Chapter Summaries

Sakazuki and Cricket rode the Knock Up Stream from Jaya to the White Sea, where the crew learned they had reached Sky Island. The warship headed for Heaven’s Gate, the entrance to the Kingdom of God, while Sakazuki planned to obtain the Ark Maxim blueprints and other treasures.

• Cricket and Sakazuki watched the whirlpool form at the Knock Up Stream’s eruption point near Jaya.
• The whirlpool launched the warship into the air, and the Knock Up Stream carried it skyward.
• As the warship left the water, Sakazuki coated its hull in magma and used the blast to propel it through the clouds.
• The warship burst through the White Sea, and the adjutant explained that the cloud sea and Heaven’s Gate marked their arrival in Sky Island’s waters.
• The adjutant described the Kingdom of God and its winged inhabitants, then directed the crew toward Heaven’s Gate.

The author answered readers’ questions about the novel’s timeline, Sakazuki’s abilities and career, and the gradual changes he could make to the One Piece world. The author also explained that the Sky Island arc outline had been scrapped after checking Enel’s backstory, leaving that arc’s plans unresolved.

• The author explained that Sakazuki’s early actions caused limited changes to the timeline, while events he had not encountered remained largely unaffected.
• The author justified Sakazuki obtaining the Magma-Magma Fruit early and becoming a Vice Admiral at nineteen, and clarified the revised timeline and Dragon’s current characterization.
• The author described Sakazuki’s imitated techniques, the intended limits of his power, and why changing the World Government required a gradual takeover rather than simply killing its leaders.
• The author addressed questions about Zephyr, Conqueror’s Haki, the system, the Marines, and the origins of the Admirals’ Devil Fruits, and invited readers to report continuity problems.
• The author said that research showed Enel had not yet occupied the Land of Gods during this period, forcing the author to discard the planned Sky Island arc and reconsider it.

Sakazuki and the Marines entered the kingdom of God, paid for passage to Angel Island, and explored the sky island before receiving an invitation from its ruler. The chapter left Sakazuki being summoned to meet the one called God.

• Gray Hodgson told Sakazuki's adjutant that Jaya was unknown to him, charged the Marines for entry, and warned them to stay away from Upper Yard.
• Hodgson reported to Gan Fall that powerful Marines had reached the kingdom of God, and Gan Fall resolved to end the long war.
• The Express Shrimp pulled the warship up the Spiral Cloud Stairway and released it into the Cloud Sea beside Angel Island.
• The adjutant explained the effects of the thin air, and Cricket said he was accustomed to low oxygen from diving for ruins.
• Sakazuki took Cricket sightseeing, but a messenger soon arrived to invite Sakazuki to meet God.

Sakazuki and Cricket learned how Upper Yard came to be and how its arrival sparked a four-hundred-year war between the Skypieans and the Shandia. Gan Fall asked Sakazuki to visit the Shandia settlement and deliver his plea for peaceful coexistence.

• Sakazuki and Cricket followed a God's Attendant to the palace, where Gan Fall introduced himself to Sakazuki.
• Gan Fall explained that Upper Yard had arrived in the sky through the Knock Up Stream and that the Skypieans had seized the Shandia homeland, starting a war that had lasted four hundred years.
• Kulen told Baro and Gos that the Shandia had to reclaim Upper Yard, restore their honor, and rekindle the Lamp of Shandora.
• Gan Fall admitted he could not undo his ancestors' wrongs and asked Sakazuki to visit the Shandia settlement to convey his wish for peaceful coexistence.

Sakazuki showed Cricket the golden ruins of Shandora and the Golden Bell, then left him to decide whether to ring it and risk shouldering the hatred of a four-hundred-year war. Elsewhere, young Enel evaded children on Birka, while a lone robot in the moon’s ruined Birka exhausted its power and collapsed.

• Sakazuki led Cricket beneath the ruins and revealed the ancient golden city of Shandora.
• Sakazuki found the Golden Bell atop the Giant Vine and explained that ringing it could open the way to peace talks, but Cricket hesitated to decide for the Shandia.
• On Birka, three-year-old Enel hid in a flower bed and ate an apple while a group of children searched for him.
• On the moon, the last robot patrolling the ruins of Birka ran out of energy, collapsed, and watched the light fade from its eyes.

Sakazuki brought Cricket to the Shandia, who welcomed Noland’s descendant but refused Gan Fall’s offer of reconciliation over centuries of humiliation. After leaving Sky Island to pursue the Ark Maxim, Sakazuki’s story shifted to Derrick Island, where Bullet took revenge on the children who had tormented him and reclaimed his medal.

• Sakazuki reached Hidden Cloud Village with Cricket, subdued a Shandia guard, and told the chief that Cricket was Noland’s descendant seeking Kalgara.
• The Shandia welcomed Cricket with a banquet, while Sakazuki asked the chief to consider Gan Fall’s wish for reconciliation and revealed where the lost Lamp of Shandora was.
• The chief and Kulen rejected reconciliation, and Sakazuki left the village with Cricket the next morning as the Shandia bid him farewell.
• On Derrick Island, Bullet confronted the injured children who had mistreated him, including Bled, and killed them.
• Bullet took the medal from Bled’s chest and pinned it onto his own uniform.

Kulen led the Shandians to Upper Yard to light the Lamp of Shandora, and its bell rang as Sakazuki’s ship prepared to leave Angel Island. A flashback showed Kalgara calling after Noland as his ship sailed away, vowing to ring the bell until his sworn friend returned.

• Kulen resolved to honor Kalgara’s last wish and led the Shandians toward the Giant Vine.
• Gan Fall ordered God's Guard to let the Shandians pass.
• Kulen lit the Lamp of Shandora, and the bell rang across the Land of Gods as he called for Cricket to return.
• Four hundred years earlier, Kalgara raced to the shore and called after Noland’s departing ship.
• Kalgara vowed to ring the bell and wait for Noland, his Sworn Friend, to return.

In Birka, Sakazuki discovered a young stowaway named Enel, whose Observation Haki could sense people across the town. After Sakazuki and Carol fed and cleaned him, Enel fled the ship, only to find money hidden in his uniform pockets.

• Sakazuki and Cricket noticed that Birka’s buildings resembled those of Shandora, and Sakazuki searched the island for clues.
• Sakazuki and Carol found Enel hiding in a storeroom crate after he stole apples, then teased him and made him eat them as punishment.
• Sakazuki deduced that Enel had powerful Observation Haki and learned that Enel had no family.
• Carol washed Enel and dressed him in a child-sized uniform, moving Enel to tears before he ran off the ship into Birka.
• Enel denied needing their kindness, then discovered two stacks of high-denomination Extol notes in his pockets.

Sakazuki and Carol searched Birka for clues about its history, and Enel led them to hidden ruins beneath the town altar. The murals revealed the Skypiean Race’s migration and advanced technology, but the chapter ended as a book crumbled into scraps in Sakazuki’s hands.

• Sakazuki and Carol questioned Birka’s elderly residents but found only an old saying about the island’s origins.
• Sakazuki stopped a group of boys from beating Enel, and Carol helped Enel up before Sakazuki invited him aboard the warship for a meal.
• Enel told Sakazuki and Carol that the altar concealed a hollow space that could not be sensed with Observation Haki.
• Sakazuki opened a passage beneath the altar, and he and Carol entered the hidden ruins with Enel.
• Sakazuki and Carol examined murals depicting the Skypiean Race’s former city, departure, and arrival above a blue planet.
• Sakazuki entered a chamber with a bookshelf and picked up a book, which crumbled into scraps of paper.

Sakazuki explored the ancient ruins and uncovered a journal describing the Great Kingdom, Joy Boy, and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. After Sakazuki gave the fruit to Enel, Enel offered it to Carol, who urged him to eat it and made sure he swallowed it.

• Sakazuki found blueprints for the Ark Maxim and a journal whose entries recounted its owner's friendship with Joy Boy and growing alarm over the Great Kingdom's fate.
• Sakazuki discovered the Rumble-Rumble Fruit beneath the collapsed bed and gave it to Enel.
• Enel brought the fruit to Carol, saying it would be wasted on him.
• Carol returned the fruit to Enel and encouraged him to eat it so he could protect himself.
• Enel bit into the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and Carol covered his mouth to make him swallow it.

Sakazuki helped Enel activate a miniature Ark Maxim and offered him a place in the Marines as a seaman recruit. After returning to the Blue Sea, Sakazuki received an urgent report and flew toward Kegesi Island, blaming Roger.

• Sakazuki watched Enel channel electricity into the miniature Ark Maxim, making it hover.
• Carol guided Enel and the Ark Maxim out of Birka, and Sakazuki returned with them to the warship.
• As the soldiers prepared to leave the White Sea, Sakazuki called Enel a seaman recruit, and Enel joyfully accepted.
• A historical account described the Moon People, the Ancient Weapons, Joy Boy, and the fall of the Great Kingdom.
• After taking Cricket home to Jaya, Sakazuki received a report three days later and changed course for Kegesi Island.
• Sakazuki launched himself toward Kegesi Island in magma, cursing Roger.

Roger's crew clashed with the Dalons Kingdom after its guards insulted Sambel, and Roger's retaliation devastated Stun Town and the kingdom's forces. Fleet Admiral Kong sent Sakazuki to Kegesi Island, where Sakazuki attacked Roger with magma and met his sword in a clash.

• Roger's crew docked at Kegesi Island, and Roger went into Stun Town while Rayleigh stayed aboard the Oro Jackson.
• Dalons guards mocked Sambel, so Sickal attacked them; when Captain Myra Robert fought back, Roger arrived and killed her with a sword strike.
• Roger slaughtered the Seventh Guard Squad and then the Fourth and Fifth Guard Squads as the Dalons king requested Marine aid.
• Fleet Admiral Kong ordered Sakazuki to delay, but Sakazuki flew to Kegesi Island after hearing the report and attacked Roger with magma.
• Roger emerged unharmed from the magma and clashed swords with Sakazuki, greeting him as a Marine.

Roger and Sakazuki fought fiercely, trading sword strikes and devastating attacks that wrecked the town and its surroundings. The battle left Sakazuki confronting Roger at close range after protecting the Dalons Kingdom's garrison from Roger's slash.

• Sakazuki activated Red Lotus Mode and charged Roger, and the two clashed blades across the ruined ground.
• Roger used Divine Departure to shatter Sakazuki's magma blade and send a slash toward a distant mountain, but Sakazuki dodged it.
• Sakazuki erupted magma beneath Roger and engulfed the town, while Roger split the magma column and opened a vast fissure in the earth.
• Sakazuki sent successive magma tornadoes at Roger, who scattered them with sword strikes before aiming Divine Departure at the Dalons Kingdom's garrison.
• Sakazuki blocked Roger's slash with Cliff-Splitting Sword, and Roger appeared nearby to challenge him as Sakazuki accused him of attacking the weak.

Roger and Sakazuki fought across the island, and Sakazuki unleashed Lava Burst Orb to create a vast lava crater. Both were badly wounded, but their battle continued as Sakazuki prepared another Lava Burst Orb while Roger’s saber was lodged in his neck.

• Roger deflected Sakazuki’s attacks as they exchanged blows through the town and hills.
• Sakazuki locked Roger in a grapple, propelled them toward the coast, and detonated Lava Burst Orb.
• The explosion created a huge lava-filled crater and left Roger and Sakazuki wounded but standing.
• Roger knocked Sakazuki down and attacked with his saber, but Sakazuki caught the blade near his neck using Life Absorption and Life Return.
• Sakazuki announced Lava Burst Orb again while Roger’s saber remained trapped in his neck.

Sakazuki fought Roger on Kegesi Island, declaring that the Marines bore the justice of the world as their attacks collided. As the Roger Pirates and Sakazuki’s crew watched, Enel began to grasp what justice meant.

• Sakazuki denied having a personal grudge against Roger and said his sense of justice would not let Roger live.
• Roger launched a powerful Conqueror’s Haki-infused slash, and Sakazuki answered with magma-powered gauntlets and his awakened Conqueror’s Haki.
• Rayleigh comforted Sambel aboard the Oro Jackson, telling him Roger valued his companions above all else.
• Carol told Enel that Sakazuki was fighting desperately because someone had to carry out justice, then handed him Sakazuki’s justice cape.
• Enel looked at the word “Justice” on the cape as the clash on Kegesi Island erupted in white light.

Sakazuki escaped Roger by turning Kegesi Island’s crater into an erupting volcano, while Roger returned to the Oro Jackson and fled Garp’s pursuit. After the eruption subsided, Sakazuki cleared paths through the magma for civilians and headed toward two people he sensed nearby.

• Roger approached the wounded Sakazuki and prepared to finish him, but the ground shook and Sakazuki melted into the earth.
• Sakazuki’s crater erupted into a volcanic vent, and Roger escaped through the lava before sailing away from the island.
• Back aboard the Oro Jackson, Roger told Rayleigh that Sakazuki was a dangerous opponent who retreated when things went badly.
• Garp attacked the Oro Jackson by hurling cannonballs with his bare hands, and Roger ordered his crew to flee while they dodged the barrage.
• Sakazuki emerged from the magma, used his Observation Haki to locate civilians, and shifted the lava to clear paths for them.
• Sakazuki turned toward two people approaching him after sensing them with his Observation Haki.

Enel asked Sakazuki to help him become stronger, but Carol discovered that Enel could not read and began teaching him basic words. After reaching Marineford, Sakazuki brought Enel to meet Fleet Admiral Kong.

• Enel told Sakazuki he wanted to get stronger, and Sakazuki suggested that Carol make him a training plan before he entered the Marine Academy in a few years.
• Enel went to Carol for the plan, then admitted he could not read when he could not understand it.
• Carol took back the plan and taught Enel to read and write words such as “Enel” and “Justice.”
• Sakazuki’s warship reached Marineford after several days at sea, and Enel stared in awe at Marine Headquarters.
• Sakazuki led Enel to Fleet Admiral Kong’s office, where Enel peeked out from behind Sakazuki to look at Kong.

Sakazuki introduced Enel to Fleet Admiral Kong, who arranged for Vice Admiral Morris to educate and care for him. Sakazuki then joined Admiral Sengoku on a mission to hunt Byrnndi World, whose More-More Fruit made him difficult to capture.

• Sakazuki introduced Enel, a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user, to Fleet Admiral Kong, who approved his education and placement with Vice Admiral Morris.
• Sakazuki brought Enel to the Navy Academy and entrusted his teaching and care to Morris.
• Morris took Enel shopping and brought him home after Sakazuki left on a new assignment.
• Sakazuki met Admiral Sengoku at the harbor and learned that Byrnndi World had been sighted in the New World while gathering materials for a huge ship.
• Sakazuki boarded the warship bound for the Red Line and considered Byrnndi World's More-More Fruit.

Sakazuki and Sengoku ambushed the World Pirates on Lilga Island, striking their banquet with a shock wave and an eruption of magma. World confronted Sengoku while Sakazuki attacked Gairam, ending with Sakazuki pressing Gairam’s air bomb against his head.

• Sakazuki and Sengoku led Marines from a hidden warship and surrounded the World Pirates’ harbor ship.
• World and Gairam celebrated their ore haul and planned to build the Guroseadi submarine.
• Sengoku transformed into his Buddha Form and blasted the banquet, while Sakazuki’s magma swept inward and Marines attacked the ship’s guards.
• World escaped the blast with Binjack and found Gairam, Sebastian, and Nightin alive, then charged Sengoku and attacked him with enlarged pebbles.
• Sakazuki struck Gairam, survived his Cube-Cube Fruit counterattacks, and pressed Gairam’s Air Cube Booster against his head.

Sakazuki and Sengoku crushed Byrnndi World’s crew and drove World to the edge of town, where Sakazuki caught him and began breaking his limbs. The chapter ended with Sakazuki slamming World’s broken knee down with both hands.

• Sakazuki killed Gairam and hurled his corpse in front of World, allowing Sengoku to hit World with a massive shock wave.
• World used his speed to attack Sakazuki, who let himself be driven toward the edge of town while Sengoku attacked the fleeing World Pirates.
• Sengoku killed Binjack and Sebastian, then struck down Nightin after she tried to revive Sebastian with a syringe.
• Sakazuki predicted World’s movements, caught his wrist, and smashed a fist into his chest.
• Sakazuki broke both of World’s knees and his ankle, then grabbed his broken knee and slammed down with both hands.