Chapter Summaries

Nereus revealed that his Fish-Man physiology let him fight underwater, then used his Devil Fruit to drain Valentine's lifespan. Valentine died in the depths of the West Blue, leaving his crew's empty ship behind.

• Valentine panicked and struck himself, convinced Nereus's survival underwater was an illusion.
• Nereus explained that a protective membrane let him resist the sea and maintain his strength underwater.
• Nereus gripped Valentine's throat and drained his lifespan, rapidly aging and weakening him.
• Valentine drowned in the icy depths of the West Blue, and his empty Pirate ship remained behind.

The pirates invaded God Valley, turning the island into a battlefield as the Marines struggled to protect the Celestial Dragons. Nereus appeared elsewhere on the island in his awakened human-beast form, drawing blood from the dead for an unknown purpose.

• Rocks and the Rocks Pirates broke through the Marines' eastern defenses and landed on God Valley as the Roger Pirates and other crews arrived on the island.
• Garling took charge of fighting the pirates while the Marines, later reinforced by Garp, tried to evacuate the Celestial Dragons.
• Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin argued after his attack nearly hit her, while the Rocks Pirates split into groups amid the fighting.
• Golden Lion asked Babel about Nereus, and Kaido pointed out that blood from fallen pirates was flowing toward one part of the island.
• Nereus appeared in his human-beast form with crimson Flame Clouds marking his awakened Zoan ability.

Nereus used his awakened power to gather blood across God Valley and intervened when a Manmaya Holy Knight attacked fleeing people. He repeatedly crushed her head to test how the Holy Knights’ regenerative bodies could be killed.

• Nereus’s awakened ability drew blood from corpses across God Valley into a sphere in his hand.
• A Manmaya Holy Knight fired indiscriminately at fleeing people, declaring that neither natives nor Pirates would escape.
• Nereus stopped the Holy Knight by crushing her rifle barrel, then dismissed her accusation that he was saving strangers for her sake.
• The Holy Knight attacked Nereus, but he crushed her head with Armament Haki while her kick failed to pierce his defense.
• The Holy Knight’s head began regenerating, and Nereus prepared to test whether Conqueror’s Haki could kill her.

Nereus tested how Conqueror's Haki affected a Manmaya Celestial Dragon's regeneration, then went to help people escape God Valley. He found Kuma using the Paw-Paw Fruit to send people away, and the chapter ended with a Fish-Man recognizing Nereus and being promised a safe return home.

• Nereus discovered that Conqueror's Haki slowed the Manmaya Celestial Dragon's regeneration, though it did not kill her.
• Nereus concluded that stronger Haki might be needed to overcome the Celestial Dragons' immortality, then left the wounded Celestial Dragon and headed into the forest.
• Nereus called for God Valley's natives and slaves to follow him, and they joined him as he searched for a way to get them off the island.
• Kuma used the Paw-Paw Fruit to send people away after he and Ivankov stole the Devil Fruits prepared by the Celestial Dragons.
• Nereus arrived with rescued people, and Kuma agreed to help send them away.
• A Fish-Man recognized Nereus, who promised to take him home.

Nereus used his ability to advance Kuma’s body from childhood to age nineteen, making it easier for him to use the Paw-Paw Fruit and evacuate people from God Valley. Kuma sent Ivankov and Ginny to safety and prepared to send Nereus’s fellow tribesman away while he stayed behind.

• Nereus offered to use his ability to help Kuma recover stamina and use his Devil Fruit more easily, and Kuma agreed despite Ivankov’s suspicions.
• Nereus took ten years from Kuma’s lifespan and accelerated his development until his body reached age nineteen, promising to return the years later.
• With his stronger adult body, Kuma began sending people away much faster and sent Ivankov and Ginny to a safe island.
• Kuma offered to send Nereus to the South Blue, but Nereus refused and asked him to send his fellow tribesman away instead.

Nereus left Kuma to rescue more people across God Valley and headed toward Babel, while Babel was cornered in a treasure warehouse after grabbing a huge haul. When the gathered Pirates waited to see his ultimate move, Babel called for his big brother.

• Kuma sent the people in the mountain forest to safety in the Sorbet Kingdom and decided to keep rescuing survivors.
• Nereus warned Kuma to avoid the central cliffs, then left to find Babel as Kuma ran toward more fighting.
• Rayleigh rescued Shakky from the second prize storage warehouse, drawing the attention of Pirates and defenders.
• Babel used the distraction to steal much of the warehouse’s treasure, prompting Pirates from several crews to surround him.
• Babel announced that he would use his ultimate move, then shouted, "Big Brother!!!"

Babel held off the Pirates until Nereus arrived, while Captain John used his Magnet-Magnet Fruit to seize treasure and Nereus slaughtered the Pirates with blood spears. Nereus identified a Bird-Bird Fruit: Model Phoenix among the loot, then sent Babel toward the southeastern shore as he prepared to face what lay at the island’s center.

• Babel deterred the Rocks Pirates from attacking by warning them that Nereus would arrive, though other Pirates continued to challenge him.
• John activated the Magnet-Magnet Fruit near the ravine exit and pulled treasure, weapons, and even some Pirates toward him.
• Nereus arrived and turned the blood on the ground into spears that killed Pirates across the area.
• Babel showed Nereus the treasure he had collected, including three Devil Fruits, and suggested they take back loot seized by John and the Roger Pirates.
• Nereus recognized a Bird-Bird Fruit: Model Phoenix, placed the treasure into a stream of blood, and ordered Babel to evacuate refugees toward the southeastern shore.

Nereus and Babel took a Marine warship to evacuate civilians from God Valley while pirates fled the island and fought over treasure. Dragon led civilians to the ship, only to find Nereus aboard and the passengers aiming weapons at him.

• Babel parted from Nereus, while Kaido flew away with the Devil Fruit and Linlin pursued him in anger.
• Nereus and Babel chose a medium-sized Marine warship, and Babel took it over to evacuate civilians.
• Babel called the stranded civilians aboard after Marines elsewhere shot at people trying to escape God Valley.
• Dragon led civilians through the forest toward the warship, believing its crew was helping them escape.
• Dragon boarded and saw Nereus; the civilians aboard picked up weapons and aimed them at Dragon.

Nereus left Dragon alive and ordered him to help sail a ship as the survivors fled God Valley. At the island’s center, Nereus arrived as Garp and Roger struggled against a demonized Rocks controlled by Imu.

• Nereus challenged Dragon over the Marines’ role in the massacre, then let the civilians decide to trust Dragon after he dropped his weapon.
• A powerful clash shook God Valley, and Nereus flew toward its source while Babel ordered Dragon to help sail the ship.
• Pirates began fleeing the island; Golden Lion flew away, Gloriosa boarded Roger’s ship, and Paul Graham invited Whitebeard aboard his ship.
• Garp and Roger allied against the controlled Rocks, who silently begged them to kill him, but Rocks sent them flying.
• Nereus arrived, and Roger and Garp mistook his appearance for a sign that he had been controlled before Nereus reminded them he was an ability user.

Nereus joined Garp and Roger to fight Rocks after discovering that a black shadow had taken control of him. They broke through Rocks's Haki defense, and Nereus dealt the fatal blow, freeing Rocks as God Valley collapsed.

• Nereus heard Rocks beg him, Garp, and Roger to kill him and learned that Rocks had been attacked by a black shadow.
• Roger and Garp explained that the shadow had appeared after Rocks fought a giant spider, and Nereus deduced that the shadow was Imu.
• Rocks attacked again, and his strikes toppled God Valley's last mountain while Garp and Roger's Haki attacks failed to break his defense.
• Nereus told Garp and Roger to fuse their Haki so they could crack Rocks's defenses for his attack.
• Garp and Roger broke a crack in Rocks's invisible armor, allowing Nereus to pierce his chest with Blood Kill: Hell Thrust.
• Rocks regained his senses, thanked Nereus, and seemed to hear the words "River of Death" before he died.

After dying at God Valley, Rocks awoke in Nereus’s River of Death and chose to remain there, offering to help Nereus take revenge on Imu. The God Valley Incident ended, and the World Government classified it as a top-secret event while erasing records of the island and the Hunting Game.

• Nereus explained that Rocks was dead but remained in the River of Death, where Nereus could control the souls of those he had killed.
• Nereus questioned Rocks about the force that had controlled him, and Rocks warned him that the ghostly power in Mary Geoise was dangerous.
• Rocks refused Nereus’s offer to set him free and agreed to help him when he was ready to confront Imu, while warning him that Imu might target Harald.
• Roger invited Garp and Nereus to join his crew, but Garp rejected the offer and Nereus flew away.
• Roger and his companions withdrew from God Valley, and the World Government sealed the incident’s records and erased information about the island and the Hunting Game.

After escaping God Valley, Nereus reunited with Babel and offered the rescued people a choice between leaving at a safe island or settling on his island. Kaido arrived aboard their ship and invited Nereus to join his crew, but their conversation ended when Kaido claimed a Marine had snuck aboard.

• Nereus caught up with Babel and explained that the World Government would erase all traces of God Valley and Rocks.
• Nereus offered the rescued people a choice between disembarking at a safe island or settling on his island, and most chose to follow him.
• Kaido spotted the warship while flying, landed on its deck, and recognized Babel and Nereus.
• Kaido invited Nereus to join his crew, and Nereus challenged him about who would lead if strength decided everything.
• Nereus reminded Kaido that he had damaged the tavern and still owed for it, but Kaido interrupted to announce that a Marine had snuck aboard.

Nereus heard Kaido’s account of the seemingly invulnerable creature at God Valley and prepared to return to Fish-Man Island, while Dragon decided to leave the Marines. Nereus offered Dragon a chance to work for him.

• Kaido threatened Dragon to change the subject, then went to the warship’s storeroom to find food.
• Nereus asked Kaido about the battle at God Valley, and Kaido described how the spider-like creature resisted attacks from him, Linlin, Newgate, Rocks, Garp, and Roger.
• Nereus said the creature must have a weakness and acknowledged that he had one too.
• Kaido asked to travel with Nereus for a few days, and Nereus allowed it as long as Kaido caused no trouble.
• Dragon said he planned to leave the Marines after settling unfinished matters, and Nereus asked if he would work for him.

After the God Valley Incident, Nereus challenged Dragon to question the Marines’ allegiance to the World Government and consider breaking the Celestial Dragons’ rule. As Dragon watched the survivors aboard the ship, the idea of revolution began to form in his mind.

• Dragon had been imprisoned at Marine Headquarters for threatening a superior, while his role in the God Valley escape went unnoticed.
• Nereus asked Dragon to consider how many Marine leaders knew about the massacre and argued that the Marines served the Celestial Dragons through the World Government.
• Dragon wondered whether Kong and other Marine leaders had known what happened, but struggled to accept that his father might have been involved.
• Nereus told Dragon that the Celestial Dragons’ rule had to be broken, though any effort would require time to grow stronger.
• That night, Dragon stayed awake aboard the ship and began to imagine a revolution.

Nereus returned to his island with rescued people from God Valley, where Rachel and the Mermaids amazed the newcomers. He reunited with Nanamo and assigned her to sort and register the treasures they had brought back.

• Nereus recognized Rachel patrolling beside a Sea Giraffe, and she greeted him before continuing her route.
• Nereus told the rescued people they could stay on the island or travel with him, then ordered Sebastian to arrange lodging and watch security.
• Nereus offered Sebastian one of the three Devil Fruits from God Valley, but Sebastian declined because he feared losing his ability to swim.
• Nereus found Nanamo finishing a concert with Sambel and told her he had prepared an interesting job.
• Nereus gave Nanamo a huge package of treasures and asked her to sort and register them, and she agreed.

Nereus and his crew divided the treasure from God Valley, then set sail toward the South Blue while Dragon stayed behind. Days later, Nereus read a newspaper report portraying Dragon as a lone hero who had recaptured a warship.

• Nanamo opened the treasure sack, and Nereus showed her the three Devil Fruits, including the Bird-Bird Fruit: Model Phoenix.
• Nanamo tried to avoid receiving a Devil Fruit so she could keep swimming, while Nereus sent Big Pan to practice his Water-Repellent Membrane tactics.
• The next day, Nereus and his crew sailed away with several people from God Valley, while Dragon stayed behind with the damaged warship to return to headquarters.
• Several days later, a News Coo delivered a newspaper featuring Morgans's World Economic News Agency and its report calling Dragon a lone hero for recapturing a warship.

Nereus’s crew and former allies read Morgans’s distorted reports about God Valley and Dragon’s warship, while the World Government erased Nereus’s role and began burying the incident. At Marineford, Garp confronted Sengoku about whether the top of the Marines knew what had happened at God Valley.

• Babel and Nereus discussed how Morgans’s article exaggerated Dragon’s return of the warship and how the newspaper credited Garp while omitting Nereus and Roger.
• Nanamo counted her share of the treasure, and she and Nereus discussed Morgans’s profits from the reports.
• Kuma, Ivankov, and the others searched the newspaper for news of Nereus, and Ginny reassured them that his absence from the report meant he had escaped safely.
• Garp and Dragon tore up the newspaper at Garp’s Marineford residence, and Sengoku stopped Garp from confronting Morgans.
• Garp asked Sengoku whether he knew what had really happened at God Valley, prompting Dragon to wonder whether the Marines’ leaders knew about it.

Dragon decided to leave the Navy after confronting Garp over the World Government’s abuses, while Nereus’s ship traveled through the Calm Belt with the God Valley survivors. After Kaido was defeated again and mocked for his attack’s name, he became obsessed with naming his moves, until a fast-approaching cloud brought a new disturbance.

• Dragon told Garp he was leaving the Navy and declared that his path would be a revolution, while Garp warned him that someone who spoke similarly had disappeared.
• Nereus’s ship entered the Calm Belt, where the survivors found the calmer waters easier to endure and grew more comfortable with the Fish-Men.
• Kaido challenged Nereus after eating a Devil Fruit, but Nereus split his dragon breath with a Fish-Man Karate attack and knocked him from the sky.
• Big Pan mocked Kaido’s move name, prompting Kaido to obsess over finding cultured names for his attacks.
• Someone aboard the ship alerted Nanamo and Nereus that a cloud was rapidly approaching.

Hermes spotted Cipher Pol agents pursuing a Lunarian, and Nereus went to investigate despite Hermes’s suspicions that it could be a trap. The chapter revealed the agents were CP9 members using a Devil Fruit ability to fly after their exhausted target.

• Hermes reported a World Government ship and warned Nereus that its course might bring them together within twenty minutes.
• Nereus identified the pursued person as a Lunarian and told his companions about the World Government’s bounty and ongoing hunt for the race.
• Nereus ordered Sebastian to prepare the Sea Beasts to enter the Calm Belt, then set out to look into the pursuit.
• The CP9 leader learned that the Lunarian woman was injured and ordered another group of agents to pursue her.
• The CP9 agents flew toward the woman with help from a Devil Fruit user, while their leader resolved to capture her.

A wounded Lunarian was hunted across the sea by CP9 agents using their leader’s Mato Mato no Mi ability to track her. After learning how they had kept finding her, she threw a glass bottle into the sea and turned to fight them.

• A Lunarian fled toward the Calm Belt while CP9 agents attacked and pursued her.
• The Lunarian used her flames to defend herself, then extinguished them to gain speed and escape.
• A CP9 agent revealed that their leader had marked the Lunarian with the Mato Mato no Mi and could track her wherever she went.
• CP9 agents argued over their plan to wear down the Lunarian and capture her alive.
• The Lunarian realized how the agents had tracked her, threw a glass bottle into the sea, and prepared to fight them.