Chapter Summaries

Kuina fought Crocodile but was defeated after he used the desert terrain to drain her strength and Haki. Richard drowned Crocodile with water, obtained the Sand-Sand Fruit, and later arrived with his group in Alubarna, where King Nefertari Cobra received them.

• Crocodile used his Sand-Sand Fruit to turn the battlefield into a dry desert and wear Kuina down while Richard and the others watched.
• After an hour of fighting, Kuina ran low on Haki and stamina and was defeated by Crocodile.
• Richard stopped Crocodile from attacking Kuina, then flooded him with water and killed him.
• Richard obtained the Sand-Sand Fruit after isolating the space around the fruit, and news of Crocodile's death spread through Rainbase.
• Richard and his group cashed in their chips and traveled to Alubarna, where King Nefertari Cobra welcomed them.

After learning that the Marines had placed bounties on them, Richard’s group reached Sky Island and encountered Enel. Kuina killed him with a Haki-coated sword, and Richard obtained the Lightning Fruit.

• Richard’s group left Alabasta, and King Cobra privately feared the people who had killed Crocodile.
• Sengoku ordered new Shichibukai candidates sought and set Richard’s initial bounty at fifty million Belly; the other members also received bounties.
• Richard’s group confirmed their crimson fruit was the Mera Mera no Mi, then learned from a newspaper that the Marines had given them bounties and nicknames.
• The group arrived near Sky Island, where Enel appeared and demanded that they pay homage to him.
• Kuina split Enel’s lightning and wounded him with her sword, forcing him out of his elemental form; he died from blood loss.
• Richard sealed time and space around a prepared fruit and obtained the Lightning Fruit.

After reaching the Sabaody Archipelago, Richard’s group explored the parks and shopping streets before clashing with a Celestial Dragon and his guards. Xia Mi captured Saint Makazu, and Kuina and Lin Feng defeated the World Government forces as Marine reinforcements were summoned.

• After defeating Enel, Richard’s group collected Sky Island shells, took the Golden Bell, and sailed toward the Sabaody Archipelago, sinking ships that attacked them along the way.
• The Marines identified the group as the Water Ghost crew, took interest in their fast vessel, and decided to capture them alive.
• On Sabaody, the group learned how the archipelago’s groves were divided, visited Soap Bubble Park, and went shopping.
• When a Celestial Dragon’s procession approached, Richard’s group refused to kneel, and Xia Mi buried a World Government lackey who came to punish them.
• Saint Makazu fired at Xia Mi, who blocked the bullet, seized him, and dropped him into a crack in the ground.
• Kuina and Lin Feng fought the Celestial Dragon’s guards, leaving them dead or crippled as World Government personnel called for Marine reinforcements.

After killing a Celestial Dragon, Richard and his companions stayed on Sabaody to confront the Marines and planned to attack Mary Geoise. They defeated most of Rear Admiral Kadakombo’s forces, while Kuina fought Kadakombo, and Kizaru arrived as Richard agreed to face him.

• Richard’s group decided to stay after killing the Celestial Dragon and planned to defeat the Marines before heading to Mary Geoise.
• Rear Admiral Kadakombo arrived, learned that Saint Makazu had been buried underground by Xia Mi, and ordered his Marines to attack.
• Richard blocked the bullets with water, froze it into ice, and overwhelmed the Marine soldiers with ice needles.
• Kuina intercepted Kadakombo and gained the advantage in their fight with her sword and Armament Haki.
• The group discussed who could confront Kizaru, and Richard agreed to fight him when the Admiral arrived in a streak of golden light.

Richard captured Kizaru and, with Kuina, defeated the Marines guarding the group in Sabaody. After Sengoku dispatched Garp, Sakazuki, and two vice admirals, Richard challenged them to defeat his group if they wanted Kizaru and Saint Makazu released.

• Kizaru attacked Richard at light speed but crashed into Richard’s suspended water and became trapped while Richard tested his water-based techniques on him.
• Kuina defeated Kadakombo, and a photographer on a rooftop took pictures of the group.
• Richard answered Sengoku’s Den Den Mushi and warned that Kizaru and a rear admiral might die if the Marines did not send help.
• After learning a Celestial Dragon had been killed, Sengoku ordered Garp, Sakazuki, Onigumo, and Momonga to Sabaody with reinforcements to follow.
• Garp and Sakazuki arrived with the two vice admirals, and Richard refused to release Kizaru, challenging them to defeat his group first.

Richard’s group fought the Marines, with Xia Mi, Fenrir, Lin Feng, and Kuina each facing an opponent while Erii watched. After Richard stopped Fenrir’s fight with Garp, he transformed into water and challenged Garp himself.

• Xia Mi blocked Sakazuki’s Great Eruption, kicked him toward a nearby island, and pursued him.
• Richard assigned Fenrir to fight Garp, Lin Feng to fight Onigumo, and Kuina to fight Momonga while Erii stayed with him.
• Fenrir struggled against Garp, Lin Feng used qi and elemental techniques against Onigumo, and Kuina and Momonga fought evenly.
• After an hour, Richard stopped Fenrir before the battle could damage the island further.
• Richard used the Hydrification Technique to appear before Garp as water, and Garp mistook him for a Sui Sui no Mi user.

Richard sparred with Garp to deepen his understanding of Water's Round Softness while Xia Mi returned without Akainu. Erii sank the arriving Marine fleet and defeated its airborne reinforcements, and Richard decided to capture the remaining Marines before confronting the World Government.

• Richard deflected Garp's attacks with Water's Round Softness, prolonging their spar until he gained a flash of insight.
• Xia Mi returned alone, leaving the Marines to suspect that she had defeated Akainu, while Fenrir sat bruised nearby.
• At Xia Mi's request, Erii sank the Marine warships with a strike from each sword swing.
• Marine officers charged Erii, but she used fire, wind, and water spells to defeat them and send them into the sea.
• Garp wondered where such a powerful group had come from and planned to have Sengoku investigate.
• Richard decided to capture the Marines so they would not interfere when his group fought the World Government's elites.

The Marines’ battle against the Ghost Pirate Crew ended in disaster, and Sengoku sent Tsuru and three others to assess the situation. They found Garp still attacking Richard, who refused Tsuru’s attempt at negotiation and prepared to fight the new arrivals.

• Onigumo collapsed from his injuries, while Garp unleashed Conqueror’s Haki and attacked Richard with Advanced Conqueror’s Haki, but Richard blocked every punch.
• Kuina defeated Momonga, severed his blade and arm, and advanced to become a Great Swordsman.
• A reporter photographed the Marines’ defeat as surviving soldiers reported the destroyed warships to Headquarters, prompting Sengoku to convene a meeting.
• Sengoku sent Tsuru, Gion, Doberman, and Burning Mountain to Sabaody, where they found Garp fighting Richard and the others resting nearby.
• Tsuru asked Richard why he had attacked the Celestial Dragons, but Richard instead proposed renaming the Ghost Pirate Crew the Travel Group and calling himself the Water God.
• After Tsuru agreed to the new names, Richard said she would not be going back, and Tsuru signaled Garp and the others to prepare for battle.

Richard’s group captured the Marine higher-ups, then headed for Mary Geoise to confront the Celestial Dragons. Before reaching the Holy Land, Richard had his Shadow Clone retrieve Uranus, a damaged spaceship hidden in orbit, and brought it along for their coming clash with Imu.

• Richard captured the Marine higher-ups, stored them in his Small World, and called Sengoku to say they would be returned, though Akainu had been killed by Xia Mi.
• Richard and Xia Mi discussed their collected Logia Devil Fruits, and the group left them with Kuina to store for later.
• Richard sent a Shadow Clone into orbit, located Uranus, and stored the damaged spaceship in a Space Ring.
• Richard told Xia Mi and Lin Feng that Uranus was a spaceship and said he would show it to them later.
• Richard and his group hypnotized the elevator guards and rode up to Mary Geoise to face the Celestial Dragons.

Richard and his group plunged Mary Geoise into chaos, freeing slaves and battling the World Government’s strongest defenders. As Xia Mi headed for Imu in the Flower Room, Richard captured Kong and the Cipher Pol chief and prepared to confront the Five Elders.

• Richard used genjutsu to make Cipher Pol agents kill several Celestial Dragons, then urged the agents to free the slaves and escape.
• The agents freed slaves across Mary Geoise, triggering a widespread riot as the Holy Land’s powerhouses mobilized to stop it.
• Xia Mi volunteered to confront Imu in the Flower Room, while Richard prepared to deal with the forces defending Mary Geoise.
• Richard used attractive and repulsive forces to injure Kong and the Cipher Pol chief, then sealed both men inside his Small World.
• Lin Feng and the others split into pairs to fight the remaining powerhouses as the Five Elders appeared.
• Richard decided to capture the Five Elders quickly so he could collect their Devil Fruits before Xia Mi’s fight with Imu potentially ended their immortality.

Richard refined six powerful figures into Six Paths Puppets, equipped them with artifacts, and sent them on missions across the Pirate World. He then watched Xia Mi overpower Imu and asked her to keep Imu alive until he retrieved the Arrow-Arrow Fruit.

• Richard used Black Receivers and Creation Tribulation Light to refine the five captured figures and the Cipher Pol chief into Six Paths Puppets.
• Richard assigned each figure a Path, equipped the puppets with artifacts, and sent them to find Gunko and Saint Figarland Shamrock or support Lin Feng's groups.
• Richard considered how the puppets could be upgraded and watched Lin Feng and the others to confirm that everything was proceeding smoothly.
• Richard saw Xia Mi brutally overpower Imu in the Flower Room while holding back to avoid damaging the space.
• Richard told Xia Mi to keep Imu alive until he retrieved the Arrow-Arrow Fruit, and Xia Mi agreed on the condition that he share any technique he developed for fusing Devil Fruits with weapons.

Xia Mi fought Imu in the Flower Room and disabled her connection to Uranus, while Richard’s Six Paths Puppets captured and killed the God's Knights to claim their Devil Fruits and weapons. After Richard searched Imu’s soul for information about the spaceship, Xia Mi took custody of her, leaving the World Government and Marines without most of their strongest forces.

• Xia Mi trapped Imu in the Flower Room, blocked her from contacting Uranus, and continued their fight as Imu prepared to resist.
• Richard’s puppets captured Gunko and Saint Figarland Shamrock; Richard killed them in his Small World and claimed the Arrow-Arrow Fruit and Shamrock’s Devil Fruit-eating sword.
• Richard sent his puppets to hunt the remaining God's Knights, recovered the Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Mythical Type: Qilin Form and the Thorn-Thorn Fruit, and searched Imu’s soul for information about a spaceship.
• Richard obtained the spaceship captain’s diamond-shaped identity card and handed Imu over to Xia Mi.
• The remaining God's Knights, including Saint Garling, died, and Xia Mi emerged with a dark purple Devil Fruit while the World Government’s high-end combat power lay devastated.

Richard and the Travel Group defeated the World Government's forces in Mary Geoise, seized its hidden treasures and knowledge, and left the Flower Room behind for Kuina. News of the group's victory and the capture of Marine leaders spread across the seas, leaving the world to face upheaval.

• Lin Feng captured Blueno and took the Door-Door Fruit, while Richard and the others looted the World Government's Devil Fruits, materials, and training records.
• Richard and Xia Mi deciphered the Flower Room's spatial framework but left it in Mary Geoise for Kuina to use later, and Kuina said she cared only about swordsmanship and becoming stronger.
• Richard healed Kong and the Marines, told them the World Government and its leaders were gone, and Xia Mi revealed that she had killed Sakazuki.
• Morgans verified reports that Marine leaders had been captured and arranged to publish the news, while the Travel Group departed Mary Geoise.
• Newspapers spread reports of the Travel Group's victory and its members' chosen titles, shocking readers across the seas.

News of the Travel Group’s victory spread across the seas, prompting powerful figures and factions to assess the group and the World Government’s next move. Kaido set out to target Marine bases, Hawkeye headed for Sabaody to seek new opponents, Hancock planned to attend a possible Shichibukai summons, and Zoro asked to set sail but was refused.

• Whitebeard read the news and concluded that the Travel Group was interesting but unlikely to overcome the World Government’s hidden power.
• Kaido read the newspaper, saw an opportunity in the Marines’ losses, and left to visit Marine bases while King watched Onigashima.
• Big Mom’s children delayed telling her the news as they dealt with her craving for sweets, while Shanks worried that Luffy needed to grow stronger quickly.
• Doflamingo and Hawkeye considered the Travel Group’s strength, and Hawkeye chose its armed members as his next targets and sailed toward Sabaody.
• Hancock focused on Xia Mi’s killing of a Celestial Dragon and resolved to attend a possible Shichibukai summons so she could see her idol.
• Zoro decided to set sail after learning of Kuina’s strength, but Koushiro told him to wait until he met the dojo master’s standards.

After reaching the New World, Richard was forced to cut short his pirate journey when a powerful god approached the God Tree he was cultivating in the Coiling Dragon World. Recognizing the intruder as Leimo’s Low-level God Divine Clone, Richard called for reinforcements and prepared to return from the Pirate World.

• Richard and his group relaxed on Fish-Man Island for two days before setting off for the New World.
• Richard’s Water Element Divine Clone tended the God Tree, which had grown for decades while absorbing energy from an underwater Magic Crystal Mine.
• An unfamiliar Low-level God noticed the God Tree and flew directly toward Richard instead of avoiding him.
• Richard recognized the visitor as Leimo, a renowned Water Element Mid-level God using his Low-level God Divine Clone.
• Richard sent his Wind Element Divine Clone toward the God Tree and decided his main body must return from the Pirate World.

Richard explained the vast range in strength among Mid-level Gods and prepared for a possible fight with Leimo, who demanded Richard’s God Tree. Richard refused to back down, keeping his main body nearby as backup.

• Richard explained that Mid-level Gods ranged from newly advanced experts to fighters capable of challenging elite High-level Gods, depending on their mastery and fusion of Law Profound Mysteries.
• Richard worried that one of the Mid-level Gods in the Tara Plane might be a talented genius who had independently learned to fuse Law Profound Mysteries.
• Richard brought his main body as backup so he could retrieve his Wind Element Divine Clone and escape if danger arose.
• Leimo arrived near Richard and identified him as a newcomer from the Osiris Empire.
• Leimo demanded that Richard leave the area and surrender the God Tree because he wanted it for himself.
• Richard refused to yield and prepared to fight Leimo rather than hand over the God Tree.

Richard trapped Leimo's Darkness clone in the sea, but neither could defeat the other. Richard secretly brought his true body and other clones nearby, waiting for Leimo's Mid-level God clone to arrive.

• Richard attacked Leimo with his Water Element Divine Clone and a Mid-level Divine Artifact, but Leimo's shield blocked the strike.
• Leimo escaped Spatial Imprisonment with Shadow Clone Transformation and attacked Richard through darkness and multiple shadows.
• Richard merged with the sea, concealed himself, and used an illusion to prevent Leimo's shadows from escaping.
• Leimo called for his Mid-level God clone, while Richard secretly positioned his true body and planned to combine several Divine Domains against it.
• Leimo's Water Element Divine Clone set out from a distant continent, and Richard's Wind Element Divine Clone arrived half a day later as both sides waited.

Richard ambushed and captured Leimo’s Water Element Divine Clone, then used illusion and sealing techniques to capture his Darkness Divine Clone as well. With both clones imprisoned and stripped of their equipment, Richard secured the spoils and left Leimo unable to resist.

• Leimo approached Richard’s water-mist Illusion Array, but Richard’s true body and Wind Element Divine Clone appeared and imprisoned him with their Divine Domains and ocular techniques.
• Richard used the Void Mirror to seal Leimo’s Water Element Divine Clone, then had a puppet remove his Divine Artifacts and Space Ring.
• Leimo’s trapped Darkness Divine Clone begged Richard to spare him and offered to surrender, but Richard kept him confined in the illusion.
• Richard’s true body arrived and used illusion techniques to slow Leimo’s Darkness Divine Clone before striking the real body among its sixteen shadows.
• Leimo tried to self-destruct, but Richard imprisoned him in the Void Mirror before he could act, placing him alongside his other clone.

Richard captured Leimo and seized his Divine Artifacts, then learned the origins of a powerful sword and confirmed it posed no threat from a High-level God backing Leimo. He tested the sword’s devastating power and claimed it as his primary weapon while planning to investigate the Plane Prison once he grew stronger.

• Richard fled after putting away the God Tree and waited three days before examining Leimo’s captured Space Rings.
• Richard used an illusion to make Leimo unbind his Space Rings and found a High-level Divine Artifact, a Destruction-attribute longsword.
• Richard questioned Leimo and learned he had taken the sword from a Mid-level God who escaped from a Plane Prison, where a High-level God might still be waiting at a spatial weak point.
• Richard reviewed his Wind Element Divine Clone’s progress and decided he would investigate the Plane Prison after becoming stronger.
• Richard swung the longsword without using energy or Laws and cleaved a vast channel through the sea, then chose it as his primary weapon.

Richard inventoried Leimo’s vast fortune, including two Thunder godheads that could let Hogg become a Mid-level God, and equipped his true body and Divine Clones with powerful Divine Artifacts. After killing Leimo, Richard repurposed his Divine Clones as Six Paths Puppets and extracted two Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits from the replaced puppets.

• Richard found two Thunder godheads among Leimo’s hoard and decided they could allow Hogg to become a Mid-level God.
• Richard distributed Leimo’s hundreds of Mid-level Divine Artifacts among his true body and three Divine Clones, greatly improving their equipment.
• Richard finished sorting the loot, then gave Leimo a quick death and gained two more godheads.
• Richard replaced the Deva Path Puppet with Leimo’s Water Element Divine Clone and the Human Path Puppet with Leimo’s Darkness Divine Clone.
• Richard extracted the Devil Fruits from the two replaced puppets and obtained two Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits.