Chapter Summaries

Spandine fled Mary Geoise as Bane’s forces rose toward the Red Line and Uranus emerged from the clouds to attack them. Sakazuki, Kuzan, Fubuki, and Zoro held back the beam together, while Borsalino destroyed its dangerous aftermath, leaving the fleet still ascending and moving away from the devastated sea.

• Spandine reported the rising rebel fleet to the Five Elders, then escaped Mary Geoise in a hot air balloon with a CP agent.
• Bane’s forces continued ascending toward the Red Line as Smoker and Hina spotted a massive shadow in the clouds, which Bane identified as Uranus and the Mother Flame.
• The Five Elders activated Uranus, and its energy beam began cutting through the Red Line and bearing down on the harbor and warships.
• Sakazuki and Kuzan combined magma and ice to resist the beam, then Fubuki added sand and Zoro added lightning until their four Logia powers matched its output.
• The Mother Flame’s final blast broke into a rain of elemental energy, and Borsalino intercepted it with Yasakani no Magatama before returning to Bane.

Bane and the Navy forces attacked the Holy Land at Mary Geoise, breaking through the defenses as Borsalino and Sakazuki killed Donquixote Claudius, a Grand Knight of the Holy Knights. Bane reached Mary Geoise and searched for Imu in the Flower Room of Pangaea Castle.

• Bane ordered the others to check on Uranus, which vanished into the clouds, before they reached the Red Line.
• Issho stopped the Holy Land’s artillery barrage with his Gravity Blade, and Zephyr ordered the Navy forces to launch a full assault.
• The Flame Unit broke through the Holy Land Guard’s defenses but met fierce resistance from the Holy Knights and their attendants.
• Borsalino fought Donquixote Claudius, and Sakazuki ambushed and killed the Grand Knight with magma.
• Bane stepped onto Mary Geoise and wondered whether Imu was in the Flower Room of Pangaea Castle.

As the rebels overwhelmed Mary Geoise’s defenders, Bane confronted the Five Elders and demanded that Imu face him. The battle gathered around the ruins as Imu punished the Elders for their failure, and Borsalino and the others arrived to stand with Bane.

• The Five Elders left Pangaea Castle and learned from Night Owl that the battlefield had collapsed and the Holy Knights had retreated.
• Bane challenged Saint Ju Peter from the air with a Conqueror’s Haki-infused punch, which Saint Ju Peter blocked after transforming into a Four-Tusked Warthog.
• Night Owl attempted to assassinate Bane, but Bane disarmed him before a Thunder-infused slash forced Night Owl to defend himself.
• Bane confronted the Five Elders, mocked their obedience to Imu, and demanded that Imu come out and fight.
• Imu crushed a butterfly in the Flower Room and inflicted chest pain on the Five Elders; Nusjuro attacked Bane, but Borsalino blocked his slash.
• Bane announced that he had found Imu as Sakazuki, Garp, Issho, and the others arrived behind him.

Sakazuki and the others battled the Five Elders, testing their immense strength and ability to regenerate. Zephyr overwhelmed Figarland Garling with superior technique and tore him apart, but Garling’s body began regenerating.

• Sakazuki charged Saint Mars and punched through his Itsumade form, then watched the wound heal almost instantly.
• Borsalino fought Saint Nusjuro, while Garp struck Saint Ju Peter with a Conqueror’s Haki-infused punch and blasted him into ruins.
• Issho used gravity to expose Saint Peter’s sandworm form and cut him in two, but the Elder regenerated immediately.
• Zephyr questioned Figarland Garling about the attack on his family, then decided to kill him after Garling dismissed the incident as a minor punishment.
• Zephyr predicted and countered Garling’s movements, launched him into the air, and shredded him with Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist.
• Garling’s body began reassembling, and Zephyr praised Bane’s boxing technique.

Bane crossed Mary Geoise and entered Pangaea Castle, following Imu’s presence toward the Void Throne hall. Outside the city, Hancock petrified two of the Five Elders, allowing Garp and Sakazuki to rejoin the battle while the remaining Elders failed to stop Bane.

• Saint Ju Peter chased after Bane, but Garp grabbed his tail and held him back.
• Hancock used Perfume Femur to petrify Saint Ju Peter, and Garp recognized her power as an effective counter to the Elders’ immortal bodies.
• Hancock charmed Saint Mars and petrified him; Sakazuki smashed his stone form, while Hancock kept him from truly dying or recovering.
• Garp and Sakazuki returned to the fight, leaving the remaining Five Elders unable to stop Bane from advancing toward Mary Geoise.
• Bane crossed the deserted city and entered Pangaea Castle, where he sensed Imu’s presence and stepped into the dark hall containing the Void Throne.

Bane confronted Nerona Imu in the Empty Throne Room, challenging his claim to be the King of the World. Imu granted Bane the honor of challenging him, and their battle began with Imu’s blade, World, meeting Bane’s Iron Fist.

• Bane entered the Empty Throne Room and saw Nerona Imu take his seat on the Empty Throne.
• Bane challenged Imu’s claim to kingship, arguing that he had neither earned the people’s respect nor shared his glory with them.
• Imu said he had waited for Bane because Bane was qualified to face him, then declared that a king must defend his throne.
• Imu drew the blade World and formally granted Bane the honor of challenging him.
• Bane unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, drew Shindo, and met Imu’s slash with an Iron Fist.

Bane defeated Imu and emerged from the ruined Empty Throne Room, claiming the throne as the new king of the world. After Mary Geoise fell to the Marines and its prisoners were freed, Bane told Nami he planned to lead everyone into another world once they had settled matters.

• Bane dragged the broken Empty Throne out of the ruins and sat upon it, while Imu remained buried beneath the hall.
• Garp, Zoro, Dragon, and the others arrived, and Bane explained that Imu had nearly killed him before his Dark-Dark Fruit stopped Imu's life force.
• Zoro pulled World from Bane's chest and said he would give the sword to Kuina in exchange for Wado Ichimonji.
• Boa Hancock and the Revolutionary Army stormed God's Residence, Garp rescued Monkey D. Luffy, and Zephyr found Commander-in-Chief Steel Bone in prison.
• The Marines took over Mary Geoise, but their search failed to uncover Uranus.
• Bane told Nami he was already tired of being King of the World and planned to lead everyone into another world after they settled matters.

Bane and Borsalino watched the victors celebrate wildly in the Authority Room while discussing the New World Government’s plans for East Blue. Bane declared that East Blue’s nobles would be purged and the sea made a directly governed territory.

• Hina and Doll surveyed the extravagant revelry as Marines, Revolutionary Army members, and their allies drank, gambled, danced, and performed in the Authority Room.
• Sakazuki and Kuzan traded drunken praise, while Garp, Dragon, and others joined the celebration; Morgans resisted photographing the scene.
• Tesoro and Baccarat watched the chaos, and Bane and Borsalino sat apart drinking tea as Zephyr and Garp danced.
• Borsalino told Bane that East Blue had issued a United Kingdom Declaration and wanted talks with the New World Government.
• Bane rejected negotiations with East Blue’s nobles and said they would be purged before East Blue became the New World Government’s directly governed core territory.

After the victory at Mary Geoise, Bane chaired a meeting to distribute the spoils, warn against corruption, and prepare the New World Government. He sought support for becoming its supreme ruler, and Dragon publicly backed his proposal.

• Borsalino teased the ashamed Sakazuki and Kuzan, while Bane announced that Zephyr was too embarrassed to attend and stopped Garp from leaving.
• Bane declared victory over Imu, the Five Elders, and the Celestial Dragons, then awarded the seized wealth to everyone who had contributed to the battle at Mary Geoise.
• Bane warned the officers to use the former rulers’ excesses as a lesson and called for oversight to prevent their new government from becoming corrupt.
• Bane outlined the April Joint Conference at Meruvio, where participants would establish the New World Government and define the Marines’ responsibilities and powers.
• Gloriosa asked how Amazon Lily should respond to Bane’s proposed kingship, and Bane demanded full support, saying the world needed a true commander to face an approaching global threat.
• Dragon declared that the Revolutionary Army would fully support Bane’s proposal to become King of Kings and King of the World.

After the royal families crowned Bane King of the World, the East Blue became his kingdom before he handed it to the World Government. The World Government and Marine leadership took shape, and Dragon began pushing to unify the laws of every nation.

• Marine Headquarters launched a purge of the East Blue under Kuzan and Smoker, while Sakazuki led a similar operation in the West Blue.
• At the Four Seas Joint Conference, the royal families crowned Bane King of Kings and King of the World, and Alabasta’s ancient mythology supplied him with the name Kantis Bane.
• The royal families offered the East Blue to Kantis Bane, who granted it to the World Government to administer on his behalf.
• Sakazuki stepped down as Commander-in-Chief, Zephyr took the post, and Bane became Fleet Admiral with Sakazuki, Issho, and Kuzan as the Three Admirals.
• Sengoku became Chief Administrator and appointed Dragon, Tsuru, Gild Tesoro, Stussy, Nico Robin, and Nefertari Cobra to his cabinet; Cobra then passed Alabasta’s throne to Vivi.
• Dragon proposed that World Government law take precedence over local kingdom laws as the first step toward unifying the world’s legal systems.

Bane enjoyed a relaxed breakfast at Isshin Dojo before Ain briefed him on the World Government’s plans for rising sea levels and the Marines’ staffing. As Bane prepared to leave with a small group to seek a way to build a World-Crossing Gate, Sengoku was left running the Marines in his absence.

• Nami woke Bane, who joined Koushiro, Issho, Wyper, Nico Robin, Fubuki, Ain, Zephyr, Garp, and Dr. Genus for breakfast while Zoro visited Kuina’s grave.
• Ain told Bane that Dragon and Sengoku planned to rebuild the Summit of the West Sky route, and she outlined four World Government projects to protect people from rising seas.
• Bane dismissed Ain’s reports and said the Marines had to remain behind to stabilize East Blue and West Blue while his group pursued the Darkness Gate Project.
• Bane left Sengoku in charge of Fleet Admiral duties without consulting him, and Sengoku angrily accepted the burden of commanding the Marines.

Bane and his allies returned to the Empire and learned that World-Crossing Gates and a succession of disasters had shattered its rule. They began planning to seize a gate and started preparations to test whether Devil Fruit users could survive in this world.

• Bane brought newspapers to the group’s abandoned inn in Fronik, where Garp and the others had gathered intelligence.
• Ain and Fubuki reported that the Imperial Guard had been defeated, the Dragon Emperor and Crown Prince were dead, and monstrous entities from a World-Crossing Gate had devastated the capital.
• Bane and Zephyr discussed finding a World-Crossing Gate to study and choosing a future foothold, agreeing they would need to build their strength before taking one.
• Issho reminded Garp that the two captured thugs were experimental subjects, so Garp and Wyper retrieved them from the street.
• Bane laid out ordinary Devil Fruits and prepared to begin experiments on a bound Devil Fruit user brought from the pirate world.

Bane and Dr. Genus confirmed that people could safely consume two Devil Fruits, then Bane’s companions chose abilities for their roles and fighting styles. The group finished selecting their fruits, with Zephyr and Garp preparing to strengthen the team guarding The Empire while Bane pursued the World-Crossing Gate.

• Bane and Dr. Genus found that a third Devil Fruit caused its user to explode and die, while two could be consumed safely.
• Wyper chose Urouge’s Karma-Karma Fruit, Nami selected Marco’s Phoenix-Phoenix Fruit, and Robin chose the Nine-Tailed Fox form to pair with her Flower-Flower Fruit.
• Ain took Moria’s Shadow-Shadow Fruit, while Fubuki, Zoro, Issho, and Dr. Genus decided against gaining another ability or becoming users.
• Zephyr chose the Tremor-Tremor Fruit so he could help guard The Empire while Bane and the others pursued the World-Crossing Gate.
• Garp chose Byrnndi World’s More-More Fruit, and Bane encouraged him to aim beyond the World Government’s estimate of its limits.

Bane and the others ate their new Devil Fruits and began discovering how their abilities worked. After assigning everyone tasks to develop their powers and gather intelligence, Bane prepared to keep a low profile while Fubuki recruited underlings.

• Robin, Zephyr, Garp, and Bane were surprised that their Devil Fruits tasted pleasant, while Issho insisted that Devil Fruits tasted disgusting.
• Bane fused the Soul-Soul Fruit’s power with his Dark-Dark Fruit and produced eerie green Soul Power tinged with darkness, which he compared to Fel Energy.
• Garp sensed that the More-More Fruit could strengthen his punches, while Zephyr cautiously tested the Tremor Power and Wyper discovered that the Diamond-Diamond Fruit made him feel stronger.
• Nami used the Phoenix-Phoenix Fruit’s Blue Flames to heal Wyper’s hand, and Robin combined her Kitsune-Kitsune no Mi with the Flower-Flower Fruit to transform and create a lifelike fox.
• Ain emerged from Bane’s shadow after discovering she could merge with darkness, then jokingly named herself the Shadow Assassin.
• Bane ordered everyone to lie low and practice their abilities; Robin would later investigate the World-Crossing Gate, Fubuki would find underlings, and Zoro and Issho would gather preliminary intelligence together.

Bane tested his Soul-Soul Fruit powers, discovering he could seize and alter souls as well as create Homies. After turning his Hand Cannon into Gugalanna, he wondered whether the new Homie could eat a Devil Fruit.

• Bane terrified street punks and pulled their souls from their bodies, confirming that fear let him seize Soul Power and kill them.
• Bane considered how devouring souls could strengthen him, but worried that impure souls might harm him if he consumed too many.
• Bane seized half of a bald man's soul, infused it with Darkness Power, and returned it, causing the man to go insane and kill himself.
• Bane used a fragment of his own Fel Energy soul to animate his Hand Cannon and named the Homie Heavenly Bull Gugalanna.
• Bane learned that Gugalanna could fire without ammunition and wondered whether it could eat a Devil Fruit.

Bane successfully gave Gugalanna the Impact Fruit and awakened Shindo as a Homie, then fed Shindo the Azure Dragon Fruit. Shindo gained dragon powers, and Bane discovered that the shared connection had made horns grow from his head.

• Bane fed the Impact Fruit to Gugalanna, enduring the strain on his soul until the weapon successfully gained its power.
• Bane tested Gugalanna’s shockwave, which destroyed an abandoned building, and found that he could also produce a weaker impact through their connection.
• Bane awakened Shindo with his soul power, and the sentient sword communicated that it wanted the power of Kaido’s Azure Dragon.
• Bane offered Shindo the Azure Dragon Fruit and the Pink Dragon Fruit, and Shindo chose and ate the Azure Dragon Fruit.
• Bane and Shindo’s combined will overwhelmed the fruit’s will, transforming Shindo and causing dragon-like horns to grow on Bane’s head.

Bane showed the others how his new use of the Soul-Soul Fruit and Azure Dragon Fruit let him transform into a demon-like form, then learned that the Orantok Family occupied a World-Crossing Gate in New Dar City. The group planned to take control of the family quietly and use the gate for research while keeping their own presence hidden.

• Bane returned to the inn with a changed appearance and explained that he had made his weapons into Homies that ate Devil Fruits, gaining limited powers from the Azure Dragon and Impact Fruits.
• Bane demonstrated his intimidating demon-like transformation, and the others joked about his appearance and teased Zoro with exaggerated sword techniques until Zoro threatened to cut them down.
• Issho told Bane that he and Zoro had found New Dar City, where the Orantok Family had occupied a World-Crossing Gate for about half a year.
• Bane explained that he had once lived in New Dar City and that the Orantok Family had become pioneering nobles during the Westward Expansion.
• Robin judged that the gate likely had little strategic value, and Zephyr proposed secretly taking control of the Orantok Family while letting them keep occupying it in name.

Bane and his group returned to New Dar City, exchanged gold for pesos, and settled into the Haoke Hotel. Bane briefed them on the Orantok Family’s forces and the ability-user rankings, leaving the group believing they could likely overpower the family.

• Fubuki gathered her underlings, and Bane’s group traveled by pickup truck from Fronik City to New Dar City.
• Bane reminisced about Sphinx Street and led the group to exchange gold for pesos before booking the top three floors of the Haoke Hotel.
• Garp and Zephyr inspected the hotel rooms for listening devices, then joined Bane to discuss the group’s plans and intelligence.
• Bane explained that the Orantok Family controlled New Dar City’s defense forces and might have gained powers or allies through the World-Crossing Gate.
• Bane described The Empire’s ability-user ranks and judged that New Dar City probably had no experts above B-rank.
• Garp asked whether the Orantok Family had powerful fighters, and Bane concluded that the group should be able to suppress them easily.

Bane’s group confirmed that the Orantok Family posed little threat and prepared to seize control of Orantok Manor. They set out for the manor, with Zephyr and Garp staying behind to protect Dr. Genus and prepare an evacuation plan.

• Dr. Genus reported that none of twelve Physical Enhancement users matched Bane’s unusual ability, though their abilities shared a common energy source.
• Robin and Ain returned with intelligence showing that the Orantok Family had sixty-two blood-related members and six confirmed ability users, all with the D-rank Venomous Strike ability.
• Robin reported that the family had foreign firearms and possible workers from the other side of the World-Crossing Gate, but she could not investigate the gate itself.
• Dr. Genus gave Bane a Signal Jammer, and Bane ordered the group to suppress Orantok Manor quietly and make themselves the power behind it.
• Bane assigned Zephyr and Garp to protect Dr. Genus and prepare an evacuation plan, while Issho and Zoro were to seal off the manor.
• Bane and the others drove from Haoke Hotel toward Orantok Manor in several black sedans.

Bane’s group launched a surprise attack on Orantok Manor to take control of its World-Crossing Gate, cutting power and communications as they entered. After Bane survived the mercenaries’ attacks and a grenade ambush, Baron Pizza’s detector identified him as an S-rank threat, and the baron surrendered.

• Ain used her Shadow Assassin ability to kill the six guards at the manor entrance and turn their bodies into Shadow Troops.
• Zoro disabled the manor’s surveillance cameras and lights, while Issho covered the grounds with Observation Haki and Bane’s group entered under a signal jammer.
• Baron Pizza ordered the manor’s residents to gather at the World-Crossing Gate after discovering the power and communications were down.
• Bane killed the scar-faced mercenary leader and three others, but they revived and detonated their grenades against him.
• Baron Pizza’s Energy Detector malfunctioned after registering Bane’s strength, leading the baron to recognize him as an S-rank figure and surrender.