Lombart noticed that the Golden Rain was unusual as their boat approached the western port.
• Pirates charging into Chaos’s brothel were forced to kneel, including the Giant Blade Pirates and their captain.
• Stussy entered the brothel unharmed, and Chaos greeted her upstairs while the pirates outside watched.
• Chaos told Stussy he had taken a liking to her and urged her to leave the World Government for a more exciting life.
• Crocodile privately interpreted Chaos’s promises as a life of constant trouble and near-death danger.

Gild Tesoro revealed that Stussy was a CPO agent and used the Gate of Babylon to overwhelm her in battle. Stussy remained unable to reach Chaos as the fight wore on and her chances of victory dwindled.

• Chaos identified Stussy as a CPO agent, and Crocodile fought Lombart after Chaos gave him permission to kill him.
• Stussy attacked Chaos, but he dodged her thrust and unleashed golden weapons against her.
• Stussy evaded the Gate of Babylon's weapons and counterattacked, while Chaos blocked her strikes and trapped her with Chains of Heaven.
• Stussy broke through the roof and fought off the weapon storm, but a gigantic iron hammer struck her down and destroyed the brothel.
• Stussy repeatedly charged Chaos and was driven back as the watching pirates saw her struggle against his ranged attacks.