Recaps

Sephiroth attended the Temple’s Christmas party, where Hancock asked to have a child with him and Bonney celebrated her recovery from Blue-Scale Disease. The festivities ended at the High God’s residence, where Sephiroth was left exhausted after an omitted private encounter; the author noted that the next chapter would pursue the Pure Gold.

• Sephiroth and Lilith entered the decorated banquet hall and greeted Baby 5, Conis, and the other guests.
• Hancock asked Sephiroth for a child, and he agreed while Gilgamesh watched their exchange.
• Sephiroth asked Kuma about Bonney’s recovery, and Kuma said she was healthy and active again.
• The Christmas party continued until the guests dispersed to their homes.
• At the High God’s residence, Lilith and Isabella watched Sephiroth with suggestive smiles, and the following night left him exhausted.

Sephiroth learned that the Marines and Cipher Pol Aigis Zero were searching the Alchemi waters for pure gold, so he went there under the identity of the Alchemist and activated imitation pure gold to lure the anglerfish. The Marines closed in as an invisible attacker damaged their ships, and the chapter ended with Sephiroth holding the glowing samples in view of the approaching fleet.

• A surveillance officer told Sephiroth that the anglerfish’s signal had returned and that Marine warships were searching the same waters.
• Sephiroth identified the mysterious diamond-studded ship as belonging to Gild Tesoro’s treasure hunters and ordered an imitation-pure-gold sample sent to the area.
• Rear Admiral Yukimura and a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent directed their fleet to seize a suspicious vessel after reports described a fast, golden-glowing boat.
• Sephiroth rendezvoused with a Storm-class Battleship, took a Water Strider Speedboat to the target waters, and activated several imitation-pure-gold samples.
• An unseen attacker bombarded Marine warships as they pursued Sephiroth, who appeared before them in black armor as the Alchemist, holding the glowing samples.

Sephiroth used his new Lord of Dawn identity to lure the Lanternfish with Faux Pure Gold, while Marines, Cipher Pol, and Mad Treasure’s crew converged on him. The Lanternfish swallowed them all, leaving Rear Admiral Yukimura with a photograph of Sephiroth and no sign of the missing agent.

• Sephiroth adopted the Lord of Dawn persona and used Faux Pure Gold to draw the Lanternfish toward the surface.
• Sekou P. appeared beside Sephiroth with Mad Treasure’s ship and crew, demanding the pure gold.
• A Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent rushed toward Sephiroth and declared that the pure gold belonged to the World Government.
• The Lanternfish surfaced and swallowed Sephiroth’s speedboat, Mad Treasure’s ship, and the Cipher Pol agent.
• Rear Admiral Yukimura arrived to find damaged Marine ships and no trace of the swallowed vessels, then received a photograph of Sephiroth in his Lord of Dawn guise.

Sephiroth, posing as the Alchemist Bondrewd, confronted a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent and Sekou P. inside the Lanternfish and demonstrated his awakened ability to transmute matter. He left the treasure hunters’ pursuit blocked by flames and planned to capture the Devil Fruit users alive.

• The Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent tried to persuade Sephiroth to surrender the imitation pure gold, and Sephiroth tossed it to him, accidentally dropping pieces into the Lanternfish’s acidic liquid.
• Sephiroth revealed that the gold was an imitation and introduced himself as Bondrewd, the Alchemist of the Abyss.
• When Sekou P.’s allies approached, Sephiroth blew Sekou P. back toward their ship and transmuted the green liquid into flames that blocked their pursuit.
• Sephiroth explained that his awakened powers let him manipulate chemical reactions and transmute elements at combat speed.
• Sephiroth decided to return after dealing with the pure gold and capture the treasure hunters for the prison for Devil Fruit users on the moon.

Sephiroth, disguised as Bondrewd, fought off a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent who tried to recruit him and seize Pure Gold. He escaped deeper into the anglerfish, leaving the agent stranded at its uvula.

• The agent renewed his offer to recruit Bondrewd, but Sephiroth refused and the agent attacked him.
• Sephiroth used hydrogen explosions and flames to counter the agent’s Rokushiki techniques, while the agent damaged the speedboat with Rankyaku.
• Sephiroth restored the boat, evaded the agent’s attacks, and drove him back with a laser blade and his awakened abilities.
• Sephiroth withdrew into the anglerfish, and an explosion at its uvula separated him from the agent.
• The agent clung to the anglerfish’s uvula and watched Bondrewd’s speedboat disappear farther inside.

Sephiroth explored the Lanternfish’s vast, acid-filled stomach and met Olga, a girl who had been trapped there for nearly two hundred years. He introduced himself as Bondrewd and offered her food while seeking information about the place and the pure gold her parents had recreated.

• Sephiroth piloted his speedboat into the Lanternfish’s stomach and used Mantra to detect a child and an adult among its islands.
• Olga rode her lizard Elizabeth across the water while singing and searching for food after Lord Lantern swallowed more things.
• Sephiroth landed on the beach and introduced himself to Olga as Bondrewd.
• Olga warned Bondrewd about the stomach acid and threatened him with her knife and Elizabeth when he approached.
• Sephiroth offered Olga biscuits and candied fruit in exchange for information, and she eyed the food hungrily.

Sephiroth, posing as Bondrewd, protected Olga from dinosaurs and learned how she had survived for two hundred years inside Lanternfish. Olga offered to lead him to the Pure Gold on AlcheCamie, but the Treasure Hunters arrived before she could explain further.

• Olga ate human food given to her by Sephiroth and explained that Lanternfish's light shone through its body into its stomach.
• Seven Tyrannosauruses surrounded Sephiroth and Olga, and Sephiroth transmuted the sand into glass to kill one and drive off the rest.
• Olga described how Lanternfish swallowed part of AlcheCamie after her father made Pure Gold, leaving her alone inside it for two hundred years.
• Sephiroth comforted Olga, and she offered to guide him through Lanternfish's stomachs to AlcheCamie and the Pure Gold.
• The Treasure Hunters appeared on the shore with Torega, and Sephiroth stepped in front of Olga.

Sephiroth fought Torega while protecting Olga, who chose to trust him after he admitted he was interested in the knowledge held by the pure gold. After a fierce battle, Sephiroth and Olga disappeared.

• Torega tried to recruit Olga, but she refused and hid behind Sephiroth.
• Sephiroth admitted that he sought knowledge connected to the pure gold, and Olga decided to trust him.
• Sephiroth protected Olga with crystal walls as he battled Torega using transmutation, dark metal tendrils, fire, and a light blade.
• Sephiroth turned seized chains into bayonets, then attacked Torega with a molten iron fist that erupted in plasma flames.
• An explosion filled the area with smoke and dust, and Sephiroth and Olga vanished.

Sephiroth led Olga into Tyrannosaurus territory, where they found her father, Achiu, living in a dinosaur costume. Olga recognized him but remained resentful over her mother's death, and Sephiroth encouraged them to talk.

• Sephiroth told Olga he had sensed another human living inside the Lanternfish and led her toward the Tyrannosaurus nest.
• Sephiroth drove off the Tyrannosauruses and approached a small one that turned out to be Achiu in a mascot costume.
• Achiu recognized Olga and rushed toward her, but she kicked him down before realizing who he was.
• Achiu revealed himself, and Olga recognized her father but hid behind Sephiroth, unwilling to forgive him for his role in her mother's death.
• Sephiroth gently encouraged Olga to face Achiu and begin an honest conversation, and Olga thanked him.

Sephiroth persuaded Miskina Achiu to reveal why he created pure gold and learned that the World Government was closing in on him and Olga. He offered to cure Olga’s South Blue Emperor Fever in exchange for a deal, leaving Achiu to consider how to protect his daughter and give her a life outside Lanternfish.

• Sephiroth urged Achiu to treat Olga as an independent person, and Achiu began telling her the truth about pure gold.
• Achiu revealed that he had made pure gold to halt Olga’s illness after her mother died, and Olga reconciled with her father.
• Sephiroth explained that the World Government was hunting Achiu and that Treasure Hunters and a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent had entered Lanternfish.
• Achiu told Sephiroth that Olga had South Blue Emperor Fever, and Sephiroth claimed he could cure it with modern medicine.
• Sephiroth offered to make a deal with Achiu, asking whether he wanted Olga to see the sky outside.

Sephiroth offered Miskina Achiu and Olga protection and a new home in exchange for Achiu’s pure-gold research and finished product. He then promised to pursue bringing Achiu’s wife back to life, leaving Achiu willing to serve him.

• Sephiroth promised to cure Olga’s illness and move her and Achiu somewhere the World Government could not track them.
• Achiu agreed to trust Sephiroth, who explained that he wanted the knowledge and finished product for making pure gold.
• Sephiroth offered to research Human Transmutation and asked whether Achiu wanted his wife resurrected, prompting Olga to beg him to bring her mother back.
• Sephiroth transmuted a rough human body from the Tyrannosaurus corpse and said he could enlist the Soul-Soul Fruit and Revive-Revive Fruit users to help.
• Achiu accepted Sephiroth’s offer and resolved to give his life to the demon for his wife’s sake.

Sephiroth explained the limits and medical uses of Human Transmutation to Miskina Achiu, who agreed to join his research team despite his interest in the possibility of resurrection. After reaching Stomach No. 2, Sephiroth detected Treasure Hunters lying in ambush and asked Achiu and Olga to help him stage an act.

• Sephiroth privately told Achiu that his Human Transmutation could create imperfect bodies but could already restore lost organs and limbs and cure congenital conditions.
• Sephiroth revealed that the World Government and Germa Kingdom used cloning, and assured Achiu that refusing his proposal would bring no punishment.
• Achiu asked about Devil Fruit powers related to souls, then apologized for his rashness and agreed to serve Sephiroth.
• Sephiroth welcomed Achiu to his research team, and the group traveled by speedboat to the Lanternfish's Stomach No. 2.
• Sephiroth detected invisible Treasure Hunters waiting in ambush near the entrance to Stomach No. 3 and asked Achiu and Olga to help him put on an act.

Sephiroth defeated the Treasure Hunters guarding the route to AlcheCamie and captured Torega, Sekou P., Naomi, and a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent. With Achiu and Olga beside him, he led the captives into the ruins to uncover the truth there.

• Sephiroth ambushed Sekou P. and the Treasure Hunters at the entrance to stomach No. 3, defeating them with his metal and violet-beam attacks.
• Torega’s advance squad triggered traps inside the AlcheCamie ruins, and Sekou P. returned to warn him that Sephiroth was coming.
• Torega gathered about two hundred Treasure Hunters outside the ruins and prepared to use Olga as the key to enter.
• Sephiroth arrived with Achiu and Olga, attacked the hidden Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent, and trapped the Treasure Hunters and Torega with transmutation.
• Sephiroth revealed that Achiu and Olga were under his protection, then bound the captives in liquid metal and led everyone into the ruins.

Sephiroth forced Achiu and the others through the ruins’ trials while probing the secrets of Pure Gold. At the final gate, Achiu warned him to abandon the treasure, but Sephiroth insisted on opening it to investigate its power.

• Sephiroth had Achiu play the pipe organ’s melody, which stopped the acid and revealed the passage to the next trial.
• Olga challenged Sephiroth for lying, but he promised to take her and Achiu out of the ruins and sent Achiu onward.
• Achiu led the group to the final gate and urged Sephiroth to give up Pure Gold, warning that it brought calamity.
• Sephiroth explained his theories about Pure Gold’s ability to preserve life and mobility, then asked Achiu to open the gate.

Sephiroth rescued Achiu and Olga from the collapsing ruin, took them and the Pure Gold away, and left the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent behind. Three days later, the agent and the Treasure Hunters escaped the Lanternfish, and Bondrewd’s 1.5-billion bounty shocked the world.

• Olga entered the stone crocodile’s mouth, and Achiu dropped her through a hidden trapdoor so she could reach the laboratory.
• Achiu detonated the explosives, but Sephiroth, Achiu, and Olga survived while the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent and the Treasure Hunters fled the collapsing ruin.
• Sephiroth took Achiu, Olga, and a chunk of Pure Gold away in his flying vehicle, claiming he would use them as specimens.
• Three days later, the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent and the Treasure Hunters escaped the Lanternfish.
• The World Government issued Bondrewd a wanted poster naming him the Lord of Dawn and setting his bounty at 1.5 billion.

Sephiroth brought Achiu and Olga aboard the Yanggu and treated Olga with a special medicine as they traveled to the moon. The ship reached Bilca, where Sephiroth ordered the city to receive his guests according to Class A standards.

• Sephiroth arrived aboard the Yanggu, where Achiu and Olga explored their guest cabin during the flight toward the moon.
• Sephiroth revealed his identity to Achiu and explained that he had come to treat Olga, then struggled to give her an injection.
• Achiu asked why Sephiroth had arranged for the treasure hunters and agents to escape Lord Lanternfish, and Sephiroth explained that he wanted the World Government to focus on Bondrewd without provoking lasting hostility.
• Sephiroth explained that Bondrewd also served to divert attention from Sky Island and its other projects.
• The Yanggu approached the lunar city of Bilca, and Sephiroth ordered its people to receive Achiu and Olga according to Class A standards.

Monet waited for Sephiroth to visit, torn between her feelings for him and her loyalty to Doflamingo and Sugar. Sephiroth confronted her about her young master and restrained her with seastone, leaving her plans for revenge exposed.

• Monet brooded over Sugar’s death and her conflicting feelings about Sephiroth while working at Titans.
• A clerk told Monet that Sephiroth had arrived, and she went to meet him in the restricted No. 1 Reception Room.
• Sephiroth told Monet he had come mainly for her, and she assumed he wanted her to stay by his side.
• Sephiroth revealed that he knew about her young master, then bound her with liquid-metal chains containing seastone.
• Monet realized Sephiroth had found the seastone dagger in her bag and understood that her assassination plan had been discovered.

Four years after Sephiroth led the Skypieans back to the moon, he brought Monet to the underground city of Bilca, where she would stay under supervision. He reunited her with Sugar and left the sisters together to help Monet adjust to her new life.

• Sephiroth arrived at Bilca with Monet, and the guardian knights welcomed him as their High God.
• Sephiroth showed Monet the vast underground city and explained that it would be her home for some time.
• Sephiroth led Monet through the Temple district and cathedral, where she observed the clergy’s deep reverence for him.
• Sephiroth brought Monet to Sugar’s pink, toy-filled room, and Monet rushed to embrace her sister.
• Sugar recognized Monet, and Sephiroth closed the door and left the sisters together.

Sephiroth visited Achiu at the Lunar City's Research and Development Center, where they discussed the treatment of Wingless people and the use of pure gold. The chapter left pure gold designated for secret, selective use after the laboratory clarified that it halted physical growth but still allowed improvements in endurance and technique.

• Sephiroth checked that Achiu and Olga had settled in and reminded Achiu to wear his Adamantine Magatama Necklace for protection.
• Achiu questioned whether Sephiroth treated pirate slaves too mercifully, and Sephiroth explained the rules and different classes of enslaved people.
• Sephiroth and Achiu agreed to produce pure gold secretly and reserve it for a small circle of people chosen by Sephiroth.
• Sephiroth explained that pure gold halted growth and muscle gains but did not stop exercise from improving endurance or technique.

Sephiroth visited the Medical Research Institute and reviewed its Devil Fruit User prisoners, then selected Foxy for more Slow-Slow Fruit experiments. The chapter ended with Porche, now working at a lunar amusement park, briefly sensing Foxy’s distress.

• Sephiroth toured the institute, where Holy Knight Oyama reported that security was operating normally.
• Sephiroth passed the nine Devil Fruit User prisoners and considered his limited fruit collection, research plans, and surveillance of Eustass Kid, Bartolomeo, and Van Augur.
• Sephiroth entered Foxy’s room and ordered him to assist with experiments, frightening Foxy with the prospect of repeated, exhausting ability tests.
• Porche, formerly a member of the Foxy Pirates and now an amusement park waitress, sensed something briefly before deciding she had imagined it.

Monet toured the lunar City with Sugar and learned how its collar-ranked prisoners worked and lived under Sephiroth’s system. After hearing that even the former pirate Orlib could refuse unwanted service and would soon be free, Monet remained unsure whether the City’s prisoners were truly slaves.

• Monet and Sugar walked through the City, where Birka people reacted warily to their collars and Artificial Angel attendants.
• Sugar explained that she and Monet held privileged status as the High God’s exclusive property, then showed Monet ordinary silver-collared workers and described the prisoner ranks.
• At a café, former pirate Orlib introduced herself to Monet and Sugar and explained that her collar tracked flexible work time and that she could refuse unwanted service.
• Orlib told Monet and Sugar that her remaining work time would soon expire, leaving Monet questioning whether the City’s prisoners could really be called slaves.

Sephiroth visited Bilca and found Monet and Sugar enjoying its amusement park, where their adamantine collars drew attention and revealed their elevated status among the Birkans. His sudden arrival frightened Porche and the other visitors, and he freed Porche before Monet asked what he had done to her.

• Sephiroth surveyed Bilca and spotted Monet and Sugar at the amusement park.
• Sugar and Monet toured the park with Porche as their guide, while visitors stared at the sisters’ adamantine collars and kept their distance.
• Sugar explained to Monet that the collars made them equivalent to bishops in the Birkans’ eyes, despite their lack of actual authority.
• Sephiroth arrived, and Porche and several Birkans nearly prostrated themselves until he ordered them not to kneel.
• Sephiroth dismissed Porche and set the time on her collar to zero, freeing her; Monet then asked what he had done to her, and he said he did not remember.

Sephiroth explained the moon’s labor system and work standards to Monet and Sugar, while realizing they viewed his policies as unusually kind. Monet chose to keep serving him despite her loyalty to Doflamingo, and Sephiroth stayed on the moon that night, prompting more frequent visits afterward.

• Sephiroth told Monet that captured pirates were used as laborers based on their crimes and abilities, partly to support the lunar city and its settlers.
• Monet and Sugar questioned why Sephiroth treated slaves well and why he had chosen particular work standards, and he admitted those policies reflected his personal preferences.
• Monet said she could not swear allegiance to Sephiroth because Doflamingo had saved her and Sugar, but she would continue serving him under their current arrangement.
• Sephiroth stayed on the moon that night, and Sugar noticed marks from chains on Monet the following morning.
• The Temple district guards noticed that the High God began visiting the lunar city more often.

Law and the Heart Pirates enjoyed their stay in Titans and considered taking work from the Clock Tower mission board. Sephiroth, disguised as Satellite Shining, met with Babbage while Kalifa and Alpha reunited as twin CP agents, leaving the group poised to discuss their business.

• Law told the Heart Pirates they would leave Titans next week and suggested they look for work on the Clock Tower mission board.
• Law and his crew saw Satellite Shining pass through the city with Kalifa and a Clock Tower employee.
• Kalifa asked Sephiroth whether Law interested him, and he said Law was a friend of his junior, Kuma.
• Alpha welcomed Satellite Shining to the Clock Tower and greeted Kalifa, her twin sister, with strained professionalism.
• Alpha led Sephiroth and Kalifa to Babbage's private reception room, where Sephiroth and Babbage greeted each other as friends.

Satellite Shining and Mechanical King Babbage discussed the Imperial Guard and the Type IV No. 0 Unit while Kalifa and Alpha listened for intelligence. Their cryptic exchange left the World Government’s Cipher Pol chiefs with two reports they could not make sense of.

• Babbage said the Imperial Guard’s battlefield performance had largely matched his projections, while Satellite Shining teased him for not inviting him to Dressrosa.
• Satellite Shining hinted at Babbage’s dealings with Germa and asked him about a person whose relationship with them puzzled Kalifa and Alpha.
• Babbage said the Type IV No. 0 Unit’s freedom was proceeding according to plan after Satellite Shining claimed he had given it freedom.
• Satellite Shining handed Babbage a black box and ended the meeting.
• CP8 and CP9 shared Kalifa and Alpha’s reports, leaving the Cipher Pol chiefs baffled by their riddling contents.