Chapter Summaries

After eating a second Devil Fruit, Nova endured a daylong spatial storm while the Mind-type fruit strengthened his consciousness and his body slowly regained movement. As the storm subsided, he remained suspended above a deep crater, with his new power still uncontrolled.

• Nova entered the System Space and learned that the fusion of his Devil Fruits would take another two hours to complete.
• The spatial storm gradually weakened, soil fell back around the barrier, and Nova began descending toward the cratered plaza.
• Nova's Conqueror's Haki erupted as blue lightning inside the barrier, prompting Abona and Chiya to order their guards to strengthen their vigilance.
• Nova gradually regained control of his fingers and hand, sensed that the changes in his body were moving in a favorable direction, and remained unable to control larger movements.

After eating the Mind-Mind Fruit, Nova regained control of his body and discovered that his Conqueror's Haki had reached a level that could cause tangible damage. He adapted to the power, then dismissed the barrier and left the plaza in ruins, with other new abilities still untested.

• Nova gradually regained control after an hour and landed at the bottom of the crater.
• Blue lightning and uncontrolled Conqueror's Haki filled the barrier as Nova discovered his Haki had grown powerful enough to inflict tangible damage.
• Nova tested his new strength by forming a blue sphere and making the space before him appear to fold.
• After nearly half an hour, Nova's Conqueror's Haki eased as he adapted to its increased power.
• Nova recalled the chains and collapsed the barrier into his palm, leaving a massive crater in the plaza.
• Nova noticed his blue eyes let him see in the dark and considered how the Mind-Mind Fruit might have strengthened his other spiritual abilities.

After fusing the Mind-Mind Fruit and Space-Space Fruit, Nova returned to his guards and gave Abona, Chiya, and Gogoya instructions. The next morning, Gogoya waited for him in his courtyard as Nova came out of his room.

• Nova appeared beside Abona, Chiya, and the others, thanked them for keeping watch, and told them to rest.
• Nova assigned Abona to learn about the Tru Kingdom's affairs and told Chiya to report the National Guard's numbers within three days.
• Nova arranged to meet Gogoya the next morning, then vanished using his fused abilities and left the others amazed.
• The next morning, Nova woke, got dressed, and found Gogoya waiting in his courtyard.

Nova summoned Gogoya to identify a collection of Devil Fruits and label their boxes, hoping to determine their uses before sending them to Sky Island. Gogoya began examining the fruits, starting with an ordinary Zoan-type Cat-Cat Fruit.

• Gogoya noticed Nova's striking new appearance and asked about his changed eyes.
• Nova told Gogoya to identify more than twenty Devil Fruits and label their boxes.
• Gogoya opened a box, confirmed its contents were a Devil Fruit, and asked Nova where the fruits came from.
• Nova told Gogoya to focus on identifying the fruits and said the batch would eventually go to Sky Island.
• Gogoya identified the first fruit as an unmutated Zoan-type Cat-Cat Fruit that granted great speed and jumping ability.

Nova spent ten days mastering his abilities before meeting with Lostar to finalize Tru Kingdom’s commercial expansion into Alabasta. Lostar prepared to leave for a long-term mission to build factories and recruit talent, prioritizing Tru Kingdom’s interests.

• Nova had Gogoya identify more than twenty Devil Fruits, then spent the day planning the nation’s next steps.
• Nova stayed in his residence for ten days to practice his abilities and ensure he could control his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Nova met with Lostar, who reported that preparations to negotiate cooperation with Alabasta were complete.
• Nova instructed Lostar to establish factories in Alabasta over at least three years, recruit talented people, and prioritize Tru Kingdom’s interests.
• Nova explained that Tru Kingdom would use Alabasta as a contract manufacturing base and seek greater benefits through its standing in the World Government.

Nova sent Lostar to Alabasta to develop its economy while keeping its people dependent on work and spending, and tasked him with reporting back after negotiations. After Lostar left, Nova summoned Comoro, who was set to take over as the Tru Kingdom’s Minister of Commerce.

• Nova ordered Lostar to establish industries and entertainment venues in Alabasta, including casinos, and to offer loans so the country would not become wealthy.
• Lostar questioned Nova’s plan, and Nova explained that he wanted Alabasta’s people to have enough food while remaining driven to work.
• Nova told Lostar to depart the next day with Barlow and report by Den Den Mushi once arrangements were settled.
• Nova framed the assignment as a chance for Lostar to prove himself and said the Tru Kingdom would begin another wave of reforms afterward.
• After Lostar left, Nova summoned Comoro, who would take over Lostar’s work as the Tru Kingdom’s next Minister of Commerce.

Nova appointed Comoro as Minister of Commerce and directed him to stabilize the Tru Kingdom’s finances while continuing domestic projects and suspending foreign expansion. After Comoro promised to settle matters within half a year, Nova left the palace and appeared on the mountain behind it.

• Comoro reported that Lostar’s factories had created a funding shortfall of nearly 120 billion Beli.
• Nova ordered the factories and kingdom-wide road construction to continue, warning Comoro to manage the work steadily.
• Comoro asked whether to suspend Lostar’s Crimea Kingdom plan, and Nova put it on hold while the kingdom focused on its domestic economy.
• Nova asked Comoro to settle the kingdom’s affairs within half a year, and Comoro agreed.
• Nova left the palace and appeared in the cratered square on the mountain behind it.

Nova began constructing the Space Gate in the Tru Kingdom, summoning a vast vortex and a localized storm that drew attention from across the Royal City and the nearby sea. Abona and Chiya worked to contain the fallout as Vice Admiral Momonga diverted his warship toward the phenomenon.

• Nova used blue light to form a black vortex above the ruined plaza where he was building the Space Teleportation Gate.
• Dark clouds gathered into a funnel over the Tru Kingdom, with lightning and thunder visible across the Royal City.
• Abona stopped Chiya and the palace guards from approaching Nova, then instructed Chiya to calm the public, watch for threats, and track the Navy warships.
• Vice Admiral Momonga identified the storm as being near the Tru Kingdom and ordered his warship to investigate while the others continued toward their destination.
• Vice Admiral Kuzan questioned Momonga’s decision, noting that the Navy had still not found the Golden Den Den Mushi.

Nova completed a massive Space Gate at the Tru Kingdom’s royal palace, linking it to the passage on Sky Island. Abona and Chiya prepared to visit it, while a Navy fleet continued toward the kingdom.

• Major General Momousagi ordered the Navy warships to hurry to the location where the Golden Den Den Mushi had been fired.
• A blind man walked through the Royal City and sensed the strange events unfolding behind the royal palace.
• Nova rapidly built a Space Gate around the expanding vortex, completing the passage in under twenty minutes.
• Rubble pulled through the passage fell onto the guards at Sky Island’s Space Gate, who reported the incident.
• Nova admired the completed gate, which had cost tens of billions of Beli to construct.
• Abona told Chiya they could go see the Space Gate, and Chiya wondered whether the king would allow it.

Nova showed Abona and Chiya the enormous Space Teleportation Gate and said it could lead to Sky Island, then sent them to intercept a Marine warship approaching the Tru Kingdom. As Vice Admiral Momonga’s ship neared shore, he saw the waiting guards and ordered his crew to prepare for battle.

• Abona and Chiya climbed to the mountaintop and were stunned by Nova’s massive Space Teleportation Gate.
• Nova told Abona that the gate could lead to Sky Island and revealed that a Marine warship was heading toward the kingdom.
• Abona took Chiya and palace guards to the coast while Chiya remained fascinated by the gate.
• Momonga’s Marine warship approached the Tru Kingdom and found two hundred people waiting at the shore.
• Momonga suspected the Tru Kingdom had powerful Observation Haki and ordered his crew to prepare for battle.

Abona and Chiya confronted Vice Admiral Momonga when his Marine warship tried to land in the Tru Kingdom without permission. Abona defeated Momonga but stopped from killing him after Nova ordered the Marines to be let go.

• Chiya warned the Marine warship that it could not dock in the Tru Kingdom without cause, but Momonga ordered it to continue toward shore.
• Abona split the sea beside the warship with a powerful slash, throwing Marines into the water and revealing himself as a Swordmaster.
• Momonga rushed ashore and attacked Abona, but Abona blocked his strikes and kicked him away.
• Abona moved to finish Momonga, but Nova's voice ordered him to let the Marines leave, so Abona sheathed Dawn.
• Momonga rose from the shore and no longer underestimated the people of the Tru Kingdom, while Abona told Chiya he had obeyed Nova's order.

Abona and Chiya confronted Vice Admiral Momonga after he demanded permission to inspect Tru Kingdom, and Nova’s distant warning made Momonga withdraw. Momonga then reported the encounter to Marine allies, who did not believe that anyone in the South Blue could defeat him.

• Momonga accused Tru Kingdom of hiding a threat and claimed the Marines had the right to inspect it.
• Abona pointed out that Tru Kingdom had never joined the World Government, while Chiya challenged Momonga’s authority.
• Nova spoke to Momonga from more than ten kilometers away and warned him against using the Marines’ warships to threaten Tru Kingdom.
• Momonga returned to his warship and ordered his forces to leave after realizing Tru Kingdom had a powerful supporter.
• Momonga used a Den Den Mushi to report the confrontation, but the person on the other end dismissed his account as a joke.

After Abona defeated Momonga, the Marine Vice Admiral brooded over his humiliation while sailing away from the Tru Kingdom. Nova learned why the Marines had come and ordered records gathered for a Council of Ministers meeting, leaving the kingdom’s next steps to be discussed.

• Momonga angrily ended his call with the other Marine officers and stayed aboard ship, dwelling on his defeat by Abona.
• Abona asked Chiya whether His Majesty had remained in the palace, wondering how Nova had spoken to them from so far away.
• Nova watched the Marine warships leave and realized they had come searching for the Golden Den Den Mushi connected to CP Two.
• Gogoya brought Nova the kingdom’s land records, and Nova ordered more materials gathered and the Council of Ministers summoned for a meeting the next day.

Nova prepared a major policy change for the Tru Kingdom and convened a private meeting with the Council of Ministers to address the nation's economic flaws. He left the kingdom's next transformation to be considered by the ministers before it was announced to the people.

• Nova ordered Chiya to gather the Royal Guard at the palace's rear mountain within a week and said he would take them to another location.
• Nova told Chiya to bring Abona to Clearwater Bay, hand him responsibility for the shipbuilding base, and keep watch on the Navy warships.
• Nova explained that the kingdom would avoid conflicts with the outside world for two years while it built up its strength.
• Nova convened the Council of Ministers in a private meeting to assess his upcoming plan for changing the kingdom's economic condition.
• Lostar departed for Alabasta with around twenty Ministry of Commerce personnel to replicate the Tru Kingdom's plans there.

Nova convened an emergency Council of Ministers meeting to begin another reform of Tru Kingdom, covering military organization, the legal system, and domestic stability. The ministers approved splitting domestic and external forces, while plans were made to restore farmland and move perfume production to Alabasta.

• Nova proposed creating a National Guard for domestic affairs while retaining the National Army for external affairs, and the ministers approved the proposal unanimously.
• Nova presented a new Legal Codex and asked the ministers to review it and vote on whether to adopt the reforms.
• The Council of Ministers discussed more than a dozen issues throughout the day, including livelihood policies and plans for the country’s future.
• The ministers planned to phase out Flower and Grass Cultivation so citizens could grow food crops, supported by Farm Tax Exemption and financial compensation.
• The Ministry of Commerce planned to move the perfume industry to Alabasta and use the Freshwater Purification System to irrigate land for growing perfume ingredients.

Nova defended major reforms to the Tru Kingdom and expected the Council of Ministers to turn his proposals into detailed plans. A week later, he stood before the Space Teleportation Gate as more than ten thousand people prepared to leave for at least two years.

• Mongol questioned how quickly the Council could implement Nova's many proposals and warned that restoring farmland would require substantial Beli subsidies.
• Nova argued that the kingdom should fix its flaws while the economy was still developing and said moving factories to Alabasta would open a market and stabilize the country.
• After the meeting, the Council of Ministers stayed behind to discuss the nearly eighty reforms and begin working out their details.
• A week later, Nova stood beside the Space Teleportation Gate with Chiya and watched more than ten thousand people line up to pass through it.
• The people carried supplies and prepared to leave for at least two years, determined to live elsewhere and protect the country.

Nova sent 11,500 soldiers, led by Chiya, through the Space Teleportation Gate to Sky Island for intensive Haki training. The soldiers arrived instantly at the newly prepared military base, where Junhe awaited them.

• Chiya reported that all 11,500 members of the Tru Kingdom Special Forces had gathered for their assignment.
• Nova addressed the soldiers and said their mission was to become warriors capable of protecting their families and the kingdom.
• Nova contacted Junhe, who promised to receive the soldiers at the Sky Island base.
• Nova reinforced the Space Teleportation Gate, and Chiya led the soldiers through the vortex.
• The soldiers crossed the gate in order and arrived at the Sky Island base without delay.

Chiya and the arriving troops reached the Sky Island, where Junhe organized them and warned them to obey the rules. After settling into their cloud-built dormitories, the soldiers marveled at their comfort and were reminded that Sky Island cloud products could not be taken below.

• Chiya emerged from the Space Teleportation Gate and greeted Junhe, who directed the arriving troops to keep moving.
• Junhe stood watch as the troops arrived and ordered Guota's team to arrange their accommodations.
• Junhe warned Chiya that the troops could not freely explore the Sky Island or disturb its original way of life.
• Guota's guards led the newcomers to dormitories with white-cloud beds, which the soldiers eagerly tried out.
• A soldier suggested selling white clouds below, and Guota reminded him that His Majesty the King had forbidden taking Sky Island cloud products to the world below.

More than ten thousand Tru Kingdom personnel arrived at the Sky Island Military Base, where Junhe and Chiya assembled them for a formal report. Enel witnessed the new force and learned that it had come to train under Junhe’s command.

• Enel returned from training and was startled by the crowds at the military base, unaware of the Space Teleportation Gate.
• Chiya ordered everyone to assemble, and more than ten thousand personnel formed orderly ranks on the training ground.
• Junhe led Enel and the others to the front and put on a black baseball cap.
• Chiya reported that 11,500 personnel, including 500 instructors and 11,000 trainees, had arrived at the Sky Island Military Base.
• Junhe acknowledged the report and looked over the assembled force.

Junhe addressed the soldiers sent to Sky Island for two years of training, while the Tru Kingdom began a major commercial and infrastructure investment in Alabasta. The negotiations continued in Cobra’s palace, with Alabasta offering land and tax relief in exchange for assistance with development.

• Junhe told the soldiers they would train in groups of twenty under instructors ten thousand meters above the ground, and they shouted that they had confidence.
• The Tru Kingdom planned to renew its military over time by selecting Haki trainees for special forces and assigning those who did not qualify to domestic policing.
• Lostar brought his people to Alabasta, where Cobra and the Left Minister received them and agreed to establish factories and businesses across the country.
• The Tru Kingdom planned nearly two hundred projects starting at Rapeseed Port, including factories, businesses, and infrastructure construction.
• The Left Minister told Lostar that Alabasta would provide security, commercial assistance, land, and five years of tax relief, while the Tru Kingdom would support desalination, environmental restoration, and infrastructure projects.