Chapter Summaries

Nova revealed that he knew Sharly’s prophecies and offered to bring her to the Tru Empire, arguing that she lacked the strength to protect what she foresaw. His companions confronted Marco and the others as Sharly trembled under Nova’s pressure, and the chapter left her questioning why he had chosen her.

• Nova told Sharly that her half-brother would die in three years and claimed he could reveal Fish-Man Island’s future or change its fate.
• Sharly grew furious and then frightened as Nova’s words struck at her foreknowledge and fears.
• Marco challenged Nova’s remarks, prompting Mosank and Abona to warn him while Enel reacted to Mosank’s flames.
• Issho asked Nova what he meant, and Nova said the Tru Empire had no reason to quarrel with Fish-Man Island and that Sharly understood the matter best.
• Nova asked Sharly to join the Tru Empire and said she could not protect the knowledge she possessed.
• Sharly asked why Nova had come for her, and Nova explained that possessing a treasure without the strength to protect it invited disaster.

Sharly accepted Nova’s invitation to join the Tru Empire, and Nova proposed bringing Fish-Man Island under its jurisdiction. The banquet ended with Neptune facing the unresolved investigation into the attack, while the culprit remained unknown.

• Sharly agreed to go to the Tru Empire after settling her affairs on Fish-Man Island, while reserving the right to make a condition of Nova later.
• Nova suggested that Fish-Man Island fall under the Tru Empire’s jurisdiction and said he would discuss it with Whitebeard.
• Nova used a blue-black glow on Sharly’s tail, while Gion and the Whitebeard Pirates recognized the strategic value of Sharly’s prophecies.
• The banquet ended, and Neptune convened a meeting at Dragon Palace City after the suspects in the attack died before they could be questioned.

After the banquet incident, Nova reassured King Neptune and Jinbe, then proposed a permanent cooperative relationship between the Tru Empire and Fish-Man Island. Neptune was tempted by the offer of protection and access to the surface, but hesitated because of the Whitebeard Pirates’ existing protection and the risks of choosing a new ally.

• Neptune apologized to Nova for the banquet incident, and Nova told him to investigate the kingdom’s guard forces.
• Nova declined to interfere in Fish-Man Island’s internal affairs and asked Neptune to show him around Dragon Palace City as they had agreed.
• Nova proposed a permanent cooperative relationship between the Tru Empire and Fish-Man Island, prompting Neptune and Jinbe to exchange shocked looks.
• Neptune looked to Marco for the Whitebeard Pirates’ stance, but Marco continued drinking without responding.
• Nova offered to discuss the matter with Whitebeard and suggested establishing a Tru Empire military base on Fish-Man Island.
• Nova promised protection for residents who went above the sea, but Neptune asked for time to discuss the proposal because he feared the consequences of abandoning Whitebeard’s protection.

Nova offered Fish-Man Island a condition aimed at securing the Fish-Men’s help for the Tru Empire, but King Neptune declined for the time being and named the empire a potential ally. Nova accepted the decision and asked Jinbe to show him around Dragon Palace City, leaving his companions wondering what he had in mind.

• Marco questioned whether Nova’s proposal was appropriate because Fish-Man Island was under Whitebeard’s protection, and Nova said he would explain it to Whitebeard later.
• Gion asked about the Tru Empire’s purpose, and Abona rebuked her for involving herself in its affairs.
• Nova told Mosank to prepare a plan for Fish-Man Island with Junhe while Issho and Jozu urged discussion with Whitebeard.
• After consulting with Jinbe, King Neptune declined Nova’s request for the time being but said Fish-Man Island would welcome the Tru Empire as an ally.
• Nova accepted Neptune’s decision and asked Jinbe to show him Dragon Palace City, puzzling Marco and the others.

Nova and his companions visited Hard Shell Tower, where they met the sheltered Mermaid Princess Shirahoshi. The Sea Kings grew excited at Nova and Shirahoshi meeting, while Shirahoshi asked about the visitors and Whitebeard.

• Neptune and Jinbe led Nova and the others on a tour of Dragon Palace City, ending at Hard Shell Tower, where Shirahoshi lived.
• Jinbe explained that Vander Decken’s Devil Fruit power had caused years of attacks on the tower and kept Shirahoshi inside.
• Nova asked to meet Shirahoshi, and Neptune reluctantly opened the tower after Abona and Jinbe reassured him.
• Neptune and Jinbe greeted Shirahoshi, while the Sea Kings began excitedly discussing her meeting Nova.
• Shirahoshi asked who the visitors were and mentioned Whitebeard, prompting Neptune to gently reprimand her.

Nova discovered that Shirahoshi felt an unexplained familiarity with him and spoke with her privately. He told her Vander Decken was dead and promised she could leave her confinement and visit the outside world, leaving Neptune grateful and astonished.

• Nova noticed Shirahoshi's familiar gaze, and Shirahoshi confirmed that she felt a connection to him.
• Nova asked to speak with Shirahoshi alone, and Neptune agreed after Jinbe advised him to let them talk.
• Nova privately spoke with Shirahoshi for ten minutes while the others watched without hearing them.
• Nova told Shirahoshi that Vander Decken had been killed when he destroyed the ship carrying him.
• Nova promised Shirahoshi that she could go outside and see her mother, and Neptune thanked him for freeing her from her confinement.

Nova prepared to leave Fish-Man Island after securing Sharly and making a favorable impression on Shirahoshi, though the island still refused to cooperate with the Tru Empire. He gave Shirahoshi a protective bracelet and promised to take her to the surface in three years before heading for the Endless.

• Nova decided it was time to leave Fish-Man Island, leaving the banquet poisoning unresolved despite knowing who was responsible.
• King Neptune, Jinbe, and Shirahoshi escorted Nova and his companions toward the ship, while Shirahoshi said she wanted to see the world above the sea.
• Nova promised Shirahoshi that he would take her to the surface in three years.
• Marco asked to travel with Nova to the New World, and Jinbe announced that he would accompany them before returning to Fish-Man Island.
• Nova gave Shirahoshi a bracelet that would protect her if her life was threatened and told her she could speak into it to reach him.
• Nova said goodbye to Shirahoshi and walked toward the Endless.

After leaving Fish-Man Island, Nova confronted Gion over her conduct and tried to contact Fleet Admiral Sengoku. When Marine Headquarters dismissed his call, Nova declared war on the Marines and ordered the Tru Empire to reject Marine jurisdiction.

• Nova left Fish-Man Island aboard the Endless, while Shirahoshi watched him depart and promised to wait for his return.
• Issho and Mosank questioned Nova about the purpose of the trip, and Nova warned them not to seek knowledge beyond what they were meant to know.
• Gion challenged Nova when Abona objected to her monitoring them, so Nova ordered her to connect him with Sengoku.
• A Marine at Headquarters refused to put Sengoku on the call and hung up after Nova threatened chaos if he was not connected within thirty seconds.
• Nova unleashed his fury and ordered Junhe to mobilize the TH Battleships, notify the World Economic Journal, bar Marine forces from the South Blue, and formally declare war on the Marines.
• Gion warned Nova that his declaration could plunge the seas into war and bring a new age of lawlessness.

After a Marine operator mocked Emperor Tru, Nova gave Marine Headquarters thirty seconds to respond or face war. Sengoku’s officers contacted Nova as the deadline neared, leaving her ready to hear Sengoku’s explanation.

• A Marine operator told Colonel Pemo that he had mocked Emperor Tru, so Pemo punched him and rushed to the conference room.
• Pemo warned Sengoku and the gathered officers that Emperor Tru had threatened war if Marine Headquarters did not respond within thirty seconds.
• Tsuru, Garp, and Sengoku demanded that the Marines find out what had happened, while Akainu dismissed the Tru Empire’s threat.
• Sengoku suspended the meeting and ordered the operators to call Nova, mindful of the Tru Empire’s reported connection with Whitebeard and the danger of destabilizing the New World.
• As the deadline neared aboard the Endless, Abona told Nova that Marine Headquarters was calling, and Nova ordered him to connect it.

King of Tru Nova confronted Fleet Admiral Sengoku over Vice Admiral Momousagi and the Marines’ conduct aboard his ship, threatening war if the Marines crossed the Tru Empire’s boundaries. After the call ended, Sengoku’s officers suspected the warning was really meant to keep the Marines away from Sharly on Fish-Man Island.

• Abona connected the Den Den Mushi, and Sengoku introduced himself to Nova.
• Nova demanded to know why Momousagi and the other Marines had come aboard, then threatened to plunge the seas into chaos over their conduct.
• Issho ordered Admiral Junhe to prepare for war, while Sengoku asked Nova what he wanted.
• Nova warned that the Marines must not cross the Tru Empire’s bottom line and ended the call.
• Sakazuki and Sengoku concluded that Nova’s warning concerned Sharly and ordered an investigation into her identity.

Aboard the Endless, Nova kept the truth about Shirahoshi and Poseidon to himself while explaining that the Empire could approach Fish-Man Island gradually. The ship encountered Great Entrance Watatsumi, who asked for Lord Decken, and Nova began using his Mind-type Devil Fruit.

• Gion, upset by Nova's accusation, went into the cabin, and the others left the deck.
• Issho asked whether the Marines would investigate Fish-Man Island, and Nova said Sharly was not the Empire's ultimate objective and that he alone likely knew the island's secret.
• Mosank asked how the Empire should respond to Fish-Man Island's refusal to cooperate, while Nova privately considered Shirahoshi's identity as Poseidon and the Poneglyph's secret.
• Enel sensed a huge figure ahead, and Nova recognized him as Great Entrance Watatsumi, the legendary God of the Sea.
• Watatsumi blocked the Endless and asked whether anyone had seen Lord Decken, prompting Mosank to offer to destroy him.
• Nova's eyes began to glow red as he activated the power of his Mind-type Devil Fruit.

Nova used his Mind-type Devil Fruit to make Great Entrance Watatsumi accept him as his master, then left Watatsumi behind to wait near Fish-Man Island. The Endless continued toward the New World, where the currents grew more violent, while two Whitebeard Pirates sat together inside the ship.

• Nova altered Watatsumi's thoughts and memories, convincing him to follow Nova after Decken's death.
• Watatsumi asked for food, and Nova told him he could wait near Fish-Man Island or go to the South Blue; Watatsumi chose to wait.
• Nova ordered Hailing to continue, and the Endless sailed away, leaving Watatsumi behind.
• Nova told Junhe that Watatsumi was a legendary Sea God who could control seawater.
• The Endless ascended through increasingly violent currents on the New World side, while two Whitebeard Pirates sat together in a room aboard the ship.

Marco, Jozu, Gion, and Jinbe discussed Nova’s control over Watatsumi as the Endless climbed toward the New World. After warning the crew to prepare for dangerous weather at the surface, Nova left them awaiting their arrival.

• Jozu asked Marco about Watatsumi’s strange behavior, and Marco suspected Nova had used a Devil Fruit ability to control him.
• Gion wondered what power Nova had used, while Jinbe identified the giant as the Great Nyoi Sea God and kept the secret of Watatsumi to himself.
• The Endless pushed through violent underwater currents before reaching a calmer stretch with the surface less than two thousand meters away.
• Nova reclined in his chair and warned everyone to prepare for the New World’s potentially dangerous weather, which he expected them to reach within fifteen minutes.

The Endless emerged into the New World amid a gigantic hailstorm, and Nova made the crew face the weather without the ship’s defensive barrier. Mosank transformed into a phoenix and burned away the hail as Enel and Junhe waited for their turn to prove themselves.

• Admiral Issho and Abona warned Enel that the New World’s weather could be dangerous as the Endless approached the surface.
• The Endless emerged into a pitch-black hailstorm, where enormous hailstones crashed into the sea around the ship.
• Nova ordered Hailing to lower the Endless’s defensive barrier and told the crew to stop every hailstone from striking the ship themselves.
• Mosank transformed into his Phoenix Form and filled the sky with flames that melted the hailstones into rain and evaporated them.
• Marco, Jozu, and Jinbe praised the Tru Empire’s strength, while Enel and Junhe called for Mosank to come down so they could show what they could do.

The Endless entered the New World and weathered scorching heat and a hailstorm before reaching clear skies. Marco was summoned to meet His Majesty in the reception room, but the reason for the invitation remained unknown.

• Mosank returned to the Endless after Junhe called him down, and Issho suspended the falling hailstones before sending them into the sea.
• Junhe and Abona discussed the New World as the crew escaped the extreme heat and retreated into the ship.
• Marco, Jozu, and Jinbe spoke in their room when Hailing appeared and summoned Marco to the reception room.
• Marco went to the glass-walled reception room, where he found refreshments waiting, but His Majesty had not explained why he wanted to see him.

Nova changed the Endless’s course toward Dressrosa, but the ship was suddenly attacked by a barrage of massive rocks. The chapter ended with Issho holding one meteor above the ship as nearly thirty more approached.

• Nova learned that Old Man and the others were on Mokeya Island, then ordered Hailing to steer the Endless toward Dressrosa.
• Nova began discussing the New World with Marco, but an unknown attacker struck the Endless with a massive rock.
• Hailing reported severe damage to the port-side deck, and the crew gathered to inspect the hole in the ship.
• Issho sensed another incoming rock and used gravity to suspend it above the Endless.
• Nearly thirty more meteor-like rocks flew toward the ship as the crew prepared to defend themselves.

The Endless came under a barrage of enormous meteors from an attacker whose presence Nova could not detect with Observation Haki. After the assault stopped, Nova ordered the ship toward the confirmed attacker's location, while the Tru Empire's crew gathered around the damage and burned with anger.

• Hailing warned that huge rocks were flying toward the Endless, and Junhe used his Devil Fruit ability to cut apart the incoming meteors.
• Nova ordered everyone to defend the ship, but Jozu was hurled into the hull after trying to block a meteor, and Marco flew out to help.
• Hailing located the attacker sixteen kilometers southeast, and Nova ordered the Endless to head there at full speed.
• The crew endured nearly a hundred attacks before the barrage gradually stopped, leaving a gaping hole in the ship's deck.
• Nova inspected the damage and realized that the Tru Empire had never shown the world its true strength.

Nova and the Tru Empire’s crew sailed toward the ship that had attacked them, while Gion secretly alerted Marine Headquarters. The attackers were revealed as an old woman and Weevil, whom she urged to fight the approaching crew by claiming they threatened his father.

• Gion hid behind the others and used a black Den Den Mushi to report the situation to Marine Headquarters.
• Issho could sense the attack’s direction and approximate distance but could not identify the attacker.
• The old woman ordered Weevil to throw stones at the Endless, and he hurled them with tremendous force.
• After Weevil ran out of stones, the old woman warned him that the approaching crew would kill his father and persuaded him to fight.
• Weevil agreed to beat the approaching crew to death.

Nova’s group encountered Weevil, whose ship could not be sensed with Observation Haki, and learned that he was attacking them. After Nova blocked Weevil’s fireball, Mosank confronted him, but Weevil revealed a sharp, formidable side and stopped Mosank’s flaming feathers with an invisible barrier.

• Nova’s group, the accompanying Marines, and Whitebeard Pirates spotted Weevil’s ship, which their Observation Haki could not detect.
• Marco recognized Weevil, and Nova recalled that Weevil had once severely injured Marine Headquarters Admiral Zephyr.
• Weevil spat a gigantic fireball at the Endless, and Nova shielded the ship with a blue barrier.
• Mosank transformed into his phoenix form and attacked Weevil with flaming feathers.
• Miss Bakkin urged Weevil to kill Mosank, and Weevil stopped the feathers with an invisible barrier as Marco called for Mosank to retreat.

Weevil effortlessly blocked Mosank’s attacks and struck him with a Conqueror’s Haki-infused punch, leaving the Admiral badly injured. As Miss Bakkin urged Weevil to finish the fight, Nova restrained his allies and weighed the danger of acting against a man who might be Whitebeard’s son.

• Weevil defended against Mosank’s flaming feathers and hit him with a Conqueror’s Haki-infused punch, sending him crashing down onto the Endless.
• Nova ordered Shiro to take the injured Mosank away for treatment, and Mosank apologized for failing.
• Miss Bakkin praised Weevil and promised him food after the fight, prompting him to turn back toward the Endless with renewed fury.
• Enel prepared to attack Weevil, but Nova ordered him to stand down, warning that they could not harm their opponent.
• Marco told Nova to do what was necessary, and Nova considered the risks of attacking Weevil while the Whitebeard Pirates’ relationship with the Tru Empire remained important.