Chapter Summaries

Sephiroth assembled a party to investigate the Seven Star Sword on Asuka Island after Golden Lion reported that NEO Marines were already there. The Silent Ship set course for the island, where Ain and Golden Lion’s forces were also converging.

• Nami, Robin, Isabella, and Tashigi persuaded Sephiroth to let them join the expedition for the Seven Star Sword.
• Golden Lion told Sephiroth that NEO Marines had appeared on Asuka Island and seemed to be behaving strangely.
• Sephiroth approved Golden Lion’s Plan B to seize the sword before the Marines could obtain it.
• Sephiroth and his party dressed for the expedition, boarded the Silent Ship, and departed Babylon for Asuka Island.
• Sephiroth told Precious to warn Ain to stay back and wait until they rendezvoused near the island.
• Isabella brought tea to Sephiroth on the bridge, but Nami and the others interrupted them.

Sephiroth brought Isabella, Nami, Tashigi, Robin, and Ain to Asuka Island to investigate the Marines whose behavior had become abnormal. After discovering an ambush ahead, he led the party into the forest to confront them.

• Sephiroth and Isabella arrived at Asuka Island disguised as adventurers and detected Momousagi and York elsewhere on the island.
• Sephiroth's group traveled inland toward the ruins and the Inner Lake while Ain explained that Marines trained at the island dojo had become unusually aggressive.
• Sephiroth deduced that Sengoku had sent Zephyr toward danger and that the Five Elders were investigating Bondrewd's technology.
• Robin located a group of Marines lying in wait and found no sign of Shuzo among them.
• Ain asked whether Sephiroth could purify the Marines, and he drew his greatsword and charged into the forest to calm them down.

Ain and the adventuring party were ambushed by NEO Marines led by Lieutenant Colonel Derby, whose soldiers showed signs of fanatical control. The group defeated the ambushers, and Ain returned carrying an unconscious child.

• Lieutenant Colonel Derby prepared his NEO Marines to ambush Ain and the adventuring party, then redirected his unit toward an unnatural light in the forest.
• Sephiroth sprang from the woods and scattered the NEO Marines, while Tashigi joined the fight and incapacitated several soldiers.
• Sephiroth, Bella, and Nami fought through the remaining soldiers as Ain confronted Derby and learned he believed Babylon had reduced them to pets.
• Ain fought Derby while Isabella and Nami subdued their opponents, with Robin supporting Tashigi from hiding.
• Ain returned carrying an unconscious child as the battlefield fell quiet and the adventuring party regrouped.

Sephiroth and his companions subdued NEO Marines influenced by the Seven Star Sword, then continued toward Asuka Island’s Inner Lake. They discovered a young woman swimming near the ruins, and Robin and Isabella playfully covered Sephiroth’s eyes as the group approached.

• Isabella defeated the bewitched soldiers without killing them while Nami searched their pockets for valuables, and Ain brought back the shrunken lieutenant colonel, who refused to talk.
• Sephiroth explained that the Seven Star Sword drew out its victims’ dark thoughts and gradually influenced them, then Derby woke up, saw Ain, and fainted again.
• Sephiroth arranged for Artificial Angels to carry the subdued NEO Marines to a temporary holding area, and the group followed an ancient river route toward the Inner Lake.
• Robin identified the ruins as part of an ancient ritual site, and Sephiroth sensed people near the lake while Nami spotted a young, blue-haired woman swimming.
• Robin covered Sephiroth’s eyes as the group decided to circle toward the ruins without startling the swimmer, while Isabella praised Robin and Ain joined the others in giving Sephiroth piercing stares.

The adventuring party encountered Maya at a lakeside shrine and frightened her into fleeing, but Isabella, Nami, and Tashigi caught up and made peace with her. After Sephiroth healed her injured feet, Maya introduced herself as the shrine maiden and Isabella said they had come to resolve the Seven Star Sword problem.

• The party saw Maya praying at the lakeside temple, and she fled after Sephiroth startled her and Nami mentioned the precious orbs.
• Robin read an ancient relief describing how three princes’ rivalry over a priestess led to civil war and cursed the Seven Star Sword.
• Isabella, Nami, and Tashigi caught up with Maya, returned her orb and clothes, and apologized for frightening her.
• Sephiroth treated Maya’s injured feet with water and bioelectric healing, and she thanked him and his companions.
• Isabella introduced herself as a Ranger and told Maya that the party had come to address the Seven Star Sword problem.

Sephiroth's group and Vice Admiral Momousagi's Marines arrived at the village of the Asuka descendants to investigate the Seven Star Sword and the Marine Dojo. The village let them enter, while Golden Lion remained nearby and grew suspicious because his scouts found no trouble.

• Maya warned Sephiroth that the cursed Seven Star Sword could plunge the world into darkness and urged his group not to get involved.
• Momousagi led more than a hundred Marines to the village, where residents mistook them for members of the Marine Dojo and blocked the entrance.
• Momousagi explained that she was investigating unusual events at the Marine Dojo, and the village's elder Ilensa agreed to let the Marines enter.
• Maya reunited with her grandmother Ilensa, while Sephiroth and Momousagi recognized one another and concealed his identity from the villagers.
• Sephiroth reassured Robin that her identity was unlikely to be discovered, then wondered why his Mantra could not detect Golden Lion.
• Golden Lion sent underlings to investigate the island, but they reported that nothing had happened, leaving him puzzled.

Golden Lion sent battered pirates toward the remnant village while learning that Babylonian Holy Knights had joined Momousagi’s group. At the village, Gion explained the Seven Star Sword’s history, and the group learned the Red Moon was still nearly a year away, leaving everyone uncertain about Bondrewd’s plans.

• Golden Lion ordered the surviving pirates to retreat to the village and take hostages, intending to test its defenses.
• Sham told Golden Lion and Indigo that an adventuring party from Dressrosa included people from Babylon and had joined Momousagi’s group.
• Ilensa and Maya welcomed Momousagi, Gion, Sephiroth, and the others into the village pavilion, where Gion recounted the history of the Seven Star Sword and the sacred jewels.
• Maya explained that the jewels protected people from the sword’s influence and revealed that Saka had been corrupted after taking up the sword to save her.
• York asked when the Red Moon would come, and Maya said it was expected in just under a year, prompting Gion to question Bondrewd’s intentions.

Gion, York, Ain, and the others investigated the Marine Dojo’s growing aggression as they considered how Bondrewd might be pursuing the Seven Star Sword before its seal could normally be lifted. When pirates attacked the village, Sephiroth and Isabella drove them back, but Marine Dojo fighters arrived just afterward.

• Gion and York suspected Bondrewd had taken over the Marine Dojo and might have an unusual way to unseal the Seven Star Sword before Red Moon Night.
• Maya told Ain that black-clad Marines had joined the dojo and that its harassment had grown more frequent, injuring villagers.
• Gion questioned Isabella about her group’s mission, but an alarm about approaching pirates interrupted them, and the villagers and Marines prepared to defend the settlement.
• Sephiroth and Isabella charged into the pirate ranks, while Gion and the others helped repel the battered attackers.
• Robin overheard pirates mention Golden Lion Shiki and warned Nami and Maya that Bondrewd was likely involved, just as villagers spotted Marine Dojo fighters arriving.

Tashigi, Ain, Sephiroth, and Isabella defended Asuka Remnant Village from Marine Dojo soldiers whose red-glowing eyes drove them to attack. The battle spread across the village, with Tashigi facing Duma and Isabella confronting the dojo’s last senior disciple, Bismarck.

• Tashigi and Vice Admiral Momousagi’s Marines prepared to hold the bluestone bridge as Marine Dojo soldiers approached, and Duma fired a cannon at them.
• Tashigi deflected the cannonball, defeated advancing swordsmen, and fought Duma with her Azure Swallow Style.
• Ain fought dojo soldiers attacking the village’s eastern side, while Vice Admiral Gion supported her with flying sword slashes and protected York.
• Sephiroth defeated Bukongu with a greatsword strike and sent the remaining dojo soldiers flying with Silver Light Falling Blade.
• Isabella burned the attackers on the village’s northeastern side, then faced Bismarck with flames coiling around her red greatsword.

Isabella and the others defeated the Seven Star Sword-controlled Marine Dojo soldiers while protecting Maya’s village. After Gion began questioning the captured Duma, he revealed that Shuzo held the Seven Star Sword and was controlling them.

• Isabella defeated Bismarck and the dojo soldiers outside the village, knocking Bismarck unconscious.
• Robin used her revolver to incapacitate an intruder at the altar, while Maya used a sacred orb to frighten off two more attackers.
• The battle ended with the villagers and Marines suffering relatively light casualties, and the surviving dojo soldiers were captured and treated.
• Tashigi captured Duma and took his sword, Nowakiri, while Sephiroth stopped Duma when the Seven Star Sword’s influence stirred again.
• Gion questioned Duma, who revealed that Shuzo held the Seven Star Sword and controlled the dojo soldiers, shocking Ain.

After learning that Shuzo had fallen under the Seven Star Sword’s control, Sephiroth’s group discovered the Golden Lion was attacking the Marine Dojo and set out to stop him. They reached the battlefield and joined the clash between the dojo Marines and the Flying Pirates.

• Duma’s account revealed that Shuzo had taken the Seven Star Sword after defeating Saka and fallen under its influence, so Gion ordered Duma imprisoned with the dojo people.
• The group heard explosions from the Marine Dojo, and Sephiroth identified the attackers as the Golden Lion’s forces using the Seven Star Sword’s demonic fire.
• Sephiroth’s group prepared a night raid, bringing York and Maya along while Granny Ilensa stayed behind and Gion assigned Marines to guard the village.
• Sephiroth led the group toward the dojo, where they found signs of heavy fighting and learned the Flying Pirates were battling the dojo Marines.
• The group charged into the melee, and Isabella leaped forward with her flaming sword to unleash Crimson Lotus.

Isabella’s party fought its way through Golden Lion’s forces and reached the Marine Dojo, where Shuzo was battling Golden Lion under the Seven Star Sword’s influence. Sephiroth joined the fight against Golden Lion while Gion recovered from a surprise attack and moved toward York.

• Isabella cleared a fiery path through the forest as Sephiroth, Ain, Robin, Nami, and Maya advanced toward the dojo.
• Shuzo fought Golden Lion with the Seven Star Sword’s green flames, enduring severe wounds and healing as he continued attacking.
• Golden Lion sensed approaching fighters and struck Momousagi with a Conqueror’s Haki slash, sending her crashing into the forest.
• Sephiroth arrived in his Great Angel form and confronted Golden Lion while Shuzo broke free of the rubble and resumed his attack.
• Isabella held back from joining the fight, and Gion confirmed she was unharmed before running toward York.

Sephiroth and Golden Lion continued their fierce battle while Momousagi investigated the fighting and then joined the aerial combat. Shuzo attacked Maya and her companions with the Seven Star Sword, leaving Isabella and Ain to confront him as York struggled to observe the battle.

• Momousagi reached York and questioned him about Bondrewd, but a clash of Conqueror's Haki knocked out most of the Marines nearby and blasted Shuzo out of the sky.
• Shuzo recovered in the Seven Star Sword's healing light and revealed that he planned to fully unseal it during the island's Red Moon Phenomenon.
• Isabella and Ain confronted Shuzo and demanded that he surrender the sword, but he attacked them with green flame snakes.
• Golden Lion reshaped the earth and fired a storm of rocks at Sephiroth, who erased the barrage with beams from Meltdowner.
• Momousagi left York with the Marines and flew to assist Sephiroth, cutting through Golden Lion's earthen attacks as Sephiroth recognized an opportunity.

Momousagi and Sephiroth battled Golden Lion, whose Float-Float Fruit attacks were countered by Sephiroth’s weather control and Momousagi’s swordsmanship. After sensing something unusual in Sephiroth’s Conqueror’s Haki, Golden Lion compared him to Giants King-Harald and invited him to join their side, leaving Momousagi startled.

• Momousagi joined Sephiroth against Golden Lion, and Sephiroth used a Holy Light Sword and an armored wing strike to send Golden Lion flying.
• Golden Lion attacked with seawater, but Sephiroth summoned a powerful wind that blew it away and disrupted the Float-Float Fruit assault.
• Sephiroth and Golden Lion resumed their sword clash while Momousagi attacked, but Golden Lion’s four-blade technique overwhelmed her until Sephiroth intervened.
• Golden Lion questioned Sephiroth’s strange Conqueror’s Haki and asked whether he was really human.
• Golden Lion compared Sephiroth to Giants King-Harald and invited him to join them, making Momousagi’s pupils shrink.

York observed the aerial battle between the Great Angel, the Golden Lion, and Momousagi while reporting to Vegapunk, but Bondrewd’s Praying Hands ambushed him. York fled and begged for his life, then was caught in a web of liquid metal as the Praying Hands revealed they knew he was one of their kind.

• York and Lieutenants Chess and Tika followed the aerial battle to the Main Building ruins, where York secretly reported his observations to Vegapunk.
• York watched the Great Angel blow the Golden Lion’s summoned seawater away, then detected three invisible figures approaching.
• York revealed the three figures as Praying Hands, and Sham introduced himself while the other two pinned down Chess and Tika.
• York fled using his DOM Boots as Sham pursued him, dodging York’s laser fire and catching up with him.
• Momousagi tried to help York, but her Flying Slash nearly struck him and only briefly drove Sham back.
• The Praying Hands said York was one of their kind and trapped him in a web of liquid metal as he begged them to spare him.

Sephiroth and Momousagi fought Golden Lion while the Praying Hands moved to capture York, who fled for help. At the training ground, Saka mistook Tashigi for Kuina and attacked her as Nami fought off the other swordsmen.

• Sephiroth sent a coded signal through his Conqueror’s Haki, and Sham’s Praying Hands units moved to capture York.
• Golden Lion and Sephiroth traded Conqueror’s-coated attacks while Momousagi fought Golden Lion and returned to help Sephiroth.
• York fled on his Rocket Boots and called for help, drawing the fighters’ attention away from the aerial battle.
• At the side training ground, Saka arrived with Marine swordsmen, mistook Tashigi for Kuina, and charged at her.
• Tashigi parried Saka’s attack while Nami used her strength and fighting skills to defeat the surrounding swordsmen.

Momousagi tried to rescue York while Golden Lion kept her and Sephiroth occupied, but York was captured by the Praying Hands and secretly began erasing his memories to fake his death and sever his connection to Punk Records. Meanwhile, Shuzo continued fighting Isabella with the Seven Star Sword as its green flames erupted beneath her.

• Momousagi rushed to save York, but Golden Lion blocked her and fought Sephiroth to prevent them from reaching him.
• York fled the Praying Hands with his DOM Boots until one of Momousagi's slashes drove his pursuer back, then the Praying Hands captured him with living metal.
• Sham and the other Praying Hands identified York as a Marine Clone and planned to take him to Bondrewd, while York concealed his identity and altered his goggles and helmet.
• York selectively saved memories, erased information about the other Vegapunks, and lowered his synchronization with Punk Records to make others believe he was dead.
• Shuzo attacked Isabella with the Seven Star Sword, and she evaded his punch by turning into flame before countering with her sword.
• Shuzo drove the Seven Star Sword into the ground, causing green-flamed snakes to burst up beneath Isabella.

Isabella and Ain defeated Shuzo and secured him, while the Praying Hands moved York and the World Government considered its next steps. The Praying Hands arrived at the battlefield with York as Isabella and Ain prepared to face them, leaving the Seven Star Sword behind in the ground.

• Isabella absorbed Shuzo's green flame serpents, but Shuzo drew on the Seven Star Sword and attacked her with volleys of flames and a Haki-coated strike.
• Ain fired at Shuzo and urged him to stop, but he insisted that the world needed a purge and that Zephyr should wield the Seven Star Sword.
• Sham and the other Praying Hands examined the Seven Star Sword, confirmed it was an imitation, and took the restrained York away.
• Vegapunk told Saint Saturn that York's connection had been blocked, and Saint Saturn ordered Momousagi to act because Bondrewd had not appeared.
• Sephiroth told Golden Lion to make one attempt to seize the Seven Star Sword, while Momousagi pursued them to rescue York.
• Isabella overwhelmed Shuzo and disarmed him, and Ain cuffed him; the Praying Hands then arrived with York as Isabella and Ain braced for trouble.

Isabella and Ain faced the Praying Hands, who held York hostage and demanded a safe route out and the Seven Star Sword. Golden Lion seized the sword and clashed with Sephiroth, who then moved to take it from him.

• Sham demanded that Isabella exchange the Seven Star Sword and a safe route for York, while Isabella and Ain refused to yield.
• Golden Lion and Sephiroth arrived, and Sham signaled the Praying Hands to keep Isabella and Ain from stopping Golden Lion.
• Golden Lion grabbed the Seven Star Sword and resisted its visions with Conqueror's Haki.
• Golden Lion clashed with Sephiroth, then released the sword after finding it offered little benefit to him.
• Sephiroth declared that purifying the sword was his duty and formed a Pure White Lightsaber to face Golden Lion.

Momousagi, Isabella, and the Praying Hands fought over York as the Babylon side tried to prevent him from being taken, while Ain’s reinforcements arrived. The chapter left the Praying Hands still fleeing with York and Sephiroth continuing his battle with Golden Lion, who was struggling against the Great Angel’s power.

• Reynolds carried York away, but Momousagi attacked them with a Flying Slash, and Isabella deflected it to save York.
• Sham and Ryan disengaged from Ain and Isabella, regrouped with Reynolds, and fled with York while Isabella and Momousagi pursued them.
• Isabella’s attacks repeatedly disrupted Momousagi’s attempts to strike York, creating a tense pursuit as the Praying Hands fought to escape.
• Nami, Tashigi, and Maya arrived with Ain; Nami said Robin and the Knights had secured Saka and his gang, and the group set out to deal with the Seven Star Sword.
• Sephiroth’s holy-light attacks overwhelmed Golden Lion’s slashes, and one beam sent Golden Lion flying despite his Armament Haki.