Recaps

Sephiroth let the drunken Hina into his quarters, where she confessed that she had loved him since their days at the Military Academy. He tried to stop her from drinking more whiskey, and the chapter ended with him opening champagne that sprayed over her.

• Hina arrived at Sephiroth's quarters drunk and insisted that he drink with her.
• Sephiroth agreed, and Hina drank whiskey with him on the sofa.
• Hina confessed that she had fallen for Sephiroth at the Military Academy and declared that she still loved him.
• Sephiroth stopped Hina from pouring more whiskey and offered her champagne instead.
• Sephiroth opened the champagne bottle, and its contents splashed over Hina.

Hina woke beside Sephiroth after their drunken night together and accepted his promise to stay with her. Later, Gion ambushed Sephiroth at her villa over his relationship with Hina, then led him upstairs to punish him.

• Hina remembered getting drunk and sleeping with Sephiroth, then worried that he might think she was easy.
• Sephiroth embraced Hina and promised to stick with her, and they made up for the memories she had missed from the previous night.
• Sephiroth arrived at Gion's villa through a Spatial Gate, where Gion attacked him with Konpira.
• Gion accused Sephiroth of chasing women and finding another Marine, then pretended to sob until he comforted her.
• Gion said she would forgive Sephiroth if he accepted her punishment and ordered him to kneel in her bedroom.

After Sabo was presumed dead, Sephiroth challenged Ace’s ideas about piracy, and Ace and Luffy vowed to live on for their brother and grow stronger. Sephiroth secretly knew Dragon had rescued Sabo, then returned to Marine Base G4, where Sengoku questioned him about missing Dyna Stone and revealed that Steel Bone Kong had blocked a deeper investigation.

• Sephiroth rebuked Ace for treating piracy as an adventure, and Ace fell silent and reconsidered his dream after hearing that Sabo had died at sea.
• Dadan read Sabo’s letter to Ace and Luffy, and the boys cried before Ace promised to live without regrets and Luffy vowed to become strong enough to protect others.
• Sephiroth privately reflected that Dragon had rescued Sabo and gave Luffy a low-purity Sea-Stone Cuff to help him build his physical strength.
• Sephiroth returned to Marine Base G4 and answered Sengoku’s call, denying knowledge of the Dyna Stone stolen from three Marine warehouses.
• Sengoku said Steel Bone Kong had suppressed the matter and blocked the Five Elders from ordering a CP Organization investigation, leaving Sephiroth to wonder about Kong’s motives.

Sephiroth encountered a woman he had rescued years earlier, then secretly stole Tom’s Pluton blueprints and destroyed Spandam’s warships as they approached the judicial ship. Spandam suspected his plot had been discovered and decided to seek CP9’s help in secretly capturing Tom and his apprentices.

• Lilith thanked Sephiroth for saving her from pirates nine years earlier, and her husband gave him a cured lamb leg.
• Tom showed Iceburg and Franky the Pluton blueprints, and Iceburg agreed to safeguard them.
• Sephiroth waited until Tom, Iceburg, and Franky were asleep, then stole the blueprints from Iceburg’s drawer.
• Spandam arranged to use stolen warships to attack the judicial ship and frame Tom, Iceburg, and Franky.
• Sephiroth struck the warships with crimson lightning, destroying them before they could reach the judicial ship.
• Spandam suspected someone knew of his plan and resolved to ask his father to send CP9 to capture Tom and his apprentices.

Arlong and his crew took control of Cocoyashi Village and demanded monthly protection money from its residents. At Bell-mère’s home, she came up short on the payment, and Arlong threatened to kill one of her daughters.

• Arlong arrived in Cocoyashi Village with his crew, declared the island under his control, and demanded money from every household.
• The villagers paid the Arlong Pirates, who collected about twenty-five million Belly before Hachi spotted smoke near the orange grove.
• Bell-mère prepared a meal for Nami and Nojiko, whose family had become more comfortable after Sephiroth began buying their oranges.
• Arlong’s crew demanded two hundred thousand Beli from Bell-mère, who searched her savings while shielding Nami and Nojiko.
• Bell-mère found only one hundred ninety-two thousand Beli, so Arlong offered to kill whichever daughter she chose to give up.

Sephiroth intervened when Arlong and his pirates extorted Bell-mère and threatened her daughters, forcing the fish-men to surrender. He had the Marine 16th Branch arrest them and arranged for Arlong to receive life imprisonment instead of execution, leaving the village safe.

• Arlong demanded two hundred thousand Belly from Bell-mère and threatened to kill Nami and Nojiko if she could not pay.
• Sephiroth arrived in the orange grove, and Bell-mère told him the fish-men were extorting the village.
• Arlong stayed silent when Sephiroth confronted him, but another fish-man insulted Sephiroth and was killed with a single slash.
• Sephiroth's killing intent frightened Arlong and the others into squatting with their hands on their heads, and the villagers tied them up.
• Sephiroth contacted the Marine 16th Branch, which detained the pirates, and requested life imprisonment for Arlong instead of a death sentence.

Sephiroth was swallowed by the Rainbow Mist near Luluka Island and emerged in an unfamiliar time, where a distant call drew him toward an island. He confirmed the date as July 20th, Sea Calendar 1321, but did not yet know how far he had traveled through time.

• Sephiroth and his speedboat were pulled into the Rainbow Mist, cutting off his connection to his Bat Clone and Vampire Bats.
• Sephiroth recognized the chaotic spacetime within the mist and opened a Spatial Gate to drive his speedboat back out.
• Sephiroth emerged in a different time, found that none of his Vampire Bats could be sensed, and felt a distant call urging him onward.
• Sephiroth used Luluka Island's Eternal Pose to reach an island and hypnotized a bearded middle-aged man to ask the date.
• The bearded middle-aged man told Sephiroth that it was July 20th, Sea Calendar 1321.

Sephiroth visited an ancient church on Torrance Island and learned a legend about a demon buried beneath it. He retrieved the Vampire Fruit from a hidden chamber and left the island, wondering whether his discovery was fate or part of a story.

• Sephiroth arrived in Sleepy Hollow Town and spoke with a silver-haired priest in the ancient church.
• The priest told Sephiroth that people had buried a powerful demon on the island and built the church to suppress its lingering will.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate beneath the church floor and sent a Bat Clone into the hidden chamber.
• The Bat Clone retrieved a locked bronze box, and Sephiroth found the Vampire Fruit inside and placed it in his Personal Space.
• Sephiroth left the church, questioned whether his discovery was fate, and flew away on his Black Wings.

Sephiroth visited alchemist Mischina Asier on Elchemy Island and traded a cure for Asier’s daughter Olga for Pure Gold, its production method, and Asier’s blood. After learning Asier’s scientific knowledge and warning him to keep Pure Gold secret, Sephiroth left the island with the substance and its technical materials.

• Sephiroth found Asier at home just after Asier announced that he had created Pure Gold to save Olga.
• Sephiroth offered to cure Olga’s Southern Sea Emperor Fever in exchange for the Pure Gold, its production method, and 500cc of Asier’s blood.
• Sephiroth treated Olga with two injections, and she quickly recovered enough to eat and play.
• Asier agreed to the bargain, and Sephiroth drank his blood to access his knowledge and learn the Pure Gold technology.
• Sephiroth warned Asier that revealing Pure Gold could endanger his family, then left Elchemy Island with the Pure Gold and technical materials.

After three months of searching, Sephiroth found the Rainbow Mist and spent twenty days gathering supplies inside its alternate space while forging a new sword. He emerged in Sea Calendar 1469 onto a pirate ship whose crew were performing music, and waited for the song to end before questioning them.

• Sephiroth sensed the Rainbow Mist, entered it, and searched the alternate space for supplies while managing his need to replenish life force.
• Twenty days later, Sephiroth honed a blue-black longsword made with a broken piece of the Seven-Star Sword, which could absorb life force.
• Sephiroth sensed a ship near Luluka Island and opened a Spatial Gate out of the Rainbow Mist.
• Sephiroth appeared in the ship’s crow’s nest and found its pirates playing Bink’s Sake with remarkable musical skill.
• Sephiroth sheathed the Butcher Blade and waited for the pirates to finish before asking them questions.

Sephiroth encountered the Rumba Pirates and discovered that thirteen of them had contracted Kosola Tree Fever. He offered to cure them in exchange for Brook’s blood so he could study the Revive-Revive Fruit’s power.

• Sephiroth spotted Brook aboard the Rumba Pirates’ ship and spoke with Captain Yoki about their voyage and his illness.
• Sephiroth diagnosed Yoki with contagious Kosola Tree Fever, and the crew discovered that thirteen members were infected.
• The Rumba Pirates knelt and begged Sephiroth to save them, offering their treasure as payment.
• Sephiroth asked for Brook’s blood instead, explaining that he wanted to extract the Revive-Revive Fruit’s power for his research.

Sephiroth developed a drug that triggered the Vampire Fruit’s awakened state, but it rapidly consumed the user’s lifespan. After taking one last blood sample from Brook, he left the Rumba Pirates near the Sabaody Archipelago to seek equipment for detecting the Rainbow Mist.

• Sephiroth tested his awakening drug on a Bat Clone, which gained greatly enhanced abilities before burning through ten years of lifespan and vanishing.
• Sephiroth decided he needed more experiments to determine why the awakened state consumed life force.
• Brook told Sephiroth that the Rumba Pirates were nearing the Sabaody Archipelago, and Sephiroth asked him for one final blood sample.
• Sephiroth refused Yoki’s invitation to join the Rumba Pirates and flew away, wishing them survival on their dangerous journey.
• Yoki wondered whether the Rumba Pirates had escaped disaster, and Brook said Sephiroth’s strength was unfathomable.

Sephiroth built the Company in Sabaody Archipelago and recruited Du Feld, Dorag Pierrot, Giberson, and Umit to lead its businesses. After assigning them their duties and ordering Du Feld to fund Vegapunk’s research in exchange for the technical data, Sephiroth departed for Luluka Island.

• Dorag Pierrot killed five thugs who were extorting Du Feld and brought him to Sephiroth, who recruited him into the Company.
• Over the following months, Sephiroth fought rival underworld forces and recruited Du Feld, Dorag Pierrot, Giberson, and Umit as his subordinates.
• Sephiroth divided the Company into four businesses, assigning loans to Du Feld, assassinations to Dorag Pierrot, warehousing to Giberson, and ocean transport to Umit.
• Sephiroth showed the four men the Umbrella Corporation logo and revealed his face so they would recognize him.
• Sephiroth ordered Du Feld to fund Vegapunk’s research on Balkimoa in exchange for its technical data, then left Sabaody Archipelago for Luluka Island.

The Phoenix Pirates attacked Luluka Island to kidnap Alabasta's King Parsel, forcing Steel Bone Kong and the Marines to defend him. As Andrew pursued the retreating group, Sephiroth appeared and launched him into the sea with a Conqueror's Haki slash.

• The Phoenix Pirates bombarded Luluka Island's harbor and attacked King Parsel's escort, while Eru fought Steel Bone Kong and Andrew battled Monkey D. Garp.
• Tsuru began escorting King Parsel and the Marines away as Eru ordered Andrew to capture the king.
• Andrew defeated Garp and pursued Tsuru's group, ignoring their rifle fire as he closed in on them.
• Sephiroth emerged from a Spatial Gate and intercepted Andrew's attack on Tsuru with the Butcher Blade.
• Sephiroth struck Andrew with a Conqueror's Haki slash, cracked his diamondized body, and sent him flying into the sea.

Karl D. Sephiroth revealed his name to Tsuru and rushed to the harbor, where the Marines were losing ground to Allen and Andrew. He destroyed the pirates’ six ships and began fighting Allen, whose Phoenix flames absorbed Sephiroth’s fire dragon.

• Sephiroth told Tsuru his name was Karl D. Sephiroth and headed for the harbor after sensing Steel Bone Kong’s danger.
• Sephiroth saw Steel Bone Kong badly injured, then destroyed the six pirate ships with fire dragons from Netherflame.
• Allen attacked Sephiroth, but Sephiroth overpowered him with Haki and wounded him with Two-Sword Style: Demon Flash.
• Sephiroth sent another fire dragon at Allen, whose blue flames swallowed it and surged toward Sephiroth.

Sephiroth overcame Phoenix Allen’s healing and flight by relentlessly attacking him, then awakened the Vampire Fruit and finished him with a devastating sword technique. Allen fell into the sea with his blue flames extinguished.

• Sephiroth switched to his twin cursed blades and used a spinning sword attack to break Allen’s shockwave and wound him.
• Allen unleashed Phoenix Featherfall, but Sephiroth quickly healed from the cuts and continued pressing the attack.
• Sephiroth wore Allen down until his stamina, speed, and Haki declined, then awakened the Vampire Fruit after taking a specially developed medicine.
• Allen tried to retreat and plead for a chance to talk, but Sephiroth pursued him and struck with Fierce Dragon Sky-Breaking Slash.
• Sephiroth’s attack covered Allen in wounds, extinguished his blue flames, and sent him crashing into the sea.

After defeating Phoenix Allen, Sephiroth helped Tsuru treat the Marines wounded at Luluka Island’s harbor, taking charge of several critical operations. After working until nightfall, he left the Jasmine Hotel to relax and found Garp training despite his injuries.

• Tsuru ordered the Marines to treat the wounded and arranged to bring Steel Bone Kong and other critically injured soldiers to the Jasmine Hotel.
• Sephiroth offered to operate on Steel Bone Kong, and Tsuru entrusted Kong’s care to him.
• Sephiroth ordered three operating tables and performed simultaneous surgeries on Kong and two other critically wounded Marines, secretly using life force to stabilize them.
• Sephiroth operated for more than five hours, impressing the medical staff with his surgical skill before leaving the hotel.
• Sephiroth spotted Garp exercising with a massive boulder despite having a bandaged head.

Sephiroth taught Garp Armament Haki's Internal Destruction by beating him in a dockside sparring session, then healed his injuries with a Life Enhancement Potion. At Venus Bar, Tsuru asked about Rear Admiral Kong, and Sephiroth said Kong would wake in a few days and recover within half a month.

• Garp introduced himself to Sephiroth as a Marine Headquarters sergeant and thanked him for helping the Marines.
• Sephiroth explained Armament Haki's Internal Destruction and offered to teach Garp the technique.
• Sephiroth beat Garp for an hour while giving him combat guidance, until Garp collapsed from exhaustion.
• Sephiroth injected Garp with a Life Enhancement Potion, which quickly healed his injuries and left Garp ravenously hungry.
• At Venus Bar, Sephiroth reassured Tsuru that Rear Admiral Kong would wake in two or three days and recover almost completely within ten days to half a month.

After half a month of training on Luluka Island, Sephiroth overwhelmed Garp with a Conqueror’s Haki attack and explained how the technique worked. As Steel Bone Kong and Tsuru arrived to take Garp on a new Marine mission, Sephiroth gave Steel Bone Kong the Butcher Blade and asked him to find a suitable wielder.

• Garp challenged Sephiroth, but Sephiroth struck him with the Butcher Blade and sent him crashing into the mountainside.
• Garp recovered and asked what attack had hit him, and Sephiroth explained that he had infused Conqueror’s Haki into a shockwave.
• Steel Bone Kong and Tsuru arrived to tell Garp that Marine Headquarters had ordered them to depart on a new mission.
• Steel Bone Kong thanked Sephiroth for helping them, and Sephiroth handed him the Butcher Blade to give to someone who could wield it perfectly.
• Sephiroth told Tsuru he was a dual-blade swordsman rather than a three-sword swordsman, and Steel Bone Kong promised to find the sword a suitable wielder.

Sephiroth drank the experimental Awakening Drug and collapsed, sending his soul to the Yellow Springs. The underworld reapers discovered he was still alive and hurried to return his soul before their superiors noticed.

• Sephiroth mixed the drug made from Brook's blood, decided to test it on himself, and drank it before collapsing.
• Sephiroth's muddled soul traveled along the Underworld Road to the Stone of Three Lifetimes.
• The book-holding skeleton reviewed Sephiroth's past lives and realized he was not dead.
• The scythe-wielding skeleton admitted it had mistaken Sephiroth for a wandering ghost because of the Yellow Springs energy around him.
• The book-holding skeleton ordered the scythe-wielding skeleton to return Sephiroth's soul, and the subordinate carried it away.

After narrowly escaping the underworld, Sephiroth entered the Rainbow Mist and traveled back to Sea Calendar 1503, where he arranged his younger self’s survival, Devil Fruit, and escape into captivity. He then helped his younger self awaken Conqueror’s Haki while saving Hancock, before continuing toward the Sabaody Archipelago and wondering whether he had changed history or entered a parallel timeline.

• A skeletal reaper returned Sephiroth’s soul to his body, and he recovered memories of nearly being sent into reincarnation after using Brook’s blood.
• When his Rainbow Mist detector sounded, Sephiroth destroyed Captain Weaton’s pirate ship and entered the mist near Luluka Island.
• Sephiroth reached Sea Calendar 1503, found his younger self near death on a beach, healed him with his blood, and implanted memories from his past life.
• Sephiroth placed a Vampire Fruit beneath a tree, guided his younger self to eat it, and arranged for human traffickers to take him aboard their ship.
• Sephiroth used their shared blood to trigger his younger self’s Bat Transformation and awaken Conqueror’s Haki, saving Hancock from Captain Peter.
• Sephiroth flew toward the Sabaody Archipelago and wondered whether the Rainbow Mist had created a closed time loop or carried him into a parallel timeline.

Sephiroth reunited with four former Company members who had become kings of the Underground World and demanded their continued loyalty. After they pledged to serve him and Du Feld handed over research materials, Sephiroth ordered them not to obstruct the coming Umbrella Corporation and told them not to seek him out.

• Du Feld, Dorag Pierrot, Giberson, and Umit gathered in a Sabaody hotel room after Mr. K contacted them about Sephiroth's return.
• Sephiroth arrived and revealed a face unchanged after thirty-three years, then questioned whether the four still recognized him as their boss.
• The four declared their loyalty to Sephiroth, and Du Feld gave him research materials obtained by sponsoring Vegapunk's work.
• Sephiroth showed them the Umbrella Corporation emblem and warned them not to hinder the company's growth.
• Sephiroth told the four not to approach him unless he contacted them first, and they agreed.

Sephiroth returned to his own point in time on November 26th, Sea Calendar 1512, and traveled to Nine Serpent Island to reassure Hancock. He reunited with her in the royal palace, where Hancock summoned Sandersonia and Marigold to join them.

• Sephiroth emerged from the Rainbow Mist and confirmed with a fisherman that the date was November 26th, Sea Calendar 1512.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate and traveled to Nine Serpent Island to see Hancock.
• Hancock noticed her Vivre Card begin moving again and was relieved that Sephiroth was safe.
• Sephiroth appeared in Hancock's bedroom, and she embraced him and demanded to know where he had been.
• Hancock called for Alan to bring Sandersonia and Marigold to the bedroom.

After returning from a dangerous journey through time and space and the underworld, Sephiroth explained his disappearance to the Boa sisters and gave them rings containing Pure Gold, which could preserve their youth. Hancock chose to wear hers, worried that Sephiroth might dislike her if she grew old.

• Hancock asked Sephiroth where he had gone during the past half month, and he described his journey through the Rainbow Mist, his experimental medicine, and the Yellow Springs.
• Hancock pinched Sephiroth and told him that his dangerous adventures worried her and her sisters, and he promised the ordeal had been an accident.
• Sephiroth gave Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold silver rings containing Pure Gold and explained that wearing them would halt physical aging but also stop their bodies from growing stronger.
• Sandersonia and Hancock put on their rings, while Marigold hesitated over the trade-off between eternal youth and physical growth.
• Sephiroth explained how Haki could keep practitioners improving after their physiques peaked, and Hancock said she would keep her ring on because she feared he would dislike her when she grew old.

Black Maria and Kozuki Hiyori sparred on Angel Island, where Hiyori won and claimed her wager. After Sephiroth returned, Hiyori asked him for the Enma Blade, and he agreed on the condition that she help him with something in her room.

• Kozuki Hiyori narrowly defeated Black Maria in their daily spar and won a shoulder massage from her.
• Sephiroth returned to the villa, and Black Maria updated him on the Sky Island and the Cloud-Filling Land Creation Project.
• Kozuki Hiyori served Sephiroth and Black Maria tea while they discussed business.
• Kozuki Hiyori asked Sephiroth to give her the Enma Blade so she could practice Flying Slash, and he said she first had to cooperate with him on a task.
• Sephiroth led Kozuki Hiyori upstairs to her room, while she followed with excited expectations.