Chapter Summaries

Baccarat led Shining, Perona, Kalifa, Hina, and Brook into the King of Gold Hotel after they changed into white-themed outfits. When children begged them to buy flowers and pleaded for freedom, Shining recognized the debt trap behind their desperation, but he let Baccarat escort the group onward.

• Baccarat led Kessoku Band across the bridge to the King of Gold Hotel, and the group showed off their new outfits.
• Shining paid Baccarat for the clothes after she offered them as gifts.
• A group of children begged the visitors to buy flowers, and one boy said the money would help them gain their freedom.
• Baccarat sent the children away, while Shining realized their parents were likely trapped working off debts in Gran Tesoro.
• Shining told Baccarat the encounter had not spoiled their mood, and she led the group toward the Golden Tower.

Shining and Kessoku Band explored the King of Gold Hotel, where Baccarat offered them casino games and special attractions. Perona and Brook joined Shining in the Hot Shell turtle-car race, which began with the other contestants already worried about racing against him.

• Baccarat welcomed Shining and Kessoku Band into the lavish, gold-filled King of Gold Hotel and offered Shining thirty million chips as a gift.
• Shining rejected Baccarat’s offer, bought fifty million chips for each of them, and asked his companions what they wanted to try.
• Shining spotted Shiki gambling at a Sic Bo table but passed by without revealing that he recognized him.
• Baccarat described the hotel’s attractions, and Shining chose the Hot Shell turtle-car race after Perona asked to join.
• Perona and Brook entered the race with Shining, while Kalifa and Hina watched from the VIP section.
• Shining’s modified Turtle Car surged into the lead at the start, as the other five contestants tried to make sure he enjoyed the race.

Shining’s team won Tesoro’s staged race on Gran Tesoro and accepted an invitation to perform there the next evening. Morgans arrived the next morning, suspecting the concert would lead to major news, while Shining hoped it would not.

• Shining’s team raced through the course as the other contestants staged attacks, and Perona knocked the Marine lieutenant’s car into a pool while Caesar was blasted off the track and recognized Vice Admiral Tokikake on the golf course.
• Shining, Brook, and Perona crossed the finish line first, then used mercury to remove the gold dust Tesoro had showered over the crowd.
• Baccarat invited Shining’s band to perform at the hotel the next evening, and Shining agreed.
• Shining spent the night with Perona and Kalifa, then joined Hina, Brook, and the others for breakfast the next morning.
• Morgans arrived with reporters and pressed Shining for information, but Shining said he did not want any big news.

Shining and Kessoku Band explored Gran Tesoro’s VIP casino, where Shining demonstrated his ability to reshape gold and Tesoro asked Brook whether he could see the dead. As Kessoku Band prepared to perform, Babbage’s warning led Shining to arrange extra protection, and the chapter ended with the band stepping onto a stage met by a golden waterfall.

• Baccarat guided Shining, Kessoku Band, and Morgans through the casino before Tanaka tried to escort them through the sealed VIP entrance, which Shining opened by reshaping the gold wall.
• Shining’s group encountered Vice Admiral Momousagi and Vice Admiral Cuckoo, then watched Dice smash a steel dice bell with his forehead.
• Tesoro invited Shining and the others to gamble, and later asked Brook whether he could see people who had died; Brook said he could.
• Babbage told Shining that he had a bad feeling and had arranged for the Automated Control Legion to protect everyone during the concert.
• At 18:00, Shining and Kessoku Band went onstage, where a golden waterfall surged toward them as the crowd roared.

Tesoro attacked Shining and Kessoku Band during their performance, but Shining defeated him as Bondrewd and the alliance arrived at Gran Tesoro. Shiki separated Babbage from Shining in an aerial battle while the alliance deployed Landing Pods across the city.

• Tesoro unleashed a golden wave at Shining and Kessoku Band, but Shining transformed it into gold sulfide and sent Perona, Brook, Hina, and Kalifa to Babbage.
• Shining struck Tesoro and overwhelmed him in a one-sided fight as the audience and Morgans watched.
• Bondrewd and the alliance arrived on missiles, while Tesoro's gold began spreading over the Celestial Dragons.
• Babbage flew toward Bondrewd, but Shiki intercepted him with a granite meteorite and forced him down toward the golf course.
• Bondrewd told the four captains to follow the plan as their missiles scattered and deployed Landing Pods around Gran Tesoro.
• A Landing Pod opened in the commercial district, and the fully armed Praying Hands emerged.

Bondrewd arrived at Gran Tesoro with four captains and trapped Shining inside a barrier, where he revealed that Shining was his former student, Reg. As Tesoro’s gold immobilized the spectators and the Celestial Dragons demanded evacuation, Shining remained sealed inside with Bondrewd.

• Shining overwhelmed Tesoro with speed and electrical attacks, then recognized that Bondrewd was behind Tesoro’s behavior.
• Senior left the VIP section to help Babbage, while Galdino stayed behind to protect the others.
• Bondrewd and the four captains arrived on missiles, and Bondrewd took Tesoro’s place opposite Shining.
• The captains activated a barrier around Bondrewd and Shining; Bondrewd used a force-field device to keep Shining from escaping.
• Bondrewd revealed that Shining was his former student, Reg, while Morgans secretly photographed the exchange.
• Tesoro’s gold trapped fleeing spectators, and Tokikake urged the Celestial Dragons to evacuate as Perona and Brook considered how to free Shining.

Tesoro and his controlled allies attacked the VIP District, drawing the Marines and Kessoku Band into a battle while Tokikake escorted the Celestial Dragons away. Gion joined Hina and Brook against the attackers, while the reason Kessoku Band had been targeted remained unclear.

• Tokikake and Gion used Haki to free several Cipher Pol agents from the gold, while the Celestial Dragons demanded an escort out of the area.
• Hina, Brook, Perona, Galdino, and Kalifa prepared to help Shining, but Tesoro arrived and blocked them with Baccarat and Dice.
• Tesoro sent a giant golden serpent crashing into the VIP District, prompting Gion and Cuckoo to realize that Kessoku Band was likely his main target.
• Tokikake escorted the Celestial Dragons away as Gion and Cuckoo confronted Tesoro, who sent a wave of golden pythons toward Kessoku Band.
• Hina, Perona, and Galdino fought Tesoro's henchmen while Hina and Cuckoo attacked Tesoro, and Brook clashed with Dice as Baccarat's luck ability disrupted him.
• Gion cut down Dice's armor and traded attacks with Tesoro before switching places with Hina, while Baccarat challenged Hina and Brook to continue the fight.

Cuckoo and Gion struggled to reach Tesoro through his gold defenses while Shining fought Bondrewd on the main stage. Bondrewd revealed two figures from capsule pods, whom Cuckoo recognized as Admirals Borsalino and Sakazuki.

• Cuckoo evaded Tesoro's molten gold attack as Gion cut through his golden python and barrage, but Tesoro escaped through the gold.
• Shining attacked Bondrewd, who used his Alchemy Fruit to disperse the lightning and kept him occupied on the main stage.
• Tesoro charged toward the VIP seats while Shining and Bondrewd continued their staged close-combat battle.
• Cuckoo confronted Drake near the Signal Tower, and Drake fought her fiercely while secretly signaling that he could not explain his situation.
• Bondrewd opened two capsule pods and introduced their occupants as Shining's juniors, prompting Cuckoo to recognize Admiral Borsalino and Admiral Sakazuki.

Sengoku sent Kizaru and Garp to support the battle on Gran Tesoro, but Bondrewd stunned Marine Headquarters by conjuring convincing artificial versions of Akainu and Kizaru. Shining fought the fakes while Bondrewd approached Cuckoo, and Vegapunk's team watched in disbelief from Egghead.

• Sengoku ordered Kizaru to Gran Tesoro and prepared Garp to follow, while refusing Akainu's request to deploy because Kuzan was guarding Impel Down.
• Bondrewd summoned artificial Akainu and Kizaru on the live broadcast, shocking Sengoku, Tsuru, Garp, and the Marines at Headquarters.
• Shining battled the artificial Admirals as they imitated the originals' magma and light abilities, while Bondrewd left the stage and approached Cuckoo.
• Cuckoo retreated from Bondrewd, and Drake stopped fighting after the artificial Admirals appeared.
• Lilith, Shaka, Pythagoras, Edison, and Vegapunk watched the broadcast from Egghead and struggled to understand the artificial Admirals' convincing effects.

Senior fought Tanaka and the Praying Hands in Gran Tesoro while the battle between Golden Lion Shiki and Mechanical King Babbage raged over the Golf Course. Shiki and Babbage continued trading attacks as the Sky Theater prepared to begin its Puppet Show.

• Tanaka ordered Senior to be attacked, and the two fought through their shared ability to pass through walls and the ground.
• Senior saw Bondrewd summon Kizaru and Akainu on a billboard, then an explosion at the stern interrupted his fight with Tanaka.
• More than twenty Praying Hands joined Tanaka, while Titans' Mechanical Guards arrived to support Senior.
• Golden Lion Shiki used a meteor to push Babbage onto the Golf Course, where the two began fighting away from the Sky Theater.
• Babbage fired an Electromagnetic Cannon that pierced Shiki's Flying Slash, then unleashed a barrage of weapons as Shiki countered with Lion: Thousand-Cut Valley.

Shiki fought Babbage over Gran Tesoro until Babbage revealed the Ashen and its Mechanical Soldier legion, turning the duel into a battle against the Machine Intelligence Union. Shiki faced the encirclement as Babbage declared his ideals and unleashed Brilliant Ashen World.

• Shiki used earth and rock from Gran Tesoro’s Golf Course to trap Babbage and press him with Flying Slashes until Babbage ran low on ammunition.
• Babbage refused to retreat, and a plasma cannon strike from the cloaked Ashen blasted through the earth and damaged Gran Tesoro.
• Sephiroth directed Fran to complete the Imperial Guard’s deployment and begin the second-stage combat deployment at Babbage’s position.
• The Ashen appeared beneath Gran Tesoro’s searchlights and launched a vast force of Mechanical Soldiers to surround Shiki.
• Babbage called himself the Machine Intelligence Union and invoked Brilliant Ashen World as Shiki asked to settle the fight peacefully.

Shiki struggled against Babbage and the Zaku Legion, then escaped amid a clash between the Abyss and Ashen. Elsewhere in Gran Tesoro, an Imperial Guard eliminated a patrol, while Senior's squad continued its mission to take over the drainage facilities and replace the public water supply with seawater.

• Shiki failed to damage Babbage with a close-range attack and fled after realizing Babbage's armor had withstood it.
• Indigo fired the Abyss's main cannon at the Ashen, and the two warships exchanged fire as their troops battled in the sky.
• Babbage left to head toward the Sky Theater, while Shiki slipped into the breach in the Ashen and escaped through an emergency passage.
• An Imperial Guard entered an engineering passage, killed six Tesoro Guards, and continued toward the drainage system.
• Senior arrived with Zaku soldiers and ordered them to keep taking control of Gran Tesoro's drainage facilities and replace the outdoor public water with seawater.

The Silent Ship departed Titans with Marine reinforcements for Gran Tesoro while Bondrewd escalated the battle there. After rain freed many hostages from Tesoro’s control, Bondrewd incapacitated Cuckoo and unleashed a flood of sulfuric acid toward the VIP area.

• T Bone and Captain Penn boarded the Wide-Area Silent Ship, and Sephiroth promised Kujaku that the ship would reach Gran Tesoro quickly.
• Sephiroth handed control of his holographic projection to Precious, and the Silent Ship departed Titans.
• Bondrewd confronted Cuckoo while Shining fought two Clone Admirals, then turned his attention toward the explosions at Gran Tesoro’s stern.
• Babbage’s Ashen rose into the sky and exchanged fire with another mechanical flying warship as fountains drenched Gran Tesoro and freed controlled spectators.
• Bondrewd incapacitated Cuckoo and transformed gold sulfide into sulfuric acid, sending the flood toward the VIP area.

Galdino overcame his fear to protect the VIP spectators, then led their evacuation through the Golden Tower as Tesoro’s forces pursued them. He stayed behind to hold off the attackers while the others escaped, and Sephiroth allowed the unexpected turn of events to continue.

• Galdino blocked Bondrewd’s sulfuric acid with a wax wall, but Bondrewd began melting it until Babbage arrived and took over the fight.
• Babbage ordered Galdino to evacuate the VIP spectators, while Zaku soldiers helped cover their retreat and Galdino led them down the passage.
• Kalifa deduced that Bondrewd was manipulating the gold around them, and Galdino pressed on despite threats ahead and behind.
• When Tesoro’s forces destroyed the stairs, Galdino made a paraffin slide across the gap and urged the spectators to escape without him.
• The spectators crossed safely as Galdino endured gunfire and explosions inside the Golden Tower, while Atachi photographed his stand.

Shining unleashed a massive electromagnetic storm across the Sky Theater, disrupting communications and overwhelming the fighters as he transformed into an armored Thunder Giant God. The chapter ended with him announcing his new form, Giant Trunade Spirit.

• Tesoro fought Gion while Baccarat and Dice led the guards against Hina, Brook, Perona, and the Zaku soldiers.
• Hina struggled against Baccarat’s Lucky-Lucky Fruit, then ordered Perona to evacuate while she kept Baccarat occupied.
• Urouge, Apoo, Drake, and Hawkins defended the generators from Zaku soldiers, while a commander Zaku escorted the incapacitated Cuckoo to a medical area.
• Shining teleported to the center of the Barrier and released Conqueror’s Haki and a powerful electromagnetic pulse, briefly stopping the cloned Admirals and disabling Morgans’s camera.
• Shining’s electrical discharge filled the Sky Theater with lightning and auroras, incapacitating guards while leaving several fighters unharmed.
• Shining drew down the lightning and transformed into the armored Giant Trunade Spirit.

Shining unleashed his giant lightning form and devastated the Sky Theater before joining the fight against Bondrewd. Babbage freed Tesoro from Bondrewd’s control, but Bondrewd emerged from Tesoro’s chest and destroyed Babbage’s mechanical body.

• Hina captured Baccarat after Perona’s slot machine jackpot drained Baccarat’s luck.
• Shining defeated Red Dog, then struck down Urouge with a massive lightning attack that carved a swath of ruins across Gran Tesoro.
• Shining confronted Bondrewd while Babbage flew to help Gion fight Tesoro.
• Babbage disrupted Tesoro’s barrier and shattered the circlet controlling him.
• Bondrewd grew an arm from Tesoro’s chest and decomposed Babbage, whose damaged body fell toward the ground.

Cuckoo and the wounded Tokikake were taken to the Ashen’s medical room, where Babbage revealed his Hive Matrix and promised to help save the Celestial Dragons. At the Sky Theater, Bondrewd and Tesoro continued their fight against Shining’s side, and Tesoro broke away to rescue Baccarat.

• A Zaku squad escorted Cuckoo to the Ashen, where Artificial Angels placed her in a medical room alongside the injured Tokikake.
• Babbage emerged from the Hive Matrix, explained that Bondrewd had been exposed, and agreed to help save the Celestial Dragons.
• At the Sky Theater, Bondrewd praised Tesoro for helping remove Babbage from the fight, and both sides resumed battling.
• Urouge attacked Gion while Drake and Hawkins fought Brook and Perona, and Shining and Bondrewd remained the main combatants.
• Tesoro charged Hina to reach Baccarat, but Shining carried Hina out of the golden wave as Tesoro freed Baccarat and embraced her.

Shining and his allies uncovered Bondrewd’s plan to revive Stella by using a soul and a body, driving Tesoro to unleash his gold-powered giant against Bondrewd. Kizaru arrived to protect Tesoro, and he and Shining faced Bondrewd as the ruined hotel collapsed around them.

• Hina, Shining, Bondrewd, and Tesoro regrouped as Shining and Hina identified Brook and Perona as Bondrewd’s targets.
• Tesoro revealed that he had allied with Bondrewd to bring Stella back, and Bondrewd admitted he intended to summon her soul into a puppet or use Baccarat as her vessel.
• Brook condemned Bondrewd’s methods, and Tesoro broke down when he realized how close he had come to sacrificing Baccarat.
• Tesoro erupted in rage and transformed the King of Gold Hotel into a hundred-meter golden giant, which attacked Bondrewd.
• Bondrewd used mercury to corrode the giant, but Kizaru arrived and struck Bondrewd before shielding the weakened Tesoro.
• Shining joined Kizaru, and the two Logia users confronted Bondrewd.

Kizaru arrived at Gran Tesoro and joined Shining in fighting Bondrewd, whose large-scale Transmutation was meant to affect the island. Babbage had sabotaged Bondrewd’s plan, and Shining revealed that Babbage could be rebooted after temporarily leaving the stage.

• Kizaru reached Gran Tesoro, found Bondrewd fighting Tesoro, and intervened alongside Shining.
• Kizaru and Shining battled Bondrewd through the VIP District as the electromagnetic field disrupted Kizaru’s Observation Haki and filled the streets with strange phenomena.
• Golden Lion arrived carrying four Celestial Dragons as hostages, and Bondrewd began a vast Transmutation across the surrounding area.
• Bondrewd revealed that someone had sabotaged his plan, and Senior emerged to accuse him of killing Babbage.
• Bondrewd trapped Senior in a web of black substance, but Shining pulled him free and told him Babbage could be rebooted.

Bondrewd revealed the Sage’s Stone and used it to restore Golden Lion’s youth, exposing a secret that the VIP district’s guests could not keep quiet. As Kizaru and Shining prepared to pursue them, Bondrewd warned that the Great Angel was approaching, and Golden Lion used the last Celestial Dragon as a shield while a meteor streaked toward the battlefield.

• Gion and Hina left Baccarat and Dice alone while Brook and Perona watched Bondrewd’s strange transmutation effects spread across the district, with their bracelets keeping them safe.
• Tesoro exposed Bondrewd’s possession of Pure Gold and its creator, but Bondrewd and Golden Lion proceeded with their plan using the Celestial Dragons as materials.
• Bondrewd decomposed three Celestial Dragons and three Praying Hands into a Sage’s Stone, then drove it into Golden Lion’s chest and restored his youth.
• Bondrewd explained that the stone’s effects relied on Pure Gold and that Celestial Dragons possessed unusually high existence power, while Morgans photographed the revelation and Kizaru realized it could not be suppressed.
• Bondrewd warned Golden Lion that the Great Angel would arrive soon, and Golden Lion seized the remaining Celestial Dragon as Kizaru and Shining readied themselves to fight.
• A meteor hurtled toward the battlefield from the stern of Gran Tesoro.