Chapter Summaries

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.

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.