Chapter Summaries

Nami realized the Millennium Dragons had returned to Dragon Island for a gathering that occurred only once every thousand years. Little Loli feared Grandpa Dragon was dead, but Naruto pointed to a glowing egg and explained that Long Yiye was alive and would hatch again.

• Nami recognized the emerging island as Dragon Island and explained that the Millennium Dragons returned there once every thousand years.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki questioned Naruto about what he knew, and Naruto answered with a grin.
• Little Loli ran to Grandpa Dragon, called to him repeatedly, and received no response.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki warned that Grandpa Dragon might die, and Little Loli cried and accused him of lying about coming back to life.
• Naruto pointed to the glowing dragon egg and told Little Loli that Long Yiye was alive and would emerge from a new shell.

Naruto persuaded Little Loli to accept that Grandpa Dragon lived on in her heart, and the group left Dragon Island without taking its Dragon Bones. The fat man then woke and smugly claimed he had outsmarted them.

• Little Loli admitted she had acted rashly and decided to remember Grandpa Dragon as living in her heart.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki urged Naruto to take the Dragon Bones, but Naruto dismissed them as unreliable traps.
• Naruto questioned whether Grandpa Dragon’s supposed immortality and the Dragon Bones could be real, and the group turned to leave.
• The fat man woke as the group departed and sneered that he had come out ahead.

Erik tried to recruit Luffy and the others to capture Millennium Dragons and sell them, but Luffy refused. Erik accused Luffy of secretly wanting the money while Luffy stopped taking him seriously.

• Erik interrupted the fat man's pitch about capturing Millennium Dragons to make an elixir of immortality and slashed at him.
• Erik announced that the area held flocks of Millennium Dragons and valuable bones, while Nami warned that petrified dragons could not be made into medicine.
• Erik told Luffy he wanted to sell the young dragons and offered to split the money, but Luffy bluntly refused.
• Erik accused Luffy of pretending not to want the money, while Luffy found Erik's reasoning amusing.

Naruto stopped Erik from attacking Little Loli, then let Luffy handle him. Luffy shrugged off Erik’s scythe and counterattacked, leaving Erik close to defeat.

• Naruto appeared beside Little Loli and erased Erik’s attack, warning him not to hurt her again.
• Naruto told Luffy and the others to deal with Erik, and Luffy stepped forward to fight him.
• Erik struck Luffy repeatedly with his scythe, but Luffy felt no pain and remained unharmed.
• Luffy grabbed Erik, headbutted him, and hurled him away, leaving him covered in marks and nearly defeated.

Naruto and his group offered to take Little Loli away from Dragon Island, but she chose to stay and watch over Grandpa Dragon as the island prepared to sink. The group left without her, and Naruto said he might return for her later.

• Little Loli explained that Dragon Island would soon fall dormant and that its dragon eggs might need to grow elsewhere.
• Naruto offered to take Little Loli with the group, but she refused because she wanted to protect Grandpa Dragon and the island.
• Naruto reassured Little Loli that he did not blame her for staying.
• Luffy urged the group to leave, and they departed without Little Loli.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki asked Naruto why he had not brought Little Loli along, and he said she was too young but he might return for her someday.

Little Loli chose to stay on Dragon Island to protect it, while the others approached an ominous bank of dark clouds near the Red Line. Nami suspected the entrance lay at a volcanic crater, leaving Sanji stunned.

• Little Loli told the old man she would stay on Dragon Island because she had found her purpose and wanted to protect it.
• A vast bank of dark clouds appeared over the sea, chilling and unsettling everyone.
• Nami studied her chart and wondered why they could not see the Red Line despite being near it.
• Nami gathered everyone and said the entrance should be at a volcanic crater according to reports and the nautical chart.
• Sanji reacted with disbelief when he heard Nami's conclusion.

Nami, Naruto, Zoro, and Sanji approached Reverse Mountain, where currents from the four seas were supposed to carry their ship toward the Eternal Continent. As the ship was pulled toward the mountain, Nami was asked to find the canal entrance before they crashed.

• Nami explained that the chart showed their route going over a mountain and admitted she had never encountered anything like it.
• Naruto suggested that currents from the four seas might converge at the summit and carry the ship to the Eternal Continent.
• Nami agreed but warned that missing the canal would send the ship crashing into Huo Yan and kill them all.
• The crew reached the red, seemingly impassable mountain and were pulled toward it by a powerful whirlpool.
• The crew asked Nami where the entrance was, and she looked delightedly surprised.

The crew struggled to steer their ship through a narrow entrance amid violent currents, while Glasses Man blocked their way from a bridge. Nami spotted a Dragon Bone and kicked Franky away when he turned to look at it.

• Naruto and Luffy braced the ship against the wall as it surged upward along the cliff face.
• Glasses Man appeared on the bridge and taunted the crew, who held back from fighting to avoid damaging the ship or changing its course.
• Nami spotted a Dragon Bone behind her and drew Franky's attention to it.
• When Franky turned to look, Nami kicked him and sent him flying.

The ship rode a bizarre vertical current through the clouds and plunged toward a giant whale blocking its path. Luffy’s attempt to solve the danger failed, and he punched the whale in the eye as the others looked on in disbelief.

• The ship shot up a vertical current and then fell toward the sea, leaving everyone aboard bewildered.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki predicted disaster, and a giant whale appeared ahead of the ship.
• Luffy fired a cannonball at the whale, but it failed to pierce its skin and made the danger worse.
• The crew paddled with the sails and carefully scraped past the whale.
• Luffy punched the whale in the eye, leaving the crew exasperated and Naruto surprised.

After the whale swallowed their ship, Naruto and Luffy ended up outside while their friends discovered an island and a house inside it. An old man killed a giant squid with one blow and confronted the crew, leaving Zoro and Sanji wary of what he would do next.

• The whale swallowed the ship, and Naruto and Luffy escaped onto its back.
• Luffy worried that the whale had swallowed all their friends, while Naruto suspected the creature was not an ordinary whale.
• The swallowed crew found a house and a small island inside the whale.
• A giant squid appeared, but an old man struck it down with one hand.
• Sanji and Zoro confronted the silent old man, who warned that someone could die and demanded they give their names first.

Zoro and the others met the lighthouse keeper inside the whale, who revealed a huge locked door leading out to the sea. As the whale rammed the Red Line, the group realized the old man might be trying to kill it, while two newcomers plotted to stop him.

• The lighthouse keeper told Zoro and the others that the exit was a giant door rising from the sea, marked with the number 963.
• Nami realized the whale was ramming its head into the Red Line because of its pain and suspected the old man wanted to kill it.
• The old man jumped into the sea and began swimming, prompting the others to wonder why the water did not harm him.
• A man and a woman said they had sneaked in to find the old man and take him out for the whale's sake.
• The old man climbed rapidly toward the giant door as the man and woman waited anxiously at the entrance.

Naruto and the others discussed the enormous sea wall while Luffy charged into it and caused chaos. The old man warned that the wall separating the world’s oceans could not be broken, as Luffy and the others secured two captives.

• Naruto told the others not to rush into dealing with the enormous object and said he wanted to see what results it could produce.
• Luffy rammed into two people, sent them flying, and charged toward the stretch of sea.
• The collision sent people tumbling into the water, while the old man ran above and disappeared.
• The old man entered a quiet room and injected someone with a needle while telling them to settle down.
• The old man said the wall separated the world’s oceans and could not be broken, no matter how hard someone rammed it.
• Luffy and the others bound a man and a woman, who were left confused and regretful.

An old man tried to protect Laboon from a man and woman who planned to blast into the whale and kill him. Luffy knocked the pair unconscious with two punches, leaving the old man and Laboon safe for the moment.

• The old man confronted the man and woman and warned them not to hurt Laboon.
• The man and woman refused to leave and fired a cannonball at Laboon.
• The old man leaped in front of the cannonball and was seriously injured.
• Luffy rose and knocked both attackers flat with two punches.
• Luffy said he could not explain why the pair made him want to beat them senseless.

Luffy rescued an old man who explained that local thugs wanted to capture Laboon for food. The old man revealed that Laboon had spent fifty years waiting for pirates who promised to return, and Nami understood why the injured whale kept trying to cross the Red Line.

• Luffy pulled the old man from the sea and carried him to the hut.
• The old man explained that thugs from a nearby village wanted to catch Laboon and eat him.
• The old man said Laboon was an intelligent whale with human emotions who kept ramming the Red Line.
• The old man recalled that pirates had left Laboon in the West Blue and promised to return in three years.
• The old man said fifty years had passed since the pirates left, and Nami realized Laboon was trying to find them.

Luffy and the others escaped from Laboon's belly and learned why the whale had been hurting himself. Luffy made a promise to return and settle their fight after sailing around the Grand Line.

• The group sailed out of Laboon's belly as the woman and man aboard the ship pretended to remain unconscious.
• The old man explained that Laboon was stranded far from his home in the West Blue and had been slamming into the wall, worsening the wounds on his head.
• Luffy charged onto Laboon's head and thrust his fishing rod into a wound, provoking the whale into another clash.
• Luffy called their fight a draw and promised that he and his friends would return after sailing around the Grand Line.
• Laboon wept and roared, moved by Luffy's promise.

Luffy marked the man’s forehead with the ship’s emblem as a promise, while the man and woman realized they had lost their Log Pose. A bomb then exploded near the ship, and the crew found their compass spinning uselessly amid a chaotic magnetic field, leaving them stranded without a clear direction.

• Luffy slapped the ship’s emblem onto the man’s forehead and told him to keep it there until they returned.
• The man and woman vanished, then discovered the man had lost his Log Pose and saw that Luffy was holding it.
• A man riding a bird dropped a bomb, which exploded in a mushroom cloud near the ship.
• Nami found that the compass needle was spinning wildly, and the old man blamed the magnetic field.
• The bomb nearly capsized the ship, but no one was hurt.

The old man warned Nami that the magnetic field made ordinary compasses unreliable and that sailing without direction was dangerous. He told her they needed a special compass called a Log Pose and began explaining how it worked.

• The old man explained that the magnetic field stopped ordinary compasses from working properly.
• Nami worried that the crew would be lost at sea and asked the old man what they could do.
• The old man said they needed a Log Pose to sail those waters.
• The old man began explaining that a Log Pose was a special compass that recorded magnetism.
• Luffy continued eating nearby.

Luffy showed an old man a compass he had picked up on the ship, and the man said it was essential for navigating the Grand Line. Nami inspected the unmarked compass but could find no clues about how it worked.

• Luffy revealed the compass he had picked up on the ship, and the old man confirmed it was the item they needed.
• The old man said they would get lost on the Grand Line without the compass.
• Nami questioned Luffy for keeping the compass secret and acting without regard for her as navigator.
• Luffy insisted he had only picked the compass up on the ship and complained that he had been beaten for nothing.
• Nami examined the compass, found no markings or distinctive features, and wanted to toss it back to Luffy.

The old man explained how the Grand Line’s seven magnetic routes used Log Poses and eventually led to Laugh Tale, leaving Naruto resigned to the difficult journey ahead. Kaguya Ōtsutsuki urged them to move quickly, and Laboon brought two figures onto the deck.

• The old man explained that Log Poses recorded island magnetism and that travelers had to follow one of seven routes toward Laugh Tale.
• Naruto silently lamented the troublesome navigation and resigned himself to continuing the journey he had agreed to.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki noted that Naruto did not truly feel resentful and insisted they move as soon as possible.
• Laboon brought a man and a woman onto the deck.

Sweetheart and her companion asked Sanji’s group to take them to Whiskey Peak after their ship was wrecked and their compass ended up in the group’s hands. Luffy admitted he had never heard of the place and asked them for more information before deciding whether to help.

• Sweetheart politely told Sanji that she and her companion meant no harm and needed a favor.
• Sanji led them to the others and said the group would decide whether to help them.
• The man asked the group to take him to Whiskey Peak, explaining that their ship was wrecked and their compass was now in their hands.
• Luffy said he had never heard of Whiskey Peak and asked where it was and why they wanted to go there.