Chapter Summaries

Ye Mu and the Sky Pirates used the Color-Color Fruit, a branch of Sunlight Tree Eve, and Ye Mu’s ruby to try to grow a new Rainbow Tree. The branch took root and began absorbing Devil Fruit energy, leaving Ye Mu with the next step of using the tree to nurture two Devil Fruits anew.

• Ye Mu led the Sky Pirates to the island’s volcanic crater, where Erza and Ayala prepared Sunlight Tree Eve’s branch and the Color-Color Fruit.
• Ye Mu placed his ruby on the branch, and Ron and Gaos used their abilities to surround the items with green energy.
• The ruby melted into the branch and fruit as Ron and Gaos sensed the Devil Fruit’s energy trying to escape and guided it into the branch.
• The branch came alive with rainbow-colored light, grew roots around the Color-Color Fruit, and began taking root in the ground.
• Ye Mu recalled Lililu’s explanation that the newborn Eve Tree could nurture two Devil Fruits, though using them would temporarily cost him his abilities and leave him weak.

At the start of 1499, Kaido lamented the slow progress of his plans as the New World descended into chaos after Ye Mu killed Captain John. Queen reported that Orochi still refused to approve weapons factories and speculated that the missing Sky Pirates might be hiding in the Calm Belt using advanced ship technology.

• Kaido welcomed the new year on Onigashima with his three recently promoted Headliners: Gedra, Ira, and Karami.
• Kaido learned that Charlotte Linlin had attacked the weakened Silver Axe Pirates after John's death, and that Silver Axe and Ochoku's internal conflict had cost the crew much of its territory.
• Queen told Kaido that Orochi kept using Kozuki Oden as an excuse to reject their request to build weapons factories.
• Queen said the Sky Pirates had vanished and suggested they might be in the Calm Belt, since their ship appeared capable of crossing it.
• Kaido and King took Queen's theory seriously, and Queen warned that the Sky Pirates' possible Calm Belt technology might also threaten the Beasts Pirates.

Kaido and Queen planned to secure a Mythical Zoan as a substitute in their trade with the Sky Pirates. In Mary Geoise, Spandine received authority to hunt the Sky Pirates and orders to eliminate Roger’s unborn child, then proposed sending his son Spandam to investigate Tom.

• Queen explained that the Sky Pirates’ Calm Belt technology might depend on producing large quantities of Seastone, prompting Kaido to hurry their deal with them.
• Queen proposed trading Kurozumi Semimaru’s Barrier-Barrier Fruit and capturing a fox with a Mythical Zoan as a substitute for Orochi’s fruit; Kaido assigned Queen and Karami to the plan.
• King asked why the Marines and World Government had not captured the Sky Pirates, and Queen suggested Vegapunk was not fully serving the Government.
• The Five Elders gave Spandine a golden Den Den Mushi and authority to search the New World for the Sky Pirates and launch a Buster Call when he found them.
• Spandine told the Five Elders that suspicious pregnant women on Baterilla Island were under control, and they ordered him to ensure Roger’s child was never born.
• Spandine requested special warships to pursue the Sky Pirates, then proposed sending his son Spandam to investigate Tom of Water 7.

As the Lockhart Tribe settled into life on Wenmi Gudan Island, Ye Mu decided the Sky Pirates needed to change as they shifted toward founding a nation. He announced three divisions led by Enel, Tiger, and Eric, giving them freedom to recruit crews and form their own pirate ships.

• The Lockhart Tribe unloaded supplies and organized their new town, with enough provisions stored to last half a year.
• Tiger told Ye Mu that the group would stop making supply runs for now to avoid exposing their movements, and Ye Mu said the Sky Pirates would soon sail again.
• Enel reported that Kuromi would need another two months before she could use the Cloud-Cloud Fruit again, and Ye Mu discussed the need for scientists and the possibility of awakening Devil Fruits.
• Enel asked whether his Rumble-Rumble Fruit and the Cloud-Cloud Fruit could be planted in the Rainbow Tree, but Ye Mu said there was no way unless the fruits gained consciousness.
• Ye Mu gathered everyone and announced three Sky Pirates divisions led by Enel, Tiger, and Eric, allowing them to recruit companions and form their own ships.

Ye Mu proposed dividing his followers into three divisions so they could grow stronger while expanding and protecting their nation, then ate two Devil Fruits to reclaim his power. As the World Government pressured Tom, Ye Mu prepared to leave in three days and discovered that his restored power connected him to the Rainbow Tree.

• Ye Mu proposed that Enel, Tiger, and Eric lead separate divisions, while he and several companions remained on Wenmi Gudan Island.
• Enel, Tiger, and Eric formed their divisions with Erza, Kuromi, Ron, Kuromu, Kurota, and Kurori.
• Tiger told Ye Mu that Cipher Pol was pressuring Tom over the ship he had built for Roger, so Ye Mu decided to set out in three days.
• Ye Mu said Linlin's Lineage Factor had restored his body and prepared to reclaim his power from two Devil Fruits beneath the Rainbow Tree.
• Ye Mu ate both Devil Fruits and felt a powerful connection to the Rainbow Tree as Lililu said he had gained the true qualifications to challenge the world's gods.

At G-1 Branch, Admiral Zephyr worried that the Marines had made no progress locating the Sky Pirates, while officers discussed the chaos spreading across the New World. The Sky Pirates suddenly invaded by air, appearing above the Marine base aboard the Twin Goddesses.

• Zephyr returned to G-1 Branch to rest and resupply, troubled that the Marines had not found the Sky Pirates.
• Tsuru brought Zephyr to a New Year gathering with Marine officers, including Kuzan and Borsalino.
• Marine Rear Admiral Gasparde considered arranging an external transfer to the North Blue after being asked by a mysterious man.
• An alarm sounded, and a Marine reported that the Sky Pirates were invading G-1 Branch.
• Zephyr rushed to the plaza and saw the Sky Pirates aboard the Twin Goddesses floating above the base.

Ye Mu led the Sky Pirates to provoke the Navy at G-1 Branch, then announced that they would spread their operations beyond the New World. After escaping, the crew planned to seek out Tom and agreed to detour to Baterilla Island to rescue pregnant women imprisoned over Roger’s posthumous child.

• Ye Mu appeared above G-1 Branch and announced that the Sky Pirates would leave the New World and take their conflict with the Navy across the seas.
• Zephyr and Borsalino tried to stop the pirates, but Ye Mu opened an air door and the Twin Goddesses escaped.
• Ye Mu told the crew their provocation had drawn the Navy’s attention and asked Tiger to persuade Tom to come to their country.
• Shakky contacted Ye Mu and asked him to rescue pregnant women imprisoned on Baterilla Island because of Roger’s posthumous child.
• Ye Mu agreed to help and told the crew they would have to split up.

Baterilla Island remained under a World Government blockade as Cipher Pol searched for Roger’s bloodline by detaining pregnant women and infants. Tidas Fis and Sheriff Saranoyo Minsen tried to negotiate for the residents, but officials refused to meet them, and A-Ming nearly attacked a guard before Fis stopped her.

• The World Government’s six-month blockade left Baterilla Island’s residents struggling as agents detained more pregnant women and infants in their search for Roger’s bloodline.
• Residents gathered outside the council hall to plead for their detained family members.
• Tidas Fis and Sheriff Saranoyo Minsen arrived and promised to try to help the crowd.
• After making the pair wait in the heat for nearly half an hour, a guard said the officer would not see them.
• A-Ming swung her steel pipe at the guard, but Fis caught it and stopped her before apologizing and leaving with her.

Feis explained to A-Ming why he could not stop the World Government’s killings on Baterilla Island, then a red-haired boy confronted them for opposing the government. The boy effortlessly blocked Feis and A-Ming’s attacks, but spared them and praised A-Ming’s will to protect others.

• A man in a black suit ordered his followers to watch Feis and A-Ming and said that a fire would advance their plan that night.
• A-Ming vented her anger by striking a rock, and Feis told her that intervening in the killings could make the World Government target the island more fiercely.
• Feis demonstrated that he could cut steel and explained that his strength was only a foundation compared with powerful fighters in the Grand Line.
• A red-haired boy appeared and threatened to kill Feis and A-Ming after overhearing their opposition to the World Government.
• Feis attacked the boy and urged A-Ming to flee, but the boy caught Feis’s blade between two fingers and blocked A-Ming’s iron pipe without killing either of them.
• The boy praised A-Ming’s will to protect others as more important than strength.

Ye Mu visited Rouge on Baterilla Island, offering to rescue her and the other pregnant women and children from the World Government’s search. Rouge weighed whether to leave with him or remain and entrust herself and her unborn child to Garp, then asked Ye Mu what future he had seen for her child.

• Ye Mu entered Rouge’s home with Freya and Ayala and explained that Shakky had asked him to save the pregnant women and children on the island.
• Rouge told Ye Mu that Garp had helped her forge an identity but had been unable to take her to East Blue before the World Government arrived.
• Ye Mu explained that rescuing the women and children might intensify the blockade, while revealing that Roger’s child had been taken could end the search but bring other consequences.
• Ye Mu asked Rouge whether she would stay and entrust herself and her child to Garp or leave with him for a safe place.
• Rouge asked Ye Mu why he was helping her, and he said he felt a connection to the child in her belly and liked him.
• Rouge asked Ye Mu what he had seen about her child’s future.

Ye Mu told Portgas D. Rouge that her son Ace would become a pirate and die two years after setting sail, then offered to hide her on Sky Island. On Baterilla Island, Feis and A-Ming considered how to protect the pregnant women and babies without bringing the World Government’s wrath upon the island.

• Ye Mu told Portgas D. Rouge that her son would be named Ace, grow up with loving family, become a famous pirate, and meet his fate two years after going to sea.
• Ye Mu reassured Portgas D. Rouge that the future might change and offered to take her to Sky Island, where she chose to protect her child by hiding.
• A-Ming watched footage of the pregnant women and babies in danger and wanted to rescue them, but Feis said Ye Mu would keep them safe.
• Feis explained that most of Baterilla Island’s 1,325,523 residents might oppose a pirate’s intervention because it could provoke the World Government.
• Feis proposed that he and A-Ming bear the blame for what happened, even if it meant they could no longer stay on Baterilla Island.

Feis and A-Ming infiltrated the council hall to rescue the women and infants and expose the World Government’s plans, only to discover the building had been soaked in kerosene. As the Cipher Pol 9 officer ordered the fire started, a broadcast image appeared in the sky, revealing that someone had reached the assembly hall.

• Feis and A-Ming used a hidden underground passage to enter the council hall and found its corridors soaked with kerosene.
• A-Ming found the women and infants imprisoned in the assembly hall and shouted that she had come to save them.
• The Cipher Pol 9 officer waited aboard a warship and prepared to burn the council hall and its captives.
• A rainbow-colored image appeared in the sky, and the Cipher Pol 9 officer realized someone had infiltrated the assembly hall.
• The Cipher Pol 9 officer ordered his people to start the fire, and flames soon lit up the night sky.

Feis exposed the World Government’s plan to burn the women and children imprisoned in Baterilla Island’s assembly hall, prompting residents to attack the guards and rush to the rescue. As CP9 moved to seize the island, Marine Headquarters learned the Sky Pirates were there and sent Garp ahead to pursue them.

• World Government guards beat residents who tried to reach the burning assembly hall and sent only two people to fight the flames.
• Feis broadcast proof that the World Government had never intended to free the prisoners, turning the residents’ despair into fury.
• Flaming spears struck down the guards, and Feis urged the residents to enter the hall and save their families.
• The CP9 chief ordered his forces to take control of Baterilla Island and rushed toward its center, while a report about the island reached Marine Headquarters.
• Kong ordered Sengoku and Garp to mobilize four warships, then sent Garp ahead alone because the ships would take two days to arrive.

A-Ming and Feis helped rescue the women and children trapped in the burning assembly hall, but the survivors’ grief turned into a clash with the World Government’s CP agents. Slark admitted the World Government had targeted pregnant women to prevent Roger’s bloodline from surviving, and A-Ming rejected the order used to justify their deaths.

• A-Ming guided the trapped women and children out of the assembly hall as the flames formed a path, though some captives had already died.
• Slark ordered the CP agents to open fire on grieving islanders who attacked them, but A-Ming fought the agents and Feis cut their weapons apart.
• Slark accused Feis of disrupting his plans and explained that the CP had sacrificed the women and children to eliminate Roger’s bloodline.
• A-Ming declared that she would never accept a world order that treated pregnant women and children as sacrifices for an uncertain future.

A-Ming and Feis defied Slark’s order to kill the women and children of Baterilla Island, and Slark ordered his men to execute everyone. Just as the bullets flew, Ye Mu arrived atop a giant red flame dragon and stopped them.

• A-Ming rejected the World Government’s order and declared she would no longer serve as sheriff of Baterilla Island.
• Feis stood with A-Ming and resigned as the island’s financial officer, while the townspeople backed away from them.
• Slark ordered his men to kill everyone and decided to destroy Baterilla Island to win the Five Elders’ favor.
• Slark’s men fired at the civilians, but a giant red fireball vaporized the bullets.
• Ye Mu appeared atop the flame dragon, and Slark recognized the Sky Pirates captain in terror.

Ye Mu arrived on Baterilla Island riding a fire dragon, terrifying Slark and the CP agents. Slark tried to persuade Ye Mu to let him and his men leave, and Ye Mu considered his request.

• Ye Mu appeared above Baterilla Island on a fire dragon, leaving the CP agents and islanders stunned and afraid.
• A-Ming wondered how powerful Ye Mu was, while Slark panicked at the sight of him and accused Feis and A-Ming of bringing him there.
• Slark speculated that the Sky Pirates had a connection to Roger and that Ye Mu had come looking for Roger's child.
• Ye Mu asked the CP agents for their last words, and Slark begged to leave the island with his men.
• Ye Mu said Slark's request seemed to make some sense.

On Baterilla Island, Slark threatened the grieving survivors and revealed Ye Mu’s identity as a notorious pirate. After Maria pleaded with Ye Mu to avenge her dead infant, the islanders united in asking him for help.

• The grieving survivors moved against Slark, but he threatened to implicate Baterilla Island and its people if they attacked him.
• Feis told the survivors that he and A-Ming could no longer help them, then pointed to Ye Mu as someone who might.
• Slark revealed that Ye Mu was the 980-million-berry captain of the Sky Pirates, shocking the islanders and Feis and A-Ming.
• Maria crawled forward with her dead infant and begged Ye Mu to avenge her child, recounting how Slark’s men had denied the baby water.
• The survivors knelt and pleaded with Ye Mu to avenge their families.

Ye Mu defended Baterilla Island’s pregnant women and children, condemning the World Government’s claim to justice and announcing that the world’s order should be rewritten. He unleashed Divine Fire: Firefly against the Cipher Pol agents, whose ranks began to burn as the attack spread toward the harbor.

• Slark tried to stop the islanders from turning against Cipher Pol, but a grieving mother’s demand for revenge strengthened their resolve.
• Ye Mu revealed that Roger’s request had brought him to save the pregnant women and children, and admitted that pirates were often evil.
• Ye Mu declared that the navy and World Government could not represent justice while the Celestial Dragons and their disregard for life remained.
• Ye Mu rose into the air and announced that the world’s order should be rewritten.
• Ye Mu cast Divine Fire: Firefly, and tiny flames ignited Cipher Pol agents who touched or struck them, spreading fire across the island toward the harbor.

Ye Mu rescued the people of Baterilla Island from Cipher Pol and arranged for those seeking a new life to join his country in the New World. After seizing two warships, he prepared to head for Impel Down, where Annu and the others were waiting.

• Ye Mu left Slark to the grieving islanders and told them he would take responsibility for the incident with the Marines and World Government.
• Ye Mu offered the islanders a home in his country, and Feis and A-Ming asked to join him.
• Ye Mu instructed Feis and A-Ming to identify anyone else who wanted to leave and get everyone aboard before sunrise.
• Eric's group seized two warships at the port, and Freya reported that one had ample supplies.
• Ye Mu said the group would sail for Impel Down rather than the Red Line and meet Annu and the others at the agreed place.

Garp arrived at Baterilla Island too late to find Rouge, then stayed after the islanders begged him for protection. Meanwhile, Ye Mu’s group set off with thousands of rescued residents, and Annu’s Kuja fleet arrived to reunite with him.

• Garp found the house empty except for Rouge’s note saying everything was fine, then learned from the islanders that the World Government had planned to burn pregnant women.
• The people of Baterilla Island begged Garp to stay, so he abandoned his pursuit of the Sky Pirates; two days later, Sengoku arrived with four warships.
• Feis reported that 7,826 people, including more than 2,500 pregnant women, had boarded the Sky Pirates’ ships, and Ye Mu explained that he would leave temporarily to find a way to transport both warships across the Red Line.
• Ye Mu assigned Eric, Freya, and Ayala to protect and care for the newcomers while he was away, and Feis agreed to reassure the group.
• Annu arrived aboard a Kuja ship with Granny Nyon, eleven warriors, and the giantess Reiner, who spotted Ye Mu’s ship as a figure flew toward them.