Chapter Summaries

Nova refined the Tru Kingdom’s military plans and gave Enel a book on electromagnetics to prepare him for a future with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. Enel remained determined to train, reach the moon, and explore the Blue Sea.

• Nova, Issho, Junhe, and Abona discussed military reforms and agreed to train the current troops to become future officers.
• Nova reflected on his responsibilities before Enel arrived at the training grounds after finishing his practice.
• Enel told Nova that Chiya was teaching him Haki training and the Six Powers, which he hoped to master within two years.
• Nova gave Enel a book on electromagnetics and encouraged him to study it while continuing his training.
• Enel said he wanted to reach the moon and also visit the Blue Sea to discover how strong its people were.

Nova prepared Sky Island for two years of training and returned to the Tru Kingdom, where shipbuilding and development continued. Two years later, the kingdom had grown into a modern, prosperous, and safe country, with a population nearing forty million.

• Nova told Enel to train for two years before he could live in the Tru Kingdom, and Enel promised to become stronger.
• Nova placed an oxygen-producing device in the enormous vine to support Sky Island's training, while Admiral Issho stayed to oversee the trainees.
• Nova and Abona visited a secret Tru Kingdom shipbuilding base in Clearwater Bay, where craftsmen built ships for the military.
• Over the next two years, the Tru Kingdom expanded its cities, ports, shipping routes, and industries as its population grew to nearly forty million.
• The Royal City became a modern metropolis with towering buildings, bicycles, and automobiles, while the kingdom remained safe from pirate attacks.

The Tru Kingdom’s prosperity and expanding trade transformed it into a commercial center that drew merchants, settlers, and soldiers from neighboring countries. By Marine Calendar 1514, the kingdom’s growth had reshaped regional economies and left the story in a period of stability and continuing expansion.

• The Tru Kingdom’s rising prosperity drew people from neighboring countries, leaving Crimea with fewer than five million residents and many abandoned farms.
• The kingdom restricted newcomers to B-class resident status, barring them from military service and politics while allowing them to live much like ordinary citizens.
• The Tru Kingdom expanded its sales through Alabasta into the New World and the Grand Line, while infrastructure near Nanohana brought greenery and eased desert conditions.
• A Marine base with roughly five hundred personnel was established on a small island near the Tru Kingdom as the seas remained calm and pirates scarce.
• Merchants from across the Four Blues settled in the Tru Kingdom, turning its Royal City into a commercial hub and increasing demand for local and imported goods.
• The kingdom’s growing wealth improved life for its citizens, including farmers who received subsidies and moved into small Western-style homes.

Two years into Alabasta’s agreement with the Tru Kingdom, ministers pressured Cobra to reclaim the kingdom’s factories and Rapeseed Port, frustrated by the businesses’ profits and Alabasta’s limited revenue. Cobra refused to break the signed agreement, leaving him under pressure as Left Minister confirmed Lostar would not renegotiate.

• Alabasta’s ministers criticized the five-year tax exemption and demanded that the country take over the Tru Kingdom’s industries.
• Cobra reminded the ministers that the Tru Kingdom was helping build Alabasta’s infrastructure and that breaking the agreement would bring serious consequences.
• Ministers proposed reclaiming Rapeseed Port to increase Alabasta’s revenue.
• Cobra asked Left Minister to sound out Lostar, but Left Minister said Lostar had rejected any negotiation.
• Cobra recognized that Alabasta depended on the Tru Kingdom’s factories and that breaking the agreement could leave the country worse off.

Two years after the Alabasta agreement, the Tru Kingdom had become a wealthy power, while Lostar’s development projects kept Alabasta’s workers spending their wages. Nova and Issho discussed sending fifty thousand trainees to the Sky Island, and Nova said the base’s possible exposure no longer concerned him.

• Lostar expanded Alabasta’s infrastructure and built entertainment venues that drew workers’ wages back into the economy.
• Nanohana became Perfume City, and merchants and even pirates flocked to Alabasta for Tru Kingdom goods.
• The Tru Kingdom’s Royal City grew to more than eight million residents, while the palace remained unchanged.
• Nova asked Issho whether fifty thousand people on the next Sky Island training list met the requirements.
• Issho warned that the trainees could expose the Sky Island Military Base to its native residents.
• Nova said the Tru Kingdom could now defend itself and that the base should continue training; Issho accepted his decision.

Nova and Issho planned the training of more than fifty thousand personnel on Sky Island, weighing the enormous expense against Tru Kingdom’s need for greater military strength. The chapter left the kingdom poised to expand its forces while relying on its growing government and commanders to manage its development.

• Nova considered the costs and logistics of training fifty thousand people on Sky Island and whether recruits needed additional screening.
• Issho proposed leaving Chiya, Mosank, and a thousand men to oversee training while Deko and Junhe returned to Tru Kingdom.
• The chapter described how Mosank, Deko, Chiya, and Junhe had grown into powerful commanders over the past two years.
• Enel mastered the Six Powers, advanced his Haki, and continued studying Nova’s book on electromagnetism.
• Tru Kingdom’s influence and institutions continued to expand, with its Council of Ministers growing to nearly five hundred members.

After two years of strict training on Sky Island, more than ten thousand members of Tru Kingdom’s special forces prepared to return and show their progress to the king. Enel, uncertain whether he was included because he was not a citizen, was invited to travel with them.

• Tru Kingdom’s laws and growing prosperity made it a refuge whose people were increasingly devoted to the nation.
• Nova, Issho, and Abona waited at the royal palace to welcome the returning trainees.
• Junhe told the trainees to control their excitement and impress His Majesty with their discipline and strength.
• Junhe ordered Vice Admiral Chiya, Vice Admiral Mosank, and the other commanders to lead everyone toward the Gate of Transmission in formation.
• Enel hesitated over whether he should return with Tru Kingdom’s personnel, and Chiya invited him to come along.

Chiya reassured Enel that Sky Island was part of the Tru Kingdom and promised he would have a home with him. After ten thousand soldiers returned from training, Nova welcomed them and announced that the Tru Kingdom would begin its journey in one month.

• Chiya comforted Enel, telling him he could return to Sky Island and stay with him when the time came.
• The trained units passed through the Space Teleportation Gate and saluted King Nova and Admiral Issho as they returned home.
• Nova closed the spatial passage after confirming everyone had returned and gathered the soldiers at the parade ground.
• Nova welcomed the soldiers, entrusted the kingdom's safety to them, and announced they would rest for a month before the Tru Kingdom officially began its journey.

The Tru Kingdom unveiled its new navy at Naniwa Port, drawing worldwide attention to its growing military strength. As powerful figures watched the broadcast, the kingdom prepared to use its fleet to deter anyone from coveting it.

• Fifty thousand people returned to Sky Island as the Tru Kingdom drew crowds and reporters to Naniwa Port for its naval debut.
• More than a hundred Tru Kingdom warships arrived, including ten engine-powered steel vessels that astonished onlookers.
• Reporters began broadcasting the spectacle worldwide as the Tru Kingdom sought to deter other nations from threatening it.
• Doflamingo watched the broadcast and speculated that the Tru Kingdom had plans beyond displaying its ships.
• Shanks, Kaido, Whitebeard, the World Government, and the Navy also watched as the chapter described the steel and wooden fleets and their costs.

The Tru Kingdom assembled its formidable troops and warships at Naniwa Port before a live audience, shocking the spectators with the scale and discipline of its military. Watching the broadcast, Whitebeard judged the kingdom's black-uniformed troops to rival elite fighters and predicted the Navy would struggle to respond.

• Crowds gathered across the Tru Kingdom to watch as troops in black and army-green uniforms marched in formation toward Naniwa Port.
• At eight in the morning, the troops assembled before the warships, with about five hundred personnel assigned to each wooden vessel and nearly a thousand to each steel warship.
• Whitebeard watched the broadcast from his ship and remarked that the Tru Kingdom's military strength would give the Navy a headache.
• Marco and another crew member questioned Whitebeard's interest in the kingdom, and he said its black-uniformed troops could rival some of his men.
• Whitebeard predicted that the Navy and World Government had underestimated the Tru Kingdom and would have to figure out how to deal with it.

The Tru Kingdom publicly displayed its military strength at Naniwa Port, stunning the world and alarming Marine Headquarters. Sengoku reviewed a CP0 report about the kingdom’s army leader and asked Garp about Admiral Issho.

• The Tru Kingdom’s leaders and officials arrived at Naniwa Port as reporters and crowds watched the country’s warships and troops.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku and the Marine leadership watched the display and questioned how the Tru Kingdom had built such a powerful army unnoticed.
• Sakazuki proposed sending a force to deal with the kingdom, but Sengoku reprimanded him and urged him to consider the situation first.
• Sengoku revealed that CP0 had sent a report about the Tru Kingdom’s army leader, Admiral Issho, and asked Garp whether he recognized the name.

The Tru Kingdom staged a grand ceremony at Nan Niwa, drawing crowds and the attention of powers around the world. As the event began, the kingdom’s leaders assembled, including its newly recognized Admirals Junhe and Abona.

• Sengoku, Garp, Tsuru, Kizaru, and Aokiji discussed Issho’s strength and the Tru Kingdom’s growing presence, deciding to make contact with King Tru and watch how events unfolded.
• King Nova arrived at Nan Niwa in a ceremonial carriage as crowds and reporters greeted him.
• The Tru Kingdom’s leaders entered the harbor amid nine cannon shots and rising balloons, then took their places on the prepared platform.
• Issho and Junhe were set to give speeches at the event, while Abona was identified as a Grand Swordsman whose strength rivaled an Admiral.

At the Tru Kingdom Navy’s public founding ceremony, Nova announced that the country would officially be renamed the Tru Empire. The citizens erupted in applause as the historic declaration reached viewers across the world.

• Nova and the Admirals took their seats on the platform as soldiers lined up at the harbor and shouted in unison.
• Monsi, representing the older generation, arrived on the platform, and Gogoya confirmed that the speeches were ready.
• Nova approached the podium and addressed the soldiers, citizens, and worldwide audience.
• Nova declared that July 15th, Marine Calendar 1515, marked the founding of the Tru Kingdom Navy and the country’s renaming as the Tru Empire.
• The gathered citizens fell silent briefly, then responded with thunderous applause.

Nova announced the Tru Kingdom’s transformation into the Tru Empire and promised that its navy and king would protect its people and South Blue merchants. He introduced the empire’s three Admirals, while Kaido and Charlotte Linlin watched the broadcast and recognized the new nation’s growing strength.

• Nova declared that the Tru Kingdom’s navy and he would risk their lives to protect the country and its people, and promised safety for merchants in the South Blue.
• Nova introduced Issho, Junhe, and Abona as the Tru Empire’s future Admirals and explained their responsibilities.
• Kaido recognized Junhe from an encounter more than two years earlier and was pleased that the Tru Empire could trouble the Navy.
• Charlotte Linlin suggested arranging a marriage between one of her daughters and Nova, then acknowledged Issho and the Tru Empire’s strength.

The Tru Empire’s military display established it as a new power alongside the Four Emperors, bringing international attention and a surge in trade. Nova then announced that South Blue nations could join the empire, setting off unrest across the region.

• Big Mom considered contacting the Tru Empire but agreed with Katakuri to wait until the Marines and World Government had finished observing it.
• Newspapers spread the military display’s news worldwide, declaring a new order of Four Emperors and One Emperor.
• Alabasta’s king, nobles, ministers, and citizens abandoned their ambitions to seize Tru factories and Rapeseed Port.
• The Tru Empire’s trade soared, while its warships under Admiral Junhe patrolled the South Blue and drove pirate sightings nearly to zero.
• Nova offered South Blue nations the chance to merge into the Tru Empire in exchange for their leaders’ families receiving wealth and honor without authority, sparking civil unrest.

Nova defended his strategy of encouraging neighboring nations to join the Tru Empire, explaining that their unrest stemmed from their citizens’ misery and that the empire had prepared aid and protections. The Nubia Kingdom, Kurha Kingdom, and Tumei Kingdom had surrendered and merged, while Issho remained troubled by the unrest’s consequences.

• Issho told Nova that his invitation for other nations to merge with the Tru Empire had helped trigger civil wars in at least five countries.
• Nova argued that the Tru Empire had not started wars and could offer people a better life, while Abona said three neighboring kingdoms had voluntarily submitted to merge.
• Abona reported that Nubia’s uprising had killed about five hundred people, mostly royals, before its government surrendered and its people celebrated joining the Tru Empire.
• Mongol said Nova had arranged medical aid worth nearly five billion Beli and plans for factories in neighboring countries to reduce casualties and stabilize lives.
• Mongol explained that Nubia’s population had fallen from over eleven million to under seven million amid harsh rule, starvation, and disasters, and Issho sighed at the scale of its suffering.

Nova directed the Tru Empire’s officials to organize the merger of three countries, while preparing for the World Government’s response. Admiral Issho was told to accompany the emperor when the expected delegation arrived, as a Marine admiral was already sailing toward the South Blue.

• Nova assigned departments to manage the new territory, provide supplies, register nearly twenty million people, and assess the three countries’ armies.
• Issho offered to help with the merger, but Nova said he would be needed when the World Government responded.
• Issho agreed that the World Government would struggle to intervene in Crimea’s internal conflict because its king had not requested assistance.
• The Tru Empire publicly displayed its development and maintained the South Blue with its warships, leaving the local Marine branch largely without purpose.
• A Marine admiral sailed toward the South Blue as the World Government prepared to address the Tru Empire’s growing power.

World Government agents entered the Tru Empire’s Royal City to investigate its military secrets, but Nova and Issho had already detected them. Nova explained why the World Government was unlikely to act against the empire immediately, leaving Issho to consider how the Tru Empire’s rise could shift the balance of power.

• Masked World Government agents searched the Royal City and reported that they had found nothing unusual.
• Nova and Issho discussed how the agents were being watched and how the empire had concealed its Space Teleportation Channel.
• Nova predicted that the agents would soon invite the Tru Empire to join the World Government after failing to uncover important information.
• Nova explained that the Navy had limited forces to spare because it had to cover the Four Blues, the Grand Line, and the New World.
• Nova said the Tru Empire’s presence could divert the Navy and World Government’s attention from the Four Emperors and reshape their priorities.

Nova and Issho discussed the World Government’s likely offer to bring the Tru Empire into its allied nations and set the empire’s terms for joining. Issho left to negotiate with the Cipher Pol agents, while Nova prepared for either a deal or a confrontation.

• Nova told Issho that the World Government would likely invite the Tru Empire to join and might seek its help in future conflicts.
• Nova said the Tru Empire would join only if it gained first-class allied status, exemption from Celestial Gold, unobstructed passage through the Red Line, priority access to the Navy in special circumstances, and Seastone technology.
• Issho agreed to negotiate with the Cipher Pol agents and consider the World Government’s response.
• Nova instructed Issho to require a public announcement in the World Economic Journal and prohibit World Government or Navy interference in Tru Empire affairs.
• Issho left to meet the Cipher Pol agents, while Nova reflected on the empire’s preparations and his belief that the World Government would accept the terms.

Cipher Pol agents in the Tru Empire abandoned their investigation and headed for the Royal City, where Admiral Issho confronted them over their conduct. Issho escorted them toward the palace after their leader agreed to obey the country's laws.

• The tall, thin Cipher Pol leader ordered his team to stop investigating and proceed to the Royal City, warning them not to provoke the Tru Empire.
• The leader reminded the agents that their mission was to find the soldier-training grounds and shipyard and persuade the empire to join the World Government.
• The braided agent suggested controlling the king, prompting the leader to warn him that the team was not invincible in the Tru Empire.
• Admiral Issho appeared without the agents detecting him and warned them to respect the empire's laws and strength.
• The tall, thin leader promised to restrain his subordinates and follow the laws, and Issho led the agents toward the Royal City.