Chapter Summaries

Vice Admiral Momousagi prepared the Marines to confront Shining, while Sephiroth chose to meet their warships aboard the Thunderhawk. The two sides headed toward an uninhabited island, where Comil planned to test whether Shining deserved to become a Shichibukai.

• Momousagi briefed her subordinates on Shining and ordered them to prioritize civilian safety during the mission.
• A Marine lieutenant reported that Brook had abruptly left an establishment in Lulusia, and Momousagi judged that Titans was probably not directly involved.
• Sephiroth detected Momousagi and Comil's warships and decided to fly the Thunderhawk toward them to learn their intentions.
• The Marines spotted the Thunderhawk approaching from Lulusia, and Comil concluded that the pirates were inviting them to meet.
• Comil learned that an uninhabited island lay ahead and prepared to test Shining's strength.

Sephiroth confronted Vice Admirals Momousagi and Comil on an uninhabited island, using lightning, imposing music, and strange pressure to begin the fight. After dodging their attacks and unleashing a massive Blue Jets discharge, he left Momousagi trying to cut through the blast.

• A Bunbu met Momousagi and Comil on the island while Sephiroth taunted them remotely.
• Sephiroth transformed into his lightning form and arrived amid ominous music, storm clouds, and an unfamiliar pressure that Comil cut through.
• Momousagi and Comil leaped into the sky and attacked Sephiroth, who evaded them with lightning-fast movement.
• Sephiroth fired Thunderball and Red Sprites, but Comil escaped and Momousagi’s sword strike missed.
• Momousagi’s Observation Haki warned her of danger as Sephiroth unleashed Blue Jets, and she powered up her sword to carve a path through the attack.

The Five Elders discussed the Great Angel and ordered the Navy to send Kizaru to recruit and discipline the Rumble-Rumble Fruit user as a Shichibukai. Meanwhile, Sephiroth brought Kessoku Band to Water 7, where he planned to meet Perona and wait for the Navy.

• Jaygarcia Saturn Saint, Saint Marcus Mars, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, and Saint Topman Warcury discussed the Great Angel’s Mythical Zoan and considered bringing him into the Celestial Dragon system.
• Saint Nusjuro identified the Rumble-Rumble Fruit user as a suitable Shichibukai replacement for Moria, and Saint Warcury ordered the Navy to send Kizaru to recruit him and teach him a lesson.
• Sephiroth recalled that his visits to Water 7 with different groups of women had fueled rumors about the Great Angel and his angelic companions.
• Sephiroth brought Kessoku Band to Water 7 aboard the Thunderhawk after leaving the Navy battle, intending to meet Perona and make it easier for the Navy to find him.
• Sephiroth chose Water 7 as a place where the Navy would be unlikely to start a fight because it was a major transport hub and population center.

Sephiroth and Perona toured Water 7 before Admiral Kizaru invited him to become a Shichibukai. Sephiroth accepted and took Kizaru out over the sea, where they began a fight that left both testing the other's abilities.

• Sephiroth and Perona rode a Yagara Bull through Water 7, knocking over a lemonade stand as Kalifa and Paulie watched.
• The next day, Kizaru approached Sephiroth and offered him the vacant Shichibukai position.
• Sephiroth accepted the offer and moved the confrontation away from Water 7 to protect nearby civilians.
• Sephiroth dodged Kizaru's light-speed kick, then tested Kizaru with a barrage of lightning strikes.

Sephiroth fought Kizaru in a high-speed battle, using his lightning abilities to challenge the Admiral’s light attacks. After Kizaru injured him, Sephiroth unexpectedly awakened Conqueror’s Haki and was mortified by the reason.

• Sephiroth used Mantra and a lightning web to anticipate Kizaru’s attacks and restrict his light-speed movement.
• Kizaru coated his lasers with Armament Haki, giving him an advantage over Sephiroth’s attacks.
• Sephiroth struck Kizaru with Dark Inazuma, which drained the Admiral’s stamina.
• Kizaru’s Haki-infused Yasakani no Magatama grazed Sephiroth’s arm, and Sephiroth rapidly healed while struggling with his first serious injury.
• Sephiroth erupted with Conqueror’s Haki after being hurt, leaving him ashamed of his sudden awakening.

Sephiroth used his newly awakened Conqueror's Haki and advanced Mantra to keep Kizaru at a distance, then prepared an intercontinental Gamma-Ray Burst as his final attack. The chapter ended as the devastating beam began racing toward Kizaru.

• Sephiroth and Kizaru traded attacks across the battlefield, with Kizaru deflecting Sephiroth's dark lightning and Sephiroth evading Kizaru's counterattacks.
• Sephiroth used lightning channels and return strokes to attack from hundreds of kilometers away, staying beyond Kizaru's Observation Haki and repeatedly widening the distance between them.
• Sephiroth contacted Kizaru telepathically and announced that he would launch a final attack.
• After confirming they were over the Calm Belt and away from settlements, Sephiroth gathered gamma rays into a directional beam from 1,400 kilometers away.
• Sephiroth unleashed his Gamma-Ray Burst, whose dazzling radiation and shock wave surged through the atmosphere toward Kizaru.

Sephiroth fired a long-range Star-Crushing Roar Cannon at Kizaru in the Calm Belt, intending to intimidate the Marines without killing him. Kizaru survived the near miss, but the attack’s lingering radiation killed sea life over a wide area and convinced him that the World Government needed to treat Satellite Shining with greater caution.

• Sephiroth gathered a thunderstorm, calibrated his aim for three minutes, and fired the Star-Crushing Roar Cannon toward Kizaru, 1,400 kilometers away.
• Kizaru sensed the attack and maintained his elemental form as the beam passed roughly thirty meters away, its shock wave severely distorting his body.
• Kizaru expelled the destructive energy from his body as light bullets, but the attack’s impact created enormous waves, a hydrogen explosion, and a vast hole in the sea of clouds.
• Kizaru detected marine life dying across more than ten kilometers, while nearby Sea Kings suffered horrific injuries from the lingering energy.
• Kizaru evacuated the Calm Belt, reached the West Blue, and decided that the World Government needed to approach Satellite Shining more cautiously.

Sephiroth used a Gamma-Ray Burst against Kizaru, then cleared the radioactive residue and returned to the Thunderhawk after declaring the danger over. His crew regrouped while Marine Headquarters reacted to his power, and the chapter ended with his appointment as a Shichibukai set for the next day.

• Sephiroth recovered after firing a Gamma-Ray Burst at Kizaru, assessed the attack’s limits, and gathered its radioactive residue into a ball that he launched into space.
• Perona and Brook waited aboard the Thunderhawk under Sephiroth’s safety rules until he telepathically told them the problem was solved and that they should await the World Government’s envoy in Water 7.
• Sephiroth explained that his newly awakened Telepathy could transmit words into another person’s surface thoughts, then appeared in the lounge and reunited with Perona and Brook.
• Perona tackled Sephiroth while Brook was brought down by a Negative Hollow.
• Sengoku struck his desk at Marine Headquarters as Tsuru sighed and Garp ate rice crackers, while Sengoku wondered how Sephiroth had developed his Devil Fruit so effectively.

Aboard the Thunderhawk, Perona asked Sephiroth to spend the night with her after sensing his unsettled emotions. She revealed that she wanted him to change into his elemental form, leaving Sephiroth stunned as she began to undress.

• Sephiroth rested aboard the Thunderhawk instead of staying in a Water 7 hotel and reflected on his newfound power and ambitions.
• Perona entered Sephiroth's cabin and asked him to sleep with her.
• Sephiroth checked that Perona genuinely wanted this, and she said his mood after returning had made her feel it was the right time.
• Sephiroth drew Perona close, and she asked him to change back into his elemental form, preferably just a little.
• Perona lifted her gothic outfit as faint light flickered inside the cabin.

Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru weighed the danger posed by Satellite Shining and the Great Angel as Sephiroth waited in Water 7. Satellite Shining accepted the World Government’s offer to become a Shichibukai and requested three Paramecia Devil Fruits, then met Kalifa.

• Sengoku worried that Satellite Shining could become a threat, while Tsuru advised against provoking him and considered the risks posed by the Great Angel.
• Sephiroth continued Kessoku Band’s activities in Water 7 and reflected on why the Navy and CP kept monitoring the Great Angel.
• A CP4 representative offered Satellite Shining the position of Shichibukai, and he agreed to sign the documents.
• Satellite Shining used his special request to ask for three Paramecia Devil Fruits, though CP4 could not choose or promise the fruits.
• After CP4 left, Kalifa appeared backstage and introduced herself as a fan of Satellite Shining.

Sephiroth and his companions intervened when Porcupine Gra’s pirates attacked a seaside town, rescuing the civilians and defeating the raiders. The Marines watched the King of Babylon and his forces turn the battle around, while Isabella killed Gra herself.

• Porcupine Gra’s pirates attacked a seaside town, and the surviving Marines retreated through its streets while trying to protect the civilians.
• A blond sergeant pulled his black-haired brother out of the path of one of Gra’s quills, and the brothers continued fighting while waiting for reinforcements.
• Sephiroth descended in the Lucifer's Glory and attacked the pirates with beams of light, while flying knights spread out to hunt down the survivors.
• Isabella cut through the pirate lackeys and confronted Gra, who became distracted by her appearance.
• Isabella dodged most of Gra’s launched quills, then killed him with a strike from the Primordial Flame.

Sephiroth and Isabella led rescue efforts after the pirates devastated a town, with Sephiroth using his powers to clear rubble and treat the injured. As the search ended, Isabella reflected on Sephiroth’s unusual outlook and moved close to him, prompting his embarrassed protest.

• A boy trapped beneath the wreckage saw Sephiroth’s golden glow and mistook him for an angel as the Birka Knights rescued him.
• Sephiroth organized the knights and Marines, lifted wreckage, treated a critically injured man, and used Mantra to locate survivors and make firebreaks.
• A Marine corporal called Sephiroth a true hero, but Sephiroth said ordinary Marines were the real heroes; the corporal ran away in tears.
• Isabella told Sephiroth that the rescue had reached its limit, and he insisted that he would still want people to keep trying if he were in the survivors’ place.
• Isabella moved close to Sephiroth, who protested that she should not get so close in public.

After the pirates destroyed a port town, Sephiroth and Isabella organized relief while the Marines struggled to assist. Sephiroth used trade goods as interest-free loans to aid the survivors, then continued relief work alongside his concerts as the town’s recovery remained uncertain.

• The townspeople returned to their ruined homes after the pirates were defeated, and Sephiroth arrived with white-armored knights carrying supplies.
• Isabella organized shelters and medical areas while Sephiroth treated wounded Marines, knights, and civilians.
• A Marine ensign asked Sephiroth why he was helping, and a knight interrupted to warn that supplies might run short.
• Sephiroth ordered the knights to distribute trade goods as ten-year, interest-free loans and arrange replacements through their contacts in Titans.
• By dusk, survivors had tents and hot meals, and Sephiroth took Isabella back to Sky Island before continuing disaster relief and performing concerts over the following days.

After helping the town’s survivors rebuild, Sephiroth departed without accepting thanks, and stories of the Great Angel spread. Back aboard Lucifer's Glory, his explanation of benevolence inspired a young knight to start recording the Holy Scripture.

• Sephiroth and his knights provided food, clothes, medical care, and shelter until the town’s survivors were settled, then departed without accepting gifts or repayment.
• The townspeople wondered whether people as kind as the Great Angel could survive, while stories of his help spread through the region.
• On Lucifer's Glory, Ohm oversaw the final supply inventory while a young knight asked why Sephiroth helped the Blue Sea People.
• Sephiroth explained benevolence as compassion and urged the knights to keep up their good work.
• The young knight began writing Sephiroth’s words in a notebook as the Holy Scripture, leaving Ohm exasperated.

Kalifa continued her covert work as Kessoku Band’s manager in Water 7 while trying to blend in as a devoted fan. When Brook stayed away for Christmas, Sephiroth asked her to fill in at the band’s concert, leaving both her and him pleased with their respective plans.

• Kalifa sorted Christmas performance invitations and lamented that Kessoku Band would hold only one concert before the holiday break.
• Perona chatted with Kalifa, who casually asked about Brook and learned he had gone home to visit a friend.
• Kalifa discussed Paulie with Perona and recalled her former job at Galley-La Company.
• Sephiroth arrived and asked Kalifa to replace Brook at the next day’s event, handing her a women’s Christmas outfit.
• Kalifa agreed, hoping the performance would help her become an official band member, while Sephiroth welcomed her undercover roleplay.

On Christmas Eve in Babylon, Isabella performed her tone-deaf Christmas carols at a party hosted by Sephiroth. The guests enjoyed the celebration, exchanged gifts, and left the story ready to jump ahead to January 1517, when Ace would set out to sea.

• Sephiroth hosted a Christmas Eve party in the Babylon Temple and invited friends and family, including Isabella, Nami, Nojiko, Rebecca, Kuma, and Perona.
• Isabella sang Christmas carols, prompting affectionate laughter from the guests and dismay from Lilith, Elaina, and Gilgamesh.
• Carina sang beautifully after Isabella, and Sephiroth coaxed Kuma into performing, revealing Kuma's excellent bass voice.
• The guests gathered by the fireplace, shared hot chocolate and conversation, and exchanged Christmas gifts.
• The chapter ended by foreshadowing a jump to January 1517, when Ace would set out to sea.

Kalifa met with Lucci, Kaku, and Blueno to report on her undercover mission with Kessoku Band and discuss Satellite Shining’s mysterious background. After learning that Ace had set sail on his birthday, Sephiroth ordered him tracked so he could intercept the Flame-Flame Fruit and give Ace a Haki Memory Crystal.

• Kalifa entered Blueno’s tavern through its back door and met with Lucci, Kaku, and Blueno.
• Kalifa told the CP9 agents that Satellite Shining was difficult to understand and seemed unlike anyone from the world they knew.
• Lucci asked about the Devil Fruits Shining had received, and Kalifa said he had apparently sold them to Titans.
• Satori spotted Portgas D. Ace’s departure from the surveillance network and sent a Level One emergency notification to Sephiroth.
• Sephiroth ordered Satori to monitor Ace around the clock and report whenever he reached an island.
• Sephiroth decided to intercept the Flame-Flame Fruit and give Ace a Memory Crystal containing the Three Types of Haki.

Nojiko asked Sephiroth for help developing the Bubble-Bubble Fruit, but her visit became a personal appeal for closeness and security. Sephiroth carried her to the bathroom to explore the fruit’s powers in a bubble bath.

• Sephiroth learned that Nami and the others were exploring the Shandia Ruins with Kuma, Kyros, and Genzo.
• Nojiko told Sephiroth she wanted to eat the Bubble-Bubble Fruit and asked about developing its powers.
• As they talked, Nojiko drew closer to Sephiroth and admitted she wanted to feel secure by his side.
• Sephiroth recognized Nojiko’s feelings, carried her to the bathroom, and agreed to explore her fruit powers in a bubble bath.

Sephiroth explained why he wanted political representation for Cocoyasi and proposed elections for Babylon’s ordinary representative seats. He left the details of how the seats would be allocated unresolved.

• Sephiroth brought lunch to Lilith and Aisa at the Happiness and Peace of Mind Committee headquarters.
• Aisa asked Sephiroth what he really was, and he told her she could take her time learning about the world.
• Sephiroth explained that Nojiko’s arrival had moved his plans forward and that he wanted Cocoyasi’s people to gain political standing in Babylon.
• Aisa questioned why Cocoyasi needed a seat if Sephiroth could keep everyone peaceful, and he said power could not change people’s hearts.
• Lilith asked how Sephiroth would allocate the representative seats, and he proposed elections for ordinary representatives.

Sephiroth explained his plans for integrating the Blue Sea People into Babylon’s leadership before leaving to find Ace on Sixis Island. He watched Ace meet the stranded Deuce, intending to help Ace develop his Haki and draw the World Government’s attention.

• Lilith, Aisa, and Sephiroth discussed Kuma’s possible place among the Three Pillars and the future of the Happiness and Peace of Mind Committee.
• Sephiroth told Aisa that he would not raise Blue Sea islands into the sky on a large scale and explained his plans for preparing Babylon’s leaders to govern a diverse society.
• A monitoring report alerted Sephiroth that Ace had landed on Sixis Island, so he left Lilith and Aisa and traveled there by satellite.
• Ace arrived on the beach with his boat and introduced himself to Deuce, who had been stranded on the island for days.
• Sephiroth watched from above and planned to help Ace learn Haki early so that Ace could occupy the World Government’s attention.