Recaps

Sephiroth demonstrated his Conqueror’s Haki to Hajrudin, then asked to meet Loki, the prisoner in Elbaf’s Underworld. Jarul agreed to let Sephiroth visit under escort, with Hajrudin, Dorry, and Brogy accompanying him.

• Sephiroth concentrated his Conqueror’s Haki on Hajrudin, who endured the pressure and took a step forward before Sephiroth withdrew it.
• Gaban questioned where Sephiroth came from, while the gathered Giants discussed mixed-blood races and Jarul’s preferences.
• After several hours of feasting, Sephiroth asked Jarul to take him to the person imprisoned deep in the Underworld.
• The Giants warned Sephiroth that Loki was a cursed criminal who had caused disasters and murdered his father, Harald.
• Sephiroth said he would not release Loki and invited the Giants to accompany him; Jarul assigned Hajrudin, Dorry, and Brogy to escort him.

Sephiroth led the Giants into the Underworld to meet Loki, using his overwhelming Haki to subdue the Mountain Lords and then challenging Loki’s beliefs about strength, peace, and the Sun God. He revealed that the Celestial Dragons had been involved in Harald’s death and warned that the God's Knights would come for Loki within three years, ending by naming dialectics as his second Dragon-Slaying Sword.

• Hajrudin led Sephiroth’s group down into the Underworld, where Sephiroth sensed Mountain Lords gathering to attack them.
• Sephiroth unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, frightening the Mountain Lords into retreat and astonishing Hajrudin and the others.
• The group reached Loki’s chains, and Loki mocked Hajrudin before Sephiroth began questioning Loki’s beliefs and his admiration for Rocks.
• Sephiroth argued that strength and peace were not contradictory, and urged Loki to form his own ideals rather than follow someone else’s path.
• Sephiroth told Loki that the Celestial Dragons had been involved in Harald’s death and that the God's Knights would come for him within three years.
• Sephiroth named dialectics as his second Dragon-Slaying Sword.

Sephiroth used dialectics to help Loki, Hajrudin, and the others reconsider Elbaf’s peace, strength, and future. He refused to invite Loki aboard his ship, instead urging Elbaf to think for itself and become one of humanity’s shining stars.

• Sephiroth affirmed that Loki and Hajrudin had each been right from different perspectives, and argued that Elbaf needed strength to protect peace.
• Sephiroth introduced dialectics as a way to examine problems from multiple perspectives, prompting the others to reconsider their assumptions.
• Loki asked whether Harald or Rocks had been more right, and Sephiroth said Rocks had been more right about the principal contradictions while Harald had been more right about how things develop.
• Loki asked whether Harald and Rocks could have defeated the World Government together, but Sephiroth urged him to reach his own conclusion.
• Sephiroth told Hajrudin that Elbaf must decide together whether to release Loki, and told Loki he would accept him if he chose to join but would not invite him.
• Sephiroth said he wanted a world where many ideas contended and hoped Elbaf would become one of humanity’s shining stars.

The New Giant Warrior Pirates discussed Sephiroth’s influence on Elbaf, including the elders’ possible decision to release Loki and the return of warrior training. Gerd asked Ripley for advice about pursuing Sephiroth, while Gaban arrived intending to propose to Ripley and was caught out about Colon.

• At Madow's tavern, Hajrudin struggled to accept the elders’ consideration of releasing Loki, while Stansen and Gerd argued that Elbaf needed strength.
• Ripley told the Giants that Sephiroth had exposed how Elbaf had overcorrected toward peace, and Hajrudin revealed that the elders had invited Captain Redding to restore warrior training.
• Gerd asked Ripley how she and Uncle Ashan had fallen in love, and Ripley advised her to look beyond Sephiroth’s impressive exterior and consider his true nature.
• Gaban appeared and announced that he planned to propose to Ripley, then Ripley asked whether Colon had been with him, leaving Gaban speechless.

Sephiroth discussed Babylon’s plans for Elbaf and the possible ancient Giants on Punk Hazard while Bondrewd’s upgraded Praying Hands expanded his forces. Three days later, Drake attended a meeting at Sky Island X, where Bondrewd announced that Golden Lion Shiki was the topic.

• Melise woke Sephiroth and told him that Robin was showing Saul around Babylon’s public library and that Colon was being doted on by mermaids.
• Melise warned Sephiroth that Colon might have come aboard without his mother’s permission, and Sephiroth realized Gaban could face trouble over it.
• Sephiroth planned to discuss Elbaf’s diplomatic work with Reiju and Galette and considered whether to investigate the ancient Giants frozen on Punk Hazard.
• Bondrewd used enhanced cloning and Judge’s technology to upgrade the Praying Hands, giving his organization a new supply of Captain-level fighters.
• Drake arrived at Sky Island X and joined Apoo, Hawkins, and Urouge for Bondrewd’s meeting.
• Bondrewd began the meeting by announcing that they would discuss Golden Lion Shiki.

Sephiroth arrived at Island X as Bondrewd and briefed his inner circle on the Navy’s search for Golden Lion Shiki and the floating island where he had been hiding. Bondrewd claimed he hoped to negotiate peacefully, while Drake realized he needed to warn the Navy before Bondrewd could ally with Shiki.

• Sephiroth used Island X’s secret control center to synchronize reports, then met Caesar and checked on his research into artificial Celestial Dragons.
• Bondrewd met with Caesar, Apoo, Hawkins, Urouge, and Drake, while Caesar worried that the newcomers were being trusted with dangerous secrets.
• Bondrewd presented intelligence showing that the Navy and Cipher Pol were searching for Golden Lion Shiki, whose airborne base was the island of Merveille.
• Caesar explained that Shiki and the biologist Indigo had used IQ extracts to mutate Merveille’s beasts and enslave its inhabitants.
• Bondrewd said he hoped to resolve matters peacefully, but Drake feared he planned to join forces with Shiki and resolved to report the intelligence.

Shiki and Indigo investigated why the World Government had begun identifying the Flying Pirates and decided to watch for a spy while continuing their plans. At Strong World, the undercover Blade Unit agents Grus and Kujaku arrived as the Long-Brimmed Hat Pirates, where a gathering of subordinate captains raised their suspicions.

• Shiki questioned Indigo about the Navy and Cipher Pol intensifying their pursuit of his subordinate crews, and Indigo suggested a spy or other hidden source might be responsible.
• Indigo told Shiki that a subordinate East Blue crew had been wiped out by Cipher Pol four months earlier, but the World Government had concealed the details.
• Shiki ordered Indigo to monitor the organization secretly, keep gathering subordinate crews at Strong World, and proceed with the plan as usual.
• Navigator squad contacted Shiki and asked him to lift the Long-Brimmed Hat Pirates' ship from its meeting point in the sea.
• Grus and Kujaku, undercover Blade Unit agents, arrived at Strong World's port and noticed that many subordinate captains had gathered there.
• Grus questioned a headquarters man about the busy port, learned that returning captains had been ordered to stay, and Kujaku secretly sent a report from the cabin.

Grus and Kujaku observed the Golden Lion’s gathered pirate captains as Bondrewd’s emissary arrived with Drake and Urouge to discuss cooperation with Shiki. Meanwhile, Akainu led an aerial Marine force toward Shiki’s floating islands, setting the stage for a confrontation.

• Grus and Kujaku learned from Blood Saw that the Golden Lion had gathered his forces and that SIQ’s mutated wildlife made the island dangerous and difficult to supply.
• Kujaku questioned a local waitress about life under the Flying Pirates, but an arrival at the hall drew everyone’s attention.
• Grus and Kujaku recognized Drake and Urouge accompanying a Praying Hands emissary, who went to meet Shiki and offered to discuss cooperation on Bondrewd’s behalf.
• Shiki questioned the emissary about Bondrewd’s absence and asked what kind of cooperation he sought.
• Akainu led four Vice Admirals and nine Marine Skyships toward the Golden Lion’s floating islands, expecting to reach them in two hours.

Shiki received Bondrewd’s envoy Fick, along with Drake and Urouge, but the meeting was cut short when a Marine fleet arrived at his floating islands. Shiki wrecked most of the fleet, and Sakazuki led the surviving officers in pursuit as Marine troops descended onto the island.

• Shiki met Fick, Drake, and Urouge in his throne room and discussed possible cooperation with Bondrewd.
• A crewman reported that Marine airships had caught up with the floating islands, and Shiki ordered an investigation into possible spies before taking off to confront them.
• The Justice and its airship formation attacked Shiki, who evaded Sakazuki and four Vice Admirals and broke through their blockade.
• Shiki used his sword slashes and Float-Float Fruit powers to destroy or disable the Marine airships, scattering their soldiers across the Main Island.
• Sakazuki ordered the surviving officers to pursue Shiki and take him down first.

The Marines crash-landed on the Golden Lion’s island and fought their way toward his royal city, where Penn learned of the villagers’ suffering and risked being poisoned to rescue stranded soldiers. Inside the palace, Grus and Kujaku’s cover was blown, and Kizaru’s arrival revealed that the Praying Hand Fick was Sephiroth, allowing Bondrewd to appear through his body.

• Shalinger rescued a Marine soldier from a giant sabertooth tiger and rallied scattered troops as they encountered the island’s monstrous wildlife.
• Penn questioned the villagers of Merveille, learned that the Golden Lion had enslaved their able-bodied people, and promised to rescue them.
• Penn freed Marines trapped in the poisonous wild green trees without cutting them down, then left the weakened soldiers in the villagers’ care and continued toward the castle.
• Indigo tried to shackle the suspected captains, so Grus and Kujaku revealed themselves as Marines and fought their way out of the Central Hall.
• Drake, Urouge, and the disguised Fick confronted Grus and Kujaku, but Kizaru arrived and sent Drake and Urouge flying.
• Kizaru cornered Indigo and Fick, who revealed himself as Sephiroth before Bondrewd took over his body and confronted the Admiral.

Bondrewd and Kizaru fought through the Golden Lion’s royal city, with Bondrewd matching and countering Kizaru’s light-based attacks. As Sakazuki and the Vice Admirals struggled against the Golden Lion above Main Island, a blazing Simulated Flame Emperor rose from the royal city, revealing Bondrewd’s presence.

• Kizaru attacked Bondrewd, but Bondrewd evaded him with optical camouflage and electromagnetic interference before countering with his weapons and copied laser abilities.
• Bondrewd and Kizaru clashed with light swords, and Bondrewd deflected Kizaru’s barrage with a polarized Coulomb force barrier.
• Kizaru identified that Bondrewd’s invisibility relied on controlling light and unleashed Yasakani no Magatama across the hall.
• The Golden Lion used seawater, flying blades, and massive earth and ice attacks to keep Sakazuki and the Vice Admirals on the defensive.
• The Golden Lion struck Onigumo and trapped Bastille in a blizzard, forcing Yamakaji and Strawberry to break away to rescue them.
• Kizaru’s Yasakani no Magatama lit the sky above the royal city, and a Simulated Flame Emperor rose there as Sakazuki recognized Bondrewd.

Drake escaped Kujaku while Grus secretly recorded Bondrewd's fight with Kizaru, and Marines advanced through the royal city. The God's Knights arrived to keep Bondrewd occupied, but he revealed a saber carrying a Conqueror's Haki signature identical to Shamrock's.

• Drake and Kujaku exchanged blows to preserve their cover, then Drake escaped and Kujaku gave Grus a special Visual Den Den Mushi.
• Grus filmed Bondrewd and Kizaru's battle while Marine forces fought Golden Lion's pirates in the streets and Penn urged his soldiers to protect civilians.
• Bondrewd raised a simulated sun with his Alchemy Fruit, and Kizaru destroyed it with Yasakani no Magatama before the falling flames scattered over the royal city.
• Shamrock, Sommers, and Gunko charged into the palace ruins, and Shamrock ordered Kizaru to pursue the operation's main objective while they occupied Bondrewd.
• Bondrewd formed a black saber and unleashed Conqueror's Haki with a signature identical to Shamrock's, shocking the God's Knights.

The Five Elders concluded they had no effective way to capture Bondrewd, while the three God's Knights they sent to stop him struggled against his copied abilities and overwhelming power. Bondrewd battered the Knights on Golden Lion's Floating Sky Island and ended the chapter unleashing a disguised barrage of explosive attacks.

• The Five Elders debated how to handle Bondrewd, rejected using Shining, and recognized that capturing him without finding Zoaholic seemed impossible.
• Bondrewd fought Gunko, Shamrock, and Saint Shepherd Sommers among the ruins of the Royal Palace on Golden Lion's Floating Sky Island, evading their attacks and launching an array of spears.
• Bondrewd used magma and a Coulomb Force shield to withstand the Knights' assault, then revealed that Shining was family and that he could reproduce Shining's defense.
• Bondrewd matched Shamrock's Conqueror's Haki and broke free of Gunko's arrows, stunning the three Knights with the strength and style of his imitation.
• Bondrewd copied Kizaru's opening stance and fired disguised ball lightning at the three God's Knights, whose Haki-coated bodies were engulfed in explosions.

Sephiroth used Bondrewd’s identity to fight the God's Knights while activating a satellite-powered weather weapon, and the battle around the royal city forced the Marines and Golden Lion’s forces to change course. The chapter ended with the Golden Lion dodging a beam he believed came from Bondrewd.

• Bondrewd broke free of Gunko’s restraint, and Sephiroth studied her Observation Haki Killer before using Yasakani no Magatama to suppress the God's Knights and contact Artificial Heaven.
• Sephiroth activated the Weather Controller, causing massive thunderstorms to form ahead of the Strong World archipelago’s route while Lilith tracked the scheduled ship.
• Captain Shu and Captain Penn organized the civilians’ evacuation as the Marines learned Bondrewd was fighting World Government elites inside the royal city.
• Drake searched Indigo’s laboratory, found the technicians gone, and was directed by the Praying Hands to join Urouge and seek treatment.
• Indigo warned the Golden Lion about Bondrewd and the approaching thunderstorms, so the Golden Lion steered the archipelago south while Sakazuki continued fighting him.
• The Golden Lion dodged a golden beam that grazed his haori and assumed Bondrewd had betrayed him.

Golden Lion unleashed his full power against Akainu and Kizaru, refusing to surrender despite being wounded. Elsewhere, Babylon’s Knights rescued a Marine squad trapped by giant scorpions, while reinforcements gathered across the islands.

• Golden Lion awakened his Conqueror's Haki and used the Float-Float Fruit to hurl rocks and seawater at Akainu and Kizaru.
• Kizaru wounded Golden Lion with a lightsaber strike, and Akainu demanded that he surrender so the Marines could capture him alive.
• Golden Lion bound his wound and refused to retreat, hide, or surrender, then focused his attacks on Akainu.
• Lieutenant Commander Dilan and his Marines took shelter from giant scorpions while waiting for reinforcements.
• Masira Captain contacted Dilan, and a Babylon airship arrived, bombarding the scorpions before its Knights rescued the Marines.

The Navy prepared to evacuate the shelter’s civilians, but Babylon’s Knights arrived and offered to help, including searching for an antidote to the Rampant Green. In the ruined palace, Sephiroth incapacitated two of the God's Knights with a ranged decomposition technique and drove Gunko toward the central passage, where Braham began an emergency prayer that appeared to summon him.

• Captain Penn proposed that Navy soldiers volunteer to remain aboard during the descent or make individual emergency descents, and several soldiers offered to go with him.
• Braham and Babylon’s Knights arrived at the shelter, and Braham used a prayer to ease Penn’s symptoms before leading a squad into the royal capital to find an antidote.
• Grus and Kujaku identified themselves as Navy intelligence personnel and agreed to guide Braham’s squad to the antidote in the palace attic.
• Sephiroth used a decomposition field to strip potassium from Shamrock and Saint Shepherd Sommers, leaving them conscious but unable to move.
• Sephiroth swept Gunko back with iron sand toward the central passage and spotted Grus, Kujaku, and Braham, who began an emergency prayer for Divine Advent.

Sephiroth answered Braham’s distress call at the Holy Land and helped the group pursue the Praying Hands and find an antidote for the illness affecting the Marines. Meanwhile, Bondrewd intervened in Golden Lion’s battle against Akainu and Kizaru, declaring Golden Lion his ally as the Admirals confronted him.

• Braham sent Sephiroth a distress call about a Four Emperors-level threat, and Sephiroth descended as the Great Angel to face Bondrewd.
• Bondrewd escaped after collapsing the surrounding ruins, while Sephiroth protected Braham, Kujaku, and Grus from the avalanche and learned that Marines had fallen ill from Wild Green.
• Sephiroth detected the retreating Praying Hands and led the group after them to recover the antidote; Apoo reported that Urouge was alive, and Hawkins confirmed that Dr. Indigo would accompany their escape.
• Sephiroth remotely controlled the artificial Bondrewd model as it flew toward Golden Lion, who was exhausting himself fighting Akainu and Kizaru.
• Bondrewd appeared beside Golden Lion, told him the God’s Knights were after him, and called him an ally when Akainu and Kizaru demanded his surrender.

Bondrewd rescued Golden Lion from Akainu and Kizaru while Sephiroth saved Sky Island from a falling meteor and arranged shelter for its refugees. After the island fell and the Marines regrouped aboard Babylon’s ships, Kujaku visited Sephiroth’s cabin to thank him.

• Bondrewd escaped with the weakened Golden Lion after attacking Akainu and Kizaru, and Apoo reported that the last group of Praying Hands had gone missing.
• Sephiroth arranged treatment for Penn and other sick Marines and offered to evacuate Sky Island’s residents to Heaven’s Gate.
• Sephiroth remotely controlled Bondrewd as he fled with Golden Lion, then dropped a meteor to frighten the pursuing Admirals.
• Sephiroth stopped the meteor with magnetic levitation and destroyed it, earning cheers from the people on Sky Island.
• Three hours later, Sky Island fell into the sea, and its refugees agreed to settle at Heaven’s Gate while Babylon’s ships transported them and the Marines.
• Kujaku visited Sephiroth in his VIP cabin to thank him for saving her and the others.

Kujaku visited Sephiroth, and the two spent the night together. Bondrewd welcomed Shiki and the rescued researchers into the Abyss, assigned new work, and declared his ambition to take the world into his hands; meanwhile, the Five Elders raised the bounties of Bondrewd and his allies and learned that Sephiroth had agreed to cooperate against Bondrewd.

• Kujaku thanked Sephiroth for his help, and they openly acknowledged their attraction before spending the night together.
• Bondrewd welcomed Shiki and Indigo to the Abyss, reviewed the rescue operation, and heard Drake warn that the Marines might have had advance information.
• Bondrewd assigned Caesar and Indigo to combine their SIQ research with Abyss technology, then told Shiki that he loved all humanity and wanted the world in his hands.
• The Five Elders discussed the failure to capture Shiki, ordered Bondrewd's bounty raised to 10 billion, and set new bounties for Shiki, Drake, Urouge, Hawkins, and Apoo.
• Saint Warcury reported that Kujaku had secured Sephiroth's promise that he and Babylon would answer the World Government's call to action against Bondrewd.

Issho visited Heaven's Gate to help Hanafuda resettle the people of Merveille, while Babylon's diverse residents went about their daily lives. The chapter ended with Babylon's leaders preparing for an official visit to Elbaf as Sephiroth traveled to Fish-Man Island.

• Issho met Cotton at Heaven's Gate and explained that he had come to help Hanafuda resettle the people of Merveille.
• Issho watched Marianne transform into lightweight Power Armor for the children, then left to find Hanafuda.
• Conis and Aisa visited Nojiko's dessert shop, where they discussed Melise's new Mink abilities and the Inner Court's siblings.
• Isabella, Reiju, Galette, Laki, Yamato, and Robin agreed to have Volcanic Cuisine for lunch and discussed their upcoming official visit to Elbaf.
• Robin and the others laughed as they discussed Sephiroth's concern for them while he visited Fish-Man Island with Uta, Baby 5, Nami, Carina, and Tashigi.

Sephiroth brought Uta, Nami, Carina, Baby 5, and Tashigi to Fish-Man Island for Babylon’s base-opening ceremony and a visit, then Isabella led a diplomatic party to Elbaf. The chapter ended with the giants welcoming Isabella and asking why Sephiroth had not come.

• Sephiroth escorted the girl band to Fish-Man Island aboard the Red Tears, explaining that he would not let them make the dangerous deep-sea journey alone.
• Sephiroth and his companions arrived at Coral Hill, where Jinbe welcomed them and Princess Shirahoshi eagerly reunited with Sephiroth.
• Baby 5 declined to tell Jinbe about the changes to Sephiroth’s itinerary, while the band enjoyed a concert and three days of sightseeing on Fish-Man Island.
• The Red Tears departed after Shirahoshi gave Sephiroth a tearful farewell, and Isabella’s flagship Rose set off for Elbaf with Reiju, Galette, Laki, Robin, Colon, and Saul.
• Giants welcomed Isabella’s party at West Village port, and Gerd asked why Sephiroth had not come with them.

Isabella led Babylon’s diplomatic delegation to Elbaf, where the Giants welcomed them and formal relations proceeded smoothly. The next day, Ripley and Gerd began showing Isabella and her companions around Elbaf, while Yamato and Robin pursued their own activities.

• Hajrudin welcomed the Rose to West Village with a Rainbow Bridge and escorted Isabella’s delegation from the landing platform.
• Gerd openly asked Isabella about Sephiroth and asked permission to call her Big Sister Bella; Isabella said she had no objection if Sephiroth agreed.
• Isabella and the delegation completed their diplomatic proceedings in one day and learned that many Giants respected Sephiroth and some younger warriors wanted to follow him.
• Ripley and Gerd began a tour of Elbaf with Isabella’s group at the Warriors’ Spring.
• Robin stayed in the Library with Saul, while Yamato went to the training grounds to spar with veteran Giants.

Hiyori grew anxious that Wano’s prosperity was diverting the country from the Kozuki Clan’s expected restoration, so she planned to approach Papiyas with Enma. After meeting him in the Flower Capital, she revealed her identity as Kozuki Hiyori, while Sephiroth realized she wanted to exchange Enma for Shusui and enlist his help.

• Sephiroth returned to Onigashima with Yamato, Ulti, Hanafuda, and Page One, and learned that Kaido was occupied with Big Mom.
• Hiyori and Denjiro went to a shrine in Ringo, where Hiyori took up Enma and asked when Papiyas would visit the Flower Capital.
• Sephiroth gained Orochi’s approval to build a railway linking Amigasa Town, Boro Town, and Ida Port, then secretly ordered Youmu to squeeze the last usefulness from Kozuki Sukiyaki.
• Hiyori visited Sephiroth at his hot-spring inn and told him she wanted to explain something after showing her gratitude.
• Hiyori identified herself as Kozuki Hiyori, and Sephiroth guessed that she wanted to trade Enma for Shusui and have him help restore Wano.

Kozuki Hiyori approached Sephiroth to negotiate his help in restoring the Kozuki Family’s rule over Wano, offering him territory, status, and a sword in exchange. Sephiroth accepted her proposal and advised her to use information about him to gain Kurozumi Orochi’s trust.

• Hiyori introduced herself as Kozuki Oden’s daughter and asked Sephiroth to help her family reclaim Wano.
• Hiyori offered Sephiroth Onigashima and a daimyo title, proposed exchanging territory and treasure, and offered Enma for Shusui.
• Hiyori proposed that Yamato receive the Kozuki surname and become Sephiroth’s daimyo’s wife, then said her brother and the Nine Red Scabbards would return in three years.
• Hiyori explained that she had delayed approaching Sephiroth because Babylon’s trade had improved life in Wano and she feared people would forget the Kozuki Family.
• Sephiroth agreed to cooperate and suggested Hiyori leak information about him to Orochi to earn his trust.
• Hiyori thanked Sephiroth, who asked how she intended to repay him, and she continued her professional services.

Sephiroth arrived in Pickings Village with Yamato and Ulti, announcing that he would demolish it to build a train station. Meanwhile, Kozuki Sukiyaki stormed Orochi’s banquet, and a young samurai intervened against the Oniwabanshu.

• Yamato drove Sephiroth and Ulti to Pickings Village, where they met Atsuru and its frightened residents.
• Sephiroth declared that he would tear down Pickings Village to build a train station, then marked Atsuru’s teahouse for demolition as the Babylon Air Fleet arrived overhead.
• At a banquet in the Flower Capital, Orochi questioned Komurasaki about meeting Papiyas, while she maintained a courteous answer.
• Kozuki Sukiyaki burst into the banquet with samurai and accused Orochi of usurping power.
• Fukurokuju ordered the Orochi Oniwabanshu to attack, but a young samurai sent Daikoku flying with a Reverse Wind Slash, shocking Denjiro and Hiyori.