Chapter Summaries

Moonlight and Robin entered Upper Yard, where Moonlight defeated Ohm and Gedatsu in single strikes. The other Straw Hats faced priests who abruptly withdrew after hearing something, while Enel remained at God's Palace.

• Ohm and Gedatsu attacked Moonlight and Robin, but Moonlight defeated both priests with Sword Aura and continued deeper into Upper Yard with Robin.
• Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp fought Satori at the Ball Trial, but she suddenly left after hearing a voice in her mind.
• Zoro fought Shura aboard the Going Merry and suffered wounds before Shura abruptly flew away after hearing something.
• Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp reunited with Zoro, Nami, and Chopper at the Sacrificial Altar, and the group rested overnight before following Moonlight and Robin.
• Satori and Shura bowed before Enel at God's Palace, where Divine Soldiers stood guard.

Moonlight and Robin reached Enel’s shrine, where Moonlight defeated the priests and Divine Soldiers and destroyed the shrine with a sword strike. Enel emerged unharmed, while Luffy’s group collided with Wiper’s warriors as they advanced toward God’s Palace.

• Enel told the assembled priests and Divine Soldiers that Moonlight had defeated Gedatsu and Ohm, then announced the start of the Survival Trial.
• Moonlight and Robin followed the map to Enel’s shrine, where Moonlight split the Cloud River and brought the priests and Divine Soldiers down.
• Shura and the others attacked Moonlight, but he defeated them all with one sword strike.
• Moonlight cleaved the shrine in two with a second attack, and Enel appeared after regenerating from the blow.
• Luffy’s group reached the Cloud River and collided with Wiper and the Shandian warriors as they charged toward Enel.

Moonlight confronted Enel at the shrine and used Haki and Observation Haki to cut through Enel’s lightning attacks. Their battle left the shrine and surrounding ground in ruins, while Robin and the injured Divine Soldiers watched in astonishment.

• Wyper attacked Luffy and his crew with a cannon, but a huge explosion at the shrine interrupted the clash and sent both groups toward it.
• Moonlight destroyed the shrine with a sword slash that also cut through Enel, whose body regenerated as a Logia user.
• Robin warned Moonlight that Enel was a Logia Devil Fruit user, and Moonlight told her to move away before coating his sword in Armament Haki.
• Enel attacked with a Thunder Bird, a Thunder Wolf, and a Thunder Dragon, but Moonlight cut apart each lightning creature with a single slash.
• Robin, Shura, and the other injured Divine Soldiers watched as Moonlight and Enel continued their battle amid the ruined landscape.

Moonlight severely wounded Enel with a sword formation, but Enel recovered and took to the sky, threatening to destroy all of Skypiea. Moonlight and Robin rushed toward the ruins to protect the Poneglyph while Luffy and the Shandians arrived to face the aftermath.

• Moonlight trapped Enel in a twelve-sword formation and grievously wounded him with Storm Style, but Enel healed himself with Electro-Therapy.
• Enel flew beyond Moonlight’s reach and attacked with Heaven’s Judgment, while Moonlight split the lightning pillar with a slash.
• Enel brought his Sky Ship over Skypiea and revealed his plan to destroy the entire island.
• Moonlight foresaw the danger, took Robin toward the ruins to protect the Poneglyph, and left the rest to Luffy and the Shandians.
• Luffy and the Shandians arrived, and the priests and Divine Soldiers told them that Moonlight had defeated Enel.

Enel unleashed Raikou to destroy all of Skypiea, but Moonlight cut the enormous thunderball apart before it could strike. With the immediate danger averted, Moonlight left Enel to Luffy while he and Robin attended to the Poneglyph.

• Enel used Ten Thousand Thunderbolts to devastate the land and appeared aboard Maxim as the island-wide storm gathered.
• Gan Fall recognized Enel's plan to destroy Skypiea and urged everyone to flee.
• Enel formed a colossal black thunderball and sent it down toward Skypiea, terrifying everyone below.
• Moonlight slashed the thunderball apart with a huge Sword Aura, stopping Enel's attack.
• Moonlight told Luffy to handle Enel while he and Robin went to decipher the Poneglyph, and Luffy's group prepared to fight.

Luffy discovered that Enel’s lightning could not hurt him because he was made of rubber, and attacked Enel to demand the Golden Bell back. Meanwhile, Robin told Moonlight that the Poneglyph recorded the location of Poseidon, and they witnessed the golden city of Shandora emerge as Enel’s storm shook it.

• Luffy boarded Maxim and survived Enel’s lightning attacks, prompting Nami to realize that rubber insulated him from electricity.
• Robin told Moonlight that the letter D meant “enemy of the gods” and that Roger had signed the Poneglyph.
• Luffy struck the already-wounded Enel with Gum-Gum Gatling and demanded that he return the Golden Bell.
• Enel transformed his staff into a trident and attacked Luffy, who continued demanding the Golden Bell.
• Robin revealed that the Poneglyph recorded Poseidon’s location at Fish-Man Island, and a thunderstorm exposed the golden city of Shandora.
• Moonlight and Robin saw that the Golden Bell’s former place atop the city was empty, while Enel realized Luffy and the others wanted it.

Luffy, Zoro, Wyper, and Noland drove Enel back, and Moonlight recovered and rehung the Golden Bell in Shandora. The bell rang across Skypiea, bringing the Shandians and Skypieans to tears.

• Zoro and Wyper joined Luffy’s attack on Enel, while Noland crushed the Ark Maxim’s engine and knocked the Golden Bell into the clouds.
• Enel transformed into Raijin, blasted Zoro and Wyper away, kicked Luffy aside, and lifted the damaged Ark before spotting Moonlight with the Golden Bell.
• Enel fled toward the Endless Earth, and Chopper treated Zoro and then the critically injured Wyper after Luffy insisted he would not let anyone die.
• Moonlight rehung the Golden Bell in its original place in Shandora, and its tolling moved Wyper, the Shandians, and the people of Skypiea to tears.

Luffy and the others rang the Golden Bell, prompting Gan Fall and the Shandians to end their fighting and celebrate together on Skypiea. Moonlight and Robin then discussed the erased history and the possible origin of Devil Fruits, agreeing to continue their journey together.

• The Golden Bell rang across Jaya Island, confirming to Cricket, Bellamy, and the others that the legend was real.
• Gan Fall knelt before Wyper and the Shandians and apologized for the past, but Mantis attacked him until Luffy stopped the spear and urged them to end the fighting.
• Nola cried before the statue of Calgara, and Wyper led the Shandians away after Skypiea's residents apologized, leaving the two peoples at peace for now.
• Gan Fall welcomed Luffy's crew, and Skypiea celebrated as the Shandians and residents made peace.
• Moonlight asked Robin about the erased hundred years and the origin of Devil Fruits, and Robin agreed to continue with him as he pursued the truth.

Nami reminded the Straw Hat Crew that they had come to Skypiea for the City of Gold, and they stole sacks of gold before fleeing aboard the Going Merry. The Skypieans chased after them to offer a golden pillar, but the ship plunged from the sky before they could meet again.

• Nami woke the crew and persuaded them to steal gold from the City of Gold by appealing to their dreams.
• The Straw Hat Crew filled four huge sacks with gold and returned to the Going Merry.
• Wyper and the Skypieans carried a golden pillar to the city gate, then realized the crew had avoided them and hurried to the ship.
• The Skypieans reached the Going Merry as the crew fled, and both groups exchanged farewells from shore and ship.
• The Going Merry plunged through the sea of clouds, leaving Nami terrified as they fell from ten thousand meters above the ground.

The Straw Hats used an octopus balloon to slow the Going Merry’s fall from Skypiea, but Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp playing on it caused it to collapse. With the ship plunging toward jagged mountains in the sea, Moonlight ordered everyone to jump.

• As the Going Merry fell from ten thousand meters, the crew joked about using Luffy as a cushion until Nami stopped them and gave Moonlight an octopus balloon.
• Moonlight heated the octopus, causing it to expand and hold the Going Merry as it drifted safely downward.
• Luffy and Chopper climbed onto the balloon to play, and Usopp joined them, compressing the air until the octopus shrank and fell away.
• Luffy caught Chopper and Usopp, but the Going Merry plunged toward the sea and several sharp mountains.
• Moonlight told Nami, Chopper, Robin, Luffy, Usopp, Sanji, and Zoro to jump, and Luffy stuffed the octopus into his clothes.

After the Going Merry crashed into the Marine fortress G-8, Moonlight, Nami, Robin, and Chopper split up to recover the ship and gold and find Luffy and Usopp. Vice Admiral Jonathan secretly controlled the search to trap the Straw Hat Crew, but Moonlight found the gold in Jonathan’s office.

• The Going Merry crashed into G-8 Fortress, and Marines seized the ship while Moonlight, Nami, Robin, and Chopper watched from hiding.
• Nami, Robin, and Moonlight split up to investigate the fortress and recover Merry and the gold, while they planned to find Luffy and Usopp.
• Vice Admiral Jonathan ordered a Level One alert and directed Major Drake to search the fortress as reports placed Straw Hat Crew members around the base.
• Jonathan used the chessboard to guide the Marines into narrowing the search and then ordered them to confront the crew at the shipyard and armory.
• Moonlight entered Jonathan’s office through a window, found the gold from Skypiea, and was recognized by Drake as the Straw Hat Crew’s Vice-Captain.

Moonlight recovered the Straw Hat Crew’s gold, and Jonathan let him leave while arranging a trap for the crew. The Going Merry was stranded by the receding tide and surrounded by Marines, leaving the crew facing a cannon bombardment as Moonlight unleashed Conqueror’s Haki.

• Moonlight took the gold from Jonathan and Drake, and Jonathan ordered the Marines not to intercept the Straw Hat Crew.
• Moonlight reunited with the Straw Hat Crew aboard the repaired Going Merry and returned their gold.
• Jonathan’s Marines withdrew as the Going Merry sailed through the fortress, while Moonlight suspected Jonathan was using the currents to trap them.
• Nami realized the tide was receding, but the Going Merry was swept into the fortress’s dry center and stranded.
• Jonathan and Drake confronted the Straw Hat Crew with cannons aimed at their ship and demanded their surrender.
• The Straw Hat Crew refused to surrender, and Moonlight stepped forward and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki.

Moonlight forced Jonathan to open Baron Fortress’s gates, allowing the Straw Hat Crew to escape. After surviving Sea Monkey attacks, the crew reached an island and discovered its animals were unusually long.

• Moonlight’s Conqueror’s Haki incapacitated the Marines, and Jonathan opened the fortress gates so Luffy and the others could leave.
• The crew returned the octopus guy to the sea, then fled from three giant Sea Monkeys that attacked the Going Merry.
• The Sea Monkeys pursued the Going Merry and another listless pirate ship until Moonlight frightened them away.
• The crew reached an island, where Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper played in its soft grass while Moonlight stayed to watch the ship.
• Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, and the others were startled by an extraordinarily long rabbit and a dog over five meters long.

Moonlight encountered the Foxy Pirates while guarding the Going Merry, then spotted a man riding a bicycle across the sea and rushed to Long Ring Long Land to warn Luffy’s crew. After reuniting with Tonjit and Lidondo, the crew reacted to Moonlight’s report, and Robin feared she recognized the cyclist.

• Moonlight sensed the Foxy Pirates approaching and crossed to their ship, where Foxy challenged the Straw Hat Crew to a pirate contest.
• Moonlight spotted a man riding a bicycle on the sea toward Long Ring Long Land and knocked out Foxy and his crew with his Haki when they blocked him.
• Moonlight hurried to Long Ring Long Land, where Luffy and the others had met Tonjit and Shelley and reunited Tonjit with his grandson, Lidondo.
• Moonlight told the crew about the cyclist, and Robin collapsed in fear, wondering if it was him.

The Straw Hat Crew encountered Navy Admiral Aokiji, whose presence terrified Robin, but he said he had come to confirm her whereabouts and report on the stranded merchants. After Robin attacked him and discovered he could reform from ice, the crew fed the merchants, and Usopp urged Aokiji to help them.

• Moonlight identified the sea cyclist as Admiral Aokiji, and Robin warned the crew not to fight him because they would die.
• The Straw Hat Crew left Long Ring Long Land and sailed for half a month without encountering Aokiji.
• On an unnamed island, Aokiji told the crew he was not there to arrest them, and Robin attacked him before he reformed from ice.
• Aokiji pointed out stranded merchants whose ship had been sunk by a Freestyle Frog, and Sanji and the others fed them.
• Usopp told the merchants that Aokiji was a Navy Admiral and challenged him to help them in the name of justice.

Aokiji froze the sea to rescue stranded people, then suddenly attacked Robin, forcing Moonlight to protect her and face the Admiral. Moonlight sent the Straw Hats away and prepared to test his strength against Aokiji.

• Aokiji froze the sea for miles, trapping a Sea King in ice and creating a week-long route for the stranded people to reach safety.
• The Straw Hat Crew gave the rescued people food and supplies, but Aokiji stopped the crew and declared that he would kill them.
• Aokiji formed an ice sword and attacked Robin, while Moonlight blocked the strike with his Haki-coated Kusanagi Sword.
• Moonlight unleashed Iai Slash, shattering Aokiji's ice sword and cutting an island in half, but Aokiji re-formed without injury.
• Moonlight told Luffy and the others to take Robin away, reminded Robin of their promise, and turned to face Aokiji alone.

Moonlight fought Aokiji to protect Robin, but even his strongest sword techniques only lightly wounded the Marine Admiral. Aokiji left by bicycle, and the Straw Hat Pirates escaped, though Luffy worried about what might happen if Moonlight was not there next time.

• Moonlight told Aokiji he would protect Robin, then clashed with him using powerful sword techniques.
• Aokiji blocked Moonlight's attacks with ice, while Moonlight's Storm Style trapped and slashed him before he escaped harm as a Logia user.
• Aokiji rode away on his bicycle, warning Moonlight that he was not yet strong enough to involve himself in Robin's present.
• The Going Merry returned, and the crew praised Moonlight and reflected on the Admiral's overwhelming strength.
• Luffy sat at the bow, troubled by the danger they faced if Moonlight was absent in a future encounter.

The Straw Hats encountered the Sea Train and learned from Kokoro and Chimney about Shift Station, the train’s creator, and the freestyle-swimming frog Yokozuna. After Aokiji’s appearance had made the crew resolve to grow stronger, they arrived hoping to rest and repair the Going Merry.

• Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Usopp, and the others reflected on Aokiji’s strength and their need to grow stronger, while Moonlight considered his role in protecting and motivating them.
• The Going Merry encountered a Sea Train and watched the giant frog Yokozuna leap at it and get thrown into the sea.
• Usopp recognized Yokozuna as the frog described by people they had met earlier, and the crew spotted a station platform and an island ahead.
• Moonlight steered the Going Merry toward the station so the crew could rest, resupply, and repair their ship.
• Kokoro introduced herself as the stationmaster of Shift Station, and Chimney explained that Yokozuna challenged the Sea Train every day.
• Kokoro told the crew that Mr. Tom and his two apprentices had built the Sea Train, and Nami asked whether an island was nearby.

The Straw Hat Crew sailed to Water 7 to repair the Going Merry, while Moonlight stayed behind to train and advanced both Observation and Armament Haki to Level 6. He sensed Robin with a powerful stranger and confronted another unfamiliar man who jumped toward the ship.

• Kokoro told Nami that Water 7 had the world's finest shipwrights and gave her a letter of introduction to Iceberg.
• The Straw Hat Crew reached Water 7 and decided to explore the city and sell their Skypiea gold while Moonlight guarded the Going Merry.
• Moonlight trained until his Observation Haki and Armament Haki advanced to Level 6, greatly expanding his perception.
• Moonlight sensed Robin beside a powerful unfamiliar man and suspected that she had chosen to cooperate with CP9.
• Moonlight saw a yellow-haired, long-nosed man jump toward the Going Merry and stopped him with his gaze.

Moonlight learned that the Going Merry could no longer sail and found Usopp badly injured after he lost the 200 million Beli. After comforting Usopp and telling him Merry’s condition, Moonlight left to find Robin, urging Usopp to face his weakness and grow stronger.

• Kaku told Moonlight that the Going Merry’s Dragon Bone had failed and the ship could not be repaired.
• Thugs boarded the Going Merry, mocked Usopp, and threatened Moonlight, who knocked them all unconscious and used Observation Haki to locate Usopp.
• Moonlight found Usopp severely injured in an alley and encouraged him to recover the stolen money and overcome his defeat.
• Moonlight treated Usopp and revealed that the Going Merry could no longer sail, then told him Robin had left and he was going to find her.
• Moonlight urged Usopp to become stronger, and Usopp stayed with the Going Merry and wept.