Recaps

Nereus refused to join Rocks’s crew but allied with him to reach God Valley, where the Rocks Pirates attacked the Celestial Dragons’ gathering. As the battle raged, Nereus fought a regenerating Celestial Dragon and helped Kuma evacuate slaves and natives, leaving himself behind to rescue his fellow Fish-Man.

• Nereus refused Rocks’s offer to join the Rocks Pirates, but later agreed to accompany him and Charlotte Linlin to God Valley for the treasure and Devil Fruits.
• Nanamo and Katakuri avenged Brulee by defeating the Fat Bottle Pirates, and Nanamo chose to keep living with Nereus when Charlotte Linlin invited her to stay.
• Nereus left Beehive Island with Babel and the Rocks Pirates, while his other crew members waited offshore, and Rocks revealed his identity and his family’s ties to God Valley to Harald.
• Valentine challenged Nereus on the way to God Valley, but Nereus survived being dragged underwater and drained Valentine’s lifespan until he drowned.
• The Rocks Pirates landed on God Valley and joined the battle against the Marines, Roger Pirates, and other crews, while Nereus arrived with his awakened Zoan ability.
• Nereus stopped a Manmaya Holy Knight from shooting fleeing people and discovered that Conqueror’s Haki slowed her regeneration, though it could not kill her.
• Nereus gathered the island’s natives and slaves as Kuma and Ivankov began evacuating people with the Paw-Paw Fruit.
• Nereus gave Kuma ten years of his lifespan to strengthen his body and fruit, then asked Kuma to send his fellow Fish-Man away while he stayed behind.

Nereus helped survivors escape God Valley, learned that Imu had controlled Rocks, and gathered people around him as the World Government erased the incident. He rescued Amphitrite from CP9, brought her aboard, and later intervened when a merchant ship tried to take a little Mermaid from Fish-Man Island.

• Nereus and Babel rescued civilians from God Valley, where Nereus joined Garp and Roger in killing the controlled Rocks and learned that Imu had possessed him.
• Nereus brought most of the survivors to his island, while Dragon began to imagine a revolution and the World Government erased records of God Valley.
• Nereus’s crew sailed with Kaido, who challenged Nereus, while Dragon stayed behind and later declared that he would leave the Marines to pursue revolution.
• Nereus rescued Amphitrite from CP9 after she fought to escape their capture, then killed the agents and recovered the Poneglyph bottle she had thrown into the sea.
• Amphitrite joined Nereus’s crew, recovered from Saturn’s anesthetic, and began training in Armament Haki as the group traveled toward Fish-Man Island.
• At Fish-Man Island, Nereus pressured Umit to stop slave transport, and Sebastian found a little Mermaid hidden in a merchant ship and returned her to her parents.

Nereus gathered new allies, rescued slaves, and confronted the World Government’s forces while pursuing resources and knowledge for Fish-Man Island. He launched a coup against King Pontus, learned the secret of Poseidon, and claimed the throne after killing Pontus in a duel.

• Nereus recruited Fisher Tiger, visited MADS, met Dr. Clover, and brought Shark, Kuma, and Ginny into his circle while searching the South Blue for treasure.
• Nereus found Brook in the Florian Triangle and welcomed him aboard after Brook agreed to join the crew and travel to Twin Capes.
• Nereus’s crew attacked the Sabaody human auction house, freed the captives, and escaped despite Marine resistance.
• Nereus sent Rocks to destroy the Sabaody Marine base, prompting conflicting reports about whether Rocks had returned from the dead.
• Nereus’s crew subdued rebellious pirates among the rescued captives, and Nereus accepted Luna as an apprentice before returning to Fish-Man Island.
• Nereus told his officers he intended to become king, then led Sebastian, Sambel, and Babel into Ryugu Palace to confront Pontus.
• Pontus revealed that Poseidon was an Ancient Weapon born as a Mermaid princess and challenged Nereus to a duel for the throne.
• Nereus killed Pontus with one punch after shattering his Ocean Vortex attack, then declared a new era for Fish-Man Island.

Nereus consolidated his rule over Fish-Man Island, strengthened its military and trade, and built alliances while preparing for a larger confrontation. He then raided Mary Geoise to free its slaves, killed Salazar, and left the World Government focused on repairing the damage and managing the fallout.

• Nereus became king of Fish-Man Island, freed kidnapped Mermaids, and began reforming the island’s military and administration.
• Nereus formed the First Legion under Sebastian and Fisher Tiger, then recruited the Tontatta Tribe to cultivate Wobigon’s experimental seeds.
• Nereus traveled to Dressrosa to arrange bounty payments and trade, but CP0’s attempt to capture Amphitrite ended with Nereus killing the agents and giving her the Phoenix Fruit.
• Nereus recovered cargo stolen by Vander Decken VIII and later confirmed that souls from the River of Death could protect him from Imu’s Black-Turn Domination.
• Nereus planned a raid on Mary Geoise, sent his Fish-Man allies to seize Red Port, and used Hermes, Big Pan, and Sambel’s jammer to support the operation.
• Nereus’s allies freed the slaves as fires spread through Mary Geoise, while Nereus defeated Salazar by drawing him into the River of Death.
• Nereus and his allies evacuated the freed slaves, and the Five Elders postponed action against Fish-Man Island while ordering Mary Geoise repaired before the Reverie.
• Garp refused promotion to Admiral and argued that the Marines could not portray Salazar’s death as heroic after he died opposing pirates who freed slaves.