Chapter Summaries

Sephiroth stopped Sugar from turning him into a toy, recruited her and Monet, and brought them to his villa on Angel Island. After Sugar freed those enslaved by her power, Sephiroth replenished his vitality and returned to Hanasu Island.

• Sugar tried to use her Hobby-Hobby Fruit on Sephiroth, but his Armament Haki blocked the ability.
• Sephiroth questioned Sugar and Monet, learned how they had joined the Beasts Pirates, and recruited them as his subordinates.
• Sephiroth brought Sugar and Monet to Angel Island, where Black Maria welcomed them and he checked on Yamato's Waver lessons.
• Sephiroth had Sugar lift her curse and free the people she had turned into toys.
• Sephiroth replenished his stored vitality at the livestock farm and returned to Hanasu Island.

Sephiroth killed Queen and escaped with his body aboard the G-5 Branch warship, then returned to Pollock Island. Back home, he prepared a celebratory feast and asked Uta, Perona, Isca, and Kuina what they wanted to eat.

• Frank recognized Queen’s corpse and warned Sephiroth that Kaido would retaliate for the All-Star’s death.
• Sephiroth ordered Frank to sail back to the G-5 Branch with Queen’s body, then cut off Queen’s mechanical arm and stored it in his Personal Space.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate and flew ahead toward Pollock Island while the warship headed back to the G-5 Branch.
• After returning home, Sephiroth showered and began cooking, telling Uta that something good had happened and offering to make everyone a feast.
• Uta asked for grilled flatbread, and Perona rattled off a long list of dishes before Sephiroth stopped her.

Sephiroth hosted a lavish dinner at his villa while Kuina struggled with jealousy over Isca. At the Marine G-5 Base, Kaido launched a sudden attack and devastated the base with a single barrage of wind blades.

• Sephiroth served more than twenty dishes to Perona, Isca, Uta, and Kuina, who grew jealous when she suspected Isca had become closer to him.
• Arlinsky hosted a bonfire party at Marine G-5, where rogue Marines prepared to burn captured pirates while Frank watched uneasily.
• Dark clouds gathered over the base, and Kaido appeared in the sky in his dragon form.
• Frank fled the base and called Sephiroth as the rogue soldiers scattered in fear.
• Vice Admiral William saw Kaido and prepared to contact Marine Headquarters, but Kaido's Wind Scythes destroyed the base and buried William beneath rubble.

Kaido attacked Marine G-5 Base to draw out Sephiroth, who protected the women at Hallstatt Town by sending them to Dressrosa before returning to confront him. The chapter ended as Kaido charged Sephiroth with Thunder Bagua.

• Frank called Sephiroth to report that Kaido was attacking G-5 Base, and Sephiroth created a powerful Bat Clone to fight in his place.
• Sephiroth took Perona and the other girls through a Spatial Gate to an Umbrella Corporation hotel in Dressrosa, then replenished his life force at a ranch.
• Kaido overheard Frank speaking with Sephiroth and confronted him at the ruined base, demanding to know where Sephiroth was.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate, appeared before Kaido, and admitted that he had killed Queen.
• Kaido roared and charged Sephiroth with Thunder Bagua.

Kaido attacked Marine G-5 Base and fought Sephiroth after learning he had killed Queen. Sengoku chose to withdraw the Marines rather than risk a war with Kaido, abandoning Sephiroth as the battle turned against him.

• Kaido attacked Sephiroth at the destroyed G-5 Base while Vice Admiral William watched from the rubble.
• William called Sengoku and reported Kaido's attack and his fight with Sephiroth over Queen's death.
• Sengoku considered Sephiroth's strength and wondered whether he possessed Conqueror's Haki, recalling Steel Bone Kong's warning not to force him against the Marines.
• William reported that Sephiroth had been defeated, and Sengoku ordered the remaining Marines to withdraw without confronting Kaido.
• Sengoku hung up and decided to abandon Sephiroth rather than risk starting a war with Kaido.

Kaido defeated Sephiroth’s Bat Clone on Pollock Island, while the real Sephiroth used the apparent death and broken weapons to plan his departure from the Marines without returning Butcher Blade. After Sengoku ordered a retreat, Kaido attacked Vice Admiral William, leaving him unconscious.

• Kaido overwhelmed Sephiroth with Thunder Bagua, broke his twin blades, and confirmed that his opponent appeared dead.
• At a ranch in Dressrosa, the real Sephiroth learned that Kaido had killed the Crimson Bat controlling his clone and decided to use the clone’s apparent death and broken blades as an excuse to leave the Marines without returning Butcher Blade.
• Sephiroth made the Bat Clone stop its heartbeat and mimic a corpse after Kaido struck it again.
• Vice Admiral William reported Sephiroth’s defeat to Sengoku, who ordered the Marines to retreat and avoid further conflict with Kaido.
• As William hid beneath the ruins, Kaido hit him with Heat Breath, burning him and knocking him unconscious.

Sephiroth returned from Dressrosa after Kaido defeated his decoy, then resumed their battle at the ruined G-5 Base. As the two unleashed their strongest attacks, Photo King spotted the sky splitting and hurried toward the Marine base to investigate.

• Frank fired a rocket at Kaido to avenge Sephiroth, but Kaido emerged unscathed and struck at Frank.
• Sephiroth's Demonic Sword opened a spatial gateway, allowing him to arrive from Dressrosa as his remaining Black Bats returned their life force.
• Sephiroth rebuked Frank for interfering, and Kaido transformed into a half-dragon to face him again.
• Sephiroth transformed and clashed with Kaido using Ghost Flash against Thunder Bagua, leveling the ruined Marine base and tearing open the clouds.
• At Rum Bar, Photo King saw the sky split, took a photograph, and rushed toward the Marine base to investigate the story.

While the women in Dressrosa worried over Sephiroth, Sengoku mistakenly believed he had died fighting Kaido and planned to contain the news. A call from G-5 revealed Sephiroth was alive, prompting Sengoku to order a withdrawal and send reinforcements.

• In Dressrosa, Isca, Kuina, Perona, and Uta worried about Sephiroth, and Uta's song eventually lulled them to sleep.
• Sengoku told Zephyr and Tsuru that Sephiroth had died in action after Kaido attacked Marine G-5, and Zephyr reacted with shock.
• Tsuru questioned the report, but Sengoku recounted Vice Admiral William's account and proposed downplaying Sephiroth's death.
• Major Frank called to report that Sephiroth was fighting Kaido and had used a clone to deceive him, while William was unconscious from severe burns.
• Sengoku ordered the G-5 soldiers to withdraw to G-1 and announced that Kizaru, Momonga, and Aokiji would be sent as reinforcements.

Sephiroth fought Kaido at the ruins of the Marine G-5 Base, learned to use Conqueror's Haki Infusion defensively, and continued battling at a disadvantage. Photo King reported the fight to Morgans, who decided to make it the World Economic Journal's front-page headline.

• Kaido used Thunder Bagua to smash Sephiroth into a mountain, but Sephiroth recovered with the Vampire Fruit's Super-Speed Regeneration.
• Sephiroth realized he could combine Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki to strengthen his defense as well as his attacks.
• Kaido offered Sephiroth a place in his crew, but Sephiroth invited Kaido to join his instead, and they resumed fighting.
• Kaido used Flame Clouds and future-sight Observation Haki to exploit Sephiroth's disadvantage in aerial combat and repeatedly injure him.
• Photo King fled toward Hallstatt Town and called Morgans, who chose Kaido's battle with the young Marine as the next day's front-page headline.

Perona, Kuina, Isca, and Uta waited anxiously for Sephiroth, then met Scarlett while sightseeing in Dressrosa. Violet arrived with alarming news about Sephiroth, and the women discovered their shared connection to him, leaving Scarlett asking about his other relationships.

• Perona called Sephiroth, but he did not answer, so the girls went sightseeing after breakfast.
• Gan Qiao gave Scarlett a Beetle Fruit collected by the Tontatta Tribe, and she accepted it.
• Perona, Kuina, Isca, and Uta met Scarlett in the Sunflower Field and joined her for tea.
• Violet rushed over with a newspaper and began to tell Scarlett that something had happened to Sephiroth.
• Scarlett and the four girls realized they all knew Sephiroth, and they described their relationships with him.
• Scarlett acknowledged that she was part of Sephiroth's harem and asked the girls how many women he had.

Sephiroth and Kaido continued their exhausting battle across the ruined Pollock Island, with Sephiroth concealing his strength until he could land a powerful surprise attack. Kaido survived the blow and tried to drink in the Rum Bar, where Sephiroth set his alcohol ablaze, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Sephiroth and Kaido fought through the flames and ruins of Pollock Island after the townspeople had fled.
• Kaido used the smoke to attack Sephiroth with Thunder Bagua, but Sephiroth revealed that he had preserved his strength and struck first with four Haki slashes.
• Kaido crashed into the Rum Bar with a deep wound across his chest, then stood up and acknowledged that he had been caught off guard.
• Sephiroth realized Kaido’s powerful Haki and rapid healing made him difficult to defeat, though he expected the prolonged fight to favor him.
• Kaido tried to drink from a barrel, but Sephiroth blew it up with a flaming slash and joked that he had meant to warm it.

Sephiroth escaped his battle with Kaido after King arrived, then returned to Dressrosa and considered how to defeat Kaido. His private meal was interrupted when Perona and the others came back and caught him.

• Sephiroth fought Kaido in Hallstatt Town and burned the bar’s liquor to stop Kaido from drinking.
• King arrived, making Sephiroth fear an ambush, so Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate and escaped; Kaido and King eventually left Pollock Island.
• Marines arrived hours later to find Pollock Island and Hallstatt Town devastated, with Kaido and Sephiroth gone.
• Sephiroth returned to the Red Rose Hotel in Dressrosa, ordered food and wine, and reflected that defeating Kaido safely might require teaming up against him.
• Perona, Isca, Kuina, Uta, Violet, and Scarlett entered the suite while Sephiroth was eating, surprising him.

After returning to Dressrosa, Sephiroth reassured his companions and contacted Hancock, Black Maria, Shyarly, and Gion after his battle with Kaido made the news. He planned a long journey with the women and decided to report the incident to Sengoku, while Scarlett remained angry with him.

• Sephiroth returned to the Red Rose Hotel, where Perona, Isca, Kuina, and Uta welcomed him, and he admitted that his fight with Kaido had ended in a draw.
• Violet showed Sephiroth a newspaper report about the battle, while Scarlett left without speaking to him, concealing her anger.
• Sephiroth called Hancock, explained the fight and the Beasts Pirates' strength, and said he wanted everyone to prepare for a long journey; he also called Black Maria and Shyarly to reassure them.
• Sephiroth called Gion, but Perona's offer to scrub his back convinced Gion he was with another woman, and she hung up on him.
• Sephiroth decided to call Sengoku and report the previous night's events.

Sengoku learned from Sephiroth that he had escaped Pollock Island after fighting Kaido and King through the night, and ordered him to return to Marine Headquarters within a week. Sephiroth then joined Perona, Violet, Kuina, Isca, and Uta in the bath.

• Sengoku reviewed the World Government's orders to apologize to the Prodence Kingdom, compensate it, and limit the fallout from the Pollock Island incident.
• Sephiroth called Sengoku and reported that King had arrived while he fought Kaido, forcing him to retreat from Pollock Island to recover.
• Sengoku told Sephiroth to return to Marine Headquarters within a week.
• Sephiroth found Perona, Violet, Kuina, Isca, and Uta bathing in the hotel's large bath, and Kuina invited him to join them.

Scarlett confronted Sephiroth over his years of deception but was drawn back into his arms, while Shyarly warned him that Fisher Tiger had died after the Marines captured him. When Shyarly divined Sephiroth’s future again, she saw something that made her furious and drove him out.

• Scarlett learned she had been the other woman and resented Sephiroth for deceiving her, but he entered her bedroom and refused to leave.
• Sephiroth apologized and confessed his love, and Scarlett’s anger gave way to tears before he kissed her.
• The next morning, Scarlett struck Sephiroth with a pillow, but he sweet-talked her and wore down her resolve again.
• At Shyarly’s home on Fish-Man Island, Sephiroth learned from a newspaper that Fisher Tiger had died after being captured by the Marines and denied a blood transfusion.
• Sephiroth asked Shyarly to divine his future again, and she saw something in the crystal ball that enraged her and made her order him out.

At Marine Headquarters, Sephiroth negotiated with Sengoku after his clash with Kaido and the resulting complaint from Prodence Kingdom. He agreed to remain in the Marines, accepting a transfer to the East Blue 16th Branch and three months of leave.

• Sephiroth waited outside Sengoku's office while Sengoku and Akainu argued over the Marines' response to Kaido.
• Sengoku warned Sephiroth that Prodence Kingdom had complained and said he had prevented Sephiroth from being sent to Impel Down.
• Sephiroth demanded permission to leave the Marines, arguing that the Marines' restrictions kept him from avenging his father's death by fighting Kaido.
• Sengoku promised that the Marines would eventually take action against Kaido, and Sephiroth agreed to stay for the time being.
• Sengoku transferred Sephiroth to command the East Blue 16th Branch while keeping his rank unchanged.
• Sephiroth requested and received three months of leave after Sengoku warned him not to cause more trouble.

Sephiroth brought Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold to Sky Island, where Hancock toured the restored city of Shandora. Their outing turned awkward when Yamato and Kozuki Hiyori approached and Hiyori clung to Sephiroth, prompting Hancock to demand that he explain who she was to him.

• Sephiroth arrived at the shrine with Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold, and Launch and Conis were captivated by Hancock.
• Hancock teased Sephiroth about finding her younger sisters, then pinched him and accused him of flirting with too many women.
• Sephiroth left the shrine with the three women and showed Hancock the restored city of Shandora.
• Yamato ran up to Sephiroth with grilled meat and invited him to ride Wavers, while Kozuki Hiyori approached behind her.
• Kozuki Hiyori wrapped herself around Sephiroth's arm, and Hancock asked him to say who she was to him.

Sephiroth showed Hancock, Yamato, Hiyori, and the Boa sisters the completed Interstellar Ark, which was equipped for space travel and powered by Marigold’s lightning. After declaring Hancock his principal wife in front of the women at the villa, he departed with Hancock, the Boa sisters, and Yamato aboard the Ark, leaving the Sky Islands behind.

• Sephiroth introduced the six-year, thirty-billion-Belly Interstellar Ark and explained how Marigold’s lightning powered it.
• Marigold tested the Ark’s golden helmet and expanded her Observation Haki’s range tenfold.
• Sephiroth agreed to take Yamato to the moon but refused Hiyori because she could not survive the journey.
• At the villa, Sephiroth introduced Hancock as Big Sister, and Black Maria served her tea obediently.
• After Yamato packed and Marigold charged the Ark, Sephiroth and his companions launched it from the Sky Islands.

Sephiroth intercepted a spaceship crewed by space pirates and learned they had discovered an ancient city on the moon. After easily defeating the crew, he fed on Charl to extract memories about controlling the ship, while Captain Nick prepared a sneak attack.

• Marigold detected a spaceship leaving the moon and steered the Interstellar Ark after it.
• Sephiroth opened a spatial doorway into the spaceship’s cockpit, where Captain Nick and five other space pirates discussed robbing an ancient city’s ruins.
• The six pirates aimed their weapons at Sephiroth, but he struck them down in a flash and asked how to control the ship.
• Sephiroth grabbed Charl and drank his blood, using his memories and hypnosis to learn what he wanted.
• Captain Nick watched Sephiroth and quietly reached for his cannon tube to attack him.

Sephiroth seized a spacecraft, learned its systems by drinking the crew’s blood, and brought it to the Interstellar Ark. After discovering that Dyna Stone powered interstellar travel, he planned to acquire it and develop spacecraft technology for Umbrella Corporation.

• Sephiroth knocked out the spacecraft crew with Conqueror’s Haki, drained Charl and the mechanic to learn their memories, then piloted the ship toward the Interstellar Ark.
• Sephiroth decided the surviving space pirates were too dangerous to recruit, killed them, and threw their corpses into space.
• Sephiroth landed the spacecraft on the Interstellar Ark, where Yamato and the Boa sisters explored it with him.
• Sephiroth explained that Dyna Stone could cause enormous explosions when exposed to air and that the spacecraft used it as fuel.
• Sephiroth resolved to collect Birka’s technological legacy in Moonlight City, then have Umbrella Corporation research spacecraft technology and seek Dyna Stone on Jewel Island.