Chapter Summaries

Sephiroth and his companions visited Ryugu Palace, where they learned that Vander Decken was attacking Shirahoshi. After seeing the frightened princess, Sephiroth set out alone to deal with him, leaving Neptune and Jinbe astonished that he could travel through the sea despite being a Devil Fruit user.

• Jinbe and the princes guided Sephiroth and his companions through Coral Hill and the Waterway to Ryugu Palace, where Neptune welcomed them to a banquet.
• Neptune thanked Sephiroth for helping Fish-Man Island, while Sephiroth waited for him to discuss the proposed migration to Sky Island.
• Vander Decken's attack interrupted the banquet, and Neptune explained that Decken had been targeting Shirahoshi for years with objects guided by his Devil Fruit power.
• Neptune and Jinbe brought Sephiroth's group to the Hard-Shell Tower, where Shirahoshi hid in fear after another attack.
• Yamato and the others became outraged by Decken's abuse of Shirahoshi, and Sephiroth volunteered to stop him.
• Sephiroth plunged into the sea by himself, leaving Neptune and Jinbe stunned that a Devil Fruit user could swim underwater.

Sephiroth tracked down Vander Decken and destroyed his ghost ship, protecting Shirahoshi from further attacks. After capturing the sobbing Wadatsumi, he ordered him to lead the way to an underwater ruin.

• Sephiroth sensed Shirahoshi's kindness and innocence, then promised Jinbe he would deal with Vander Decken.
• Sephiroth left Fish-Man Island alone, while Yamato, Isabella, and the others stayed with Shirahoshi and told her about the outside world.
• Sephiroth located Vander Decken's ghost ship and used underwater laser attacks to tear it apart and kill Vander Decken.
• Wadatsumi was injured by the beams, and Sephiroth used Telepathy to demand that he guide him to a nearby underwater ruin.

Sephiroth secured Wadatsumi’s help, arranged to inspect the Sea Forest Poneglyph, and let Shirahoshi visit her mother’s grave. While the group split up, the New Fish-Man Pirates attacked his companions, and the chapter ended with Sephiroth telling Neptune that Hody Jones had killed Queen Otohime and agreeing to help with immigration arrangements.

• Sephiroth defeated Vander Decken, recruited Wadatsumi, and discovered polite Sea Kings—including one dressed as a police officer—living in nearby ruins.
• Sephiroth told Shirahoshi she could leave the palace, and she chose to visit Queen Otohime’s grave in the Sea Forest with Sephiroth, Jinbe, Robin, and Yamato.
• At the Sea Forest, Robin found a Poneglyph bearing Joy Boy’s apology while Shirahoshi prayed at her mother’s grave.
• Hody Jones and the New Fish-Man Pirates attacked Sephiroth’s companions, but Isabella and Lilith defeated their attackers at Coral Hill and Mermaid Cove.
• Sephiroth returned to find the captured pirates badly burned or dried out, then told Neptune that Shirahoshi could verify Hody Jones had killed Queen Otohime.
• Neptune accepted Sephiroth’s proposal and asked him to handle immigration arrangements, which Sephiroth agreed to do.

Sephiroth welcomed Galette and Melise to Babylon, then convened the Babylon Grand Congress to set policy, create court titles, and reorganize the government. The assembly ended with Babylon’s leadership and appointments established, while the author’s notes announced that Uta would appear in the next volume.

• Sephiroth brought Galette and Melise to Babylon after marrying them in Totto Land, and Melise became Court Minister while Galette was set to become Minister of Commerce.
• Isabella and Lilith prepared for the Grand Congress, where Conis would become Minister of Finance and Baby 5 would remain Minister of Personal Attendants.
• Sephiroth spent the night with Melise and Galette after the welcoming banquet.
• Sephiroth opened the Babylon Grand Congress and outlined plans to stockpile food and guide Ace and Luffy toward rebellion against the World Government.
• Sephiroth established titles for his partners and announced appointments across Babylon’s legislative, regional, and executive offices.
• The Grand Congress concluded, and the author noted that Uta would appear in the next volume.

Babylon’s fleet arrived at the ruins of Elegia to resettle refugees, where Sephiroth met the isolated Uta and invited her and her adoptive father to join the rebuilding effort. Uta warmed to Sephiroth, while Shanks learned outsiders had reached Elegia and hurried to respond.

• Babylon’s gold currency gained influence, and its reputation led people around the world to call it Heaven.
• Sephiroth joined the Red Tears near Elegia, where Babylon’s ships landed refugees and began repairing the ruined kingdom.
• Gordon spotted the fleet and warned Shanks, who recognized the danger of the Great Angel’s arrival and asked whether Uta was with him.
• Uta saw the settlers rebuilding Elegia, then met Sephiroth when he approached her in the ruins.
• Sephiroth invited Uta and Gordon to join the settlers, and Uta laughed after hearing his playful exchange with Nami.

Gordon and Uta met Sephiroth and Babylon’s leaders, who offered to rebuild the Kingdom of Elegia with Gordon as an ally. At a refugee banquet, Uta was inspired by the Dream Concerto’s performance and agreed to join the band.

• Gordon told Nami that he and Uta were Elegia’s only survivors, and Nami reported the situation to Sephiroth.
• Sephiroth brought Uta to the refugee camp, where she saw Babylon’s aid efforts and met Gordon at the command center.
• Sephiroth recognized Gordon as Elegia’s former king and proposed rebuilding the country, asking him to become an ally.
• At the evening banquet, Nami, Carina, and Baby 5 performed as the Dream Concerto, and Uta was captivated by their song.
• Uta asked to join the band, and Sephiroth agreed and invited her to sing later.

Sephiroth watched Uta win over the refugees with her singing, then spoke with her about pirates and invited her to join his band and travel with him. After Uta agreed to leave Elegia aboard the Red Tears, Sephiroth arranged protection for the island and destroyed Gordon’s Demon Sheet Music, leaving Gordon to call Shanks with the news.

• Carina, Nami, and Baby 5 performed for the refugees, and Uta joined them onstage to sing with her extraordinary voice.
• Uta told Sephiroth that being in a band was wonderful, and he explained why he distrusted pirates while sharing Brook’s story as an exception.
• At breakfast, Sephiroth announced that he planned to invite Uta to join the band and take her to sea, and Uta agreed to go.
• Sephiroth told Gordon that Babylon’s forces would protect Elegia, then burned the Demon Sheet Music after Gordon agreed to give it up.
• The Red Tears departed with Uta aboard, and Gordon called Shanks to report the good and bad news.

Uta, Carina, Nami, and Baby 5 practiced as a band aboard the Red Tears while Sephiroth arranged plans for Elegia and spoke with the Five Elders as Shining. The chapter left Sephiroth assigned to investigate Red-Haired’s arrival in the first half of the Grand Line, while the Five Elders also turned their attention to Golden Lion.

• Uta guided Carina, Nami, and Baby 5 through a practice session, and the group performed “Haruhikage” together.
• Uta, Carina, and Nami discussed Sephiroth’s songs and the new musical style their band might bring to the world.
• Sephiroth and Isabella discussed Elegia’s future, the band’s online performances, and Yamato’s newly refitted ship, the Winter.
• Saint Saturn contacted Shining and asked him to investigate Red-Haired’s sudden journey and stop him if anything unusual happened.
• Sephiroth agreed to the assignment after negotiating compensation, while privately realizing Red-Haired was probably coming because of Uta.
• Saint Topman Warcury raised the Marines’ discovery of Golden Lion’s traces in the East Blue and called for a discussion of how to deal with him.

Uta and the others enjoyed Carnival City while Uta’s new music reached the Red Hair Pirates, prompting Shanks to set out to find her. Sephiroth intercepted Shanks at sea, teleported away, and struck the Red Force with a long-range lightning bolt, leaving their confrontation underway.

• Yamato smashed a punching machine at Carnival City, and Nami and Carina kept her in check as the group spent the day enjoying the island.
• Uta released three singles and performed in BanG Dream’s first video album, while Shanks’s crew watched her “Don’t Give Up” video and Shanks worried about her future.
• CP7 told Sephiroth that Shanks was heading to Carnival City, and the World Government offered him five billion to intervene.
• Sephiroth appeared aboard the Red Force, but he teleported away when Shanks used Conqueror’s Haki and then fired a superbolt of lightning at the ship from eight hundred kilometers away.

Sephiroth attacked the Red Hair Pirates from far beyond their Observation Haki range, forcing Shanks and his crew into a desperate defense as lightning battered the Red Force. After Shanks survived Sephiroth’s devastating warning shot, the storm ended, but the ship was badly damaged and the crew was exhausted.

• Shanks, Benn Beckman, and Yasopp used Future Sight and Haki-coated attacks to intercept most of Sephiroth’s first lightning volley, though the Red Force was damaged.
• Sephiroth shifted positions and unleashed a denser lightning barrage from hundreds of kilometers away, while Yasopp failed to locate him and Beckman organized the crew’s defense.
• Shanks used Divine Departure to break apart incoming lightning as Beckman and Lucky Roux protected the ship and crew from the continuing storm.
• Beckman ordered an evacuation into the sea, and Shanks stayed aboard to hold Sephiroth’s attention while his crew prepared to abandon ship.
• Sephiroth fired a Gamma-Ray Burst warning shot through the thunderclouds, but Shanks intercepted it with Divine Departure and nearly exhausted his Haki.
• The storm dispersed, leaving the Red Force battered and unable to sail at full speed as Shanks returned to the deck exhausted.

Sephiroth brought Uta and the others to Long Ring Long Land, where they closed an exhausted mine and exposed its corrupt manager. Afterward, Uta condemned the manager and praised Sephiroth, leaving him to question her judgment.

• Sephiroth returned from Sky Island, greeted Baby 5, and asked how she liked being in Uta's band.
• The Red Tears arrived at Long Ring Long Land, where Uta and the others discussed the island's unusually long animals.
• Sephiroth met factory manager Sandy and told him the mine was closing and the island would return to its previous way of life.
• Sandy begged Sephiroth for another managerial position, but Sephiroth refused, and the locals seized Sandy over his hidden stash of money.
• Sephiroth and the others left for Sky Island, and Uta complained about Sandy before declaring that everyone would be good if they were like Sephiroth.

Uta asked Sephiroth for his opinion of Red-Haired, and their conversation prompted him to have Baby 5 monitor her state of mind. After the Babylon Intelligence Center reported the Barrier-Barrier Fruit in Loguetown, Sephiroth left to investigate.

• Uta asked Sephiroth what he thought of the Four Emperors, and he described Red-Haired as an unpredictable adventurer driven by fate.
• After Uta left, Sephiroth tasked Baby 5 with keeping an eye on Uta's mental state.
• The Babylon Intelligence Center reported Situation No. 7 in Loguetown, where undercover Artificial Angels had infiltrated Bartolomeo's gang.
• Sephiroth told Baby 5 to send everyone back to Babylon and show Uta around Sky Island, then transformed into electricity and left.

Sephiroth arranged for the Marines to seize the Devil Fruit Bartolomeo’s gang had found while he visited Ipponmatsu’s weapon shop in Loguetown. There, he met Tashigi and offered her Yubashiri if she joined his band as its keyboardist.

• Bartolomeo led the Barto Club to Granny’s shop, where the gang celebrated their growing territory with Dazaya and Granny.
• Bartolomeo found a patterned Devil Fruit, but the three Artificial Angels warned him about its uncertain powers and urged him to sell it.
• Sephiroth decided to alert the authorities, and Smoker mobilized the Marines after receiving a tip that the Barto Club had a Devil Fruit.
• Sephiroth visited Ipponmatsu’s weapon shop and examined Yubashiri, which Ipponmatsu showed him.
• Tashigi arrived and asked to handle Yubashiri, and Sephiroth offered her the sword if she became his band’s keyboardist.

Sephiroth recruited Tashigi to Babylon after convincing her that she could pursue her dream of reclaiming famous swords there, and he gave her Yubashiri as a welcome gift. After buying Sandai Kitetsu from Ipponmatsu, he learned that the Marines had arrived and left Tashigi behind as an explosion marked the start of his plan.

• Sephiroth praised Tashigi's swordsmanship, predicted she would become accomplished within four years, and persuaded Ipponmatsu to trust his judgment.
• Tashigi explained her dream of recovering famous swords from villains and hesitated over joining Babylon, but Sephiroth offered her a place in the Royal Guard Knights and gave her Yubashiri.
• Tashigi agreed to withdraw from the Marine training camp and join Sephiroth, while Ipponmatsu watched him recruit another girl.
• Sephiroth examined Sandai Kitetsu, identified its curse, and bought it from Ipponmatsu with two Holy Gold Coins.
• After receiving a warning that Marines had arrived, Sephiroth left Tashigi at the shop and went to respond as an explosion sounded outside.

Smoker confronted Bartolomeo and his crew over a Devil Fruit, but Sephiroth exposed that they were not wanted criminals and bought the fruit instead. Afterward, Sephiroth recruited Tashigi to leave Loguetown and train as a great swordsman.

• Smoker surrounded the Barto Club after mistaking Granny for a hostage, and Bartolomeo led his crew in a retreat with the Devil Fruit.
• Sephiroth stopped Smoker’s pursuit and established that Bartolomeo’s crew were neither wanted criminals nor holding stolen property.
• Sephiroth offered 200 million for the fruit, and Bartolomeo agreed to sell it to him rather than let the Navy take it.
• At the weapons shop, Ipponmatsu explained the value of Babylon’s Holy Gold Coins to Tashigi.
• Sephiroth returned with the Barrier-Barrier Fruit and invited Tashigi to leave Loguetown and become a great swordsman, and she accepted.

After returning to Babylon, Sephiroth showed Tashigi the temple’s collection of famous swords and offered her several blades to use. Tashigi chose to keep carrying Shigure, and Sephiroth prepared for an official visit to Wano Country.

• Nami, Carina, and Uta browsed Sky Island shops, and Carina complained about the awful-tasting Devil Fruit she had eaten.
• Sephiroth showed Tashigi the sword collection and gave her permission to use most of the displayed blades.
• Tashigi examined Harusame and sensed that, unlike swords with spirits, it felt like an inanimate object.
• Sephiroth let Tashigi inspect his own swords, but she chose to keep Shigure at her waist because it put her at ease.
• Sephiroth switched to Shusui and prepared to visit Wano Country after learning that the first phase of construction there was complete.

On Artificial Sky Island X, Caesar completed seven Artificial Zoan Devil Fruits, and Sephiroth ordered him to extract the original fruits from their test subjects. Sephiroth prepared for a trip to Wano Country with Yamato and his family, while Lilith warned him not to trust Kaido.

• Caesar finished cultivating seven Artificial Zoan Devil Fruits from the Lineage Factors of seven captured Devil Fruit Users.
• Sephiroth asked whether Caesar could make inanimate objects eat Artificial Devil Fruits, then encouraged Caesar to test his SAD mass-production method.
• Sephiroth ordered Caesar to kill the seven test subjects and transfer their Devil Fruits into prepared fruits.
• Sephiroth planned to give Kaido the Oviraptor, Porcupine, Bulldog, Lynx, and Salamander fruits, while reserving the Anaconda and Rattlesnake fruits for Hancock.
• Lilith told Sephiroth that Yamato was eager to return to Wano Country and beat up Kaido, but questioned whether he trusted Kaido.
• Sephiroth said they would depart the next day aboard the Winter to inspect the Wano Country Concession with Yamato, Hanafuda, Ulti, and Page One.

Yamato, Sephiroth, and the siblings returned to Wano Country aboard the Winter, where Yamato challenged Kaido and fought him before leaving for Amigasa Village. Hanafuda stayed behind to reconcile with Kaido, though their old brotherhood had changed.

• Yamato and her companions approached Wano Country aboard the Winter, and Sephiroth ordered the ship to head for the Concession after they disembarked.
• The group met Kaido at a banquet, where Yamato challenged him and Sephiroth asked about establishing a trading port; Kaido directed him to speak with Orochi.
• Yamato fought Kaido in the plaza, showing how much she had improved, but Kaido's Roaring Thunder Bagua sent her flying before Sephiroth caught her.
• Sephiroth took Yamato, Ulti, and Page One to Amigasa Village while Hanafuda remained behind to speak privately with Kaido.
• Hanafuda apologized to Kaido for leaving his children in his care, and the two acknowledged that they would likely only be brothers on the surface from then on.

Sephiroth returned to Amigasa Town, where Babylon’s port and industry had transformed the area, and learned that his agents had found Wano’s Poneglyphs and captured Kozuki Sukiyaki. He left Yamato and the others with Youmu, then confronted Sukiyaki, whose fate was left unresolved.

• Sephiroth arrived at Amigasa Port with Yamato, Ulti, and Page One, and the group saw how Babylon’s development had changed the town.
• Youmu Konpaku welcomed Sephiroth, while Tama hid because she had not finished the woven hat she was making for him.
• Youmu reported that her agents had found the Poneglyphs and obtained Ame no Habakiri, Nidai Kitetsu, and the Tengu Sword, and that Kozuki Sukiyaki was in custody.
• Sephiroth sent Yamato and the others with Youmu, then flew to the Flower Capital to discuss the port with Orochi.
• Sephiroth entered Sukiyaki’s cell and placed a hand on his head as Sukiyaki began to plead.

The author explained his anger over readers who acted entitled to his choices and the platform flagging several earlier chapters for revision. He revised the flagged chapters and submitted them for review, leaving the book’s distribution status uncertain.

• The author said he did not depend on the site’s income or owe readers compliance with their conflicting demands.
• The author reported that several earlier chapters had been flagged and distribution halted, with the platform warning that more chapters might be problematic.
• The author suspected he might be targeted and threatened to report other books with clear violations if the platform continued to cause trouble.
• The author revised all the flagged chapters and submitted them to have the restriction lifted.
• The author said he would gloss over similar material in the future and warned that further targeting would have consequences.