Chapter Summaries

Luffy and Ace received their Naval Academy grades, and Luffy’s seven points in Starry Sky Text threatened their plan to join the Space Marines and leave the Blue Sea. They secretly prepared to escape with flying battle suits, unaware that two people had been watching them.

• Luffy discovered he had scored only seven points in Starry Sky Text and was not recommended for a Space Marine assignment, while Ace scored 94.
• Robin explained that she had struggled to find seven answers she recognized in Luffy’s unreadable exam and that Garp’s tutoring had failed to teach him the material.
• Ace rejected Luffy’s idea of simply sneaking away and led him to buy two flying battle suits that would help them travel through space.
• Luffy accidentally revealed their imminent graduation to the blond suit maker and invited him to join them as their cook, but Ace dragged him away.
• Luffy and Ace continued preparing to leave, unaware that two pairs of eyes were watching them.

Nearly five years after the Celestial Dragons fell, Figo finished relocating the Devil race and helped guide Luffy and Ace as they prepared to leave the Blue Sea. Their attempt to sneak into space was thwarted, while their former companions pursued their own futures and Nami secured approval for her Star Coin design.

• Figo completed the Devil race's relocation and advised Garp to guide Luffy and Ace rather than simply restrain them.
• Luffy and Ace bought a small starship from Franky and prepared to slip into space before reporting for Marine duty.
• Rouge revealed that Ace and Luffy had both been assigned to the Huosuoer Star Cluster under Kizaru, and Luffy's starship was then stolen.
• Figo left the boys' next steps to them as he reflected on the futures of their former companions.
• Nami showed Figo her portrait design for the new Star Coins, and he approved it.

Nami helped launch the starry sky’s new currency system, learning from Figo and working tirelessly to stabilize exchange rates. After a year, she unexpectedly Ignited a Flame and became a King, gaining extraordinary financial insight and the chance to name her unprecedented Flame.

• Nami returned to the bank with Figo’s approved design, and she and her coworkers printed new Star Coins featuring Figo.
• Sanji waited for Nami all day, deposited twenty million Berry, and invited her to dinner, but she declined to meet with Figo.
• Figo explained the starry sky’s currency reforms and tasked Nami with studying exchange rates and ways to strengthen planetary economies.
• Nami worked and studied for a year, helping the new currency system take shape and offering practical suggestions.
• Nami suddenly gained remarkable mental arithmetic and financial insight, then asked Figo whether something was wrong with her.
• Figo told Nami she had Ignited a Flame and become a King, and invited her to name her unprecedented Flame.

Ace and Luffy escaped Kizaru’s watch long enough to expose three Blue Sea men extorting a town, but Kizaru soon caught up with them. Meanwhile, Zoro got lost in space after lighting his Body Flame, and Figo learned that all three boys had gone astray.

• Ace and Luffy reached a town on Seg Star, where locals reacted fearfully after Luffy revealed they were from the Blue Sea.
• The brothers learned that three Blue Sea men had seized control of the town’s commerce by falsely claiming the Navy ordered them to promote Figo’s portrait currency.
• Ace and Luffy confronted the men at the town lord’s estate and knocked them unconscious, but Kizaru arrived and explained that he had sent the brothers undercover to investigate.
• Zoro flew away from Sword Prosperous Star after lighting his Body Flame, lost his bearings, and drifted toward the Flame Lodging Place.
• Kuina called Figo for help finding Zoro, and Kizaru then reported that Ace and Luffy had also caused trouble; Figo told them to let the boys follow their own paths.

Figo prepared to enter the Flame Lodging Place, bringing the last remaining immortal, Berry, with him. On the way, Figo exposed Berry’s plan to use Olaf, Ruda, and Fauci against the Starry Sky Newspaper and the Blue Sea, though he had uncovered it by cheating rather than seeing through Berry.

• Hram told Figo that Acheris wanted to move her people to the Flame Lodging Place, and Figo decided to explore it himself.
• Figo ordered Divice Wan to go to the Flame Lodging Place, then traveled to Celestial Dragon Star and met Shanks, who explained the Celestial Dragons’ dwindling numbers.
• Berry warned Figo that the Flame Lodging Place could endanger the flames he had kindled, but agreed to accompany him and left Shanks in charge of Celestial Dragon Star.
• As Figo and Berry flew toward the Flame Lodging Place, Figo imprisoned Berry and accused him of secretly keeping Olaf, Ruda, and Fauci out of it.
• Berry asked how Figo had discovered his scheme, while Figo’s system revealed Berry’s plan to have Olaf, Ruda, and Fauci strike back against the Starry Sky Newspaper and the Blue Sea.

Figo found Ruda, Olaf, and Fauci hiding near the Flame Lodging Place and explained how its peoples had grown powerful and changed their world. After they refused to surrender, he overwhelmed them with his immense strength, leaving them defeated and regretting their choices.

• Figo confronted Ruda, Olaf, and Fauci at their secluded star, and Olaf asked what had happened to Berry.
• Fauci asked Figo to let him enter the Flame Lodging Place, but Figo explained that its peoples had built nations and grown far stronger than the three had believed.
• Figo revealed that a Half-Devil woman named Asmodeus had escaped the Flame Lodging Place 125 years earlier and described the Half-Devils' Awakening War and the changes that followed.
• Olaf asked about the second turning point, but Figo refused to explain it and told Fauci and Olaf they would not get the chance to enter.
• Ruda tried to flee while Olaf and Fauci split up to escape, but Figo caught Ruda and struck all three down with his red-and-black armor and greatsword.
• Ruda recognized that Figo's power had reached the sixth level of brightness, while Olaf neared death and Fauci regretted not entering the Flame Lodging Place sooner.

Figo arrived at Flame Lodging Place and clashed with the forces guarding its sky, causing a brief storm before he landed on Wind Ring Island. He met Lin Qi, who invited him to visit his home, where Figo hoped to learn more about the unusual planet.

• Lin Qi searched the sea for Flame Core Fruits until a sudden storm forced him to swim back to shore.
• Figo lay unconscious on the beach after resisting Flame Lodging Place’s teleportation forces and clashing with the powers of Flame.
• Lin Qi approached Figo, learned he had come from beyond the stars, and excitedly questioned him about Flame Star.
• Figo explained that he had just arrived and suggested they take turns asking questions.
• Lin Qi remembered his grandmother was waiting at home, and Figo asked to accompany him there.

Figo learned how Core seekers searched for scattered cores on Flame Star, then joined Lin Qi on a dive and found an Angel race bloodline core. Lin Qi was astonished by Figo’s discovery and wondered where he had hidden his wings.

• Lin Qi explained to Figo that Core seekers located scattered cores and sold their locations to Lamp anglers, while advanced Lamp anglers could catch them.
• Figo told Lin Qi that he had been a Marine in his own world, and Lin Qi brought him home to meet his elderly grandmother, who sometimes forgot him.
• Lin Qi said he was saving money to buy a Giant Bloodline Lamp wick for his grandmother and invited Figo to search the sea with him.
• Lin Qi explained that only someone with a matching core or flame could catch a core, then the two began searching offshore.
• Figo found and caught a glowing, winged Angel race bloodline core, leaving Lin Qi stunned.

Figo and Lin Qi arranged to sell the Angel race bloodline lamp wick so Lin Qi could buy a Giant race bloodline lamp wick for his grandmother. They went to Sheriff Ah Hai’s home to contact the Serau Merchant Group, while Figo considered how Flame Star’s people might respond to his return.

• Figo showed Lin Qi that he was from the Angel race and explained how the lamp wick entered dormancy after trusting his bloodline energy.
• Lin Qi offered to sell the Angel race bloodline lamp wick through the Serau Merchant Group, and Figo agreed to use the proceeds toward a Giant race bloodline lamp wick for Lin Qi’s grandmother.
• Lin Qi told Figo that Sheriff Ah Hai could help them contact the Serau Merchant Group and explained the group’s control over trade around nearby islands.
• Figo considered whether Flame Star’s nations and peoples would recognize him as king and decided to learn more before making any move to conquer them.
• Figo and Lin Qi reached Sheriff Ah Hai’s home to borrow his Network worm, but Ah Hai eyed Figo warily and asked Lin Qi who he was.

Figo bought a Giant race bloodline Lamp wick for Lin Qi’s grandmother and searched the seabed, where he collected three more Lamp wicks and encountered a Sea King. Meanwhile, Serau Merchant Group manager Endaze sent Loa and Miksen to investigate Figo and potentially enslave him.

• Lin Qi used Ah Hai’s Network worm to arrange the sale of Figo’s Giant race bloodline Lamp wick and a purchase for himself.
• Figo went underwater and collected three Lamp wicks containing Longarm Tribe bloodline, flying-ship piloting, and swordsmanship.
• A Sea King tried to swallow Figo, but Figo calmly subdued it and headed back with the beast and his finds.
• Figo sensed someone nearby had unfriendly thoughts toward him.
• Endaze ordered Loa and Miksen to visit Wind Ring Island, assess Figo’s strength, and capture him as a Fishing lamp slave if possible.

Figo returned to Wind Ring Island with a colossal Sea Beast and several wicks, impressing Lin Qi and making the boy feel his life was beginning to change. Lin Qi spent the next day exploring the deep sea with Figo, who revealed an astonishing range of bloodlines and skills, while a ship was expected to arrive the following noon.

• Figo returned from the sea with a gigantic dead Sea Beast and three wicks, including flying ship piloting, swordsmanship, and Longarm Tribe bloodline wicks.
• Figo showed Lin Qi his Longarm Tribe ability, then shared the Sea Beast meat with him while Lin Qi went home to cook for his grandma.
• Lin Qi stayed awake thinking about Figo's strength and how meeting him might change the course of his life.
• Lin Qi's grandma asked where Figo was, and Lin Qi defended him before leaving to meet him on the shore.
• Sheriff Ah Hai told Figo about Lin Qi's difficult childhood and said a merchant group ship would arrive the next day around noon.
• Figo took Lin Qi far offshore to search for wicks, casually claiming numerous bloodlines and skills until he joked that he had every look a wick could like.

Figo confronted the Serau Merchant Group’s slave-catching crew after they tried to cheat Lin Qi and discovered Figo had stayed nearby. He decided to deal with the group directly rather than keep yielding to its threats.

• Figo waited near the West Coast and instructed Lin Qi to tell the Serau Merchant Group that Figo had left the island.
• Loa and Miksen arrived with five other slave catchers and tried to buy Lin Qi’s Giant race bloodline lamp core for half price, then used fees to reduce his earnings to one million Lamp coins.
• Figo emerged with Angel race wings and ordered the crew to stop bullying Lin Qi.
• Figo recognized the crew’s plan to take him as a lamp slave, and Lin Qi realized the men meant to harm Figo.
• Figo told Lin Qi that the crew could not be left alone and declared that he would move forward a hundred steps.

Figo crushed the slave-catching squad and later destroyed the Serau Merchant Group, freeing its enslaved Lamp anglers. Lin Qi’s grandmother encouraged him to leave Wind Ring Island, and Lin Qi finally accepted that he wanted to go out; Figo returned to shore, ready to take him along.

• Figo used his Haki to crush Loa, Miksen, and the other members of the slave-catching squad, revealing himself as Gaston Figo, the King of the Starry Sky.
• A week later, news reported that the Serau Merchant Group had been wiped out by an Angel calling himself Michael and that its enslaved Lamp anglers had been freed.
• Lin Qi celebrated the news with Ah Hai, then went home and found that his grandmother’s Giant race lamp core had improved her health and restored her memory.
• Lin Qi’s grandmother gathered the neighbors and asked them to look after her so Lin Qi could leave the island; Lin Qi wept and accepted her encouragement.
• Figo returned to Wind Ring Island, reflecting that Lin Qi reminded him of Teacher Doug and deserved a chance to follow his longing for the sea.

Figo and Lin Qi settled on Anduli Island, bought Network worms and a house, and used the network to learn about Flame Star’s powers and recent history. After finding old reports about himself and the Holy Demon King, Figo asked Lin Qi whether he could help establish a merchant group.

• Figo brought Lin Qi to Anduli Island, where outsiders were investigating the Serau Merchant Group’s collapse and Michael’s presence.
• Lin Qi chose a green Network worm, Figo chose a blue one, and Figo bought a furnished three-story house for 35 million Lamp coins.
• Lin Qi showed Figo how to use a Network worm, and Figo quickly learned to browse chatrooms, merchant listings, and news.
• Figo read about the Holy Demon King’s rise, his marriages, and the peace that had followed his split from the Devil race.
• Figo found old reports about a Level 5 Devil race bloodline flame, Princess Asmodeus, and his own victories over the Celestial Dragon Star’s Kings.
• Figo asked Lin Qi if he could help establish a merchant group, and Lin Qi eagerly agreed.

Hepsi discovered that the Lin Qi Merchant Group was giving away Lamp wicks through a referral event and watched his wife miss out on the first prizes. When she won a chance at a Dancing Lamp wick worth 100 million Lamp coins, Hepsi set aside his pride and summoned his employees to help.

• Hepsi searched nearby merchant groups for a Dancing Lamp wick to give his daughter for her birthday, but had no luck.
• Hepsi and his wife tried the Lin Qi Merchant Group’s referral giveaway, but their progress stalled at 67% when someone else claimed the Flying Ship Control Lamp wick.
• Hepsi realized the giveaway was a promotion designed to spread the new merchant group’s name across the former Serau Merchant Group’s islands.
• Hepsi’s wife nearly completed the next referral challenge for a Swordsmanship Lamp wick, but another participant claimed it before she could finish.
• Hepsi’s wife won a chance to claim a Dancing Lamp wick by inviting new users to ignite two flames, and Hepsi called for all employees to bring their Network worms.

Figo’s promotional campaign made the Lin Qi Merchant Group famous across all eighty-one islands, while rival merchant groups learned of the new competitor as they planned to divide the Serau Merchant Group’s territory. The Don Quixote Merchant Group president set off to find out whether the newcomer was a serious threat.

• Figo left Lin Qi in charge of the merchant group and swam away with two dance wicks to deliver to customers.
• Hepsi discovered that earning a second flame required far more assists, while a masked man on G Island lost progress despite gathering 1,100 helpers.
• The Lin Qi Merchant Group spread across the islands as residents sought assists and tried their luck at winning wicks.
• Eight merchant group leaders arguing over the Serau Merchant Group’s territory learned that the Lin Qi Merchant Group had become famous in half a day.
• The Don Quixote Merchant Group president mocked the others for fighting over territory and left to investigate the new competitor.

Doflamingo explained to Lucilia how Flame Star’s economy and power structure worked, and why he intended to build influence by joining its rules rather than returning to the Navy. He expected the coming upheaval to create an opportunity, while Figo continued delivering wicks.

• Doflamingo asked his subordinates to investigate the newly arrived Lin Qi Merchant Group, then discussed it with Lucilia.
• Doflamingo explained that money, flames, and wicks could overcome talent limits, while Flame Star’s powerful factions enforced rules that protected their own interests.
• Doflamingo said Flame Star’s connection to space was nearing its end and predicted that shifting alliances would create an opportunity for him.
• Doflamingo argued that people from space were treated as outsiders because Flame Star’s inhabitants guarded their flames and wicks, and he said he hoped Figo would eventually support his merchant group.
• Doflamingo’s subordinates finished their research as Figo continued delivering wicks one by one.

Hepsi received his Dance Flame Core and met Figo, who revealed that he was Michael and invited Hepsi to join his merchant group. Hepsi was left considering the offer after seeing evidence of the Serau Merchant Group’s wealth.

• Hepsi waited for his Dance Flame Core, which he had finally won after gathering 2,100 people to Ignite Flame.
• Figo delivered the Core, and Hepsi invited him into his study to discuss buying ships for the Lin Qi Merchant Group.
• Figo asked Hepsi to sell Yuhe Shipbuilding Company or join his merchant group and help it dominate the Xiluo Sea Area.
• Figo revealed his wings, and Hepsi recognized him as Michael, the suspected Flame Level Five expert who had destroyed the Serau Merchant Group.
• Figo showed Hepsi goods taken from the Serau Merchant Group, and Hepsi saw an opportunity in joining him.
• Hepsi saw Figo out, then told his wife that he had nearly sold the company as well as the ships.

The Lin Qi Merchant Group recruited Fishing lamp collaborators by promising free consignment and flexible partnerships, drawing interest from former Fishing lamp slave Adelino and Lamp anglers. Figo aimed to grow the group quickly before his identity was exposed, while rival merchant group officials left to report the recruitment.

• Residents spent the night trying to ignite the free wicks distributed by the Lin Qi Merchant Group, and the next day the group announced it was recruiting Fishing lamp collaborators.
• Adelino, a former Fishing lamp slave who had stayed in the area, visited the recruitment address and asked Figo how the group would make money.
• Figo explained that the group would charge for lamp and wick location information, transportation, protection, and participation in large fishing events, while collaborators could leave whenever they wanted.
• Figo's promises drew in Lamp anglers, while rival merchant group officials departed to report the recruitment to their president.
• Figo registered Adelino and watched the officials leave, hoping the Lin Qi Merchant Group would become powerful before his identity was exposed.

The seven merchant groups moved to claim Serau's waters, but the Lin Qi Merchant Group's lighting-assistance event drew outsiders from their territories and quickly raised its profile. The rival chairmen decided to test the Lin Qi Merchant Group by sending pirates, while Figo sensed approaching malice as he recruited lamp angler collaborators.

• The Hall Merchant Group and six others divided forty-nine Serau islands among themselves, while Doflamingo predicted that the Lin Qi Merchant Group would let customers choose between the groups.
• Thousands of people traveled to the edges of the eighty-one islands to join the Lin Qi Merchant Group's lighting-assistance event.
• The seven chairmen realized the event was winning public support and decided to use their pirate connections to test the Lin Qi Merchant Group.
• As Figo recruited lamp angler collaborators, his spiritual premonition detected malice.