Chapter Summaries

As the Richest Group's members fought the Flying Pirates across the Grand Line, Baccarat relaxed at the group's Sky Island headquarters. Belo Betty, Ivankov, and Kuma returned one by one, battered but recovering, and Baccarat joined them for dinner as the sun set.

• Reports spread about the destructive three-day battle between Gild Tesoro and Golden Lion and the Richest Group Representatives' fights with Flying Pirates captains.
• Baccarat lounged on Sky Island's Golden Plaza and reflected on the comfort and influence her Representative position gave her.
• Belo Betty returned from three days of fighting in bad condition and asked Gan Fall for meat and medicinal herbs.
• Ivankov arrived soon afterward, injured and exhausted, and also asked Gan Fall for food and herbs.
• Kuma returned in better shape than Belo Betty and Ivankov, then went to the Golden God Temple to recover.
• Baccarat went to dinner and found Stussy, Ivankov, and Kuma recovering in the lounge.

Chaos and the Richest Group dragged their battles with the Flying Pirates on for a month, turning the hunt against their pursuers. At Marineford, Kong learned that Monkey D. Dragon led the Revolutionary Army and that Chaos might have ties to it.

• Stussy learned that Crocodile, Archino, and Enel were still fighting after turning on their pursuers, while Chaos had spent eight days retreating and battling the Golden Lion.
• Chaos used medicinal herbs and Life Return to recover as he continued his guerrilla fight with the Golden Lion, whose exhaustion and anger grew.
• After a month, the Richest Group was still fighting the Flying Pirates across the sea, and the exhausted pirates had become the ones being harassed.
• Kong and Tsuru reviewed reports at Marineford and discussed the Navy's failure to track the Roger Pirates and uncover the Revolutionary Army's core intelligence.
• Tsuru told Kong that Monkey D. Dragon led the Revolutionary Army and that Chaos might have ties to it, leaving Kong alarmed.

Archino returned to God Island gravely injured after fighting multiple fleet captains, and Kuma and Ivankov treated him while he recovered by eating and sleeping. With the Boss, Crocodile, and Enel still missing, the others resumed their duties and Baccarat and Bonis returned to training.

• Betty continued training Baccarat and Bonis, then sensed Archino's unusual presence near Golden Plaza and hurried there.
• Stussy, Kuma, Ivankov, Gan Fall, and Betty found Archino unconscious in the melted ground, and Kuma and Ivankov treated his critical injuries.
• Archino regained consciousness, devoured a huge amount of food, and told the group how he had turned on his pursuers before facing two fleet captains.
• Archino learned that the Boss, Crocodile, and Enel had not returned, then went to sleep for three days and three nights.
• Betty sent Baccarat and Bonis back to training, while Kuma and Ivankov left God Island and Stussy resumed managing the group's affairs.

Chaos awakened the Gold-Gold Fruit after a month-long battle with Golden Lion, losing an arm before escaping the island. He returned to God Island gravely injured and exhausted, where Stussy and the others cared for him as he went to sleep.

• Chaos revealed that his Gold-Gold Fruit had awakened and used the golden surroundings to form a replacement left hand.
• Chaos told Golden Lion he could not defeat him but would escape, then used Golden Molten Fire mode and explosions to flee at tremendous speed.
• Baccarat and Bonis continued their strenuous Seastone training under Kuma’s instruction.
• Chaos crashed into the plaza on God Island and smashed into the Golden Palace, where Stussy found him barely conscious.
• Kuma and Ivankov helped treat Chaos, but his depleted life force left him needing a slow recovery.
• Chaos ate dragonfish, stopped Betty from asking questions, and fell asleep with Stussy’s support.

After waking from five days of sleep with his left arm severed, Chaos reunited with his crew and explained that his loss to Golden Lion had awakened his Devil Fruit and made him stronger. The crew continued recovering and training while Enel remained away but alive.

• Stussy watched over the sleeping Chaos while Archino and Crocodile recovered, and the crew trained on God Island.
• Chaos woke after five days, found Enel was still roaming safely, and went to Stussy's office.
• Betty saw Chaos's missing arm and imagined taking over the Richest Group, but Chaos warned her that challenging him would be difficult.
• Crocodile asked Chaos about his battle with Golden Lion, and Chaos said he had both lost the fight and gained strength by awakening his Devil Fruit.
• Chaos judged Golden Lion to be far stronger for now but believed their next battle would be much closer.

Chaos tested his awakened Gold-Gold Fruit in the forest, transforming everything within a fifty-meter radius into gold and shaping it at will. He found that transformed objects reverted beyond his control range, leaving him considering how to expand the ability and develop it further.

• Chaos sent Nolan away and tested his awakened Gold-Gold Fruit in a forest clearing.
• Chaos transformed the surroundings within fifty meters into gold and shaped the gold into objects, figures, and living creatures.
• Chaos considered developing the fruit to create gold from nothing, turn his body into gold, control other metals, or expand his domain.
• Chaos combined his ability with Observation Haki and sent a Golden Warrior beyond his transformed area.
• The Golden Warrior began reverting to earth and stones before it left God Island, confirming that transformed gold could not remain intact outside Chaos's range.

Chaos tested new ways to use his Gold-Gold Fruit, then began an exhausting training regimen to improve his Life Return, Haki, and physical strength. His Conqueror's Haki overwhelmed Baccarat and Bonis during their training, while Archino challenged Ivankov to fight.

• Chaos discovered that a Golden Warrior made of genuine gold remained under his control at the edge of his Observation Haki's range, unlike gold created through temporary awakening.
• Chaos used Life Return to try to regenerate his severed left arm and decided to train with it constantly, despite the strain it placed on his body.
• Chaos trained Life Return, Observation Haki, Armament Haki, and his awakened Gold-Gold Fruit together while doing basic exercises and expanding his Conqueror's Haki across God Island.
• Betty and Stussy continued working through the oppressive Conqueror's Haki, while Baccarat and Bonis collapsed during their training with Ivankov.
• Ivankov told Baccarat and Bonis to get used to Chaos's Conqueror's Haki, and Archino ignored Ivankov's suggestion to fight Old Sand or Old Bear and punched at him.

Stussy warned Chaos that the Richest Group’s assets had been seized and organized its representatives to reclaim them, while Chaos kept Kuma on Sky Island to help train Baccarat and Bonis. Two months later, the Richest Group had struck back across the sea, and Thief Costles had drowned after attempting to steal treasure from Whitebeard.

• Stussy told Chaos that rival forces had taken Richest Group businesses and assets, and Chaos ordered Kuma to stay while the others received assignments.
• Stussy distributed detailed missions to Archino, Crocodile, Ivankov, Betty, and the other representatives, who soon left Sky Island.
• Chaos told Baccarat and Bonis that he would begin training them the next day.
• Over the next two months, Richest Group representatives eliminated pirate crews, underworld organizations, and royal families that had targeted the group, while conflicts involving Enel, the Navy, and other major powers made news.
• Former pirates who had crossed paths with Chaos grew into formidable crews, while the Flying Pirates remained quiet after their clash with the Richest Group.
• Thief Costles tried to steal Whitebeard’s treasure, but Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit forced him out of his Door-Door Fruit hideaway, and Costles sank beneath the sea.

Chaos learned that the Roger Pirates had been surrounded on Meteor Island by Sengoku, Garp, and a large Marine force, so he set out to intervene and continue honing his strength. Before leaving, he dumped Baccarat and Bonis on a dangerous island in the Calm Belt to train with Seastone bracelets.

• Stussy reported that the Roger Pirates had been trapped on Meteor Island for three days by Sengoku, Garp, and a powerful Marine force, with Tsuru on her way.
• Chaos decided to leave immediately, hoping to keep the Great Pirate Era from ending early and to test himself in real combat.
• Chaos told Stussy to keep training Baccarat and Bonis, then took Kuma with him as he departed on a golden floral avenue.
• Chaos pulled Baccarat and Bonis aboard and, six hours later, dropped them onto a beast-infested island in the Calm Belt.
• Baccarat cursed Chaos as she fell, while Chaos told her to stay alive and remember to wear the Seastone bracelets during training.

The Roger Pirates fought a vastly outnumbering Navy force on Meteor Island after being trapped there for three days. Roger and his crew were pushed toward defeat as Navy reinforcements led by Tsuru approached.

• Roger clashed with Sengoku while Garp and Rayleigh joined the battle, and Rayleigh warned Roger that their situation was worsening.
• Sengoku fought Rayleigh and Garp fought Roger as their attacks tore apart Meteor Island.
• Two veteran Vice Admirals pressed Scopper Gaban, while two others suppressed Kozuki Oden.
• Croccus, Sikal, Sambel, Taro, Doringo, and the other crew members faced Navy forces in separate battles.
• Buggy fled from a Navy captain and more than a dozen subordinates as the Roger Pirates struggled against the Navy's numbers.

Buggy and Shanks fled their Marine pursuers while the Roger Pirates struggled against the Marines on Meteor Island. With Tsuru’s reinforcements arriving and Rayleigh under attack, a mysterious, overwhelming presence brought the battle to a halt, leaving everyone wondering whether that man had come.

• Buggy led his Marine pursuers to Shanks, who abandoned his fight and ran, and the two traded insults while fleeing their pursuers.
• Tsuru arrived at Meteor Island with Marine reinforcements, cutting off the Roger Pirates’ chance to retreat.
• Roger fought Garp while Sengoku battled Rayleigh, and the Marines gained the upper hand across the battlefield.
• Tsuru joined Sengoku and struck Rayleigh, sending him crashing through the battlefield.
• A powerful BGM and a bolt of lightning swept across the island chain, stopping the fighting as everyone looked toward the source of the oppressive presence.

Gaia Chaos arrived at the battle between the Roger Pirates and the Marines, claiming he was only passing through before challenging Shanks and Buggy. Shanks endured Chaos’s finger while Buggy attacked him, leaving Buggy in danger as Chaos reached for him.

• Gaia Chaos and Kuma arrived on a golden flower avenue, and Chaos announced that he was only passing through.
• Buggy recognized Chaos and feared he had come to take revenge, while Shanks watched him calmly.
• Chaos appeared in front of Shanks and Buggy and offered to help if Shanks could withstand one finger.
• Shanks blocked Chaos’s finger with his sword and strained to hold his ground.
• Buggy attacked Chaos with poisoned knives, but they could not pierce his skin, so Buggy split apart to escape as Chaos reached for him.

Chaos fought the Roger Pirates, overpowering Buggy, Shanks, and Sambel before clashing with Kozuki Oden. Their first meeting ended with both men inexplicably disliking each other, and Chaos revealed he was also interested in Oden’s wife.

• Chaos caught Buggy’s heart with Armament Haki, then returned it and sent Shanks flying when Shanks attacked him.
• Chaos stopped Sambel’s trident with his hair and struck him with a powerful shock wave, leaving him badly injured.
• Oden attacked Chaos with Paradise Totsuka, but Chaos countered with Thunder Bagua and Almighty Push, sending Oden crashing through hills.
• Oden recovered beside Momora and faced Chaos, while both men sensed their mutual dislike despite having just met.
• Chaos recognized Oden and recalled that he had deliberately searched for Oden’s wife while studying Ryuō Haki in Wano Country.

Chaos learned from Oden that Toki existed and rushed to the Oro Jackson, convinced she had eaten the Time-Time Fruit. He confronted her on the northern shore and asked about her power while preparing for a lethal fight.

• Chaos questioned Oden about Toki, and Oden revealed that her original name was Amatsuki Toki.
• Chaos used Observation Haki to locate the Oro Jackson and flew north, prompting Oden to chase after him.
• Toki waited aboard the Oro Jackson with Hiyori and Momonosuke while Yamato, Langarum, Inuarashi, and Nekomamushi fought Marines on the shore.
• Chaos arrived and hovered before Toki, ignoring the others as the battle paused.
• Toki drew her katana as Chaos asked whether she had eaten the Time-Time Fruit, and he readied the gold-transformed ship to attack if she moved.

Chaos tested Toki’s Time-Time Fruit while trying to keep her alive, but Oden’s furious charge interrupted him. The chapter ended with Chaos blasted into the ground after blocking Oden’s attack.

• Chaos attacked Toki with a Tempest Kick, but Yamato deflected it and left the Navy battle to protect her.
• Chaos realized Toki’s time power was too valuable to risk losing, so he decided to test her abilities while keeping her alive.
• Chaos sent ornate swords at Toki from a distance, and Yamato intercepted the first two before the third stopped at Toki’s forehead and cut her.
• Oden charged Chaos with his twin blades, shattered the two remaining golden swords, and forced Chaos to block the strike with his arm.
• Chaos crashed into the ground, and Yamato shielded Toki and her children from the shock wave.

Chaos defeated Oden in a single clash, then turned his attention to the battle elsewhere on the island. After declaring that Toki was his, he left Oden to protect her and appeared before the other fighters, insisting he was only passing through.

• Chaos and Oden unleashed their attacks, splitting the island and leaving Oden with internal injuries while Chaos remained standing.
• Chaos prepared to leave for the fighting in the island’s depths, but Yamato called out as a Rear Admiral attacked Toki from behind.
• Chaos’s overwhelming will knocked the Rear Admiral unconscious, and he told Toki to stay alive because she was his.
• Oden checked that Toki was safe, then left Yamato and Langarum to protect her, Momonosuke, and Hiyori as he went to relieve the pressure elsewhere.
• Chaos arrived above the halted battle, told everyone to carry on, and claimed he was only passing through, but the fighters stared at him in silence.

Gaia Chaos intervened in the Marines’ attempt to capture the Roger Pirates, then fought Sengoku in a fierce clash. While they battled, Kuma offered to heal Roger and eased his injuries, restored his strength, and reduced his illness.

• Gaia Chaos demanded that the Marines end the fight because he had promised to help the Roger Pirates if they survived one of his attacks.
• Chaos attacked a Vice Admiral and threatened the Marines with a sky full of golden weapons.
• Sengoku transformed into a giant Buddha and attacked Chaos, who met his blow and began an intense battle against him.
• Kuma approached Roger and offered to heal him under the BOSS's orders, and Roger accepted.
• Kuma extracted Roger's injuries and pain, causing Roger's strength to return and his illness to ease.

Kuma and Tsuru used their healing abilities to restore fighters on opposite sides, shifting the balance of the battle between the Roger Pirates and the Navy. Shanks watched Chaos fight Sengoku and vowed to become stronger, while the battle remained unresolved.

• Roger regained his strength and resumed fighting Karp as Rayleigh recovered and clashed with Tsuru.
• Kuma healed the Roger Pirates by expelling their injuries, and he incapacitated a Navy Vice Admiral who tried to stop him.
• Tsuru treated an injured Vice Admiral with her Wash-Wash Fruit while other Navy officers held Rayleigh at bay.
• Chaos fought Sengoku at full strength, leaving Sengoku at a serious disadvantage after days of battle.
• Buggy told Shanks that Kuma had helped them, and Shanks silently watched Chaos before vowing to surpass him someday.
• Navy soldiers spotted Shanks and Buggy among the rubble and moved to capture them.

Chaos used his awakened Gold-Gold Fruit to create the True Thousand-Hand Guanyin: Buddha Manifestation and overwhelm Sengoku with countless golden arms. Sengoku broke through Chaos’s defenses with a furious counterattack, leaving Chaos badly injured and buried in rubble.

• The Marines warned one another to avoid Chaos’s gold dust and use seawater or Seastone to counter Divine Control.
• Chaos taunted Sengoku about losing his strength and revealed his awakened power by turning the battlefield into a massive golden Buddha.
• The Buddha’s countless Haki-coated arms battered Sengoku, and one grabbed him before hurling him through mountains and into a trench.
• Sengoku suddenly returned and smashed through Chaos’s golden wall, striking his chest and piercing the Buddha Manifestation.
• Sengoku’s blow sent Chaos flying into a gorge, where he ended up bloody, battered, and partly buried beneath rubble.

Chaos and Kuma helped the Roger Pirates escape the Navy after four days of fighting, while Whitebeard confronted Enel and asked her to become his daughter. Enel’s strongest lightning attack failed against Whitebeard, who moved in beside her as she froze in disbelief.

• Chaos recovered under Sengoku’s assault, then counterattacked with Thunder Bagua as their battle continued alongside the other fighters’ clashes.
• The Roger Pirates fought while retreating, and the Oro Jackson escaped to sea on the fourth day.
• Enel challenged Whitebeard in his territory after defeating several division commanders and taunting him to come find her.
• Whitebeard asked Enel to be his daughter, enraging her and prompting her to attack him with a thunder dragon.
• Enel unleashed Thunder Welcome, but Whitebeard shattered the attack and the storm clouds with a punch.
• Whitebeard appeared beside the stunned Enel and warned her that getting distracted in a fight was a bad habit.